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Free film series at 56a Infoshop, South London

05-02-2009 15:25

Not only are FULL UNEMPLOYMENT cinema now using 56a Infoshop (in South London) for screenings, the Infoshop folks are about to start a monthly film thing too. Check the 56a site for news of 56a film shows.

Here is Feb's FULL UNEMPLOYMENT cinema details and also March and April.

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Shell to Sea Visit Leeds: Part 1 - An Illegal Eviction

05-02-2009 12:49

On the evening of 4th Feb 2009, local people from West Yorkshire were keen to hear about the Shell to Sea campaign and the Rossport Solidarity camp. However things didn't go quite as planned.

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Waterford Crystal: ‘We’re occupying this plant to save our jobs’

05-02-2009 11:18

Workers at the Waterford Crystal factory in Ireland have delivered a powerful example of how to take on the recession – they are occupying their plant to keep it open. The factory is owned by Waterford Wedgewood, which went into receivership on 5 January. The receiver suggested that the plant move to a three-day week. Workers were reluctant to go along with this and were suspicious of the motives behind it. Many believed that the factory would close as soon as they were out the door. It turned out the receiver had the same idea.

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Save the squat at Topf & Söhne!

05-02-2009 08:41

Entrance to the Topf & Söhne squat in Erfurt, Germany. More photos here. In 2001, a group of antifascist activists connected to the anti-German movement occupied the long-abandoned Topf & Söhne factory grounds in Erfurt, Germany, where the crematoriums for the Nazi death camps were manufactured.

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Nottingham University Gaza solidarity occupation violently evicted : pix 2

03-02-2009 12:12

Students who had been occupying a lecture theatre at the University of Nottingham have branded university authorites a "national disgrace" after they were violently evicted by university security.

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Nottingham University Gaza solidarity occupation violently evicted pix 1

03-02-2009 12:08

Students who had been occupying a lecture theatre at the University of Nottingham have branded university authorites a "national disgrace" after they were violently evicted by university security.

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Workers in Ukraine Occupy Factory

03-02-2009 09:47

Workers occupy factory in Kherson, Ukraine
Today at 9:30 more than 300 workers occupied the administrative building of Kherson Engineering Plant. The workers demand payment of wages, nationalization of the plant without compensation to its owner and are decisively inclined to occupy the building until complete fulfillment of their demands.

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Nottingham Gaza solidarity occupation violently evicted

01-02-2009 22:49

At around 6pm today the student occupation of B62 at Nottingham University was violently evicted by campus security. Around 10 security staff used force to remove the occupants into the snow outside. Students are being forced to wait in the cold whilst they go in one by one to pick up belongings. They are being forced to give ID in order to be allowed entry.

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Nottingham University Students Occupation in Solidarity with Gaza pix 2

01-02-2009 13:20

Students at the University of Nottingham are occupying lecture theatre B62 of the Law and Social Sciences building on the University campus, in a move to demand urgent action from their institution for Gaza.

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Nottingham University Students Occupation in Solidarity with Gaza pix 1

01-02-2009 13:11

Students at the University of Nottingham are occupying lecture theatre B62 of the Law and Social Sciences building on the University campus, in a move to demand urgent action from their institution for Gaza.

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New School Occupation: Perspectives on the Seizure of a Building

31-01-2009 16:27

1. Anti-Democratic Reflections on the Recent New School Occupation

2. A Case Study Of Occupation as Non-Event

3. Seven Points on Occupation

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Preoccupied: The Logic of Occupation

31-01-2009 16:17

Someone stands on a table and yells, “This is now occupied.” And that’s how it begins.

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Minipodcast from the third night of the occupation at Nottingham Uni

31-01-2009 03:33

Listen to the members of the occupation and their experiences of the day’s events. Including four people making their Riseup Radio debuts and more insights into the University’s feeble threats.

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Dissident Dubs 2 - Saturday Jan 31st

30-01-2009 22:47

FROM 6PM:
- FILMS (including 'Injustice' hosted by CoRe), FOOD (from RYF Brixton),
INFO, FREE-SHOP!

FROM 10PM:
- DJs on a phat sound system

...FREE ENTRANCE TILL 10:30 - £3 after - benefit for D*I and the Library
House collective...

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Wave of University Occupations

30-01-2009 19:44

Update on the University occupations in solidarity with Gaza.

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Cardiff Anarchist Bookfair

30-01-2009 15:15

South Wales Anarchists present a day of freedom, equality and inspiration.

Since the first London Anarchist Bookfair in 1983, these events have been held around the world, spreading the vibrancy, history and diversity of the anarchist movement.

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King's Occupation call demonstration

30-01-2009 11:54

King's Occupation needs your support to win their full set of demands. Support the occupations, deprive Israel of support and investment.

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Riseup Radio February- Occupation Special

30-01-2009 03:51

This months podcast comes from the Law and Social Science building, room B52. Listen here:  http://riseupradio.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/13-february-2009-occupation-special/

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Petition to support Occupation Nottingham

30-01-2009 02:52

Sign this petition to show your support to those occupying B52.


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Greenpeace Lose The Plot

29-01-2009 12:51

I’ll admit it, I signed up to the Greenpeace “Airplot” scheme, putting my name down to be a joint owner of a piece of land adjacent to London Heathrow Airport which would have to be compulsorily purchased should the airport be expanded. What happened next really freaked me out.