A right royal Critical Mass bike ride, London
After the country had finished working itself into a right regal lather over the ruddy royal wedding, a Critical Mass took place in central London.
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Save Lambeth Libraries Lobby, Lambeth Town Hall 11 April, 2011
With Lambeth Council cabinet expected to set up a Libraries Commission to push through cuts of £750,000 by 2014, a demo assembled outside the meeting today.
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Thirty years after the Brixton riot, The Clash’s “Guns of Brixton” anthem pre-dates the uprising (the song was released in 1979) but perfectly captures the growing mood of discontent and …
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NHS blood-spilling direct action at Charing Cross – photos
With Friday, April 1st being ‘All Together for the NHS Day‘ actions are taking place all across the UK to raise awareness about and protest against the Health and Social …
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Save our libraries videos: Brixton library and more
Well worth five minutes of your time is this short video (below) filmed outside Brixton Library showning how the community is fighting to keep libraries open across the UK.
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March for the Alternative, London demo: 220 photos
It’s been one hell of a weekend, but I’ve finally got around to posting up my photos from the huge march on Saturday. Scroll down for a selection, with links …
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Photos from the TUC March for the Alternative, 26th March 2011
Just got back in from the huge anti-cuts march in central London today. I took hundreds of photos but seeing as I have to get ready for the free after …
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March for the Alternative demo, Sat 26th March 2011 – info, legal help, chat and after-party
The Government is introducing spending cuts that will damage public services, put hundreds of thousands out of work, have a terrible impact on the vulnerable, damage communities and undermine much …
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This video footage of the 1994-5 protests against the No M11 Link road campaign in Leyton and Leytonstone in East London brought a nostalgic tear to my eye. Claremont Road …
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Brixton riot 30 years on: Windrush Square event, Sun 10th April 2011
It’s been thirty long years since the streets of Brixton responded to increasingly heavy handed policing with a full blown riot, involving up to 5,000 people. Described as “Bloody Saturday” …
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Unfinished London and the Ring Roads that never were
Written and presented by the ever-entertaining Jay Foreman, I’ve rather enjoyed this video about the 1970s motorway-crazed London ‘Ringways’ project that – thankfully – never fully came to life.
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March 26th: March Against The Cuts, Kennington Park, 11am
The 26th March, 2011 will see Trade Unions, Pensioners’ groups, Unemployed organisations, students and local residents, march against the cuts and in defence of public services.
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Wrexham & Shropshire railway campaign update
We raved about the fantastic service and lovely staff when we took a trip on the line and vexed like an angry rapper when we heard the news what it …
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Message from Merthyr – how the ConDem cuts will kill the community
If you’ve ever been to Merthyr, you’ll know what a thoroughly depressing place this once proud working town has become, and the government’s proposed benefit cuts are going to hurt …
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The Really Free School – Guy Ritchie’s nemesis – moves to WC2
After occupying Guy Ritchie’s Fitzrovia mansion for a while, those cheeky chappies at The Really Free School have found a new location for their activities at The Hand and Racquet …
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Critical Mass bike ride, London Feb 2011
Assembling on the last Friday of every month underneath Waterloo Bridge, central London, Critical Mass is an ‘unorganised coincidence’ which involves a lot of cyclists all deciding to cycle the …
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Lambeth Town Hall occupied by anti-cuts protesters, 23rd Feb 2011
There were lively scenes in Lambeth tonight as angry protesters stormed the Town Hall to disrupt the council’s meeting to vote on its proposed huge budget cuts.
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Lambeth Council cuts budget vote – demo in Brixton, 6pm 23rd Feb
This is tomorrow – and I’ll be there! Please come along if you can. Read on for the full press release from Save Our Services including details of the protest.
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Barclays Bank Brixton closed down by UK Uncut protesters
With Barclays Bank paying just 1% corporation tax in 2009 – a paltry sum of £113m after the company trousered record profits of £11.6bn – protesters have targeted their high …
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Squatters take over £6m Fitzroy Square mansion. LOL
Squatters have moved into stinking rich movie maker Guy Ritchie’s enormous £6 million mansion, located in London’s upmarket Fitzroy Square. At least 12 people are thought to have taken over …
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Brixton anti-cuts demo outside Lambeth Town Hall, Feb 7th, 2011
There was a big and very lively turn out tonight outside Lambeth Town Hall as councillors met inside to discuss a proposed £37 million package of cuts which will cost 600 jobs – including …
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Save our libraries protest outside Brixton Library, Feb 5th 2011
A National Save Our Libraries Day saw over 100 events being held across the UK to bring attention to proposed government spending cuts.
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Brixton TopShop and Vodafone protests brave the blizzards!
In a full-blown blizzard, we joined a bunch of snow-shrugging protesters to close down the Brixton TopShop and Vodafone stores to highlight their owners’ tax-swerving activities.
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Locate your local corporate tax-shirker with UK uncut mobile app
In the UK, things have been hotting up with students taking to the streets to demonstrate about the swingeing cuts hitting the education sector, introduced by an evil Tory government …
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Brixton Kettle The Met – protest outside Brixton Police Station
In protest at the violent police tactics seen on Thursday’s anti-education cuts rally at Parliament, a demo was held outside Brixton police station.
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It was only a matter of time until someone created one of these – and this one was definitely worth the wait.
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Parliament student protest, 9th Dec 2010 – photos
The student protest at Parliament today was loud and lively.
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Student protest: pic of the day
Protester slaps ‘fuck’ sticker on BBC reporter making live TV broadcast. Lots of photos from the protest here and check out the urban75 discussion thread.
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Brixton car park awaits its fate
It may be one of the ugliest, most depressing buildings ever put up in Brixton, but the crumbling multi-story car park on Brixton Station Road has become a centre of controversy.
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Massive student demo against the cuts; Millbank occupied
Whatever you think of the protest, it’s great to see students getting arsey and uppity about politics again, with an unexpectedly huge crowd – estimated at over 50,000 – protesting …
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