The following is a statement from the ActivistSecurity.org collective following discussions with individuals involved in the expose of 'Lynn Watson' as an undercover police infiltrator. The original of this, including photographs, can be found at their website http://www.activistsecurity.org/lynn_watson.html

On Wednesday 5th of Jan the council had a meeting to decide the fate of Royal Park School.  With three bidders aiming to take control of the building the council agreed to lease School to the community group Royal Park Community Consortium (RPCC).  This is marks the end of a 6 year community campaign where at one point the community squatted the building in 2009.  The group started as 7 people wr…

On Friday 17th December 2010 a group of sex workers from various locations around West Yorkshire and the UK were joined by local campaign supporters to hold a vigil as part of a global event to mark the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

The group, carrying red umbrellas to mark their support for the campaign, handed out leaflets and chatted to late night shoppers, early revell…

Protests against companies accused of dodging taxes took place across the UK today, with protestors in Kendal, Cumbria targeting Topshop and Vodafone.  The group were met with swift action by shopping centre security guards, furious that anyone would dare to hand out leaflets to shoppers.  Violent removal followed.

Links: Other tax avoidance actions.

One student's opinon on what happened over the last week. Including such classic moments as "The University of Bradford Occupation", the controversial "Lollipop Ladies and Laddies", the arrest of youths in Bradford city centre and the spectacle of Thursday the 9th's demonstration in London.

On Saturday 4th December over 150 women and children marched through the city centre of Leeds, West Yorkshire, to fight against rape and sexual violence.

Reclaim the Night, also known as Take Back the Night, began in 1976 in Italy, Belgium and Germany. In response to the "Ripper Murders" in Leeds, and inspired by the marches on the European continent, eleven marches took place simultaneously arou…

Saturday 27th November 2010 saw several actions taking place in the centre of Bradford to mark Buy Nothing Day, a global day of action to raise awareness of the dangers and pitfalls of rampant consumerism. The premise is a simple one and one that has now spread across the globe: go an entire day without buying anything.

Deliberately timed to occur as the pre-christmas panic march to the shops is …

Yesterday a leak on the DECC website revealed that Kirksanton and Braystones - two greenfield sites in West Cumbria earmarked for new nuclear build are - "not suitable."

Following the greenfield site nominations all people's energy and outrage has gone into opposing the Kirksanton and Braystones proposals, taking attention away from the extraordinarily flawed reasoning of proposing new nuclea…

From Thursday to Sunday in Leeds there was a queer film festival at a squatted location in Leeds organised by Queer Mutiny North.  The festival was held to bring Queers together to a safe space in Leeds and open up issues for discussion.  Five years after Leeds first queer film festival at Hanover Square the event organisers opened up an empty building in Chapeltown for the second queer film …

Following a long campaign to provide support to detained asylum seekers, the charity Medical Justice has amassed a large amount of detailed information on the harm caused to children when they are detained by the UK Borders Authority (UKBA) in Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs).

Although the Deputy Prime Minister stated on 21st July 2010  that the detention of children would cease, it is continui…

On the 28th of August the English Defence League came to Bradford to stir up trouble much like in 7 July 2001 and were, to a large part, ignored.  See the coverage on Northern Indymedia from the time-line and articles [1] [2] [3] and other photos.  There was a similar demonstration in Leeds on the 21st of Oct 2009.

Bradford Prepares for the EDL | Women for Peace assemble on Friday | Video…

Every Ramadan Israel floods the European markets with dates, which enrich its economy thereby helping it continue its oppression of the Palestinian people. Many Muslims are unaware of this and unwittingly purchase Israeli dates, thereby supporting the Israeli economy and it’s occupation of the Palestinian people. Every Ramadan the boycott of Israeli blood dates grows stronger and stronger.

Boyc…

The EF! summer gathering happend near Derby between the 4th and the 8th of August this year.  To bring together eco-activists from all around Great Britan. The event was a sucessful as well as being one of the largest EF! gatherings in years.

