History festival to explore Manchester’s past

24 Feb 2012
Author:  richard Greater Manchester’s heritage is to be celebrated with today’s launch of the second Manchester Histories Festival. A host of events are planned, with a pack... more

Sizewell Camp 2012

24 Feb 2012
Skill Share, Networking and Protest Power for the People - Not Profits for the Few Friday 20th (from 6pm) – Sunday 22nd April read more Location:  more

EDF Energy attempts to shut down peaceful protest

24 Feb 2012
The Stop New Nuclear alliance [1] has reacted with outrage at EDF Energy’s attempts to restrict peaceful protest against a proposed new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset. The French firm is seeking an injunction which would ... more

Workers occupy factory in Chicago

24 Feb 2012
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Workers occupy factory in Chicago

24 Feb 2012
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Spanish workers protest against labour reforms

24 Feb 2012
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UK Uncut podcast #1: Interview with disability activist Anne Novis MBE

23 Feb 2012
In this very first UK Uncut podcast Anne Novis MBE discusses how the Welfare Reform Bill and local council care cuts will affect her and other disabled people. Anne was awarded an MBE for her work on disability hate crime, and in this interview sh... more

Twitter vs. Established Media: Gatewatching, Information Dissemination and #OccupyLSX

23 Feb 2012
A summary of paper presented at the DMI Winter School Mini-Conference, Amsterdam (January 2012) Abstract: Twitter is a social media platform where users’ messages  can take flight, gain elevation (RT function), achieve direction (@ function), and ... more

Protest against Notts County Council budget

23 Feb 2012
On Thursday 23rd February, Nottinghamshire County Council met to debate and vote on its budget for 2012-13. Following from previous years, this will see millions slashed from the budget and further job cuts. The council meeting began at 10am, whil... more

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