UK Newswire Archive
Dome inspires homeless people at Christmas
13-12-2004 19:03
Crisis Open Christmas will take place in six venues around London this year from 23 to 30 December. The main venue will be at the Millennium Dome in Greenwich.Italian Police Face Trial for Brutal Raid at G8 Protests in Genoa
13-12-2004 18:39
Italian police accused of violence during a raid against protesters at the G8 summit in Genoa in 2001 must stand trial, a judge has ruled.Pinochet to Stand Trial
13-12-2004 18:21
Pinocet, Chile's former Military Ruler, was today placed under house arrest on human rights charges over the disappearance of nine opposition activists and the killing of one during his 17-year regime.He has been judged fit to stand trail.
IDENTITY CARDS BILL - a brief guide
13-12-2004 18:06
While the media are merrily focusing on Blunkett’s love affair, ignoring the fact that one of the most draconian changes to happen in British society, ID cards and the ID database, are being foisted upon us. The government is clearly keen to push the ID Cards Bill through Parliament as quickly as possible, with a Second Reading (the first stage of real debate in parliament) likely to happen before Christmas.Rights for UK homeworkers - pickets of Tescos
13-12-2004 16:10
This is part of SolFed's wider campaign against casualisation.
Ukraine: Next Political Elite or "We Are Together And Not to Be Defeated"?
13-12-2004 16:05
This article was written by two anarchist activists from Kyiv, Ukraine during the second week of the protests - and has been translated just now. "During two weeks of mass protests people get to know - how to cooperate, how to trust each other and how to call the authorities to the answer"Bringing Democracy to the Middle East
13-12-2004 15:57
G8 meets Middle East in Morocco under the guise of bring democracy to the Middle East.Anti G8 - Free the World EP Now Available !
13-12-2004 15:48
Here it finally is: The answer from the anti-capitailst movement to the remake of the Band Aid song. The "Free The World - Do They Really Give a F**k At All EP" tells the real story about Africa, the hunger at the causes.Check it out, download the songs and sing along on www.bandaid.dissent.org.uk
Kelda moves to privatize US water - Stop Aquarion in Holyoke, Mass.
13-12-2004 15:22
December 9, 2004
Open Letter to Kelda Group and the Aquarion Company
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http://water.homestead.com Manchester Marks and Spencer picket update
13-12-2004 15:11
mp3 02.44
ACTIVISTS BLOCKADE WAR CONTRACTOR (Glasgow)
13-12-2004 14:39
This morning, 6 activists from 'Glasgow anti-war action' blockaded Weir Pumps Ltd in Glasgow who have been profiting from the war in Iraq. The company who are a supplier to Halliburton are part of a new campaign of direct action with the aim of causing the company sufficient disruption and economic damage, that they stop supplying components to Halliburton.Bex Tyrer's meeting with Mordechai Vanunu
13-12-2004 14:16
Oxford student Bex Tyrer met recently with Israeli nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu. This is her account:New Doorstep Green in West Norfolk
13-12-2004 13:04
various sizes on the site of a former dump just to the south of the
mouth of the River Nar in King's Lynn.
crane occupation halts construction of europes largest nanotech centre.
13-12-2004 11:45
From 8 a.m. this morning, a group of people has occupied a crane of the Minatec building site in Grenoble (france), to stop work for the day. The occupying ones, supported by protestors on the ground, unrolled a banner against nanotechnologies and distributed leaflets to passers by inviting them to come to join them (see leaflet below in french).Minatec is set to be the largest centre for Nanotechnologies in Europe and is currently being built next to the site of the super-collider in Grenoble.
Activists occupy Nanotech centre construction site
13-12-2004 11:36
Activists in Grenoble France occupy construction site for Minatec Nanotech centreZanon Factory - sign the petition now!
13-12-2004 11:08
Sign the urgent petition to defend the workers-controlled Zanon ceramics factory in Argentina. Another world is possible and actually happening!(I post this on oxford indymedia, although a version of it has already been on uk-imc - it is a story of great interest to Oxford activists, and we will garner more signatures to the petition as a result. Develop local imcs!)
Over with Minatec (before it starts)
13-12-2004 10:24
Since 8 o'clock this monday december 13th, a group is occupying a Minatec's buildingsite's crane, in order to interrupt the construction for a day (two banners have been tied: "we stop everything" and "nanotechs = giga-control"). The
occupiers, supported by demonstrators on the ground, have unrolled a
banner against nanotechnologies (« here the industry of
totalitarianism »)
and distributed some tracts to the passers-by, calling them to join them
fast.
German industry pushing for nuclear waste dump
13-12-2004 09:44
The president of the federation of industry, BDI, Michael Rogowski, has criticised the plans of environment minister, Jürgen Trittin (Greens), to start a fresh search for one storage for waste of varying radioactive intensities.
CKUT Radio: The Battle of Guadalajara Mexico - A Radio Documentary
13-12-2004 03:18
-------------poland: police illegally attack Częstochowa squat
13-12-2004 01:37
On Saturday morning (11/12/2004) police attacked the Częstochowa squat,forcing everybody outside of the building, beating people, arresting
people, alleging drug charges, spreading reports about drug charges
in the media. The real reason for the attack on the centre is presumed
to be its cultural and political and Food Not Bombs activities.