activists closed down the very busy belgravia shell petrol station in pimlico this morning as the first sortie in a day of actions under the umbrella of #occupyoil, and mainly targetting the oil giant 'shell'.
there will be a publicly announced noise demo for an hour at noon today outside the nigerian house on northumberland avenue (off trafalgar square), with other shell actions planned througho…
in many years of independent reporting, i've often seen situations where police have caused larger disruption than a handfull of protestors, closing roads, sometimes closing down businesses, and sometimes massively amplifying the power of the protestors alone (not that that's their intention). however, this evening was, i think, the first time that they so completely did the job of the activists f…
Video of the UKuncut 'Block the Bridge, Block the Bill' NHS action which saw up to 3000 blockading Westminster Bridge on Sun 9th October 2011.
http://www.ukuncut.org.uk
http://london.indymedia.org/articles/10368
Music by Cosmo - Strike! Occupy! Resist! (Flapsandwich Re-Rub)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWhTJtD0Exs
download the tune FREE here:
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Police closed off Coldharbour Lane at 9am to evict a community squat in the heart of Brixton. Over 50 people protested outside and members of the community joined in. Specialist police units worked with fire crews to remove them. London, UK, 12//07/2011.
Episode 76 features words from the Cardiff Unemployed Daytime Disco, followed by a live chat with Zebedee about the Lewisham library occupation and the aboutlordbrowne website. Finally, we head up to Manchester to hear about legal proceedings against opponents to airport expansion.
The show also features details of our upcoming party, our swear word competition, music from deadlybuzz, and the us…
Around 500 activists from various climate groups descended on the Coryton oil refinery near Stanford-le-Hope to impose a blockade preventing oil tankers from leaving and were successful until the evening. Coryton, United Kingdom, 16/10/2010
Video interview with one of the people locked on at the entrance to RBS on Bishopsgate this morning in one of the many Camp for Climate Action protests going on across London. Watch the video.