During the days of action around the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference which took place in Denmark - most commonly referred to as the COP15 - a group of radio ethusiasts hailing from around the globe came together to produce daily radio shows for Indymedia Radio in four different languages.

On this 52nd edition of Dissident Island Radio, which broadcast live from the London Action Resource Centre on the 05 February 2010:

We had with us a motley crew of dissidents. Two people (David Mery and Pennie Quinton) who've fought 'The Man' on 'his terms' and won respect for our rights talk to us about the recent European Court of Human Rights decision on the Stop and Search powers of British authorities and DNA retention...as well as the broader assault on our civil and human rights.

Our Northern correspondent Heavy D swung into action and grabbed us some words from SAEAB (Stop Animal Experiments at Braford) about all things animal rights in the grim north, including their upcoming days of action. We also had words about the Stop the Traffic campaign on their plans for the UK's biggest traffic jam and how you can help out.

Live in studio we had Pete the Temp with some fantastic spoken word madness...

So check it! Live and direct every first and third Friday of the month from the social centre scene in London at 9pm GMT and available for download shortly after...

--CLICK HERE TO LISTEN/DOWNLOAD--

Until next time...keep it sweet dissidents,

D*I
www.dissidentisland.org

SOAS School of Oriental and African Studies

Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H

Debating radical political culture in Germany, the UK and beyond

On Saturday 6th February the Kronstadt Hangar was opened for the public. In the afternoon, despite a heavy police presence migrants successfully entered the newly-opened space at the invitation of NoBorders activists. The hangar is intended to be a space for information-sharing, debate and practical solidarity.

Together, around 100 activists and migrants broke through police lines chanting “Freedom! Freedom!”. Riot police in full body protection are currently circling the building and threatening the migrants with mass arrests. People are currently occupying the building.      Read full feature

Wednesday 10th February 2010, 7pm, The Horse Hospital Colonnade (just behind Russell Square Tube Station), Bloomsbury, WC1

CHINA BULLIES DAVOS THE IRRELEVANCE OF DAVOS G8, G20 AND COPENHAGEN

@ The Dolphin, 165 Mare Street, London, E8 3RH

Book to take part in a discussion with radical photographer David Hoffman as he speaks about his part in the I'm a Photographer Not a Terrorist movement, press freedom and concerns over lowering of ethical and technical standards in photography.

The Frontline Club

13 Norfolk Place

Paddington

W2 1QJ

SOAS School of Oriental and African Studies, room G3,

Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, WC1H

On Saturday, 23 January 2010, demonstrators took the streets of central London as part of the 'Life's too short to be controlled' demonstration called by No Borders. This article contains links to audio from the demonstration, including the speeches made at the start of the demonstration, in front of the entrance to St Pancras Station and at the end, near the Eros statue in Picadilly.

56a Infoshop, 56 Crampton Street, London, SE17 3AE

56a Infoshop, 56 Crampton Street, London, SE17 3AE

Tuesday 26 January 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Room G2, SOAS, London
www.soas.ac.uk/visitors/location/maps/

Sunday Jan 31st
7.30pm-10.30pm
The Grosvenor
17 Sidney road
Stockwell
London
SW9 0TP
Entry: £5/4

Power's Acoustic Room, 332 Kilburn High Road, Kilburn, London, NW6 2QN

Download the 51st episode of Dissident Island Radio, broadcast live from LARC on 15 January 2010, featuring:

• Folks from London No Borders chatting about the upcoming "Life's too short to be controlled" day of action on 23 January, with a discussion linking the issues of migration, border control and state surveillance;
• SmashEDO on their upcoming "Remember Gaza" mass demo, aiming to shut-down the Brighton bomb-makers;
• Some words from the Cloak and Dinner, on putting together a gourmet food experience in Bristol;
• Reflections on state repression in Denmark from a legal observer at the COP15 actions, and prisoner solidarity info for the political prisoners in Copenhagen, with information on how to show your solidarity from afar; and
• A live telephone call to Non Commercial House with news of their re-opening, as well as the usual banter, bollocks, tunes...and to end it all, jungle-vibes from xtrats.

