Local branch of the worker-controlled union the IWW is having a picnic on the Meadows this Saturday (1st August). You are invited to the Edinburgh IWW Summer Barbecue, 1pm, Sunday 1st August. Meet at the middle of middle meadow walk, bring burgers, bevvies, barbecues, buddies, ball games, and whatever else you want! (Google map)...
Friday 12 noon, PF’s office on Chambers Street. PROTEST THIS FRIDAY OUTSIDE CROWN OFFICE AND PROCURATOR FISCAL ON CHAMBERS STREET. SOLIDARITY IS OUR WEAPON! (THIS HAS BEEN CALLED ON VERY SHORT NOTICE, SO PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD QUICKLY AND WIDELY) In solidarity with the protest outside the Department of public prosecution going on...
The lovely people at VisionOn.tv are organising a training course tomorrow, “It’s a free short course in fast-turnaround activist news reporting, being held at the Forest Cafe”. Citizen TV Reporter Training When: Saturday 24th July 2010 – 10am-6pm Come and meet everyone and watch some films at 7pm on Friday 23rd July Where: Forest...
Chucklesome demolitions of The Observer's lazy dissing of the latest Chomsky compilation, Hopes & Prospects.
Old-but disturbing report on the devastating effects of poor housing on children at the Evening News. There can be no solution to social problems that doesn’t deal with economic issues like this. Though it’s 5 years old, this report by Shelter that was the basis of the story is still relevant — perhaps more...
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(!)...
Last year we hosted a fantastic meeting on social struggles in South Africa. This update came our way a while ago. The World Cup Final gives us an excuse to dig it out of the in-pile. Below is an official report by researcher Malavika Vartak done for the Development Planning Unit of University College...
WSM and WSA launch online journals Irish Anarchist Review and Ideas & Action.
Stuart Christie’s “Granny Made me An Anarchist” to become film?
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...
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