tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255563122012-01-28T17:54:03.480Z'How to be green? Many people have asked us this important question. It's really very simple and requires no expert knowledge or complex skills. Here's the answer. Consume less. Share more. Enjoy life.' Penny Kemp and Derek WallDerek Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462511891409913195noreply@blogger.comBlogger37281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-43071452204151645732012-01-28T17:54:00.000Z2012-01-28T17:54:03.486Z

People with disabilities are refusing to be scapegoats. Cameron is keen to shift the blame for the economic crisis from his banker chums on to those with disabilities and to cut services. Corporation tax has been reduced and now the NHS too is under attack, great to see this footage. Do share!

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Adam Ramsay is standing for Carfax ward Oxford in the May local elections. No shallow electoralist, he has a track record of waging non violent direct action with UK Uncut and promoting alternative anti-capitalist ideas. Absolutely imperative to work to get him elected! Action weekend 4th February here I am planning, as there are no elections in Brighton or in my ward in Berkshire, to

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Had this from Adam, thanks amigo! I was writing to ask if you might be willing to share and add your name to the petition we have been circulating - http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/right2protest - in defence of the right to protest in Cardiff? We are hoping to get at least 500 signatories in the next week. The matter relates to the South Wales Police/CPS decision to charge and

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I believe Cllr Jason Kitkat is going to take part on behalf of the Green Party councillors. BRIGHTON STOP THE CUTS COALITION Thursday, 2 February 2012 19:30 until 22:30 Where Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton Public Debate with Speakers from the Green Council Group, Brighton Stop the Cuts Coalition, Council Unions + More. This important meeting will be debating with the

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'Bomb bomb Iran' is the Cameron, Clegg slogan......the UK is a war machine.....Simone White reminds us that this is part of perpetual American War.  The enemy shifts, they are always portrayed as the transcendent evil......... Do you remember the American War It wasn't that long ago it was fought on every shore Are you trying to tell me that you didn't know? I saw you reading the paper at

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The ‘Stop Online Piracy Act’ (SOPA) has sought to close down entire websites internationally purely on accusations by US media corporations.  Some of its more oppressive features have now been removed but only as a result of massive protest.  Today's the wikipedia blackout has been inspired.  The world wide web was established as a ‘commons’ with access for all, it has given rise to a

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Wiki informs us: Panda pornography (or Panda porn) refers generally to movies depicting mating pandas, intended to promote sexual arousal in captiveGiant Pandas. Under zoo conditions, the animals have in general proven unenthusiastic about mating, placing their species in danger ofextinction.The method was popularized following reports of an experiment performed by zoologists in Thailand,

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In the autumn of 1895 Gustav met Ralph Vaughan Williams for the first time. It was the beginning of a lifelong friendship. It was also the beginning of the their habit of playing their compositions to each other while they were still working on them. Sometimes they would walk along Chiswick Mall or by the river with other college friends while discussing the poetry of Walt Whitman or the

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http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/green-philosophy-how-to-think-seriously-about-the-planet-by-roger-scruton-6288591.htmlGreen Philosophy: How to Think Seriously About the Planet, By Roger ScrutonCaroline LucasFriday 13 January 2012With the Tory leadership distancing itself from the environmental agenda it had courted so keenly before the last election, and the

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I slept last night in a good hotelI went shopping today for jewelsThe wind rushed around in the dirty townAnd the children let out from the schoolsI was standing on a noisy cornerWaiting for the walking greenAcross the street he stoodAnd he played real goodOn his clarinet, for freeNow me I play for fortunesAnd those velvet curtain callsI've got a black limousineAnd two gentlemenEscorting me to

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Love this, I am far less patient. Oh catch me 2.30pm, this sunday 15th January at tent university at occupy lsx, I am doing a panel discussion on commons and land with Fred Harrison who will be talking about land tax. I am not a George-ist but land tax is a decent policy supported by the Green Party.

