Police have dropped their controversial six-month investigation of a Sheffield IT worker who had a minor role administering the activist website Indymedia UK.

Workshop report + thoughts: ‘10 Years on from Seattle: anti-capitalism, where now?'

http://www.blowe.org.uk/2009/09/climate-camp-is-more-of-same-enough.html

I returned to Climate Camp yesterday primarily to take part in the Red Pepper organised workshop, ‘10 Years on from Seattle: anti-capitalism, where now?'. This turned out to be by far the most interesting of the sessions I attended at the Ca…

A blogger from Greenwich recounts his experiences at Climate Camp 2009

By Liz Stephens

Climate Camp activists have taken direct action at a number of locations in London this morning.

A perspective paper produced by members of the Anarchist Federation within climate camp 2009.

Last climate camp an open letter was circulated by radical, anti-capitalist elements raising concerns that the movement was coming under greater influence by reformist and state-led approaches to tackling climate change.

A more developed version of this letter is available here and was later published b…

A short blog post looking at the state of mainstream coverage of Cimate Camp

A fine write up comparing climate camp to the Newbury campaign, by someone who lived the Newbury campaign, is at Climate Camp and has been involved throughout the intervening time. Great article.

This report from the Anarchist Federation summarises a workshop held at Climate Camp 2009 on the subject of the interactions between the green movement, anti-capitalism and workers' struggles.

Barcelone: forced repatriation of 120 Algerian boat people

Joan Saura, secretary interior Catalonia, is sending 120 Algerian boat people back home. All refugees appeared last weekend on the Mediterrenean coastline in Almeria. Avoiding damages of the public image during main season officials sent these immigrants  to the main northern city. The Barcelone detention camp located in the Free Port is …

Here's the Whitechapel Anarchist Group's account of the police visit to the Climate Camp legal team. Bad timing and a mistake on the part of the Camp structure? Nefarious conferencing with the cops? You be the judge!

See link for a collection of all Climate Camp videos on one page

http://www.youtube.com/climatelife

Guardian article which states that the Police will be trying to photograph everyone who attends any of the forthcoming Climate Camp actions.

From Computer Weekly:

The Metropolitan Police has hired a firm of consultants to help it monitor social networking sites.

The police force says it wants to monitor peoples' perception of the Met, and counter rumours about what the police are doing ahead of this week's Climate Camp, which is due to take place during August bank holiday weekend.

Dalston resident is off to Climate Camp

By Jessica Mudditt • Aug 24th, 2009

Lynn Chambers tells Jessica Mudditt why she's going

Dalston resident Lynn Chambers is off to Climate Camp this week

In the lead up to the United Nations' talks in Copenhagen in December, one Dalston resident is seeking to get climate change on the local agenda.

Lynn Chambers explains why and how she is joining Climate C…

Battle of the websites spectactular! 

A knock down drag-out head-to-head debate between libcom.org and the ukwatch.net mob. Sparks (and visions of future societies) fly as they fight it out.  Who's the winner? You be the judge!

From their site:

PPS-UK are a growing global movement of people that has turned its attention to organising around what we are for, not only what we are against. We are committed to developing, promoting and implementing vision and strategy for alternative participatory social institutions.

There's a good video intro to PPS-UK.

On a sunny afternoon, SHAC London decided to meet up for an AstraZeneca demo and this week due to the events in Europe, concerning one Daniel Vasella, of Novartis we were joined by a camera crew from the Swiss television network, TSR.

They had lots of questions, all press is good press! We told them about the 7 exposes in the past 12 years at HLS, of the cruelty, scientific fraud, etc

http://www…

Climate Radio 56-minute special featuring the voices of Climate Camp activists from London and around the globe:

Download mp3: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2009/08//435876.mp3

also at source: http://climateradio.org/climate-camps-2009/

Arthur of the London Camp for Climate Action media team is live in the studio discussing



* the rapid take-up of the Climate Camp model around the worl…

The Brixton Pound (B£) is a local currency launching in September 2009. This is a practical way for local people to vote with our wallets for a strong and diverse Brixton economy. It will be a complementary currency, working alongside (not replacing) pounds sterling, for use by independent local businesses and individuals trading within Brixton.

Brixton will be the third Transition Town to have …

"A British man has been arrested for his role in running one of the internet's oldest file sharing websites.

The man - who started the FileSoup website in 2003 - was taken into custody last week after a raid on his home in Taunton, Somerset, and subsequently released on bail without charge."

FileSoup isn't even a tracker, just a forum were people share links. Once again brit police goes and arre…

"One in three young people say they are not willing to pay for for online services such as digital music and video downloads, according to a report published by the European Commission."

everything for free for everyone!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/aug/04/third-young-people-pay-music-online

Sex workers are routinely portrayed in the media as victims.



At London’s first ever Sex Worker Open University, over two hundred sex workers and allies from the UK and abroad took part in workshops, discussions and actions. 



This film presents an alternative and empowered image of the sex worker: http://current.com/items/90496517_sex-worker-open-university.htm

Prosecutors have been asked to consider whether the Metropolitan police officer who attacked Ian Tomlinson at the G20 demonstration should be charged with manslaughter.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) announced today that it had completed its criminal inquiry and handed a file to the Crown Prosecution Service, which will now evaluate whether there is enough evidence to bring c…

A special division of 2,500 police are engaged in an assault on the occupied factory. The cops have removed most barricades and are using aerial ladders to attempt to reach the fortified roof positions of the strikers. 3 helicopters are supporting the cop attack. Hand-to-hand battles are presently occurring and the strikers are fighting back with molotov cocktails. Due to the intensity of the figh…

Can the police unlock and operate my phone during a stop and search?

James Welch, Liberty, tells Doveman that, as we now carry so much personal information, it's time to review the police search powers that allow officers to view phone data

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/aug/04/liberty-clinic-stop-search-mobile

Since the G20 protest in London this year the policing methods used over April 1st and 2nd have been dissected and discussed regularly in the media and in parliament. Reports have been produced and protests condemning police violence have been organised. Thousands of words have been published both in mainstream and independent media sources discussing civil liberties and issues around the right to…

Wednesday, 29th July

Hey AZ, you're getting a bit paranoid or what?

Some of SHAC London decided to meet up for a AstraZeneca demo this afternoon and we were all raring to go as we hadn't met up for a little while, when we were approached by a copper. Apparently, a rather paranoid Duty Inspector had gotten wind of our demo so decided to send a car load of bobbies down to see what the crack was.

The Big Green Gathering, a fixture in the alternative calendar, was due to return after two years this week. 15–20,000 people were expected to turn up on Wednesday (29th) to the site near Cheddar, Somerset, for Europe’s largest green event - a five-day festival promoting sustainability and renewable energy, with everything from allotments to alternative media. Hundreds of staff and volunteers are …

AS CORPORATE BACKERS GO AFTER THE LUCRATIVE HIPPY DOLLAR...



The Big Green Gathering is and has been the leading event in the growing number of independent, politically progressive festivals building across the country over the past decade. But like most others, it has been financially gouged out by growing license, police and insurance costs. After the 2007 Big Green, the festival was broke, and ma…

AstraZeneca, 15 Stanhope Gate, London, W1K 1LN

This morning we made a surprise visit to AstraZeneca in one of the richest parts of London - near the US Embassy. It was something that the staff definitely did not want to see as they came into work. Pathetic workers struggled to pull their blinds down to shield their eyes from the placards we were holding. They might not want to know the truth, but…