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An Open Invitation to Occupy Brighton's first Public Meeting of 2012

08-02-2012 15:04

Occupy Brighton GA flyer 18-2-12
Place: The Academy of Creative Training, 8-10 Rock Place, Brighton
Date: Saturday, 18th February, 7:00 - 9.30pm

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No Pasaran! Leeds Antifascist Film Festival A Storming Success

07-02-2012 11:20

A report on last weekend's film festival.

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Crashing Through Capital: An Introduction to Economics

06-02-2012 08:09

The Space Project presents a course in economics in Leeds.

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Free University Network National Meeting

04-02-2012 12:35

When: Saturday, 25 February 2012
Time: 11:00 until 16:30
Where: The Oaklands Centre, Winleigh Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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Calling all students, take back your campus

04-02-2012 12:16

Students at, the University of Birmingham along with the university of Birmingham guild of students have called a demonstration, on Wednesday February 15th 1pm to fight the controversial “ban” on protests. The injunction has been widely condemned as censorious and regressive by groups including amnesty international.

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New Unionism: a conference on how workers can fight back

03-02-2012 12:15

In the late 1880s, workers (often unskilled or semi-skilled, often migrants and often working in casualised and precarious environments) organised militant industrial unions to fight back against their bosses. Socialist activists like Eleanor Marx, Tom Mann and Will Thorne were crucial to the struggles.

Faced with increasingly similar conditions today, can we build a New Unionism for the 21st century that transforms and revolutionises the modern labour movement? Organised by Workers' Liberty.

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Boycott the University of Florida: Do not apply to UF across the pond

02-02-2012 18:42

We are confident that, working together as a coordinated international community, we can force the University of Florida to shut down their primate experimentation program. Animal torture is entrenched at almost every university worldwide. We can set the precedent at UF and, in the process, begin to take a sledgehammer to the University Vivisection Complex.

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Call from the Wilderness Forest of Dean Wilderness Centre

01-02-2012 22:19

Protect The Wilderness Eco-House
Statement from the Wilderness Centre : On the day of Gloucestershire County Council meeting that will determine the councils next course of action.

Two activists jedi'd their way into the meeting, and handing out our "statement of intent" (link below) to the officious types sat around with members of the police, various council officers and advisors in Shire Hall, Gloucester, before being asking to leave -all was very polite, civil and in good humour.

We await their decision, which will dictate our next move.

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Venezuela – El Libertario #65: Opening up free spaces

29-01-2012 19:49

El Libertario #65
The February-March 2012 issue of this voice for anarchist action and thought is out, as always committed to liberty and equality in solidarity since 1995. This issue includes the following:

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Grassroots community action round-up

28-01-2012 09:42

A round up of campaigns organised by people in their communities including saving the local school, health service, and prevent nuclear waste dumping.

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Michael Gove Visiting Birmingham Tomorrow (Friday) – Protest 1pm

26-01-2012 23:51

Michael Gove, education secretary, is visiting Ninestiles Academy tomorrow (friday 27th). There will be a protest from 1pm

Ninestiles Academy, Hartfield Crescent, Birmingham, B27 7FQ

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Defend Right to Protest - University of Birmingham

23-01-2012 17:47

When: Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Time: 13:00 until 14:00
Where: Clocktower, University of Birmingham

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Montgomery Primary School Strike

21-01-2012 13:10

Montgomery Primary school is being forced to become an academy, a move which both teachers and parents are opposed to. In December, all staff went on strike, and were joined by parents on the picket line.  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/birmingham/2011/12/490171.html They will be on strike again on the 25th January.

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Search for audience members from re-enactment to attend unique film screening

19-01-2012 09:38

My research is trying to find out what art works like Jeremy Deller's 'The Battle of Orgreave' - mean to the people who were directly affected by the events portrayed and I would very much like to reach them to invite them to the free screening on 28 Jan in Leeds.

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Space

12-01-2012 19:38

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Update: FOD Education Centre Occupation.

09-01-2012 00:36

We are actively looking for support from the local community, environmental activists, nature lovers, foresters, wilderness survival experts, sustainable skills educators, healers, crafty/arty types of all dispositions, gardeners, lecturers and anyone else wanting to offer their skills and knowledge to people willing to learn to come and be live-in volunteers at our recently reopened education centre!

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HacktionLab - Hacktivist gathering Bradford winter 2012

06-01-2012 20:10

HacktionLab Winter 2012 Flyer
The next HacktionLab gathering will be in Bradford at the 1 in 12 Club on 21-22nd January 2012.

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Swedish hippies and revolutionaries in Guy Fawkes masks: films for 2012

06-01-2012 15:43

V poster
OARC Sunday Screenings is back for the New Year with two great films in January and February: the Swedish film Tillsammens showing this coming Sunday, and the excellent and inspiring V for Vendetta showing in February.

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University of Birmingham threatens BUCU right to strike

20-12-2011 12:48

Following the November 30 strike, BUCU were sent a confidential document by UoB HR which threatens BUCU through claims that members behaved unlawfully and/or unreasonably during the picketing on 30th November.

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Titnore Woods Info Night

19-12-2011 14:03

The woods are under (indirect) threat again!