While the world's attention has been focused on the wave of protests sweeping North Africa and the Middle East, there has very little said about protests in Iraq and almost nothing about those in Iraqi Kurdistan. This despite the fact that at least 8 people have been killed and 150 wounded in clashes between protesters in Sulaymaniyah and the militia of the ruling PUK and KDP parties.

Kurds in No…

Hicham Yezza and Rizwaan Sabir were arrested under the Terrorism Act in May 2008 at the University of Nottingham. In the pair's first joint interview since those events, Riseup Radio spoke to them about the persecution they've faced since the arrests, the plight of other Muslims accused of terrorist offences, the government's anti-terror strategies, the growth of Islamophobia in the media and in t…

J B Spray Squat, court date, Mon. 2nd Aug.resist!

The J B Spray squat, in Radford, Nottingham, is facing another court hearing tomorrow in front of Nottingham Magistrates, and so is calling for support, in terms of people joining the squats efforts to resist any attempts at eviction by the bailiffs or the state...PLEASE COME AND JOIN THE RESISTANCE!

CANT GO, WONT GO!