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Move Your Money month launches today!
Posted on March 1, 2012 by Admin | No Comments
Marloes Nicholls, Move Your Money UK Chances are you’re not happy with your bank. In a recent poll half of all adults were ‘dissatisfied’ or ‘extremely dissatisfied’ with their bank, and 60% of British adults agree that the economic crisis has led them to trust high street banks less. There’s no wonder why: events and [...]
Time to move your money
Posted on January 31, 2012 by Admin | 1 Comment
Clare Coatman Many or most of us make choices based on ethical concerns every day – whether it’s avoiding brands linked to sweat shops or opting for fairtrade coffee; but we don’t always apply this principle to where we bank and therefore what our money is used for. A new campaign is launching today: Move [...]
Occupy Belfast create ‘The People’s Bank’
Posted on January 30, 2012 by Adam McGibbon | No Comments
Royal Avenue, Belfast’s main city centre thoroughfare, mixes classic architecture with more obviously new arrivals. On the corner of Royal Avenue and North Street lies a grand, art deco building that used to house a branch of the Bank of Ireland and the (long-gone) Belfast Stock Exchange. Having laid silent and bare for over a [...]
News: Disabled people block Oxford Circus to protest
Posted on January 28, 2012 by Adam Ramsay | 1 Comment
Oxford Circus was completely blocked today as a group of people from Disabled People Against Cuts, Disabled People’s Direct Action Network and UK Uncut came together to protest against the government’s Welfare Reform Bill. At 12 o’clock, a group of 15 wheelchair users chained themselves together in the middle of Regent Street using handcuffs, causing [...]
Why it’s kicking off everywhere by Paul Mason – review
Posted on January 11, 2012 by Adam Ramsay | 2 Comments
This is a review of Paul Mason’s new book ‘Why it’s kicking off everywhere’ – which will be available soon in all good bookshops. Paul Mason’s new book, out this month, made me laugh and made me cry. It gave me hope and helped me understand. “Why it’s kicking off everywhere” essentially does what it [...]
Why I’m using my tax rebate to sue the taxman
Posted on December 29, 2011 by Adam McGibbon | 2 Comments
A couple of days before Christmas, a letter came in the mail for me. It was for Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs, telling me I was due a tax rebate of £80.89. Coming in the festive season, there was a few things I was considering spending it on. In the end, I decided to gamble [...]
Edd Bauer wins hearing
Posted on December 20, 2011 by Adam Ramsay | 1 Comment
Here on Bright Green, we don’t report much news. And when we do, it’s usually that some protester somewhere has been arrested/beaten up. But one story we’ve been following for a while is that of student activist legend Edd Bauer. And finally, we have some good news to report! As regular readers will know, Edd, [...]
UK Uncut response to retirement of HMRC Chief Dave Hartnett – 17th December Day of Action
Posted on December 9, 2011 by Admin | No Comments
As Dave Hartnett announces his retirement as head tax chief and HMRC feels renewed pressure inside parliament over tax dodging, UK Uncut plans to pile the pressure on the high street. The anti-cuts direct action group has vowed that there will be occupations of either Vodafone or TopShop on high streets across the UK on [...]
We Don’t Need Martyrs
Posted on December 5, 2011 by Admin | 4 Comments
In this response to Pete Spellar’s article “Why I don’t mask up”, majsaleh defends the tactic and argues that solidarity is different from martydom. It is unsurprising that people are increasingly willing to cover their faces at political events. Recent court cases have shown that under certain circumstances the law will come down hard on [...]
Justice for whom? Fortnum and Mason vs the 99%
Posted on November 17, 2011 by Adam Ramsay | 8 Comments
This piece first appeared on the Red Pepper blog Before the credit crunch, the last run on a UK bank was in 1878. The directors of the Bank of Glasgow were jailed. Likewise many of those responsible for the 1929 Wall Street Crash were sent down. Not so today. After the banking collapse of 2007/8, [...]
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