UK Social Struggles Newswire Archive
Liverpool Antifascists benefit on April 17th
05-04-2010 00:24
Washington Asserts Colonial-Style Control of Haiti at UN Donors’ Conference
04-04-2010 17:24
"Referring in his remarks to the conference to a social and human tragedy with few parallels in modern history—to which he greatly contributed during his two terms as president—Clinton spoke as if he were discussing a corporate merger or the setting up of a new hedge fund. “My job in the next 18 months,” he said, “is going to be to try to connect the inside and outside forces in a way that maximizes the input and the impact of all the players, and minimizes the frictions and transaction costs.”Aside from setting up more garment sweatshops, the main component of the “reconstruction” plan submitted by Haitian President Préval with the blessing of Washington appears to center on relocating impoverished workers from Port-au-Prince to more rural areas. This would serve the two-fold function of permitting a gentrification of the capital, making it more attractive to foreign investors, and disaggregating the working class in the hope of dissipating its potential social and political power."
Easter 2010: Way Past Time To Break Silence On Militarism
04-04-2010 14:53
The speech was titled “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence.” It was delivered exactly one year to the day before his 1968 assassination in Memphis.
The people who heard that speech recognized it as one of the most powerful speeches ever given articulating the immorality of the Vietnam War and its destructive impact on social progress in the United States.
Minority Pastime - Hunt Sab film showings in Leeds and Bradford
03-04-2010 22:14
A new film is being released about fox hunting, called "A minority pastime".Details of showings in West Yorkshire below.
The Other Campaign - don't vote, organise!
03-04-2010 22:00
minority pastimes - Hunt Sab film showings in Leeds and Bradford
03-04-2010 20:20
A new film is being released about fox hunting, called "A minority pastime".Details of showings in West Yorkshire below.
Gaza protests latest - 'Police and Courts out of control'
03-04-2010 20:05
From BBC Newsnight 31st of MarchIan Tomlinson Vigil – Pix-&-Vidz – Thu 01 Apr 10
02-04-2010 18:04
Q: What happens to Citizen A?
A1: If it were you or I, no doubt we'd be banged up in jail.
A2: But if Citizen A is a body-armoured, weapon-carrying, riot cop... he gets away with murder, for over a year.
One year after their loved one was slain by unprovoked police assault, the family of Ian Tomlinson, their friends and supporters mourn his death with a vigil at the location where he died.
Dissident Island Radio - another radio riot on April 2nd
02-04-2010 14:58
The Camden "superlab" architects plans are criticised by Camden Council.
01-04-2010 22:29
The plans for the Camden Biocontainment facility and animal testing lab have been set back today as plans to redesign the exterior of the lab were announced. HOK the architects behind the "superlab" [and Arsenal stadium] have been told by Camden Council "Your plans are not good enough". PLP have been asked to redraft the lab design plans. Gordon Brown has pledged a further £250 million.20th Anniversary of the Poll Tax Riot
01-04-2010 17:22
Centre MK: Cruel Petting Zoo
01-04-2010 16:53
The Grand Arcade Easter Farm cancelled. Now its Centre MK!The Summer of Rage?: A critical look at the G20 London protests, a year on
01-04-2010 09:50
Did anyone notice the summer of rage? Like all British summers, it was disappointingly non-existent: a few letters in the guardian, a climate camp of Cath Kidston tents and, to top it all, hardly a day of sun.Full article | 2 additions | 3 comments
Eon switch on to community renewables.
01-04-2010 07:25
Surprising news this morning from german energy giant Eon. Apparently they've reconsidered their whole coal and CCS business plan and are now claiming they'll be helping people set up cuunity owned wind farm schemes...Victory: Grand Arcade Cancels Cruel 'Easter Farm'
01-04-2010 00:32
The Grand Arcade agrees to drop cruel animal show after email/phone campaign!Mark Collett suspended?
31-03-2010 22:21
April Fool or (very) late Christmas present?Party at the Pumps - April 10th
31-03-2010 19:16
destructive project on earth - fuelling climate chaos and trampling the
rights of indigenous communities.
We want to stop them.
Party At The Pumps - April 10th
31-03-2010 19:02
Meet 1 PM at Oxford Circus
BP want to start extracting oil from the tar sands, the single most
destructive project on earth - fuelling climate chaos and trampling the
rights of indigenous communities. We want to stop them.
Tesco's plans for world domination continue apace
31-03-2010 17:59