UK UK Newswire Archive
ATOS KILLS.
20-02-2014 20:55
A national day of anti-ATOS demonstrations was called for Wednesday 19th. February. ATOS were contracted, by the last Labourshite government and fully supported by this ConDem one, to bully and harass the long-term sick and disabled off their meagre benefit support and onto, the even more meagre, Job Seekers Allowance (JSA). Once on JSA they are expected to make themselves available for work or face sanctions, a situation countless hundreds of thousands of others face every week due, in no small part, to the somewhat over-eager complicity of JobCentre staff. Well now, wouldn't want to miss out on a reward voucher or two now would they.
Nottingham joined in the 'action', organised locally by Disabled People Against Cuts, DPAC., well done them. Here is one attendees account below.
Arriving outside the ATOS (so-called Healthcare) Centre on Stoney Street at 08.00, who should walk straight up to me but our dear friend PC 1033 Brown, all grins and hellos. I said to him, 'Is this all you do, ATOS demos? Fucking good job you've got, only having to come out every couple of years or so'. He grinned again. This is a reference to the demo there on 30th. September 2011 when he arrested two local activists after an entirely peaceful and fluffy occupation of the ATOS waiting area. Evidently, the staff were so terrified of a bunch of the nicest folks in wheelchairs, and their supporters, that you could ever wish to meet, it fair put them off their dirty deeds and they fled to a back room in fear of their lives. Or so they would have you believe.Anyway, I digress. There were 4 of us outside at 08.00, the designated start time, and about 24 by the time I left two hours later. One cop meat wagon with about 5/6 in it was parked across the road with an ever varying couple of them getting out to 'stretch their legs' (must think we're daft in t'head if they think we believe that) they kept saying as they wandered amongst us. Most folks there were from, or associated with, DPAC, with a few Sumaccy-types in Anonymous masks thrown in. There was a compliment of two Trots, one giving out leaflets, taking a picture for Facefuck or whatever it's called, and then pissing off quite sharpish (no stamina or commitment these Trots) and the inevitable SWP shit paper seller. Now I don't mean to imply that he was shit at selling papers, although he was, more that the paper is shit, which we all know of course. However I took advantage of the opportunity to stock up on that very useful product, (you be a veggie and you'll find out) and just in case any of you don't believe me, I can show yer the latest edition on me bum anytime you like, a sight to behold in full and glorious technicolour. Although you'll either have to be able to read it backwards or use a mirror (bring yer own).
Overall it was a quiet affair, and specifically asked to be just that by DPAC.
EDL's Casuals United Exposed
20-02-2014 18:08
https://www.facebook.com/OtanReborn and the Still Laughing AT THE EDL VI facebook page https://www.facebook.com/SLATEDL6. Casuals United being a particularly nasty bunch of neo nazis like exposing 'reds'? Payback's a bitch..
North West Vegan Festival
20-02-2014 17:06
Until the 150+ stalls Northern Vegan Festival in Blackpool on September 13, 2014, the North West Vegan Festival in Lancaster on Saturday June 7, 2014 will be the biggest ever vegan festival in the North.Calais: Callout for demonstration on Saturday 1st of March
20-02-2014 16:22
There will be a gathering in front of Calais town hall at 14.30h onSaturday 1st March. There will be speakers followed by a march through the
town centre. This is a demonstration for freedom, dignity and respect for
all, now.
Atos Kills - Archway Demo
20-02-2014 13:39
This is my account of the one I attended at Archway, North London.
NHS Campaign Victory + How to Opt-Out of "Care Data"
20-02-2014 07:27
URGENT CALL OUT: Defend the Barton Moss Camp - Oppose the iGas Convoys
19-02-2014 17:46
Friday, 21 February 2014 09:00Frack Free Greater Manchester have issued an urgent call out for support for the Barton Moss Community Protection Camp this Friday morning.
Atos the new saga of Govenrment unemployment spin.
19-02-2014 17:33
Stop Atos from stopping benefits with liesMartin Richards, Why he really retired?
19-02-2014 08:36
Launch of Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance (COPS): 27 February 2014
18-02-2014 22:54
Thursday 27 February 2014, 6.30pm
Diskus Conference Centre, Unite House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn, London, WC1X 8TN
Genocide Of 165,000 Geese And Mute Swans Planned In New York
18-02-2014 16:19
Waterways 'Charity' Evicts Vulnerable Pensioners : 28 days notice, for simply co
18-02-2014 15:41
The Canal & River Trust has outraged a boating community in East London, after its commercial subsidiary, BWML, issued a 28 day eviction notice to a vulnerable elderly couple who had simply followed the company's prescribed complaints procedure.Prince Charles should promote human rights in Saudi Arabia, not arms sales
18-02-2014 15:24
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has called for Prince Charles to use his ongoing visit to Saudi Arabia to speak out against the government repression taking place in the country, and has renewed calls for the UK government to cease all arms exports to the regime.Chuffed but Gutted: The Almost Autonomist
18-02-2014 14:50
Owen Jones appeared yesterday on Novara Media. For those readers from outside the UK, Novara Media is a “autonomous media collective” based in London that currently manifests itself as an hour long radio show on weekly at 1pm GMT on Fridays on Resonance FM but that in the near future hopes to expand to internet TV.The new US-Russia Cold War
18-02-2014 13:39
Meet the new (cold) war, same as the old (cold) war. Same same, but different. One day, it's the myriad implications of Washington's "pivoting" to Asia - as in the containment of China. The next day, it's the perennial attempt to box Russia in. Never a dull moment in the New Great Game in Eurasia. On Russia, the denigration of all things Sochi - attributable to the inherent stupidity of Western corporate media "standards" - was just a subplot of the main show, which always gets personal; the relentless demonization of Russian President Vladimir Putin. [1]Boycott Workfare Welfare Action Gathering
18-02-2014 11:25
Boycott Workfare’s welfare action gathering on Saturday was a massive success. 80 people from groups across the country came to participate in the day of workshops based around info and skill sharing on the various welfare issues we face. The programme was packed, with sessions on JSA, ESA, housing, fuel poverty, and more, with people remarking on the difficulty of deciding which workshop to attend when there were clashes. We organised the gathering because supporting claimants to know and enforce their so-called rights, and claimants organising together and shaping the campaign, has always been a major part of what we do. For this to happen effectively local mutual support groups are key (it was from a London Coalition Against Poverty group that Boycott Workfare came out of) – we’ve distributed thousands of ‘How to Avoid Workfare’ leaflets but along with these, we really need a buddy or a group of people when challenging Job Centre Plus. The gathering was called to support the growing number of local groups so that we can build on the impressive work of challenging workfare and sanctions across the country through mutual support and direct action, like the examples shared with us early on in the day of the occupation of the £3 million council house and a blockade of the workfare exploiters Salvation Army.
Arrested, suspended, then banned from elections: my student experience
18-02-2014 10:38
Dissident Island Radio - Episode 133 - Subversions of justice...
18-02-2014 00:25
Featuring 3Cosas, Drax29 and so much more...Billionaires Profiteering From Slaughterhouse Suffering, Earth Destruction
17-02-2014 21:34
Whether or not you believe that billionaires have a right to wage war, profiteer from war and weapons, pricegouge, exploit the poor, kill animals and mother earth, bribe legislators, eliminate competitors through unethical means to amass fortune, may all who care contact these billionaires to ask that they begin supporting Tesla and other electric cars, mass transit systems, solar energy, vegan products and restaurants, etc.
