Monthly Archives: August, 2009
Battle For Climate Action
This year’s Climate Camp comes out fighting Environmental activists, eco-warriors, anarchists, leftists, green pressure groups and campaigners against climate change of all descriptions, from ex-Vestas occupiers to indigenous representatives from Canada’s First Nations, are gearing themselves up for an August bank holiday weekend of activities, discussions and protests to highlight the need for urgent action [...]
Europe’s Largest Arms Fair
DSEi (Defence Systems & Equipment international) returns to the ExCel from 8th to 11th September, and already actions have started against it. Disarm DSEi and friends have come up with a map of where all the UK exhibitors have their headquarters, etc. Many different people are planning lots of different stuff. Disarm DSEi is specifically [...]
Rome And The G8 Way To Hell
First-time summit protester Clare was disappointed by a lack of action in Italy, as activism there continues to reel from rising fascism “Let’s say that you were on your way to do some covert, well-planned, semi-legal direct action at a particular animal testing lab, you wouldn’t steal a car to drive to the laboratory would [...]
Freeport McMoran Sued Over Mine
A Papuan tribe has launched a legal bid to recover $30 billion in damages from one of the world’s largest mining companies. The Amungme tribe, a 13,000-strong community living in the forests of West Papua, say that the Freeport McMoran mine in the Grasberg mountains has caused environmental devastation. Freeport McMoran have already been found [...]
Reprisals Begin Against Ssangyong
State launches campaign of arrests and legal case to underscore victory Police have announced a purge of activists connected with the Ssangyong car factory occupation in South Korea which ended on 6th August. They are also filing a damages claim against the union and its allies for 548 million won (£269,000). The 46 workers arrested [...]
Panama Port Workers on Hunger Strike
Four port workers who were sacked for attempting to create two independent unions are on hunger strike in the Panamanian port of Balboa. The workers, who are staging their protest at the entrance of the port, are part of a group of 70 workers who were dismissed by their employers Panama Ports – a subsidiary [...]
Steel Doors Campaign
Possil neighbourhood demands security In a recent Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) press release, the stock transfer landlord noted that up to a 75% drop in housebreakings has been achieved in areas fitted with ‘secured by design’ doors. Hamiltonhill is a neighbourhood in Possil in North West Glasgow. It has consistently been top of national statistics [...]
Easier Access at the 2009 Anarchist Bookfair
The 28th London Anarchist Bookfair will be held on Saturday 24th October at Queen Mary College, London E1 4NS. There will be the usual meetings, stalls, cabaret, films and kids’ spaces, but this year we’re making some changes to improve deaf and disabled access. Ideally the whole event would be fully accessible so that people [...]
Vestas Occupation Ends
Workers defiant to the end despite factory closure Workers at the Vestas factory on the Isle of Wight finally ended their occupation after the court issued a possession order granting bailiffs the right to enter the building and evict the occupiers. The nineteen-day occupation, originally by nine Vestas workers, was in protest at the Danish [...]
G20: A Tale of Two Cities
The latest in the aftermath of the G20 is in two parts. First, what happened to the demonstrators. A total of 37 people have now been charged with crimes relating to the G20 protests, the City of London Police announced on Friday 7th August.