Previous Coverage: Set-up

Recent EF! actions: Norfolk Shell to Sea, Manchester Peat Bog

Bringing independent news, comment, discussion and analysis, interpersed with top tunes, the Radio Interference Collective gathered on Friday evening to assemble the elements for this month's show - broadcasting live from 8.00 and available to download in a day or two when we've taken out the burps, farts, uncontrolled laughter and incoherent mumbling.

North Yorks Counter Terrorist Unit has arrested two or more people, raided and searched at least two addresses and visited other addresses, apparently in connection with kayak training last month.

At lunchtime on Wednesday 26th May two addresses in Belper, Derbyshire, were raided by the West Yorkshire Counter Terrorist Unit.

This years MayDay, or International Workers Day, saw some of the biggest efforts made for years across the North of England as people came out in decent numbers to celebrate what is traditionally the most important day of the Anarchist calendar. Events were held in Manchester, Bradford and Leeds, alongside happenings at various locations around the UK and World to mark the occasion.

Mayday …

Over the past seven days, animal rights activists have hit the streets and campuses nationwide, calling for an end to animal experimentation in universities as part of the Week of Action Against University Vivisection organised by SAEAB.

Stop Animal Experiments At Bradford | World Day for Animals in Laboratories | Stop Animal Experiments in Sheffield

Claire and Bruno have been in Colombia helping build grassroots community groups.  Claire is from Espacio Bristol-Colombia and has been living in Colombia for a year and is going back soon and Bruno came over as a repsentative for the community to speak at the BP AGM.  They are on a UK on a speaking/ workshop tour to build links with groups who could help in the global fight against the oil indust…

Today (Wednesday 7th April 2010) the new Leeds Rape Crisis helpline will open at 6pm.

The service, Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL), is currently run entirely by volunteers and paid for by fundraising.

From the 7th April 2010 the helpline opening hours are Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 6pm until 8pm.

The helpline number is 0113 202 1844. The helpline is open…

In recent weeks a struggle has begun to emerge at the University of Leeds. The university management is claiming that they need to cut spending by £35 million due to the economic crisis. The lecturers union (UCU) rightfully claims this could cause the loss of 700 jobs. The effects will go beyond just job losses but will continue the degradation of education caused by deep rooted systematic problem…

Activists from the Northern region yesterday took part in a huge blockade of AWE, Aldermaston, which builds nuclear warheads for the UK's Trident Submarines.

Links: Zombies Take To The Streets Of Bradford | Zombies For A Nuclear Apocalypse | Aldermaston Big Blockade

At 12pm on Saturday 13th February, 2010, between 100-150 Animal Rights activists gathered at Centenary Square in the centre of Bradford to protest against the use of animals for experimentation at the University of Bradford.



A march through the streets and up to the University building witnessed several arrests and what many regarded to be heavy handed policing tactics, as protestors were prevented…

After seven months of occupying woodlands in South Lanarkshire the Mainshill Solidarity Camp is preparing for an eviction on Monday the 25th. The camp called a pre-eviction gathering after receiving a tip-off.

They are calling for people to come to the site and prepare to resist the forced removal by the notorious National Eviction Team, who visited the site late last year. The land they are occu…

To mark International Animal Rights Day 2009, activists across the country held demonstrations and vigils in their towns to draw attention to animal abuse and suffering.



In Bradford, anti-vivisectionists held a noisy and visual demo at the University of Bradford to draw attention to their ongoing animal testing programme which has become under growing pressure to stop.



At the University of Leeds, a …

A self-organised group a cyclists from Leeds, Bradford, and other locations along the route departed from Bradford on Monday morning, en route for London on 5th December, to participate in the march there which is itself part of the countdown to Cop15.

Calling at Sheffield (Mon evening), Nottingham (Tue), Peterborough (Wed), Cambridge (Thu), and Walthamstow (Fri), the cyclists aim to raise awaren…

Ten years have passed since the first Indymedia site came to life in November 30th 1999. Media activists came together for the first time during the amazing anti-WTO summit protests that took place in Seattle (US), kickstarting the emergence of a global 'movement of movements' that has spent this decade struggling against neoliberalism, war and environmental destruction.

But this has also been a …

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…

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…

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 …

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…