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In this story about the UK Film Council meeting an end worthy of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, what caught my eye was this bit: About 18 months ago, my friend, the journalist Duncan Campbell, persuaded me that Stuart Christie‘s memoir Granny Made Me an Anarchist was ideal for making into a film. I think he’s [...]
Now that the government in power doesn’t have to pretend that it has the interests of workers at heart, it intends to go ahead with the long-term ambition of privatising the final piece of infrastructure, the Royal Mail. Postie Roy Mayall explains why this is a shit idea at the London Review of Books(!) blog [...]
Activists from No Borders South Wales are continuing to support the struggle against Europe’s borders, working in Calais with the group Calais Migrant Solidarity. One recent event occurred when the CRS (Companie Republican de Securité) attempted an opportunistic raid as the residents of ‘Africa House’ were having tea and coffee. There were lots of CMS [...]
Well that didn’t take long did it? New Chief Secretary to the Treasury has resigned after it was found out that his landlord was his boyfriend, pocketing him £40,000 over 5 years. And of course, he’s a millionaire ex-banker, the boyfriend a political lobbyist. Showing that the Political Class looks after its own, Laws is [...]
Read this article about what amounts to outlawing of the right to strike in the UK.
A 2nd day of general strike in Greece, a meeting of the European Central Bank and the prospect of bond markets opening overnight to allow betting during the vote count. As well as this, British Airways continues its vendetta against its workers. With an online strike ballot due to finish this week and likely to bring [...]
The Anarchist Federation were asked by the local national newspaper to take part in a written argument about voting and non-voting. The two pieces as published can be seen here at LibCom. The unedited version of the submitted piece is below the fold. It is punchier. Let’s get two things clear. Refusal to vote and political [...]
If you prefer text, then: Occupied London blog BBC’s Paul Mason Athens Indymedia (all Greek to me)
Elections are a good time to bury bad news. Surprising no-one, it was revealed yesterday that London’s riot police were “almost certainly” the killers of antifascist Blair Peach 31 years ago. Not that they were ever charged of course. Will Ian Tomlinson’s family face the same wait for justice? The Sauce names names: Inspector Alan Murray was [...]
A House of Lords report demonstrates frequent abuse of Asylum Seekers by Private Security Companies such as G4S employed by UK Border Agency. The report found serious injuries suffered by detainees who had been handcuffed or physically restrained and follows an investigation into allegations of abuse involving private firms employed by the Government to forcibly remove [...]