On Monday 15th June, lockdown restrictions were eased with a number of ‘non essential’ shops allowed to open, albeit with fairly strict physical distancing protocols in place. Obviously…| The South Essex Heckler - Archive
Looking at this now archived blog, it’s clear it had become a bit of a monster. It was trying to be all things to all people and when a project gets like that, it loses clarity and focus. On the one hand, with our posts about the arrogance/incompetence of Thurrock + Basildon councils, we were […]| The South Essex Heckler – Archive
The South Essex Heckler project has reached the end of the road. This is the low key, low maintenance successor blog: Estuary stirrings https://essexstirrer.wordpress.com/ There are a few reasons why we’ve knocked this project on the head… Firstly, we don’t think it achieved the aim we had of bringing anarchist politics to a local audience. […]| The South Essex Heckler – Archive
On Saturday 19 September, there was another anti-lockdown / anti-new normal protest that took place in Trafalgar Square London. This report from the i is typical of the way the mainstream media covered the protest: Police and protestors clash at ‘hostile and violent’ anti-lockdown demonstration in Trafalgar Square. Basically focusing on questionable speakers and also […]| The South Essex Heckler – Archive
The online edition of D.i.Y.Culture #12 can be downloaded from here PLEASE NOTE – For the best viewing experience, we recommend that you download the PDF of DiY Culture No.12 from DropBox to your PC/laptop/phone. “The schools we go to are reflections of the society that created them. Nobody is going to give you the […]| The South Essex Heckler – Archive
There are unintended / ignored / swept under the carpet consequences of the drive to get people wearing face masks to try and contain the coronavirus. Namely that they’re becoming a major source of pollution that directly causes harm to wildlife. This was becoming an issue back in the summer as this report details: Face […]| The South Essex Heckler – Archive
Dave – the editor Back in May on our sister project, Alternative Estuary, we published this piece eulogising the value of being able to access open space during lockdown: Reflections on the value of a park. The park in question is on the western edge of Stanford-le-Hope and was created from part of an old […]| The South Essex Heckler – Archive
As of Monday 14 September, ostensibly in a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19, the number of people from multiple households who can gather together for social occasions, indoors or outdoors, has been reduced to six. There are however, exceptions to that which are explained here: England’s ‘rule of six’: the limits on socialising […]| The South Essex Heckler – Archive
We’ve had a little bit of stick about this rant we posted up a few days ago on having to own a smartphone to be able to function in society – How the f**k did we sleepwalk to this point? It’s pretty much on the cards that we’ll have to have some kind of CovidPass […]| The South Essex Heckler – Archive
Gallows humour… On Wednesday 9 September, new restrictions were announced to deal with reported increases in coronavirus cases. These restrictions become effective as of Monday 14 September. The announcement was delivered by Boris Johnson who was flanked by Professor Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance: What are the new Covid rules coming into force in […]| The South Essex Heckler – Archive
These are things that are already in play or pretty close to it: COVID-19 monitoring apps, track and trace apps, ordering food from your table apps because you can’t order at the bar, the thr…| The South Essex Heckler - Archive
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As part of the Anarchist Festival which mainly took place over the weekend of June st and 2nd, the Anarchist Communist Group (see sidebar for link) held a meeting called Myth of Community. I was in…| The South Essex Heckler - Archive
