UK Newswire Archive
Worldwide Protests Slam G8 Support of Nuclear, Coal, Oil
21-07-2006 01:33
The protests included large "banner drops" in multiple cities, protests of coal and oil companies, and rallies at the U.S. embassy in London and the Washington, DC home of U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman. On Friday, protestors showed up at Bodman's home, demanding that the United States and the G8 abandon the focus on nuclear, coal, and on oil wars as "energy security." They chanted "No Coal, No Nukes, G-8 shut it down!" No arrests took place.call for andy murray to pull out unless the israelis do!
20-07-2006 22:57
andy murray has been asked on his official website to pull out of the weekend's davis cup match with israel unless israel calls an immediate ceasfire in lebanon. where they offer free tickets for the match, actor, tam dean burn has posted a plea asking andy to pull out of the match as a desperate attempt to force the israelis to pull back from the murder and destruction. tam said ' get to the site and back this call as quickly as possible. andy pulling out would send shockwaves round the world"Yorkshire MEPs Remain Reticent on the Yorkshire Ripper Cover-Up
20-07-2006 22:47
While awareness continues to spread among the general public that something is horribly wrong with the Yorkshire Ripper case, the region's representatives in the European Parliament remain strangely bashful and reticent on this vital life-or-death issue.The coup attempt that started a war
20-07-2006 21:45
As historians tell us now, the assassination was an excuse to start a war. The political/military situation was such that if the assassination hadn’t occurred the opposing countries would have found another excuse to start the war. Similarly, the situation in the Middle East has been developing in such a way that even if Hamas hadn’t captured the Israeli soldier, Israel would have invaded Gaza anyway.email, fax blair 21 july - tell him what you think
20-07-2006 21:45
Fax: 020 7925 0918Email:
http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page821.asp please send a message tomorrow, friday 21 july, even one line to say that the slaughter must stop.
NUJ condemns Israeli targeting of the media
20-07-2006 20:36
NUJ General Secretary Jeremy Dear has written to the Israeli embassy in protest at the targeting of the media in the current escalation of violence in the Middle East.Oxford WDM G8 Olympics
20-07-2006 19:53
Annan Calls For Cease-Fire: Israel Murders Over 100 Children
20-07-2006 19:00
LEBANON-ISRAEL FACTS THE MEDIA ISN'T TELLING YOUwww.youtube.com/watch?v=QKq38COoTG8
if the reporting on this situation does not improve, it's time to blockade the media at their offices. The same goes for this pathetic excuse for a "Government". Why is Bliar the War Criminal still in power?
Lebanon Eyewitness Report (CARDIFF)
20-07-2006 18:12
ISRAEL OUT OF LEBANON, GAZA & THE WEST BANKCardiff Stop the War Coalition Public Meeting
Latvia bans gay Pride- Tatchell to attend despite threats
20-07-2006 16:14
Latvia has banned this weekends' gay Pride parade etc in Riga. Peter Tatchell of Outrage etc to attend a parade despite the ban and threats of violence..Freelance journalist arrested for refusing to hand over protest footage in CA
20-07-2006 15:23
San Francisco Chronicle article and National Lawyers Guild condemnation and link for more information on the case. Supporters are asking for public response and support to help Wolf's case.PICKET OF DAVIS CUP BRITAIN-ISRAEL MATCH AT DEVONSHIRE PARK, EASTBOURNE
20-07-2006 14:48
PICKET OF DAVIS CUP BRITAIN-ISRAEL MATCH AT DEVONSHIRE PARK, EASTBOURNEFull article | 1 addition | 2 comments
FIGHT WITH WATER, NOT GUNS!!
20-07-2006 13:59
Mass water fight in aid of peace, tomorrow evening 21st july 2006 in parliament square, bring your own water, nearest tube westminister station , spread the word!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!UK Government GM consultation slammed
20-07-2006 11:13
The UK government is attempting to introduce GM crops by the back door, by putting in place plans for "coexistence".The real answer is to prevent GM crops from being planted at all.
G8 2006 Repression Continues -- The case of Mihain
20-07-2006 10:51
Translated and posted by the "G8 2006 Info and Press Group", Berlin.The Israeli Censor
20-07-2006 10:35
Hizbollah took two Israeli soldiers prisoner in Lebannon, a legitmate act of state protection as these were military personel from a hostile state on Lebanese territory.This security precaution is not kidnapping the term used to describe the operation in the world's media, Israeli soldiers are legal combatants and can therefore be taken as prisoners of war as sanctioned under the third Geneva convention, See below :
National Demonstration: STOP ISRAELI ATTACKS ON LEBANON AND PALESTINE
20-07-2006 07:48
SATURDAY 22 JULYSTOP ISRAELI ATTACKS ON LEBANON AND PALESTINE
The failed effort to get together a transit system fare strike in San Francisco
20-07-2006 02:27
A critique of our efforts to foment a mass "self-reduction" movement on San Francisco's Muni public transit system.Who are the real terrorist?
19-07-2006 23:24
Israel’s brutal bombing of Lebanon and the Gaza has illustrated yet again peace in the Middle East is an illusion and war on terror generates only more terror. Israel’s hard line policy has a history of being ineffective as a solution and its strong arm tactics only lead to more violence in a region where blood calls for more blood and power cliques on both sides feed off the victims.International Day against Climate Change: Gloucestershire action
19-07-2006 22:41
On Saturday Stroud District and Cheltenham Green party members joined Friends of the Earth groups and concerned residents in an action organised by a Campaign against Climate Change group, to highlight aviations' role in climate change and concerns about expansion at Staverton, Gloucestershire's airport.