Pictures of EDL in Leeds on 31/10/09

Today at 12noon on Saturday 31st October nearly 200 people gathered in Bradford city centre to oppose the demolition of the abandoned Odeon Cinema. The rally saw speeches from local campaigners outside the city's town hall, then outside the Odeon itself with a human chain around the building and finally culminated at the Westfield development site.

Throughout the event the public were encouraged …

At 15:00 hours, 450 EDL protestors were kettled in city square to listen to talks and to chant. The EDL supporters had come from all over the UK to preach their message on the streets of Leeds. The atmosphere was reminiscent of a football hooligan riot, with fists, skinheads, and barely a woman or child to be seen. There were banners with slogans such as 'No to sharia law', 'Women are not posessio…

Back into the vicinity of a computer from the anti-EDL march in Leeds city centre, here's a dogs eye view of the turns of the day so far.

Following the UAF and EDL protest in Leeds

Today in City Square, Leeds, the English Defence League held a rally. The EDL is a nationalist, islamophobic organisation formed earlier this year and is widely viewed as racist.

A counter-demonstration was organised by Unite Against Fascism (UAF). Participants described it variously as being dull, jubilant and tightly controlled. Meanwhile, other anti-EDL groups attempted to confront EDL directl…

Around the country billboards containing Poppy Appeal posters from the Royal British Legion are displaying images of British soldiers in Afghanistan, or their grieving widows and family. While the appeal tried to raise it's annual £30 million, most people think the best way to help the troops is to bring them home and prosecute the politicians who sent them. Below we outline how to modify these bi…

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Taking a stroll into town today I spotted a beautiful banner. I took some pictures to share. Check https://northern.tachanka.org/articles/274 for more about the protest.

Two people have scaled the old Odeon building in Bradford in a bid to halt the demolition of the historic building and engage the community ahead of a protest this Saturday.

This morning at 5am two local people climbed inside the Odeon in a campaign to save the building. A banner reading 'Save the Odeon' was unfurled at 7.30am to engage the local community with the issue of undemocratic descision…

Today the foyer of Leeds train sation was host to a new marketing campaign...for a car.

Hot on the heels of making West Yorkshire fur-free, West Yorkshire Animal Rights Group has launched a brand new undercover investigation to go along with our new campaign:



BORN INTO A LIFE OF HELL - CLOSE DOWN DOGS 4 US!

Today activists in Leeds got together to put on a huge day of activites and info in Leeds City Centre to talk to people about the Climate Change and how we can take action to ruduce our carbon useage.

Here are some photos from the day of some of the different groups and what they were up to. For more info or to get involved see the links below.

Pictures of the Engage and Change event in Leeds, as climate activists from a variety of campaigns come together for the International Day of Climate Action.

On 22nd October the West Yorkshire Animal Rights Group (WYARG) turned up at the Next One Leather store in Leeds to continue the spree of regular demonstrations outside the shop, as part of the campaign to end their sale of fur. After holding posters and handing out leaflets, security staff arrived to kick the protest outside, however the owner of Next One Leather invited campaigners into the shop …

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On Wednesday 21st October, the protest group "Shell to Sea" stopped work at an illegal Shell oil pipeline contruction site for the entire day when a campaigner climbed onto the arm of a digger which was laying bog mats, in preparation for drilling works.

The Shell To Sea Campaign is supported by many comrades from Northern England, see previous reports - Shell To Sea visit Leeds | Reports from Sh…

Yesterday morning, West Yorkshire Police raided two houses of animal rights campaigners in Leeds following alledged offences in connection with fur-shop Next One Leather.

After months of careful planning, notably using a ballot to decide the target of the action, several hundreds of climate activists from around the UK swooped on Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station in Nottinghamshire today.

More info: Notts IMC timeline | 2 | #Swoop Twitter | Climate Camp Twitter | Swoop Flickr Pics | CC Galleries | Swoop Videos| Mainstream TV Reports

Previous coverage: Ma…

The main contractor at Fiddler's Ferry power station in Cheshire is seeking an injunction under the Prevention of Terrorism Act to prevent blacklisted workers from picketing the site.

This afternoon, around 70 people gathered in Chadderton, Greater Manchester at the launch demonstration of the Target Brimar campaign.

Today the second site of the Sheffield Social Centre on Northumberland Road was evicted.

On Saturday, October 10th 2009 a group of about 45 people gathered at a pub in South Leeds for an event that would take us through some of the forgotten places and forgotten stories of Leeds. During the three-hour stroll we took a critical look outside of the orthodox coding of space and we considered how social relations have shaped - and continue to shape - the skyline of our city.

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Newcastle Animal Rights Group in support with Vegi North East, SHAC Birmingham, SHAC Leeds, Hull Animal Rights along with numerous other animal rights groups and residents of Newcastle marched against vivisection today [9th October] in the city centre of Newcastle before proceeding to demonstrate against Sanofi Aventis.

Activists met at Newcastle Civic Centre for 12 pm and then set off at 12.45p…

underclassrising.net knew some time ago that MILLIONS of pounds of Government money (that's tax payers cash to me and you) is being used to bail out the developer of Sheffield's troubled City Lofts tower to ensure the scheme is completed, we can now reveal. Regional development agency Yorkshire Forward decided to provide the funding - to prevent the 32-storey development from being left as an unfi…

2ND DEMO THIS WEEK

Also see:  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/09/437553.html

The Background to Pisgah House.

Pisgah House is a Grade II listed residence constructed in the 1820’s, tucked away in a quiet backwater (Pisgah House Road) at the top end of Hoole Rd. It is next door to the Etruria House Hotel, which is also a listed building. Pisgah House has a fine 2-story coach house which is itself a listed building.

NOL & RBS DEMO'D