http://www.lasthours.org.uk creative resistance Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:46:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tensions rise once again in the streets of Greece's major cities. Radicals and Anarchists join workers from around the country in voicing dissent. Airports, hospitals and other public services have shut down for the day as the Greek Government attempt to impose harsh new austerity measures. Greek authorities have reacted with ... http://www.lasthours.org.uk/blogs/the-situation-in-greece/ The police attacked the demonstration with gas and batons at the beginning of the demonstration on Patision Avenue All photos by Fil Kaler - www.filkaler.com/ Men from the communist party The banner reads "Shut downs - sackings - privatisations; we respond with occupations", and signed by 'Worker's Solidarity' A woman shouts at the cops ... http://www.lasthours.org.uk/articles/taking-over-the-streets-of-athens/ Chocolate and Vanilla Easter Cakes So the weather’s getting hotter and today I sowed my vegetable seeds so I’m very excited! Now I just need to get motivated to dig up the garden and pull out all the crappy weeds. I’ve never grown my own veg from seed so I’ll keep ... http://www.lasthours.org.uk/diy/chocolate-and-vanilla-easter-marbled-cakes/ All photos by Fil Kaler For 7 days sacked Olympic airlines worker have occupied the ministry of finance offices by blocking Panepistimiou Avenue, part of the main protesting route. Tonight they blocked the street in protest at government austerity cuts which lead to them losing there jobs when olympic airlines was ... http://www.lasthours.org.uk/articles/olympic-airline-protests-in-athens/ Photo above: A protestor at the national strike on Friday 5th March / unknown photographer It is early in the morning of Tuesday, March 9th. Bemused audiences tuned in to an Athens news station to listen to an evidently uncomfortable police spokesperson. How could he not be? He must explain a ... http://www.lasthours.org.uk/articles/greek-uprising-is-truly-going-european/ People keep asking me about this roller derby sport I recently started, so I'm posting something I wrote for a zine being made by girls from London Roller Girls.  It's about the rookie/beginner boot camp which started in January of this year, which took place over four weeks and was ... http://www.lasthours.org.uk/blogs/the-rookie-run-down/ Photo: Vivian Girls in-store by Kirstiecat [audio:http://blip.tv/file/get/PhilChokeword-TenSongsPodcast15464.mp3] February was a manic month. I am ill and broken and poor. But it was all worth it. I made it back to Berlin and hung out with some great people, ate some great food, and saw the sights. I saw some awesome bands this ... http://www.lasthours.org.uk/articles/ten-songs-podcast-15/ Just to let you all know we have a load of new stock in the shop. Titles include: Flying Close to the Sun by Cathy Wilkerson Flying Close to the Sun is the stunning memoir of a white middle-class girl from Connecticut who became a member of the Weather Underground, one of the ... http://www.lasthours.org.uk/blogs/new-stock-in-the-shop/ The current shifts in political and social currents should force us to consider the effect of our actions. Sometimes the use of dated tactics without thought can hinder attempts for social change. In this article Curtis Hayes reflects on the controversial possibility that voting, alongside direct action, can slow down ... http://www.lasthours.org.uk/articles/to-vote-or-not-to-vote-an-anti-authoriterian-consideration-of-tactical-voting/ Photo: Cloak/Dagger, photographer unknown [audio:http://blip.tv/file/get/PhilChokeword-TenSongsPodcast14943.mp3] February and it’s still fucking cold, although at least the snows gone and I finally got paid. January’s a long month innit. Anyhow, this show features the second of our studio live sets. Rich Smith was kind enough to record a studio set from the Southampton hardcore ... http://www.lasthours.org.uk/podcasts/ten-songs-podcast-14/