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…

Episode 90 of Dissident Island brings you:



* UK uncut live in the studio telling us about why they've been so quiet and what their next moves are



* Words from Occupy Wall Street - quite possibly the U.S. Left's answer to the Tea Party



* A trip down memory lane, looking at Dissident Island's previous homes in social centres past



* Little Sh*t on the decks spinning some dubstep goodness



* The u…

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The Armed Forces Minister, of Great Britain, Mr Archie Hamilton made an extraordinary statement to the British Parliament at the end of January 1990. It concerned the activities of Britain's top undercover agent, born in British Occupied Ireland, Mr Colin Wallace. The Armed Forces minister admitted, that several serious long standing key allegations, consistently made by Mr Wallace against MI-5 an…

On the day that Tony Blair cancelled his book signing event in London, activists scaled the scaffolding on the Houses of Parliament to make a banner drop following a diversion tactic employed at the front gates. London, UK. 08/09/2010

The BNP rallied in Croydon outside Lunar House and answered questions from the media regarding the upcoming elections. Meanwhile the UAF and PCS demonstrated against them nearby. Croydon, United Kingdom, 15/04/2010.

Over 50 UAF and PCS protesters demonstrated against the BNP rally at Lunar House in Croydon today. Some tried to get into the BNP area and cause trouble. At least one arrest was made.

George Galloway joined a Stop the War protest to deliver a petition to the Home Office concerning the palestinian protesters that have been given lengthy jail sentences for their involvement in protests outside the Israeli embassy in January as a result of Israeli led offensive Operation Cast Lead. London, United Kingdom, 30/03/2010.

Angry tenants living in affordable and key worker housing owned by the Crown Estate grouped together from five London boroughs and rallied outside the Estate’s headquarters in New Burlington Place to prevent the sale of their homes. London, United Kingdom, 23/03/2010.

As Gordon Brown gave evidence inside the QEII conference centre people such as George, who joined the Royal Artillery in 1947 and served one and a half years in the SAS demonstrated outside. George will be 90 on the 8th of May, but he was still determined to show his anger over the continuous war being waged in Iraq. London, United Kingdom. 05/03/2010.

Sex workers are routinely portrayed in the media as victims.



At London’s first ever Sex Worker Open University, over two hundred sex workers and allies from the UK and abroad took part in workshops, discussions and actions. 



This film presents an alternative and empowered image of the sex worker: http://current.com/items/90496517_sex-worker-open-university.htm

"In front of us, they would refer to the immigrants that they'd arrested as 'chinkees', 'niggers' etc. They'd call black people 'spear-chuckers' and 'savages'..."

Jamil Ahmed, was employed by the Home Office from 1992 until 2007. Whilst a senior immigration officer, he launched a race discrimination case against the Immigration and Nationality Department in 2004 and was subsequently sacked by the…