London Newswire Archive

26-11-2007 18:33

Half Price Sale's in Knightsbridge

80's slogan t-shirts are back in fashion! A group of Space Hijacker agents decided to wear the very latests trend setting t-shirts on a 'Buy Nothing Day' jaunt around London. Read more >>

26-11-2007 16:53

Audio from Camden PSC Palestine Solidarity Festival

Some audio from the Festival held in solidarity with Palestinians, who are nearing the 60th anniversary of their dispossession. The festival took place on Sunday 25th November at 150 Ossulton Street, NW1. Read more >>

26-11-2007 15:25 | 1 addition

FIT Watch protesters to challenge the legality of police surveillance.

This week, two separate court cases will challenge the legality of police surveillance. Both cases involve two women who are accused of obstructing the police in1 the execution of their duty. Read more >>

26-11-2007 14:10

Join the Zapatista solidarity demo at Mexican Embassy!

The autonomous indigenous zapatista communities in Chiapas, Mexico are under serious threat. Several are menaced with violent eviction, either by the Mexican Army, by paramilitaries or by organisations armed and funded by the state.
To show solidarity with the embattled zapatistas, supporters will demonstrate at the Mexican Embassy in London on Monday 10th December. Read more >>

26-11-2007 12:56

Polonium Poisoning - news, one year later

FACTS as odd as. . . . polonium poisoning - comments re latest "year on" news, what it shows about the situation, postcoldwar, in russia, the world, etc

(with echoes of that old "dystopia" play "a") Read more >>

26-11-2007 02:33

Happy 14th Birthday Meltem Avcil: A Dark Day for a Young Girl

This is how, after mass media interest into the story of 14-year-old Meltem Avcil, the UK authorities tried to make this young girl and her mother disappear in a pure case of washing your hands of the problem. Read more >>

25-11-2007 18:29

Winter Documentary Film Forum

Pathways for Independent Filmmakers
a free afternoon of presentations, discussion and networking
2 - 5pm Sunday 9th December
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25-11-2007 14:09

Ken Loach & NoBorders in Crawley Tuesday 27th November

On Tuesday 27th November, renowned filmmaker Ken Loach (The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Sweet Sixteen, Kes) is coming to Crawley to show and talk about his new film "It's a Free World...". This film is a drama about a single mother and depicts the reality of living and working in the UK as a so-called illegal immigrant.
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25-11-2007 11:41 | 2 additions

Anti-Fascist Memorial Rally.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – 24.11.07. Anti-fascist protesters congregate for a Memorial Rally at the International Brigade Memorial Statue in Jubilee Gardens on the South Bank. Carlos Javier Palomino, a 16-year old anti-racism campaigner was stabbed to death during violent clashes with neo-Nazis in the Spanish capital Madrid two weeks ago and protesters gathered to mark his death. (Photos by Marc Vallée/marcvallee.co.uk) (c) Marc Vallée, 2007.) Read more >>

25-11-2007 11:22

Total Oil: Pull Out of Burma Now - Pictures

Actions were taking place at Total Oil garages around the country on Saturday 24 Nov, demanding that TOTAL Oil, the fourth largest oil company of the world, described by Aung San Suu Kyi as "the biggest supporter of the military regime in Burma," pull out of Burma. Read more >>

25-11-2007 11:12 | 1 addition

Carlos Presente Memorial Rally pictures

Pictures from the London Memorial Rally in Jubilee Gardens, 24 Nov 2007, organised by Antifa Britain with the Anarchist Federation - IFA. Read more >>

25-11-2007 02:10

Olympic Fire Covers London In Smoke - sound and pictures

Radio 4 Olympic oppression of local residents covered by You And Yours last Friday
Olympic fire:BBC Pictures page

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7091032.stm Read more >>

25-11-2007 01:30

In defence of the diverse: Mill road residents take to the streets.

On Saturday November 24th, 2007, the people of Mill Road, Cambridge united upon the tarmac of the very street they treasure so much in it's current form, and sent out a resolute message of defiance against the ongoing corporate project by the likes of Tesco, who, if they could, would have us believe that there is only their way of doing things.
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24-11-2007 21:14

Total out of Burma Protest in Surrey

Students contribute to national protest against total Read more >>

24-11-2007 20:00

Somers Town Residents Protest Corporate Land Sell-Off

Today Somers Town Residents came out and protested government plans to sell off one of the few remaining undeveloped plots of land left in Euston / Kings Cross area. Read more >>

24-11-2007 12:40

Act Now to Defend NHS Homeopathy

Protest to stop cuts to funding of Royal London Homeopathic Hospital (RLHH)
NEXT WEEK - Protests at the Camden Primary Care Trust meeting - on Monday 26th November, 4pm in the Conference Hall, Ground Floor, West Wing, St Pancras Hospital, 4 St Pancras Way, London NW1) or at the Islington PCT meeting, on Thursday 29th November, 9.30am, 338-346 Goswell Rd , Clerkenwell EC1. Read more >>

23-11-2007 20:16

LSE Hypocrisy Continues Over Palestinian Right to Education

The London School of Economics has backtracked on promises to students after a long-awaited meeting with Director Howard Davies, by refusing to publish a statement which acknowledged the Palestinian Right to Education. Despite explicit protests from students that he should not be in attendance, controversial LSE Council Chair, Lord Grabiner of Aldwych, insisted on being present at the meeting and stifled debate over the crucial issue.
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23-11-2007 17:14

Heathrow Expansion - Plane Stupid consultation report

At a packed meeting yesterday afternoon the combined forces of the anti-Heathrow expansion movement heard something they'd always suspected. The consultation, due out today, will be a sham. The Government has made its mind up; like it or not, Heathow expansion is going ahead. Read more >>

23-11-2007 13:00

Goldsmiths College London actions against war with Iran

Goldsmiths College London students staged various actions yesterday in support of Stop the War's student day of action against war with Iran. Read more >>

22-11-2007 17:21

Burma solidarity: TOTAL ‘given the boot’ at Wembley

Three activists braved the rain to stage a demo at a TOTAL petrol station near Wembley Stadium on Wednesday evening (21st November 2007), before the England v Croatia football match, to highlight the company’s ongoing support for the military dictatorship in Burma. Read more >>