UK Newswire Archive
Our friends in the South
18-02-2009 00:37
As we face increasingly international and interconnected crises around food, finance and climate, we need to know more about our global allies in the South. James O’Nions looks beyond the familiar but limited NGOs that stand for North-South relations in the mainstream mediaNUS ‘plays the race card’ in criticism of student occupations
18-02-2009 00:32
In a letter to The Independent on February 15th, Wes Streeting, President of the NUS, said he did not believe ‘that the sit-ins relating to the Gaza crisis have been the student movement’s finest hour’, condemning the ’significant disruption to [...the] education’ of other students ‘.Westboro Church in the UK this friday
18-02-2009 00:31
Want to stop these bigoted freaks peddling their hate?Response to Counter-Terrorism Act 2008: Section 67
18-02-2009 00:21
Read belowfilm of mark thomas at yesterday's journalist demo outside new scotland yard
18-02-2009 00:07
political comedy activist mark thomas joined more than a hundred journalists outside new scotland yard yesterday as new laws are introduced which may allow for the arrest and imprisonment of anyone taking pictures of police.Class Solidarity with the General Strike of the Caribbean Workers!
17-02-2009 22:30
Jack Straw set to gag chidren from complaining from abuse when in care
17-02-2009 21:24
Jack Straw is proposing to open The Family Court to media & press but at the same time gag all those who pass through the doors.The likes of Mark & Nicky Webster would not be able to speak of their injustice. Baby P would have passed unknowingly. Sally Clarke would not have been able to tell her story ..........
You can also view our facebook group here Stop Jack Straws Gag Order
Openness of The Family Court - A New Approach (effectively gagging children from conmplaining of abuse, and parents too- removing ALL freedom of speech -
The Ministry of Justice has released a publication regarding the opening of the Family Court. dated 20 June 2007
http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/consult-family-courts.pdf Israel, Hamas and Moral Equivalence
17-02-2009 20:29
Now that Israel has entered Gaza, the response from much of the world’s press has been totally predictable. Israel is called a nation of terrorists and mass murderers, and it is claimed that Israel is being far too disproportionate in its response. Demands for an immediate withdrawal, along with expectations that Israel grovels in remorse are becoming commonplace.Valentines home demos: HLS, fur, and the Israeli Ambassador in DC
17-02-2009 18:58
28 Ways Afghan War Harms Animals And Other Stories
17-02-2009 18:30
Direct action in solidarity with SHAC/SPEAK prisoners
17-02-2009 18:29
http://directaction.info. 20th Jan - 16th Feb: Animal Liberation Front (ALF) volunteers rescued a dog from abuse in Spain, ALF North Yorkshire liberated hens and sabotaged thousands of eggs and ALF Poland pained HLS customers buildings in the Netherlands. Anonymous activists rescued 16 hens in the Czech Republic, painted HLS customer Bayer in Uruguay and sealed off Andover town center, in Hampshire, following a report of a suspicious package at HLS shareholder Barclays. Furthermore, Berkeley Students for Animal Liberation followed UC Berkeley's Gregory Timmel, the veterinarian in the universities vivisection labs, vandalising his shiny new Audi.
International Media Censorship Against Venezuela
17-02-2009 17:55
Lawyer David Mills, sentenced to 4.5 years in Milan.
17-02-2009 17:47
Judges in Milan have sentenced David Mills, husband of Tessa Jowell to 4 and a half years in prison for corruption, he also has to pay 250,000 euro's damages to the Italian State as damages. The case involves a $600.000 payment made to paid to MIlls on behalf Silvio Berlusconi, by Fininvest manager Carlo Bernasconi, on behalf of Berlusconi.Mills has announced that he intends to appeal .
Protest this Thursday: Don't Deport Trade Unionists to Saudi!
17-02-2009 17:33
Italians nazifascist of London
17-02-2009 16:10
Palestinian Today 021709
17-02-2009 16:00
Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center,
www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, February 17th, 2009.
Report of Palestine actions in Newcastle
17-02-2009 15:25
The BNP's 'RWB' Organizer Gets An Early Call
17-02-2009 15:21
It may be over 6 months since the fascist British National Party held their most recent 'Red, White & Blue' rally, but it's not been forgotten.Italian Mafia Money Laundering in Battersea London SW11
17-02-2009 15:15
The Italian press reports the operation was linked to various (mafia) organized crime gangs.
Nazis plan to march against NATO summit
17-02-2009 15:12
For those travelling to protest against the NATO summit in Kehl (France) and Baden-Baden (Germany), this information might be of interest. There will be an anti-fascist mobilisation to stop the Nazi march, so please consider taking part.