netroots [notroots]
A spot of ‘reporting’ for the visionon.tv boys at the netroots conference yesterday. Here we’re speaking with Donnacha Delong, an NUJ activist. Although the premise for netroots was admirable [how to...
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Understanding Politics Through Eurovision
Today we have been busy working out the lyrics to Belarus’ entry into the Eurovision Song Contest. Seems a reasonable break from looking Indian cotton farmer suicide statistics. Twenty-year-old...
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Protesters can’t disown the ‘violent minority’
The day after any major demonstration always brings out the hungover “mostly peaceful, shame about the violent minority” mantra from the meeja-darling bloc. Whenever there’s an alternative popular...
View Articlejuliano mer-khamis tribute at amnesty uk
On 20 April 2011, a tribute event was held in London in memory of director, actor and filmmaker Juliano Mer Khamis. Juliano was assassinated on 4 April 2011 in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, where...
View Articlehow ai weiwei politicised the art establishment
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was detained on 03 April 2011 by the authorities at Beijing Capital Airport preparing to board a scheduled flight to Hong Kong. He has yet to be charged and the state has not...
View Article“any information relating to anarchists should be reported to your local police”
London’s Metropolitan Police has called for large businesses and the public to report suspicious anarchist activities immediately. A weekly communiqué (see below) issued by the City of Westminster’s...
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local heroes: the olympic unwanted
The motto of the Games is “inspire a generation”. However, not everyone is enthused. Londoners from the poorest parts of the city facing major upheavals from losing their homes, livelihoods and public...
View Articlewhat is the gagging law?
got an emergency phone call from robin at 38 degrees. “you know about this gagging law thing?” yeah, i do. the lobbying bill – the thing that will silence the unions and stop third party organisations...
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As the Lords has a gander at the finer details of the Lobbying Bill – which could scarily curb freedom of expression for anyone with a vested interest in a) changing the world or b) being pissed of...
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