The Occupied Times of London was founded in October 2011 during the first week of the occupation of St Paul’s. The first issue of the OT came out on the 24th of October, just nine days after the occupation began with a print run of 2000 copies of 12 A4 pages. They have continued to produced and distribute the paper monthly. On the Show we have 3 guests, Natalia Sanchez-Bell, Steven Maclean and Jack Dean.
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The collective behind London Indymedia are closing shop. In the past twelve years, the collective have racked up over 100 years of involvement in radical political organising and media production and have provided invaluable resources, contributing to the proliferation of information, communication, opinion and discussion within the UK radical political movements in which they are situated. They recently published their decision to archive the site and close down the project, stating a desire to move on to other political work. This show features a conversation with several former members of the London Indymedia collective on reasons for wrapping up and moving on, with much time spent reflecting on the current state of independent media production in an information age with a vast majority of internet track going towards a handful of corporately owned and controlled social networking tools and publishing platforms. (You can listen to the full version of the interview on Dissident Island episode 111.
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Scott Crow is a community organizer, writer, strategist and speaker who advocates the philosophy and practices of anarchism for social, environmental, and economic aims.
For almost two decades he has continued to use his experience and ideas in co-founding and co-organizing numerous radical grassroots projects in Texas, including Treasure City Thrift, Radical Encuentro Camp, UPROAR (United People Resisting Oppression and Racism), Dirty South Earth First! and the Common Ground Collective, the largest anarchist influenced organization in modern U.S. history to date.
In addition to grassroots organizing, he has worked for regional and national organizations, including Greenpeace, Rainforest Action Network, Ruckus Society and A.C.O.R.N. With his partner, he produced the documentary film Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation. These political activities lead to him being labeled a “domestic terrorist” by the FBI beginning in the late 90s with investigations that continued for almost a decade.
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Robert King Wilkerson is a former member of the Black Panther Party. He spent 29 years in solitary confinement in the Louisiana State Prison aka Angola Prison for a crime that prison officials pinned on him in an effort to neutralize his effective organizing abilities. They planned to keep him in a 6×9 cell for the rest of his life, but he finally proved his innocence and was released in February of 2001. Since his release, King has worked to free two other former Black Panthers, Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace, who are still incarcerated at Angola. They were also framed and even though extensive proof of their innocence has been established, both still remain in solitary confinement after 34 years! Collectively, they are referred to as the Angola 3.
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One year on from the eviction of Dale Farm (what used to be Europe’s largest travellers’ site in Essex, UK) this edition of the Circled A radio show on Resonance FM will take a special focus on traveller solidarity and action.
The 30 minute show features two segments. The first, included field recordings and interviews recorded and edited by Patrick and Brian of Dissident Island Radio from their visit to Dale Farm in March 2011. (For the original full-length piece check-out this show: http://archive.org/details/DissidentIslandRadio-04March2011)
The second segment is a telephone conversation with activist and Irish traveller Phien O’Phien as he participated in a recent protest action with the Traveller Solidarity Network on 19 October 2012 – the mass action Fight for Sites which happened on 19 October 2012 targeted the Department for Communities & Local Government – marking the one year anniversary of the eviction of Dale Farm. Protesters vowed to give Eric Pickles a ‘taste of his own medicine’ by launching ‘the eviction to end all evictions’. (Listen to the full-length original interview here: http://archive.org/details/DissidentIslandRadio-19October2012-Episode110)
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Donnacha DeLong presents his monthly show on The Circled A. Called “Christmas for Anarchists” by some, it’s time for the London Anarchist Bookfair. This Saturday, 27 October, the anarchist movement takes over Queen Mary, University of London, once again for the annual jambouree of stalls, talks and networking.
Tony Wood, veteran bookfair organiser, and Jayne from Freedom Press join Donnacha in the studio to talk about bookfairs past and look ahead to Saturday and beyond.
Plus a little bit of a tribute to the soon to be no more Chumbawamba at the start and end of the show.
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October was the annual world mental health day and on this show we have 3 people from Core Arts which is a charity that exists to promote the artistic and creative abilities of people who experience severe and enduring mental health issues. Kerry Hudson – artist, commentator on Bi – Polar issues, blogger for Huffington Post and her own blog Sea-saw Seating Plan and writer for N16 magazine and currently Mental Healthy magazine, Gary Molloy artist, writer and spokesperson on Bi -Polar Issues and Mark Roberts artist, spokesperson and organiser for Mad Pride.
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From those involved with the Spanish occupation in their own words. Francisco Kunzi & Alfredo Zofio.
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Following on from a part one this is the second part of interviews conducted with two women from Global Women Strike.
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This show is presented by Chickpea of Dissident Island Radio, features portions of an interview with Brian and Keir, two members of the Leeds-based collective writing and discussion group. Free Association about the project, its process and the complexities associated with anti-capitalist protest.
The interview is peppered with samples from a copyleft of their recently published book ‘Moments of Excess’. Accessible and enlightening in its deconstruction of capitalism, the Free Association’s book and the group’s continuing engagement in contemporary radical, anti-capitalist politics and political organising is particularly relevant not only to anarchists and anti-capitalists of all flavours but to all dissenters of ‘capitalism as usual’ in its ability to question and inspire, in entertaining ways, thought in the process, purpose and direction behind the contemporary political protest movements in the UK and beyond.
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