UK Newswire Archive
Report back from Jerry Hicks talk in Cambridge
13-08-2005 20:01
Jerry Hicks, a sacked trade unionist working at the Bristol Rolls Royce plant, talked in Cambridge on the Thursday 11th August. The meeting was organized by the Marshall's Aerospace branch of the Amicus Union in Cambridge, but the audience was quite mixed with trade unionists sitting next to anti-war and social justice activists.Iraqis say 15 dead after military shooting -- but U.S. denies
13-08-2005 19:48
Iraqis say 15 dead after military shooting -- but U.S. deniesFigures: UN's nuclear watchdog IAEA permanently controls Iran
13-08-2005 18:06
Coming September 3, when IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei reports on Iran's nuclear activities, the figures below will be used concerning the number of visits in the field to inspect in Iran.Activists remember Burundi's Gatumba massacre
13-08-2005 17:49
Dreams Can Come True
13-08-2005 16:20
We often witness the irony of self fulfilling prophecy and the strange karmic, ‘what goes around comes around’ sort of cosmic justice. To the chagrin of dreamers, dreams sometimes do come true.Iceland actions latest
13-08-2005 15:21
We have relocated to Reykjavik and the camp in the East of Iceland has been dissolved. We have accomplished what we set out to do in the East and are extending our campaign to the capital in spite of heavy state repression, police surveilance and harassment.Danish "Rebellion" repressed
13-08-2005 15:21
Danish anti-terror legislation campaign group Oprør (Rebellion) is once again in the searhlight, due to the appeal below, which the police has ordered removed from their site. It is, of course, now appearing everywhere in cyberspace in solidarity.POLICE CORRAL ANTI-ARMS DEMO
13-08-2005 14:57
Around forty Anti arms trade protestors were prevented from marching through Brighton today (saturday 13th August) by over 150 officers, some in public order gear with dogs.The camapaigners were trying to draw attention to local arms dealers EDO MBM.
EDO Brighton demo VIDEO
13-08-2005 14:41
4min/14mb video from EDO demonstration in Brighton, UK13th of August 2005
Sussex Police show customary restraint towards peace demo - ringleader nicked
13-08-2005 14:26
G8 & SUPPORTING THOSE ARRESTED
13-08-2005 12:22
Civil Liberties - Torture - An Idea For Our Time
13-08-2005 10:36
Civil LibertiesTorture - An Idea For Our Time
Help us stop Harriet Anyangokolo’s deportation this Sunday 14 August
13-08-2005 10:30
.Plowshares action in the Netherlands
13-08-2005 09:59
A 52-year old Italian peace activist disarmed two F-16 fighter airplanes last Wednesday. He managed to reach the planes unseen and used a hammer to damage the planes and the control system. He was caught and arrested as he was hammering on the second F16. The damages is said to be millions of euros.Neo-Nazi and White Power Groups Using Author's Website to Organize
12-08-2005 22:48
Neo-Nazi and White Power groups in Canada, the US and elsewhere have been using Nationstates.net, an online gaming site based on Australian author Max Barry's novel, Jennifer Government, hosted on UK servers, to recruit new members for their hate groups. Let Max Barry know what's up with supporting hate groups by letting them use his site!DISARM DSEi picket
12-08-2005 21:38
Picket Spearhead Exhibitions Ltd, organiser of DSEi, 1pm on the First and Third Mondays of every month, at Spearhead Exhibitions Ltd, Oriel House, 26 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DL.Next picket: Monday 15th August, 1pm
Warming hits 'tipping point' (please read)
12-08-2005 21:37
Siberia feels the heat: It's a frozen peat bog the size of France and Germany combined, contains billions of tonnes of greenhouse gas and, for the first time since the ice age, it is meltingSheehan Reingnites US Peace Movement
12-08-2005 21:31
Time for an "Orange Revolution" in Crawford, Texas.Vine & Fig Tree Planters -
12-08-2005 20:44
9 protesters, two from Oxford are charged with offences for cutting into Aldermaston/Burghfield to plant vines and fig trees.