Hundreds join UK Uncut's Downing Street Dole Queue to tell George Osborne that 'Austerity Isn't Working'
Nearly 400 UK Uncut protestors gathered to form a 'dole queue' outside Downing St today to highlight soaring unemployment under the government's austerity programme. Unemployed people from across London came…
UK Uncut to form 'dole queue' outside Downing Street to highlight soaring unemployment
Hundreds of people will gather to form a 'dole queue' outside Downing St at 11am on Budget Day, Wed 21st March to highlight soaring unemployment under the government's austerity programme.…
We must refuse to be the armchair generals cheering young people all the way to the graveyard
By Ryan Bridgewater The vast majority of people have sympathy for the young men who are returning home in body bags with their futures cruelly curtailed. Many also recognise the…
Edinburgh is Sleepwalking into a Cultural Disaster
Guest post by Harry Giles The litany has become terribly familiar: La Belle Angele, the Big Red Door, the Lot, the Roxy Arthouse, the Forest Café, and now Cabaret Voltaire…
Time to Take Democracy Outside
Clare Cochrane Ironically it is often at those times when democracy is most under threat that it is most alive. It's when democracy is in crisis, or appears to have…
A Community Strategy to Beat Austerity
Guest post by Jon Bee The attacks on our standard of living as a result of the economic crisis and the neo-liberal cuts agenda are currently being fought against by…
Edinburgh Tescos invaded by anti-workfare protestors
Demonstrators opposing compulsory work for benefits invaded two branches of Tescos and picketed Poundstretcher and British Heart Foundation in Edinburgh today Saturday 3rd March. Police dragged protestors out of Tescos,…
Move Your Money month launches today!
Marloes Nicholls, Move Your Money UK Chances are you’re not happy with your bank. In a recent poll half of all adults were 'dissatisfied' or 'extremely dissatisfied' with their bank,…
Fuel-quality directive vote today – will the UK government back tar sands?
By Lauren King Fuel-quality directive vote today – UK government ‘green’ or mean? I want to take Mr Baker on a journey this morning before the vote, to a place…
Cameron’s alcohol initiative will not tackle root problem
By Anna Perkins David Cameron has vowed to tackle the ‘scandal’ of alcohol abuse and public drunkenness that costs the NHS a year by supporting minimum pricing. Very laudable, Dave.…