UK campaigns and events
Police sponsorship deals: the thin end of the wedge of police privatisation
3 May 2013: In a recent article in the Bournemouth Echo, Martyn Underhill, the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Dorset said he would …
Video: UK Uncut and DPAC occupy Iain Duncan Smith’s house
19 Apr 2013: On Saturday 13 April, UK Uncut and Disabled People Against Cuts occupied Iain Duncan Smith’s house to protest at the bedroom …
Resident groups march and protest in Liverpool against the bedroom tax
30 Mar 2013: Hundreds of grassroots residents groups from all over Bootle, Sefton, Liverpool & Merseyside marched for the first time …
Bedroom Tax protest in city centre - report by Liverpool photographer
16 Mar 2013: As part of nationwide protests, campaigners gathered in Liverpool city centre to demonstrate against a new “bedroom tax” that …
Stand Up In Bootle protests against cuts
11 Mar 2013:
Bedroom Tax demonstration sweeps across Bootle, Merseyside
1 Mar 2013: Stand Up In Bootle; a grassroots campaign group based near Liverpool, organised a demonstration in Bootle town centre against …
MLK50 EQUALITY IN OUR LIFETIME; BRITISH RACISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY
20 Feb 2013: MLK50 CAMPAIGN
British racism in the 21st century Any serious analysis of the scale and nature of British racial …
MLK50 EQUALITY IN OUR LIFETIME
20 Feb 2013: MLK50 CAMPAIGN
Model Motion.
I/we condemn the continued and persistent existence of race discrimination in the UK some 50 …
Bedroom Tax protest in Liverpool
7 Feb 2013: Protesters demonstrated outside Liverpool Mutual Homes (LMH) offices and then occupied their reception in the centre of …
Campaign for benefit justice
25 Jan 2013: An organising meeting called on Saturday 19th January by Defend Council Housing (DCH), Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) and …
BPACC - Dorset Enterprises Closure Demonstration
16 Jan 2013: BPACC members joined protesters supporting disabled workers destind to join the unemployed following the proposed closure of …
Torbay Fightback against Workfare and Atos
13 Jan 2013: Activists took part in a leafleting and discussion operation in Paignton on the 12th January, as part of a campaign against …
Anti-cuts demonstrations as David Cameron visited Liverpool
4 Jan 2013: About 60 people from trade unions, anti-cuts and other groups gathered at the front of the Museum of Liverpool ahead of the …
Protest groups target Starbucks in Liverpool over tax avoidance
10 Dec 2012: Boycott Workfare, UK Uncut and North West Anti-Cuts targeted branches of Starbucks in Liverpool, UK over tax avoidance. …
Ken Loach speaking on Barnet- The Billion Pound Gamble
7 Oct 2012: The world Premier of Barnet - The Billion Pound Gamble will be at the Phoenix Cinema on Monday 22nd October.
Doors open at …
BPACC - Oct 20 Solidarity Night
1 Oct 2012: A solidarity evening was held at the British Legion in Boscombe on Friday 28th September with food and a background ambience of …
BPACC - Atos Protest
29 Aug 2012: BPACC supporters joined the national day of action against Atos. Pickets leafletted members of the public outside the …
how can we stop public money being diverted to to tax havens
9 Jul 2012: I am trying to raise awareness of the awarding of NHS contracts to privatisation sharks particularly those registered in a tax …
BPACC - Chilly day in Poole
20 May 2012: . . . not so busy on our Street Stall at Poole Stadium Car Boot Sale. A chilly morning kept the masses away, although we …
BPACC - Lobby of Police Federation Conference
16 May 2012: Local Anti Cuts campaigners in Bournemouth lobbied the Police Federation Conference (May 16) on the day the Home Secretary says …
BPACC - Pensions Attack
11 May 2012: Thursday 10th May - Public Sector Strikes
BPACC members joined striking public sector workers in Solidarity across …
BPACC - Workers Memorial Day
11 May 2012: Saturday 28th April - Workers Memorial Day
Members of BPACC joined local trade unionists for Workers Memorial Day in Poole …
BPACC - Boscombe, meeting the public
11 May 2012: Saturday 24th March - BPACC street stall
Members of BPACC were out in the sunshine in Boscombe signing up
members of the …
BPACC - A year on . . . another cuts Budget
11 May 2012: MARCH 21st - Budget Vigil
Another cuts Budget from the Conservatives and Lib Dems. BPACC members stage vigil in Bournemouth …
Save Our Youth Service in Derbyshire - fighting the Tory Council plan to kill Council Youth Service
20 Apr 2012: Save Our Derbyshire Youth Service - A successful Rally was held on Wed April 18th 2012 to Save Our Youth Services (SOYS), at …
Welfare Not Workfare meeting at parliament on Tuesday
7 Mar 2012: There was an extremely productive and useful meeting on Tuesday in parliament on “Welfare not Workfare” which was organised …
BPACC - DVLA closure protest
15 Feb 2012: BPACC joined PCS members on the picket line at the Bournemouth DVLA office. They were supported staff staging a lunchtime …
why black people must fight the cuts
14 Feb 2012: http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/why-black-people-must-fight-cuts
article in The Voice newspaper, written by Zita …
100 jobs saved at Connexions, Birmingham
14 Feb 2012: Over 100 staff at Connexsions had good news on Monday 13th February after hearing that Birmingham City Council have backed down …
Implications of the Health and Social Care Bill
22 Jan 2012: This is a copy of a letter that I am sending to members of the House of Lords prior to the Health and Social Care Bill going …
Poole LINk - report on local social care cuts
16 Jan 2012: Poole LINk (Local Involvement Network) is an independent voluntary group, working to improve health and social care services in …
