UK Promoted Newswire Archive
Swindon Anarchists launched
26-09-2011 16:57
A new group for anarchists in Swindon and Wilts has been launched - come and join the fun!St Andrews Strikes Again!
26-09-2011 14:12
every year St. Andrews activisits attack the Army for the Freshers Fayre. this year, let us delight you with our methods and tactics for you to employ at your own leisure!Anti-Vivisectionists March on Downing Street
25-09-2011 19:35
No to Road-building
25-09-2011 19:28
David Willetts says deaths of disabled people "are not a policy", gets pied.
25-09-2011 15:03
night.
Camp Frack - Pics & Vid
24-09-2011 12:55
Pictures and video of Camp Frack, 6-19 Sept, Hesketh Bank, Lancashire.
Video from the camp: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DVBGLd00MtI&list=PL8E14B012A2D815B7
Report from the Camp: http://www.campaigncc.org/campfrack
Some pics below.
Brighton 9: Verdict this Friday
23-09-2011 09:49
On Friday afternoon, after a 9 day trial, the verdict for the 9 activists accused of criminal damage as a result of the Brighton Uncut action at Top Shop on the 4th December last year, will be announced. That day 8 activists super-glued themselves inside the windows of the shop (where they remained for around 4 hours) while a demonstration took place outside. In total 21 people (out of a total of around 50 people who took part) were arrested that day, with many people kettled and arrested outside the shop.Report from Wrexham Peace Day, 21 September
22-09-2011 22:54
Several hundred people took part in this year's Peace Day in Wrexham on 21 September, a day-long event running from 11am to 6pm on Llwyn Isaf, the library field in the middle of town.More photos to follow.
Palestine Today 09 22 2011
22-09-2011 16:43
Peace Day Actions Against Drones (Wales)
22-09-2011 13:46
Fracking Demo: Frack Off Cuadrilla
21-09-2011 22:55
Anti-fracking protesters congregate outside the press conference in Blackpool held by Cuadrilla Resources as they announce the results of their drilling for shale gas tests in Lancashire, holding a massive Frack Off banner and chanting abuse at the company through a megaphone...
Today Cuadrilla announced that they've found 200 trillion cubic feet of gas held in rocks under the ground, which is 10 times more than UK reserves in the North Sea. Not all of this can be 'fracked' out - a process which involves pumping millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals in order to crack rock 9,000ft underground (for more info see frack-off.org) - but Mark Miller (toxic water spiller) CEO of Cuadrilla says "We're equivalent to - or exceeding - the gas per square mile that you'd find in the really successful plays in the US."
Fracking has been a major disaster in the US with the industry booming massively over the last several years without intervention, leading to a series of catastrophes relating to water contamination, toxic spills, blow outs, water you can set on fire, and more pollution into the biosphere, mainly methane.
Cuadrilla already has plans for 400 gas wells, across 40 sites, with its current exploration license granted by the government, which covers the Bowland shale between Blackpool and Preston. If all goes well for the company, we could be looking at tens of thousands of gas rigs in Lancashire alone, that's 20-30 per square mile.
Fracking is the thin end of the wedge in the drive to suck the last and most difficult to reach drops of fuel from the planet. The scramble for unconventional sources of gas is the beginning of the end of our finite resources (along with: tar sands, mountain top removal, deep water drilling, coal bed methane etc etc).
Fracking must be stopped.
Nothing will happen without pressure. Get informed, get organised and take action.
Photo Report from Wrexham Peace Day
21-09-2011 22:30
Charter to Afghanistan/ Trouble in Harmondsworth IRC
21-09-2011 20:59
Afghan man put on charter flight is said to have been badly injuried in Harmondsworth IRC, other Afghan nationals protested and were attacked by police with dogsPalestine Today 09 21 2011
21-09-2011 15:36
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Wall Street Occupation
19-09-2011 10:26
Wall Street Occupation is ongoing.Update on Land & Freedom Camp + location details
17-09-2011 19:56
The camp started today with over 40 people joining in. The day started with a circle where people introduced themselves and their campaigns and started a discussion about land, ownership and freedom. (Reports and pics to follow) Rain brought the discussion to an end and a shelter was constructed where people chatted, sang, shared food and shared ideas for the week ahead. It was agreed that the camp would move to outside the church on the corner of Clapham Common Northside and The Pavement.
