UK Newswire Archive
UNISON demands end to harrassment of Iraqi trade unionists
22-10-2004 18:00
21/10/04) A campaign of vilification against representatives of IFTU, the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions, must stop, says the UK's biggest union UNISON."SUBVERTISE! Exposing the Corporation" Exhibition
22-10-2004 17:53
SUBVERTISE! is an exhibition of subverts and anti-corporate art. Displayed in cinemas across the country to coincide with the release of the film 'The Corporation', from 29th October.DEBATE! Would Bolivar have Toppled the Columbus Statue?
22-10-2004 17:30
Debate on the O12 prisoners in Venezuela, 5pm Monday 25th October, Long Island University-Friends World Program, 403a Holloway Road, London N7OXDOX screening of The Corporation
22-10-2004 17:23
Straw tries to block law on death at work
22-10-2004 16:58
Corporate killing bill 'poses serious problems'Patrick Wintour, chief political correspondent
Friday October 22, 2004
The Guardian
EDO/MBM Visited by a Creature of the Night
22-10-2004 16:44
Dracula pays EDO/MBM a visit and sends an open invitation to all other ghouls, ghosties and creatures of the night..."NO to this Constitutional Treaty of the EU!"
22-10-2004 16:14
Declaration to sign (also final declaration of the 3 rd Peace Conference 2004 in Hanover)On October 29th 2004, the draft for the EU-constitution is supposed to be signed by the heads of state of the EU member states. After that, the ratification process will start in each single member state of the EU. The present German Federal Government e.g. has already expressed its intention to make this process as short as possible.
Endorse urgent petition to defend our right to protest in Parliament Square
22-10-2004 15:56
Dear friends,Please ask your organisation to sign this petition to defend all of our right to protest in Parliament Square. Time is short, please return your organisation’s contact details and your signature by the Friday, 29 October, if possible, as the Government wants to include this legislation in the Queen’s speech next month. Return your endorsement to the Global Women’s Strike by email to
womenstrike8m@server101.com or by fax or post. Individual signatures are also welcome; please indicate if you are signing for your organisation or as an individual. Thank you
Hostage Video:British Boss of Aid Organization CARE,Videos: Attacks on US troops
22-10-2004 15:36
Weeping Hassan in plea for life.'Please help me, I beg of you'.
Videos Of Recent Iraqi Resistance attacks on Americans troops.
Pavilion Housing Association lurches from bad to worse
22-10-2004 15:11
After a damning report by the Audit Commission, and a soon to be published equally damning report by the industry regulator, one would have expected Pavilion to be making some effort to improve, instead they lurch from bad to worse, and continue to show the same arrogant contempt for their tenants and the local community.Arrests at King's Cross - Different ESF is possible!
22-10-2004 15:06
The statement of slovenian movement Dost je! and video streaming showing arrests at King's Cross at 17th October.
http://www.dostje.org/NeTV/TVS/kcross.htm
Waverley propaganda on housing privatisation
22-10-2004 15:03
Waverley is leading its tenants into privatisation through a one-sided discussion. Alternative views are not tolerated. Tenants are not being told the truth, critics are being silenced and vilified, and meetings are being manipulated by council officials.Bristol City Council facing Meltdown after Bristolian paper revelations
22-10-2004 14:03
Bristol City Council is facing meltdown next week when all three parties on the ruling coalition are likely to refuse to run the councilThis weeks SchNEWS - Endless Shit Flinging
22-10-2004 13:32
Thousands of people from more than 70 countries came to a very wet London last weekend to take part in the European Social Forum (ESF) and the various autonomous events across the capital. They came to see if ‘another world is possible’ , yet as expected, last weekend was hijacked by people whose vision seems seriously at odds with many people involved in grassroots politics.
Autonomous Spaces-where are the reports
22-10-2004 12:33
I've seen numerous postings on the scuffels with police and reports on demosBUT what happened to all the reports photos etc. of all the talks dissusions workshops that were run over last weekend ????
not to mention the partys that happened.
Update: Anti-Capitalist Action 5 November
22-10-2004 12:32
A couple of groups connected to the Dissent! Network are calling for action against the "Rule Making in Global Capital Markets" conference to be held in Wilton PArk house in Styning from 5th-6th November 2004. The following is the text of the flyer. PDF versions of the flyer and poster are available from brightonantig8@yahoo.co.uk See you there!
US FORCING GM ON IRAQ
22-10-2004 12:03
Iraq is a breadbasket of the Middle East and the genetic origin of wheat. Isthe US putting legislation in place in Iraq in preparation for
commercialising GM wheat there in order to get a foothold in Asia?
Chavez, TNCs revolucionary
22-10-2004 11:59
The August 2004 elections legitimized Hugo Chávez's presidency, approved by the multinational powers-that-be, despite the opposition's claims of electoral fraud. We, at El Libertario (issue 39, September/October 2004), presented an indepth analysis of the consecuences of the referendum, as well as proposals for action in the new circumstances. We shall now quote a couple of notes from that issue that express the essence of the venezuelan anarchists' perspective.