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Date: Sat 21st January 2012 Time: 3.15pm to 5.30pm Venue: 4th Floor, Muslim World League, 46 Goodge Street, London, W1T 4LU (entrance on the corner of Charlotte Street); Nearest Tubes: Goodge Street (Northern Line), Euston Square (Hammersmith & City, Circle & Metropolitan Lines) & Warren Street (Victoria Line). Streetmap:  Speakers: Dr Shumaisa Khan, (Food & Ecological Justice

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A disabled councillor has decided to step down in protest at Government plans to abolish Disability Living Allowance (DLA).Ollie Flitcroft, a wheelchair-user, is one of the first Conservatives to criticize ministers publicly for targeting disabled people disproportionately with cuts.Cllr. Flitcroft served as a Conservative member of Barrow Borough Council since 2006. It remains to be seen what

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Great to get this from Sandie Anne, sad that US citizens are banned by their government from visiting Havana! Sandie Anne has left a new comment on your post "Compost Cuban style": This is very interesting about Cuba and worm composting. They are really ahead of the game. Worms certainly eat lots of garbage and create great fertilizer. I do worm composting in the US. I started with 1000

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Jenny Jones seems to be building up some support at Green Party candidate for London Mayor, great to see her campaigning on issues like abortion rights and getting down to occupy. Green = social justice! 'She said she would also build more social housing and pledged to regulate pay so that no-one in the Greater London Authority earned less than a tenth of the highest paid worker.' More

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I am speaking on commons at 'Beyond Capitalism', Tent City university, Occupy London next sunday 15th. The vid is a taster of my stuff if you want to get the idea! Just found this from Jodi Dean and  Marco Deseriis on commons and occupy A Movement Without Demand Because a broad-based politics of the commons does not yet exist (even as the conditions are ripe for it) and will not

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You can email Tim on  tim@nineveh.co.uk and he will send you a booking form When Friday, 10 August 2012 at 13:00 until Sunday, 12 August 2012 at 16:00 Where The Sustainability Centre, South Downs, Hampshire Ticket prices for 2012 are as follows:Full weekend full price £40.00Full weekend concessions1 £25.00Day ticket - Friday £15.00... Day ticket - Saturday £25.00Day ticket - Sunday

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The Green Death screened in 1973 was a slice of effective Green Party politics, very enjoyable (other than the dodgy hair cuts). Evil corporation, illegal waste dumping, insane computer (who quotes Nietzsche and hums to Wagner), hippie heros and giant killer maggots. In short perfect viewing. The BFI notes: Unusually, the hazard in The Green Death comes not from extraterrestrials, but

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Westbourne ward by-election result in full from Brighton and Hove is worth a look, a Tory ward where little has changed but look at the Lib Dem wipe out, the European Citizens Party will soon be ahead of them. Con 1027 39.2% +0.7% Lab 826 31.5% +3.2% Green 645 24.6% +0.6% Lib-Dem 45 1.7% -5.5% UKIP 36 1.4% +1.4% TUSC 26 1% +1% EC 13 0.5% -0.7% Turnout 2618 35.1% Swing 1.3% Con

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Sorry that we didn't win but an encouraging result in a non target ward, Greens in Brighton and Hove continue to do well. #westbourne by-election result Brighton and Hove #Conservative1,027, #labour 826, #greenparty 645 #greenparty

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Occupy London are preparing if necessary to ship out of St Paul's I am told and have occupied an old magistrates court. Occupy inspire, it was great to get down a couple of times including giving an economics chat and I was also pleased to talk to Occupy Newcastle after an invite in October. Great resource, great resistance.  The structures of a failed economy need transforming and these

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Indigenous defence of the world is so important!  Please spread the word about Nicola Peel's film Blood of the Amazon. It charts the journey of a women from Pulborough, Sussex down the Amazon from Ecuador looking at the damage oil companies are doing. The Amazon is us, indigenous people are in the frontline of action to challenge the destruction of the planet. Must significantly they are

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University research in the UK is an increasingly absurd pursuit, all about government targets that discourage publishing substantial pieces of work according to Keith Thomas: We must press for changes to the Research Excellence Framework (REF), formerly the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). In my experience, this operation, though initially a stimulus, has in the longer run had appalling

