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Chris Morris' next project
I'm not sure what to make of this. I am a big fan of Chris Morris, and I remember saying several years ago, around the time he did the Brass Eye paedophile special that it would be great if he would do an episode about terrorism.
But what I love his satire for is how it exposes the hypocrisies and complete ridiculousness of the media and ( Read more... ) -
Hands off Gaza! national demonstrations
National day of demonstrations around the UK tomorrow (Saturday 3rd Jan), please mobilise as many people as you can!
For people in London, assemble 12:30 by Embankment.
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Women Organising and Transforming the World
Today I have been reading the reports, listening to the podcasts and looking at the pictures from the AWID (Association for Women's Rights in Development) conference in Cape Town last month, and if you haven't, I urge you to do so too.
From Srilatha Batliwala's closing speech at the final plenary session, The Future of Movements:
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Asylum for rape victims
I'm not a big fan of online petitions, but I still think this one is important, if for no other reason than to raise awareness of the lack of support rape victims receive throughout the asylum process, and the often appalling treatment they receive. The demands of the petition are worth restating here:
WE DEMAND THE OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF RAPE AS ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
Part of me finds this whole leaked BNP list debacle quite amusing.
For example: "In one of the more piquant twists of the affair, Griffin was forced yesterday to admit that his party was hoping to rely on the right to privacy under the European Convention on Human Rights in its attempts to limit further publication. The BNP is opposed both to the ( Read more... ) -
Day of action - Shut down BMI airlines! Thurs 20 November
If you are in the UK, please participate in this action called by No Border South Wales if you can!
BMI is the UK’s second largest full service airline. By taking part in deportations they do the governments dirty work for them and in the process make money from human misery. In 2007 BMI reported profits of £15.5 million. How much of this was soaked ( Read more... ) -
Whose feminism is it? (F-word post)
there's a new article on the fword website which i think is very important.
it is depressing how much this echos hazel carby's article 'white woman listen!', which i think was published in 1982! 26 Years later and it seems little has changed. it hardly comes as a shock, but i'm glad it has been said on a mainstream uk feminist website with a lot ( Read more... ) -
You can die for our country, but please don't come live here!
A couple of days late on this one but wanted to mention this as i think its disgraceful.
Nepalese Gurkhas who fought with the British army but retired before their regimental headquarters moved to the UK from Hong Kong in 1997, do not have strong ties to the country and have no right to settle in it, a Home Office lawyer told a judge in the high ( Read more... ) -
Victories
There's been 2 good news stories today which I thought were worth posting about, if for no other reason, then to show that doing even a small thing like emailing in a complaint or donating a fiver can make a difference.
Now I don't think i've even ever read Bitch but thought it was pretty cool that their appeal which was going around the houses in ( Read more... )