Charles House saved from closure
12 Jan 2012: Charles House respite care home in Birmingham has been saved from closure.
The reply from the Cabinet Member for Children, …
UK Uncut protest in HSBC, Top Shop and Tesco, Liverpool
7 Jan 2012: UK Uncut activists visit a series of shops in Liverpool city centre. The aim was to protest against cuts to public services; …
BPACC - Fair Pensions For All, Bournemouth
2 Dec 2011: Following a very successful Day of Action on 30 November in support of “Fair Pensions For All” here in Bournemouth and Poole, …
Day of Action by UNISON at Liverpool Hope University
1 Dec 2011: The Day of Action on 30th November was a real success, with very low numbers of staff turning in to work. Whilst our action was …
N30 public sector strike and rally in Liverpool
30 Nov 2011: In Liverpool, picket lines were in place outside the vast majority of public buildings in the city centre. These included the …
BPACC - Solidarity with the NHS
19 Nov 2011: BPACC held a vigil for the NHS on Wednesday 7th September 2011 at Poole General Hospital, Longfleet Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 …
BPACC - Hardest Hit Public Meeting
19 Nov 2011: BPACC campaigners held a public meeting on Saturday October 20 to discuss the impact that public spending cuts are having on …
Student demonstration in London, Nov. 9th 2011
16 Nov 2011: I covered The NCAFC National Student Demo against Privatisation, London, England, UK for a couple of news agencies. …
BARAC says “hands off our pensions”
2 Nov 2011: 2 PAGE FLYER WHICH CAN BE USED TO ENCOURAGE BLACK WORKERS AND COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATE IN THE N30 STRIKES
Cardiff sings against the banks
20 Oct 2011: Côr Cochion spearheaded a day of action in Cardiff on Friday 14 October.
Our target was the bankers, the main culprit in the …
Occupy Liverpool a photographers report - October 2011
17 Oct 2011: Occupy Liverpool. A non-violent assembly and protest at Barclays Bank, Lord Street, Liverpool, England, UK on Saturday 15th …
BPACC - MPs let down public over NHS vote
4 Oct 2011: Bournemouth and Poole’s three Conservative MPs were criticised by local anti-cuts campaigners for voting in favour of the …
Manchester for the Alternative TUC march photographs and report
3 Oct 2011: I was covering the demonstration in Manchester yesterday by various groups under the TUC banner of ‘Manchester for the …
SOAS Students Day X – The Battle for Education
26 Aug 2011: A 90 minute documentary by Corine Dhondee. Funding to finish the documentary is being raised on Indiegogo: …
Survey of the impact of cuts on the third sector in Birmingham
23 Aug 2011: BVSC, Birmingham’s Council for Voluntary Service, is conducting a survey of the impact of public spending cuts on the third …
IHOOPS target ATOS again!
