So hopefully you’ve spotted that after Wednesday’s demo, Ed Uni’s Appleton Tower is occupied. There’s an interview with an occupier here at Libcom, and the occupiers’ website is here. They say: We have resolved to stay over the weekend, at least until the demonstration on Tuesday, and we’re still planning to stay until the...
€1 slashed off the minimum wage, VAT hike, 25,000 more jobs to go (a warning to any unions thinking of negotiating orderly cuts with governments), 10% from pensions and benefits, the lower paid to be brought into income taxation. Costing families €3000 while cutting their income. But Ireland’s future must be secure because their...
Did we say we were sleeping? No time for that… Wednesday, 24th November, Edinburgh Meet at 1pm Bristo Square or 1pm High Riggs Job Centre Defend Education! On 10/11/10 a national student demonstration saw 50,000 students march in a magnificent show of strength against the Con Dems’ savage attacks on education. The Tories want...
So we’re just about recovering from Saturday’s Class Struggle Dayschool, which seems to have been a big success. We had 40 attendees, from as far away as London (and Glasgow ) and all the sessions had informed and interesting contributions from the floor. The speakers and facilitators learned as much as the attendees I...
FITwatch, a thorn in the side of the Metropolitan Police’s intrusive political policing and data harvesting operation is offline at the moment. This is reportedly because of an accusation of “perverting the course of justice” — a bit much coming from the killers of Ian Tomlinson. Officer Will Hodgeson objected to this article advising...
What better way to cheer up a dull afternoon at work than to get the news that 1000s of students have stormed Tory HQ in London? 20 or 30 of them got onto the roof. “We oppose all cuts and we stand in solidarity with public sector workers, and all poor, disabled, elderly and...
BBC journalists begin a 48 hour strike tomorrow morning. In the tradition of SpringWatch and AutumnWatch, we’re going to be keeping watch to see which, if any, famous faces will be crossing the picket line to be on screen. Some predictions: Newsnight’s Paul Mason, who spoke at the Word Power Bookfair last week(*) won’t...
You might know that your boss is a bastard but it’s still surprising if he were to run you over. This is in London but shocking enough to link here. Ian Lehair, FBU NEC member for London is run over by a scab fire engine. FBU members picket the LFB Southwark Training Centre where...
Rapist policeman protected by Edinburgh law system
Give people power over other people, this is what happens. “Trigger warning,” as they say; story below the fold.
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