So check it!

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE SHOW

And make sure to check our archive for a links to other awesome shows!

Keep it warm and cosy.

D*I

The Non Commercial House was a squatted autonomous space on 165 Commercial Street, London, E1. The project  consisted of a giant Free Shop for people to share, recycle what they dont need and take what they need. After several attempts that were resisted, the space was finally evicted on 30th November 2009 by high court bailiffs, on behalf of the owner The City of London. 

But the place has been taken back!! and on Saturday 16th of January there was the Grand Re-Opening. Apart from the FreeShop itself and some free food and loads of cuppas, there was also a reverse strip poker (dress an item when you lose!) and some music in the evening to enjoy the space at its best. [Event]

"We live in a society of over consumption and waste. Non Commercial House aims to offer an alternative based upon cooperation, mutual respect and sustainable living. It is not only about objects but about sharing!"

Lift 'n' Hoist Social Centre, 1 Queens Row, Walworth, SE17

Meet at London Eye, Minster Court
Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7JB

12 noon

Dysophia and Shift Magazine have joined forces to put together a Climate Camp Reader, “Criticism without Critique”, published in January 2010. This reader hopes to encourage and faciliate debates at the next climate camp gatherings. To download it follow the link below.

Editorial

In January & February 2010, the Camp for Climate Action will go through a period of introspection as it works out where it shall go next. While in some ways the Camp has been a success, it has also come under a barrage of criticism from some quarters within the radical movements that spawned it.

To help this debate we have put together a set of resources and relevant articles to inform and spark discussion relating to this criticism. Our bias is obvious, though the opinions expressed are those of the authors alone. Whether you agree with them or not, we believe they are worth taking on board. We hope at least that you feel confident answering their challenges, rather than just dismissing them.

Now is the time for the Camp to examine its politics in more depth, to work out just what it stands for. This is a cross-roads in its development, to continue down a path of ever increasing liberal, reformist approach, or to be the noisy radical, pointing out all the white elephants in the climate change debate. The future of the movement around the camp is being shaped here. The decisions being made now will have profound impacts on who is and who is not involved in the future.

The Camp for Climate Action grew out of the radical anarchist and environmental movements, a synthesis of the organisational skills developed at the Anti-G8 protest camp at Stirling, and the ecological direct action movements such as Earth First! The perception that emerges from these criticisms is this has been lost along the way.

We accept that this booklet makes challenging reading and that we offer little in the way of solutions. These, we believe, must come from within the camp itself. However, it is apparent that there is a need for two things. Firstly, a greater visibility for the anarchist roots within the day to day life of the CCA process and proposals. Secondly, and just as important, a more open and explicit critique of capitalism and how it is the root cause of climate change.

If we do neither out of fear of a mainstream media backlash, then we are reduced to being another NGO. Yet, the power of the Camp has always been the promise of a genuine alternative action in the face of prevarication and obstruction from governments and corporations – now is the time to spell that critique out and use it to build real alternatives, not legitimising the system we complain of. It was the strength of the Camp’s founding critiques that gave it the boldness its subsequent successes have rested on.

Ultimately, the message of the Camp is a very radical one – that radical social change is needed, especially if we are to tackle of the root causes of climate change. The answer is not to water down our actions and our messages, but to be bolder than ever. That is the excitement and power that gives the Camp its life.

Please read on for a very special message from the indispensably brilliant Dissident Island Radio and Housmans Bookshop, and the Comedian & Political Satirist Mark Steel, all of whom kick off 2010 with a special message for London Indymedia. Then please add a message of your own for all the people who use and contribute to London Indymedia.

Happy New Year!

Library House

52 Knatchbull road (entrance on Burton rd, behind Minet library) SE5 9QY

Change of venue!!! Non-Commercial House is evicted again. The new venue is 195 Mare Street, Hackney.

whitechapel, and pumpin' out of your stereo!

whitechapel, and pumpin' out of your stereo!

whitechapel, and pumpin' out of your stereo!

whitechapel, and pumpin' out of your stereo!

whitechapel, and pumpin' out of your stereo!