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Since this was your favourite track on the CD (apart from Cradle OfCivilisation). It is only right that you are part of the video. Youare loved and missed by us all. Sleep well Adooni."Buy HardCopy 'SOUNDTRACK TO THE STRUGGLE' Here:http://www.soundtracktothestruggle.com/Produced by Beatnick & K SalaamiTunes: http://bit.ly/r1x6umFollow Lowkey on www.twitter.com/lowkeymusic1To join Lowkey on

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Marc Green, an anti-cuts and Green Party activist from Windsor was threatened with arrest (Marc is holding the anti-Heatherwood closure banner on the left) On Saturday 10 December the campaign to Save Heatherwood Hospital took a strange and sinister turn as Castle Without Councillor George Bathurst attempted to have Heatherwood Hospital Campaigner Marc Green arrested. Windsor and

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Great to have worked with WIN the past, a good network   Deadline: Monday 20th February 2012; Start date: Flexible/by early spring 2012. Want to be part of an action network based on Islamic principles? Wisdom In Nature (WIN) is a pioneer of local Islamic ecological activism in the UK, and is actively inviting applications from anyone in the London or Brighton region to volunteer within

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Euro-zone Summit: Green Party calls for sustainable economics that puts society, democracy and jobs first. 09 December 2011 The Green Party has dismissed current solutions to the Euro-zone crisis as short-sighted, economically unsustainable and tantamount to an attack on European democracy. Current solutions to the sovereign debt crisis all amount to the same thing: the poorest

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April Bright - posted Jun 7, 2010 5:04 PM by Jabulani Son "Traditional ownership to Country for my Mum was everything ~ everything. It was the songs, the ceremony, the land, themselves, their family ~ everything that life was all about. This place here was her heart. That's what she lived for, and that's what she died for." Transcript of Maranunga [Marranunggu] Proceedings,

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For 15 months, we have observed with growing concern this government's failure to live up to its promise to be the "greenest ever". Now, following the chancellor's autumn statement, we can say that the coalition is on a path to becoming the most environmentally destructive government to hold power in this country since the modern environmental movement was born.As George Osborne sat

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Broken Republic by Arundhati RoyHamish Hamilton, 2011 Arundhati Roy's Broken Republic isn't just about India and it certainly isn't an apology for the Maoists, it's about the whole world. Roy's poetic anger shines through. The Maoists are fighting a forgotten war on the side of the indigenous whose land is being stolen by mining corporations. Roy is often critical of the Maoists, but her

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GREEN MP NAMED BIGGEST INFLUENCER IN UK POLITICS THIS YEARGreen MP Caroline Lucas has been recognised by a prestigious political body as the MP who has most influenced the political agenda in 2011.Since her election to the constituency of Brighton Pavilion in 2010, the UK's only Green MP has made a significant impact through her work on a range of issues - from putting pressure on the

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Just got this from Intercontinental Cry A new piece of legislation has been proposed in the Dominican Republic that would effectively erase the country's Indigenous population---the Taino. According to a recent article on Dominican Today, the "Dominican Republic Electoral Law Reform" Bill identifies just three ethnicities for the country's new citizen ID cards. Those ethnicities are

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Dear friends,the UK Government is consulting on the level of subsidies for all types of electricity which they class as renewable – including biomass power stations and electricity from biofuels (including palm oil). Their proposal is to continue to support biomass on an unlimited scale – even more than at present as far as co-firing of biomass with coal is concerned. They also propose  to

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A number of us are supporting a motion to support Economic Democracy for the next Green Party conference in the spring,  Peter Tatchell has set the ball rolling and thanks to his work we now have the following proposal: To help prevent a repeat economic meltdown, we need greater economic democracy, participation, transparency, decentralisation and accountability. There are four ways we could

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Niall Ferguson is suing over the review of his latest book on the imperial legacy (see below).  Empires work by stealing peoples land, removing their rights and then lying about what has happened.  You can call this civilization if you like You can judge Ferguson by this on indigenous peoples in America, where he notes simply: The Apache and the Navajo had all sorts of admirable traits.

