London Newswire Archive

15-08-2004 04:36 | 0 comment(s)

An open letter to Greece

An open letter to Greece:
to its authorities, its media and its citizens

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14-08-2004 23:29 | 1 comment(s)

"Deportations of asylum seekers have taken a vicious new turn"

Deportations of asylum seekers, abuse in detention centres... Read more >>

14-08-2004 23:22 | 0 comment(s)

Olympics - Games of the Rich and Powerful Its Hidden History

Friends, I thought this was a very comprehensive 'essay' on Olympics
> sent by
> a friend. It is long but interesting, can it be on Indymedia, Alex, or
> even
> in a shortened form?Zarina
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14-08-2004 22:29 | 1 comment(s)

Camden council - phony consultation

Camden Council is scared of the actual views of the residents but happy to spend money setting up fake 'consultation' exercises it can ignore or exploit at will. Read more >>

14-08-2004 13:36 | 2 comment(s)

Hard to imagine Islamophobia

(Muslims put faith in written word to fight prejudice, A mosque in Finsbury Park confronts Islamophobia head on, The Guardian, August 9, 2004.) Read more >>

13-08-2004 13:59 | 0 comment(s)

rampart street friday mediation

Since monday (9th August), the rampart street creative centre and social space has been venue to a many of the events taking place in London as part of Venezuela Week of Solidarity. On 15th August, the people of venezuela get to vote on whether to continue with the popular socialist government of Hugo Chevez or call a new election. Meanwhile, the whitehouse is itching to intervene and the corporate media twist and turn as the info war heats up.

The events taking place at rampart street this week have given an opportunity for people to find out more about the situation in venezuela, what has happen since Chavez was elected and how the people feel about things. It has allowed people to explore their feelings about social change, revolution and the state. Whatever ones views, the heat is certainly on and the world is watching to see what happens...

Today (friday 13th), the Read more >>

13-08-2004 12:26 | 7 comment(s)

Marks and Spencer Protest Grows

Demo outside Marks and Spencer, Britain's biggest corporate sponsor of Israel, takes on internationalist direction. Read more >>

13-08-2004 11:45 | 0 comment(s)

Stop the Killing in Iraq: vigil in London this Sunday

EMERGENCY VIGIL
Stop the killing in Iraq!
End the occupation!

WHEN: Sunday, 15 August, Noon-2pm
WHERE: 10 Downing Street, Central London
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13-08-2004 01:14 | 3 comment(s)

101 uses for a 'preparing for emergencies' booklet

campaign - send them back (freepost) and let them know what you think of it Read more >>

12-08-2004 15:57 | 0 comment(s)

Pictures of Sunday Vigil

Pictures of Sunday's Lantern Vigil... Read more >>

12-08-2004 14:14 | 0 comment(s)

Venezuelan anarchist perpective

A CONSISTENT REPLY TO REPEATED QUESTIONS
(From El Libertario #34, Sept.-Oct. 2003)

A while ago we received an email from Germany from comrade Wayne, an activist
with the FAU, a German anarchosyndicalist organization. He said: "As you know
there are many people of the left in Europe who support Chavez and his government. I know that Venezuelan anarchists have been recently attacked by the right wing opposition but I want to know if the Chavists have also attacked or threatened the anarchists. Read more >>

12-08-2004 11:44 | 2 comment(s)

Oppression equals vandalism!

Liz Gill, the Government Office for Merseyside civil servant who is responsible for reporting back to Whitehall about the Liverpool Kensington £62m New Deal regeneration initiative, is burying her head in the sand. Recently she stated in an email to me quote:
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11-08-2004 22:56 | 0 comment(s)

2004 Alternative Housing conference

The Alternative Housing conference will be held this year at CLAYS LANE HOUSING CO-OP in Stratford, East London.
Saturday 11th September 2004 from 11am till 6pm.
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11-08-2004 22:36 | 1 comment(s)

USE YOUR LOAF GOES ON

Use Your Loaf squatted Social Centre survives! Today we got an adjourment in court. Read more >>

11-08-2004 19:37 | 4 comment(s)

History repeating itself in Hebron

Even for Palestine, Hebron is shocking. The area has a population of 500,000 - the largest Palestinian Authority in the West Bank - but the city of Hebron was divided into three ‘zones’ in 1997. Settlers moved in and around the city centre in the eighties, and Hebron is characterized by some of the worst ethnic violence in the region. Read more >>

11-08-2004 13:51 | 0 comment(s)

rampART wednesday liberation cinema

Wednesday Free Cinema at the rampART

This coming Wednesday (11th August), the rampART free cinema will stick to the weeks theme of Liberation and Latin America. As usual, films start at 8pm and entry is free and this week there will also be food and drink...

Films screened will include:
* The Forth World War (Big Noise Films) 72mins
* School of the Americas
* Bolivarian Venezuela: People and Fight of the IV World War
+ various shorts and latin beats
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11-08-2004 12:27 | 0 comment(s)

Disruptions in Venezuela

Venezuela's Electoral Council Outlines Plans for Contingencies and Disruptions

One week before Venezuela’s presidential referendum, the country’s only officially recognized electoral authority, the National Electoral Council (CNE) is trying to anticipate possible problems prior to the election this Sunday, August 15, which includes a challenge by opposition governor Enrique Mendoza, and an investigation into CANTV, the Venezuelan telecommunications giant in charge of transmitting voter data.

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- Events all week in London as part of a Venezual Week of Solidarity
- see

http://www.thenewagenda.org for programme and details
- Venue for most events is the rampART centre in Whitechapel
- see

http://www.rampart.co.nr for details and location
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11-08-2004 12:23 | 6 comment(s)

Cuban heat at rampART

Yesterday (10th August), events for the second day of the Venezuela Week of Solidarity in London took place at the rampART creative centre and social space near Whitechapel... Read more >>

11-08-2004 11:29 | 2 comment(s)

The Community is Passive!

DIVIDE AND RULE:

The new out of town middle class £60,000 per year chief executive (she is number 3 in less than four years) of the £62m New Deal for Communities neighbourhood that I have the misfortune of living in has gone even further when it comes to placing repressive structures into place to stop the unification of the wider community. Meetings, which involve the community, are now far fewer and everything has been centralised to the New Deal service provider’s administration with the chief executive being the all seeing eye of the project. The 13,000 resident community is still divided into five parts and each one of those parts meets every month with no contact with the other four parts.
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11-08-2004 07:10 | 9 comment(s)

Beggars and drug addicts disappear in Athens 'clean-up' before games

The Greek state and the bosses killed dozens of workers in order to finish the olympic stadiums on time...
Then they poisoned thousands of stray animals (mostly dogs and cats)...
They installed surveillance cameras and brought two surveillance Zeppelin to stop public dissent...
They deployed 80000 police, riot police and army troopers all over Athens...

Now they are kidnapping drug addicts and immigrants!!!! in order to make Athens seem "clean" and "civilised" like some of the western capitalist cities...

I think only Hitler was doing such things during the '36 games in Berlin... Let's hope the Greek SS police will not gas them as well!
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