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Published:
October 08, 2012 21:38
by dissident dissenter
This 109th Dissident Island Radio features some lovely people running London’s Cuts Cafe, a radical space in the belly of the beast designed to allow for movement building in the run-up to the TUC demo on October 20th. We also hear about porn, capitalism and sexual desire. Does one lead to the other? Could you have anarcho-porn? And as always the show features rabble rousing, tunes, an…
Published:
June 19, 2012 12:50
by dissident producer
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dissident island radio
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What a fantastic show! This is what features:
* Carnival of Dirt with is happening in London tonight, where more than 30 activist groups from London and around the world come together to highlight the illicit deeds of mining and extraction companies.
* a short introduction to 'non violent communication' by activist,
scholar and yoga teach…
June 07, 2012 15:00
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June 06, 2012 22:33
by Palestine Place
Palestine Place 24 Grays Inn Road
Published:
June 06, 2012 20:56
by Palestine Place
Palestine Place is now up and running in our Grays Inn home and has hosted a wide range of events, seeing in excess of 150 people over the weekend. A succesful footbal action through the streets of London in support of Hunger striker Mahmoud Sarsak happened yesterday (Report) and our event tonight on International law and Palestine, with free Palestinian food on offer for all visitors was attended…
Published:
June 02, 2012 18:12
by Dissident Island
in group dissident island radio
On our 105th show we've got lots of hot stuff to keep us in tune with the weather.
- Writer and researcher dizzyshambles with musings and reflections on the politics of the militant student uprising in Quebec
- Donal from the Dysophia zine discussing Anarchism, antisemitism, and ways of recognising / combating the covert and overt manifestations of racism in our solidarity struggles.
- A che…
July 21, 2012 14:00
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May 24, 2012 13:02
by Furtherfield Gallery
Furtherfield Gallery
McKenzie Pavilion
Finsbury Park, London, N4 2NQ
July 11, 2012 11:00
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May 24, 2012 12:56
by Furtherfield Gallery
Furtherfield Gallery
McKenzie Pavilion
Finsbury Park, London, N4 2NQ
Published:
May 20, 2012 15:01
by Dissident Producer
in group dissident island radio
- Refections from participants in the Finsbury Square Occupy camp, which is due for eviction in the near future
- A discussion about the social impacts of default, specifically looking at the parallels between contemporary Greece and the Argentina of 10 years ago
- An interview on 'take the flour back', an upcoming mass action against genetically modified wheat in the UK happening on 27 M…
Published:
May 16, 2012 17:10
by dissident island
in group dissident island radio
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…
Published:
February 18, 2012 11:48
by d*i
in group dissident island radio
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…
Published:
February 04, 2012 14:11
by Dissident Island
in group dissident island radio
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…
February 25, 2012 13:00
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January 30, 2012 16:17
by Furtherfield
Furtherfield Gallery
McKenzie Pavilion
Finsbury Park, London, N4 2NQ
T: +44 (0)20 8802 2827
E: info@furtherfield.org
W: www.furtherfield.org/gallery
Published:
December 17, 2011 16:28
by dissident island crew
in group dissident island radio
Dissident Island Radio - 16 December 2011 - episode 95:
- A former Foxconn employee speaks about the dirty secrets behind our techno-goodies
- Traveler Solidarity Network on moving beyond Dale Farm
- Some words about the upcoming ALARM conference (Jan 7)
- Prisoner info for comrades behind bars over the holidays throughout
You're guaranteed to hear some banter, bollocks, 'choons, announcements and the …
Published:
November 08, 2011 10:35
by Dissident Island
in group dissident island radio
after a dark week for social justice, dissident island presents a less than happy show!
- the LAF debates on consensus design making recorded at this year's london anarchist bookfair.
- grow heathrow update on their impending eviction and resistance, as well as some discussion on their political goals and ongoing community oriented activities.
- we have squash in the house talking about the…
Published:
November 07, 2011 20:02
by freedom boxed
I you think you're not technical enough to understand some of the debate on distributed social networks as opposed to centralised ones (like this one) check out this comic animation. It tries to explain the differences and the problems of centralised corporate services in plain English.
Published:
October 24, 2011 15:25
by Dissident Island
in group dissident island radio
On our coop special (episode 91) we had noises from:
- Karola at the well-known and loved Cowley Club, a cooperative social centre in Brighton.
- James from Redfield, an intentional community, giving us the lowdown on his travels around and observations of the UK cooperative housing scene.
- Heavy D, discussing cooperative social care provision.
- Jo, on the ins and outs of being part of the actor's c…
Published:
October 12, 2011 16:38
by dissident chickpea
in group dissident island radio
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…
Published:
September 11, 2011 00:30
by common person
This is an update on the Land & Freedom Camp: a 7 day open exhibition and demonstration taking place on Clapham Common from Sat 17th Sept til Sun 25th Sept.
Published:
August 09, 2011 01:38
by ID Action Group of Catalonia
INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY AS A POLITICAL PROJECT FOR A NEW LIBERTARIAN SYNTHESIS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdIG4SwMJyk
ID is a project for direct political democracy, economic democracy (beyond the confines of the market economy and state planning), as well as democracy in the social realm and ecological democracy. In short, Inclusive Democracy is a form of social organisation which re-integr…
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June 22, 2011 18:40
by CP
Earlier today I posted about a current crisis of censorship on Facebook.
Background:
- Citizen activists created J30Strike.org, a website advocating peaceful demonstration against austerity measures in the U.K. on June 30th
- Sometime in the last 48 hours or so, anyone who tried to post or share a link to J30Strike on their Facebook account was blocked from doing so, receiving instead an error me…
Published:
April 29, 2011 12:51
by Alex Milan Tracy
A small protest was held outside Paddington Green in solidarity with those arrested from the March 26 protest and the recent raids on squats and social centres including the Ratstar in Camberwell, Offmarket in Hackney and the Grow Heathrow Project. London, UK, 29/04/2011.
April 03, 2011 19:00
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February 22, 2011 14:33
by OffMarket
in group OffMarket
OFFMARKET
111 Lower Clapton rd, E5 0NP
offmarket@riseup.net / 07706279299
Opening hours: Sunday 12-6pm, Monday 12-6pm, tuesday 12-8pm
Open meetings are on monday 7pm if you want to meet us, check the space out or have any proposal to use the space!
Accessibility info for folks with different abilities, see the AccessCodes
Published:
February 20, 2011 19:43
by Dissident Island
in group dissident island radio
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…
Published:
February 10, 2011 16:49
by hot pepper
Elizabeth McGuirk explains the key proposals of the Health and Social Care Bill published on 19 January.
(Track the progress of the bill through Parliament here, and bill documents can be found here.)
In their Red Pepper article 'Dismantling the NHS' Stewart Player and Colin Leys highlighted problematic issues in the July 2010 White Paper 'Liberating the NHS'. The dire consequences they foresaw…
