UK Social Struggles Newswire Archive
Occupy Oakland General Strike interviews
05-11-2011 16:41
7 November - IWW International Day of Action against Sodexo
05-11-2011 16:20
The vast majority of cleaners at the Guildhall are members of the independent trade union the Industrial Workers of the World. In summer 2011, the cleaners waged a successful campaign to secure months of unpaid wages, and achieved the reinstatement of a victimised trade union member. Since then the cleaners have been campaigning to secure justice on pay, equality and respect at work.
Harsh and psychological torture unit
03-11-2011 23:58
Here I am in the harsh and psychological torture unit (aka Close Supervision Centre CSC) at HMP Woodhill, in a high control cell with a six-officer riot unlock. You will have been reading about CSC recently in MOJUK and FRFI articles by John Bowden, Kevan Thakrar, which are all true.Pragmatic suggestions for improving security at Occupy protests
03-11-2011 22:35
Pragmatic suggestions for improving security at Occupy protests, and a common-sense response to feminist critique/s of Occupy protestsVIDEO: University of Birmingham Occupation
03-11-2011 20:25
You say “national unity”, we say “loot”! Robin hoodies strike again in Athens
03-11-2011 19:01
You say “national unity”, we say “loot”! Robin hoodies strike again in AthensUG#575 - From Oily Sands to Greasy Palms
03-11-2011 18:44
Resisting the lure of the Freeman movement
03-11-2011 16:55
Nebulous in its nature, its promise of ways of claiming back power from the state is clearly seductive. Indeed, on a superficial level, it even looks quite like anarchism in action. The aims of the Freemen movement is to use a particular interpretation of the legal system against the government in the name of gaining back freedoms and advantages.
Its mixture of family, moral conservatism and individualism has given it the appearance of an apolitical movement that can easily hook up with both the left and right. So while you can find the Freemen at protests camps, where its apparent anti-government stance will fall on fertile ground, you can just as easily find them being supported by right-wing groups with racist agendas, whose critique of government is more it does not represent their own jaundiced views.
As I will hopefully show, the Freemen agenda is already falling into the sort of bastardized political thinking that gave rise to the likes of anarcho-nationalism. If anything, what it is, is individualist libertarianism, and as such acceptance of this movement needs to be challenged by anarchists.
Against conspiracy theories: Why our activism must be based in reality
03-11-2011 16:28
Two Dramatic Hours at Occupy Bournemouth
03-11-2011 13:14
Nepal :Police crackdown on the peaceful assembly of Tibetan exiles
03-11-2011 05:42
Photos from University occupation
03-11-2011 02:46
Why we occupy, our statement.
02-11-2011 23:59
University of Birmingham Occupied!
02-11-2011 23:44
We have just marched into University of Birmingham Corporate Conference Centre. Our actions are not disrupting education or learning but rather those working to destroy public education in the interests of private profit.A Return To Mubarak's Prisons
02-11-2011 19:23
The letter, produced covertly from inside Bab el-Khalq prison where Abd El Fattah is being held, was handed to his pregnant wife, Manal, during a visit on Monday. It is being published in Arabic by the Egyptian newspaper al-Shorouk and in English by the Guardian, and is likely to intensify the growing divisions between Egypt's increasingly repressive army junta and pro-change activists on the street.
Abd El Fattah, one of Egypt's most prominent anti-regime voices and a former political prisoner under the Mubarak dictatorship, was taken into military custody on Sunday evening following public criticisms of the army's conduct on the night of 9 October, when at least 27 people were killed during a Coptic Christian protest in downtown Cairo.
Like many other activists, Abd El Fattah accused the army of direct involvement in the bloodshed, a claim that appears to be supported by extensive witness reports and video footage. He was charged by military prosecutors with "inciting violence against the army", and is being held initially for 15 days – a detention period that can be renewed indefinitely by the authorities. His arrest has provoked outrage across the Middle East and beyond.
What next for the Birmingham Social Centre? meeting this Friday 7pm.
02-11-2011 11:28
Bakers' Struggle Highlights Plight of Agency Workers
02-11-2011 10:58
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Squat news from Amsterdam
02-11-2011 00:15
Amsterdam: Persistent resistance at the 01-11-2011 eviction waveSolidarity with the squatters in the UK!
Bournemouth Occupied
01-11-2011 21:08
Bournemouth goes into occupation in solidarity and support of the other ongoing protests.St Pauls used to be ACTUAL stock exchange...
01-11-2011 14:50
Whilst reading a book on the english civil war recently, I found an interesting piece that explained the the st pauls cathedral was actually used as the stock exchange in the years immediately prior to the english civil war breaking out. the practice of using the cathedral for this capitalistic venture was eventually stopped by some body or other (cant recall his name) and then the war broke out. with the current protest happening outside st pauls, i believe this information to be very relevant today, especially as the bods that control st pauls now are trying to persist in stating that there actions against the camp are not politically motivated. also, below, is a quote about st pauls taken from wikipedia:
