London Newswire Archive

14-02-2008 05:14 | 1 addition

Total's Gain Burma's Pain in French Total Oil's 4Q Results

Whilst Total announced that its fourth-quarter profits had risen 62 per cent to 5.23 billion US dollars exploiting high oil prices, eighteen protesters at Total's London HQ on February 13th, announced the real results of Total's exploitation of the oppressed Burmese in Totalitarian Burma.
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14-02-2008 04:47 | 1 addition

Don't leave Burma to Rambo

Rambo is just a fantasy hero, but the violence and villains depicted in the latest Rambo movie are a reality in Burma. At the UK premiere of Rambo, the pro-democracy Burmese community thanked Sylvester Stallone for helping to raise awareness of the genocide and atrocities of the Burmese military junta.
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14-02-2008 02:40 | 1 addition

Peaceful Climate Action Greeted With Heavy Handed Approach From Police

Activists involved with The Student Climate Project are deeply concerned that the police's Special Branch has being monitoring their operations, and now plans to send over fifty police to a peaceful outreach event in Cambridge this week. Read more >>

14-02-2008 00:36

A Catwalk Through Time: Charity Fashion Show

A journey in couture and culture illustrating the history of French costume from the 4th Century to the present day. With replica Medieval & Renaissance costume, Marie Antoinette, 20s flappers, 50s age of couture and more. Read more >>

13-02-2008 23:41

documentary:a little bit of so much truth (Oaxaca rebellion)

In the summer of 2006, a broad-based, non-violent, popular uprising exploded in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. Some compared it to the Paris Commune, while others called it the first Latin American revolution of the 21st century.
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13-02-2008 18:31

We Own The Streets - Campaign for Free Assembly meeting 16th February

Campaign for Free Assembly public meeting
Saturday 16th February 2pm-4pm
London School of Economics room H103, Connaught House
Map:

http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/mapsAndDirections/Default.htm Read more >>

13-02-2008 17:23

Iraq 5 years on... events at Housmans in March

In light of the sombre fifth anniversary of this most recent invasion of Iraq by the US and UK governments, Housmans is hosting a series of events reflecting on what has come to pass, and examining different facets of the fallout of the war and the continuing occupation. Read more >>

13-02-2008 15:17

Che Guevara's deputy, Orlando Borrego, coming to Britain

Three Cubans with intimate knowledge of the Cuban revolution are coming to speak at meetings throughout Britain from 21 February to 4 March. One of them, Orlando Borrego, was Che Guevara's deputy from 1959-65. Fidel Castro's illness has thrust Cuba into the spotlight and these speakers bring first hand experience to the discussion of Cuba past, present and future. Read more >>

13-02-2008 12:33

Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind

PROFIT MOTIVE AND THE WHISPERING WIND
Wednesday 13 February 2007, at 6pm
London Curzon Soho

Vertigo Presents:
PROFIT MOTIVE AND THE WHISPERING WIND
John Gianvito, USA, 2007, 58 mins Read more >>

13-02-2008 12:13

Pre-Reclaim Love Party TONIGHT!

The Reclaim love pre-Party at Monday Love in Camden, is definitely happening tonight Read more >>

13-02-2008 00:00

'The Witness' documentary film screening

February 25th 2008 7:30pm

Pogo Cafe, Hackney Read more >>

12-02-2008 21:05

End the Siege of Gaza Protest, London 9th February 2008

A report on the recent "End the Siege of Gaza Protest" outside Downing Street Read more >>

12-02-2008 18:09

Please Support the Heathrow No Third Runway Campaign

Transforming the threatened villages near Heathrow Airport into a giant eco-village could help save them from being demolished for the planned third runway according to environmental campaigners.

Proposals for a variety of different groups to move into the area and help the local residents develop eco-friendly projects have been circulated by the Earth Aid Environmental Campaign. Read more >>

12-02-2008 15:51

Philippines: Greed, Corruption and Illegitimate Debt

Greed is defined as an excessive or uncontrolled desire for or pursuit of money, wealth, food, or other possessions especially when this denies the same goods to others. It is reprehensible acquisitiveness, an insatiable longing for power, and supremacy in order to advance individual interests at the cost of other's well being.

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12-02-2008 14:25

++Camden Still Closed++Reclaim Love Party now Wednesday

Camden still closed,

So for 1 week - and 1 week only . . .

Monday Love will become

++WEDNESDAY LOVE!!++ Read more >>

12-02-2008 13:10

Growing Insecurity in Timor Leste

Timor-Leste’s President Jose Ramos-Horta was shot on 11 February by rebel soldiers in his house, a few miles outside the capital Dili. He is in a “critical but stable” condition, and he has been airlifted to Australia for further treatment. The failed coup was apparently led by Alfredo Reinado, a rebel soldier ho was himself killed in the attack. This incident is shocking, but shows how unstable the situation in Timor Leste still is. The “crisis” that started in 2006 is far from over, and Timor Leste’s security forces are unable to provide security. Not even for the acting President himself. Read more >>

12-02-2008 11:56

Are your meals costing the Earth?

Vegan Society CEO, Nigel Winter will be giving his hard-hitting "Are your meals costing the earth?" presentation as part of the Green Party Spring Conference 'fringe'. The talk is at Reading Town Hall, on Fri 15th Feb 2008 at 19:00. Day membership of the conference is required to attend. Read more >>

12-02-2008 11:39

A migrant broke his neck in a desperate bid to avoid being deported.

The 34-year-old African is understood to have repeatedly hit his head against a wall while he was being held in a cell at Tinsley House immigration removal centre. Read more >>

12-02-2008 06:03

Victims of HealthQuest Abuses in N.S.W. Australia Contact Amnesty in London

On several occasions since 1995 victims of the N.S.W. Government Medical Office, HealthQuest, have contacted Amnesty International in London. We have yet to receive a response. Soviet psychiatry is being used against dissident public servants and whistleblowers in N.S.W. Australia. HealthQuest is staffed with psychiatrists and psychologists who are prepared to diagnose for money and power. We hope that this time, Amnesty will finally launch an investigation into our plight. Read more >>