http://www.schnews.org.uk Independent weekly direct action newsletter produced by volunteers in Brighton, UK since 1994. en-gb http://www.schnews.org.uk/schnews-rss.png http://www.schnews.org.uk 88 31 SchNEWS - a drop of truth in an ocean of bullshit http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/MASSIVE-SNOB Brighton is hosting the International Squatters Convergence from 17th-19th May... http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/ROADS-TO-HELL Will coalition road building plans drive us all round the bend? http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/a-smashing-start-to-summer MayDay, Smash EDO style http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/Tags-for-the-Memory Gratton the German Activist who was tasered during the Dale Farm Eviction finally had his electronic tag removed. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/Occupy-The-Farm A new strategy inspired by South American peasant movements has emerged in San Francisco. 'Occupy The Farm' intends to break the corporations' control over the food industry and replace it by community-managed food production. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/AMAZON-DAMNED Indigenous and environmental groups are fighting Brazil's Belo Monte dam. Built in the heart of the Amazon, the project threatens to destroy rich ecosystems and displace indigenous cultures http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/FROM-TRIPOLI-TO-TIMBUCTU Coup and secession in Mali are the unintended consequences of NATO's regime change in Libya http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/Hungry-for-Freedom As Palestinian's prepare to mark Prisoner's Day on the 17th April, prisoners call for mass open-ended hunger strike http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/DRONED-OUT Anti militarists in Bristol successfully disrupt the Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle Conference in Bristol http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/FLOUR-TO-THE-PEOPLE Day of Mass Action against genetically modified wheat in Harpenden http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/Call-of-the-Wilderness activists squat outdoor centre in forest of dean http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/MOTION-SICKNESS Simulated Jubilee disruption threat leads to council corruption exposé of Tory military-industrial-police Cox-up http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/General-Strike-in-Portugal-Escalates-into-Violence 7 people injured asPortugal brought to halt in general strike against austerity measures. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/Bolton-Blunderers Anti-fascists counter piss-poor Infidel turn out in the North West. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/AMERICAN-OCCUPY The Occupy Movement has joined forced with protesters demanding justice for murdered black teen Trayvon Martin- just part the ongoing struggle for justice for the 99% http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/Justice-for-Jock-Palfreeman Justice for Jock Palfreeman: Solidarity demo for imprisoned anti-fascist http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/(BACK)-OUT-OF-AFRICA Winter truce ends with migrant evictions in Calais http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/SHUT-YOUR-FACEBOOK Anti-occupation rant leaves one Facebooker facing serious charges http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/PUTIN-ELECTORAL-GAMES As candidates line up for Russia's presidential elections, Vladimir Putin uses every dirty trick in the book to stay in power http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/OCCU-BYE-LONDON SchNEWS reports from the front lines as police evict the Bank of Ideas http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/BHOPAL-spied-on-by-STRATFOR Wikileaks info haul reveals corporate spy ring, SchNEWS interviews Bhopal activist spied on by corporate intelligence agency, Stratfor http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/safe-crackers Yet another successful eviction resistance in the burgeoning Brighton squat community http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/GREECE-EURE-IN-TROUBLE Caught between popular unrest and international arm-twisting, the Greek state has all but fallen into irrelevancy. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/POUNDLAND-AND-FREEDOM High street retailers pull out of the Tory's forced labour programme http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/ENGLISH-DEFENCE-LEAGUE-IN-FOR-A-HYDING- The EDL/SDL plan to visit Hyde & Glasgow having burnt down a kebab shop and stopped a flute band from marching. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/FROM-CALAIS-TO-KHARTOUM French authorites start deporting to Sudan, and demonstration are held over Africa House eviction alert. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/WHEN-PIGS-CRY French cops at la ZAD tear gassed as land occupation continues. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/ABORT-MISSION The rise of fundamentalist anti-abortion activism http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/manure-gonna-love-this Guerilla Gardening callout http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/BARNSTORMING Activists squat a derelict farmhouse in protest against new nuclear. