UK Newswire Archive
Just Do It - World Premier - June the 9th - Sheffield
11-05-2011 17:05
Just Do It will be premiering at Sheffield Doc Fest on Thursday June the 9th at 6:35pm
http://bit.ly/jJ6ryI Don't miss out on the World Premier of this groundbreaking doc, book your tickets here
http://www.showroomworkstation.org.uk/justdoitqanda
Commemorating Palestine's Nakba
11-05-2011 16:27
President Shimon Peres and other Israeli officials ignore its decades of slaughter, destruction, and ruthlessness against regional Arabs, belying any notion of morality. Palestinians understand well, by far paying the greatest price, ongoing daily.
Leeds trip to the Rossport Solidarity Camp
11-05-2011 16:09
Account of a visit to the Rossport Solidarity Camp in Ireland by six campaigners from LeedsLast week, six of us from Leeds sorted out a van, picked up a marquee, and headed to the Rossport Solidarity Camp in western Ireland. And had a great time working and playing hard. Rossport is a campaign supporting a local community based around Broadhaven Bay fight a refinery and pipeline being put in through Shell in an area where outstanding natural beauty is a phrase that does not do the place full justice. The pipeline, being put through a bog and the land of local farmers, will put people's lives at risk and threaten the local ecology.
The camp has moved to a field at Aghoos, opposite the latest bit of ground where Shell are laying the next stage of pipe to bring the gas inland to the Bellinaboy refinery - semi-mothballed because of the huge delays the campaigns by the local and the camp have been imposing. We spent the first half of the week helping set it up the new camp so it would be ready for the mini-festival at the weekend. We built grey-water systems and benders, put up marquees and cooked for the masses, gave massages to the wonderful locals and helped with the bar.
A few of us had been to Rossport before so it was great to catch up with old friends. Given how friendly people were it was very easy to make many new ones as well. There was, refreshingly, a large amount of politics forming part of the general life on camp, both in action and disussion. It would be the first to say that it is far from perfect, but it is a good place to learn from.
At the weekend, 30 people walked over to the Shell compound and lifted up all the bog mats which had been put down to allow heavy machinery to move across and put in boreholes. For over an hour all you could hear was the steady thud of them being systematically lifted and rolled out of the reach of the machines. The police could do nothing, and security was outnumbered. Other actions happened as well. See the account, pictures (of action and camp) and video of action at
http://www.wsm.ie/c/shell-bog-road-rossport-solidarity-camp While we were there, there was also a ceremony for the new boat of Pat O'Donnells - another bit of local defiance against the power of Shell. His last one having been deliberately sunk by armed, masked men following his determined resistance.
We also send our solidarity and best wishes to those who did the lock-on to the compound -
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/99686 The mixture of action and discussion, of friendship and partying worked really well; we all had a wicked time and were sorry to leave. Some of us will be back. We encourage everyone to go if they get a chance - the camp is open all the time on a beautiful site surrounded by amazing mountains. From 4-6th June it his hosting a Party Against The Pipe - for more details see the website at
http://www.rossportsolidaritycamp.org/content/party-against-pipe-festival-june-bank-holiday-4-6th With luck, there will be a public event in Leeds this month to talk more about the campaign. Keep your eyes posted.
Activists to target Lib Dems in outrage at backtracking on climate
11-05-2011 15:57
Activists outraged at the possibility of the government backtracking on crucial climate commitments will gather outside the Lib Dem HQ ahead of a critical Cabinet committee meeting at 8am on Monday. They will then move on to demonstrate outside Downing Street at 8.45. Particular anger will be directed at Vince Cable who has been reported as opposing the crucial recommendations of the Committee on Climate Change, set up by the groundbreaking Climate Act to determine short term carbon emissions budgets.
Palestine Today 05 11 2011
11-05-2011 15:27
Greek general strike: 1 comatose demonstrator, dozens wounded.
11-05-2011 15:23
One person, described on athens.indymedia as being struck on the head with a truncheon, leading to severe hemmorage. Not yet clear whether he will survive. The local hospital collective came out and said something about police brutality.Dozens of others injuired, police in one hospital sking about injured
Brighton Antifascists Benefit
11-05-2011 15:04
Bands include TheJUNK, PRIMEVAL SOUP, CLEAR AS MUD and HALF BOY/HALF RAT
Dongria Kondh Superglue Action at RBS - Charges dropped!
11-05-2011 14:29
Dongria lives to fight another day, as charges are dropped at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, following her superglue action at RBS during last year's climate camp.
Police Request Domain Suspension
11-05-2011 11:16
The Met Police move to suspend Confidentialaccess domain name which is held on Malaysian internet registry
CA have an ongoing battle with UK met authorities to keep it's websites live, they are lying to Malaysian authorities in order to pull our website down, because the information we publish is extremely embarrassing to someone high up in government also it doesn't help their ongoing court case against CA agents in the UK.
This is what our domain registrars say.
"Thank you for your attention on the matter. We understand that the website is not related to scam activities, however, the website is seems to be involving in illegal activities which may have infringed the legislation of United Kingdom. Therefore, we will proceed to suspend the domains on 11 May 2011, 12 Noon (GMT +0800) until the case has been settled or received further notification. Meanwhile, you may contact Detective Sergeant Christopher Richards at SCD6 Economic and Specialist Crime Directorate via 0207 230 1326 or fraud@met.pnn.police.uk.
