More arrests at @UKUncut actions
UK Uncut protesters have been arrested in Edinburgh and Manchester. In Manchester, 9 people were held, according to the BBC, on "suspicion of breach of the peace". In Edinburgh, 2…
UK Uncut – the support is growing, and diversifying
All across the country today, UK Uncutters took to the high street. This time, our target was banks. This time, we were shouting about the health service. This time, our…
Apple next in line for US Uncut protests
Grassroots anti-austerity campaigners US Uncut have announced that their next tax-dodging target will be Apple computers. The hipsters' favourite is a leading voice in the "Win America Campaign" (WAC) for…
A call to action – why we need Northern Ireland Uncut
This Saturday May 28th, activists will protest across the UK against the dismantling of the National Health Service, and, more broadly, against cuts to public spending, the unfairness of which…
The bitter irony of using the financial crisis to scrap the NHS
This post first appeared on the UK Uncut blog Around 50% of American bankruptcies are triggered by medical bills. When we talk of 'sub-prime mortgages', we are talking about real…
Officer A3002 is Guilty of Misuse of Law
2009. The year the police became anonymous. The year terrorism meant that pub lic accountability went down the drain. The year they brought in Section 76 of the Counter Terrorism…
My Afternoon in the Cells
It's sometime after 2pm on Sunday, I can't be sure when because the police have taken my phone, and all my effects, and there's no clock in here, and I'm…
Edinburgh Uncut Activist Arrested – A Personal Account and Video
Yesterday Edinburgh Uncut activists watched our friend Alasdair Thompson being handcuffed and bundled into a police van. His crime: holding up a banner inside the Princes Street branch of British…
On class and the anti-cuts movement
The class war has spread to the 'anti-cuts' movement. I suppose it was inevitable. After decades of watching wages stagnate, and economic inequality widen, the chickens are now coming home…
A proportionate response?
"Overall our impression was that the police reacted proportionately" So is the judgement of Liberty on the police's handling of the events of the 26th of March. Liberty, an organisation…