On an evening in the middle of May two machines being used in
the construction of a new ASDA being built near Loanhead on the
outskirts of Edinburgh were sabotaged, electrics and hydraulics were
cut. This action was taken in disgust at ASDA's open endorsement and use
of GM products. We oppose the control and domination of our food supply

For the defence of the Greek proletariat’s living and working conditions against the attack of International capital !

The proletariat must avoid getting drawn into parliamentary games and instead rebuild its own independent class organisations!

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that on the 30th of June, 4 major unions are planning to go on strike over plans to slash public sector pension packages. This includes the National Union of Teachers, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, the University and College Union, and the Public and Commercial Services, and will involve around 750 000 people. In Scotland, this strike is more limited, involving the Public and Commercial Services Union which comprises about 20 000 civil servants. Wanting to know more, I found myself at Edinburgh’s Unite the Resistance Meeting, called by the Right to Work campaign last night.

Young Glasgow Activist was pulled from his bed this morning, arrested and taken to Carlisle police station and charged with violent disorder

Charges are absolute nonsense. People were with him all day.

Breaking news: Students at Strathclyde university have occupied a building on campus in protest at course cuts ruthlessly voted through by the university's senate last week.

Seven people faced trial at Falkirk court today (22nd June) after blockading the access roads to Grangemouth docks on 16th May 2011 in protest at plans by port owners, Forth Ports, to build 4 large biomass  power stations in East Scotland. Four were found guilty of obstructing the public highway and three were found not guilty.

On Sunday 11th June, another demonstration of the "15-M" anti-austerity movement took place in Edinburgh. At the same time, more than 200,000 marched in cities across Spain. This was the latest in a series of under-reported actions that have included the blockade of the Catalan parliament and long-running occupations of city squares.

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