UK UK Newswire Archive
trafalgar square occupation against cuts 4th week
23-04-2011 21:22
the peaceful 'occupation against the cuts' has established its camp in trafalgar square for the fourth week running tonight. the 24 hour protest will camp overnight and run workshops and awareness-raising exercises during the day tomorrow.
click on image for larger version. all images are 'some rights reserved' - free for credited non-commercial use, otherwise contact author for permission
as per last week, trafalgar square was being used for an event (this week it was a st george's day celebration), and so the occupation began on the grass in front of the national gallery. there they set up their marquee and ground sheets and held a picnic while waiting for the square to clear.
later, they will pitch tents in the square, and tomorrow will run their workshops and talk to the public.
this is the fourth week that the occupation has taken place. it was originally called a week after trafalgar square was cleared by an enormous and unnecessarily violent police kettling operation after the TUC march and other anti-cuts protests on the 26th march.
they announced their occupation would be entirely lawful and non-violent and effectively dared the police to attack them once more.
although filmed by 'heritage wardens' and watched by police (both overtly and covertly), they stayed the full 24 hours, and outreached with large numbers of passers-by who also participated in workshops run by the really free school.
when i visited last week (their third occupation), their numbers had increased, and they were also joined by the beginnings of a homeless rights project. they had spread out large sheets of blank paper, forming the slogan 'no cuts', and on the paper they invited people to write how the cuts had affected them. by the end of the occupation last sunday, the sheets were completely covered with moving descriptions of misfortune, misery and deprivation written by members of the public over the previous 24 hours.
the occupation is open to all as long as their intention is non-violent and respectful. supporters should also bring food and non-alcoholic drink to share.
The Grey Matter #5
23-04-2011 19:23
The fifth edition of The Grey Matter - Newcastle's radical independent political zine. This pdf is how it should be printed to make a booklet, feel free to print, copy and distribute! For a version that makes more sense to the online reader, go to http://thegreymatter.wordpress.com/2011/04/23/the-grey-matter-april-2011/ .
2 Anti-Cuts Protestors Arrested on Police Evidence
23-04-2011 17:34
Anti Vivisection SHAC talk this Wednesday in London
23-04-2011 17:15
The Battle of Stokes Croft
23-04-2011 16:09
Around 10pm on Thursday 21st April, people from Stokes Croft and St Pauls in Bristol, reacting to blatant provocation, started attacking riot police gathered from three different forces with glass bottles. What ensued was seven hours of constant clashes; police charges, volleys of glass, brick and concrete, burning barricades and the trashing of a much-loathed Tesco recently forced on a community who for so long battled to stop it opening.Picnic and Party Against Atos Origin - part 2 - 9/5/11
23-04-2011 14:12
Press Release: Secret Climate Camp Location Revealed To Be Lewes, East Sussex
23-04-2011 12:52
Climate activists have swooped on the grounds of recently closed special education needs school in the heart of Lewes. The swoop took place at dawn this morning, with activists erecting marquees, eco-toilets and kitchens. The camp, which is overlooked by East Sussex County Hall, expects hundreds of activists and visitors to be arriving at the camp over the next week.Fitwatch Benifit tonight in Brixton
23-04-2011 12:41
Fitwatch Benifit tonight in BrixtonPRSC on Radio 4
23-04-2011 12:22
Anyone hear the guy from PRSC on PM/6pm news yesterday?What a terrible interview. The one iterview with a local person I have heard and all they do is go on about how wonderful PRSC is and all the regeneration work they do and condemn the protestoes for using violence. Not a word about the brutal beatings the police dished out to dozens of our community, no questioning of the petrol bomb bollocks. Stokes Croft is not a 'republic' when self appointed egocentrics use PRSC to push their own agenda. You don't speak for me.
Barnado's telethon 26/04/11
23-04-2011 11:54
Phone the UK's latest prison profiteers! Ring them on Tuesday 26th April to protest against their involvement in detention and deportation!Hack Primark for crimes against humanity
23-04-2011 11:20
Capoeira in the Market Square
23-04-2011 10:23
Friday 22 April
Holiday on Friday and the Market Square was full of folks enjoying the sun.
A Capoeira session started up by the lions in front of the Council House and was hugely enjoyed by those there and those passing by. A few having a go for the first time. Warden patroling the area looked on with a bit of sour face :-)Some earlier pictures including Capoeira. {there are others, but can't find at the minute}
Forest Fields World Folk Dance Day @ The Sumac
http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/05/430586.html
'One World' Festival 1
http://nottingham.indymedia.org/articles/171
____________________________________________
ALAN LODGE
Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham. UK
Email: tash@indymedia.org
Web: http://digitaljournalist.eu
Member of the National Union of Journalists [NUJ]
____________________________________________
"It is not enough to curse the darkness.
It is also necessary to light a lamp!!"
___________________________________________
<ends>
Stokes Croft: Press Association saying Tesco Met was petrol bombed!!!
23-04-2011 08:02
The Press Association, as published on the Guardian website, is saying on Thursday night during the riot in Stoke Croft, the branch of Tesco Metro was petrol bombed!!!Title: "Police accused over arrests riot"
Published on the Guardian website:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/feedarticle/9610316 The Health Industry Lobbying Tour
23-04-2011 02:41
This film reviews the connections between GOVERNMENT MINISTERS, who have close ties with the PRIVATE HEALTH INDUSTRY in Britain and America. This CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT intends to PRIVATISE the NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE and here is some of the evidence.
Zahir Ebrahim on Judy Wood's 'The New Hiroshima' and 'Where did the towers go?'
23-04-2011 02:15
Israeli terrorism - Good Friday history lesson from Peter Reilly
22-04-2011 21:22
http://uprootedpalestinians.blogspot.com/
Youth campaigners vow to fight on
22-04-2011 21:08
As the County Council on Tuesday voted to cut funding for 36 youth centres, campaigners fighting to save youth services said “this is not over yet.”