To be annouced sooner the time.... see palestineplace.wordpress.com

In the first two weeks of June this year one of central London’s lost and abandoned buildings will be reclaimed and transformed into a radical centre for discussion, action, and education around the issue of Palestinian rights. Palestine Place will be a squatted hub of activity from the 2nd-17th June. Expect films, discussions, m…

Peaceful Blockupy protest gets Frankfurt public backing

Blockupy Frankfurt declared a lasting victory for freedom of speech as 25,000 demonstrators marched through the German financial capital tormented by 5000 riot police.

Saturday's peaceful march on the European Central Bank was the culmination of three days of protest against the new wave of authoritarian capitalism which has swept Europe.

Once again the main news media are not revealing the truth.

The media are spinning news that the main police issue for the march is related to pensions, where in fact it is directly related to the cut in police numbers and the plans to replace them with private security personnel. 

We have all seen the disregard for people and their rights by corporatism; we cannot allow private control of our Poli…

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…

www.peacestrike.org     Following on from the Stop the War "Say No To NATO" demonstration on Saturday 19th May at 1pm outside the American Embassy, Grosvenor Square.........there will be a...   24 HR SOLIDARITY PROTEST / VIGIL  

"SAY NO TO NATO!"

Following on from the Stop the War “Say No To NATO” demonstration on Saturday 19th May at 1pm outside the American Embassy, Grosvenor Square………there will be a… 24 HR SOLIDARITY PROTEST / VIGIL “SAY NO TO NATO!”

As part of the 12M Global Day of Action that occurred in over 350 cities, around 700 protesters gathered at St Pauls to take a tour [map | pics] of the financial institutions responsible for much of the crisis. Throughout the march, City of London police repeatedly tried to slow and halt the march and there were clashes as people pushed through police lines. The tour concluded at the Bank of E…

Islington council has issued an eviction notice under the Open Spaces Act 1906 ByeLaw 17 demanding that Occupy Finsbury Square leave in one weeks time - by 4pm on Friday 18th May - or face court proceedings...

The site was occupied on October 22nd 2011 after hundreds took part in the Tour of Corporate Greed demonstration.

See also Occupy London [twitter 1,2]

An English translation of anarchist analysis of the elctorial process in greece with links to the many texts coming from the various Anarchist collectives, groups and assemblies down the bottom.

 

If the elections could overturn this barbarism… they'd be illegal!

In response to a call for solidarity from Egypt with the 600 + detainees and the 20 + killed by SCAF (military) in the latest round of repression in Cairo, activists dropped a banner on the 6th of May 2012 outside the Egyptian Embassy in London. The banner reads: Free the Prisoners, Down with the military rule.

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The Olympic Delivery Authority, Waltham Forest Council, Lea Valley Regional Park Authority and Nussli AG put the building site workers and community at risk to save face.

As “counter-terrorist experts”, better known as Armament Companies, gathered at the Royal Garden Hotel to guzzle champagne followed by four course dinner, pausing only to gaze over Kensington Gardens. (At a mere £156 a ticket, guess who isn’t suffering from “austerity”?) – Smash EDO, Disarm DSEi and Campaign against the arms trade held a noise demonstration, distrupting thier dini…

LARC - London Action Resource Centre, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES (map: https://imc.li/v3il0)

Alfie Meadows, who was beaten up by the police and forced to have emergency brain surgery at the student demonstrations in December 2010, is now forced to have a retrial after the jury failed to reach a unaminous conclusion.  Three other defendants in the case had their charges dropped. This could go to a retrial in November or December leaving Alfie with another year of stress, a decision will b…

The following piece has been written by Ashleigh Marsh, one of five currently being prosecuted under SOCPA legislation for her role is taking part at a picnic and sleep-out on the 31st October 2011, in order to visually show the effect that the criminalisation of squatting would have on between 20-50,000 people in England and Wales, ie having to sleep rough. Ashleigh is active in her communit…

 

On Monday, 23 April, about 100 people, many of whom wearing neon balaclavas, the trade mark of Pussy Riot, protested outside the Russian Embassy in London, demanding “Free Pussy Riot!”. See video.

In February, the feminist punk band Pussy Riot stormed into Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow and to perform their anti Putin song “Punk prayer”. Ekaterina Samusevich, Maria Alyokhina and …

No Borders activists took to the stage of the Royal Albert Hall last night at a prestigious fundraising concert organised by Barnardo's in protest at the charity's collaboration with the UK Border Agency in detaining children.

This is not a typical movie review describing the movie, plot, characters, and themes, as well as celebritizing each actor by naming every other movie appeared in, etc., and yet have very "little" to say about how the movie might relate to real life. We will refer to an American writer, namely Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize winning author of several important books, to help contextual this movie. He…

Embassy Of The Russian Federation

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Somerstown Community Centre

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(Nearest tubes Kings Cross, Euston, Mornington Crescent.)

In a new video published today the brutal beating of an immigrant by the Police was caught on camera by a resident from his balcony.

The Ruling May Have Gone Against Us But We Won the Arguments In Court!

Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) called for an action to keep the effect of the cuts on diabled people in the spotlight. Disabled people came from different parts of the country and assembled at Leicester Square and moved off towards Trafalgar Square They brought parts of central London to a stand still after a successful protest blocked two roads at a major junction on the South side of Tra…

Report from a South London Solfed member.

On my way to work this morning I found the bus stops around New Cross bus garage swarming with police and UKBA immigration officers. I saw a man being questioned by immigration officials and surrounded by several police under the bus shelter. This was a bit weird and unnerving so I sent a mass txt out to warn people and pass on the message.

Whilst I …

both the olympic delivery authority (ODA) and state authorities are already working to stifle any dissent against the coming olympic corporate extravaganza in london. with libel threats, ASBOs, injunctions, potential control of photography, blanket searches, and armoured cars, the olympic war machine is beginning to make itself felt.

John McGuffin an Ulster Anarchist

John McGuffin an Ulster anarchist was cremated 10 years ago on this coming May Day in Belfast. I met John in London almost 40 years ago, when we got drunk together.John was the sole anarchist of the People's Democracy movement of the late sixties and carried alone an anarchist banner on the infamous Burntollet part of the civil rights march which was viciously …

Crossroads Women's Centre

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London NW5 2DX

London College of Communication

Elephant and Castle, London, U.K SE1 6SB

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