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I have decided to support this motion to go to the next Green Party of England and Wales conference in the spring. GREEN PARTY TRADE UNION LIAISON OFFICER This conference believes that the Green Party England Wales (GPEW) shares many positive common aims and objectives with individual Trade Unions and the Trade Union movement as a whole in defending workers conditions and public

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November 20 Glasgow Hosted by Scottish Socialist Party 2pm, Creation Studios16 Trongate Glasgow G1 5EU November 21 Newcastle hosted by Newcastle University International Development Society, 6pm at Room 2.22 at the Old Library Building (Research Beehive), Newcastle University ( entrance from Queen Victoria Rd near and opposite RVI – also possible from Claremont Rd or Claremont Walk.

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ANTI-CAPITALIST PROTESTORS FROM THE 'OCCUPY BRISTOL' CAMP AT COLLGE GREEN HAVE CAMPED OVERNIGHT ON THE ANTI-CAPITA PICKET LINE OF 500 CWU MEMBERS ON STRIKE AT THE TEMPLE MEADS-VICTORIA STREET ROUNDABOUT SITE. CWU Bristol Branch Secretary Dave Wilshire said: "'Occupy Bristol' and our Bristol Capita members are fighting the same battle. Capita is a money-rich employer that is

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Going to be writing about her book on the war in India, 'Broken Republic' for Green Left Weekly soon. Great activist and impressive novelist.

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Just had this from one of my friends in India 'This is an odd story, but rather resonant. A Catholic Nun who was fighting for Tribal rights was beheaded by a group of men, after receiving threats from the local coal mafia. I think this illustrates another aspect of "Dirty Coal"' Catholic nun Valsa John (52), who was involved in a movement against displacement of tribal people by coal

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Statement from Occupy Wall Street To occupy is to embody the spirit of liberation that we wish to manifest in our society. It is to exercise our freedom to assemble. We are creating space for community, values, ideas, and a level of meaningful dialogue that is absent in the present discourse.Liberated space is breaking free of isolation, breaking down the walls that literally and

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I met Heather Tanner in the early 1980s, she was in her 80s and told me of how she became a life long anti-war activist because her beloved brother was killed a minute or two before the end of the first world war, the 11 minute, of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, a ritual date that through its neatness killed him. Never forget! Come you masters of warYou that build

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Greece and now Italy are ruled by European bank-o-crats. Democracy has ended. To keep the  bond markets happy no doubt a coup in Britain would be appropriate. European voters have no say, schools, hospitals, clinics shut, wages slashed, so derivative markets can continue. Nice to see phd students occupy in protest at European Council President Herman Van Rompuy: Herman Van Rompuy,

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November 12, 11-5.30 Registration 10.30. University of London Union, Malet Street, London WC1 Organised by Socialist Resistance and Green Left http://socialistresistance.org/ http://greenleftblog.blogspot.com/ Agenda 11- 1.30 Introductory plenary 1.30-2.30 Lunch 2.30-4.00 Workshops Women and Food Sovereignty Agribusiness and the supermarkets Land rights not Land grabs

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Rubber Bullets agreed for use by police at Student Demonstrations  Responding to the Met Police's statement on the potential use of ‘baton rounds' (similar to rubber bullets) at this week's student protests over tuition fees, Green Party Mayoral Candidate Jenny Jones said: "Any officer that shoots a student with a baton round will have to answer to the whole of London. "How did we come to

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Great to speak at Occupy London on capitalism and alternatives, I argued capitalism is innately flawed but the commons provides a democratic and ecological alternatives.  Lets not be dogmatic but lets look at how collective and ecological property rights might work. Marx is excellent on the 'macro' how commons were destroyed and the possibility of their restoration.

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Great speech. 'We will fight it every step of the way' 'biggest lie of all is there is no alternative' oh and catch me tomorrow. 'What is capitalism and what are the alterantives' 2pm, Occupy London at St Pauls. See you there!

