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Rough
Music 21 - July/Aug 2009
What's In This Issue:
Strike Action Summer -
As Brighton And Hove Council face strike action from
underpaid support staff.
Anti-Terrorist Activities
Day - Sussex police put on a free training
day for businesses in the dark art of counter-terrorism.
Expenses, Expenses
- Local MPs up to their eyeballs in the Expenses
Scandal.
Starbucks Sucks
- Despite dogged protests, Starbucks win appeal over
their illegal Kemptown branch.
The Council And The Caveman
- Whitehawk Hill cave dweller to be evicted
because his cave doesn't have a fire escape.
City College Chaos - City College is handing
out the redundancies as it plans glassy new redevelopment
falls through.
Rough Music Gig List -
Some upcoming events in Brighton.
Charity Cases
- Brighton And Hove Council put on conference to promote
their move towards a privatised 'third sector' - the
volunteer-run charity sector.
Wankers Corner
- Step forward Conservative Councillor for Portslade,
Steve Harmer-Strange, who's made a mint on the property
market.
By Election Bust-Up - Tory Councillor Paul
Lainchbury resigns after not attending a single council
committee or communtiy meeting in a year.
i360=no£-
The i360 tower planned for the Hove foreshore thankfully
hits the financial buffers.
Bloomin' 'Eck! - The old
Esso petrol station on Lewes Road has been occupied
and turned into a community garden.
Axe Wielding Albion -
Environmental carnage on the downs as the Albion's new
stadium is built at Falmer.
Fair Trade To Free Trade
- Brighton looses its stamp of approval
from the Fair Trade organisation.
EDO Court Case Frenzy
- Round-up of EDO protester court cases.
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Issue 19 - July-August 2008 What's
In This Issue:
Spare The Rod, Save The
Child - Councillors vote to close Falmer High School and open a privatised
City Academy.
Martial Law - Ex-Police
adviser in Iraq, Dick Barton, is to lead the police battle against Smash EDO.
Double Decked - Brighton
bus drivers win pay dispute with B & H Bus Co.
Gehry
Contrary - More Brighton developments shelved as credit crunch hits.
Saw Point - The Anston
House development debacle goes on as Brighton Council comes down harshly on developers
Bridgetown Properties who illegally chopped down trees on the site.
Fraca-ccino
- Plans to open a Starbucks on St James St, Kemptown sees more protests.
Wanker's
Corner - This month's gong goes to Argus photographer Simon
Dack.
Spooked Out - Brighton
and Hove council ups the surveillance on alleged benefits cheats.
Another
London Rd Is Possible - Another London Road is possible - one that
isn't at the mercy of property speculators.
Rough
Music Gig List - Mark Lynch's Guardian security
moves into the lucrative market of parking fines and clamping.
Chuch
In The Lurch - The church at 88 London Rd is evicted
after three months.
Car-A-Bunga! -
Council caves into car lobby by relaxing inner-city parking restrictions.
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Issue 18 - May-June 2008 What's
In This Issue:
Crunch Time -
The credit crunch has hit Brighton as a brace of developments are dropped due
to the economic climate.
Factory Finish -
EDO MDM have closed down their premises at Fishergate, as protests against them
in Brighton continue with a Carnival against the arms trade on June 8th.
Mazzive Attack - As father and son
double act are arrested at a protest against the Sealife Centre.
London
Rd Calling - Tescos buy the co-op building on London Rd and have
plans for a big development
High Trees-On
- The Anston House development debacle goes on as developers Bridgetown
Properties are up in court for illegally chopping down trees on the site.
Vestried Interests - Brighton squatters
have occupied the ex-Methodist Church on London Road.
High
On Trees - The financial crunch in affecting plans to trash Titnore
Woods near Worthing, as companies rethink their finances.
Squat's
The Difference? - Local squatters have art squat at a warehouse in
Shoreham
Wanker's Corner - Step
up Mr Goeffrey Theobold, Tory councillor.
The
Gripes Of Froth - Locals are up in arms about plans for a Starbucks
on St James St, Kemptown.
Wheels Of Fortune
- Mark Lynch's Guardian security moves into the lucrative market of parking
fines and clamping.
Big Bus' Up -
Bus drivers have voted to strike after being screwed by Govia, the private company
running Brighton buses.
Fo' Shoreham
- Companies building the new airport at Shoreham hit the financial skids.
Get
Yer Rocks Off - Newsquest, the media corporation
which owns the Argus, and The Rocks, have closed down The Rocks.
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Rough Music 3 - April 2005 What's
In This Issue:
* Sledgehammer To Crack Protesters Nuts - EDO apply for injunction to stop
protests at their Brighton factory
* Newhaven Incinerator
* Wankers
Corner
* Tetra Mobile Phone Masts
* Shoreham Airport
* Fluoride
In Water
* ID Cards Click
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Rough Music 2 - March 2005 What's
In This Issue:
* ASBOLUTE BOLLOCKS - Anti-Social Behaviour Orders
* Horsedean
Allotments
* Bexhill Link Rd
* Jarvis in the schools
* Neo-Labour
housing plans
* Wankers Corner
* The Great Council House Swindle Click
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Rough Music 1 - Jan/Feb 2005
What's
In This Issue:
* Teachers Assistants On Strike
* Brighton Arms Dealers On Trial -
The Smash EDO campaign
* Shoreham Airport Expansion
* Fox
Hunting Ban - is this finally the end for fox hunting?
* Trashing
the seabed - dredging to mine building material Click
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What Is Rough
Music?Yes
it's an odd title. You're going... what the hell is "rough music"? Who
the hell are we and what do we want? Rough
music is a Sussex tradition dating back centuries. It was a form of punishment
for those who had offended their communities; people like profi teering landlords,
wife-beaters or kiddie-fi ddlers. In the past lovely people like these were a
lot harder to prosecute using the law. So people took matters into their own hands.
Taking what ever they could to make some noise with them, they would stand outside
the miscreant's house and make as much noise as possible. If they were successful
the offender was often driven out completely. Although such gatherings were illegal
they happened throughout Sussex with the last ones recorded as happening as late
as the 1950's.
Now we want to bring back this tradition with a vengeance!!! We
want to show how the people of Brighton are making plenty of Rough Music of their
own. How people are making Rough Music against City Council and big business profi
teering feeding frenzies. How they are making Rough Music for those who treat
their employees like dirt. How they are making Rough Music for businesses that
think that the environment and the quality of people's lives is a secondary consideration
to the important task of making mega-profi ts. From EDO/MBM the bomb makers to
Brighton and Hove City Council, from the Shoreham Airport stitch-up to the sneaking
encroachment of the supermarkets into every corner of the city; we say, bring
on the music!
Boss
pissed you off? Dodgy dealings at the council? Are you Simon Fanshawe’s P.A?
Perhaps you’ve got a story for Rough Music. roughmusic@hotmail.co.uk
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