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Climate Camp has been started, field squatted, ….. and is now open for business. Get down there, and I wish all well. Climate Camp Ready For Action – Indymedia UK page Climate Camp 2008 Indymedia UK topic page [vimeo http://vimeo.com/1415949] … Continue reading →

Any readers out there, wot know about computers and stuff, can tell me how to get rid of these files.  hldrrr.exe  flec006.exe I believe them to me malicious, they’re using resources and I wan t rid of them.  Tried deleting … Continue reading →

The most action packed show to date, here we move into June with an hour and a half of stuff that matters and music to tingle the senses. With the warmer weather moving in and the city coming alive again … Continue reading →

Jeremy Dear, general secretary of the National Union of Journalists, has written to the Home Secretary to protest against police surveillance of journalists and photographers. Dear’s letter, sent to Jacqui Smith on 22 May, states that journalists and photographers are … Continue reading →

After yet another encounter with police surveillance operations and the FIT team at the Heckler & Koch weapons manufacturers HQ.  I had taken more photos of them and made another Indymedia posting about it all. As usual, the comments present … Continue reading →

Excuse me, officer … British Journal of Photography Date: 7 May 2008 Momentum is growing as photographers fight back against increasing restrictions on shooting images in public places. More than 190 MPs have now signed up to an Early Day … Continue reading →

interview we did with Austin Mitchell MP http://web.splashcast.net/web_watch/?code=LEWA4904VU and on Radio4 Here’s a long version of the interview we did with Austin Mitchell MP. We also spoke to Mark Whitaker and to Peter Smythe, who chairs the Metropolitan Police Federation. … Continue reading →

John Toner is an eminent and respected union leader, with experience, integrity, energy and vision, and an enviable record in serving the NUJ and has a proven track record. John has been a member of the NUJ for 27 years, … Continue reading →

A Labour MP (Mitchell, Austin) has tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) in the House of Commons condemning police action against lawful photography in public places. His EDM reads as such: That this House is concerned to encourage the spread … Continue reading →

Photographers lobby parliament over police curbs :: Press Gazette Labour MP Austin Mitchell is planning to take a delegation of photographers to the Home Office to protest about the growing number of cases in which police officers and others try … Continue reading →

Open letter to Jeremy Dear General Secretary National Union of Journalist Hello Jeremy Thank you for your efforts in highlighting our continued difficulties with police, these continue in spite of the guidelines and agreement that we had. The one man … Continue reading →

Title: Solo protest by NUJ chief Feature: news Date: 2 April 2008 The National Union of Journalists held a one-man protest in an effort to highlight concerns over police harrassment. Olivier Laurent reports   Jeremy Dear, the National Union of … Continue reading →

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NUJ General Secretary, Jeremy Dear, has today (28/03) staged a one-man protest outside the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police to highlight the failure of law enforcement officers to protect media freedoms. The event, attended by dozens of press photographers, was … Continue reading →

NUJ General Secretary,  Jeremy Dear, will tomorrow (28/03) stage a one-man protest outside the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police to highlight the failure of law enforcement officers to protect media freedoms. The union is frustrated that a large number of … Continue reading →

With the recent distress and trouble about the end of the ASBO squat in Burns Street, Radford, Nottingham …… [I have been covering events there for the last few years] http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/03/392793.html http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/nottinghamshire/2008/03/392994.html By contrast, if you want to see what … Continue reading →

Levellers & Diggers 350 year Anniversary at St.George’s Hill.  Please check out my speech at this event on YouTube My speech there, describing the fact that current protest and festival events like the free festivals, Stonehenge Gathering etc ….. are … Continue reading →

A friend found this, a film maker gets some grief on the streets of London. I meet this stort of thing, every single bloody day!!!! The video covers your rights to take photos in public place. Includes interview with John … Continue reading →

A photographer from a Birmingham-based photographic agency has raised a complaint with West Midlands Police following an incident in which he says a police officer forced him to delete images from his memory card. Lawrence Looi, 31, who has been … Continue reading →

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwJarFI3Ic4] A friends last day of driving a bus. He asked me to take a few piccys, for his mum. But I got a bit carried away, and made this as a bit of jolly.