London Newswire Archive

16-11-2003 17:12 | 2 comment(s)

Saloniki 7 solidarity 'picket' - London, Sat 15 Nov

Here there are 3 photos of yesterday (saturday 15 Nov) 'solidarity picket' that took place - or maybe better - was supposed to take place, outside the Greek Tourist Board in central London. This posting is intended to be less of a report and more of a way to confront this 'movement of movements' own failures. Read more >>

16-11-2003 15:33 | 0 comment(s)

analitical medical tests report on the 5 5 hunger strikrs of Thessaloniki

http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=158480Any Read more >>

16-11-2003 15:31 | 0 comment(s)

Public petition-alarm call releashed by the 5 hunger strikers' doctors

Here is the public petition-alarm call written by the three doctors of the 5 hunger strikers of thessaloniki.....adressing as the only one responsible the greek goverment.
But also proving how the goverment is ussing these days the dying 5... as a bite, in order to agress and to force in extreme violence all the solidarity movement at the up-comming (annual) demos of the national feest of 17November....and eventually arrest even more comrades... so athens is gonna be secure for the summer ollympic games...and all americans as well Read more >>

16-11-2003 04:28 | 0 comment(s)

''WE ARE NOT AMUSED''

Queen of England rejects Antichrist demand that she rebuild Buckingham Palace to accommodate his personal wishes.

Now, where is the honourable Poodle for North Texas?

No, this is NOT a satire, nor is it an internet hoax!
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16-11-2003 03:47 | 14 comment(s)

Anti-Bush organizers: ''Thursday's protest will not be hijacked by anarchists''

"The march organizers insist they have not had any trouble during seven previous events and insist Thursday's protest will not be hijacked by anarchist groups."
American Expatriates to Lead the Protests Against Bush
by Marie Woolf

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1115-01.htm Read more >>

16-11-2003 01:21 | 3 comment(s)

where are you when people need you?

where was everyone for the thessalonika protest in london today (sat 15th)?t Read more >>

15-11-2003 23:03 | 6 comment(s)

THE WEBSITE ALJAZEERAH.INFO PROVIDES LINKS TO WHITE SUPREMACIST WEBSITE!!

The website aljazeerah.info provides
links on its front page to a white
supremacist website simply because it
provides video footage and still images
of Israeli oppression. Read more >>

15-11-2003 17:06 | 2 comment(s)

Moblogging Bush - SMS Text Tracking System for State Visit >>

OK, folks - here's the nuts and bolts of the Bush-stalking moblog... Read more >>

15-11-2003 16:45 | 0 comment(s)

Bush State Visit: Corporate Media Coverage

Page for collecting together a list of corporate media articles about the Bush State Visit to britain - 19-21st November 2003: Read more >>

15-11-2003 16:35 | 5 comment(s)

Daily Mail - Anarchist Thugs Plot a Bush Demo BLOODBATH!

More madness from The Daily Mail... "Bloodbath"? well maybe if the US secret service shoot a few people! Also includes a nice paragraph to try and split people by suggesting mainstream organisers have been informing police about those with more radical plans...
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15-11-2003 15:35 | 3 comment(s)

Michael Moore video

Michael Moore urges everyone to go to London next week to protest the Bush visit.
The video is about 1 minute long and requires Quick Time to view. It is about 500k.
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15-11-2003 14:52 | 0 comment(s)

WSIS@dmz, london

dmz-arty-techie-event in Limehouse Townhall, London this friday and saturday.
Very nice setting, along the lines of previous events like the ntk/mute festival of inappropriate technology. Limehouse Townhall is decorated with an eye for detail - the colour-bar of the dmz wiki is repeated on banners and window-transparencies, even the banisters are wrapped in coloured ribbons.
The main hall is a buzzing forum of exhibits, screens, mingling people, strange music. Hidden in an upstairs backroom a coffee launge, just the right space to escape from the activity elsewhere. Turkish mint tea, peace and quiet, some snacks. The programme - a photocopied A4 page with very few entries. These discussions and presentations happen in a rather small side-room with almost no air-circulation. The windows are taped off with black paper, so that the projected images would be visible - one has to set priorities sometimes!
An essay london.zip about the background of this type of events in London is printed on the backside of the dmz-poster, definitely worth reading!
There was a small workshop about the We Seize events around the World Summit of the Information Society. Check the We Seize Twiki for the presentation and details about a range of activities.
"We Seize" and the implications of the World Summit of Information Society were also mentioned during a panel discussion on Wireless Networks. The main part of this panel was about exciting wireless gadgets and their potential community use. It seems that Wireless is moving on from the geeky phase into a phase of wider appropriation, both from a business and a community standpoint. Everybody seemed to agree that the political framework that allows for unlimited wireless use is worth defending. It was also clear that it would be rather easy for governments to start licencing the frequences that are used for wireless technology.

The "We seize" gathering (December 8-13) in Geneva and many online places will be a space to discuss ways to defend or extend what we have and what we need for the buzzing, creative, forwardpushing, playful activities that were displayed during the dmz event. Read more >>

15-11-2003 11:22 | 4 comment(s)

bombs in turkey

At least 15 people are killed and many hurt by explosions near two synagogues in the Turkish city of Istanbul.
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14-11-2003 22:42 | 2 comment(s)

Health and Safety Executive in High Court Over Chris Pullen Death

Christopher Pullen Campaign: HSE finds itself in the dock for the first time ever due to the personal determination of one working class mother from Islington, seeking justice for her tragically killed son ... Read more >>

14-11-2003 16:18 | 2 comment(s)

Roaming Street Party on Wednesday 19th November

The idea of a roaming street party to 'welcome' George Bush to our capital city has been met with a lot of enthusiasm; so here are the details. Read more >>

14-11-2003 15:51 | 0 comment(s)

The FTAA country by country (2nd part)

The struggle of the Latin American countries to came out of the deep economic crisis that produce social inequalities is different on each country: “in some countries the struggle advance and in others it declines”. The FTAA process promises solutions, but actually it will implicate to get deep in many of these inequalities.
We continue our tour by Latin America, checking each country’s situation respect to the Free Trade Area of the America’s agreement. Read more >>

14-11-2003 11:16 | 0 comment(s)

National Petition Signing 21-11-03

LAAW will be launching a National Day of Action on the 21st November. LAAW is calling for an investigation of the British Prime Minister T. Blair for War crimes, and its activists will be presenting a petition to Scotland Yard.

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14-11-2003 09:49 | 1 comment(s)

Simon et al: Greek Ambassadors Reception GATECRASHED! & thoughts on more demos

The ambassadors receptions are noted for their elegance, for the whiff of stinkbombs too!
Gatecrashers account of attempted action at Ambassadors reception on Tuesday night.
Preceeded by thoughts about Greek cultural events in UK, sponsored by Greek Ministry of Culture. I think that 5000 YEARS OF CULTURE IS MEANINGLESS WHERE THERE IS NO RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS!!!

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14-11-2003 05:04 | 2 comment(s)

Sponsorship Opportunity: City of London Police Mounted Unit!

FYI from the City of London Police website

http://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/crime_reduction/mounted/mounted_main.htm#sponsorship Read more >>

14-11-2003 04:54 | 6 comment(s)

Interesting article in The Spectator on Bush visit

Hail to the Chief

George Bush needs to be pictured with the Queen to impress voters in the forthcoming presidential election, but, says Peter Oborne, next week’s state visit by the Commander-in-Chief is causing chaos

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