STRIKE

We’re now less than a week away from the largest co-ordinated  industrial action the UK has seen for decades – perhaps since the General Strike of 1926. Around three million workers will be out on strike next Wednesday – in effect, most of the public sector, from over twenty different trade unions. That’s over twenty [...]

The Only Thing the 1% Fear is the 99% Getting Organised

via Moh Kohn

You can shove your rubber bullets…

Wednesday of this week marked exactly a year since the glorious day in November 2010 when thousands of students charged into and smashed up the Conservative Party headquarters at Millbank. A year on – and 11 months since Parliament voted through the £9k tuition fee rise – the student movement was out to prove that [...]

Class politics or anti-semitic conspiracies? Why David Icke, Ron Paul and Alex Jones are dangerous to the Occupy Movement.

David Icke. Alex Jones. Ron Paul. The Zeigeist Movement. President Andrew Jackson. What do all these people have in common? No, they’re unfortunately not the next line up of Celebrity Big Brother. They are however a series of individuals and “movements” who despite having little sway over most political thought in the world today, have [...]

Glasgow anti-cuts activist gets 18 months… for throwing a kids toy

An anti-cuts activist from Glasgow was sentenced to eighteen months in HMP Wandsworth at a London court on Friday, following his arrest at the March 26th TUC anti-cuts demonstration in London. His crime? Throwing a spent joke shop smoke bomb, picked up from the street, in the direction of a branch of Topshop – apparently enough to [...]

Open letter to 'Occupy Glasgow'

The following open letter has been written by the newly formed Glasgow Women’s Activist Forum in response to recent events involving the ‘Occupy Glasgow’ camp in George Square, a good summary of which can be found here. SSY supports the sentiments expressed in the letter, and we are happy to share it on our blog [...]