Well, it's practically a done deal. The parliamentary parlour games are nearly over, and the government has almost had its wicked way with us all, dealing a horrible blow to the NHS. The Tories will be jubilant, because they've gone a long way to realising their no doubt childhood dreams of breaking up what Americans call 'socialised medicine'. Labour will secretly be pleased that by delaying…

The trail of blood led up the stairs. Bits of skin and clumps of hair stuck to the walls. Following the broken doors and hasty barricades, looking in cupboards and under desks, everywhere someone could have hidden there was blood and broken skin, the bashing of heads against walls, the smearing of blood stained hands. There was a smell in the building. The Carabinieri had left their mark.

On this show before the party Dissident Island came at you from

every angle, wild and whacky, energetic and up-for-it - featuring a plethora of

politics to make you ponder and tunes that'll have you pumpin' up the volume to

eleven and a half. Look forward to hearing...



- the latest news from the ZAD, an autonomous zone airport expansion protest

and experiment in sustainable living located in France

- fo…

Protesters gathered outside businesses on Lewisham High Street on Saturday as part of a national demonstration against the government’s mandatory work experience schemes.

The march targeted shops said to be involved in ‘workfare’, including McDonalds, Boots, Greggs, BHS and Primark, in an attempt to pressurise them to pull out of the schemes.

Activists claim that the plans force unempl…

Call for the Defense of Society and Democracy in Greece

We are a group of citizens who have come together from a variety of political backgrounds with a common purpose: the pressing need to articulate a coherent and persuasive critical voice that will be heard loudly both inside and outside Greece. In the context of a contemporary moment in which the central dilemma “austerity or bankruptcy” ha…

People fight for their right to live and decide on their lives, not just in Maghreb but also inside of Fortress Europe.

Solidarity to people's movements around the world!

Click at the link below for a video of the student riots today in downtown Barcelona after the massive demonstration that took place in the morning. 60,000 students and university workers took to the streets to protest against the cuts and the privatisation of the country's education.

Filmed from the barricade at the eviction of Occupylsx. 

Email richardrowland@hotmail.com if you wish to licence the footage

A new study by the Mediterranean Council for Intelligence Studies’ (MCIS) 2012 Intelligence Studies Yearbook points to the use of social media as “the new cutting edge in open-source tactical intelligence collection”. IntelNews.org’s Joseph Fitsanakis, who co-authored the study, reports:

We explain that Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and a host of other social networking platforms ar…

Not long after midnight this morning, the bailiffs finally moved in to evict the tents at the Occupy Camp at St Paul’s. The message is obvious. The City of London does not want a permanent witness to its excesses on the verge of the London Stock Exchange.



It is over four months now since the first mass meetings on those iconic steps. Perhaps it is fitting that the location is best known acro…

The anti-cuts direct action group, UK Uncut, has criticised what they call the government’s double standards on corporate tax affairs stemming from David Gauke’s contradictory statements regarding Barclays’ tax dodging and PwC’s report calling for a low business tax rate.



On Barclays, Daniel Garvin, from the campaign group said:



“This shows what the government can do when it chooses to …

The phone rang at 1230am.  I sleepily answered to be informed that the police were on site at St Pauls, dragging tents into rubbish trucks.  Eviction had come.  This was the start of a sleepless night, calling friends, pointing in disbelief at the pictures on the screen and barking ‘Do your research!’ at poorly informed BBC News 24 reporters.  Today’s article recaps the eviction, revisits the achi…

It looked like the ALAMO or the last minutes on the roof at the  STRANGEWAYS MUTINY..the resisters bravely  made a makeshift barricade and climbed on top and held out to the last. Solidarity to you all who have chosen action rather than  words. (no doubt the barricade will be reassembled and in an art gallery by the en of the year). Actually it reminds me of barricades of the PARIS COMMUNE - …

Dear protesters,

I will be sorry to see you go. I work in the City of London, and I have walked past your tents most days since you camped in the churchyard of St Paul's Cathedral. Anyone who knows the area around the Cathedral will appreciate that you have not been any genuine obstruction. Indeed, one almost has to go out of one's way to be obstructed by you. No one walking from, say, Ludga…

CAIRO: They do not believe in governments, they boycotted the elections, they demand “direct democracy” and they’re associated with chaos and have been targeted by the military and some Islamists.