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“"Green Left puts full support behind Mark Campbell as a candidate in the up coming UCU General Secretary Election. The group recognises the need for trade unions to have active, rank and file leadership, responsive to grass roots activists and that as a General Secretary candidate, Mark embodies this within UCU.We welcome Mark’s decision, if elected, to only draw his lecturer’s salary, and

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Caption Ed Milband speech bubble 'I wish I had Caroline's vision and radicalism'? This is worth reading from the Brighton Politics Blogger, glad to see my party growing and standing for justice and change: Bravely, four weeks after the event, when he knew which way the tide was running, and taking his lead from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Ed Miliband has come our, unequivocally in

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And I am running a little workshop on 'capitalism' tuesday 2pm. Lots happening tomorrow, just cut and pasted this to tempt you'all. Sunday 6th November 11am Tent City University at St Paul’s – ‘Reflections: a media perspective’ - Three weeks into the occupation, deputy comment editor of the Guardian, Libby Brooks and special correspondent Audrey Gillan review mainstream media coverage

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I have organised the following event. 'What is capitalism and what are the alternatives?' Discussion Tuesday, 8th Nov at 14:00 Occupy the London Stock Exchange St Pauls Caroline Lucas has been down to speak a couple of times. Incidentally my argument is for common pool property rights see Karl Marx and Elinor Ostrom. A good discussion can be found here if this is a new concept 

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We are the 99% Rally and March at Occupy London Stock Exchange 2pm, Saturday 5th November - Steps of St Pauls, London We stand for progressive alternatives to making the majority pay for a crisis they did not create. The Rally starts at 2pm and will be followed by a peaceful march to Parliament Speakers include: Caroline Lucas MP John Pilger Seumas Milne (Guardian) Kate Hudson -

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Respected Elder Delfin Payaguaje, visits SOAS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Location School Of Oriental and African Studies Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, WC1H London, United Kingdom -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Created by: Native Spirit Foundation, Amy Woodrow Arai ---

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UCATT GENERAL SECRETARY CANDIDATE MOUNTS LEGAL CHALLENGE OVER ELECTION BAN Michael Dooley, a nominated candidate for the General Secretary election in construction union UCATT, is to mount a legal challenge over a ban imposed on him from standing for election. Three members of the UCATT general council and three members of its executive council, including President John Thompson, formed a

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The Scottish Green Party, yesterday condemned the Jewish National Fund (JNF), a British charity implicated in human rights violations in Israel. At its annual conference in Aberdeen, delegates unanimously supported a motion against the JNF and called for its charitable status to be revoked. In May of this year, David Cameron resigned as honorary patron of the JNF, the first time in the

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Original to be found here. "The past fortnight has been a testing time for the Chapter and for me personally. It has become increasingly clear to me that, as criticism of the cathedral has mounted in the press, media and in public opinion, my position as Dean of St Paul’s was becoming untenable. In order to give the opportunity for a fresh approach to the complex and vital questions

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Hugo Blanco is the historic leader of the Peruvian indigenous. He led a successful peasant revolution for land rights in 1961 when peasants were being killed by land owners. Praised by Che,  Hugo then a leader of the Fourth International, was captured and placed on death row and only lived due to an international campaign of solidarity launched by figures like Sartre. Now in the his late 70s

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Se extiende la rebelión mundial contra el neoliberalismo Hugo Blanco La inició Mohamed Bouazizi, el vendedor ambulante de Túnez, quien se volcó encima un líquido inflamable y se prendió fuego, como protesta porque la policía le quitó su mercancía. Las llamas de ese fuego están incendiando el mundo capitalista. Primero provocaron la insurrección del pueblo tunecino que derribó al

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Excellent stuff from Don Grimes, incidentally it disgusts me how much University Vice-chancellor's get paid as well, all about inequality, all about 1%, so proud that the Green Party is making noise about this. Sir The announcement that B&NES Council is to retain the post of Chief Executive (2010-2011 salary £178,000 per year plus pension benefits) and also pay a 'head-hunting' fee of

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Lol it is the same Green Party, nice article from the FT though. Caroline is very sensible on confidence and supply, coalition is not always the way to power! The banner in Caroline Lucas’s office is uncompromising: “Well-behaved women rarely make history.” It seems an odd epithet for this neat, well-spoken 50-year-old in a sensible grey outfit. But Ms Lucas, the first Green MP in

