UK Newswire Archive
Evening Post depicts Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station as 'cutting edge technology'
05-10-2007 08:08
I was appalled to see that an article about the successful gaining of an important funding bid for further development of renewable energy sources was accompanied by a picture with the caption: 'Cutting Edge Technology: Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station', in last weeks edition of the Evening Post's 'Business Post'.
Crassness at the core of the CROSSRAIL scam exposed!
05-10-2007 08:08
The ECONOMIST website has 'let slip' in the last 20 hours that Gordon Brown's now trumpeted decision to 'give the go-ahead' to the CRASSrail scam was, indeed, a scam.Castleford Tigers Support Circus Mondeo Animal Abuse
05-10-2007 00:41
CIRCUS MONDEO ARE DUE TO PITCH UP THEIR ANIMAL CIRCUS ON LAND BELONGING TO CASTLEFORD TIGERS RFLG FROM SUNDAY FOR A WEEK.Liverpool Anarchist Educational is Class!
05-10-2007 00:17
`We've been conditioned to think that education must be expensive, that it is too complex for ordinary people and must be left to experts, and that it is so vital it is best organised by large and powerful institutions, like the local education authority or the state. Like most things we are taught to believe, this is a lie.' - The NihilstMidlands: health boss to get pay increase while workers face pay cut
04-10-2007 23:15
Hospital workers in Leicestershire were shocked and outraged by the news that interim Chief Executive for the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Derek Smith, will be paid £100,000 for three months work. Meanwhile, Wolverhampton healthworkers face a pay cut.Postal workers begin two 48-hour strikes
04-10-2007 23:09
Royal Mail workers have started the first of two 48-hour walkouts over pay and conditions since the suspension of strike action for talks in August.Burma: a view from within
04-10-2007 22:34
Everyone likes surprises, and the brutal military regime that has ruled Burma since 1990 are no exception. Back in September 2005 people were dumbfounded to hear that the generals had moved the capital 400 miles to the north; almost two years later they woke up to find the cost of diesel – the country’s main fuel - had doubled, while that of gas – much used by private bus companies following orders from a greenwashing junta – increased by five times.Secret work on new nuclear warhead at Aldermaston
04-10-2007 20:52
Insiders report that the Atomic Weapons Establishment has already commenced work on a successor warhead to Trident, despite there having been no parliamentary debate or vote on the matter.Burma Demo & Global Day Of Action Saturday 6th
04-10-2007 18:49
burma demo saturday 6th 11am at the tate, going to trafalgar sq.Theres also a constant vigil at Parliment Sq & demos happening at Burmese embassy near greene park.There will petals thrown from westminster bridge & stuff tied to downing street during the march.
transport form nottingham to London
Anti-racism march in Manchester on 3 November 2007
04-10-2007 18:11
There will be an anti-racism march in Manchester on 3 November 2007, in defence of all asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants and all victims of racism.Imperial Playground: The Story of Iran in Recent History
04-10-2007 16:20
As the United States is the sole superpower and empire in the world today, most commentators focus primarily just on relations between America and Iran to explain the current situation developing between the two countries, usually not going further back than just a few years, and as far back as the mainstream media will tell the story is to 1979, when Iran had a revolution, in which they threw out the Shah of Iran, who was backed by the Americans and British, and replaced that form of secular government with a religious one. However, as important as this event was between Iranian and American relations, it is important to go further back to truly understand the dynamic relations that the United Kingdom, and later, the United States (the Anglo-American alliance) have had with Iran.Post union calls strike over paltry wage offer at Royal Mail
04-10-2007 14:35
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has announced further strike action by 130,000 postal workers to pressure Royal Mail to increase its paltry wage offer. But behind the scenes the union is working to sell the company’s Business Plan and the “total flexibility” it demands to its members.Birmingham Unites behind Burma
04-10-2007 14:18
Prayer flags and march for Burma's futureBirmingham city centre
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Time: 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: Birmingham
Call Uut: Cardiff Burma/Total Protest Saturday 6th October
04-10-2007 13:33
DO SOMETHING ABOUT BURMA IN CARDIFF - SPREAD THE WORD!French oil company Total is one of the biggest foreign investors in Burma. It has been propping up the violent and oppressive regime there for years. It has even used army-imposed forced labour to construct a gas pipeline accross the country.
The Atmosphere Is Not For Sale
04-10-2007 13:26
I feel like an eco-fraud. There’s me thinking that we should be protecting the land, the sea and the atmosphere from the profit motives of large corporations, and then a big group of like-minded people come along with a signed document saying the opposite and repeatedly hit you round the face with it.Hackers: Unite For Burmese Freedom!
04-10-2007 13:20
One very effective way of removing power from a despotic regime is by taking over the tools of control. You can bring down the 'master' using the master's tools - you just have to be clever about it - and persistent.Solidarity with housing rights activsits in FRANCE
04-10-2007 12:51
Impressive police operation target an action planned on the 3r of October ,International Day for the Right to Housing and against property speculation
in Paris.
http://www.globenet.org/dal/ MP's condemn anti-Iranian Media Bias
04-10-2007 11:12
A cross-party group of MP's last night unanimously condemned the British media for a lack of objectivity when reporting on Iran.The man from Del Monte, he says 'die'
04-10-2007 11:11
People are still dying in the 'Banana Republics' for the fruit served in Tescos, Sainsbury's and so on...Canada Refuses Entry to CODEPINK Cofounder's, Medea Benjamin and Ann Wright
04-10-2007 10:55
