While the Tories get all the abuse about the new government, their partners in the cuts coalition don’t deserve to get off scot-free. SolFed in Liverpool are calling for a Radical Workers’ Bloc at the demonstration against the LibDem’s conference: The Merseyside Trades Union Council have called a demonstration at the Liberal Democrats’ annual...
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Round-up of Climate Camp coverage
The siege tower is packed up and the acres of land behind RBS’s Gogarburn site once again returned to their natural state, a golf course. As every year, the debate about tactics, strategy, approach, politics, appearance, style, media, veganism, sociological class, Lady Gaga vs. M.I.A. papier mache and compost has begun within Climate Camp...
Scratch that about the climate camp…
…they’ve taken a site on RBS’s Gogarburn campus as of 9:15pm: At 9.15PM tonight Climate Camp took the site on RBS HQ. Get on site as fast as you can! Defence help urgently needed. Come to RBS Gogarburn Gardens, off Gogar Station Rd. More info later. x That’s the 48 or the 35 bus...
Busy Thursday – climate camp and council demo
Privatisation for council services, climate-change promoting oil-intensive industries. Opposite concerns? No, linked by the need for the rich to keep making money off of our backs. Fight one, you should fight the other too. Handily, you can do one then the other, with time for coffee in between Join the Lobby of Edinburgh City...
“Hitch” at Edinburgh Fringe
You have I think 2 more nights to see Kieran Hurley’s one-man show Hitch as part of the Forest Fringe. It’s a simple but beguiling, feel-good illustrated talk about a trip he took to protest against the G8 in Italy in 2009. From the programme: On the 8th of July last year, the leaders...
Climate Camp Hits Edinburgh in 2 weeks time
Stung by criticism that they’ve lost touch with their anti-capitalist roots, the Camp for Climate Action are this year focussing on RBS as the target of their direct action environmentalism. Want to shut it down on the 23rd August, give the workers the day off. Message and wee video from them. Camp for Climate...
Roy Cropper: Anarchist Fighter
“The world can change its rules, it’s laws, and it’s opinions as frequently as it chooses but I will remain standing beside you, that will not change” Now that Corrie’s got transphobia beat, all that remains is for Sophie Webster to go out & proud and the Underworld sans-cullotes to defenestrate their boss (with...
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