London Newswire Archive

14-06-2005 09:06 | 0 comment(s)

Jesuits of Capitilism who sit at Blair's right hand

How McKinsey, the secretive global consultancy firm, is gaining influence at the heart of UK plc Read more >>

14-06-2005 02:51 | 1 comment(s)

BP Sponsored National Petroleum Awards - PHOTOS

London Rising Tide organised an alternative exhibition to accompany the BP awards night at the National Portrait Gallery.... Read more >>

14-06-2005 02:28 | 2 comment(s)

report of US embassy demo: GIVE UP THE TERRORISTS!

around forty people came to a picket on monday afternoon outside the US embassy in london, to protest the protection of self-confessed terrorist luis posada. there were speakers from hands off venezuela, rock around the blockade, bolivia solidarity campaign and colombia solidarity campaign, as well as samba from rhythms of resistance. Read more >>

14-06-2005 00:21 | 0 comment(s)

Tickets £50 for Resist G8 trains!

TRAVEL TO THE G8 SUMMIT

GET ON BOARD THE SOUTH EAST ASSEMBLY TRAIN!
The South East Assembly has chartered two trains to take people up to the protests against the G8 summit in Scotland. Read more >>

13-06-2005 20:33 | 11 comment(s)

brighton demo 11th june smash edo photos

smash edo demo photos- march from the level to brighton police station. Read more >>

13-06-2005 20:21 | 0 comment(s)

PSYCHOGEOGRAPHY IS BAD: A Bunfight - this Friday

Are you tough enough to fight it out! Are you a drunk deriver? Is psycho-geography a tool in the class struggle? Who will rule the London Psycho geographers crowd? Let the battle commence!! Read more >>

13-06-2005 20:17 | 0 comment(s)

Free Food Talk + Caff at 56a Infoshop London

Saturday 18th June - 6pm til later

Mapping URBAN FARMING + FREE FOOD Talk
plus 56ª Infoshop '...This Shop Could Be Your Life' CAFF

Read more >>

13-06-2005 16:38 | 4 comment(s)

Shayler to debate with O'Hara in London

Ex-MI5 and self-styled whistleblower David Shayler is to debate his career with arch critic Larry O'Hara At Conway Hall on Tuesday 21st June 2005 7pm Read more >>

13-06-2005 16:10 | 3 comment(s)

Debt cancellation

'Give us your fuckin' money', the rallying cry of Live Aid, was again the rallying cry of Live 8, only this time it was aimed at the G8 leaders, not the man in the street. And it seems to have worked. Read more >>

13-06-2005 15:44 | 0 comment(s)

New Labour Cuts Life Long Learning Opportunities as Financial Crisis Deepens.

Cuts in Adult Education are further signs of a deepening financial crisis in the british economy. Should the people take a different approach to the prospect of recession and the consequent reduction in the quality of their lives? Should we just take it on the chin, or defend and fight back? Read more >>

13-06-2005 13:50 | 4 comment(s)

Smash EDO Take On The Law. National Demo. Full Report

Full report of events at the Smash EDO National Demo

Saturday 11th June 2005 Read more >>

13-06-2005 13:19 | 1 comment(s)

RTF party f**king wicked!

Reclaim the future party was fantastic! Read more >>

13-06-2005 12:20 | 0 comment(s)

Make the rich pay to end poverty

Dump the Debt Read more >>

13-06-2005 10:43 | 0 comment(s)

Sainsbury's Targeted in Week of GM Protest

Press release from Friends of the Earth...

Photo opportunities every morning from 8am - 9am at Sainsbury's HQ, 33 Holborn, London, EC1N 2HT.
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13-06-2005 10:34 | 1 comment(s)

Butcher Blair sends Burundians home to die - Take Action Now!

The British government has stepped up efforts to deport war-zone escapees back to their countries of origin, leading to unprecedented criticism from the UNHCR. Read more >>

13-06-2005 00:33 | 0 comment(s)

Juan Carlos Galvis Colombian Trade Unionist Speaking Tour Dates

Juan Carlos Galvis, one of the Coca-Cola workers named
in a civil action against the corporation and its
bottling companies in Colombia charging collaboration
with paramilitary death squads, is currently on a
speaking tour of Europe. Juan Carlos has had several
close relatives murdered, and has survived death
threats and actual assassination attempts. He is
President of the CUT union federation in
Barrancabermeja and the Secretary of Organisation of
his own union SINALTRAINAL - the National Food and
Drink Workers Union. He has already spoken in
Birmingham, Oxford and Paris where he has received
standing ovations. Read more >>

12-06-2005 22:22 | 5 comment(s)

Demo against desecration of the Quran

Came across a large demonstration near the East London Mosque on sunday (12th June). Around 2,000 people were speaking out against the desecration of the Quran by Americans at Guantanamo Bay and the inhuman and unlawful treatment of those being held.

I spoke to various people there and got the impression that the demo and march were hoped to be a spring board to future mobilisations around this and other issues. Read more >>

12-06-2005 20:46 | 6 comment(s)

Vigil for Corin Redgrave as Basildon defers virdict

A candle-lit vigil was held last night for actor Corin Redgrave following his collapse at a council meeting held to decide the fate of Britain's largest Traveller community Read more >>

12-06-2005 19:45 | 1 comment(s)

WI prepares for day 1 of Milk Monitor week

Below is the text of the leaflet which will be distributed tomorrow outside Sainsburys head office in London. It will be the first of a week of morning vigils aimed at putting pressure on the supermarket to halt the sale of products derived from animals fed genetically modified crops.

If you'd like to take part, check out www.milkmonitor.co.nr

The events take place each morning from 8am till 9pm from Monday 13th to Friday 17th... Read more >>

12-06-2005 19:10 | 0 comment(s)

Art Not Oil visits National Petroleum Gallery, 6-8pm, 13.6.05

The exhibition is looking great at 76-78 Gower Street. On Monday evening, parts of it will arrive on the back of a bike to greet the great and the good attending the BP Portrait Award presentation ceremony at the National Petroluem Gallery, St. Martin's Place, (round the corner from Trafalgar Square). Come on down for a gander - this is a one-off late opening opportunity. Read more >>