UK Social Struggles Newswire Archive
Poor Turnout for the English Defence League Demo
11-10-2009 14:41
517 years of resistance: Global mobilisation for Mother Earth, Monday 12 October
11-10-2009 06:45
12th October is an international day of protest in solidarity with indigenous
people and against global warming - a "Global mobilisation for Mother Earth"
Come and join us to support the "Minga" of indigenous resistance. We support the struggle of Latin American native peoples and protest against the Free Trade Agreement
with the European Union and agro-fuels.
Direct Action; Denmark, Mexico, Sweden, UK & Chile
11-10-2009 00:46
TWO FUR FARM RAIDS IN THREE DAYS, 10,000 MINK FREED (Denmark)
ARSON ATTACK AT HUNTING MUSEUM (Mexico)
1000 MINK RELEASED FROM CAGES, FARM WILL CLOSE! (Sweden)
ZIPPOS TARGETED (UK)
MEAT MARKETS GLUED, LUXURY CARS VANDALIZED (Zippos)
GOLDFISH LIBERATED (UK)
Gude Cause Anniversary March In Edinburgh
10-10-2009 21:27
Free Murad Akincilar! Stop the criminalisation of Turkish trade unionists!
10-10-2009 18:51
Massive yes vote smacks down Royal Mail
10-10-2009 15:17
What a great result! A massive majority of 76.24%. Royal Mail’s feeble appeals to the membership have fallen flat on their face.Champagne politics with a cutting edge
10-10-2009 12:59
Uhuru Radio Fund Drive! October 10-16, 2009
10-10-2009 11:39
Complain and demo against Cleveleys BNP rally
10-10-2009 08:34
Nick Griffin coming to Cleveleys!Honduran coup leaders offer "dialogue"... (by Latuff)
09-10-2009 18:51
Flash mobs as a form of struggle
09-10-2009 14:25
The obedient shopper subverts their role to disrupt the circulation of commodities... flash mobs enter the terrain of class conflict.Not the Climate for Just Climate Justice Mobilisations in Colombia
08-10-2009 19:08
A blog post from Colombia where I work with The Network for Solidarity with Colombia. (www.redcolombia.org)I am between taking part in an event about Climate Justice and accompanying the Minga for Social and Community Resistance, which provoked some personal reflections on what organising against climate change means in Colombia, and what we can take from this in our climate change activism here in the UK.
Campaign success: EON shelves plans for dirty coal at Kingsnorth
08-10-2009 08:55
Following 2 years of campaigning work by the World Development Movement, and many other anti-poverty and environmental groups, power company EON have announced tonight that they have shelved plans to build a new dirty coal fired power station at Kingsnorth in Kent.WDM supporters at this year's Mili-band protest
Kingsnorth power station plans axed - Local Campaigners Respond
08-10-2009 08:49
The timing couldn’t be better, Kingsnorth Climate Action Medway (KCAM) and WDM hosted a debate tonight to discuss the future of coal in Medway. The meeting culminated in the announcement that E.on have essentially pulled out of building a new coal fired power station at Kingsnorth.Climate Camp celebrates victory as E.ON backs down
08-10-2009 08:47
E.ON shelves plan to build Kingsnorth power plant as activists plan to take control of second power stationWednesday, 7 October 2009: Climate activists celebrated victory against carbon intensive coal power last night, as energy company E.ON announced they were indefinitely delaying building a new power station in Kent. The Camp for Climate Action targeted the Kingsnorth site in August 2008 1 as coal is one of the most environmentally destructive ways of generating electricity.2
No annual custody deaths rally this year!
07-10-2009 22:09
Squatting not yet banned in NL
07-10-2009 16:24
A quick note on the situation in the Netherlands today, where the ban on squatting was being discussed in Parliament. Apologies for any inaccuracies, I think I translated stuff right..Thousands Against IMF Clash with Cops in Instanbul
07-10-2009 03:12
Turkish policeand transnational and local protesters clashed in Taksim Square and surrounding neighbourhoods in central Istanbul todayThe Angola 3: Black Panther Political Prisoners in the US
07-10-2009 00:28
We are working to publicise news and information about political prisoners Robert King, Albert Woodfox, and Herman Wallace, the Angola 3.We have created new websites at You Tube, Live Journal, Care2, Twitter, Facebook, and My Space, where we are compiling a variety of media projects about the story of the Angola 3 .