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60 days older and deeper in debt: postscript to "On SYRIZA and its victory"

06-04-2015 12:50

An update on the rule of SYRIZA in Greece

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Danny Schechter 1942-2015 - an appreciation.

28-03-2015 00:16

Danny Schechter, surely one of the greatest, if not the greatest, American journalist of the twentieth century sadly passed away on Thursday 19th March 2015 after a brave battle with cancer. His prolific output, commitment to truth, justice and humanity should be a beacon of light to young journalists everywhere. Here is my tribute to the News Dissector with whom I corresponded for 14 years.

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Firsthand account of Frankfurt resistance against the ECB

23-03-2015 21:31

On March 18th 2015 thousands of anti-capitalists from across Europe converged on Frankfurt to disrupt the opening ceremony of the European Central Bank (ECB). A morning of intense rioting, followed by a 25,000 strong anti-capitalist demonstration, caused severe disruption to the ECB. Rabble received this account from someone who participated in some of the day’s events:

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Photos from anti-Pegida protest outside Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh

23-03-2015 00:19

15 photos from the demonstration at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh to protest against far right group Pegida. The racists failed to make an appearance however and perhaps the far right are on the back foot. It pays to be vigilant though.

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Report of Radical Independence Campaign Conference

20-03-2015 17:50

Here is a report with 20 photos of the RIC conference in Dundee last weekend. As we approach the May 7th UK election, events in Scotland may influence what happens in Westminster. How will issues like austerity, Trident and overseas wars be affected?

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Charlie Hebdo 10 weeks on

17-03-2015 21:53

It is now 10 weeks since the Paris shootings which dominated the news headlines for so long. As race and immigration are likely to feature strongly in the coming election in May here is a detailed analysis of the media coverage of the Paris shootings and their aftermath.

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(corrected) Dining With Vultures: Bristol Anarchists & the UK Media

17-03-2015 19:26

-corrected version, March 2015-
(Thanks to the Anarchist Black Cross of Bristol for their clarification. From the original; "fortitude to those targeted by Operation Pandora and their close ones, the dignified rebels holding strong in the Belarussian gulags, Emma Sheppard, all those across the world facing down repression head on and all those forced underground.")

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Does Met Cop Sir Bernard really care about dealing with Tower Hamlets Crimes?

16-03-2015 17:39

Sir Bernard, Cllr Rabina Khan, Cllr Ohid Ahmed, Cllr Amy Whitelock and MPs' Home Affairs Cottee Chair Keith Vaz all feature here

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Information Commission has stopped monitoring Tower Hamlets Council

05-03-2015 15:10


Today’s news that the Information Commission has stopped monitoring Tower Hamlets Council after allegedly improving made by that Council on Information Provision will come as news to many.

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Curo Housing to monitor tenants using remote-controlled worker drones

05-03-2015 07:40

Curo, the not-for-profit housing & support organisation based in Bath, is becoming one of the first in the country to look at using drones as part of its tenant management tool kit.

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Curo Housing Bath HQ to hold EMERGENETICS sessions at its INSPIRE 2015 Forum

01-03-2015 11:15

Has CURO Housing’s unelected 15 member board authorised the use of its HQ for disseminating this pseudo-scientific/religious ego-building management mumbo-jumbo?

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Resolution on US germ warfare and CIA torture adopted by the UK KFA Meeting 26 F

27-02-2015 11:58

The US have hypocritically attacked the Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK) over "human rights ". However it is the US that is the worst ever human rights abuser as it used biological weapons during the Korean war and the CIA carried out barbaric tortures . UK KFA adopted the following resolution which we will be sending to the UN.

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Rotherham - why the New Commissioners are no answer at all -

27-02-2015 09:11

Rotherham Council is no more; not as an independent, elected local Council serving local people in Rotherham according to democratic standards, aspirations and needs. Rotherham is the latest such Council, to be subjected to Erick Pickles DCLG "intervention". The other Council is London’s Tower Hamlets. There, the number of Commissioners is fewer and their remit less extensive than is shown to be the case on Rotherham. However, the interventions conform the dominant view in Society that local Councils are failing in very serious ways. So what should happen?

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Victor da Cunha Curo Housing seeks advice from senior military officer

25-02-2015 21:12

Victor da Cunha Curo Housing Group Chief Executive invites senior military officer to teach him how to translate the leadership of a disciplined environment like the army into the housing world at The Curo Groups Inspire 2015 forum.

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Operation GRhone and the Badger hunt

20-02-2015 19:39

Repost of our article about police repression in Bristol, and our response...

Original:  https://bristolabc.wordpress.com/2015/02/20/operation-grhone-and-the-badger-hunt/

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The Shortwave Report 2/20/15 Listen Globally!

20-02-2015 01:13

A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. NHK World Radio Japan, Radio Havana Cuba, Radio Deutsche-Welle, Sputnik Radio.

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A review of 'Dispatches Against Displacement'

17-02-2015 05:25

A work by a prominent San Francisco USA housing activist in a context of ongoing defeat for San Francisco renters.

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Borough of Hatred, Tower Hatred as the news headlines say

11-02-2015 17:10


The claim that the Metropolitan Police are too close to Lutfur Rahman is revealing

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n SYRIZA and its victory in the recent general elections in Greece

09-02-2015 14:36

TPTG's read on the current situation in Greece