Saturday, 18 July 2015

Buckingham Palace has said it is disappointed that footage from 1933 showing the Queen performing a Nazi salute has been released.

The Sun has published the film which shows the Queen aged about seven, with her mother, sister and uncle.

The palace said it was "disappointing that film, shot eight decades ago... has been obtained and exploited".

The newspaper has refused to say how it got the footage but said it was an "important and interesting story".

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Reclaim the Fields International Action Camp 2015 - UK Indymedia #onn #olsx #protest #fracking #prisons #gardens

Reclaim the Fields International Action Camp 2015 - UK Indymedia

Friday, 17 July 2015

Noam Chomsky's Magna Carta Eco-Village by Nick Rosen — Kickstarter please support this DONATE #onn #olsx

Noam Chomsky's Magna Carta Eco-Village by Nick Rosen — Kickstarter

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About the Project

This is a film about how and why people choose to live off grid. It is both passionate about our Civil Liberties and highly informative about exactly how to live Off-Grid in comfort and style.

Larger donors get a guided tour of an off-grid location. Noam Chomsky has backed this project and gives a detailed interview in the film.

Runnymede Eco-Village started three years ago on disused land next door to the historic field where the Magna Carta was sealed by King John. It is now a successful, vibrant, growing community. However, the off-gridders were suddenly targeted by police and developers in the runup to the Magna Carta celebrations in June 2015.

We had already been filming there for the past three months and expect the finished film to be released in September 2015. Some larger backers will be invited to a press screening with Producer, Director and some of the characters present in the room.

MIT Professor Noam Chomsky has endorsed the Village. In the trailer you see him talking about the eco-village as a symbol of the battle to save the environment.

By juxtaposing their story with the 800th Magna Carta anniversary, we raise issues about personal freedom and society's rejection of a lifestyle that harms no-one and can help our planet, and our civilisation survive.

The Village has already had media coverage - but nobody has told the story from the inside over an extended period, with key interviews from all the players as well as local History professor Justin Champion, one of the world's leading experts on the Magna Carta. These are real people with lives and jobs, hopes and dreams - we are grateful to all of them for helping us.

TV wants primped and preened "perfect families" or dumbass survivalists to be mocked in a reality series.

Our hope is that when you watch this film you will think: "I could live like that - I want to live like that!"

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Smart Phone Video Activism training every Tues 6-8pm at the Hive Dalston #onn #olsx

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"Make sure all your events and actions get covered by learning simple techniques for making high-quality, fast-turnaround video reports. With free cartoons! No prior knowledge needed. Please bring a charged smartphone. At the Hive Dalston Tuesday July 21 6pm-8pm.

Video activist trainer Richard Hering said: "Basically, every action or event should have a designated videographer, like a designated driver, but more fun."

With our cartoon templates, you can quickly gain the skills to make watchable news reports to communicate your action to lots more people."

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MPs win surveillance powers legal challenge - BBC News

Two MPs have won a High Court battle over laws which they say allow the police and security services to "spy on citizens" without proper safeguards.

The government said it "disagreed absolutely" with the court's ruling and would seek to appeal.

David Davis and Tom Watson argued the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act was incompatible with human rights.

It was fast-tracked through Parliament last July, allowing security agencies to gather phone and internet data.

Two High Court judges have now found that the act is "inconsistent with EU law".

Thursday, 16 July 2015

Urban gardening in Greece – A new form of protest - Green European Journal #onn #olsx #commons #thisisACoup

Urban gardening in Greece – A new form of protest - Green European Journal

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The Greek crisis has radically changed Greek society, politics and the economy. In just a few years the “Greek Dream” of the beginning of the 21^st century, when Greece had experienced some years of rapid GDP growth (about 4% for the first 4 years of the new millennium) mainly due to construction and consumption, has turned into a nightmare.

The Greek society is a society in great depression. In this article we will focus on the development of new forms of social movements, social conflicts and solidarity initiatives that we consider to be part of the green ideals and could help the Greek society get out of depression.