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Outrageous, unfair and morally reprehensible" fumes Penny Kemp of The Green Party. More than £1.3 billion has been taken away from council's annual spending on help for the over 65's, pensions are losing value,  nurseries are closing and millions are living in fuel poverty and we see a  49% pay rise for Britain's top bosses: THEIR average salary hits £2.7m while the UK's average

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"I'm very concerned about the continuation of this protest meaning that St Paul's is not open to the public," Cameron told reporters in Perth on the sidelines of a Commonwealth leaders' summit. "It's a key national site, it's a key tourist site. It's very important in the whole history, psyche of our country... I think the pressure is on to try and deal with this and deal with this

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You say 'cut back', we say 'liberation theology' Dear Bishop Michael,  I appreciate what a difficult couple of weeks the Dean and Chapter have had following the occupation of the cathedral precinct by protestors campaigning against corporate greed. You have been much in my thoughts and prayers as you have navigated the complex issues with which you have been presented, and the

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Lawrence Lessig's original article: Something More Than Polarizationhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawrence-lessig/something-more-than-polar_b_1030476.html Dave Zirin's response: Memo to Lawrence Lessig: The Tea Party Is No Answer for Occupy USAhttp://www.thenation.com/blog/164188/memo-lawrence-lessig-tea-party-no-answer-occupy-usa Lessig's response to Zirin:http://www.thenation.com/article/

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Our descendants will view us as 'beforetime people' who despoiled the earth before respect for the land, sea and life was restored.  At Maizab Kaur (Bramble Cay) in the Torres Straits, it is believed that the 'beforetime people' over fished the turtles and over exploited the sea birds. New rules were established to protect the turtles and the sea birds. The ecological crisis is a

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Deep Green Resistance is not my way of thinking however the letter is worth a read! Occupy the Machine – Stop the 1%, Literally Our Bodies Will Be Our Demand Open Letter to the Occupy Movement The Occupy Movement is beautiful. We support it and though we are small, we are participating all over the country. We invite all occupiers to read, give feedback, and if you feel moved to do so

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Mumia Abu-Jamal 'The Occupation' In Lower Manhattan’s Zucotti Park (renamed ‘Liberty Square’ by the demonstrators), the cast of thousands swell in rebellion against the betrayals by the banks, Wall street’s relentless greed, the plague of joblessness and the craven servility of the political class–both Republicans and Democrats–to their moneyed masters. In short, the central focus of their

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America cops break up Occupy Oakland with violence. USA is run for 0.1% On Tuesday evening at 5pm Occupy Oakland gathered at the foot of the Oakland Library on 14th Avenue before setting off on a march past the jail and onward to Frank Ogawa Plaza. The peaceful gathering swelled as it marched through downtown, growing upwards of 1,000 people strong. Along their route were police from 17

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Even I was shocked.  Protest is always framed negatively.  The media has echoed the claim that St Pauls is losing revenue from the occupy protest. This will be used no doubt to legitimate the cops going in with the usual violence. Yet its clear that the occupy protest is not blocking the steps to St Pauls and if anything with lots of people coming to look, it might even raise visits. Ha

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http://okmsocialist.blogspot.com/2011/04/okms-views-on-climate-change.html COP17 and ECOSOCIALISM  COP17 is a big meeting where representatives from capitalist governments will talk about how to stop climate change without disturbing the operation of the capitalist system. Indeed, there is evidence that one of the main agendas in Durban – come December – will be the attempt to make

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Limited Seating FREE ADMISSION*** Screening & Panel Discussion: “We Have Always Done It This Way” Congress House, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS Tuesday 22 November 2011, 5.30 – 8.30pm Please register: sertucevents@tuc.org.uk / 020 7467 1220 You know the media stereotype; a unionised workforce, portrayed as living in the past, is threatened with large scale redundancies and it

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Currently on tour in Europe, Australian Permaculturist Darren Doherty is a foremost authority on water harvesting and soil regeneration in large-scale landscapes.    Time: October 23, 2011 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm  Location: Biodynamic Agricultural College, Emerson Organized By: Belinda 07957 450 681 or Nir 0781 503 5262   Event Description: Farming for the Future Permaculture, Community and

