The Case to Close Temple Cowley Pools is Crumbling...
SaveTCP , 15-01-2011 - 22:03

We are getting more and more information, mostly forcing it out of the council via Freedom of Information requests, that refutes all the arguments they have used to push forward with their scheme to close TCP.
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Leeds Toxic incinerator meeting
NONE , 08-01-2011 - 12:31

Toxic incinerator meeting / consultation.
Consultation in to the South Leeds Toxic waste incinerator .

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Survivors Resistance Network demands an end to Work Capability Assessment (WCA)
Survivor Resistance Network , 07-01-2011 - 14:12

From April 2011 those of us who have been receiving disability benefits on mental health grounds will start having our eligibility for benefits reassessed en masse using the discredited and ill conceived Work Capability Assessment (WCA) which is a computer based method of assessment. We do not accept that this move is taking place to provide us with a way out of poverty and social exclusion as the government claims but rather that its purpose is to reduce the welfare bill regardless of the distress, destitution, disengagement with mental health services and suicides that will result.

The government is specifically targeting people who are living with mental health problems as this group of claimants is less likely to return to work than other claimants. It is not suggesting that we do not have mental health issues; simply that it is still possible for us to work even though we are in mental distress. It is now the case that pain, distress, indignity and an abysmal quality of life caused to us by work cannot exempt us from it; we can only be excused from work if, mechanically, we cannot perform a job and not because work would have negative consequences for us. This is called ‘focusing on what we can do rather than on what we can’t do’; the misery being what we can’t do. Although these changes to the way mentally distressed people are assessed for benefits were introduced by the last Labour government we are aware that Ed Milliband is now undertaking a review of Labour policies and we urge him to abandon support for the WCA in favour of a more accurate, honest, discerning and compassionate way of assessing a mentally distressed person’s fitness for work.

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Sheffield to Import Waste?
Toxic Smoke , 03-01-2011 - 20:45

It's always interesting when councils and their major contractors run public consultations nicely placed over the Christmas period, as if to catch the public unaware of a deadline for responses on, let's say, 15th January. This is the case with the proposal to ship in up to 50,000 tonnes of waste for Bernard Road Incinerator. It would come from surrounding towns and counties, by heavy lorries presumably. That's not likely to be controversial is it?

National Health Service "could collapse"
Barry Mason , 29-12-2010 - 18:46

Senior figures in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) have warned that the government proposals to reform health care, as laid out in the white paper, “Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS”, could lead it to “implode” or face a “train crash”.
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Protest Against Welfare Cuts Wed 15th - Newcastle
sj , 13-12-2010 - 13:02

National Day of Protest Against Welfare & Housing Benefit Cuts
Wed 15th December

Linking to recent student protests - keep up the momentum and support all action against the cuts!


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ALFIE MEADOWS. Police commandeer hospital!
sickboy , 11-12-2010 - 18:30

Police tried to refuse treatment to Alfie Meadows at Chelsea and Westminster hospital.
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Great Vegan Food Give-Away in Nottingham ..For international Animal Rights Day
Veggies Little Helper , 10-12-2010 - 16:06

FREE Vegan food give-away..not half pop-pickers! All right Mate!

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B'ham Cruelty Free Xmas Fair posters & leaflets
Midlands Vegan Campaigns , 08-12-2010 - 22:17

On Saturday 18th December, the Cruelty Free Xmas Fair in Kings Heath will offer everything you need to enjoy a compassionate Christmas. With over 20 stalls selling everything from animal free soaps to delicious vegan chocolate and sweets, mouthwatering cookery demos, health and nutrition talks, holistic therapy and hot vegan food and refreshments throughout the day, it's clear there's only one place to be the last Saturday before Christmas!

FREE entry, all welcome.

 http://www.veganmidlands.org.uk/events/kingsheath10.html
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Machinery sabotaged at Huntington Lane SMS
Anonymous , 08-12-2010 - 16:12

Generating equipment sabotaged at Huntington Lane SMS
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Veggies Need You!!
Veggies Crew Member , 08-12-2010 - 10:39

Help needed before this Saturday and on Saturday for Vegan Free food give-away!!
Vegan food preparing on Friday 10th December at Sumac Center and in Nottingham Town Center on Saturday 11th December the Great FREE Vegan Food Give-Away!!
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Homeless at Christmas
Keith Parkins , 05-12-2010 - 23:22

It cannot be good to be homeless at any time of the year but what can be worse than being homeless at Christmas, being forced to live on the streets in subzero temperatures?
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Anti-McDonalds Demo
Anti-McDonalds , 05-12-2010 - 11:20

A report on the latest of the regular anti-McDonalds demos
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UG#527 - The Emerging Field of Epigenetics (Beyond Genetic Determinism)
Robin Upton , 04-12-2010 - 17:56

We look at the emerging science of epigenetics, which studies information which children inherit other than through DNA. This cutting edge science has the potential to tell a new story about evolution, one that is less to do with humans as discrete and separate survival machines controlled by genetic programs, more about our relationships with each other and the world around us. We broadcast a panel discussion from Vancouver 2010 entitled "A Dialogue in Epigenetics - How Does The Environment get under our Skin?", accompanied by a related reading from Charles Eisenstein's Ascent of Humanity.
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Too Toxic to Handle? Follow-up Alert on Israel's Policy of Near-Starvation for Gaza
Medialens , 03-12-2010 - 22:16

On November 17, we sent out a media alert that highlighted the corporate media’s lack of interest in official documents revealing Israel’s deliberate policy of near-starvation for Gaza.

Fancy This??
Acti vist , 03-12-2010 - 16:35

Fancy this..is it really 2010 pc age??
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Cruelty-Free Xmas Fair, Sat 18 Dec in Kings Heath, Birmingham
Midlands Vegan Campaigns , 01-12-2010 - 15:38

On Saturday 18th December, the Cruelty-Free Xmas Fair in Kings Heath, Birmingham offers the chance to stock up on a wide range of cruelty-free products(list of 23 stalls below), watch mouthwatering cookery demos, enjoy fantastic vegan food including lots of free samples, listen to inspirational speakers (details below), relax with a free yoga session & much, much more...!!

Free entry, all welcome.

 http://www.veganmidlands.org.uk/events/kingsheath10.html

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UG#525 - Cannabis (Medical Marijuana, Forgetting and the Botany of Desire)
Robin Upton , 28-11-2010 - 14:37

Last week's episode looked at how man made toxic chemicals have proved more destructive for humans than initially anticipated. This week, by contrast, we look at the effects of chemicals that occur naturally in plants, and may be more therapeutic than generally recognised. In our first hour, Claudia Little, a medical marijuana activist looks at some of the innumerable therapeutic uses of this plant, with a history of medical use going back several thousands of years. Our second hour features Michael Pollan speaking on the contents of his book Cannabis, Forgetting, and the Botany of Desire, which widens our focus to look at how plants have co-evolved to fulfil useful functions to other life forms.
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Action at Huntington Lane SMS
persons , 22-11-2010 - 14:24

Digger diving at coal site
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Gathering at Huntington Lane anti-coal site
Protestors , 22-11-2010 - 13:41

From the 10th-13th December, come to the shropshire anti-coal site for an action-packed weekend gathering.
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