Archive - 2012

November 14th

Radical Indy Conference 05: Statement of support from Jean Urquhart MSP

It’s now just ten days until the much-anticipated Radical Independence Conference kicks off in Glasgow.  Jean Urquhart MSP, who recently resigned from the SNP over the NATO U-turn, has sent [...]

November 13th

A Stevenson essay for RLS Day: ‘An Apology For Idlers’

An Apology for Idlers by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) BOSWELL: We grow weary when idle. JOHNSON: That is, sir, because others being busy, we want company; but if we were [...]

Hambach Forest Occupation Being Evicted

The Hambach Forest was squatted by anti-opencast coal activists in April this year t

Essay for RLS Day: Kevin Williamson on Stevenson, Cocaine and Evil

Raise your rum glass and jingle your pieces of eight for today is Robert Louis Stevenson Day.  At long last the great Scottish writer is put on a par with [...]

14N: Communications blockade of Government minister

As well as the protest on the 14th November, we’ve received this call for solidarity action.

Rank & file civil servants have called for a day of action against attacks on their terms and conditions on Wednesday 14 November.

November 13th

Madeleine

  Listen up Uncle Sam’s Auntie’s back in town; Get on message (you can forget Plan B) Wake up and smell whatever’s going down: Close your eyes – tastes just [...]

BBC could turn crisis into a coup

by Lesley Riddoch Is the BBC out of the woods? BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten steadied nerves on Sunday’s Andrew Marr Show with a candid if partial admission of systemic [...]

Protesters Picket Baby-snatcher Barnardo’s

No Border activists and Unity volunteers picketed Barnardo’s shops in protest at their involvement in running controversial Cedars detention centre.

Wednesday: Support the European General Strike

This Wednesday a general strike has been called across mostly southern European countries: radical unions (and not-so radical) are taking part in Spain, Portugal, Greece & Italy.

Creative Scotland: a cock and balls story

In case you missed it in yesterday’s Scotland on Sunday, here’s film critic Hannah McGill‘s thoughts on Creative Scotland’s unfathomable wunderplan to press ahead with a 7 person ALL-MALE judging panel [...]

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