UK UK Newswire Archive
Jobcentre anger and bans. What a mess.
26-09-2013 18:50
It’s hardly surprising to hear that the tension is bad at jobcentres. Lengthy and ridiculous benefit sanctions, pointless courses and workfare placements that go nowhere – it’s no wonder that people are getting really, really angry.
Birmingham Against Cuts had a story recently about a man who smashed windows at the Sparkhill jobcentre after being sanctioned.
Me, Gilad Atzmon and the'Truth'
26-09-2013 13:00
Housekeeping: This article is by an IMCista. It does not easily fit the Indymedia uk guidelines, but we did discuss it as a collective, and agreed it could be posted. I have put much thinking into its writing, and I am clearly identifiable as a result of putting so much of myself into it. It will make some people very uncomfortable and it is likely to generate some hostile responses and trolling. If people choose to troll or attack anonymously, they should expect their posts to be hidden. If people are disrespectful they should expect the same.
____________________________________________________Whilst thinking about the issues in this article, I also discussed it with some people. One person noted in a discussion that:
Feeling that you are set apart by historical experiences and by a sacred text can allow for that defensive feeling to seem justified.
It isn't a big step from realising that to realising that:
Understanding that you are set aside by historical experiences and by a sacred text can allow for that defensive feeling to be overcome.
I thank them for that, and ask that you think about this whilst trying to understand the points I have struggled to express here.
This piece could also have been called "We need to talk about (and with) Gilad."
Fire Brigades Union FBU Strike
26-09-2013 10:55
Central Fire Station, Nottingham
Wednesday 25th September 2013
Between 12 and 4pm on Wednesday, the Fire Brigade Union called for a strike by its members to highlight it's issues over pensions and that staff are expected to work until they are 60, doing such a physically demanding job.
“All the evidence demonstrates the physically arduous and dangerous nature of the work firefighters undertake. Forcing these dedicated professionals to work beyond their physical capacity not only puts their health at risk it also increases the risk to safety of the general public. I am urging the Government to see sense and get back to the negotiating table for constructive discussion to resolve this dispute.”
John McDonnell MP
Throughout the day messages of support have been flooding in for firefighters striking over the government’s unsafe, unfair and unworkable proposals on pensions.
John McDonnell MP said: “Firefighters have my 100% backing for the industrial action they have been forced to take this week and I will be joining local FBU picket lines to support my local firefighters in their campaign to protect their pension rights.
“All the evidence demonstrates the physically arduous and dangerous nature of the work firefighters undertake. Forcing these dedicated professionals to work beyond their physical capacity not only puts their health at risk it also increases the risk to safety of the general public. I am urging the Government to see sense and get back to the negotiating table for constructive discussion to resolve this dispute.”
TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said: “There are many reasons why the government shouldn’t be pressing ahead with these unfair and ill-thought out changes, with concerns about the likely impact on safety surely top of the list.
“Being able to save people from burning buildings or rescue them from the scene of a multiple vehicle pile-up requires not just bravery, but a good deal of physical strength too.”
Vaxhaull MP Kate Hoey said: “No-one should be expected to do what firefighters do without being fully fit.
“The age limit has worked well and I would urge the Fire Minister to recognise that not only will firefighters’ health be put at risk, but the general public will be at risk too if these changes are forced through.
“Common sense demands that the Government get round the negotiating table again to solve this dispute as soon as possible.”
Robert F Monks, General Secretary of the Unite Road Transport Union said: “We in the URTU are forever appreciative of the hazardous work that FBU members undertake to ensure the safety of road users in the UK.”
Mark Serwotka, General Secretary of trade union PCS, said: “PCS offers its full solidarity to FBU members in their strike today in defence of the vital service they provide to us all.
“The attack on your pensions is the same attack made by government across the public sector, which seeks to recover the costs of the bank crash from the pockets of tomorrow’s pensioners. It is an assault on your members, their future and the vital public service they deliver heroically.”
John F. Smith, General Secretary of the Musicians’ Union, said: “The MU sends it’s solidarity and support to all FBU members in their struggle for fair pensions and a sensible and reasonable retirement age.”
Fire Brigades Union FBU
http://www.fbu.org.uk
FBU pensions leaflet.pdf
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kxsxqo12dkoiwjk/FBU%20pensions%20leaflet.pdf
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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]
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"It is not enough to curse the darkness.
It is also necessary to light a lamp!!"
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Repost: “What were you thinking bringing a child to a meeting?” (Or how I single handedly destroyed the student movement)
26-09-2013 10:55
I just read this great piece and thought I would share it here. To quote: “In short, as communists/anarchists/socialists/feminists or whatever variation of lefty you may identify as, we are seeking to achieve an equal society.Wrexham: Report and photos from Peace Day events 2013
25-09-2013 22:05
This is what we did for World Peace Day in our little corner of the planet - Wrexham, north Wales...
Report from Veteran for Peace Ben Griffin's talk on Thursday 19 September to follow
Schools Peace Day - Friday 20 September
Many Reasons Dolphins Are Dying
25-09-2013 20:16
long lines fishing, ship propellers, sonar,
and other causes of dolphin deaths
Killing in the name of God.
25-09-2013 17:08
The recent assassination of shoppers in Kenya is just the latest in a growing list of killing in the name of religion and god. This article considers the problems this creates and the ideological tap-roots of this ancient textual prejudice and sectarian practice.No More Fish In The Sea!
