The Common Place is dead, long live Wharf Chambers.  Out of the ashes of the Common Place a new workers collective has been set up and on Friday there was a fundraiser for the vegan/vegitarian cafe that will run out of the building.  With regular opening still a few weeks away Friday was a chance to see some of the hard work that has been put into the space. 

The tents are up, the sun is shining, the porridge is hot!

Solidarity Call for Gerze Community in Turkey, who successfully defended its land against the power plant company and the state violence

West Yorkshire Police have been granted new powers including a dispersal order which discriminates against the young and threatens summary eviction for council tenants.

The Sheffield & Doncaster Hunt Saboteurs van was stolen this morning

America, the country I live in, is a great nation and despite the flaws characterizing all great nations throughout history we try and hold hope our leaders try to do what's right (most of the time). No matter our political differences and beliefs most of us are loyal to and have faith in our country. Where there are issues, it's not that we wish to give up on the good old US. In fact it's jus…

Dale Farm eviction imminent - go down to show support.

Time10 September · 11:00 - 14:00LocationFoot of the Mound (by Princes Street), EdinburghForEdinburgh Anti-Fascist AllianceMore infoThis Saturday the racist thugs of the 'Scottish Defence League' are planning to demonstrate in Edinburgh.



Join the counter-protest!

The Advisory Service for Squatters releases its first newsletter... and wants your help!

Fox hunters begin to train their young hounds to kill by hunting fox cubs

The Guide has been updated following recent events

Following the publicity about Bobby Roberts Circus having a live elephant as part of its act (no longer) this has attracted three circuses to come from overseas and tour in the UK for the first time. Yorkshire will see the Polish State Circus which will include two elephants, three lions, many horses and a tiger. Dates are so far agreed as August 14 to Sept 9th at 15 Bridge St Otley West Yorkshire…

The desire for change is not easily swept aside – that counts for the peoples in every country in the world and my country, America, no less. I write this from the perspective of an American. Cheap sparkly stuff cannot permanently assuage a deep down hunger for a freer life and a more liberated path. When a nation selects a new way forward those that opted for change are not easily dissuade…

Following the publicity about Bobby Roberts Circus having a live elephant as part of its act (no longer) this has attracted three circuses to come from overseas and tour in the UK for the first time.  Yorkshire will see the Polish State Circus which will include two elephants, three lions, many horses and a tiger.  Dates are so far agreed as August 14 to Sept 9th at 15 Bridge St Otley West Yorkshi…

Nonprofit network is being developed with a focus on local news from locally-based independent reporters and citizen journalists.

A new website has been launched for those who have been harrassed in the street to share their stories, feelings and information about their experiences. The site is called West Yorkshire Hollaback! and is now live, featuring a map of location of incidents described on the website.



You can contribute a story by going to the site and clicking on 'share your story', you can also upload pictures of t…

Fancy an anti-hunt patch?

The EDL stumble embarassingly on. oh lordy!

Greater Manchester Police arrested 113 people overnight on Tuesday 9th August

as thousands of youths ransacked shops, attacked officers and torched cars in the city centre.

Create Dependency, Withdraw , Watch them Plead for More...

The way in which the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority coldly announced the closure of MOX - without discussion - was calculated to prompt pleas for new nuclear developments.  Sure enough Jamie Reed MP and other nuclear shills are calling for MOX 2 (!) along with new build and deep disposal.

Early Saturday morning anti-fracking [1] campaigners climbed 500 feet to hang two banners [2] from the iconic Blackpool Tower raising awareness about the dangers of hydraulic fracturing for shale gas spreading to the UK. The two climbers was were later arrested by police when they descended, but not before having their lives risked by Blackpool Tower workers who attacked them with a pressure washe…

Hey there - A couple of bits of info. One did you know you could publish Audio clips on the Northern Indymedia site?

And another - we did a jingle for the Manchester based redbricks radio. Here it is!

Rather hypocritically given the taxpayer £millions being spent on nuclear spin and bribery in Cumbria, the NDA said: "[We have] concluded that in order to ensure that the UK taxpayer does not carry a future financial burden from [Sellafield Mox plant] that the only reasonable course of action is to close [Sellafield Mox plant] at the earliest practical opportunity."

We agree - not…

EDL stumble from crisis to crisis! Read All Abaht It!

This band are playing the Snooty Fox in wakefield on the 27th august under the name bisson and the vikings, swedish white power band.

It's been a busy week for the EDL following the Norway massacre.

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local/localbrad/9161034.Sporting_event_is_threatened_by_gipsy_camp_at_Bradford_park/

A rather shameful comments section from local Bradfordians who neither seem to understand nor care for anything other than the fact that it's happening in their back yard

Lately war has been a hot topic. There have been the events of the Arab Spring and all the activity there. There has been the locating and subsequent killing of Osama Bin Laden, negotiations between our government and the Taliban and the ramifications those things have for Afghanistan and the promise made to track down the person most responsible and then leave. There has also been exaspera…

Friends of Gledhow Valley Woods had an action day today. Volunteers worked on a variety of tasks to conserve and maintain this area of woodland in Leeds.

Gledhow Valley Woods is a small area of woodland nestled between areas of dense housing. To the South is Harehills, West is Chapeltown, North is Chapel Allerton and East is Oakwood. Residents of these areas anjoy the shared amenity of the woodla…