UK Newswire Archive
Saddam offered to go into exile
27-09-2007 22:57
Reports Saddam offered to go into exile surfaced last year from the UAE. [1] The same report has just emerged from Spain, with the added information that Bush believed Saddam could be assasinated.This confirms that the war wasn't about regime change in the slightest.
Blockade of Total Garage in solidarity with Burmese protesters
27-09-2007 22:19
Around 30 activists blockaded a Total petrol station to protest against the company's heavy involvement with the military junta in Burma which is responsible for the deaths of several protesters in just the last few days.Burma Solidarity Protest in Bradford
27-09-2007 22:07
Around 25 protesters blockaded a Total petrol station in Bradford today in solidarity with the Burmese people.Full article | 2 additions | 5 comments
Large turnout at Burmese and Chinese embassies in London
27-09-2007 18:58
Large numbers of protesters rallied outside the Burmese embassy, before marching to the Chinese embassy to demand China's support for the pro-democracy uprising in Burma.B-52 Nukes Headed for Iran: Air Force refused to fly weapons to Middle East
27-09-2007 18:36
WMR has learned from U.S. and foreign intelligence sources that the B-52 transporting six stealth AGM-129 Advanced Cruise Missiles, each armed with a W-80-1 nuclear warhead, on August 30, were destined for the Middle East via Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.Burmese military cracks down on escalating protests
27-09-2007 18:24
The military in Burma (Myanmar) unleashed its troops yesterday on unarmed demonstrators in a bid to stamp out mounting protests against the junta’s stifling rule, and price rises that have made life for broad layers of working people unbearable.Full article | 2 additions | 1 comment
SOCPA - gordon brown's hypocricy over burmese protests
27-09-2007 18:17
while 'red' ken and his gla can offer no explanation for the continued 2-metre high fencing around parliament square, and while burmese demonstrators are hassled by inspector price of the met for not asking permission to protest about the sudden crackdown by the burmese military, we are still waiting for gordon brown to honour his 'promise' of repealing the SOCPA law banning 'unauthorised' protest near parliament.Unions responsible for harsh conditions facing temporary agency workers
27-09-2007 18:09
Tony Woodley, leader of the Transport and General Workers Union (T&G), used a column in the Guardian this week to set out his union’s campaign over the plight of temporary agency workers.Bhurma: petition to cancel Beijing Olympics unless China intervenes
27-09-2007 18:04
Launch of online petition to pressure the Beijing government:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Boycott-Olympics/
Wear Red Shirt Tomorrow in Support of Burmese
27-09-2007 16:10
To show solidarity with Burmese there is a move to wear a red shirt tomorrow Friday 28thNI classroom assistants begin one-day strike
27-09-2007 15:55
Soldarity with Iraqi Workers in Wales
27-09-2007 15:39
Hands Off Iraqi Oil is a UK coalition opposing any foreign exploitation of Iraq's oil reserves that rips off the Iraqi people. Members include Corporate Watch, Iraq Occupation Focus, Jubilee Iraq, Naftana, PLATFORM, Voices UK, and War on Want.An old Zionist dream: the partition of Iraq
27-09-2007 15:32
Finally the Imperial Senate calls for Iraq's partition.
NOT GUILTY! Pauline Campbell strikes important blow for women prisoners.
27-09-2007 15:26
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/10/354142.html This time the Police had clearly had enough and were determined to get a conviction. In January Pauline was protesting at the death of Caroline Powell a mother of five who had been found dead in her cell. When Pauline did her usual action of blocking the Prison van trying to enter it took the local Police nearly an hour and a half to show up. When they arrived they came prepared with 3 vehicles 6 officers and an evidence gathering cameraman. It was very clear that this time they intended to get a conviction.
Sadly for the cops they could not be bothered (amongst other things) to check the local boundaries, i.e. where the highway finished and the crown property started. They also did not endear themselves to the court by changing the charge against Pauline midway through the process. Her acquittal is a victory for prisoner rights campaigners everywhere.
The photos below have not been published until now for legal reasons.
Wanker
27-09-2007 14:49
What a wanker!
Biofuelwatch talk at the Sumac Centre, Nottingham
27-09-2007 13:59
Palestinians visit the factory that makes thier lives hell.
27-09-2007 13:25
Members of the Palestinian delegaton to Brighton went to the weekly noisy demonstration outside EDO MBM in Home Farm Road, Brighton, yesterday to express their anger at the manufacturers of components for weapons used on thier families by the Israeli military.Full article | 4 additions | 3 comments
Policing the No Border Camp
27-09-2007 13:25
Banner theatre - autumn tour
27-09-2007 13:08
"They get free mobiles . . . don't they?" busting the media-generated myths
about refugees and asylum seekers. See below for the tour schedule.