An anarchist science round table event will be held in East London on Sunday December 2nd, 2012 to discuss issues of concern in science, community, environment & the workplace. For more details on topics, venue, & time please see your local anarchist contact.
For important commentary and updates on anarchist actions and opinions on contemporary uses and misuses of science see frequently updated libcom website science tag: http://libcom.org/tags/science
The publish a magazine called the Land http://www.thelandmagazine.org.uk was originally started by The Land is Ours network http://www.tlio.org.uk
There are resources, links and information on earth, economics, oppression and crises at Dysophia blog http://dysophia.wordpress.com
For a challenging look at the future see crisis-of-crises
Toxic chemicals and poor industrial safety in the workplace is often the result is covered by Hazards Magazine http://hazards.org They also cover many issues of the use and misuse of science.
The many recent celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the Luddite rebellion between Leeds, York, and Manchester have been encouraged by http://luddites200.org.uk and linked to contemporary struggles against technologies “hurtful to commonality”.
Mass Action May 27th 2012 at Harpenden, Herts. 12 noon
Stop the open air release of GM wheat that contains genes “most similiar to that of a cow” http://taketheflourback.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/flyer-front.jpg
The Stop GM provides resources and information for campaigners against geneticly modified food http://www.stopgm.org.uk
See also http://www.stopgm.org.uk/links.html
Corporate Watch UK provides a critical assessment of how corporations use technologies to maintain control over markets and society. http://corporatewatch.org
http://risingtide.org.uk/node/46 The prestigious Planet Under Pressure 2012 conference in the International Conference Centre (ICC) at the ExCeL Centre, London was interrupted by two London Rising Tide protesters.
During a panel discussion entitled “The planet in 2050”, at the exact moment that Shell’s senior energy advisor Martin Haigh was about to speak the two protesters walked calmly across the stage, banner in hand, and were greeted with a loud, spontaneous round of applause from hundreds of people in the audience. As the protesters left the auditorium they were rewarded with hand shakes, thumbs up and another round of applause. Haigh was flustered and responded with words along the lines of “No-one will want to listen to me after that!”
London Rising Tide are asking why Shell were ever allowed to take part in this conference in the first place, given their record of environmental and human rights atrocities in Nigeria, Ireland, and Canada to name but a few places, and their investments in carbon-intensive fossil fuels such as oil from tar sands and shale gas, while abandoning funding for renewable energies.
The purpose of an anarchist science initiative (in contrast to Royal Science – how science is done by the aristocrats at the Royal Society) is to begin a discussion about how science and technology can be assessed and regulated from the grassroots in a bottom-up manner using direct action when appropriate. Ideally an anarchist science initiative will share its conversation to other anarchist and civil society organisations and encourage further actions, further discussions.