"Eco-pirate" Paul Watson is losing a race against time to recover his flagship boat, the Steve Irwin, which has been impounded in Shetland.

Lothian and Borders police are today conducting a systematic programme of harassment aimed at people who have been politically active in Edinburgh.

This year's Outdoor Skillshare will take place at Talamh Housing Cooperative in South Lanarkshire. The skillshare runs 26-29 August, but get there on Thursday and leave on Tuesday to make sure you don't miss anything!

Much more information about the event has been uploaded here: http://outdoorskillshare.noflag.org.uk/

RAWA Solidarity Scotland is a grassroots group based in Edinburgh that actively supports the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA).

RAWA is the oldest political/social organisation of Afghan women struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women’s rights in fundamentalism-blighted Afghanistan since 1977.

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British Tabloid Scandal Unleashes Scrutiny of Rupert Murdoch's Powerful Media Empire

Interview with Steve Rendall, senior analyst with the media watch group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), conducted by Scott Harris
 
Rupert Murdoch’s international media empire, News Corporation is being shaken to its very foundations as a result of an ever-expanding scandal surroun

New Israeli Law Targeting Activists Advocating a Boycott of Israel Provokes Backlash

Interview with Ofer Neiman, leader of Boycott from Within, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
 
The Israeli Knesset, or parliament, recently passed a controversial law that criminalizes support for the Palestinian-initiated and -led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, or BDS, movement.

The lead story on Indymedia UK today calls for solidarity with Assange, the wikileaks founder accused of rape.  This is supported up with two other articles, one on the promoted newswire, calling for the activist community to defend Assange.

When I saw this yesterday I was horrified, even more horrifying this call wasn’t questioned at all.  I commented on all three articles – s