Episode 103 of Dissident Island Radio features:



- Our friend Carl live in the studio giving an insider's perspective on prisoner solidarity. He gives some nice ideas on how to offer support and what to say in those all important letters.



- People from SQUASH and the ASS talking about the future of squatting in England and Wales post Clause 145, and what's going to change once the ban comes into effe…

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On Saturday 31st March 2012, human right campaigners rallied outside the U.S embassy in London, marking the 9th anniversary of Aafia Siddiqui's abduction, rendition and false imprisonment. A video featuring her case, discussions with Asim Qureshi (Director of Cage Prisoners) discussing her legal battle, Pakistan's role, her children & the issue of repatriation; speeches from the rally provided by …

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Masked protesters were pulled out of the crowds at the beginning of the June 30th strike from Lincoln's Inn Fields and detained and de-masked with their details taken under Section 60 of the Public Order Act. London, UK, 30/07/2011.

Shortly after the June 30th strike and march began from Lincoln's Inn Fields around 12 noon, a man scaled a lamp post at the south end of Kingsway dropping a banner supporting the strike. London, UK, 30/07/2011.

Parliament Square, Westminster

Take Action For Japan Now - 12 Noon Global Meditation on Thursday 31st March 2011

A vigil was held opposite Downing Street as the events unfold at the nuclear plant in Fukushima, Japan. They were also calling for an end to the UK government's plans to go ahead with the new generation nuclear power. London, UK, 20/03/2011.

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DISSIDENT ISLAND EPISODE 75 - 4TH FEB 2011

* Collective for better Collectives talking about their group and upcoming events

* Live in the studio - a reflection on the upcoming Space for Change with Camp for Climate Action UK

* A discussion with Corporate Watch on "non-lethal" weapons - and how Israel is testing them in Palestine

* An audio montage - snippets of…

Police arrived in Friedrichshain at Liebig 14 from 4:00am to begin the eviction of a former squat, now a housing project. The eviction began just before 8:00am and riots ensued in the surrounding area afterwards. Berlin, Germany, 02/02/2011.

Police turned up in force at 4am, as well as protesters - mainly residents from other housing projects on Rigaer strasse in a show of solidarity against …

Len Miskulin, 59, is a father who is protesting about the state's removal of his children through the family courts. He has not seen his two children Stephen and Mathew for 10 years.



Len has been on a hunger strike last summer for 41 days and he is still recovering from it.

During the first truly cold spell of the winter Len's only protection to survive the harsh winter is a drafty summer tent.



Len M…

Tens of thousands of students and schoolchildren marched through London on Wednesday against plans to triple university tuition fees.

Violence erupted as thousand of protesters battled police and stormed a building containing the headquarters of the governing Conservative Party.

Over 50,000 students, lecturers and supporters demonstrated against plans to raise the cost of studying at a university to…

Around 20 people walked into the Department for Business Innovation & Skills making themselves at home just after 8pm, setting up tents, unravelling banners with one eve climbing light rigging inside the lobby. London, United Kingdom, 20/10/2010.

The Justice for Aafia Coalition held a vigil for Aafia Siddiqui outside the American Embassy in London. Tomorrow she faces trial in America with a minimum sentence of 30 years imprisonment. London, UK. 22/09/2010.

A protest was held at the Russian Embassy in London in support of two anti-fascist activists who are in custody in Moscow for their involvement protesting against the proposed Moscow to Saint Petersburg highway. London, United Kingdom, 20/09/2010

London's Burmese population demonstrated outside their embassy on the 22nd anniversary of General Saw Maung's military coup in the country. They were also protesting against the upcoming 'sham' elections. London, UK. 17/09/2010.

Around 100 supporters of the March for England campaign took to the streets of Brighton to celebrate St. George's Day at noon, after gathering at the train station. Brighton, England, 25/04/2010.

Activists against BP gathered outside Oxford Circus tube station at 1pm to be taken to a secret location in order to demonstrate against the Tar Sands industry and the Sunrise Project. London, United Kingdom, 10/04/2010.

A few hundred men, women and children took to the streets of London marching from the Imperial War Museum to Downing Street. Called for by the Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services amongst other groups, the march was to highlight the growing concerns surrounding the state of the maternity services and the lack of options available to women giving birth. London, United Kingdom, 07/…

Around 250 members of the English Defence League gathered outside the Tate Britain to march to the Houses of Parliament in support of the Dutch MP Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom, who is visiting the UK. London, United Kingdom. 05/03/2010.

A small pro-Palestinian protest was held outside the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), as the Israeli deputy foreign minister Daniel Ayalon spoke on issues relating to the Middle East. London, UK 08/02/2010.

On December 1, President Barack Obama officially announced a massive escalation of the U.S. war on Afghanistan, tripling the number of American military personnel there since Obama took office. This move marks a decision by Washington to continue the colonial occupation of Afghanistan indefinitely, and with it the bloody slaughter of the Afghan people. Obama’s claim that he would “begin the transf…

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