After a lengthy absence, some folk are trying to revive a Critical Mass bike ride in Edinburgh. Meet point is the Mound at 5:30 for a 6:00pm start. More info.
Monthly Archives: May 2010
David Rovics & Attila the Stockbroker this Friday
More gig action: folksinger David Rovics & punk poet Attila the Stockbroker playing Bannerman’s on the Cowgate this Friday. Here’s Attila performing inside a politicians’ squatted house.
BA: Striking now illegal
Read this article about what amounts to outlawing of the right to strike in the UK.
As the polls open, real politics happens elsewhere
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...
Greek bank workers locked in by their boss?
During the protests as part of today’s General Strike in Greece, 3 bank workers are reported to have been found suffocated to death after a fire. This on-the-ground report from LibCom is a sober assessment. According to news reports that began at 14:00 Greek time after, under pressure by the events, most radio and...
AFed: The case against voting in Sunday Herald
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.
“New politics” lasts two-and-a-half weeks
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...
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