London Newswire Archive

28-12-2005 18:09 | 1 addition

Catholics breach the exclusion zone to read out more names of Iraq victims

Members of Pax Christi today today risked arrest by assembling outside Downing Street and reading out the names of Iraqi children and British servicemen killed in Iraq Read more >>

28-12-2005 15:55

Film at protests? Now what?

With cheap digital camera increasingly available, many more people are filming at protest. But what happens to the footage? How much of it gets editted down. How many people ever get to see the footage? What about footage falling into the wrong hands?

A gathering of radical videographers will take place in London during January to look at these issues, share skills, pool resources and footage, increase collaboration, work on distribution ideas, and generally continue to move things forward a little.

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28-12-2005 14:12 | 1 comment

Anarchist Assembly

It's time for another anarchist assembly in London. Read more >>

28-12-2005 12:23 | 2 comments

post critical mass film night

After the london critical mass this friday head on down to St Matthias to watch 'still we ride' about the NY mass arrests, as well as other shorts and new releases... Read more >>

28-12-2005 09:15 | 3 comments

Brick Lane London E1 Area campaign MANIFESTO Against the Crossrail hole Bill

KHOODEELAR! NEWS Released at 0800 Hrs London Wednesday 28 December 2005 BRICK LANE LONDON E1 AREA MANIFESTO AGAINST the Crossrail hole Bill.
The future composition of the Council in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets will depend very much on the conduct of over the Crossrail hole of those candidates seeking election to the Council at the scheduled polls in May 2006.

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27-12-2005 17:29

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weekly independent poster of social centres Read more >>

27-12-2005 09:56

Mindwalk 14: Ten Billion Points of Light

This episode features an anti-war speech by Journalist John Pilger recorded September 24 in London. Our favorite child sit-com star Dickie Richards hits the campaign trail as on the Republican ticket. A few semi-rude tunes from when I was a kid. Also, Kurt Vonnegut and a silly goofball poem by Jack Kerouac read by Juliana Hatfield. Read more >>

26-12-2005 12:54

We're back at Tony's cafe... come and support!

We have re-occupied Tony's cafe on Broadway Market this morning. We need help and support URGENTLY.

We'll celebrate resilience and resistance at the cafe tomorrow Tuesday 27th, 1pm with music and food. Bring anything festive. Read more >>

24-12-2005 18:26

have a non-commercial xmas at rampART

Tonight at rampART (15 rampart street), settle down for a night of mulled wine, vegan xmas cake, Tim Burton films and non-commerical gift exchange.

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24-12-2005 04:39 | 8 comments

Police Arrest Devotees for Chanting Hare Krishna on Oxford Street

(A True Christmas Story from London) Police Arrest Devotees for Chanting Hare Krishna on Oxford Street Read more >>

23-12-2005 13:09

Crossrail hole Bill - NO CAMPAIGN warns Alistair Darling MP on Xrailk ££ abuse

100 Hrs GMT Friday 23 December 2005-12-23

To Alistair Darling MP

Dear Alistair,

Questions to ALISTAIR DARLING (MP, Secretary of State, UK Transport Department) about the 'uses' and abuses of the £100M he (A Darling) has just granted for CROSSRAIL promotion

1. The statement made on your behalf in the (UK) House of Lords by your colleague (the peer called Davies) refers in effect to the ‘power’ as being made available in section 6 of the Railways Act 2005 when you had made the grant of £100Million available to the Cross London railway (CLRL).

2. However, the contents of Section 6 of the Railways Act 2005 do not show any requirement that the fund/s made available under the statute (‘The Railways Act 2005’) will have to be publicly accounted for and that a rigourous and independent and publicly inspectable and needed regime of accountability and justification would prevail over and around all the uses of the granted public fund/s.

3. That raises the most obvious possibility that a part (or more) of the fund/s may well be open to abuse and in the context of the FACTS of the many corrupt tendencies that have been shown by the main bands of the anti-society, anti-social, pro-sleaze promoters of the Crossrail hole Bill plans as far as these violate the very future stability, existence of the community in the Brick Lane London E1 Area, the chances of such abuses are very real.

4. As we have shown during the past 2 years in our representations, in our analyses and in the evidence against the plan for a Crossrail hole in the Brick Lane London E1 Area and as we have also highlighted those in our questions put to you against the Crossrail hole plans and against the Crossrail hole Bill,

5. Identified members of the controlling group on the present Tower Hamlets Council have made several totally untruthful statements in the area quite wrongly and unlawfully and dishonestly ‘asserting’ that the Crossrail hole attacks as planned on the community would mean that there would be ‘benefits’.

