London SOCPA Newswire Archive

18-10-2007 13:52

New Peace Statue in Parliament Square.

Bored with all the statues of warmongers in the square, peace campaigners today decided to erect their own People's 'living' statue on a vacant plinth.
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11-10-2007 10:20

Zimbabwe vigil 5th anniversary

The Zimbabwe vigil 5th anniversary event that was due to happen at the rampART social center this coming saturday has now been moved to a larger venue as it has become apparent that the numbers expected to attended much greater than originally anticipated.

The vigil is on the strand as normal and the social event afterwards will now be held at Highgate Newtown Community Centre, 25 Bertram Street, London N19 5DQ. Read more >>

10-10-2007 12:30

Brothers in Chains and other news from rampART

The building occupied for the rampART social center has recently undergone changes to make it more suitable for large meetings. Two rooms on the first floor have been combined into one large room good for meetings of up to sixty people. Additionally, work is being done on the roof garden to provide a sheltered space where people can get a breath of fresh air during events. Read more >>

09-10-2007 18:20 | 1 addition

Hidden Detainees, East London Camp Xray

Three minute short film of the start of a six day event in which two people are detained camp xray style in a cage on Whitechapel highstreet to draw attention to the blight of 23,000 people held without trial by the american military regime in ghost prisons around the world. Read more >>

09-10-2007 13:57 | 1 addition

Video of Parliament Square on 8th October 2007.

Confrontation with authorities in Parliament Square on 8th October 2007.

On the day that the British Parliament resumed after its Summer recess, a large group of anti-war protesters marched into the Square. They were joined by people who demand the basic freedom to be able to protest peacefully without prior police permission or conditions. The video shows some of the confrontations with authorities, while no doubt Members of Parliament looked on from the windows of their well protected building.

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09-10-2007 06:36

Some STW demo pics.

A glimpse of a very successful day. Read more >>

09-10-2007 00:40

SOCPA - STWC 'ban' was bollocks

i'm sure indymedia readers knew this anyway, but the proof is on the bbc website Read more >>

08-10-2007 15:33

Parliament Square 4.15pm. GLA barriers down.

Grass area taken. Read more >>

08-10-2007 14:43 | 1 addition

Parliament Square 3.40pm

Protesters break out. Read more >>

08-10-2007 14:01

March arrives in Parliament Square 2.55pm

Loads of cops. Marchers behind barriers. Read more >>

07-10-2007 23:38 | 1 addition

SOCPA - brian haw's protest site is now reminiscent of his glory days

thanks to ken livingstone's apparently illegal fencing round the grass at parliament square, (all my enquiries to the mayor's office are met with obfuscation and silence), some of brian's supporters have taken the opportunity to find a place to hang all the banners they keep being given Read more >>

07-10-2007 22:47

short film of today's poppy seed guerilla gardening at the ministry

this is a short film of today's action
full report and some pics at

http://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/10/383027.html Read more >>

07-10-2007 18:54

poppy protest outside ministry of defence this afternoon - lax security

earlier today, there was a peaceful walk by activists calling for the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan (report here later). 12 police followed and filmed the 22 peaceful protestors for nearly five hours. later outside the MOD, opposite downing street, four urban gargeners dug the earth and planted poppy seeds. they remained unnoticed in the 'government security zone'. Read more >>

05-10-2007 21:57

ATTN: Commissioner of police of the Metropolis

Application has been made for return of Brian Haw's display/property, stolen by the met, before Southwark Crown Court. Read more >>

03-10-2007 22:36

SOCPA - Gordon Brown's 100 days promises in tatters

when gordon brown seized power in june, he issued statements promising that in his first 100 days he would review the laws controlling protest in parliament square.
mainstream media widely reported the lifting of bans on protest.
tomorrow is his 100th day - his promises have turned out to be stonking great lies Read more >>

01-10-2007 16:10 | 1 addition

Police Raid Animal Right Gathering

From Kent Online: Read more >>

30-09-2007 23:06

SOCPA - the liberation of parliament square is over for now

ken livingstone's greater london authority staff re-erected the fences round the grass of parliament square in the very early hours of this morning. the legality of the fences has still not been challenged in court and it seems the GLA would like to keep it that way Read more >>

30-09-2007 22:08

burmese solidarity march today

around a thousand people met in trafalgar square this morning, and at midday they set off on a march down whitehall, passing downing street and parliament square, and on through victoria to battersea park and the peace pagoda
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29-09-2007 22:47 | 1 addition

SOCPA - pics from today's liberation of parliament square

following on from the article at

http://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/09/382323.html
here are three pics of the parliament square liberators at work this lunchtime Read more >>

29-09-2007 17:07 | 3 additions

SOCPA - parliament square has been liberated

activists got to work earlier today on the two-metre fencing all around parliament square. the grass is now liberated, open to the public, and to the burmese protestors. police so far have not intervened in the operation which was carried out by around a dozen activists. Read more >>