media and culture
News and articles about work, policy and workers' struggles in the media and culture industries around the world, and analysis and reviews of art, culture and the media.
Bevington, Louisa Sarah, 1845-1895
A short biograpy of English poet and anarchist communist Louisa Bevington.
Louisa Bevington was born into a Quaker family on 18th May 1845, in St. John’s Hill, Battersea. The occupation of her father was described as a “gentleman”. She was the oldest of eight children, seven of whom were girls. She started writing verse at an early age.
Strike at the BBC
The NUJ has announced a twenty-four hour stoppage across the BBC on 26th February 2007.
NUJ representatives from across the BBC unanimously backed strike action in the face of a refusal by BBC managers to reconsider plans for up to six compulsory redundancies. Bectu members will also be out on strike.
Barbados: Publishing workers on wildcat strike
Workers at the Nation Publishing company walked out on strike on Tuesday following the sacking of a co-worker.
Cbc.bb reported that the action stems from the dismissal last week, and what employees claim is management's refusal to follow established industrial relations practices.
The near 60 workers walked out of the advertising and editorial departments around three o'clock this afternoon protesting the dismissal of colleague Orlando Holder.
Caution warned over security of new 'Wikileaks' website
A strong warning has been sounded by both a security expert and journalists for Freedom Anarchist Newspaper over the much-hyped 'Wikileaks' website, which claims it will provide a safe online environment for the mass leaking of sensitive or incriminating governmental materials.
The concept of ‘wiki’, online documentation which can be edited by anyone, such as the huge and growing Wikipedia website, will take a new step this month with the launch of an online document ‘leaking’ service.
2006 in focus
2006 was a year for the state to forget there was ever a public sector. Rob Ray looks into the archives of the Freedom anarchist newspaper.
January
A second strike in two weeks sees the RMT shut down tube stations across London as workers demand private companies running the system provide enough cover to meet fire and safety regulations, after they try to impose cuts just a few months after the attacks on 7/7.
15. Waterloo, Blood and Honour gig, London, 1992
A personal account of the battle of Waterloo, when Anti Fascist Action trashed a gig by neo-nazi label Blood and Honour by disrupting their redirection point at Waterloo station.
11. Marble Arch Blood and Honour gig, London, 1989
A brief account of Anti Fascist Action trashing a neo-nazi Blood and Honour gig in London in 1989. They did so by occupying the redirection point for the venue.
TV Times 13-19 January 2007
In the first TV guide of 2007 we encounter an eclectic week in which Ann Widdecombe moves onto an estate with some "hoodies", religious intolerance in mosques is investigated, KGB secrets of the 1960s are revealed, and the role of bloggers in bringing about the downfall of US politicians are examined...
Mon 15 January - Channel 4 - 8 - 9pm - Dispatches: Undercover Mosque
An undercover reporter attempts to discover if segregation and extremism are being taught in mosques run by organisations that publicly advocate moderation.
Mon 15 January - ITV1 - 8 - 8.30pm - Ann Widdecombe v the Hoodies: Tonight
You are being lied to about asylum seekers
Good leaflet with questions and answers about immigration and asylum seekers to the UK. It examines common perceptions, where they come from, whether they are accurate, who is spreading them and why. In text and PDF.
TV Times 16-22 December
Appropriately enough in the run-up to Christmas the main theme this week seems to be... er...atheism with an hour long documentary on prime-time terrestrial tv and a 30 Days documentary on an atheist moving in with a Christian family... oh yes.
Welcome to the resurrected TV Times feature. This essential viewing resource for the revolutionary couch potato is back for good.
Sat 16 Dec - 9.30 - 10.30pm - BBC4 - The Cinema Show.
Examining prison films such as "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Midnight Express" and asking film-makers why prison is such a popular setting.
Pick of the week
