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No Borders Convergence: final details & programme

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The No Borders Convergence, on next week (13-18 February), is a week of discussion and action to bring together all those fighting for free movement and against border controls.

#occupyoil upper st shell garage closed tonight

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in the third london action today, the upper street shell garage in islington was closed by activists for over an hour. while a samba band played, loads of leaflets were handed out. many passing motorists hooted support and cyclists often cheered.

#occupyoil noon protest at nigerian commission

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as part of today's #occupyoil actions, a small group of protestors braved the freezing temperatures and held up #occupyoil logos outside the nigerian high commission in northumberland avenue. they leafletted passers-by and protested for about an hour.

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.

London Olympics 2012 prices tenants out of homes

Greedy landlords are pushing tenants out of their homes in time for the London 2012 Olympics in favour of highly profitable short term rentals.

No Borders week long convergence in London

When:  13 Feb 2012 (All day) - 18 Feb 2012 (All day)

Where:  London



No Borders London, along with Goldsmiths students and other groups, are organising a week-long convergence aiming to share our knowledge andexperiences in relation to people's freedom of movement and the restrictions on it, and to share skills, network, strategise and take  action.

It will create a temporary space fo…

Illegal eviction at Bank of Ideas 2?

In the early hours of Wednesday morning a team of activists squatted a former Midland Bank on St Alphage High Walk, near the Barbican, in the hope of providing a new space for community events following the closure of the Bank of Ideas.

But in what could be a sign of a change in police tactics in dealing with the occupy movement they were promptly evicted by dozens of local police and the TSG who…

Disabled People Against Cuts block Oxford St

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DPAC (Disabled People Against Cuts) and UK Uncut today worked together in an action titled "Message from the invisibles" to bring Oxford Street to a stand still in protest against the Tory Governments proposed Welfare Reform Bill. At 12 o'clock, a group of 20 wheelchair users from Disabled People Against the Cuts chained themselves together in the middle of Regent Street using handcuffs and bi…

Eviction at St Paul's delayed

The Court of Appeal has ruled there can be no eviction at St Paul's protest camp until Tuesday 31 January at the earliest while the judges consider the evidence presented by Occupy London and the eco-warriors.

Occupy squat the Bank of Iraq

Occupy London took and new building this morning a former Nationalised Bank of Iraq called the The Rafidain Bank, with the comment "You told us to stop camping and go after the banks. So we did." The building in Leadenhall Street is massive, formerly the Iraq embassy commercial attache, this is a new Bank of Ideas in the making. Throughout the afternoon various police groups visited the area unti…

Defend Occupy LSX from imminent eviction!

We are calling on everyone who can to come down to the occupy London stock exchange camp outside St Paul's cathedral to defend it from eviction as eviction is expected within the next two or three days.

Operation Lunch - a lunch in the city

UK Uncut and associated members of the 99% have decided that in light of recent news about corporate tax avoidance it is only right to make our voice heard and make sure we are not left out of these lunch meetings. As such we will host a lunch meeting in the city with a major corporation.

right to protest consulations end today

today and tomorrow are respectively the deadlines for getting your comments in to the two consultations aiming to criminalise protest camps in london.

Proposed airport: Boris’s idea will never fly

Wednesdays announcement that the government will hold a consultation in the spring on a new airport in the Thames Estuary, dubbed 'Boris Island' sparked a long day of media hysteria.

Boris Johnson's voice echoed out over our TVs, Radios and newspapers the next day and Plane Stupid came under pressure to get a representative to appear on Sky News and Newsnight in resp…

Occupy tribunals open to public & broadcast live

The second Occupy tribunal tomorrow will take place tomorrow between 12 and 3pm at the former Old Street Magistrates Court, in East london, looking at the government's plans to criminalise squatting.

 

Occupy Justice tribunals broadcast live tomorrow

 

OCCUPY Justice will broadcast live the first of three much-anticipated tribunals tomorrow (Thursday) with the first laying out the case for the prosecution of Tony Blair and associates for crimes against the Iraqi people, namely genocide.

‘Ethical’ Landlord fined £15000 for unsafe Housing

A landlord who attempted to claim that his property was exempt from HMO (House in Multiple Occupation) licensing regulations has been fined £15,000 after Lewisham Council prosecuted him for leaving his rented property in unsafe and dangerous conditions. Dr Paul Banks who owns a supposedly ‘ethical’ housing company, The Manna Housing, is known to be involved in various Permaculture and Raw food rel…

parliament square protest eviction NOW!

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despite high court hearings today and the PASRA law effectively on hold, the metropolitan police and westminster council have begun a forceful operation this evening to remove tents and other structures from around the parliament square protest.

High Court test for new restrictions on protest

IN Court 22 at the High Court on Monday 16th January 10.30am, judgment will be passed on whether Westminster Council can clear away protestors from Parliament Square.

A Tank of an Idea (part 1)

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December bought us yet another Occupy Lsx action, ‘Tank of Ideas’ (renamed Occupy Justice), in which a disused Court House was taken over with the intention of holding a mock trial of the Banking system. The owners of the Old Street based courthouse, Mastcraft (Old Street) Ltd were, unlike the Church, quick to start proceedings against the occupiers determined that nothing should interfere in ther…

We Remember: Tom Hurndall

Tom was 21 years old when he was shot. A photography student, he had left the UK to volunteer as a ‘human shield’ in Iraq. Here he heard about the ISM, one of whose volunteers, Rachel Corrie, had just been killed by a bulldozer whilst protesting house demolitions in Rafah. He headed there himself, arriving on the 6th April.



On the day of his shooting, Tom was with other ISM activists walk…

Building Local Groups

To get involved / help set up groups...

OPEN MEETING,  SAT 14th JANUARY

4pm-6pm, London Action Resource Centre, 62 Fieldgate St, E1 6ES


 

Followed by social. 

Arms Fair Protestor Faces Trial

DSEi protestor to go on trial next week - solidarity vigil outside court before trial

'bikes alive' action at kings x tomorrow

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in the absence of any timetable or genuine willingness from either the mayor or transport for london (tfl), bicycle activists will stage the first of several direct actions tomorrow evening at king's cross road junctions

Sex-workers: brothel laws put women at risk

A woman found not guilty of brothel keeping calls for a change to UK laws that demand prostitutes work alone putting them at risk from attack.

European Day of Action against Capitalism: March31

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Left Wing Organisations and Libertarian Base Unions Call for an International Day of Action against Capitalism on March 31st, 2012

http://march31.net

m31@riseup.net

 

Bank of Ideas starts from scratch again!



A consensus was reached at the Bank of Ideas on Monday's GA to remove all residents who were not involved in the actual squatting of the establishment on November 18.

Sofa-surfing homeless campaign launched in Hackney

A youth charity in Hackney has launched a campaign to establish the number of homeless young people living on sofas and under the radar of the authorities as the closure of supported housing schemes compounds the problem.

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) outside the WTO

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has failed. In December, the Doha Round is turning ten years old, with nothing to celebrate[i]. Formal negotiations of the Round expired in 2005, without any agreement, and informal negotiations stalled in 2008. Indications in December too were that an agreement to liberalize trade among its 153 member countries was eluding.

Cleaners staging sit in at Corporation of London’s

Cleaners are staging a sit in at the Corporation of London’s Guildhall in

protest at the inadequate response of their employer, the contractor Sodexo

over the abusive treatment of women employees.

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