29 Jul 2011: At 8.30am on Friday the 29th July, armed with a cardboard coffin (‘ATOS Kills’), megaphone, and leaflets for passersby, …
Liverpool against the Cuts - photography from the march
20 Jul 2011: Across Liverpool NUT, PCS, UCU and ATL trade unionist members walked out on strike. Schools, courts and jobcentres were among …
Bolton TUC Public Meeting
19 Jul 2011: 80 people attended a public meeting on Wednesday 15th June at Bolton Town Hall to discuss Coalition government plans for public …
Teachers March through Dorchester
10 Jul 2011: See angry teachers marching through Dorchester, Dorset in opposition to the Government cuts.
Women and pensions, featuring BARAC
7 Jul 2011: Link to video on The Guardian Website. Women and Pensions. Featuring Zita Holbourne, Joint Chair, Black Activists Rising …
BPACC support Public Sector workers strike
7 Jul 2011: BPACC and UK Uncut members joined hundreds of public sector workers during their joint day of action against pension cuts in …
BPACC celebrate 63rd birthday of the NHS
7 Jul 2011: Bournemouth and Poole Anti Cuts Coalition (BPACC) held a celebratory protest outside Poole Hospital
Campaigners fear that …
BPACC lobby Lib Dem MP
7 Jul 2011: Members of the Bournemouth and Poole Anti Cuts Coalition (BPACC) lobbyed Annette Brooke MP at her surgery over the government’s …
J30 Liverpool march against the cuts…
4 Jul 2011: Teachers, lecturers and public sector workers marched
en-mass through the town and city streets, the length and breadth of …
30 June report from Hillingdon Against Cuts
1 Jul 2011: Hillingdon Against Cuts was out today visiting pickets and building support for the public sector strike
10 of us met up in …
KSOS Walk Against the Cuts
16 Jun 2011: The Trade Union coalition KSOS (Kent Save Our Services) completed the first leg of their walk against the cuts on 15th June. …
Rochdale Law Centre solicitors take to the streets to defend legal aid
15 Jun 2011: On Friday 3 June 2011 solicitors from Rochdale Law Centre held pop-up advice surgeries at Spotland and Falinge Community …
We must defend public transport in London
10 Jun 2011: The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has produced research which showed how important public transport is in London.
Under …
Notts Uncut Emergency Operation
1 Jun 2011: Notts Uncut answered UK Uncut’s call for a national day of action in support of the NHS with a day of street theatre. We told a …
HSBC Covent Garden closes due to Queer Resistance and The London Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
30 May 2011: On Saturday 28th May, Queer Resistance, the lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer and intersex collective, and The London Sisters of …
MP gets cold feet over NHS petition
30 May 2011: MP gets cold feet over NHS petition
Poole MP, Robert Syms, has pulled out of a meeting with members of the Bournemouth and …
Liverpool photographer at latest UK Uncut protest
29 May 2011: Went along to the latest UK Uncut event against the cuts and focus of the campaign was the NHS cuts and proposed reforms. …
Song: That’s a Cut!
12 May 2011: So disgusted with all these Cuts, wrote a song about it! I’m available for live PA’s for your organised demonstrations. Just …
Notts Uncut Field Trip
11 May 2011: On Saturday 7th May Notts Uncut jumped on the train to Lincoln to support a brand new Uncut group. We met to Lincoln contingent …
BPACC Chancellors Budget Vigil
22 Apr 2011: BPACC members held a candle light vigil in Bournemouth Square following the Chancellors Budget in protest
The Budget proved we …
BPACC Council Cuts Protest
22 Apr 2011: At a noisy, placard-waving rally outside Poole’s Civic Centre, the Bournemouth and Poole Anti-Cuts Coalition urged …
BPACC Benefits Cuts Protest
22 Apr 2011: BPACC gather over benefit cuts in National Day of Protest
Friday 15th April 2011
PLACARD-waving BPACC members made their …
BPACC - Defense of the NHS Poole
22 Apr 2011: Hundreds of vocal protester marched thought Poole Town Centre to Poole Quay on Saturday 16th April in opposition to the …
UK Uncut activists and supporters perform a play in London
13 Apr 2011: I was taking photographs at the TUC Demonstration in London on March 26th and after I reached the park I went to Oxford Street …
Whose Economy? Winners and Losers in the New Scottish Economy
5 Apr 2011: Many Scots face a life characterised by high mortality, economic inactivity, mental and physical ill-health, poor educational …
Sound Off for Justice at March for the Alternative
26 Mar 2011: The Sound Off for Justice campaign attended the March for the Alternative in order to raise awareness for their alternative …
False Economy used in debate with council leader
21 Mar 2011: From Steve Goodman, Isle of Wight -
I have just taken part in a short filmed dialogue with the leader of our council, at the …
Save PDS Website Launched!! Sign our petition please…
21 Mar 2011: The Save Peterborough Drug Services website is now live.
Please can everyone sign the petition: http://savepds.com
This is …
Look at what privatisation is doing to our care homes
20 Mar 2011: Speaking from experience nothing is more painful than seeing your own mother having to go into a care home. The feelings of …
The Doctors, the Politicians, the People and the NHS.