6. The identified pluggers have all been associated with the controlling group on the present Tower Hamlets Council. Either they have been members of the Council. Or they have been overly paid agents or contractors and employees of the present Council.

7. No member of the public in the Borough of Tower Hamlets who is not linked with the controlling group on the present Tower Hamlets Council has said or implied that there could be anything but disaster for the community unless the Crossrail hole plan in the Brick Lane London E1 Area is stopped completely.

8. Your granting of such a large amount of public cash to the secretly operated CLRL makes it very possible for substantial misuse in promoting the series of lies for a Crossrail hole by temporarily diverting or distorting the focus of the community's attention with the abuse of funds that may well be channelled into the hands of elements that the CLRL and your Department wishes to influence in order that the Crossrail, hole plan would remain as it is in the Crossrail Bill.

9. What is the actual mechanism that is in place to show that our observation and analysis and apprehension are not factually founded? Read more >>

23-12-2005 11:03

Broadway market campaign continues... Come and suport!

Despite the eviction of Tony's cafe on Broadway Market on Wednesday, we are going to go on fighting for Tony to get his place back and to defend Spirit's shop. This isn't the end, it's just the beginning.... Please come to our Xmas Party on Tuesday at 1pm. Read more >>

23-12-2005 08:25 | 1 comment

Publication of all London Peace Conference Sessions

Traprock Peace Center has just published to the internet its comprehensive coverage (audio, photos and video) of the London International Peace Conference, held on December 10, 2005. 1400 conference delegates called for worldwide antiwar demonstrations on March 18 and 19, 2006 to demand an immediate end to the war and occupation of Iraq. Read more >>

22-12-2005 13:42 | 14 comments

Photoshop for freedom - how YOU can beat the Parliament Square crackdown!

This is just another idea for how we might work to highlight the absurdity of Blair's criminalisation of peaceful protests in Parliament Square. Read more >>

21-12-2005 22:51 | 4 comments

police clearly told to ignore carol singing protest in parliament square

police pointedly ignored investigating possible crimes this evening in parliament square when the 'serious organised crime and police act' was once again challenged by brian haw, maya evans and others. the event was called by tim ireland (www.bloggerheads.com) and raised money for 'medical aid for iraqi children'. Read more >>

21-12-2005 22:36 | 3 comments

BRICK LANE LONDON E1 AREA NO TO CROSSRAIL HOLE ATTACKS exposes abuse of 'MPs'

BRICK LANE LONDON E1 AREA NO TO CROSSRAIL HOLE ATTACKS Campaign focus on the Facts Of Another Crass Payment by Tony Blair To the big business interests, Crossrail Promoters, of £100 Million Of Public Cash! Blaire’s Transport front man Alistair Darling Shows Two Fingers To ‘Parliamentary accountability’ and to the MPs Select Committee on the Crossrail hole Bill’! Read more >>

21-12-2005 18:46 | 2 comments

Parliament Square carol service mentioned on Radio 4 news

BBC Radio 4 6pm news gave a few minutes to cover tonight's carol singing in Parliament Square:

http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/12/330376.html

No arrests so far apparently... Read more >>

21-12-2005 14:03 | 3 comments

Thursday night free cinema - Fallujah, War Of The Worlds

The rampART social centre now has a stunning video projector setup thanks to a kind donation. The setup utilises a 8ft wide screen, full blackout, half decent sound (not 5.1 surround sound but what activists videos have that anyway) and seating for about 80 people.

This thursday, the second of the relaunched rampART free cinema gets into the christmass spirit and brings you the shocking RAI TV documentary 'Fallujah - the hidden massacre'. We'll also be screening some little seen video propaganda from Iraqi insurgents for a view of the other side. Enough reality, we'll screen classic clips from the ultimate war film of all time, 'Apocalypse Now' then enjoy the mass distraction of the 2005 remake of War Of The Worlds.

Films start 8pm SHARP

Entry FREE. Popcorn etc available.

15 rampart street, London,
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21-12-2005 11:43 | 1 comment

URGENT - Protest against eviction on Broadway Market 6pm today

Francesca's Café in Broadway Market, Hackney has been evicted today from 7am. There will be a local show of solidarity against the eviction outside the Café at 6pm this evening, please come and show your anger and support. Read more >>