Greek crisis and environmental protection

Environmental politics were never well developed in Greece, but in the last years before the economic crisis the Greek environmental movement has had a short “renaissance”. First, there was the movement against the Olympic Games, which helped reinforce other local urban movements fighting to reclaim public spaces for societal use. Secondly, the massive series of forest fires in 2007 led to an increased public awareness about the causes and effects of global warming, which then led to the creation of new environmental grassroots movements (e.g. Green Attack, Bloggers, Guerrilla Gardeners etc.), and the reinforcement of the Greek Green Party that gained an MEP in the 2009 European elections. This in turn has led to the “greening” of the public discourse of other political parties (mainly Pasok and Syriza). Finally, the Greek riots of December 2008 and the participating youth movements have led to the creation of new social experiments around the social and solidarity economy, this involves the so called “transition and recovery movements” (movements aiming to transform economical activities and every-day life rather than to protest and reclaim changes from the authorities) or the theory of degrowth.

Wednesday, 15 July 2015

Mhairi Black: SNP MP's maiden speech in full

What is kinetic energy? Can it be harnessed to power our stuff? : TreeHugger

So what is kinetic energy? There's motion everywhere in our world. What if we could harness energy that would otherwise be wasted to power our gadgets and generate clean electricity? Is it too good to be true? We've written many articles about various things that do that, from small gadgets to big infrastructure, but we've never really looked at the field as a whole, with an explanation of how it works and an overview of the pros and cons of trying to harness kinetic energy.

So first thing first: Kinetic energy is the energy of motion. Accelerating an object from a rest position to a certain velocity takes energy, and the object maintains that energy as long as its speed doesn't change. When the object decelerates, that energy from its motion can be transferred in various ways.

If we're talking about a brake pad on a bicycle wheel, the movement of the wheels is progressively stopped using friction and the kinetic energy is transformed into heat, which in this case doesn't do anything useful. But there are ways to harness kinetic energy to either generate useful mechanical work or electricity. This is what many have tried to do to make use of energy that would be otherwise wasted.

MPs to debate revised 'English votes for English laws' plan - BBC News ToryConstitutional Coup meets severe Flak from opposition #onn #olsx

MPs to debate revised 'English votes for English laws' plan - BBC News

The House of Commons is to debate revised government proposals to give England's MPs a veto over English laws.

Ministers had to amend their plans after criticism from opposition MPs, including over the time for scrutiny.

A final set of proposals will be drafted after the debate, with a delayed vote to be held in September.

The debate comes after a row over plans to change fox hunting laws in England and Wales, with a vote being axed after the SNP said it would oppose the move.

The SNP had previously said it would not vote on issues affecting England and Wales only.

But it said its change of heart was partly due to the government trying to make Scottish MPs "second-class citizens" in the Commons through its "English votes for English laws" plans.

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Tuesday, 14 July 2015

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Pictures and Video from the Balls to the Budget Protest #Balls2TheBudget #Budget2015 » DPAC #onn #olsx #protest #budget

Pictures and Video from the Balls to the Budget Protest #Balls2TheBudget #Budget2015 » DPAC

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Massive Banner Dropped across the Thames opposite Parliament – reads “‘Balls2TheBudget #DPAC”. Photo by Kate Belgrave (@Hangbitch).

The massive banner you can see above was made by the Banner Collective @blacbanner (Anna, Anton, Robin, Seamus and Sharon). DPAC are hugely grateful to them for making it for us in memory of @moriarty107 who passed away #RIP.

DPAC also want to thank Class War, Streets Kitchen, Black Dissidents, London Latinxs, Columbian Women in Action, Occupy, Brick Lane Debates, Winvisible, London Black Revs, Reclaim Hackney, Camden Resists, Never Again Ever, Global Women’s Strike, People Before Profit and Fuel Poverty Action and all that supported us on the 8th for joining with us to make the day such a massive success.

From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of crips;
For them to-day that marches or tweets with me
Shall be my sibling; be they ne’er so vile,
This day shall gentle their condition;
And crips in England now watching Wimbledon on BBC2
Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here,
And hold their wobbly bits cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon #Balls2theBudget day.

With apologies to William Shakespeare (from Henry V)

There follows pictures, tweets and videos of the protest, hope you enjoy the show:

There are more photosets here

‘Balls to the Budget’ budget day Downing St protest in London http://www.demotix.com/news/8064257/dpac-balls-budget-downing-st-protest-london … by @Peter_Marshall

‏ photo set from yesterday’s #Balls2TheBudget protest. http://www.patphillipsphotography.com/balls-to-the-budget-2015 …

Michael Segalov (@MikeSegalov) on Buzzfeed: http://www.buzzfeed.com/michaelsegalov/dpac-protest

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