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Just got this from my good comrade Jerry Hicks, spread the word! I know times are very difficult and things are tight, but please take a look at this finacial appeal and consider making a donation. Also, please forward on to those who you consider would have an interest and that may be sympathetic to the request. UCATT election for General Secretary: Financial appeal: Friends of Mick

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https://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/18996 Quote: Created by:Caroline LucasTAX JUSTICEResponsible department: Her Majesty's TreasuryWe applaud campaigns by trade unions, church groups, and civil society demanding tax justice and join them in calling on the Government to take action to identify those avoiding and evading tax. Firstly, the Chancellor should force all

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“Words fail me” says Jenny as another police scandal unfurls Jenny Jones, Green Party candidate for Mayor of London and a member of the London Assembly who sits on the MPA, demanded answers as to how a police officer could take part in a trial under a false name. “Words fail me” says Jenny. “This is extremely serious as senior officers must have known Det. Con Jim Boyling was lying under

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GOVERNMENT MUST ACT TO CURB BRITAIN'S DRINK PROBLEM- MP campaign to target availability of cut price alcohol and protect local pubsThe Government must overhaul its "ineffective and incoherent" policy on alcohol if it is to get to grips with the UK's drink problem, reduce the long term social and health impacts of alcohol, and protect the hospitality trade, said the Green MP today.Caroline Lucas,

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 have not got a hold on the ins and outs of who is going for the Presidency at present but Howie, who sent me this, is a fantastic guy, ha I really want Elinor Ostrom to go for it!  Any how if you are in Boston take a look, I backed Cynthia last time really lovely human being not like a US politician! Jill Stein for President Media Advisory Jill Stein will launch her Presidential

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LBGT rights are human rights, looks like a good event, spread the word. Saturday 22nd October 2011  2pm-6pm  Bishopsgate Institute     The Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive (LAGNA) is holding a free event to acknowledge and commemoratethe unsung heroes and heroines of LGBT activism, protest and cultural resistance over the last four decades. Speakers include: Dr Matt Cook

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The Occupy London Stock Exchange protest has entered its third day today, with a number of activists having established a tented encampment outside St Paul's Cathedral in the City. Pavilion MP and Green party leader, Caroline Lucas, is planning to visit the camp later today. She commented: "As awareness increases of the injustice and unsustainability of the global economic system, more and

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Posted on October 16, 2011 by occupylsx At today’s assembly on the steps of St Paul’s, #occupylsx agreed the initial statement below. Please note, it’s a draft statement at this stage and it will always be a work in progress. 1 The current system is unsustainable. It is undemocratic and unjust. We need alternatives; this is where we work towards them. 2 We are of all ethnicities,

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FROM ALBORADA [The culture of Mapuche poetry has evolved into three distinctive forms: traditional, intellectual and urban. David Aniñir Guilitraro, an urban Mapuche poet from Santiago, has created a literary realm which connects the history of the Mapuche struggle to the social problems which the people face today. Guilitraro describes his book, Mapurbe, as ‘a poetic concept of

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Time 23 October · 18:00 - 21:00 Location King Square Art Space 12 - 13 King Square, BS2 8JX Bristol, United Kingdom More info In October 1993 Charlie Ryder took part in a violent protest to shut down the BNP headquarters in Welling South East London. Two months later he was featured on crime monthly a program which appealed for some of Britain's most

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India is the subject of huge battles. All of those of us who support indigenous and respect nature are pleased that new forest laws restore commons. However in practice the commons is still being eroded. A recent change has seen commons extended for forests across the whole of India. But there is a worry that groups like the WWF will attack commons rights as a means of 'conservation'. '

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This amused me.  I am big on this, religious prophets or messiahs or however you term, them seem to have been rather chilled about sexual morality, happy to admit we are varied and flawed. They were rather less chilled about injustice, war, cruelty and hatred. Too often for their more 'fundamentalist' followers, it is the other way around. War is holy and gay sex is evil.  In fact all

