Saturday
27th October
From 10am to 7pm
The venue is Queen Mary, University of London,
Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS.
If you are coming by public transport the following buses stop near the college on Mile End Road: 25; 205; 339.
If you are coming by tube the two nearest stations are Mile End (central line / Hammersmith & City line or District line) or Stepney Green (Hammersmith & City line or Dist…
about the police violence over civilians at the 15 Sept anti-austerity demo in Lisbon, Portugal.
please spread the news everywhere.
International activists involved in the Indignato and Occupy movements have begun a campaign to create GlobalNoise, a worldwide cacerolazo, or casserole march, on Saturday, October 13th, 2012. The hope is that local Occupations and Collectives will take up the call to march, using the method of a casserole march to highlight whatever issues are the most important to their community.
Latest: See interviews with the local residents and squatters: Video.
On the 5th of September Occupiers and members of the local community in North London reclaimed the Friern Barnet Library after it had its doors closed in April by the council this year due to public sector cuts. The library is now declared liberated, occupied and reopened to the public. Although today the council served an …
Report and video taken fron Reel News: London Metropolitan University staff, students and other supporters attended a rally outside the Home Office at lunchtime on Wednesday September 5 to oppose the revocation of London Met’s international student license, which could result in 2,600 international students being deported. Watch video of the protest
STATEMENT FROM PEACE STRIKE “VIGIL FOR IRAN”
WHY WE NEED A NEW MODEL FOR THE PEACE MOVEMENT.
On Wednesday 12th of September, from Parliament Square, Peace Strike will launch the “VIGIL FOR IRAN” This is a pre-emptive campaign to prevent a war with Iran.
We welcome campaigners, concerned citizens and anyone who cares for peace and justice, to join us for the initial two hours from 5…
Heygate Estate residents fight compulsory purchase order
"Unpopular social housing."
"An arrangement of monolithic land uses."
"Out of place in a city fringe location."
These are just a few of the phrases Southwark Council uses to justify its plans to knock down the Heygate Estate, a sprawling 1970s housing labyrinth in south-east London's Elephant and Castle.
Yet, on the estate, resides a…
LARC - and pumpin out your stereo
“Worldwide Echo in Support of the Zapatistas:
Freedom and Justice for San Marcos Avilés and Francisco Sántiz López”
http://sanmarcosavilesen.wordpress.com
Chancellor greeted with boos as he awards medals for the men's 400m.
He commented at the weekend that it was "not surprising" that he was unpopular but George Osborne still probably wasn't expecting to be greeted by a chorus of boos when he presented the medals for the men's 400m at the Paralympic Games.
[DPAC says: "Ever since George Osborne announced he was slashing £18 billion from the welf…
It seems that not a day goes by without another callous Tory policy, designed it seems to harm and terrorise anyone who struggles to put food on the table or in this case, a roof over their head.
On the 1st of September a new law comes into force that criminalises squatting in residential properties. Despite there already being adequate laws to protect the homes of people who actually live there,…
Rachel Corrie Verdict
To no-one's surprise the Israeli courts whitewashed the death of Rachel Corrie this week. Rachel was killed in Gaza in 2003 defending Palestinian homes against the Israeli Defence Force's D9 armoured bulldozers.
The verdict came at the end of two and half years of legal proceedings initiated by Rachel's parents Cindy and Craig Corrie. They had pursued a civil case against t…
400 protestors joined Paralympic ceremony performers, Dpac and UK Uncut at their "Closing Atos Ceremony" outside the Atos HQ in Paton Square, Euston today. Later 12 activists, both abled and disabled occupied and locked on at the Department of Work and Pensions and other held banners outside protesting against next April's disability cuts and the Atos tests.
LARC (London Action Resource Centre) - see londonarc.org
LARC (London Action Resource Centre) - see londonarc.org
LARC (London Action Resource Centre) - see londonarc.org
Royal National, Rusell Square (see the website). Tickets bought online.
Royal National, Rusell Square (see the website). Tickets bought online.
The Atos Games will showcase disabled people's anger at Paralympic sponsors
Disabled campaigners have planned a week of protests against Atos to coincide with the start of the Paralympic Games
The Paralympics will not be the only games in town this week. Today sees the start of "The Atos Games", a week of protest led by disabled activists against the Paralympic sponsors who, we say, are responsi…
British anti-austerity renegades UK Uncut have partnered with the equally formidable Disabled People Against the Cuts (DPAC) to take action against Atos, the Paralympic Games’ most controversial sponsor.
Both groups are promising ‘plenty of surprises’ as they attempt to shut down Atos’ head quarters in central London with the ‘Closing Atos Ceremony’, on Friday 31 August.
‘We’re not a…