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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Anti-arms trade protesters and CAAT (Campaign Against the Arms Trade) members demonstrated outside the 2011 Counter Terror Expo in London which is organised by Clarion Events. London, UK, 19/04/2011.

Richard Stallman - hacker, founder of the Free Software Movement, activist and theorist for civil rights in the digital age, gave a talk at the London's IET on Monday, 7 March 2011.  He spoke about the politics and practice of free software, and he also discussed a range of issues which have arisen in the digital age - from the oppressive use of ‘copyright' by media corporations and resisting dra…

Hundreds of Libyans demonstrated opposite Downing Street following the air strikes that Moammar Gaddafi ordered in Tripoli, the Libyan Capital with Human Rights Watch claiming at least 233 dead. London, UK, 22/02/2011.

Bahrainians protested outside their Embassy in London following the use of UK supplied weapons against anti-government protesters in the capital's Pearl Square. London, UK, 19/02/2011.

Episode 76 features words from the Cardiff Unemployed Daytime Disco, followed by a live chat with Zebedee about the Lewisham library occupation and the aboutlordbrowne website. Finally, we head up to Manchester to hear about legal proceedings against opponents to airport expansion.

The show also features details of our upcoming party, our swear word competition, music from deadlybuzz, and the us…

Activists staged a one hour dance session outside Bank at 1300 hours to highlight the way the deficit is being used to withdraw funding from the arts sector. London, UK, 14/01/2011

Julian Assange speaks to the world's media post pre-trial hearing at Belmarsh Magistrates' court. Lawyer Mark Stephens said that he is ready to fight extradition to Sweden at the next hearing set for February 7th and 8th. London, UK, 11/01/2011.

Nick Griffin was forced to retreat from the Frontline Club after he arrived to take part in a Q&A panel session on the documentary film 'The Battle for Barking'. The UAF forced him and his security unit to retreat. London, UK. 13/01/2011

If you're publishing to London Indymedia, logging into the site, or just like to view your IMC info over an encrypted connection, you may have noticed that our SSL security certificate is out of date.  Even if you've previously accepted the security warning, you'll get a certificate error when viewing https://london.indymedia.org

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.

Underscoring the permanence of data published on the internet, a security researcher has compiled the names and URLs of more than 100 million Facebook users and made them available as a BitTorrent download.

Ron Bowles, who describes himself as a certified penetration tester, said he used some hastily written code to harvest the names of more than 100 million users who had set their accounts to be…

Over 200 Zionists gathered near the Israeli Embassy to counter demonstrations by the Palestinian people and defend Israel's raid on the Gaza flotilla. Members of the English Defence League also attended the rally. London, United Kingdom, 03/05/2010.

The internet puts your privacy at risk. Two main threats to your privacy are search and social networking.



This is especially true for activists, and effects many thousands of Bristolians/

Thankfully we can fix the search problem easily in just a few moments. Using the http://www.scroogle.org/ you will still get Google search results, just without the spying.



Chrome — Wrench icon > Options >…

Tomorrow Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg will be holding the second national televised public debate in Bristol, with international affairs at the head of the agenda. Whilst many will be sitting comfortably at home assessing how they each react and respond to questions from the audience and examine their debating skills, the planning behind this event is seen as a censorship of democrac…

A small group of protesters gathered outside Kensington Olympia to speak out against the counter terror expo, sponsored by arms company Thales and organised by Clarion events. London, United Kingdom, 14/04/2010.

Around one hundred protesters attend a demonstration outside the Defence and Security Organisation (DSO) based in Kingsgate House on Victoria Street. The protest was organised by SPEAK, a network who connect young adults and students to campaign and pray about issues concerning global injustice. London, United Kingdom. 01/03/2010.

A small group of Stop the War Coalition protesters, in conjunction with the British Muslim Initiative and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign held a protest at Isleworth Crown Court this morning. The protest was in response to the arrests of 7 men in recent weeks, following their involvement protests outside the Israeli embassy. London, United Kingdom. 26/02/2010.