UK Indymedia - UK Culture Newswire Archive

... Still ... Burngreave Arts

30-03-2004 23:18

The Friends of Burngreave Chapel and Cemetery, are hosting an exhibition of local Burngreave artists work.

This is for one weekend only. 2nd April 7 - 10pm, 3rd April 10am - 9pm, 4th April 10am - 7pm
and includes paintings,installations, photography, projections, sculpture, film.

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Online Stream of Reverend Billy Lecture

30-03-2004 03:39

Reverend Billy, founder of the Church of Stop Shopping, will speak to students tomorrow about street theater and activism. The hosting institution, Penn State University, will stream out the lecture to the Internet. Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir will perform at London's Conway Hall June 9th, presented by the Ecologist magazine.

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HARDCORE ACTIVIST MUSIC !! Blacksmoke

29-03-2004 13:55

Some links to some great music
(Hardcore as in the real hardcore ...punk not rave)
the blacksmoke post-terrorist modernism diy mp3 ep

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Pics from the Sharrow Lantern Carnival

29-03-2004 12:34

Pictures from the Sharrow Lantern Carnival 28-03-2004

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HIV Positive Boxing Champ Gets Feature Film Based On His Life and Career

28-03-2004 17:02

"Great White Hope" boxing champ Tommy Morrison's career came to a halt after testing HIV-positive in 1996. Now he's back "Rocky" style.

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4ww screening in Edinburgh

27-03-2004 15:49

A war without a battlefield.
A war without an enemy.
A war that is everywhere.
A thousand civil wars.
A war without end.

11th of April, 7.30 pm at the Forest, 3 Bristo Square, Edinburgh.
Presented by the local "Dissent with the G8"- network group Reshape.

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News From Nowhere 30th Birthday

27-03-2004 14:54

News From Nowhere Radical Bookshop in Bold St, Liverpool, will be celebrating its 30th Birthday in style with an unusual programme of events. The women’s collective which runs the shop as a workers’ co-operative is proud of their success in surviving everything from fascist attacks to the rise of internet bookselling.

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"Essay on Lucidity" - blank votes to show their disappointment

27-03-2004 05:24

Portuguese Nobel laureate Jose Saramago's latest novel, a fable about a right-wing government's violent reaction to an election in which 83 percent of the votes cast are blank, went on sale with the author predicting the book would spark huge controversy.

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Rob Robinson sings anti-war song - video

26-03-2004 15:49

Anti-war singer/song-writer Rob Robinson sings his won composiiton: "The Pople's Anthem".

You can get a CD of his anti-war songs at by e-mailing him at:

robrobinson_bahons@yahoo.co.uk

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Danger Mouse screws around with EMI + other record copyrights

25-03-2004 12:38

DJ Danger Mouse remixed the vocals from Jay-Z's The Black Album and the Beatles' White Album and called his creation The Grey Album. He sent about 3,000 promo copies out, and was soon served with a cease-and-desist notice from EMI, who owns the rights to the White Album master. Danger Mouse complied with EMI's order, but Stay Free! (sponsors of the Illegal Art Exhibit) and many other fans of the remix / bootleg scene and digital freedom activists continued distributing the record over the Internet. EMI sent legal threats to many of them as well but has since backed down, at least for the time being...

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ELECTRONICA PGA BENEFIT GIG - HITCHIN (HERTS), 11th APRIL 2004.

24-03-2004 14:38

Details of lineup for PGA benefit gig in Hitchin, Herts on Sunday 11th April.

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Ken loach showing film about striking miners which was banned

24-03-2004 12:09

20th anniversary event of the great miners strike

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'Thank You Daniel Ellsberg'

24-03-2004 02:51

30 years later, the legendary leftist hears his tribute tune

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Planning application looms for Britain’s Henge Capital

23-03-2004 12:06

The future of Britain’s Henge Capital - Thornborough Henges - a 5,000 years old henge complex that is only just gaining recognition as the UK's most important ritual location 5,000 years ago - is going to be decided this year.

Tarmac Northern Ltd, subsidiary of Anglo American Plc have confirmed, despite UK Government and English Heritage statements against further quarrying in the area, that they will be applying for planning permission to remove yet more of the ritual landscape of this, the UK's largest henge si

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Concert for Palestine - Wed 24/03

22-03-2004 19:27

Jazz muscian Gilad Atzmon will be performing in aid of Palestinian children in Gaza.
7.30pm Wednesday 24th March 2004
Firth Hall
Western Bank
University of Sheffield
£8/£6 concessions

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1984/5 Miners Strike - Burning Issues, play by Banner Theatre on Merseyside

22-03-2004 14:58

Burning Issues
A new touring production to mark the twentieth anniversary
of the 1984/5 Miners Strike.

Thursday, March 25: Citadel Arts Centre, St Helens: 8.00pm
For more details ring 01744 735436

Friday, March 26: The Picket, Hardman Street, Liverpool: 8.00pm
(for the National Union of Journalists annual conference)

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Sheffield lantern carnival postponed

21-03-2004 14:09

Parade planned for today - postponed.

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festival of resistance - Blackwood

17-03-2004 18:33

An open invitation to laugh in the face of doom and have a dance before the storm of global capitalism.
Bring what you expect to find: live music, lights, juggling skills, climbing workshops, love and talents.

Blackwood woods, (protest site), Blackwood, south Wales

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Labour Party Conference Pics

17-03-2004 00:18

Sorry: hopefully here's the pictures from Manchester's Labour Party Conference this time:

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Road to Ruin - Film Screening on Sunday March 21

16-03-2004 13:52

Oxford Indymedia presents the second in its regular monthly film screenings in conjunction with Undercurrents, and on this occasion with 'Fifth Sun Archive'. Last time Northgate Hall was full to bursting, and there was a great atmosphere. Come along and bring your friends - you may even get to meet some of Oxford's own local film-makers....