Skip to content or view screen version

UK Newswire Archive

Full article

FINLAND: Total objector starts prison sentence

24-03-2004 14:36

WRI Logo
Finland is one of the few European countries to imprison conscientious objectors...

Full article

London Anarchist Youth meeting TONIGHT!!!!

24-03-2004 14:09

LAY meeting

Full article | 3 comments

2nd day of evictions at blackwood

24-03-2004 14:04

at 2pm bailiffs moved in to remove 2 people locked on under a network of tree roots and more people up trees in camp tree (aka camp x-ray and camp swamp)

Full article | 2 comments

Final camp at Blackwood being evicted!!

24-03-2004 14:02

The Final camp at Blackwood is being evicted now. Bailiff's are there...

Full article

Ken loach showing film about striking miners which was banned

24-03-2004 12:09

20th anniversary event of the great miners strike

Full article

Cambridge Palestine Solidarity Campaign Meeting

24-03-2004 11:25

On Saturday 27th March Cambridge Palestine Solidarity
Campaign will hold its weekly stall at Jaffa Net Cafe
on Mill Road

Full article | 1 comment

blackwood road protest eviction pics

24-03-2004 11:11

pic from blackwood eviction

Full article

20 Years After The Great Miners Strike

24-03-2004 10:52

Event at Sheffield City Hall Ballroom this Sunday 28th March.

Full article | 3 comments

AP Report: Zapatistas increasing military training and recruitment

24-03-2004 10:32

The following Associated Press report has been taken from the Chiapas Link mailing list, a reliable source of information about the Zapatistas struggles.

Full article | 1 comment

Operation Fortress Commons

24-03-2004 10:26

Considering "al Qaida" and "suicide bombers" never target politicians or government institutions, only the general public, these Orwellian measures are obviously to protect the Police State representatives from angry peasants with pitchforks!

Full article

Israel & Occupied Territories: US Country Reports on Human Rights Practice

24-03-2004 07:49

We can assume this is why Israel did not wish to make an appearance at the Hague but sent instead a bus. All of these offenses needed to be discussed but Israel refused to show up and be present. The US continues to reward such behavior with American Tax Dollar$ .
Silence = Complicity

Full article

On the Frontlines with Howard Wallace

24-03-2004 06:22

Howard Wallace is a long-time peace activist, trade union organizer, senior and gay rights activist. He has been a Teamster and recently retired as a leader in Local 250 of SEIU, a large health care union in Northern California. He currently works with Senior Action building support among seniors, the lesbian and gay community and labor for health care reform and rights for health care workers. He also helped found Pride at Work.

Full article

PEACE VIGIL News : 24th March 2004

24-03-2004 04:10

~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BRISTOL PEACE VIGIL NEWS : 24th March 2004
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Full article

'Thank You Daniel Ellsberg'

24-03-2004 02:51

Photo: Capitol 3770; inset - Ellsberg arrested for protesting Iraq war, 2002.
30 years later, the legendary leftist hears his tribute tune

Full article | 10 comments

Arrested at Anti-War March, 20 March 04, after videoing cops

24-03-2004 01:45

I was arrested at the anti-war demo on Saturday after videoing the cops & walking on the wrong side of some white tape. I've been charged under Section 5 of the Public Order Act.

Full article | 1 comment

Third camp still left at Blackwood

23-03-2004 23:37

After a hectic day of tree-climbing, bailiff dodging and tunnel-squelching,
the third of Blackwood's three camps still remains, as do several trees
on the Camp Kerry site.

Full article | 2 comments

Protests stop Harvey Nichols selling fur

23-03-2004 23:14

Harvey Nichols owns 5 shops in the UK and animal rights groups have been protesting outside them for months as they sell clothes made of rabbit, fox and raccoon fur. A few days before a national day of action, the company officially withdrew all its fur and announced that it would not be selling it again.

Full article

The Liverpool Kensington New Deal for Communities initiative is falling apart!

23-03-2004 21:35

The £62m Liverpool Kensington New Deal for Communities initiative is falling apart. Infighting is common and bad feelings amongst residents now permeate the whole initiative. Warring factions and inter-area rivalry is now commonplace.

Full article | 12 comments

Post card from Liverpool - What the tourist board wouldn't want tourists to see!

23-03-2004 20:48

Picture post card from Liverpool to tourists of the world - This is the reality!
Granby Street in 2004, it's over twenty years now since the well known Toxteth riots. While many saw the riots as a social uprising against repressive and racist policing, the accompanying photo-montage shows that the community around Granby Street in Liverpool 8 is looking more run down in many ways than it did after the 1981 riots. Granby Street is just one example of the insidious gentrification of Liverpool city centre which is clearing out working class people, a process which is now spiraling outwards at break neck speed.