LSE -
St Clements Building, Room S221
Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
Tube = Holborn, Covent Garden or Temple

Cost - free of charge

On 13th November Bristol Indymedia and Trapese collective filmed an interview with Crisitian Dominguez on his views of the COP15 summit and what his country Bolivia was hoping to achieve at the conference

As well talking about this he also discussed his support for the people going to Copenhagen to support their demands coming from the global south. Find out what he had to say on the Bliptv Bristol Indymedia channel link: http://blip.tv/file/2879169/

Read full article:
http://bristol.indymedia.org/article/691454

The UN Cop15 Climate Conference is due to take place in Copenhagen from 7th-14th December. Billed as the last chance to save our future, is it any wonder that people are getting angry? Recently the 350.org campaign clearly represented people's desire to dramatically reduce emissions across the world, yet we've seen such mass displays of political expression before, such as the global anti-war demonstrations in 2003 which seemed to have little impact upon Governments. But it's not just about emissions. Those in the global south who have contributed least to the problem are now facing the effects. Increasingly climate campaigners are saying that we cannot trust the market with our future and that we must not rely upon 'false solutions'.

As the world watches Copenhagen, thousands of people will participate in protest marches, direct action and alternative forums. In Denmark new repressive laws have been proposed to discourage protests including extending preventitative detention from 6hrs to 12hrs, significantly increasing fines for public order offences under Danish law, and increasing the penalty for not dispersing when ordered to do so by police [see 1 | 2]. Meanwhile in a clear display of political policing, four uk activists on their way to an organising meeting in Copenhagen were detained and questioned under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 [2 | 3].

Read full article:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/11/442160.html

Last summer there was a massive wave of layoffs at Cegielski plant in Poznan, western Poland. As the result, more than 20% of workers at this heavy industry, state owned plant loose their jobs. In response, at the beginning of October Workers Initiative (IP), radical trade union operating in Cegielski established a Strike Commitee and started formal industrial dispute with the management. Shortly after, the management retaliate, unlawfully sacking four newly appointed stewards from IP. On November 3 Marcel Szary, one of the IP leaders in Cegielski plant and elected workers’ delegate to the board of directors was sentenced for a financial penalty for organizing wildcat strikes and workers’ rallies at the plant. On October, 23, 2009 almost 4.000 workers from different trade unions (and various plants around the country) took part in a demonstration in defense of workplaces, ended up with a clashes with the police.

Polish Embassy in London: 47 Portland Place W1B 1JH

If you would like to help the details are:

Sunday 22 nd November 2pm till 5 pm

East London - M&S 135 High Road, Ilford IG1 1DN

South London - M&S 116 North End, Croydon, CR9 1SH

West London - M&S 31 St. Ann's Rd, Town Centre, Harrow HA1 1NB

Central London - M&S 458 Oxford St. London W1C 1AP

Manchester- M&S Picadilly Gardens.

Coventry - M&S Please contact Act Now for more for more info.

Saturday 21st November 1 pm till 5 pm.

Bristol  M&S -  Broadmead  21st Saturday 1pm till 5 pm.

Exeter  M&S-   High street 21st Saturday 1pm till 5 pm.

 22 nd November 2pm till 5 pm

East London - M&S 135 High Road, Ilford IG1 1DN

South London - M&S 116 North End, Croydon, CR9 1SH

West London - M&S 31 St. Ann's Rd, Town Centre, Harrow HA1 1NB

Central London - M&S 458 Oxford St. London W1C 1AP

Manchester- M&S Picadilly Gardens.

Coventry - M&S Please contact Act Now for more for more info.

Saturday 21st November 1 pm till 5 pm.

Bristol  M&S -  Broadmead  21st Saturday 1pm till 5 pm.

Exeter  M&S-   High street 21st Saturday 1pm till 5 pm.

Fear for M&S shareholder's investments as Act Now Human Rights group goes National with their Boycott campaign

56a Infoshop

56 Crampton St

LONDON

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Rebellion, a spark in search of a powder keg - the new Action Update is out, the quarterly round-up of ecological direct action from the UK and beyond.

What's in this issue?
Old King Coal meets his Match, but the Nuclear Empire Strikes Back! Read tales of flotillas, bishop-bashing, blockades and occupations as the Rebel Alliance takes on the Empire. The rebels have also been hanging around in nets and on platforms, occupying and locking-on at coal terminals, and passionately attacking power station fences around the world, trying to shut 'em down. Mainshill protest camp continues to pro-actively resist open-cast mining - they climb, occupy, and by night, anonymous pixies sabotage. Who knows when they sleep - with a strong alliance with local villagers, they welcome YOU to come and play anytime, with a gathering at the end of October.

Want more? Radio-towers toppled, dams and trucks seized, naked oil streaks and green smears in defence of the wild, a shit dumped with shit...resistance to peat mining, genetic engineering, logging and Shell in Ireland, and for Vestas wind turbine factory and workers on the Isle of Wight.

Still not enough? Stopping Tesco, climate campaigning successes, runway invasions, more ecotage, and the EF! Winter Moot, plus contacts and upcoming dates.

To download your copy go to this website:

http://www.earthfirst.org.uk/efau/actionupdate_oct09.pdf

If you want paper copies to distribute, contact us at: actionupdate@earthfirst.org.uk or pick up a bunch from our stall at the Anarchist Bookfair in London. To print your own, download from http://www.earthfirst.org.uk/efau/actionupdate_oct09print.pdf

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Cheques can be made out to Earth First! Action Update, and poste to The Basement, 78a Penny St, Lancaster LA1 1XN

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After a successful opening of the exhibition on Friday night, the show opened its doors again on Saturday morning for the 'Festival of Radical Communication' that continued until Sunday evening. Throughout the weekend there were a series of presentations, talks, discussions and film screenings that were well attended by visitors and passers-by.

