London Newswire Archive

13-04-2005 21:06 | 0 comment(s)

G8 Climate Counter Summit - follow-up event

A follow up to the G8 Climate Counter Summit held last month has been called for 18th April, 7 PM at Rampart Street in London. The meeting is open to anyone interested in networking, campaigning and planning for action on climate change around the G8. Read more >>

13-04-2005 17:20 | 2 comment(s)

Caterpillar clothing boycott begins

Campaigners today launched a boycott of Caterpillar clothing products in light of the company's complicity in human rights abuses in Palestine. Caterpillar supplies the Israeli military with bulldozers in the certain knowledge that they are used to destroy Palestinian farms, orchards and housing.
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13-04-2005 17:01 | 3 comment(s)

Police bully tactics during run-up.

Oppressive police pre-election tactics. Read more >>

13-04-2005 16:28 | 0 comment(s)

Asda v Queens Market

A pleasant retail experience or a trip to hell. Read more >>

13-04-2005 15:18 | 1 comment(s)

Video ramPARTY this saturday 16th

On saturday 16th the rampART social center in London is hosting a benefit party for the Real2Reel video activist collective (see

http://www.real2reel.co.nr).

As well as screenings of Real2Reel shorts and film making workshop - the musical highlighs of the evening include; Duncan McPherson, Corneilius Lookwood. Lower Depths (punk - 2nd time at the rampART), DavidCronenberg'sWife, Surge, DJane Sexyrubbersole (much loved d&b set), DJane Mondstrom and DJ Milo (rampART radio regular)..

Suggested donation at the entrance £3.

See

http://rampart.omxtra.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=90 for full info.

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13-04-2005 14:42 | 2 comment(s)

National Geographic's Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Natonal Geographic magazine invites us all to share our thoughts on Guantanamo Bay on its website. Read more >>

13-04-2005 14:01 | 1 comment(s)

'How to Duplicate your Fingerprints'

The Fingerprint Duplication Archive (rupture.co.uk/fda/) is no longer taking new members.

The Trustees of the archive have agreed that the dissemination of fingerprint duplication information is more appropriate than the creation of a centralised archive; and have produced a 'How to Duplicate your Fingerprints' Information Sheet at
rupture.co.uk/fda/infosheet1/infosheet1.pdf.

For those who have already contributed to the archive the service will
continue as usual.

Thanks for your ongoing support of this project,

The Fingerprint Duplication Archive
www.rupture.co.uk/fda/ Read more >>

13-04-2005 13:49 | 0 comment(s)

Indypendent video evidence saves the day

Video evidence collected by on the streets by independent journalists is being used more and more to challange in the courts the lies of the police. In the USA court cases have begun for the 1,806 people arrested in New York last summer while the Republican National Convention was taking place. In the first case the prosecutor abruptly dropped all charges when video evidence provided proved that the officer who had just testified had not even been present at the arrest! Similar stories can be found around the world and while the footage taken by grassroots videographers rarely making it onto the corporate controlled mainstream media, the footage may often prove vital in protecting people against the worst abuses of power by the police.

The police clearly don't like their actions being recorded and are scared of the power of the photos and video footage taken by independent journalist (and don't forget with indymedia we can all be journalists). This fear is demonstrated by this quote by Cheif Supt Davies of the Mets Public Order Branch published in the Police Review in 1997:

"Like all forms of modern protest, experience has shown environmentalist to be highly organised and media friendly. It is almost standard now that the media will give protesters cameras, both video and still, to record a protester's eye view. This would almost certainly result in a significant propaganda victory for the protesters as they are selective about what they release".

However it is the police who are selective, selecting where and what can be filmed. During protests to save greenbelt land from contruction projects in Manchester and Birmingham the police erected fences around the sites and banned all journalists. An observation platform well away from the action was erected with views of only a tiny section of the forest was constructed by officers leaving the actions of balliffs and police unobserved during the evictions.

Obviously the power of the alt media is recognised by the police and frequently those with cameras will be the first targetted for arrest or harrasment.