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Marxman superb.  Think Britain is a democracy with free speech, this track was banned by the BBC in 1993, acid test for the left in Britain is the memory of Ireland and imperialism Once upon a time there wasIrish ways and irish lawsVillages of irish bloodwaking to the morning goodBut england and her soldiers camestarted centuries of shameRaped our women stole our graincalled this land a

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Feed the world without destroying the planet A seminar on food sovereignty November 12, 11-5.30Registration 10.30. University of London Union, Malet Street, London WC1 Organised by Socialist Resistance and Green Lefthttp://socialistresistance.org/     http://greenleftblog.blogspot.com/ Agenda11- 1.30 Introductory plenary 1.30-2.30 Lunch2.30-4.00 WorkshopsWomen and Food

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The Green Party is disappointed at the announcement that the eviction at Dale Farm should go ahead despite the ten years of wrangling over the site and the apparent refusal of Basildon Council to find alternative sites. The Homes and Communities Agency have offered alternative land in Basildon, subject to planning permission but Basildon Council will not halt the eviction until the

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Why I Am Occupying Wall Street By John BirdOctober 11, 2011 I feel like I have been waiting for this moment an entire lifetime. More like a hundred lifetimes when I count the 500 years and lifetimes of all our indigenous ancestors who went to their graves wondering if justice would ever again prevail on Turtle Island. My great grandfather Heavy Runner (Blackfeet) must have gone

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Those who talk socialism and ecology without supporting workers and indigneous speak in silence! Workers and indigenous to power! José María Arguedas is the Peruvian indigenous writer, 100th anniversary, indigenous in Peru are the vanguard of the life and death struggle against capitalism and for an ecological society! MOVIMIENTO ANDINO JOSE MARIA ARGUEDAS (MAJMA-UK) CELEBRACION DE LA

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Žižek judges this well. He is a kind of stand up Marxist, rhetoric, flourish, no action, nonetheless this is all worth saying. Lol is he still going out with Lady Gaga, she is LGBT fantastic, bit single issue but unlike Žižek , she does the job consistently, I salute her. Slavoj Žižek visited Liberty Plaza to speak to Occupy Wall Street protesters. Here is the full transcript of his speech

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From one of my Green Left comrades, spread the word, do the solidarity. Sparks De-Skilling And Pay Dispute Ballot Or No Ballot All Out To Defend Our Future A sometimes angry and consistently passionate meeting of over 100 electricians, or sparks as they are known in the trade, took place at Conway hall central London tonight to discuss future tactics in their struggle against

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I am backing Mick Dooley the left candidate for General Secretary of UCATT. No Ecology without socialism and no socialism without trade union struggles and victories. Great Mick name checks The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist, on the video (see above) a classic novel also a classic socialist novel about a building worker. My friend and comrade Jerry Hicks sent me details of how you can

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20 October · 19:30 - 22:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Location Bolivar Hall 54-56 Grafton Way More info COMMUNITY AND CORPORATION Communities around the world are having their traditions and livelihoods threatened by the pressures of modern industry. This evening of short films looks at the impact of mining across Latin

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Land seizures occur every day, peasants are killed for their land. The British always support the thieves.  Mafia governments who steal the land act in concert with the wealthy and imperial powers. The Korean firm Posco is taking land from peasants in Orissa, the British government has poured money into Orissa to support such 'development'. The Department of International Development (DFID

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One significant factor in the economic meltdown of the last three years is the undemocratic and unaccountable way in which economic power and decision-making is organised. A small elite of directors, managers and major shareholders decide everything, to the exclusion of employees, consumers and the wider public. Britain is, in effect, an economic dictatorship, with an extraordinary

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Not quite but the future is on its way. Dr Adrian Bowyer heads a project to make 'means of production; common pool property (and I don't need to spell out what this means). 3 D printers can make things we want open source. Community production of everything is possible, make goods to last and wealth can flow without trashing the planet. Without being totally technologically deterministic

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The NHS is target number one. It works so it must be destroyed, while it exists and we are cured, it is a practical example of socialism. The fanatics from the orange book group who have taken the Liberal Democrats are pledged to kill it, together with their Conservative Party allies. If we don't fight them it will be destroyed. Everything is for sale because marketisation benefits an

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