UK Indymedia - UK Culture Newswire Archive

In San Francisco USA, "Dispatches Against Displacement" -- a review

19-01-2015 08:19

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

“World’s remotest film festival” announces dates for 2015

18-01-2015 16:47

The as FiSahara film festival will take place from 28 April until 3 May 2015 in a refugee camp deep in the Sahara desert. The dates were announced at a London launch event today in the same week as renowned Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar told an audience at the British Film Institute that he is “a great supporter of FiSahara.”

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Ronald Ryan: Did Australia Hang an Innocent Man?

13-01-2015 01:42

Ronald Ryan was the last man hanged in Australia in 1967. Today, more than four decades later, serious doubts remain whether Ronald Ryan was guilty of murder beyond all reasonable doubt.

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23/24 January: 2nd Manning Truthfest in west Wales

09-01-2015 21:24

Remember the Manning Truthfest in January 2014? Well, it's back!

A troupe of Irish musicians, actors and activists supported by Afri will travel across the Irish sea to Pembrokeshire on 23rd January for a solidarity weekend for Chelsea Manning and her Welsh-Irish family.

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Australian Politicians Must Speak Out AGAINST Death Penalty

06-01-2015 06:56

Aussie politicians claim that executing Australian citizens is barbaric and seeks clemency, yet the execution of non-Australians is acceptable. Racist ??? Discrimination ???

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Mary's Immaculate Deception - A Christmas Play

24-12-2014 21:42

MARY
Don’t you think it’s a bit far-fetched?

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All I want for Xmas is a pint of Cobra venom.. - Youtube video

22-12-2014 11:43

Bus pass Elvis has a go at Ian Duncan Smith in his new Youtube Christmas Song -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYDvmvUIWDU

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Texas - The BESTIAL State of USA

29-11-2014 01:30

The State of Texas (aka the Bestial state of the USA) continues to execute people at an alarming rate - ignoring and violating International Human Rights Laws and Standards.

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Freedom's Womb

26-11-2014 11:55

Freedom's Womb is a unique video guitar message

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Audio: Sylvia Pankhurst - The Suffragette as a Militant Artist

24-11-2014 22:23

A recording of Hester Reeve discussing the value of re-historicising the suffragette as a militant artist in order to celebrate the unique suffragette contribution to human rights and creative citizenship. This Sheffield Humanist Society meeting was held on 18th November 2014 at the Farm Road Sports and Social Club, Sheffield.

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Audio from #ORGCon2014 - The UK's Digital Rights Conference

18-11-2014 01:38

Attached are recording from four of the sessions held at #ORGCon2014,

https://orgcon.openrightsgroup.org/2014/ on 15th November 2014.

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Leading UKIP Campaigners Are Friends With BNP Antisemite @edlnews @exposing_ukip

04-11-2014 23:17

Sean Moran from Tameside, Manchester, the veteran BNP nazi, who regularly posts anti-Semitic and Islamophobic posts on Twitter, is friends with leading UKIP party campaigners David Jones and James Oxby, close to Farage himself.

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Veggies Happy Birthday to you and Thanks!

17-10-2014 16:41

Veggies will be catering at Anarchist Book Fair On Saturday 18th October.
You are invited to Veggies Party at HQ Sumac Centre NG7 6HX from 6pm...also on 18th October
Cakes,Buffet,Music and anything else you'd expect to find...
Veggies offer our thanks to anyone that has ever washed plates, served tea and coffee,cut cake,served burgers...Happy Birthday to us and you...
See you all on the road sometime somewhere...

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Vigil for Palestine in Edinburgh ahead of commons vote

13-10-2014 00:51

Six photos from the vigil for Palestine held in Festival Square, Edinburgh on Sunday 12th October 2014.

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Cory Doctorow: Information Doesn't Want to Be Free

07-10-2014 22:07

On Friday 6th October 2014 Cory Doctorow addressed a packed meeting organised by the Open Rights Group Sheffield

https://sheffield.openrightsgroup.org/ in the Quaker Meeting House, Information Doesn't Want to Be Free.

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People, power and policy

03-10-2014 15:45

'Resilience', the current Legislative Theatre project of Active Inquiry, is holding a big event at Out of the Blue in Edinburgh on Saturday 11th October. Everyone is welcome to come and support this unique experiment in participatory policy-making!

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SchNEWS Ending?

26-09-2014 14:31

Is it the case that SchNEWS is stopping?

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Referendum night in George Square, Glasgow September 18/19 2014

21-09-2014 00:34

This is a detailed 3,000 word account of the results of the Scottish referendum on Independence with the party held by the Yes campaign in Scotland's largest city used as a backdrop. There are 20 photos included.

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Well the referendum is over but how much was it influenced by outsiders?

20-09-2014 14:09

The 2014 referendum on Scottish Independence was the focus of worldwide media attention. How much was the result affected by outsiders? Dr Henry Kissinger advised Scots to vote `No` - here is what he may have said.

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21 & 22 September: Two Days for World Peace in Wrexham

17-09-2014 22:19

Join us once again in Wrexham for a day celebrating peace and calling for an end to all warfare. This day is about coming together and sharing what we have in a spirit of peaceful cooperation. Peace Day events in Wrexham have always been free of charge and open to all. The success of the day is about what each of us brings to it. You are invited to bring vegetarian food to share and items you no longer need for the free stall. If you have anything else you would like to offer free of charge (no selling), please get in touch.