London Newswire Archive

20-10-2007 02:11

UK Security Assessment

The government & media is supressing news that the UK's security assessment by the world's leading private intelligence organisation (ITS) classifies the UK as being 'uncertain' & 'susceptible to public disorder' Read more >>

19-10-2007 15:22

Chinatown against immigration raids.

On Thursday October 11th the Gerrard street area of Soho (better known as Chinatown) received some unwelcome guests. Dozens of immigration officers dressed in body armour and backed up by dozens of cops raided 5 Chinese restaurants and detained 49 people working in them. The people concerned have not been heard of since. Community leaders are furious about the raid describing it a victimization of an established law abiding community.

Some of those held were initially taken to Dover though their lawyers now been told that they are elsewhere in the immigration system. The lack of information is causing serious anger. It is thought that several individuals have been deported already.
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19-10-2007 15:15

Untrue Anti-Tatchell Smears Rebutted

A statement by friends of Peter Tatchell, written in co-operation with him asserting that the defamatory smears made against him in this thread are untrue. Read more >>

19-10-2007 15:15

Bodybag dumped on doorstep of nuclear bomb makers / Big Brother agents Lockheed

“We never forget who we’re murdering and spying for”. Cornerstone of the UK military-industrial complex / Orwellian state, US-based firm Lockheed Martin were targeted on Thursday lunchtime at their central London HQ by activists from Trident Ploughshares. Read more >>

19-10-2007 10:20

GLA damage the grass of Parliament Square.

One excuse after another to harass Brian Haw's legal protest. Read more >>

19-10-2007 09:26

Will P Hain practise the morality to end poverty

The BBC has reported Peter Hain as saying on the BBC1 Question Time programme, "I think the people that paid their money in on the basis of what they believed was the case and found their money was being smuggled away and robbed from them - that's very serious indeed." Read more >>

18-10-2007 22:33

24-hour Total petrol station shuts due to protest

During the Thursday evening rush hour, the 24-hour Total petrol station on Marylebone Road in London shut down due to the presence of protestors calling for Total to pull out of Burma. Read more >>

18-10-2007 21:09

Poland before the elections

The political situation in Poland before the parliamentary elections (scheduled for 21 October), is dominated by competition between two parties of the right. These are Law and Justice (PiS) (now in power) and Civic Platform (PO). Both represent right populist politics, but of different kinds. Read more >>

18-10-2007 17:10

Paul Hills, EDO Managing Director, Has his House Visited

Paul Hills is the Managing director of EDO MBM - a Brighton based arms company Read more >>

18-10-2007 16:43

Reject the deal - restart the strikes

Sell out deal is a stab in the back for striking postal workers and threatens to derail the strike - for a rank and file conference of postal workers to campaign for a no vote and fight to restart the strikes! Read more >>

18-10-2007 14:52

New Peace Statue in Parliament Square.

Bored with all the statues of warmongers in the square, peace campaigners today decided to erect their own People's 'living' statue on a vacant plinth.
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18-10-2007 13:55

"Common Ground" Community Garden Finally Evicted

Report on Thursday 18th Octobers eviction of Common Ground Community Garden. Read more >>

18-10-2007 10:36 | 1 addition

rampART news and more

Last Friday the rampART was used by locals to celebrate EID which marks
the end of Ramadan. In Islam, believers are called upon to cease all
consumption of food and drink between the hours of daylight for 30
consecutive days. Read more >>

18-10-2007 10:03

Free film screening in London this Monday...

...a documentary about lives and struggles of migrant cleaners on the London Underground, at 7.30pm at the Good Ship, 289 Kilburn High Road

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18-10-2007 01:18 | 1 addition

Parliament Square Peace Protest Under Attack

Private security company hired to move peace tents Read more >>

17-10-2007 23:46

New photographic evidence in case, Philadelphia Cops Framed Mumia Abu Jamal

New photographic evidence has surfaced proving Philadelphia police lied under oath, tampered with evidence at the scene and fabricated a witness. Read more >>