This is an update on the Land & Freedom Camp: a 7 day open exhibition and demonstration taking place on Clapham Common from Sat 17th Sept til Sun 25th Sept.The aim of the camp is to highlight the issue of the economics of land ownership and the politics and laws regarding the use of the land locally and globally. We want to communicate the myriad of effects that the current system has including:
the almost complete restriction of access to land to live (and grow) autonomously and sustainably by common people in the UK and around the world due to laws governing use of the land and/or economic domination of it by the few (despite there being over 5 acres of land for every human being on earth)
the ensuing effect of artificial scarcity of available land that the restriction of access creates: driving up the cost of housing and reducing it's availability in both cities and the rural areas. This creates a slave culture where people struggle to make end's meet in crammed urban environments or as for the most of the world's population even to put food in their mouths.
the modern legacy of political structures that serve the interests of the land owning establishment which have been previously constructed through history by the same priveleged group.
the laws and land grabs which these structures continue to push forward dispossessing people locally and globally: whether it be the UK Gov's agenda to ban squatting, evicting people from their land (Dale Farm) or as in Africa with the forced dispossession of people from the land they depend on for their survival.
the completely undemocratic, unsustainable and dangerous control of the natural resources by private corporations for profit, monopolising production of humanities bare necessities: food, fuel, water and so on. The result: food scarcity, destruction of eco-systems, climate change, peak oil etc...
Event: Land & Freedom Camp.
Location: Bandstand, Clapham Common.
Map link: http://bit.ly/nqXhOS
Transport: Clapham Common tube. Buses from Clapham Junction.
Contact: 07963 475 195 for any questions.
On Sunday there will be a stall with info and a meeting to plan action and the strategy for the camp for the week.
Anti-DSEi protests - Mon & Tues: pics
17-09-2011 18:55
Images from protests against the biennial 'Defence and Security Equipment International' (DSEi), probably the world's largest arms trade exhibition, which took place at the Excel Centre in east London's Docklands from 13-16 September 2011.
The images are of the silent vigil at Excel on the eve of the DSEi arms fair, on Monday 12th September, and of protests on the day of action on the opening day of DSEi, on Tuesday 13th September, around Parliament and the Excel area.
More images here: http://tinyurl.com/3dj4erb (links to Picasa Web Album)
All images are Copyright (c) 2011 D. Viesnik but may be reproduced free of charge for non-commercial use, if credited. For high-resolution versions, please e-mail.
Dale Farm: Calling out to all activists
17-09-2011 14:17
Dale Farm and supporters are preparing for the eviction this Monday (19th Sept) morning, which is expected to start at 8am. Despite the overwhelming support by poeple from all around the world, Basildon Council plans to evict the Irish Travellers at Dale Farm, Basildon, who have been living on their own land for more then 10 years.
Recent Artciles: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Videos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Dale Farm Solidarity
The call out:
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Calling out to all activists and legal observers – information about the Dale Farm eviction this week – Please forward this around your networks ASAP thanks!
Today, we are witnessing a new civil rights movement for Travellers. What’s happening to us at Dale Farm will never happen again. Monday 19th, they will try to bulldoze Dale Farm and we strongly recommend getting here ahead of the eviction as it is likely to start at 8 am. We will also need people to come up throughout the week of the eviction.
If you can’t make it you can support in another way, we are in desperate need of funds. Please donate!
Dale farm residents are calling on supporters to come to Dale Farm to help them stop the eviction or act as human rights monitors.
Activists are supporting the Travellers in defending their homes and community. There’s many different ways of getting involved – we need medics, legal observers, site defenders, cooks, etc.. More people are needed on all fronts.