Egypt’s anarchists are anticipating a crackdown before the first anniversary of the January 25 uprising. They are perceived as seeking chaos; villains who want to bring down the state, defy au…

This week, a successful grass roots social media and direct action campaign, has seen providers of the Government’s Workfare scheme pulling out in significant number.  The government has made a vigorous response to the issue branding those opposed to workfare ‘job snobs’ and stating that the campaign was tiny and orchestrated by the Socialist Worker Party. Today's article picks through the …

Following the Court of Appeal ruling yesterday that none of the applications presented by Occupy London would be heard and that there could be an iminent eviction by bailiffs on behalf of the City of London Corporation, the Occupy London General Assembly yesterday decided by consensus to support the individual decisions of members of the Occupy London camp. As such, in the event of evictio…

Rewarded for failure

Lin Homer has been given one of the most important civil servants jobs as chief executive of HM Revenue and Customs with a salary of £180,000 despite presiding over years of chaos at the UK Border Agency (UKBA). A report by the Chief Inspector of the UKBA heavily criticised the agency over it consistent failures while under her stewardship describing it as being a “dysfun…

To counteract the recent backlash led by professional journalists against diversity of tactics in the Occupy movement, we sought out our comrades from the heart of the black bloc and asked them to tell their side of the story: where they come from, why they participate, how they see the world. Here follows an in-depth personal reflection on why the black bloc is so contemporary and what this m…

Demonstrations outside Morrisons as sparks target other companies

After the impressive climb down by Balfour Beatty over the imposition of new construction industry contracts, the electricians rank and file group refuse to be complacent and have immediately began targeting the other six construction giants who continue with their efforts to force mechanical and electrical workers to sign away…

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…

In a major breakthrough, Unite has announced that Balfour Beatty has withdrawn the self-declared BESNA contracts at the centre of a 7-month dispute which has brought chaos to industrial relations across the contruction industry.

Balfour Beatty Engineering Services was regarded by Unite as the ring-leader of a group of seven firms seeking to impose new contracts on thousands of sparks, plumbe…

Electricians and other construction workers blocked Park Lane in central London in an escalating dispute over changes to pay and conditions on building sites across the country.

About 200 protesters gathered outside the Grosvenor House hotel where a black-tie dinner was being held for construction industry executives. Traffic was halted for almost an hour on Wednesday evening as the group blocke…

The Welfare Reform Bill is back in the Lords today which may yet result in some more tinkering with this desperate piece of legislation. However the main thrust of the bill, enshrining as it does Universal Credit, benefits caps, mass health and disability testing programmes, workfare and the slashing of benefit for 20% of disabled people, is all firmly established and will become law.

That e…

David Graeber responds to “The Cancer in Occupy,” article written by Chris Hedges:

I am writing this on the premise that you are a well-meaning person who wishes Occupy Wall Street to succeed. I am also writing as someone who was deeply involved in the early stages of planning Occupy in New York.

I am also an anarchist who has participated in many Black Blocs. While I have never perso…

Defying icy winds, a crowd of occupiers and guests assembled in front of St Paul’s on Saturday 4 January to take part in a Speak-out on homelessness.

The event, in  Poverty and Homelessness Action Week, was the first chance to specifically focus on the experience and views of rough sleepers and other homeless people who have from the beginning of Occupy London been occupiers at St Paul’s a…

John Catt and his daughter Linda have brought a case against ACPO and the Metropolitan police to challenge the legality of the publicly funded, secret 'domestic extremist' intelligence database run by the NPOIU. Since 2005 they have been recorded over 80 times in the database for exercising their democratic right to protest. London, UK, 09/02/2012.

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…