Monthly Archives: May 2011

We have the beauty on our side: International round-up

Posted on May 31, 2011 by nothingiseverlost

To try and counter-act the usual UK-centric focus of the blog, here’s a round-up of some international stories that’ve caught my eye recently: In the US, grocery store cleaners in Minneapolis have launched a hunger strike against their starvation wages. … Continue reading →

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Write to your MP today: Thoughts on anarchists and mass movements

Posted on May 27, 2011 by nothingiseverlost

So, in contrast to a lot of my posts, this one definitely doesn’t claim to have any answers, it’s just raising some questions that I think need to be thought about. To give a bit of personal context, from the … Continue reading →

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Camping it up

Posted on May 26, 2011 by nothingiseverlost

So, it’s pretty obvious that the most exciting thing happening at the moment is the wave of huge protests that started off in Spain, but now seems to have spread to France and Greece, among other places (not least the … Continue reading →

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Nothing succeeds like success: ATOS and Office Angels

Posted on May 18, 2011 by nothingiseverlost

So, on the whole it’s been a fairly quiet week or so, with not much to report on. There’s been a demo in defence of the NHS, and one by disabled people speaking out against the cuts, the ALARM group … Continue reading →

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Sometimes, they do pass: Unsentimental thoughts on anti-fascism

Posted on May 10, 2011 by nothingiseverlost

To start off with, the usual quick news round-up: there’s been an inspiring day of solidarity with hotel workers across America’s west coast, Social Centre Plus was evicted, and London Met uni’s gone into occupation (update: scrap that, they’ve now … Continue reading →

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The importance of being Nick Griffin

Posted on May 3, 2011 by nothingiseverlost

We’re living in interesting times. I’ve written about the recent splits in the Socialist Workers’ Party and the transformation of Whitechapel Anarchist Group (and they’re not the only ones, since Class War have now dissolved themselves again). But it’s not … Continue reading →

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May 1886 to April 2011 – 125 years of repression

Posted on May 1, 2011 by nothingiseverlost

First off, apologies to anyone confused by the formatting screw-up on my previous post, which should now be fixed. That ECAP story was good, but not so good that I needed to turn my entire post into a big link … Continue reading →

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