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/AMID-GREEK-WOES Greek citizens refuse to bow to EU troika's austerity package http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/Southern-Squatting-Shenanigans A weeks of squatting in Brighton – evictions galore, flying radiators and vagabonds http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/LEICESTER-PIGGED-OUT The English Defence League roadshow takes in Leicester http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/GIMME-A-SLICE-OF-THE-ACTION Pizza Hut targeted over poor working conditions http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/FISH-TALES Underwater reports: Sea Shepherd offer $10,000 reward for sea lion killers. The trial of Cove guardian Erwin Vermeulen's is underway in Japan. ALF activists free tuna off the coast of Croatia. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/KIDDIE-PORN-COP-BUSTED Nicholas White, press officer for NETCU (the UK's sinister police spy agency) guilty of possessing thousands of images of child porn http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/WILLING-AND-DISABLED- Affected by the Welfare Reform Bill? Take to the streets on the 28th for civil disobedience! http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/palestine-at-a-glance The Palestine-Israel conflict spills over into the cyber realm. Meanwhile a Palestinian woman from Hebron goes on hunger strike over settler attacks. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/ACTA-now- ACTA explained. A new proposed legislation joins the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/Back-in-the-Faslane- Faslane celebrates it's 30th birthday with a month of action http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/SOUTH-SUDAN-INDEPENDENCE-AND-DEATH Sudan/South Sudan: Post independence violence leaves thousands dead and over 100,000 refugees http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/TESCO-VALUES Protesters picket Tesco in Israeli goods boycott action http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/Bulgarians-shut-the-Frack-up Bulgarians prevent fracking in entire country - result http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/OCCUPY-LSX-PITCHED-BATTLE Occupy LSX camp has been ordered to leave Paternoster Square by the High Court http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/Gone-to-Ground Crawley and Horsham hunt joint master allows fracking on his land in Balcombe Sussex http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/EDL-ROUTED-IN-WHITECHAPEL English Defence League come unstuck in Barking and Whitechapel http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/Sea-Shepherd- Three Australian activists returned to State hands while Sea Shepherd vs the whaling fleet battle continues. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/NOT-IN-MY-FRACK-YARD Sleepy Sussex village becomes front line in UK fracking ban fight http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/NO-OIL-TAINTING Shell to Sea keep on the pressure as woodland is cleared for gas pipeline. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/Clermont-Ferrand-In-Flames Clermont Ferrand- French citizens hit the streets after fatal police brutality and the attempt to conceal it. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/HEAVY-WEATHER as schnews ponders the climate of activism against extreme energy http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/FLYING-SAUCERS Brighton squatters beat back bailiffs with a hail of crockery. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/GUNNING-FOR-GOLD Gunning For Gold- The UK's pre-Olympic military buildup http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/FOR-ONE-NIGHT-ONLY-THE-END-IS-NYE... Occupy Wall Street takes back Zuccotti Park to see in 2012 http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/...AND-JUSTICE-FOR-ALL Occupy London going strong in three locations, one a squatted courthouse... http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/BEAR-NECESSITIES Putin tries to silence groundswell of dissent http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/TURNED-UP-TO-11...-2011 SchNEWS muses on the crazy year that was 2011 and prepares for impending doom in 2012 http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/PUNK-AND-DISORDERLY Punks strike back against Indonesian authorities http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/BOLLOCKS-TO-BORAT Clashes between the state and the oil workers of Zhanaozen, West Kazakhstan. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/DALE-FARM-WHERE-ARE-THEY-NOW Dale Farm eviction update http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/TAR-RA-FOR-NOW Tar Sands pipeline delayed until 2013 http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/CASAPOUND-RUNS-RIOT-IN-FOREIGN-MARKET Two dead and three injured after CasaPound fascist shooting spree http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/A-LOAD-OF-PONY Day of action called for two month anniversary of Occupy LSX http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/PUNKS-NO-PICNIC Heads shaved, shoved into lorries and transported to a police compound for a ten day boot-camp just for going to a gig. Who says punk's dead? http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/POWER-TO-THE-PEOPLES-CAFE Edinburgh's People's Cafe liberated space goes to court - who will win? http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/THE-REVOLUTION-WILL-NOT-BE-TELEVISED-(IF-YOURE-BLACK) Deafening media silence following 143 arrests in Central London as Congolese protest rigged elections that bring Western-backed warlord Joseph Kabila to power http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/DIS-PUTIN-THE-ELECTION Russians rage over fraudulent elections http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/OCCUPY-USA-GETS-CRACKING The Occupy movement moves on to foreclosed homes http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/IRAN-AWAY Cameron and Hague are feeling flush following an easy victory in Libya. Now they want to take on Iran for shits and giggles. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/OFF-THE-SHELF Greek anarchists re-appropriate supermarket goods off the shelves into the hands of pensioners. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/Sab-Land-Rover-Seized Hunt sabbing in Surrey ends on two arrests and the seizure of the South Downs Sabs' vehicle. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/ONE-STRIKE-AND-YOURE-OUT Two million take part in the biggest strike in a generation. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/ROGUES-GALLERY Brighton students occupy uni campus http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/THE-FOREST-RECOMMISSION The closed Forest cafe in Edinburgh re-opened by squatters http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/GREENPEACE-OF-THE-ACTION The Department for Transport blockaded by fifty Greenpeace activists http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/THOU-SHALT-NOTTS-SQUAT The Bigger Society Social Club opened its doors to the public of Lenton, Nottingham on Monday (28th) morning only to have them kicked in and closed a few hours later. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/DEMOLITIONS-CONTINUE-IN-PALESTINE The Isreali bulldozers are still undertaking numerous demolitions in Palestine. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/U-BOAT-IF-YOU-WANT-TO Trident Alternatives Review will not be made public after the LibDems make a u-turn http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/CITY-BNP-RABBIT-SEX-SHAME Bunny boiling fash picket primary school http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/BACK-ON-THE-FRACK Anti-fracking campaigners occupy drilling rig http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/Nov-30-Were-All-In-It-Together It's been a long time coming... Wednesday 30th November will see the first mass strike in the UK for four decades. 17 unions, including the biggest ones Unite, UCU, Unison, various teaching unions and PCS, have balloted to strike on pension reform which will see an estimated 3 million off work and, hopefully, cause massive disruption... http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/Occupation-Nation Occupy LSX take a third space in London http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/Tarsand-and-Shame Lewes MP attempts to halt EU ban on Tar Sands oil imports http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/EDL-Merge-from-far-right EDL leader announces he is joining the mini-BNP British Freedom Party. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/TAHRIR-SQUARED Egypt's ongoing revolution returns to Tahrir Square http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/Smash-EDOM Activists target depots linked to Israeli agribusiness EDOM-UK http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/Factory-Floored A sad day for the Bristol squat scene as the long-running Factory social centre finally bit the dust in the early hours of Wednesday morning. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/BNP-Union-Jack-Shit Local anti-fascists were out and about around the South Coast this week as the BNP tried to rear their ugly mugs once again. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/DRAGON-ON-A-CIGGIE- A brief history of the Dragon Festival and Cigarrones travellers site, southern Spain http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/Cowa-Bunga-Bunga In the wake of Burlesquoni's departure, strikes and protest have spread across Italy, against the economic crisis faced by yet another eurozone country. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/Plato-Smashing Austerity Protests Sweep Greece in Time for 38th Anniversary of Student Uprising http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/State-of-The-Occupation The Occupy movements around the world are reaching crunch time this week after it kicks off in New York and London was served with an eviction notice from The City of London Corporation. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/Nov-9-Summed-Up As 'total' policing enters student anti-cuts demo equation... http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/Having-a-Field-Day Hunters continue to flout the law on hunting with dogs, and sabs continue to get in their way every week. http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/EDL-BRUM-FASH-CLASH The EDL will be taking their roadshow back to Brum this week http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/DALE-FARM-NOMADS-LAND Dale Farm residents and Camp Constant supporters walk off site defiant http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/DALE-FARM-EVICTED RESISTANCE AS IRISH TRAVELLERS ETHNICALLY CLEANSED FROM ESSEX http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/OCCUPY-EVERYWHERE Worldwide Occupy Movement roundup http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/BROUGHT-TO-THE-BOOK The 2011 Anarchist Bookfair http://www.schnews.org.uk/stories/BLACKPOOL-ROCKED Fracking causes Blackpool 'quake