Please sign up for txt alerts in case urgent information needs to get relayed or follow us on twitter. You can send information to the legal hotline 07928669515
Getting to the site
Dale Farm is about 30-40 minutes from London by Train, you can find directions here. From Wickford Station (30 minutes journey from London), it’s a 15 minute cycle/45 minute walk from the station. To arrange a lift call the site phone: 07583621312
Please see map for more info on access to the site. As of Saturday Sept. 17th, there are no restrictions on entering Dale Farm.
Be Prepared
Things to bring:
-warm clothes
-food
-water bottle
-sleeping bag and roll mat
-notepads, pencils
-torches
-cameras for taking photo evidence
-clean phone
Things not to bring:
-offensive weapons
-Things you would not like the police to take off you
Food
A vegan kitchen is running. We will be asking for donations to cover our costs, but it may be an early target of the Bailiffs, so please bring extra food.
Sleeping arrangements
Sleeping space is available in caravans and residents’ homes but we encourage you to bring a tent, and you are welcome to sleep over anytime. Please bring a sleeping bag if you can, and a roll mat is highly recommended especially since most of the tent space is on hard ground.
>Legal info
Write on your arm before you get here:
Dale Farm Legal Hotline: 07928 669 515
Birds Solicitors: 07966 234 994
Hodge Jones and Allen Solicitors: 07659 111 192
Other info
Camp Constant site phone: 07583621312
The welcome pack is available here (in three formats, all versions have the same content):Dale Farm Welcome pdf or Dale Farm Welcome odt or Dale Farm Welcome word doc – if you have trouble opening any of these for any reason, please email savedalefarm@gmail.com The welcome packs contain information on Dale Farm and the political context of the current eviction, Camp Constant and what to bring, Traveller history, and legal advice for activists.
http://dalefarm.wordpress.com/activity/
People coming organised as affinity groups are very welcome.
Please promote our facebook event through social networking sites, and see the original callout here
See you here!
Camp Constant
Camp Frack Update
17-09-2011 08:00
The tents are up, the sun is shining, the porridge is hot!
OK, we're lying about the sun, though we did see a weak glimmer coming over the horizon earlier. Just as the solar panel roadies were getting their hi-vis jackets on the pounding rain returned... bring your wellies!
But, seriously, it's brightening up, and campers are moving about the field adjusting guy ropes, peering hopefully at the windmill, and clutching warm drinks provided from the kitchen.
The mornng meeting has been re-adjusted to a 9.00 a.m. start so even if you set off now you'll probably miss it and the more exciting parts of the day's activities will just be getting going by the time you arrive.
There's a pleasant mix of seasoned campaigners re-acquainting themselves and local first-timers getting involved in this eco-lark now that the craziness has shown up on theirown doorsteps.
Come on down, you know you want to!
http://www.campaigncc.org/campfrack
Saturday's activities look a bit like this:
11:30am – Fracking Campaign Round Up A round up of the various fracking campaigns going on across the UK.
12:30pm – LUNCH
2:00pm - 3:00pm – Workshops
• All About Fracking (Frack Off)
• Local Groups (an opportunity for local groups to get together to network and plan)
• Gasland (film showing)
3:00pm - 4:00pm – Workshops
• Direct Action & Fracking (Frack Off)
• Gasland (film showing – continued)
There is additional marquee space between 2pm and 4pm which has been left for improvised workshops and for planning groups to make use of.
4:00pm – BREAK
4:30pm – How Do We Work Together? Camp wide workshop on what we can do to stop fracking nationally and how we can form a broad front rather than disparate campaigns.
6:30pm – END OF DAY
Dinner & socialising
Anti-DSEi protest in Westminster: pics
16-09-2011 20:55
A small demo took place in Parliament Square and Whitehall on Friday, from 11am to 4pm, against the 'Defence and Security Equipment International' (DSEi) arms fair. The protest included a visit to Downing Street to deliver a petition addressed to Prime Minister David Cameron calling for the UK to stop arming dictators and to shut down the DSEi arms fair.
Except where stated otherwise, all images are Copyright (c) 2011 D. Viesnik but may be reproduced free of charge for non-commercial use if credited. For high-resolution versions, please e-mail.
