UK Culture Newswire Archive
Dismay across Merseyside as Cheap CD’s Disappear and Police Waste Resources Prot
16-03-2006 15:52
There was a worry amongst many in Liverpool that knocked off CD’s and DVD’s would no longer be available as police boasted of their crack down on pirates.East Enders set up Whitechapel Community library - campaign news
16-03-2006 15:43
The Whitechapel Community Library has been set up by a group of independent voluntary organisations - not receiving any funding from any public source of any kind – to continue to facilitate public access to and use of the books and materials that used to be in the now-closed Tower Hamlets Council-controlled Whitechapel Library. The site is soon to be taken over by another body, not a library. The Tower Hamlets Council has been accused today of destroying the library resources in the area. A new community, alternative, library is being set up and will be opened to the community in the very near future3 extra things to remember for march 18 . . . .
15-03-2006 15:45
seeing the way the world is getting spun into this "war for news management" spiral, here are 3 things you can do to increase the sanity quotient . . . .Mad Pride 2006 Events to Include; Africa, Ireland, USA, Canada, France.
15-03-2006 12:03
Mad Pride 2006 promises to be better than ever with plans underway for several events in Ireland, USA, Canada, France and even a Mad Pride celebration in Africa thanks to MindFreedom Ghana! Dan Taylor, who is the Secretary of MindFreedom Ghana based in Accra, Ghana, announced, "Our Theme for our Mad Pride event is 'Free Minds At Ease.'"news from the rampART
15-03-2006 01:31
The rampART social centre had one of those less than pleasant incidents last week...Rally against racism on Leeds University campus
15-03-2006 01:28
Students at Leeds University are calling a rally demanding that racist Frank Ellis, Leeds University lecturer, is sacked.BBC makes dumbing down its official policy
14-03-2006 23:55
It was obvious that this is what they were doing anyway but now the powers-that-be are making it official. The BBCs lofty purpose is now simply to entertain the masses rather than inform...Building bridges in Palestine - party and exhibition
14-03-2006 22:39
Middle East Party - Sunday 19th March, Wax Bar, Broad Street, Nottingham, 4-8pm. An exhibition of drawings, photographs and paintings from Palestine by Paul Gent + speakers. Live music from long Journey Home.Considering a fallen world
14-03-2006 19:50
This is an extract of a short pamphlet written in January 2006 detailing some thoughts on our current situation. This situation has remained intact for at least a hundred years past. It is not news as such but clearly is still very much a cause of great concern and will not go away as long as we are ignorant and compliant. A friend and I wrote this as the beginnings of a potential movement of discontent in Manchester and the world. We despise consumerism, our revolting spectacle society and the banality of modern life and the modern slave. We are inspired by the Lettrists, situationists, Dadaism etc. This is to be continued…March for Freedom of Expression
14-03-2006 11:25
On Saturday, March 25th, there will be a demo for freedom of expression in Trafalgar Square. Please come to show your support.wasteland - squatting documentary now online
13-03-2006 12:01
wasteland, a documentary exploring the lifestyle of squatting, by filmmaker Will Wright, is now available for viewing and download from Google Video.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5006979090478328075
Freedom to skate protest (pics and report)
11-03-2006 20:54
Systematic destruction of Ecology and Culture in Shepton Mallet, UK
11-03-2006 16:34
These tall majestic trees stand to tell the stories of our past, present and future. To fell is to erase the memory of our identities.People and Earth Defend
4 crucial things to remember re: iran '53 . . . . ( + first hand accounts)
10-03-2006 19:32
. . . . that every journalist working on the iran story should make themselves aware of . . . . since its the forgetting that causes the very worst tragedies.srilanka tsunami social project fundraiser @ rampart centre
10-03-2006 16:45
http://www.rampart.co.nr //////////////////music and lights #5 ////////////////////////////
our 2nd night at rampart. coming at you with a mixed bag of funky live aucostic+electronic music, slide & video visuals in a comfy atmosphere.
United Against Repression EuroDemo + Teknival: Strasbourg: 15th April
10-03-2006 11:34
We ask you to mobilize yourselves, your sound systems and your friends and head for Strasbourg to the European Alternatives Resistance (E.A.R) protest to make yourselves seen and heard peacefully. We will be assembling at 14.00 hours at Place de l'Universite in strasbourg city center and will be marching on the European Parliement and Council and the Court of Human Rights.
We ask you all to bring the carnival atmosphere with whistles, horns, drums and anything else you can make some fucking noize with !!! We do not want a violent protest and ask everyone to be on there best behavior, dont give them the excuse to turn this on us, the worlds press will be watching... [then party after...]
Copies of flyers below - full size + posters + more infos at:
http://www.free4euroalternatives.org Why? Against the repression of parties, squats, cultures and people: eg: "One dead and over 50 injured as police spread chaos at Czech Tekno Festival" 06.08.2005
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/08/320508.html?c=on#comments See you there!
Designing and building the multi-person powered thingy - Nottm's Rinky-Dink
10-03-2006 01:18
april 15 2006 let's do it ... protest + teknival strasbourg
09-03-2006 23:14
the protest against police repression at czechtek and oppression of alternatibe culture generally in fortress is back on ...april 15 strasbourg france ...
a march to the european parliament followed by a teknival ..better be there for this one!!
Peace Not War - Brixton Jamm - Friday 10 March
09-03-2006 04:12
this time PNW is free to all activists and Indymedia users.
Trailer for New Documentary Film About Grenada
08-03-2006 22:57
View the trailer for Grenada: The Maroon Spirit, a new documentary film about the island of Grenada