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Direct action against olympic sponsor in Bristol
27-08-2012 20:55
LLoyds TSB on Church Road, St. George, Bristol was attacked on the night after the closing ceremony of the olympics.(Sports commentator) "Well they may not have trained very hard or long for this one, but this team is looking good! They've set their sights on a good result tonight.You can just see the focus and determination in their eyes, even if you won't ever see their faces. They're used to working as a team and doing what has to be done. They know how to relax under pressure and they understand they are part of something much bigger, willing and proud to take up the baton from those who have gone before them. And they're off! The crowds go wild as the anti olympics event hits it's stride here in Bristol. Well, that all happened so quick! And yes, it's a new personal best for this team and it's not just a record that was broken this evening. Olympic sponsor Lloyds TSB on Church Road in St. George had all big windows smashed by the shotput event and the quickest spraypaint on record will certainly leave it's mark! "Going for gold" indeed! See how fast the team pulled away, leaving the pack behind them and positively bolting away! Inspirational! And here's what the team had to say":
With small actions like this we continue a long and proud story of anti olympic struggle. We stand alongside all who have seen through the carefully manufactured image of "the games" and chosen to resist. We took this action the day after the closing ceremony to show that our struggle hasn't finished. We send solidarity to all who are prepared to to go the distance in resistance.
Join the London protest on 31 August against the Lonmin massacre!
27-08-2012 20:13
The Partisan Defence Committee and the Spartacist League are joining a protest against the 16 August massacre of 34 striking South African miners at the Lonmin Platinum-run Marikana mine northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa. We say:Protest massacre of South African strikers!
Free jailed miners – drop all charges!
Victory to the striking miners!
When: Friday 31 August at 10.00am
Where: Outside the Oval in Kennington, London, where the England v South Africa cricket match is taking place (nearest Tube: Oval on the Northern Line)
Simon Kirby MP Exposed
27-08-2012 20:02
David Joe Neilson Independent anti-corruption Candidate Crime Commissioner for Sussex Police. Who has said that he would be releasing details of and cases of corruption within Sussex during his campain. He has make formal compliant to John Lyon CB - Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards over his MP Simon KirbyGlenda Jackson MP condemned by her constituents for social cleansing remarks
27-08-2012 18:47
Crime Commissioner For Sussex Police
27-08-2012 18:24
Today David Joe Neilson Independent Candidate Crime Commissioner for Sussex Police. Announced that he will not take the £85,000.00 per year.Birmingham Tenants & Homeless Action Group - What we are doing
27-08-2012 16:15
Tenants & Homeless seize abandoned council house
27-08-2012 10:49
https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/birmingham/2012/08/499134.html and the council’s lack of action to create badly needed new homes seized one of Birmingham’s 11,000[4] empty properties. The group calling themselves Birmingham Tenants and Homeless Action Group issued a statement on their website[1] condemning the City Council for failing to take action to help the growing homeless population of Birmingham, which has risen by 25%[2] since 2009.
AZ Knock Out: Day 1, Monday - Facebook Fight Back
27-08-2012 08:10
For day 1 we're excited to try a new style of targeting using Facebook. Every 3 minutes another animal is tortured to death inside HLS, how many die while you're logged into FB each day? Use your time on there to help them!
Bullying by RSL chums of Baroness Pola Manzila Uddin - East End of London
27-08-2012 06:44
"While in Notting Hill, Peter Rachman’s old SLUM OPPRESSION patch they “celebrate” a Carnival today [Bank Holiday Monday 27 August 2012], in the East End of London, innocent and socially conscious people are being bullied by employees or recent employees of “social landlord” outfits who do not want the community to defend itself against bad landlords, shoddy housing and serious failings by the local Tower Hamlets Council..."Bradford Stop the Killing in Burma Demo in Photos
26-08-2012 20:55
The protest in Centenary Square outside City Hall, Bradford on Monday 13th August 2012 against the Killing of Rohingya people in Burma attracted a large crowd of mostly young people from Bradford and its surrounding areas. This short notice demo with its large crowd is a testament to the way George Galloway reaches out to people. Credit also goes to the young people who worked behind the scene in organising and spreading the word on Twitter, Facebook, by text, e-mail and word of mouth. The big media outlets maybe silent but the voice of the ordinary people cannot be stopped.
The Rohingya community in Bradford and elsewhere know we have not forgotten them. It was heartening to see the Rohingyas who found sanctuary in Bradford and to hear their stories. The Rohingya girl who grew up in a camp in Bangladesh described the mistreatments, especially of women at the camp. How can anyone who has a mother, sister, wife or daughter ignore their plea?
As Salma Yaqoob said, use your mobile to tell people about the plight of the Rohingya people. This is just the beginning, the momentum is gathering, God willing, the world will know about Burma’s killing of Rohingyas. Aung San Suu Kyi will have to break her silence too.
Here is what you can do:- Write to your MP (use this page to find your MP) and the Foreign Minister William Hague.
- Write to the Bangladesh High Commission in London (e-mail: bhclondon@btconnect.com).
- Donate money to charities working with Rohingyas e.g. Islamic Relief, HRF.
