UK Indymedia - UK Newswire Archive

legalise cannabis party rehashed

12-11-2006 23:25

The 'Legalise Cannabis Alliance' (LCA), a legally constituted political party which stood candidates in Parliamentary elections against prohibitionists in the Labour, Tory, Liberal and even the Green Party, has decided on a major change of strategy.

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film of old street shell garage blockade

12-11-2006 23:17

6' 25" video of the old street shell garage action on friday evening, where activists blockaded the garage and stopped business twice during the course of the evening.

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Climate Chaos Camp - Trebanos

12-11-2006 22:23

Campaigners get together in protest on Climate Change and Enviromental Rape by National Quid

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Harassment of religious dissidents in Polish school system

12-11-2006 21:02

Imagine a country where if You are not a Catholic, you are treated with prejudice. Where You are treated as someone worser. Imagine, that You have to send Your child to a school there. He is automatically enrolled into classes of Catholic religion...

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Governed by an unelected superstate: EU and the end of British democracy

12-11-2006 19:10

British governance is being handed over, and its 'control' is increasingly in the hands of unelected bureaucrats within the EU. It is up to the people of the day, to say no before Britian is swallowed up by a pan-European Constitution, which will mean being "stripped of our remaining independence; losing control of our foreign policy and armed forces; the HANDING OVER OF OUR LEGAL SYSTEM AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TO THE EU... the handing over of our remaining currency and gold reserves to the European Central Bank; and the total regulation of British domestic and international trade, by the European Union". Please, view this documentary by Phillip Day.

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Stop the Kirkstall Deer Cull

12-11-2006 18:47

URGENT ACTION NEEDED!
Stop the deer cull!

A farmer in Kirkstall Valley, Leeds, has been complaining to the council about deer
destroying his crops and allegedly driving him out of business.

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Stop the War demo at Nottingham's Armed Forces Recruitment Centre

12-11-2006 18:36

Stop the War demo at Nottingham's Armed Forces Recruitment Centre
On Saturday Stop the War Coalition draped Nottingham's Armed Forces Recruitment Centre with coffin-shaped placards naming the members of the British Forces killed in Iraq.

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Attack on anti-castor camp thrown back

12-11-2006 18:18

The Castor, a transport of nuclear waste, is going through Germany again. Several thousand people are protesting all over Germany. Near the route of the transport a protest camp is set up in Metzingen. Last night a street blockade with burning hay bales was set up.

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Baghdad’s new statue

12-11-2006 18:01

Please find the following story by Iraqi blogger "Roads to Iraq"

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Families of Servicemen Killled in Iraq Lay Wreaths at the Cenotaph

12-11-2006 15:31

In a moving and solemn ceremony of remembrance, members of the families of some of the 121 British soldiers killed in Iraq processed along Whitehall to the Cenotaph in London on Nov 11, 2006, and laid wreaths. They were accompanied by a number of prominent supporters of the 'Stop the War' campaign and a large group of media.

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Fourth International Week of Action Against the Apartheid Wall

12-11-2006 15:14

On Saturday 11th November, demonstrators showing solidarity with Palestine Liberation struggle set up their stalls outside the doors of Marks & Spencer at the Marble Arch end of Oxford St, London, engaging shoppers in conversation and collecting signatures for their petition.

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Birmingham University apologises for religious discrimination

12-11-2006 12:18

We're so sorry, say university
by Lester Holloway
24/10/2006

BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY dons apologised to the Muslim students who were elected to the students union but prevented from taking office. The 1990 Trust were among those supporting the campaign.

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Nuclear opponents delay waste transport

12-11-2006 09:36

Anti-nuclear activists on Saturday delayed a waste train from northern France to northern Germany by several hours, said the French reprocessing company, Areva.

The train carrying 12 Castor train storage caskets was held up before Serqueux near Rouen because activists were near the track. Two years ago a protester was killed when he was sucked under a Castor train train.

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Daithí

12-11-2006 06:01

…from The Guardian:

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Last ditch attempt to stop deportation of young lesbian

12-11-2006 00:20

A last ditch attempt to stop Faridah Kenyini being deported is being organised by Tyneside Community Action for Refugees (TCAR). We are asking people to take phone/fax action and if you live in the Heathrow area, to leaflet at the airport on Monday afternoon.

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Dhiren Barot & Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan

11-11-2006 21:36

...from Reuters News Service:

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Responses to the BNP victory. Hypocritical?

11-11-2006 21:18

What are the true implications of the BNP's recent legal victory.

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Media coverage of Israeli attack on Beit Hanoun

11-11-2006 20:53

Wednesday’s dawn attack on the sleeping Palestinian family in Beit Hanoun by an Israeli artillery barrage (part of operation `Autumn Clouds`) was barely reported in the mainstream media. The focus was on the US mid-term elections and the resignation of defence secretary Rumsfeld.

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UN: IDF killed 116 children in 2006

11-11-2006 20:29

The world is now witnessing just who the terrorists really are.

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As Predicted: US Vetoes UN SC Resolution On Gaza Massacre

11-11-2006 20:29

Once again, the US Government has proven itself to be in the pocket of the Zionist Lobby, reinforcing everything said about the relationship by its critics.