UK Newswire Archive
Local Playwright and Human Rights Campaigner told to leave UK
19-11-2009 20:32
Lydia Besong and her husband Bernard Batey fled Cameroon and came to the UK seeking asylum on 17 December 2006. On 29 October 2009 the couple returned to their home in Rochdale to find a letter from the Border and Immigration Agency informing them that they must return to Cameroon, where Lydia she is still wanted by the authorities since escaping prison.Bez Granits (No Borders): new anarchist newspaper for the Baltic region
19-11-2009 19:56
On November 7, 2009 (Nestor Makhno's birthday anniversary) a newanarchist newspaper, Bez Granits ("without borders" / "no limits")
published its debut issue - 12 black and red pages which were prepared
by the collective which was at the moment spread between St.
Petersburg, Russia, and Riga, Latvia.
Bene-rave For London Coalition Against Poverty Sat 21st - London
19-11-2009 17:17
Benefit party for LCAP, london's premier direct action class struggle campaign, from their friends and supporters in the underground dance scene. 2 rooms playing: Dubstep, DnB, Jungle, Bastard Pop, Punk, Ska, Wonk and Techno! Massive sound system provided by Underkonstruktion, RedEye and FlipsideDay of workshops - Black Cat Occupied Social Centre, Bath - Sat 21st Nov
19-11-2009 15:40
Photographers 6 year legal battle concludes.
19-11-2009 15:33
He has been supported in his fight by both UK Indymedia and the National Union of Journalists over the past six years.
Corporate Watch: NDET issues bail conditions designed to prevent protest
19-11-2009 11:39
Following two house raids in Evesham and Gosport in the early hours of Tuesday 10th November, four animal rights activists were arrested, charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage and given wide-ranging bail conditions designed specifically to prevent their participation in any facet of animal rights campaigning. The charges are based upon the seizure of a solitary piece of 'evidence' in a raid a year earlier.The raids commenced at 7am when police wearing balaclavas, including members of the National Domestic Extremism Team (NDET), raided two houses. At one address masked police scaled the walls and broke windows, instead of knocking on the door, to gain entry. At the other, 20-30 police burst in brandishing fire extinguishers. From these two raids four people were arrested and later charged with conspiracy to cause criminal damage. The arresting officer was DC Mace, of the NDET London, and the accusations relate to several minor acts of criminal damage in the south of England, claimed by anonymous animal rights activists.
take action to save earth centre from council
19-11-2009 11:21
The council is set to sell the wasted yet wonderful earth centre, this can't happen we can't let them make this mistake, lining their greedy pockets again while destroying another beautiful community resource.Trident Ploughshares Activists Disrupt NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Edinburgh
19-11-2009 11:05
From Indymedia Scotland:
http://www.indymediascotland.org/node/17482 By trident ploughshares, submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 17/11/2009 - 13:04
PRESS RELEASE
Anti-War Activists Disrupt NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Edinburgh
Trident Ploughshares Press Release 17 November, 2009 - For immediate release
Just after eight thirty this morning, several members of Trident Ploughshares blocked the entrance of the Edinburgh International Conference Center for quarter of an hour as Parliamentarians from NATO countries met for the final session of the assembly. Foreign Secretary David Milliband and the Secretary General of NATO, Anders Fogh Rasmussen were due to speak following a minute’s silence. The protesters wore shirts emblazoned with the images of wounded and traumatized Afghan children, graphically demonstrating the fact that NATO’s war in Afghanistan is killing innocent civilians and traumatizing children in violation of international law. They recited the names of Afghan civilians who have died since the war began. Several protesters were blocking the entrance to the Conference Centre so that Parliamentarians could see them on their way into the session or from the escalators inside the building. Police arrested six of them.
Bankrupt the BNP!
19-11-2009 08:32
Just came across this on another IMC site - might be worth doing as the BNP are already on the verge of bankrupcy! (a group I belong to subscribe to their e-newsletters, and everyone is a desperate plea for more cash)Wales, the first and final colony
19-11-2009 02:01
The speech Adam Price, the MP for Dinefwr and East Carmarthenshire, presented to the Institute of Welsh Politics on Monday night.Institute of Welsh Politics, Annual Address, Aberystwyth, 16th November 2009
Athens in siege: police Hq attacked, hundreds detained and many wounded
19-11-2009 01:53
This is a first posting on the developing situation in Athens where the 36th anniversary of the Polytechnic Uprising against the colonels' junta has been marked by long and sustained battles with the police during which hundreds of people have been detained. At the time of writing all central Athens is off bounds.Identifying Threat: New biometrics markets and terror culture
19-11-2009 01:16
Camden Bio Hazard Lab plans will pose threat to Camden Irish community
19-11-2009 01:01
There are plans to build a deadly pathogen lab in Camden. The lab could be a level 3 facility which means that it could contain anthrax and bird flu. This in turn means that the community could face scrutiny under teoor legislationa nd that the community on the Somers Town estate, many of whom are Irish could face intimidation and surveillance under terror legislation in relation to The Troubles.Nuclear Waste trains and the Camden Bio Hazard Lab. The ultimate dirty accident.
19-11-2009 00:48
There are plans to build a high level virus containment facility in Camden. MI5 have voiced fears over safety around the lab [Evening Standard] and scientists from the NIMR have voiced security fears. Residents have also voiced fears as to the proximity of nuclear waste carriage trains which travel from Stratford to Sellafield and vice versa. The nuclear trains sit at Kings Cross. Imagine an explosion...Leeds: Derelict School Reclaimed for the Communty - court case Monday
18-11-2009 22:46
A closed down and derelict school under threat of demolition has been occupied by local community members and reclaimed for the communty.They have carried out badly needed repairs and opened up the space for community events including circus skills workshops, a jumble sale and more.
Tonight's public meeting was called to discuss the sudden news of a court case to evict the occupiers on Monday (23rd Nov).
Direct Action; Italy, Mexico & USA
18-11-2009 21:50
OFFICE OF HUNTING ORGANIZATION VANDALIZED (Italy)
RESEARCH BUILDING GRAFFITIED (Mexico)
HOME MAKEOVER FOR MARAMOTTI FAMILY, OWNERS OF MAX MARA (Italy)
HUNTER'S CARS DAMAGED WITH STONES (Italy)
MOTOR OIL DUMPED AT ENTRANCE TO PET SHOP (Italy)
DOZENS OF MINK FREED (DELAYED REPORT) (USA)
Report and Pics of the 'Signs of Revolt' exhibition in London
18-11-2009 21:26
Old Truman Brewery,
Shop 14, Brick Lane,
London E1.
Opening Times: Weekends 10-9pm, Weekdays 12-9pm
French Workers Union CNT Boycott Israel
18-11-2009 19:22
The French Workers’ Union CNT Joins BDS CampaignT
Dale Farm travellers to be evicted, Constant & Co. to make £2m
18-11-2009 18:57
The Basildon District Council cabinet is meeting on 10th December to decide which of two undisclosed bailiff companies it will use to forcibly evict travellers living on Britain's biggest traveller site, the renowned Dale Farm in Essex. Constant & Co., the UK's most notorious anti-traveller bailiff firm, said, in July, that it expected to win the £2 million contract, which would culminate in the biggest eviction operation in modern British history.