UK UK Newswire Archive
Bobby Robert's Sneaks to sedgefield racecourse: Not If We Can Help It
26-04-2012 15:26
Bobby Roberts and his sick and evil show is planning to slope off after willington in Durham and go to sedgefield racecoursewe URGE EVERYONE contact the race course demand they do not let bobby use there grounds
Peace protester hijacks Vince Cable's speech to arms industry
26-04-2012 12:33
This morning, 26 April, Vince Cable's speech to hundreds of representatives of the arms industry was disrupted when a protester took the stage. Cable's speech was to open proceedings at the UK Trade & Investment Defence & Security Organisation (UKTI DSO) Symposium. UKTI DSO, a government unit which exists to help arms sales around the world, hosts the event to outline its commitment to arms companies. TNon Violent Civil Disobedience in the 21st Century
26-04-2012 10:44
In recent years, the activities of UKUncut, the Occupy Movement, the student movement and the forthcoming Olympics protests can be counted as a resurgence of non-violent civil disobedience, as a means of highlighting social issues in the UK. Today’s article examines the key criticisms levelled at proponents of non violent civil disobedience and puts forward the case that their asking is the path to success rather than the obstacle.EF! Summer Gathering Workshop Call-out.
26-04-2012 10:20
This is a call out for workshops for the EF! summer gathering that will be taking place this year from the 1st to the 6th of August in Shropshire.A24 Solidarity Vigil for Bradley Manning at U.S. Embassy, London
26-04-2012 10:15
April the 24th there has been a vigil at U.S. Embassy, London in solidarity with Bradley Manning.Bradley Manning back in court – Solidarity in Cardiff
26-04-2012 09:09
Article in defence of lifestyle politics
26-04-2012 08:23
In the last edition of Shift Magazine, Josie Hooker and Lauren Wroe wrote an article suggesting we ought to abandon the idea of lifestyle politics. Here, MATT WILSON responds to their concerns and goes on to argue that lifestyle is a fundamental part of social change.Rain of Words
26-04-2012 05:43
Anything is a message from anyone to anyone else if a pattern of variation is agreed upon, and when oppression leaves no space for agreement or disagreement any pattern that finds no space for variation is a message to anyone that this is so. Because it is infertile to the possibility of agreement, any other message that comes from oppression is itself a pattern of oppression. Yet the variation of agreement that leaves no space for oppression can only become the message that this is so when the patterns of oppression are being replaced with agreement and disagreement. Therefore the existence of oppression is the message that our species is involved in a self-inflicted experiment not even worth its own risk. The hypothesis that is being tested in it is just as obvious as the oppression itself: Its claim for progress over the rest of the biosphere.Harrods Bombarded With Human Body Hair
26-04-2012 00:13
Harrods, the luxury department store has been the latest target of a new tactic adopted by animal rights activists.Noam Chomsky on America's Declining Empire, #Occupy and the Arab Spring
25-04-2012 21:04
https://www.alternet.org/alternetbooks/28/occupy/ , Chomsky looks at the central issues, questions and demands that are driving ordinary people to protest. How did we get to this point? How are the wealthiest 1 percent influencing the lives of the other 99 percent? How can we separate money from politics? What would a genuinely democratic election look like?
Nottingham industrial action roundup
25-04-2012 20:55
Today has seen the third day of strike action by teachers in Nottingham. Further strikes are planned next week as part of this campaign. This is happening at the same time as a number of local disputes are coming to a head. With national action planned by Unite members in the NHS for May 10th and the possibility of a strike by tanker drivers still on the table there appears to be a small, but very welcome, surge in industrial action.
Teachers
Thousands of children in Nottingham have stayed home as teachers staged a third one-day strike over changes to school terms.
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) is opposing council plans to switch to a five-term academic year.
The union said the action could be followed by a further two-day strike next week after it complained about a lack of progress in negotiations.
Teachers are against the plan to move to a five-term academic year with a shorter summer break.
The authority said the move would lead to a more balanced work and rest pattern but the NUT said there was no evidence to support this.
The third strike has seen 15 city schools shut and another 40 partially closed - a similar number to the two previous walk-outs on 29 March and 17 April.
The union had called a three-day strike from Tuesday to Thursday next week in response to a perceived unwillingness to negotiate by the council.
It has now revised this to a two-day strike after the authority agreed to a meeting on Monday.
Ian Stevenson, from the NUT, said: "The fact we've got exactly as many schools on strike today as on the first day of action shows there's been no weakening in the resolve of teachers.
"We're hoping for a positive outcome on Monday but are still ready for more action if it is needed."
Another teaching union, the NASUWT, which has not so far taken industrial action, confirmed it was prepared to ballot its members if the council did not review its "entrenched" position.
Striking teachers met in Market Square at 11:00 BST before marching to the Mechanics Institute in Sherwood Street.
Source: BBC News
East Midlands Trains
Drivers at East Midlands Trains have announced a series of one-day strikes.
Drivers' union Aslef has voted for action over plans by the company to reduce pension fund contributions for both workers and the firm.
