UK Newswire Archive
CCTV Cameras Are Looking In Homes
10-06-2007 01:10
Alarmed residents in Islington, London, UK, have highlighted a truly disturbing habit of local CCTV camera operators - spying into homes.Venezuela: The case of RCTV and the fictional democratization of communication
10-06-2007 00:32
* The Collective of “El Libertario”, Venezuelan anarchist newspaper, makes public its reasoned out position in the debate generated by the case of RCTV, in where the current government imposes a solution where we pass from the meanness that the capitalistic private oligopoly of TV to the dreadful that could be the monopoly of a bureaucratic and authoritarian state.Video Rush: 07/06/07 - East Gate Blockade Holds Firm, Protestors Take West Gate
10-06-2007 00:23
Colonialism is Bad for Your Health - This week: AIDS in Africa
09-06-2007 23:02
After 40 years of illegal military occupation of Palestine, enough!
09-06-2007 22:23
more naked bike ride pics
09-06-2007 21:48
I'm so sick and tired of the "Support Our Troops" mantra I could eat my internal
09-06-2007 21:03
Support our troops. It’s the only rallying cry left. It’s the dirty, shredded little yellow ribbons and tattered flags that used to mean nationalistic pride and now nobody’s really up to replacing them and, since it’s impossible to agree on much of anything about the Iraq invasion, occupation and subsequent unmitigated disaster, we’re all supposed to at least agree to “support our troops.”Wall Street Journal's Looking Glass World
09-06-2007 19:06
Made in Washington street protests threaten VenezuelaHow Legal is the UK New Deal for Employment?
09-06-2007 18:59
The UK government is trying to "force" people back into work with a number of programmes notably the New Deal. However, mandatory courses can be put in place in which poor people could loose all their benefits, and become homeless.Justice for Sandra and Mental Health
09-06-2007 18:39
A campaign by the family of Sandra Jean Allen who died, aged 61, in appalling conditions whilst detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 at the Highgate Mental Health Centre in North LondonAction Report: Victory to the Intifada contingent on ENOUGH Palestine demo
09-06-2007 18:39
On Saturday 9th June a lively and angry contingent from the Victory to the Intifada campaign joined the national demonstration called by the ENOUGH coalition to demand an end to the 40 year occupation of the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza. Organisers claimed 20,000 people participated in the march, although the actual figure was closer to 5,000.'Liverpool Care Slaves' To Strike?
09-06-2007 18:27
Thousands strip off for London's Naked Bike Ride
09-06-2007 18:19
But in a scale that surprised even the organisers, more than five thousand people today took to London's streets to protest against oil dependency, celebrate body freedom and curb car culture.
The campaign to keep Paris Hilton in jail: nothing healthy about it
09-06-2007 17:05
The pious outrage Thursday over heiress Paris Hilton’s “early release” from jail in Los Angeles, accusations of “special treatment” and the vindictive demands that she receive “justice,” i.e., punishment, have nothing healthy or progressive about them—as the images of Hilton being taken in handcuffs to court Friday morning and from there, sobbing, back to prison should indicate.Liverpool: Peak Oil and Climate Change event
09-06-2007 16:43
Liverpool Permaculture Society are trying to raise awareness around the issues of Peak Oil & Climate Change & to promote organised community response & planned Energy Descent in the face of these challenges. We need to take power back to our communities, decentralise & become as self sufficient as possible to have the best chance of dealing with this crisis. Burying our heads in the sand & relying on central government & big business to save us leaves us powerless & vulnerable.G8 summit: Climate compromise masks mounting conflicts
09-06-2007 16:27
The 3,500 reporters and photographers who travelled to the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, have accomplished their assigned mission. The world has been inundated with reports of progress and idyllic photos: Bush, Merkel and Putin sitting relaxed and chatting in beach chairs; Sarkozy and Blair talking over a glass of beer; a harmonious walk on the beach of the picturesque resort by all of the world leaders.Please visit www.youtube.com/politicalvideos for in depth Iraq War videos
09-06-2007 15:02
Video website at Youtube.com exposing the corruption and lies of the Iraq War.Started in September 2006, the website is an example of the extent of problems
caused by the USA and Allies in Iraq.
G8 Flushes Climate Camp Down The Pipe
09-06-2007 13:58