Ex undercurrents journalist Roddy Mansfield (who now works or Sky News) was arrested for forgetting his press card PIN while covering a protest in London. While reporting on the Manchester Airport, HTV producer John Fraser Williams, sustained two broken ribs after being beaten by police.

Photographer Nick Cobbing was arrested in Oxford merely for leaving a demonstration. The animal rights protest he was covering was covered by a section 12 order and when it came time to leave he told a senior police officer him his NUJ press card. However, shortly after he was arrested.

There is an almost endless list of such stories: David Sims freelance photographer detained for 11 hours, being arrested for breach of the peace at Greenpeace demo against arrival of genetically modified soya beans into Liverpool Docks. Was arrested in spite of repeatedly showing his NUJ card. Police returned camera, but kept roll of film.

In a more recent case in the UK, a freelance journalist was arrested just minutes after filming an arrest that occured during a protest outside a meeting of G8 environment ministers taking place in London. It was reported afterwards that the police kept the camera and footage but have since dropped charges.
(

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/04/308413.html)

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13-04-2005 13:15 | 3 comment(s)

Middle East Fil Festival

Indymedia cinema presents...

A Middle East film festival Read more >>

13-04-2005 12:12 | 0 comment(s)

Iain Hook's Murder COVERED UP: Dr. Jack Shepard &The Socialist Worker New agree

When will we realize that there can't be this many "accidents"?

THE TARGETED ASSASSINATION OF IAIN HOOK A TOP BRITISH UN OFFICIAL BY THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE UNCOVERED UP!

by Dr. Jack Shepard
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13-04-2005 09:46 | 1 comment(s)

Smashedo meeting - London - Tonight

There will be a meeting tomight to look at how we can support the SmashEDO campaign, and to prepare for the demo outside the High Court tomorrow morning Read more >>

13-04-2005 07:15 | 1 comment(s)

Report from Amman, Jordan with 11photos.

This is a 2,700 word article about my impressions and the impressions of others on the current situation in Jordan in the Middle East. 11 labelled photos are attached. Read more >>

13-04-2005 05:29 | 2 comment(s)

DEATH SQUAD DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ: How America Installed Its Puppets

Tens of thousands of Iraqis poured into the streets to say No To America, No to Death Squads, and No to the new puppet government. As Iaqis are conditioned to kill each other it is believed that the "tipping point" of insurgency has already passed.Nonviolant demonstration of peaceful Iraqis might be the only method towards success. prove be the best strategy Read more >>

13-04-2005 00:55 | 0 comment(s)

Vegan Campaigning Group in London

If you are interested in helping to set up a group to promote
veganism and
> to run vegan campaigns in the London area, you are welcome to attend
a
> meeting to discuss these ideas on Monday April 18th, 7pm at Conway
Hall,
> Red Lion Square, WC1. Read more >>

12-04-2005 22:14 | 2 comment(s)

Euromayday London!

>>SECRET LOCATION FOR EUROMAYDAY ACTION!!

To participate in this years MAYDAY action please send your mobile phone number to:

euromayday@hushmail.com and you will be texted one hour before the action starts on MAY 1st. Read more >>

12-04-2005 18:40 | 1 comment(s)

London Motorway Inquiry - Inspector resigns after protests

At a pre-Inquiry meeting into a huge new motorway through East London, Inspectors stormed out after residents protests. Today it has been announced that the Head Inspector has resigned. Read more >>

12-04-2005 16:53 | 1 comment(s)

STOP

The recent coverage of a demo last Saturday in Swindon is whatIndymedia should be all about, excellent coverage of an excellent campaign on the dysfunctional planning system in Swindon. Read more >>

12-04-2005 16:28 | 0 comment(s)

London groups forms to help Craig Murray defeat Jack Straw

A new group has formed in London to provide support for Craig Murray’s campaign to unseat Jack Straw – get involved and help make dodgy dossiers and torture endorsement old news. Read more >>