The action, due to take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the first three weeks of May, is likely to disrupt services to London and Lincoln.
An Aslef spokesman said: "East Midlands Trains is proposing to reduce its contributions into the scheme despite the turbulent economic climate which is likely to have reduced the fund's assets since the last valuation.
"The company's short term cost-cutting measures will have long term implications for all staff and their pensions."
Strikes are due to take place on 1, 3, 8, 10, 15 and 17 May.
Source: BBC News
Imperial Tobacco
WORKERS at Imperial Tobacco are set to take industrial action over the workplace parking levy.
Members of the GMB union have voted to work to rule – meaning they will not work overtime or cover any additional duties – for the first week of May.
Imperial Tobacco, based at the Lenton Industrial Estate, has said it plans to charge staff around £100 of the annual cost.
But the GMB union says workers will have to pay £192 each.
Chris Needham, GMB representative for Nottingham, said: "Imperial Tobacco is a big, successful company, and shouldn't be asking its workers to foot this bill.
"We will have a ban on over time and only do our set jobs in protest."
Industrial action is set to last from Tuesday, May 1, to the end of Sunday, May 6.
An Imperial Tobacco spokesman said factory managers had still not received notice of the planned action, but the union denies this.
Source: Nottingham Post
Occupy Nottingham: the end of the beginning?
25-04-2012 18:55
On Sunday 22nd April, Occupy Nottingham packed up its camp in the Market Square after 190 days. This brings to an end a six month occupation in which they have faced down threats from the far-right, extreme weather, the council and random drunken hordes on the weekends. Despite their decision to leave, the campers are keen to "make it quite clear that although we are leaving the Market Place, we are not packing it up or giving in, we realise there is a lot more work to be done and many more people to be reached."
On the newswire: Occupy Notingham Withdrawal Announcement 21.04.12
Previous features: Possession Hearing in Court for Nottingham Occupy | Nottingham Occupy Camp get court hearing papers | Occupy Nottingham: Council serve notice | Occupy Nottingham: 100 days and counting | Occupy Nottingham: Xmas and New Year in Market Sq | Occupy Nottingham: Two months in | Student photographer hassled by Notts Police | Occupy Nottingham: No plans for eviction. Yet. | NSAFC Report on @OccupyNotts 36 Days In | Occupy Nottingham: Still there | Occupy Nottingham: Moved but still in occupation | Nottingham Occupation Continues | Nottingham is occupied
A Report on Sizewell Camp 2012
25-04-2012 16:36
Barclays 2012 AGM, Friday, 27 April, London
25-04-2012 12:49
Barclays 2012 AGM will be held at 11:00 (UK time) on Friday, 27 April at the Royal Festival Hall in London.Seems like a prime Target Barclays opportunity for Londoners.
Insurrectionary anarchist action news update (Global)
25-04-2012 11:48
Responsibility claim for vandalism of school property by anarchist students "Disturbance of Urban Quietness" in Athens, 31/03 (Greece) // Claim by "Friends of the Earth / Informal Anarchist Federation" (FAI) for 14/04 arson of 2 luxury cars in Buenos Aires (Argentina) // Report from anarchist rally in solidarity with Greek anarchist prisoners on hunger strike, 19/04 in New York City (USA) // Communique for 22 & 23 April sabotage of 10 ATMs in Heraklion by anarchists (Crete) // Responsibility claim for 24/04 vandalism of Church, Portland (USA) // Communique from "Severino. Di. Giovanni Nihilist Cell / FAI-FRI" for explosive attack on ATM in Lima (Peru) // Report of 27/04 solidarity gathering for the anarchist hunger strikers in Kapnikarea area of Athens (Greece) // A few updates on comrades’ hunger strikes (ongoing) (Greece)Target Barclays in Brighton, Sat 28th, 1pm
25-04-2012 11:20
There will be another Smash EDO, Brighton Jordan Valley Solidarity and Brighton and Hove PSC target Barclays demo outside Barclays in North Street, Brighton, this Saturday (the 28th) at 1pm.Come along to make it as lively as the previous ones.
Protest & Vigil At Shenstone Drones Factory 3pm Fri 11 May
25-04-2012 11:12
There will be a protest and vigil outside the drones factory in Shenstone, supported by a number of groups, including Friends of Sabeel, Stop the War and WMPSC.Smash EDO: The Summer of Resistance starts 1st of May
25-04-2012 10:50
On May 1st we will be holding a big noise demo at EDO/ITT startingat 12pm.
Flyer:
http://smashedo.org.uk/events/event/demo-to-mark-the-start-of-the-bsummer-of-resistrance Please come along and help kick off the Summer with a
bang. Bring pots, pans, musical instruments and sound systems.
The economy's double dip recession - an anarchist perspective
25-04-2012 10:50
Confront the real terrorists: demo at arms dealers' dinner today
25-04-2012 10:14
April 25 2012, 6.30pm at the Royal Garden Hotel,2-24 High Street Kensington: nearest tubes High Street Kensington and Knightsbridge.
