London Newswire Archive

24-07-2007 19:05

Haiti: Workers Protest Privatisation Layoffs and Fuel Prices

IPS has published two new articles on labour organising in Haiti. Read more >>

24-07-2007 16:16 | 1 addition | 1 comment

Solidarity with murdered Russian activist - Vigil Thursday (London)

A group of UK-based anti-nuke activists and others have put out a statement (below) and have called, along with the Anarchist Federation, a solidarity vigil outside the Russian Embassy in London. We have also organised a conduit for uk donations to the Russian groups to cover the costs of medical treatment of the hospitalised activists and of Borodaenko's funeral. Read more >>

24-07-2007 14:45

Filipino workers slam Arroyo for its consistent failure to clip the jobs crisis

A dismal failure! This is the verdict of workers belonging to the Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL) as they slammed the Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA) administration ahead of her State of the Nation Address (SONA) for its consistent failure to clip the jobs crisis.
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24-07-2007 14:35 | 5 comments

BORIS JOHNSON ATTACKED

TORY MAYOR CANDIDATE HAS BEEN ATTACKED AND PUSHED OFF HIS BIKE BY ANARCHISTS IN LONDON Read more >>

24-07-2007 13:48

Brighton Tubas Solidarity Group Appeal for Funds for Fasayil School

IF YOU CAN HELP EMAIL:

tubas@brightonpalestine.org
PLEASE SEND CHEQUES TO: Brighton Tubas Friendship and Solidarity
Group, c/o BPEC, Brighton Eco-Centre, 39-41 Surrey Street, Brighton,
East Sussex, BN1 3PB Read more >>

23-07-2007 23:46

Camberwell squat centre dances on

Still no word on the eviction. No word from the alleged owners.

So… We decided to press ahead with events… if we get evicted then yah boo. These are what we came up with… There is room for more events… if you have any ideas get in touch. Seriously. There’s no point just consuming this space, make it happen. Every mini-gig or party, meeting or workshop that happens is a dance of defiance to the profiteering scum that boss this world.

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23-07-2007 22:02 | 2 comments

Galloway thrown out after clash in Commons

Respect MP George Galloway was thrown out of the Commons chamber after repeatedly clashing with Speaker Michael Martin.
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23-07-2007 19:06 | 3 additions

Sri Lankan detainees go on hunger strike in Harmondsworth

Some 29 Sri Lankan Tamil nationals have reportedly gone on hunger strike at the Harmondsworth detention centre in London in protest at a Home Office decision to deport them back to Sri Lanka tomorrow. Harmondsworth has been the sight of continued resistance, with repeated hunger strikes, riots and demonstrations. Read more >>

23-07-2007 13:57 | 1 comment

not sorry: cops still spinning Menezes execution

At the same time as the family of Jean Charles de Menezes were holding a memorial to mark the 2nd anniversary of his death, the cop who devised the Operation Kratos policy which killed him was busy defending her bloody legacy to the press.

Barbara Wilding, now Chief Constable of South Wales Police, told the South Wales Echo: "[Shoot-to-kill is] the most awful title and not one that should ever have been put to that policy. We should have challenged that right from day one."

It's a tough sell, given that the policy is to "identify, locate and neutralise the threat [by] deliver[ing] a critical head shot with 9mm rounds". Another key difference from the normal firearms policy is that a senior officer gives the order to fire, and the marksman must shoot whether or not he sees a threat, a distinction which goes unmentioned in the endless terror-hyping PR pieces, although Police Review had reported this in December 2004: "the Met decided to 'urgently revisit the legal basis' of the anti-terror Operations Kratos and Clydesdale after members of the force's firearms unit laid down their weapons [...] it is understood that they involve senior officers ordering a police marksman to shoot suicide bombers in London [...] the SO19 officers were concerned about their legal position if they were ordered to take a 'head shot' of a suicide bomber."

The Justice4Jean family campaign is holding a public meeting tonight, details below. Read more >>

23-07-2007 12:57

Kurdish Journalist, Activist Sentenced To Death In Iran

July 19, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Islamic regime of Iran - northwestern Kurdistan Province have condemned two ethnic Kurds to death for acting against the 'country's national security'.

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23-07-2007 12:10 | 2 comments

MWB Group - National Foie Gras Target!

The MWB Group own 20 hotels in the UK, trading under Malmaison and Hotel du Vin, and have got restaurants in all of them selling foie gras. Read more >>

23-07-2007 11:51

next Disarm DSEi Public Meeting @ rampART London 28th July

Disarm DSEi Public Meeting Saturday 28th July, 2pm-4pm
rampART centre, 15 Rampart Street, London E1 2LA

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=534642&Y=181247&A=Y&Z=1

Tube : Whitechapel, Shadwell, Aldgate, Aldgate East, Tower Gateway
Bus : 15, 115, D3, 100

There will probably be police photographers outside the meeting, don't be intimidated. You might choose to wear a scarf in this unpredictable weather. Read more >>

22-07-2007 23:50 | 4 additions

FIT hunting NoBorders activists at rampART

A Forward Intelligence Team was, again, waiting outside the rampATR social centre in London today as NoBorders activists arrived for a meeting about the Gatwick No Border Camp in September. As usual, they were photographing and writing down the descriptions of everyone coming in for over an hour. Yet, they were so shy of being photographed themselves! Read more >>

22-07-2007 23:16 | 3 comments

SOCPA - update on 'the brown stuff'

update on SOCPA - the brown stuff (previous article on indymedia).
more metropolitan police harassmant of a single peaceful lone demonstrator.
having successfully persuaded mark thomas to stop his mass lone demos on the basis that brown is going to repeal the act, the police continue to intimidate known peaceful demonstrators. Read more >>

22-07-2007 14:30

Agent Orange online petition

Asking for support for the victims of Agent Orange the chemical used by US forces in Vietnam over a ten-year period from 1961-1971 Read more >>

22-07-2007 13:23

Smash EDO Protesters in Court tomorrow

Three anti arms trade protesters arrested at a blockade of EDO MBM at the time of the Israeli bombing of Lebanon last Summer are in Brighton Magistrates Court tomorrow Read more >>

22-07-2007 12:25

Letter to the Philippine President on widespread violations of human, democratic

The Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL) hereby raises to your office as Chief Executive of the land our concerns about the reports that at the International Labor Organization Conference Committee on Standards meeting held in Geneva, the Philippine representative rejected said committee's recommendation for the ILO to send a high-level mission to the Philippines to look into the case of involuntarily disappeared and murdered trade union activists and leaders.

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21-07-2007 10:54 | 1 addition

Outstanding Asylum-Seeker Artist holds Art Exhibition in London.

Brilliant young visual artist Behnam Askari, who is under threat of being returned to Iran where he is under threat of prison and torture, is holding a solo Art Exhibition, Le Beau Salon, at Burgh House in Hampstead. Read more >>

21-07-2007 01:34

audio - Bristol CWU explain current round of postal strikes

Here's an interview with Kevin Beazer regional secretry of the Communication Workers' Union in Bristol. Read more >>

20-07-2007 22:06

Top Ten “Fry Mumia” Myths Debunked (Myth #1)

The following is the first in a series of ten articles I have written answering the top ten myths being circulated by those who advocate execution or continued prison for Mumia Abu-Jamal.
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