Trident Ploughshares Press Release - 28 May, 2009

Early this morning, one woman was arrested as Trident Ploughshares activists took their legal right to protest to the north gate of Faslane nuclear submarine base in western Scotland. Their placards showed quotations from President Obama and Prime Minister Brown reacting to the recent underground nuclear weapons tests carried out by North Korea. The activists wanted the workers at Faslane to consider how their work compared to the activity in that country.

The City of Edinburgh Council announced this week that it plans a massive £70m bailout for struggling property developers. This news comes the same week as the Council reports a £92m black hole, and threatens to cut our front line services.

 Peace Conference on War NATO and the Lisbon Treaty
Park Inn, Shannon
Saturday 5th of September 2009
for more information contact Roger Cole Tel: 087-2611597
 

1pm, Sunday 14 June, Phoenix Centre, 201 St. James Rd, Glasgow, G4 0NT

Bible-basher's bus comapny bitten by Office of Fair Trading over dodgy takeover of Preston Buses. Some insight into why public transport run for private profit is such a spectacular failure (except if you own a bus company).

• Glasgow Herald

 Amidst a frenzy of other green technology and caring capitalism public relations projects appearing all over the mainstream media this week, the Apple computers/media website proudly displayed the above.

http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/warwick.ac.uk.210032...

 The International Queer Solidarity Network calls for a European mobilization, with support from the United States, that will stand in solidarity with Queer Bulgaria.

Spain's longest serving prisoner is closer to a pardon

The former boss of BT's epic fail division, responsible for multi-billion losses that dragged the rest of the company into the red, has walked away with £2.85m. 2 tranches of 15,000 job losses have been announced at BT in the last year, which the company claims have so far mainly been contractors and voluntary.

• The Guardian

Pop-eyed fascist fuckwit Nick Griffin claims that the BNP's website was brought down by a conspiracy of Marxist cyber criminals. As he often does, he's used the opportunity to beg for money from anyone in earshot, saying the '"BNP website [was] taken offline in largest cyber attack in recorded history"'

• The Register