25-09-2013 13:43
US anti-drones activist Brian Terrell speaking in Oxford
25-09-2013 13:04
Anti-drones activist speaking in Oxford as part of UK tourNazi-Law In Germany 2013
25-09-2013 10:55
In 1933 the German Nazis created a new law, called 'Preventive Detention' (P.D.), which allows the state to keep people inside prison after they have finished their sentence. The courts in Eastern Germany forbid this law, because it was a 'fascist-law'; the courts in the capitalist West-Germany never had such problems with Nazi-laws, so until today we still have P.D. in Germany – since 1993 in East and West Germany.Speaking tour by ex-Black Panthers in Nottingham
25-09-2013 10:55
Speaking Tour by ex-Black Panthers JoNina Abron Ervin and Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin from the USA.
This is to let you know more about the Nottingham leg of the tour by ex-Black Panthers JoNina Abron Ervin and Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin. They are both active in the Memphis Black Autonomy Federation, and on the national board of the Black Autonomy Federation of North America, and Lorenzo is an anarchist of long-standing.
The Nottingham meetings are on 8th, 9th and 10th of October. Details below and in the events diary.
They will hold three meetings in Nottingham. Please come! Please pass the message on!
Tuesday 8th October. 7pm until 9:30pm Hyson Green Youth Centre, Terrace Street, NG7 6ER. Meeting with Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin. Lorenzo is the author of "Anarchism and the Black Revolution", "The Progressive Plantation", and "Black Power, Black Autonomy" is an ex-civil rights and Black Panther Party member. Lorenzo has been an anarchist for over 40 years. He will speak on Anti-Racist resistance to the rise in the far right.Open to all.
On Wednesday 9th October we have asked them to run a closed workshop about internal racism, for activists working against racism, hierarchy and political authority. Come if you would like to take steps towards addressing this issue within the anarchist/anti-authoritarian movement, with practical outcomes for our engagement in wider community struggles. It will be a challenging workshop, but an important one. Venue: Sumac Centre, 7.30 pm.
Thursday 10th October JoNina Ervin, author of "Driven by the Movement: Activists of the Black Power Era", will speak about her interviews with some 20 Black Power activists as well as about her activity in the Black Panther Party in the 1970's. Venue: 5.00pm-7.00pm. Room A 41 The Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD. Open to all.
For more information contact 07860785970 and takebackcontrol@riseup.net
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You can find some texts by Lorenzo in the Sparrows' Nest library, scanned in to complement the event and available to read in full at the Nest. See link below to find blog article.
Anarchist talk in Brighton tonight
25-09-2013 09:02
Anarchist writer Paul Cudenec will be giving a talk at the Cowley Club in Brighton tonight, Wednesday September 25.AgainstGreece: Salute to the people smugglers-Greek arrested w/ 23 war refugees
24-09-2013 21:58
Just one more small event in Mr Dendias's 'anti-fascist' Greece, 24 September.Meanwhile mass arrests of "illegal (capitalist) traders" were reported in Athens Tuesday 24
Operation Xenios Zeas continuded from 14-20 September
Lesvos: 12 refugees spend 10 hours in water after there dinghy sinks before rescue, 2 are then summarily accused by Frontex of being 'people smugglers' are arrested without medical care and still being held by police.
6 suspected illegal immigrants de-arrested in Central Athens by comrades 20 September
50 years! jail sentense for a alleged Turkish people smuggler
Questions Plague UN Report on Syria
24-09-2013 19:57
A senior United Nations official who deals directly with Syrian affairs has told Al-Akhbar that the Syrian government had no involvement in the alleged Ghouta chemical weapons attack: "Of course not, he (President Bashar al-Assad) would be committing suicide.” When asked who he believed was responsible for the use of chemical munitions in Ghouta, the UN official, who would not permit disclosure of his identity, said: “Saudi intelligence was behind the attacks and unfortunately nobody will dare say that.” The official claims that this information was provided by rebels in Ghouta.25 Ingredients In McNuggets, 17 Ingredients in McDonald's Fries..
24-09-2013 19:46
litter, etc.
UG#663 - Geoengineering for Fun and Profit (One Technofix To Rule Them All?)
24-09-2013 15:35
United People Festival, Calais, October 14-20th
24-09-2013 15:02
Full details here;
http://unitedpeoplefestival.wordpress.com/
St Anns Allotments: Harvest Day
24-09-2013 14:55
On Sunday 222nd September, St Anns Allotments held a Harvest Day
The allotments were open to the public for the day. There were stalls at the new visitors centre with food and displays of vegetables. The centre was also the departure point for heritage and wildlife tours.
People's Kitchen @ The Runcible Spoon; Tuesday, 24th September
24-09-2013 10:58
Vegeburgers, potato wedges and more tonight at the The People's Kitchen!Rapist of Women & Men - Police seeking possible other victims
24-09-2013 09:44
Rapist of Men & Women- This is Fluffy Ian- from No Runway 2 Campaign in the late 1990's. Also I think he was @ Allercombe, Trollheim & Fairmile. Plus other protest sites. Pls network. See also
https://www.facebook.com/groups/118369748191204 http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/Police-look-victims-Plymouth-torture-rapist/story-19636845-detail/story.html