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Sparks Electricians Claim Victory Over Employers

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This evening the rank and file Sparks group of electricians is claiming victory over the construction companies who sought to tear up their current contracts, and enforce a new settlement which would have cost many 35% of their wage packet, and severely deskilled the trade. This follows a successful demo in Park Lane last week.

The Underbelly of our Authritarian State

February 24, 2012 17:00

School of Ideas

Featherstone Rd

Islington EC1Y 8RX

OccupyLSX: OSLX to mark eviction symbolically & peacefully

 

Following the Court of Appeal ruling yesterday that none of the applications presented by Occupy London would be heard and that there could be an iminent eviction by bailiffs on behalf of the City of London Corporation, the Occupy London General Assembly yesterday decided by consensus to support the individual decisions of members of the Occupy London camp. As such, in the event of evictio…

Police hound Wandsworth prison demo

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Around 50 people demanded justice for unfairly-convicted London rioters assembled at Wandsworth prison on a wet Sunday afternoon. The activists were told stories of people whose liberty was cut short by long and unfair judgements for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The crowd chanted support for those imprisoned by the bankers and the rest of the ruling 1% as they expressed their frustr…

hackney roof top defiance

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Anti eviction at work, squats saved by the people. Early friday morning, police and bailiffs turned up to evict a row of squatted houses in Dalston lane, but luckily the anti eviction squad was out, in numbers this time with over 60 people blocking the road and lining the rooftop.

Film Night, Visions of Abolition:

February 20, 2012 07:30

Pogo Cafe76 Clarence Road,

Hackney, London,

E5 8HB



Tel: 020 8533 1214

NoBorders Carnival, pics & report

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Today's NoBorders Carnival marked the end of the week-long Noborders Convergence that has taken place in London this week. Around 200 people followed the call to gather at the steps of St Pauls at midday. After a few speeches the crowd took to the streets marching in a loud demonstration towards central London, and ending in Piccadilly Circus at around 3pm where a 'Reclaim Love' event was taking p…

Dissident Island Radio: Listen to #98! SQUASH, M31, No Borders and more...

Episode 98 promises to be an action packed adventure for all the family. This time round we've got:

  • Members of the SQUASH campaign discussing the legal aid bill, political motivations and tactics.
  • Some nice people over from Germany to talk about the global M31 mobilisation against capitalism, discussing their plan to link radical campaigns, and potential actions against neoliberal austerity…

Dissident Island - live tonight - episode 98

February 17, 2012 22:15

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http://www.catalystradio.org

Occupation of Barnardo's HQ: no child detention!

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No Borders activists are currently occupying the headquarters of Britain's largest children charity, demanding that it “quits the child detention business”. They have asked to speak to the Chief Exec but she has so far refused. There is a solidarity demo outside with around 50 people, including a samba band. 

The latest protest at Barnardo's offices in Barkingside, Essex, started at 1pm in a…

International Basque Solidarity Week

February 23, 2012 13:00

The Hub King's Cross

34B York Way







The Oxford House

Derbyshire Street, Bethnal Green





Haggerston Community Centre

179 Haggerston Road

International BAsque Solidarity Week

February 20, 2012 19:00

The Hub King's Cross

34B York Way







The Oxford House

Derbyshire Street, Bethnal Green





Haggerston Community Centre

179 Haggerston Road

International BAsque Solidarity Week

February 22, 2012 13:00

The Hub King's Cross

34B York Way







The Oxford House

Derbyshire Street, Bethnal Green





Haggerston Community Centre

179 Haggerston Road

International BAsque Solidarity Week

February 23, 2012 19:00

The Hub King's Cross

34B York Way







The Oxford House

Derbyshire Street, Bethnal Green





Haggerston Community Centre

179 Haggerston Road

International BAsque Solidarity Week

February 25, 2012 12:00

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The Hub King's Cross

34B York Way







The Oxford House

Derbyshire Street, Bethnal Green





Haggerston Community Centre

179 Haggerston Road

Harmondsworth detainees free on bail -court 8/3/12

The Harmondswoth detainees have all been freed on bail.

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At 10am this morning supporters gathered outside Uxbridge court, where the 12 detainees, still not free, where to have their first hearing. Currently in court, the protesters where met by high numbers of police and one of them was arrested for refusing to extingish a cigarette. The repression is harsh.

 

Harmondsworth blockaders still held by police

Eleven No Borders activists arrested on Tuesday during a detention centre blockade are being held by police for a second night. They are due to appear at Uxbridge magistrates court at 10am this morning, charged with causing 'serious disruption to the life of the community' under Section 14 of the Public Order Act.



* Supporters have called for a solidarity demonstration at the court.

Nizhny Novgorod anti-fascists need your support

March 16, 2012 15:00

Nizhny Novgorod anti-fascists need your solidarity and support! A call for coordinated actions around the world on March 16–18, 2012

Blockade of Harmondsworth migrant prison

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* No Borders activists block both exits of Europe's largest immigration prison using heavy concrete blocks and a scaffolding tripod

* Dozens of migrants held at the prison were due to be deported to Ghana on a specially chartered flight at midnight

* Blockade concludes with kettle and arrests [report]

Hands Off Somalia!

February 23, 2012 08:00

Outside Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Lancaster House, Stable Yard, St James's, London SW1A 1BB

 

Nearest tube - Green Park

Diaz G8 Genoa 2001 at the Berlin Film Festival

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Arriving in Berlin for the Berlinale, it was with trepidation and excitement that i was thrown into the core of the Film Festival. As one of the victims from Diaz, i had waited a long time to meet the cast of Domenico Procacci's Diaz: Don't Clean Up This Blood and also to see the film for the first time.

Demo to save essential crossing in Shoreditch

February 15, 2012 16:30

junction of Curtain Road and Rivington Street, EC2A

 

Noise Demo For Prisoners

February 18, 2012 16:00

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Outside Wandsworth Prison

Heathfield Road

SW18 3HR

NewInquiry: David Graeber on Occupy Direct Action / Black Bloc

David Graeber responds to “The Cancer in Occupy,” article written by Chris Hedges:

 

I am writing this on the premise that you are a well-meaning person who wishes Occupy Wall Street to succeed. I am also writing as someone who was deeply involved in the early stages of planning Occupy in New York.

I am also an anarchist who has participated in many Black Blocs. While I have never perso…

Final chance to save our UK squats

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It is time for squatters to act NOW to save squatting with the House of Lords having their committee stage this Wednesday. "The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill which includes Clause 130, added at the last-minute, to criminalise squatting in residential buildings is currently passing through the Lords," said Squash on its website.

OccupyLSX: Homeless people speak out at OccupyLSX

Defying icy winds, a crowd of occupiers and guests assembled in front of St Paul’s on Saturday 4 January to take part in a Speak-out on homelessness.

The event, in  Poverty and Homelessness Action Week, was the first chance to specifically focus on the experience and views of rough sleepers and other homeless people who have from the beginning of Occupy London been occupiers at St Paul’s a…

No Borders Convergence: final details & programme

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The No Borders Convergence, on this week (13-18 February), is a week of discussion and action to bring together all those fighting for free movement and against border controls. It starts off with three days (Monday 13 to Wednesday 15) of workshops and open discussion hosted by students at *Goldsmiths College in New Cross, South London*. Refugees from different communities, together with a…

Women's Day Benefit Show

March 07, 2012 19:00

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New Cross Inn

323A New Cross Road, SE14 6AS London, United Kingdom

Tree protest begins at nuclear power station

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Activists are calling for help to defend trees being trashed for EDF Energy's new nuclear power station in Somerset.