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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At just before 8 o'clock on Monday 5th October, several citizen weapons inspectors from the Target Brimar campaign visited the Chadderton premises of military component manufacturer Brimar.[1] They were seeking information on possible connections between Brimar's products and human rights abuses committed in Gaza and the West Bank, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

Burma supporters blockade Total petrol station.

After going domant, Leeds Critical Mass awakens again to remember Kate Furneaux.

Saturday 26th September 2009. Around 150 demonstrators held a peaceful protest at Highgate Farm, Lincolnshire.

350 people are demonstrating outside Highgate Rabbit Farm in Lincolnshire, a supplier of rabbits to the vivisection company Huntingdon Life Sciences. Attendees have hailed the event as a success, bringing the attention of local people to the farms immoral practices.

Supporters of the Leeds refuse collection strike, dumped several bags of rubbish on the doorstep of council leader Richard Brett this morning

Always keen to improve our image, Tesco have offered to help the residents of Leeds by providing domestic waste disposal facilities at all of our stores. Details are contained in the attached press release. For this scheme to work, it's essential that everyone who gets this message forwards it to everyone they know in the Leeds area.



Together we can beat the Rubbish Crisis!



Dusty McRaker

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Undercover with the anarchist mob: paying a visit to one of the UK's worst tabloids

Under this weeks Climate Camp the Daily Mail has visited us several times. Now its time for us to repay the courtesy and pay them a return visit and like them we feel familiar enough not to need to announce our visit in advance. Were just going to pop in.

A perspective paper produced by members of the Anarchist Federation within climate camp 2009.

Our shows from the 27th and 28th of August are now available for your listening pleasure

  Report from workshop hosted by the anarchist federation on how to best build links between the activism of the Social Ecology movement and those in the workplace.

Corporate criminals Tesco had one of their posters improved last weekend to more accurately reflect their attitude to the community of Oakwood, where they are planning a huge expansion to their existing supermarket. The poster (observed at 1800h on Saturday 22nd August 2009 outside Rico's restaurant, Oakwood) had been amended to read, "We want 2 say sod you Oakwood." Their planning application is …

A proposed open cast coal mine has been refused planning permission by Leeds City Council.

The metropolitan police CO11 Public Order Operational Command Unit has opened an account on Twitter in order to relay information regarding the forthcoming Camp for Climate Action protest in London starting on Wednesday 26th August 2009, which many northern activists will be attending and IMC Northern is providing "Be the Media" access for campers.

They say it is designed specifically to relay in…

There are signs that a new round of strikes by fire fighters could take place in the next month. The government could face industrial action on a scale not seen since the Fire Brigades’ Union (FBU) in 2002.

Nuclear Power produces EMISSIONS MUCH MORE POWERFUL THAN CO2 - not to mention nearly 500,000 tonnes of Co2 last year from Sellafield's gas plant. The barrage of pro nuke propaganda is aiming to bounce the country into nuclear new build.  MP for Copeland Jamie Reed has been handsomely rewarded for consistently lying to Parliament about "homegrown, climate friendly and safe" nuclear power. 

Despite massive opposition, and a hard fought campaign in the city of York which resulted in the City Council attempting to ban the sale of Fois Gras from sale anywhere within it's walls (which was subject to a legal challenge over their right to do this by some with vested interests), it seems the message just isn't getting through to some food outlets in the North who insist on continuing to sel…

The historic Odeon building in Bradford city centre is under threat once more after a planning application to completely demolish the building has been submitted to Bradford Council by Yorkshire Forward and Langtree Artisan. The onus is on local people to object to the plans to try and save one of Bradford's most iconic historical buildings.

Some activists think it's a good thing that mainstream media outlets like The Guardian carry news about campaigns and actions. They should think again, as this example of on-line advertising illustrates.

Northern Indymedia now has it's own internet radio station which will be broadcasting content around the clock. We'd like to invite any groups in the north of England to upload their own radio shows in either mp3 or ogg format and we'll add them to the playlist! Whether it be your ramblings on the state of "The State" or playlists of local bands who are active in the area, we want you to be heard.…

On Monday 27th July, activists occupied land near the entrance of Highgate Rabbit Farm, in Lincolnshire, in protest against their breeding of rabbits and ferrets for the vivisection industry. Highgate Farm supply several university and commercial laboratories, including Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS). In conjunction with Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) the campers are holding a peaceful prot…

August 1st 2009 sees the official launch of Northern Indymedia by the alt-media monkeys of IMC Northern England. Having revived the dormant IMC Leeds/Bradford and merged with IMC York, the collective is officially launching their new site as a news resource for all those seeking a better world in the grim north and beyond. 9 Months of hard work are culminating in the public unveiling of the new si…

Last June, 29 people stopped a train loaded with coal that was heading for Drax power station. From 29th June to 3rd July 2009 they were tried for the offense of stopping a train.