- Lobby the media e.g. ask why the BBC is silent, do it online here.
- Most important of all, tell others about it, via Twitter, Facebook, Text, E-mail etc.
- Channel4 – Dangerous waters for rohingyas forgotten people
- Restless Beings Project: Stateless Rohingya
- Bradford Rohingya Community
- Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO)
- Local Bradford Newspaper: Hundreds gather for Burma protest
- Salma Yaqoob – Leader of the Respect Party
- David Green – Bradford Labour Council Leader
- David Ward MP – Bradford East Liberal Democrat MP
- Naveeda Ikram – Former Lord Mayor of Bradford
- Nijam Uddin – Bradford Rohingya Community
- Sajeeda – A Rohingya from refugee camp in Bangladesh
- George Galloway – Bradford West Respect MP
- Ummah Channel Speaker
Protest Brand Israel’s Batsheva in Bradford & UK
26-08-2012 18:55
Boycott Israel Network is a member of Don’t Dance with Israeli Apartheid campaign, which is organising demonstrations against Israeli State-funded Batsheva at the Edinburgh International Festival and across the UK in November. Batsheva is part of the Brand Israel effort to shift attention away from Israel’s crimes: ethnic cleansing and mass violence against the Palestinian people.
- Wherever you are, please send off the letter supporting the call from Don’t Dance with Israeli Apartheid to cancel the invitation to Batsheva. It only takes a few seconds.
- Join the protests at the Playhouse Theatre, Leith Walk, Edinburgh on Thursday 30th August from 6.00pm and two following nights.
- Support the daily activity during the Edinburgh Festival in support of Palestinian freedom. If you or your friends are visiting Edinburgh in August get in touch no2brandisrael@ymail.com or volunteer.
- Link up now with protest organisers across the UK to plan demonstrations at every Batshevaperformance during their 8-city UK tour in ‘November’, including the two opening slots in Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre (Oct 30 & 31), email no2brandisrael@ymail.com.
- Make a donation to help produce Don’t Dance with Israeli Apartheid banners, leaflets and posters. To make a donation, please use the following bank account details:
Account name: Scottish PSC Delegation
Bank Sort Code: 80-02-83
Account number: 06001229
IBAN: GB93 BOFS 8002 8306 0012 29
BIC: BOFSGB21346
Branch: Edinburgh Newington
Address: 51 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9PP
Please make cheques payable to Scottish PSC Delegation and include a note indicating your donation toward the ‘Don’t Dance with Israeli Apartheid’ campaign.SPSC
c/o Peace & Justice Centre
Princes Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4BJ
Batsheva UK tour in October/November.
Edinburgh, Festival Theatre Tue 30 Oct & Wed 31 Oct
The Lowry, Salford Quays Fri 2 Nov & Sat 3 Nov
Bradford, Alhambra Theatre Tue 6 Nov & Wed 7 Nov
Brighton Dome, Concert Hall Fri 9 Nov & Sat 10 Nov
Birmingham Hippodrome Tue 13 Nov & Wed 14 Nov
Leicester, Curve Theatre Fri 16 Nov
London, Sadler’s Wells Mon 19 Nov, Tue 20 Nov & Wed 21 Nov
Plymouth, Theatre Royal Fri 23 Nov & Sat 24 Nov
London Anthropology Talks every Tuesday evening
26-08-2012 18:05
Who rigged Britain’s hung parliament? ‘The Institute’ rigged it.
26-08-2012 17:10
Quote from ‘The Institute for Government’ Annual Accounts, 2011:'Just think of the role that The Institute for Government ....played for preparing the ground for a hung parliament and enabling the creation of a coalition government...’
Communications Blockade - ATOS Thursday 30th August
26-08-2012 16:51
Block Atos's communications by email and fax to cost them money. It's the only thing they care about. Contact the Head Office, the CEO and the office nearest to you. Free faxes can be sent from this website: http://www.freepopfax.com/
Equivalent of 75,000 homes worth of empty office space in Bristol
26-08-2012 14:45
After calling Savilles I was astounded to find there was around one-and-a-quarter million square feet of empty office space in Bristol. I set out to discover how many homes that floor space was equivalent to.Call to boycott Sainsbury's in Oxford
26-08-2012 13:25
I just went to the local branch of B&Q at Temple Cowley to get a couple of things and have discovered that it is closing down, due to close on the 1st September. This is because the owner of the land the store sits on apparently wished to double the rent. A new Sainsbury's supermarket is to be located on the site, and the City Council have not used their powers to intervene. Is another Sainbury's supermarket really what we need?USA Karl Rove’s Secret Kingdom
26-08-2012 01:02
USA Interview with Craig Unger on Stolen Votes, Political Attacks, Billionaire TiesATOS Kills: Mass 'Die-in' in Cardiff against Benefit Cuts
25-08-2012 18:03
The campaign group, Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) will be holding a mass 'die-in' at the Aneurin Bevan Statue, Queen Street, Cardiff, at 5.00 pm on Wednesday, 29th August, as part of nationwide protests against ATOS, the French IT company that carries out Work Capability Assessments for the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP).US Agency Has Decided To Let Animals Burn Alive In Idaho Fires
25-08-2012 16:26
