Category Archives: Society

Paper Cuts, March 26 2010

Posted on February 8, 2011 by editor

Paper Cuts (March for the Alternative, 26 March, London) from csp.org.uk on Vimeo. The All Together for Public Services campaign continues with the March For the Alternative in London, on 26 March 2011. Please visit csp.org.uk/​alltogether for more information, and … Continue reading →

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Forests sell-off: new wrapping, same poisonous proposal

Posted on February 1, 2011 by editor

BY JONATHON PORRITT, FORUM FOR THE FUTURE Last Thursday, Caroline Spelman, Secretary of State at Defra, released the consultation paper on selling off the Public Forest Estate in England. Here’s how I see it: The campaign against the sell-off has … Continue reading →

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Cold, cramped, confined: Kent’s sit-in students won’t give up

Posted on December 31, 2010 by editor

HELEN PIDD, GUARDIAN.CO.UK, THURSDAY 30 DECEMBER 2010 22.32 GMT As the mist rolled in over Canterbury this morning, Jules Stephenson started to think about getting up. Around 9.30am, he crawled out of his sleeping bag, eased up off his lilo … Continue reading →

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“My parents were executed under the unconstitutional Espionage Act – here’s why we must fight to protect Julian Assange”

Posted on December 29, 2010 by editor

The Espionage Act is a huge danger to our open society; it’s been used to send hundreds of dissenters to jail just for voicing their opinions, transforming dissent into treason. BY ROBERT MEEROPOL, ROSENBERG FUND FOR CHILDREN. ALTERNET, DECEMBER 28, … Continue reading →

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Banks attempt to censor student thesis

Posted on December 28, 2010 by editor

EMMA WOOLLACOTT IN OXFORD FOR TECHEYE.NET, via MIKE MAGEE The UK banking trade association has attempted to have a Cambridge University student’s thesis censored because it documents a well-known flaw in the chip-and-pin system. Melanie Johnson of the UK Cards … Continue reading →

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It wasn’t students rioting, it was the police

Posted on December 25, 2010 by editor

Extended footage: riot police officer U1202 punches student in head at the London protest.

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Kettling video ‘appalling’, police watchdog panel chair says

Posted on December 24, 2010 by editor

Victoria Borwick encourages protesters at anti-student fees demonstration to make complaints against Metropolitan police after ‘ghastly’ incident The chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority’s civil liberties panel has condemned video footage appearing to show protesters being crushed by police attempting … Continue reading →

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Julian Assange interviewed by Sir David Frost

Posted on December 23, 2010 by editor

Part One: 11’46″ Part Two: 12’17″

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Use My Arsehole as a Cunt: the Ballad of Nick and David

Posted on December 20, 2010 by editor

By Kunt and the Gang (who they?). This tribute is unrelentingly obscene – like Nick & Dave.

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Liar, Liar

Posted on December 17, 2010 by editor
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