Please update us on the status after the registrant has sorted out the case.
This is a perfect example of state sponsored censorship....CA will not be silenced
FREEDOM NOT FEAR
Save the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
11-05-2011 10:50
PCS members day of action is a one-hour walkout TODAY
11 May at 11am –12pm
Rear entrance to the Commission’s Birmingham office Lancaster House, 67 Newhall Street, B3 1NA) on the public footpath
(on the corner).
Support this day of action to save the Commission for future generations.
The life of Anarchist Journalist is in danger
11-05-2011 10:45
A notorious opportunist terrorist of a Bangladesh Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury has threaten anarchist journalist William Nicholas gomes ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Nicholas_Gomes)to face the Bangladeshi intelligence for his continuous work on favor of people. William is Bangladeshi correspondent of online news journal Srilnaka Guardian.
FIT cops cover up attack on Ian Tomlinson
11-05-2011 10:02
Two years ago, FIT cops Steve Discombe, Alan Palfrey and Ryan Cowlin stood only feet away from Ian Tomlinson when he was hit by PC Harwood, a blow which led to Tomlinson’s death. But, according to an IPCC report out today, they claim to have seen very little of the attack and didn’t even bother to include it in a written report. In fact they appear to have done everything they could to prevent the truth becoming known.
Dispersal order in Forest Fields
11-05-2011 09:56
A dispersal order will be in place in Forest Fields from Saturday 16th April until 5th Oct 2011. There has been concern from some local residents about what the implications of this will be. A public meeting was held at the Sumac on 24th April, information about the dispersal orders on lamposts has been graffitied and a poster campaign against the order has begun.
On the newswire: Forest Fields Dispersal Order Action Resistance Posters | Dispersal orders: Information for resistance | Forest Fields Dispersal Order in force | Dispersal Order in Forest Fields
The law
The police powers to impose a dispersal order are contained within Sections 30-36 of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act (2003). A Police Superintendent or higher ranking officer may make a written Authority if s/he has “reasonable grounds for believing that members of the public have been intimidated, harassed, alarmed or distressed in public places in a specific area (referred to as the Relevant Locality) and that anti-social behaviour is significant and a persistent problem in that area”. The consent of the Local Authority (Nottingham City Council, in this case) must be obtained. Dispersal orders can be made for a maximum of 6 months although they can be renewed at the end of that period.
During the period specified a Police Constable or Police Community Support Officer may require a group of two or more people to disperse immediately or by any time specified in any manner specified, if they have “reasonable grounds for believing that the presence or behaviour of a group of two or more persons in any public place in the Relevant Locality has resulted or is likely to result in any member of the public being intimidated, harassed alarmed or distressed”. If the person does not live in the designated area they can be ordered to leave the area for up to 24 hours. Children under the age of 16 can be taken home.
Breach of a dispersal order is a criminal offence under S 32(2) of the ASBA punishable by up to 3 months’ imprisonment and/or a fine of up to £5,000.
Other dispersal orders in Nottingham
A dispersal order was imposed in Radford last May ‘to move on groups hanging round and causing problems in Alfreton Road’ - problems such as ‘drinking, committing minor damage or …swearing.’ The order was extended until 26th Nov.
In November 2008 a dispersal order was brought in in Sneinton, following ‘complaints from residents and businesses that groups are congregating in and around Sneinton’. Interestingly these groups were also described by a police officer as ‘often seen drinking, committing minor damage or heard swearing’. This seems to be Nottinghamshire Police’s operational definition of anti-social behaviour. A local resident was quoted by the Evening Post as saying ‘There are a lot more girl gangs now. They just scream and shout and cause havoc.’ The order was extended until November 2009.
There is also mention on this police page of a dispersal order covering the Wells Road/Ransom Road area which came into force on 2nd Nov 2009 for 6 months. It was re-applied for and will run until 16th May 2011. The police intend to renew the order.
In the Nottingham Post article advertising the Forest Fields dispersal order, there is mention that a dispersal order was introduced in Long Eaton town centre in March and will run for 6 months. A police sergeant described the problem as ‘groups of teenagers congregating in public areas’.
Nestlé, Good Grief! - The Musical
11-05-2011 07:01
The annual demonstration over Nestlé's pushing of baby milk will take place on Saturday 21 May, 11:00 - 12:00 in Croydon. If you can't attend, you can still send us your 'Nestlé, Good Grief!' jingle.Stokes Croft Tesco about to reopen in Bristol with Chief Constable's support
11-05-2011 00:22
Birmingham cops and 'community types' behind racist, illegal 'Project Champion'
10-05-2011 22:38
Here are the names of those responsible for implementing one of the most racist uses of public money in British history. The multi-million pound 'project champion' in which CCTV cameras were erected in Muslim areas where there was zero evidence that anybody in the area was a terrorist. The residents were being targeted simply for their colour and for their Muslim faith.Paul Lewis wrote about 6 articles for the Guardian.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/17/birmingham-stops-spy-cameras-project