17 Mar 2011: On March 15th the British Medical Association met for the first special representative meeting in 19 years to discuss the …
EDM 1476 EQUALITY IMPACT ASSESSMENTS ON CUTS
17 Mar 2011: Please sign EDM 1476 tabled by John McDonnell MP on behalf of BARAC. BARAC are concerned that public sector orgs are failing to …
Lorraine on the bus
16 Mar 2011: Lorraine, a secretary from South London, spreads the word of the march for the alternative on Saturday 26 March to fellow …
Hastings against the cuts
11 Mar 2011: Hastings Anti Cuts Meeting 10th March 2011
1) After the hugely successful Anti Cuts benefit Gig we now have a fighting fund …
Liverpool UK Uncut activists have teach in outside Vodafone
5 Mar 2011: I was taking some more photographs in Liverpool as UK Uncut activists set up a “teach-in” outside Vodafone in the city centre, …
Secrets and Lies - How a few men have sold out our NHS
3 Mar 2011: At a recent public meeting at SOAS where Jacky Davis, the founder of Keep Our NHS Public spoke about the Conservative party’s …
Liverpool UK Uncut activists target banks 26th Feb
27 Feb 2011: As a local Liverpool photographer I was covering and supporting the UK Uncut activists, when they set up a hospital inside the …
SOAS - Jacky Davis reveals the truth behind the Tory vision for the NHS.
26 Feb 2011: Jack Davis, founder of Keep Our NHS Public speaks to SOAS students, revealing the truth behind the Conservative party’s vision …
Protests in Islington by iHoops and UK Uncut. People speak about why they are protesting.
26 Feb 2011: On February 26th, 2011, people from Islington again took to the streets. This time they were joined by UK Uncut.
With £300 …
Birmingham Against the Cuts march on 26 February
26 Feb 2011: Anti-cuts protestors turned out in force today to send a message to Conservative/Liberal Democrat controlled Birmingham City …
The NHS is rising and health workers have asked for student support.
25 Feb 2011: A few weeks ago I was invited to attend the first planning meeting for Day X for the NHS called by health workers inc ambulance …
BARAC workshop, People’s convention
22 Feb 2011: video of BARAC workshop at People’s Convention, February 12th 2011
We’ve saved the forests, now let’s save the NHS.
21 Feb 2011: Andrew Lansley’s vision of the NHS has already started to take shape without a mandate. The government is proposing to spend …
Hackney march(ed) against the cuts! 19/2/11
21 Feb 2011: Nearly 700 people braved cold drizzle on Feb 19th and joined the Hackney Alliance to Defend Public Services “Hackney Marchs …
Islington Protesters ejected from council meeting. Activist and councillors speak out
20 Feb 2011: It was called sham politics by councillors the night the people of Islignton were forcibly removed from the gallery for …
Connexions Careers Service Slashed
19 Feb 2011: Unison has accused the Government, Dorset County Council, Poole and Bournemouth Councils of abandoning support for youngsters …
Unison meets with Oliver Letwin MP
19 Feb 2011: Unison representatives met with Oliver Letwin MP in Dorchester on 21 January. During the meeting, the first since May 2010, …
Meeting Future Challenges - What’s been decided and what it all means
19 Feb 2011: Discussions are underway as Dorset County Council enters into a 90 day consultation period on the issue of your Terms & …
Hundreds march in Dorchester in opposition to Public Sector Cuts
19 Feb 2011: Hundreds march through Dorchester to protest at the cuts agenda!
Zita Holbourne, BARAC, at People’s Convention
13 Feb 2011: ZITA HOLBOURNE, JOINT CHAIR OF BARAC SPEAKING AT PEOPLE’S CONVENTION, FEBRUARY 2011
LGBT Community Gets Organised in Manchester
13 Feb 2011: There have been a number of initatives recently showing the LGBT community in Manchester is starting to organise and join …
Northern Towns Against Cuts
13 Feb 2011: Just under 1000 people demonstrated peacefully and joined with trade unions in protest against CUTS in Halifax on Saturday 12th …
Billy Bragg talks about why he supports public sector workers
13 Feb 2011: Billy Bragg sharing a few views on the Public Sector situation in Dorset.
See also: …
Billy Bragg Plays Dorchester in support of Public Sector Workers
13 Feb 2011: Billy Bragg joins hundreds of protesters in Dorchester to show opposition against the public sector cuts.
See also: …
First Street stall Enfield Town 12th February
12 Feb 2011: Six of us ran a street stall outside Barclays Bank. We got a good reception from shoppers, with many taking leaflets and …
