Category Archives: Web front page
US schools ban books
Tucson school authorities list books that can’t be taught or read in schools It’s getting harder and harder to resist the temptation to see the United States as heading for true fascism and totalitarianism. If not across the board, then noticeably in geographical pockets and specific areas of legislation.
Watching the police
FITwatch public meeting • Report back from police tactics at the NHS demonstration FITwatch: The Open Public Meeting Sunday 25th March • 1pm London Action Resource Centre (LARC) 62 Fieldgate Street Whitechapel London E1 1ES MAP
Italy’s horse racing strikes
Crisis as sport nears bankruptcy Since the beginning of the year Italian horse racing has been at a standstill and tracks closed by a series of ongoing strikes over cuts to funding and the mismanagement of the industry’s finances. During January every racecourse on mainland Italy was affected by a wave of strike action as [...]
Anarchist and radical news update
Workers bike co-op • New anarchist publishers • The Cunningham Amendment periodical • campaign to save public woodland Bike Workshop Birmingham Bike Foundry is a workers’ co-operative. We offer maintenance and cycle training to members of the public, schools and businesses. We offer workshop repairs, wheel building, and a tool club where you can come [...]
The cost of criminalising squatting
//UPDATE from the House of Lords Debate// SQUASH, Squatters Action for Secure Homes, has produced a damning report into the true cost of criminalising squatting. The campaign group has collected and analysed information regarding the current housing crisis, empty properties and squatting in order to assess the financial implications of criminalising squatting in England and [...]
New Oil Troubles in Nigeria
Mass unrest over lucrative industry resources Beginning on the 9th January, for several days Nigeria was rocked by countrywide industrial strikes and popular protests against the doubling of petrol prices as a result of the government withdrawing oil subsidies. The removal of subsidies forms part of wider neoliberal ‘reforms’ to the oil sector.
An open letter from Jock Palfreeman
Dear Comrades, As of around August 2011 I have been convicted without right of appeal in the highest court of Bulgaria. I was left with a 20-year sentence in a maximum security prison. However, what did change in the court’s decision was that unlike the first court’s verdict, the court of appeal ruled that there [...]
Solidarity demo for Jock Palfreeman
March 15th saw a solidarity demonstration outside the Bulgarian Embassy, London in support of Jock Palfreeman, the anti-fascist who is serving a 20 year sentence for defending himself and others from a neo-Nazi attack in Sofia.
Class War Covers – An Unruly Design
CLASS WAR COVERS: TALK AND EXHIBITION – SUN 18th Class War Covers – An Unruly Design Talk with Phil Gard Sunday 18th March • 2pm – 5pm Calthorpe Arms (upstairs) 252 Grays Inn Road London WC1X 8JR MAP
European Courts of Human Rights: Kettling is legal
The European Courts of Human Rights has ruled today that the UK police tactic of kettling protesters is lawful and does not infringe upon article 5 of Convention on Human Rights – the right to liberty and security. The judgment was based on a case brought before the courts by protesters who were kettled in [...]
