On this show we've got all sorts of stuff and things from here there and

everywhere. We'll be hearing from La Quadrature du Net about ACTA, censorship

and the enclosure of the internet commons.



We'll be hearing from a member of the drive cooperative, discussing London's

newest housing coop. A person from No Borders will be in tonight too, talking

to us about the No Borders Convergence from 13-18…

On June 6th 2011, activists visited Barnados HQ in Barkingside Essex to protest against their involvement with the UK Border Agency. Campaigners gave out leaflets informing Barnados staff of the work that Barnados will be doing at the  soon-to-be-opened "pre-departure accommodation facility" near Gatwick and urging them to express their concerns about this to Barnados management.

Barnardo's cha…

For episode 78, the Dissident Island Crew put together something extra hot.. A Sex Worker Special! The show features:



* Ava Caradona from x:talk discussing sex work and border regimes

* Claire, speaking candidly about her experiences of the vulnerabilities of working in different sex work settings

* Luca, a queer sex worker, political activist, and Open Sex Workers' University organiser, talking…

Have a listen to the separate interviews that featured on our Sex Workers' Special.

Following a call from London NoBorders, a second 'Life Is Too Short To Be Controlled' [pics 1 | 2 | 3 | vids 1 | 2 | 3] demonstration started in Piccadilly Circus this afternoon. Around sixty people gathered to "connect two locations in London which are symbolic places of both the border regime and surveillance". After a couple of speeches, people started marching through central London street…

Related reports from IMC-London wires:

• Life is too short ... one demo is not enough!
• Piccadilly Circus: CCTV controlling your life
• Life is too short - pics and report
• Demo Connecting Border Regime & Surveillance: pics

Videos:

• St Pancras out of control
• Life Is Too Short: Demo Arrives in St.Pancras
• IMC-London interview to No Borders
• Trailer for "Life is too short - part II"

The demonstration eventually made it to Kings Cross, and it quickly moved into the Eurostar terminal. It kept moving around the terminal until it eventually made its way to the check-in desks and border control. A group of people managed to go throgh the check in and into the border area, which provoked a quick, and quite freaked-out, response from the security personnel. After a while people …

Lancaster Cleaning Services, a contractor for Swiss bank UBS, reportedly colluded with the UKBA by forwarding details of one of the workers who had just left the company. As a result the ex-employee's house was raided and he is currently being held at an unknown location. This follows after a continuous struggle by the unionised workforce, after a decline in working conditions and wages, imposed b…

Federal officials said the team of shooters were tipped off that people attending the birthday party were members of a rival gang known as Artistas Asesinos (Artists Assassins), who reportedly work for the Joaquín "Chapo" Guzmán drug cartel from Sinaloa

Repsression has no place on our boat...

Repsression has no place on our boat...