Indymedia London gave a presentation entitled 'Indymedia Vs Social Media: After 10yrs of Indymedia, What's Next?' on Sunday afternoon. This talk looked into the impact of the 'social media' tools in today's use of the internet, and how this impacts on Indymedia's own existance, whilst looking at the future of the IMC project. The Indymedia London talk was preceded by session by a group of professional photographers entitled 'I'm a Photographer, not a Terrorist, Bringing Home the Real News'. This talk addressed issues around the State's criminalisation of those taking images during the reporting of political events, and how prhotographers are organising against this.

Here there are some snaps of these two sessions, as well as more photos of the work on diplay at the 'Signs of Revolt' exhibition:

The opening night of the 'Signs of Revolt' exhibition took place on Friday 13th November 2009, which was attended by a large crowd. The show continues until Sunday 22nd, so if you missed the fun you still have a change to see the exhibition.

Here there are some photos of the evening:

SOAS, Malet St, WC1

Hyde Park (nearest underground Marble Arch)

North Carriage Drive, in-between Stanhope Place Gate and Albion Gate, Hyde Park

The Windmill, 22 Blenheim Gardens, Brixton, SW2 5BZ

52 knatchbull rd (entrance from burton road!!)

Signs of Revolt is an exhibition that weaves together the story of the past decade's social movements against Capitalism, War and Climate Change. Using archive material, design, photography, video, media, and documentation, the exhibition reveals the story of a decade of creative resistance, from the Seattle anti-WTO demonstrations in November 1999 to the upcoming climate justice mobilisations in Copenhagen in Decembrer 2009. The exhibition showcases work produced by artists, designers, activists and collectives from within the social movements active during this decade, including Indymedia London.

The opening took place on Friday 13th and draw a large crowd, followed with a weekend long "Festival of Radical Communication" with a series of talks, presentations, debates and film screenings which also attracted the interest of a large number of visitors and passers-by. The exhibition run for a week until Sunday 22nd with a very good attendance throughout [Pics: Opening night | Exhibition | Flickr sets: 1 | 2 | 3]

Read on for exhibitors details and more info ...

November 13, 2009

Well-known blogger, Craig Murray has been threatened with a libel action by neo-con organisation the Quilliam Foundation

http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/

Several venues for different events - see below

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Security Alert: Omali Yeshitela and Uhuru delegation determined to attend Sierra Leone workers conference despite martial law.

Supporters of human rights for African people alerted to protest if the government attempts to deter the delegation.

Be prepared to take action! Call in to the US, British and Sierra Leone embassies-numbers below! Watch Uhuru News for timely updates on this situation.

Ministry of Defense, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2HB

This is a politicised look at the my last six months living in what was a mass squat in Stepney Green. I’m writing this at the request of another L&S member who pointed out that lots of what I have been doing over the last few months is political and worth recording. I already knew it was political to a point, and I had started writing up action reports and articles on the place I’ve lived for the half a year several times, but it always fell apart after a few lines because it felt too personal to express properly. Now that all of the events are in the past, I’ll try and record it in an intentionally personal manner – it is better to have any record at all than none.

UPDATE: 'Oppose' have occupied the UAL rector; Nigel Carrington's office today for 6 hours, resulting in a meeting with the deputy rector for an hour to air their views. See their blog at the bottom of this article for latest updates.

Students from London College of Communication last night (09/11/09) occupied the Main Lecture Theatre over changes implemented by senior management. The group, 'Oppose', formed at the end of the academic year 08/09 in light of the 'efficiency programme' proposed by the recently employed head of college, Sandra Kemp. The programme presents 16 courses to be cut and approximately 180 staff to be made redundant.

Friday, 6th November

Keeping up the pressure on Fortress (5 Saville Row) we spent another couple of hours over their lunch-break leafletting and telling all their neighbours exactly the kind of filthy business Fortress are involved in. We received more confirmation that Fortress are actually there from people who work for them, apart from their returning their signs to their position in the reception last week.

Anarchists set off fireworks and danced to drum and bass music in Parliament Square last night in celebration of Guy Fawkes attempt to blow up the Palace of Westminster.

Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS

On Friday, 6th November, pro-Palestinian activists carried out a blockade at Carmel Agrexco's depot in Hayes, Middlesex. The activists locked themselves to oil drums filled with concrete and positioned themselves to block the two access roads to the depot.

At about 6 o'clock this morning a group of London students and international activists, including members of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), blocked the two gates leading to the depot. The activists seek to raise awareness of the UK's continued role in the purchase of goods produced in Israel's illegal settlements in the West Bank as well as Carmel Agrexco's role in the sustenance of Israel's illegal expansionist activities in Palestine.

Another good ride, apart from a few impatient drivers.

Video http://www.archive.org/details/CM30-10-09

Central Hall Westminster, Lecture Hall
London
SW1H 9NH

Amnesty International: Human Rights Action Centre
17-25 New Inn Yard
Shoreditch
London
EC2A 3EA

TUBE: Old Street (use Exit 3) - Northern Line (Bank/City branch) - Liverpool Street (Bishopsgate West Exit)

Stefano Cucchi was arrested by the Carabinieri on 15 October.
He spent the night in the police station and the following day, with a fast-track trial, the judge ordered that he stay in prison while waiting for the next hearing.