Tag Archives: London

Bad Manners

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The riots that hit London last Summer have been dismissed by the Establishment as reckless criminality. But the question that is never asked is why so many young kids were prepared to risk jail and revolt in the way they did.

Call The Doctor

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Dr.D has been doing some great street level interventions over the last few years, his most recent action was to set up this great fake crime scene to protest the privatisation of the NHS by the ConDem government, below are pics of the crime scene and one more recently subvertised billboard.

Love In Tar Sands

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Loved-Up protesters interrupt the Canada-Europe Energy Round table in London today, to expose the UK government’s opposition to European legislation, which would label tar sands oil as highly polluting. The ‘lovers’ stripped down to Union Jack boxers and maple leaf underwear and covered each other with oil while kissing and groping in a provocative ‘oil [...]

Book Bloc Bites Back!

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“The weapon of criticism cannot, of course, replace criticism of the weapon, material force must be overthrown by material force; but theory also becomes a material force as soon as it has gripped the masses” Marx During the recent student revolt in Italy and the UK there has been an interesting piece of cross-border academic [...]

Ban Barclay’s Bikes!

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So you’re the Mayor of London. Your country, nee the world has just been brought to it’s knees by the financial sector; much of it working out of enclaves in London. You’re putting together a cycling scheme. In other cities in the world it is cheap and run publically, but no, this is the UK, [...]

London is Revolting!

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More invitations to play! Phew…what a weekend! Hundreds at the opening, hundreds more visiting over the weekend, the 500 in our initial consignment of catalogues gone, Over 100 registered for the talks, which will be put up online once we get a chance to edit them! The screening of the superb, inspiring and deeply moving [...]

Signs of Revolt Show Opens Friday 13 (Lucky for Anti-Capitalists!)

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So we’re just bunkering down, printing final files, getting tools and bits of wood into vans, ready to start installing tomorrow. The Opening is on Friday 13 at 6pm, Shop 14 is at the entrance of the Truman Brewery closest to Spitalfields market, nearest tube: Liverpool Street. Just a reminder if you want to attend [...]

This Is What Democracy Looks Like!

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10 years ago, in November 1999 an alliance of direct action activists, environmentalists and trade unionists shut down the meeting of the World Trade Organisation in Seattle, stopping the next trade round of Capitalist Globalisation. In the process they sparked a Movement of Movements right across the globe its slogan became ‘Another World is Possible’. [...]