London Newswire Archive

05-01-2006 11:51

Sutton Street Squat under eviction

East London Squat Eviction Read more >>

05-01-2006 09:38 | 1 addition

SUTTON ST BEING EVICTED NOW

Occupiers of Sutton st are resisting ballifs and Police NOW
(post 9.34 am) Read more >>

04-01-2006 19:20 | 1 comment

The Day the Music Failed

A reflection on 6 months after the Live 8 concerts, the broken G8 promises and the silence of the campaign leaders. Read more >>

04-01-2006 16:42 | 1 comment

Occupiers ready to resist Broadway Market Eviction.

Over 30 people watched the sun rise from the roof of Tony's cafe, occupied for weeks by the local community resisting gentrification, ready to resist the Bailiffs once again ( this is the 5th attempt at eviction !). Read more >>

04-01-2006 16:28 | 8 comments

OutRage!- on Sir Iqbal Sicranie's outburst over gay rights etc.

OutRage! responds to the comments by Sir Iqbal Sicranie on Radio 4 jan 3rd. Read more >>

04-01-2006 15:11 | 1 comment

Demonstration Friday 6 January 2006 outside Egyptian Embassy

Demonstration Friday 6 January 2006
from 2:00pm - 4:00pm outside Egyptian Embassy 26
South Street, London nearest station .. Marble Arch
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04-01-2006 15:06 | 3 comments

Brick Lane London E1 Area Manifesto 2006 against the Crossrail hole Bill

Part B of the Brick Lane London E1 Area Manifesto 2006 for the scheduled May local council election to the east London borough of Tower Hamlets Council. That Council has been controlled by elements that are pro
Big Business and pro the city of London interests. The result is that a serious assault on the East End of London under the Crossrail hole Bill is due to be made lawful. The best way to stop[ this is to make the local Council representative of the community which needs and deserves fullest support and defence by its 'elected local council'. This manifesto has been drawn up to hell that defence. Read more >>

04-01-2006 07:16

London Boat Show Protest British Marine Federation Invited to Learn

Eviction and homelessness in all forms is never pleasant. When it’s caused only in the name of ‘corporate beauty’, it is wrong. Representing his wife and five daughters, one man will again picket the London Boat Show at Excel. 'Open Invitation' to the British Marine Federation is already made. Read more >>

03-01-2006 21:17

Broadway market eviction imminent

the inspirational occupation of tony's cafe on broadway market, a beacon against gentrification and corrupt development continues, but is very likely to be re - evicted weds or thurs am... Read more >>

03-01-2006 15:16 | 1 comment

We want your video

Do you have a video camera, or a phone that records video clips?
Do you film at protests and political events?

rampART is doing weekly free cinema nights (every thursday from 8pm) and hopes to be able to start each weeks screenings with a short collection of newsreals of recent events from a grassroots perspective.

Submissions should be short (5 mins max), and self contained - ie. they should be editted pieces not raw footage that explain the 'what, where, when, why and how' of the story. (Uneditted clips of less than 1 min would be okay if the person who filmed it is there to present and explain the background.)

These newsreals should be of recent events, eg, stuff that has happened within the last week ideally.

Format wise, pretty much any common screenable quality format would be fine (appart from VHS). DVD, VCD, MPEG4 etc prefered.

Read more >>

03-01-2006 10:59

Plane Stupid Campaign building up steam

The campaign to stop the third runway at Heathrow is building up steam, attracting lots of national press coverage. This follows the pie-ing of Alistair Darling, the disruption of the aviation conference and the demo on Towerbridge that meant the aviation bosses required a police escort. Read more >>

02-01-2006 16:59

OPEN MEETING: A debate on working class representation.

The 2005 RMT Annual General Meeting passed a motion calling on the union to organise a conference to discuss working-class representation. Read more >>

02-01-2006 14:47 | 7 comments

Infousurpa n6

Weekly independent poster of social centres activities Read more >>

01-01-2006 23:42 | 1 addition | 2 comments

Broadway Market occupation continues

Details of the continued occupation of Café Francesca, 34 Broadway Market, Hackney by local residents. Read more >>

01-01-2006 21:54

The Observer:

The Observer reported today on how eco-activists and airport residents groups are gearing up to oppose airport expansion at Heathrow. Read more >>

30-12-2005 11:58 | 57 comments

Respect coalition in crisis.

The elation over Galloway's election has subsided and now the strain of maintaining a coalition of contradictory views comes to the fore. Read more >>

30-12-2005 08:37

Hackney Cafe re-occupied

Whilst the organic free range Turkey was being chewed on for a second day running in homes around the country, Francesca's cafe in Broadway Market, Hackney was being reoccupied for the second time. Read more >>

30-12-2005 03:19 | 1 comment

Guilty plea bargin leads Enron court cases

“Did you knowingly deceive the investing public?” Lake asked Causey, who replied, “Yes, your honor.” When asked if he knew that giving false public documents and statements was illegal, Causey said, “Yes.” He appeared relaxed during the hearing and before it began winked and smiled at his wife, who wept after it was all over.

Causey, had been scheduled to go on trial next month with former Enron chief executives Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling, facing the possibility of more than 20 years behind bars. He is now predicated to cooperate with federal prosecutors against his former bosses. Whether Causey will testify in the trial of Lay and Skilling is uncertain, but his deal with prosecutors calls for them to request a seven-prison sentence that could be reduced to five years if he cooperates fully.

Causey was a key figure in the huge financial scandal that drove Enron to bankruptcy in December ‘01 amid revelations the company had used off-the-books partnership deals to hide billions of dollars in losses and inflate profits.

Causey’s plea makes it 16 former Enron executives who have now pleaded guilty to crimes related to the scandal that opened a window on corporate accounting misdeeds and tainted the Bush administration because Lay had been a close ally of the Bush family for years and one of its biggest political donors. Read more >>

29-12-2005 02:31 | 4 comments

//// The Edukators //// rampART, thursday 8pm

It's thursday and although we are still 17%, and an estimated 8 hours, away from fully downing it, we are pretty confident that we will be screening The Edukators at 8pm for the weekly rampART free cinema night.

So come on down for a little playful edukation... Read more >>