UK Newswire Archive
The Return of Marx - 1 (Capitalist Crisis)
06-10-2011 17:30
The article, the first of a short series, deals with the current international economic and financial crisis. It argues that the present volatile government debt cycle and bond market instability cannot be properly understood without a knowledge of the economic analysis of capital made by Karl Marx. The second part, The Return of Marx - 2, will distinguish between Marx and 'Marxists' who deny Marx's concept of self-activity and seek to subordinate revolutionary developments to the dictates of a party.Thomson protesters strip to reveal the Naked Truth about biofuels
06-10-2011 15:16
biofuel powered flight by stripping to reveal slogans opposed to the
controversial new departure.
5th Nov - Barry Horne memorial march & rally @ HLS
06-10-2011 15:01
From Bristol With love 8 (Radio Show)
06-10-2011 14:11
From Bristol with Love is a showcase for local music, local news and new forms of local thinking.Full article | 1 addition | 6 comments
Pics from Hinkley anti-nuclear mass blockade, camp and demo, Somerset
06-10-2011 13:19
Occupy the London Stock Exchange
06-10-2011 12:41
Occupy the London Stock Exchange - World Revolution Day 15th October10 Years of Afghan War: Guantánamo-related events to mark anniversary (London)
06-10-2011 12:40
Friday 7th October marks the 10th anniversary of the start of the war in Afghanistan on 7th October 2001. Before there was Guantánamo, there were black sites and torture prisons in Afghanistan where such practices continue to be carried out today. Nearly all the prisoners held at Guantánamo had been "processed" and held at the prisons at the Bagram Air Base, Kandahar and the Dark Prison in Kabul before being taken to Guantánamo Bay.SQUASH: This is where it starts getting lively
06-10-2011 12:38
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Police clamp down on young Cambridge arsonists
06-10-2011 12:32
An outbreak of wheelie bin fires in Cambridge has led to young arsonists facing action from police.Slutwalking Bristol 2011
06-10-2011 10:55
Opinions and ideas from the slutwalkersThe first Bristol Slutwalk on the kicked off at 3pm on 1st October 2011.
About 150 people, many dressed in and gloriously suggestive clothes, marched through Bristol, then attended talks on College Green. Demonstrators protested victim blaming in rape cases, and for the right to dress in a provocative manner with assumptions being made about sexual complicity.
The video was put together from interviews before and during the walk, revealing show Slutwalk as a strong and coherent movement.
Take action against companies profiting from workfare!
06-10-2011 10:12
1pm, Wed 19th October 2011 outside the annual Welfare to Work Conference at the Business Design Centre, Upper Street, Islington, N1 0HQThe 99 Percent Occupy Wall Street
06-10-2011 08:01
The entrapment and arrest of 700 peaceful Occupy Wall Street (OWS) activists on the Brooklyn Bridge has created a huge wave of support for their movement. The number of daytime occupants in Liberty Plaza doubled or tripled from 100 the week prior to 200-300 this past Monday and Tuesday. These people are the core who maintain the occupation of the plaza, making it possible for several hundreds and sometimes thousands to hold rallies in the late afternoon and participate in the open mic speakouts and General Assembly meetings in the evening.
Countries with No Water
06-10-2011 07:39
Imagine living in a country that has no fresh water? Well, it's happening in the Pacific. Some countries there have run out of fresh water.The Real Reason Why Police Cage Peaceful Protestors
05-10-2011 18:46
US Presidential Candidate Abuses Animals
05-10-2011 18:42
the Mitt Romney record2011 Anarchist Bookfair
05-10-2011 17:13
10:00 am - 7:00 pm Saturday 22 October2011 Anarchist Bookfair
Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS.
Palestine Today 10 05 2011
05-10-2011 16:40
Occupy Wall Street: A Reply to Skeptics
05-10-2011 16:12
On September 27th Lauren Ellis published an essay in Mother Jones Magazine entitled “Is #OccupyWallStreet Working?”
The essay argues that Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is not working because the movement has no clear message and is not demographically representative of those who are affected most by the current economic problems. While Ellis does raise important points about movement-messaging and political representation, she in no way tries to understand the internal logic and outward expression of OWS.
Ellis’ conclusions center around four main points: that OWS’s “kitchen sink approach” is a form of ineffective messaging; that the media’s focus on the police brutality distracts from OWS’s main message (or lack thereof); that the hacktavist collective Anonymous inhibits the OWS movement; and that the OWS participants are the “usual suspects” of “dreamers.” In what follows, I provide counter-arguments to each of Ellis’ points as an attempt to flesh-out some of the philosophies, practices, and communicative strategies of Occupy Wall Street. I want to note that I am not seeking to attack Lauren Ellis in any way. Instead, I am trying to demonstrate why her arguments—representative of many like-minded skeptics—are insufficiently substantiated.
