The crisis of the capitalist financial system affects people across social classes and across the geography of Europe in similar ways: making a living is becoming more difficult in times of rising unemployment, ruthless neo-liberal flexibilisation of work and dismantling of the welfare state. This also affects housing, mobility, education, healthcare, old age pensions and so forth. Acros…

The crisis of the capitalist financial system affects people across social classes and across the geography of Europe in similar ways: making a living is becoming more difficult in times of rising unemployment, ruthless neo-liberal flexibilisation of work and dismantling of the welfare state. This also affects housing, mobility, education, healthcare, old age pensions and so forth. Across the…

We have translated this letter from a retired Asturias miner, responding to comments about the struggle and talking about his experiences. He explains a lot of the background to the dispute.

I’ve worked for twenty five years in the mines. I first went down the mine when I was 18 and I would like to say that I am amazed by a lot of comments that I’m reading about mining and early retirement. I…

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!”

By Marianne Maeckelbergh and Brandon Jourdan

On 29 March 2012, millions of people across Spain went on strike. The strike, which was the first general strike since September 2010, brought the country to a near halt. The situation in Spain has grown increasingly difficult with 1 in 4 people out of work and many struggling to make rent or mortgage payments.

See a video summary of the general s…

Short video showing a group of undercover cops being expelled from the demo by an angry crowd after they had attacked a demonstrator during the morning's mobile pickets of the general strike of 29 March in Barcelona.

Here's a 6 minute long video summary of the riots in downtown Barcelona during last week's general strike of 29 March. The video is from the local TV station Sant Andreu TV.

 

Rank-and file police officers are to stage a protest over proposed changes to their pay and conditions.

 

The Police Federation, which would not confirm what its plans will involve, said it is planning to hold an event in central London on May 10.

It comes as the federation's 135,000 members across England and Wales are being balloted on whether they want the right to strike.

Along with…

www.dissidentisland.org

London pickets to take place in North and South London on Friday 3rd February from 2pm

North London: Adecco, 282 Pentonville Road, N1 9NR (nearest station Kings Cross)

South London: Adecco, 4 Borough High Street, SE1 9QQ (nearest station London Bridge)

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 …

Dissident Island Radio - 02 December 2011 - Epsiode 94:

This fantastic show features lots of bits n pieces from this week in radical political developments and beyond...

• We'll be hearing a multitude of voices from Wednesday's public sector strike in London
• Marty, with a full and frank discussion on Occupy London
• Richard Minns, with the ins and outs of pensions and financial markets

All t…

N30 was thee biggest day of strike action seen in the UK for decades, and so London saw hundreds of thousands of people marching together in a demonstration called by most public sector unions. Here there are some photos of traditional union banners on display at the demo, as well as banners from a variety of groups and organisations that came together to fight the government cuts in public sector…

A short video of OccupyLSX demonstrators occupying Panton House, in protest at the £18 million salary of the UK's highest paid CEO - Mick Davies, the loss-making chief of mining company Xstrata.

Note the cops pushing people down stairs as they clear the building.

Outside Stoke Newington Police Station

Strikes and Pickets started early in the morning at their workplaces. In City of London there was a banner drop in Liverpool street station stating "All power to the 99%", accompanied by a band and the Electricians started picketing their work places. Dave Prentis of UNISON said earlier that it..."should be the richest people (bankers) not the poorest workers bailing out the economy" which sums up…

Anarchist resource for N30 public sector strike

This website is specifically aimed at keeping people informed and updated about he activities of anarchist and radical groups in the run up to Nov 30th and on the day of the strike itself. Plus promoting the active involvement by anarchists and radical groups in organised and effective action in support of striking public sector workers.

The ma…

All out on November 30th!

Solidarity to the strikers

The All London Anarchist Revolutionary Movement (ALARM) would like to express solidarity with the 3 million workers taking strike action on November 30th. We are workers, students, the unemployed, trade unionists, parents, carers, activists. Many of us will be striking on that day and many more of us will join you on your picket line and m…

The Commune’s leaflet for Wednesday’s strike looks at how we can escalate the fight against cuts, and how this fits into the goal of revolutionising society. Click here to see the PDF.

www.dissidentisland.org  //  www.catalystradio.org

 

http://icecast.catalystradio.org:8000/catalyst.mp3

7pm, ULU, Malet St (Russell Sq tube)

 

Footage from just some of the groups feeding back to the OccupyLSX emergency general assembly on Fri 21st Oct, following the announcement of the unprecedented closure of St Paul's Cathedral, London.

There was overwhelming support for the camp to remain and to use the events planned over the weekend to highlight the issues behind the protest. There was consensus and a big cheer when they agree…

Following a presentation of the letter from the Dean of the cathedral where he set out his reasons for taking the unprecedented step of closing the Cathedral, and the reading of the OccupyLSX press release initial response, the assembly had discussed in small groups the course of action. Later there were passionate contributions during the report backs with many questioning the official line from …

Interviews with people at the OccupyLSX protest, asking about their motivations and the links with the occupations seen in other places, as well as a quick look at the kitchen and media team. Footage from london indymedia 16thOct.



Protestors from Occupy London Stock Exchange have been occupying the square outside St Paul's Cathedral next to the London Stock Exchange (nr Paternoster Sq) in the …

Hundreds of sparks and supporters have blockaded the gates to the Blackfriars station construction site in London this morning, in the latest protest against plans by seven employers to impose new contracts which would downgrade safety and skill levels and downgrade pay for electricians by more than 30% They were also supported by people from OccupyLSX, before marching to the occupation site outsi…

 

Video of the UKuncut 'Block the Bridge, Block the Bill' NHS action which saw up to 3000 blockading Westminster Bridge on Sun 9th October 2011. 

http://www.ukuncut.org.uk

http://london.indymedia.org/articles/10368

Music by Cosmo - Strike! Occupy! Resist! (Flapsandwich Re-Rub)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWhTJtD0Exs

download the tune FREE here:

http://soundcloud.com/tantrumrecords/cosmo-st…

Here we are presenting two audio interviews concerning grassroots organising in Greece and Spain in the context of the recent square occupations, strikes and mobilisations. This is an edited version of the latest Disident Island radio show broacasted on the 1st of July - you can download the whole show here.

1pm, Friday 8 July, News International Ltd, 1 Virginia Street, E98 1XY

Stations: Tower Hill, Tower Gateway, Shadwell

We joined the J30 Critical Mass at the Brixton Oval. Prior to that we had been for a while visiting the different pickets in the Brixton area, and we quickly realised that this strike wasn't going to be confined to a ritual Unions march in central London. We stood for a while in the Lambeth College picket in Brixton Hill where we noticed the constant shows of support by the honking cars passing by…