Monthly Archives: September, 2009
Local Activists Demand Action on Housing
Hamiltonhill Action Group report on the failings of Glasgow’s social housing scheme Since putting in a formal request to Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) for a timetable of works to install Secured By Design steel security doors in Hamiltonhill, the Hamiltonhill Action Group have now escalated the campaign since GHA have chosen to completely ignore both [...]
Anarchists and co-operation with the left
Over the last few weeks there have been various initiatives from the left to woo a larger anti-Labour Party front to fight the elections. We as anarchists have historically not got involved on in the election machine as we have always seen it as irrelevant and divisive. But there have been developments which mean that, [...]
Angry Brigade veteran dies
Jake Prescott, who was involved with the notorious Angry Brigade, has died at the age of 65. Jake, or Jack as he was known to his family and friends, was convicted along with other members of the militant action group in the early 1970s for conspiracy to cause bombings, serving 10 years of a 15 [...]
Out of their League?
Anti-fascist protestors clashed with the English Defence League (EDL) in Birmingham for a second time in as many months as the demonstration against Islamic extremism was met with resistance leading to 90 arrests.The protest in Birmingham city centre on Saturday 5th September was organised by EDL against what they perceive as the growing ‘Islamification’ of [...]
Teachers Walk Out
Anger by workers over management axing staff and courses at Tower Hamlets College Teaching staff at Tower Hamlets College have taken a stand against the proposed management cuts by walking out on indefinite strike. The cuts to staffing levels and student courses will hit thousands of adults in the East End wanting to learn English [...]
