London Newswire Archive

21-04-2008 09:15

Protest against the BNP's party political broadcast 21.04.08

The British National Party's (BNP) party political broadcast is scheduled to take place on Monday 21 April at 6.55pm (today).

The BNP is standing candidates in the London Mayoral and Assembly elections and will be standing 625 candidates in the local elections in England and 29 in Wales. The party political broadcast will be broadcast throughout England.

The BNP is a fascist organisation, not a legitimate political party, with explicitly racist, sexist, homophobic policies. Only two weeks ago the BNP were again exposed. Nick Erikson one of the BNP candidates in London was forced to withdraw his candidacy, after he was exposed for writing sexist, racist and offensive comments on a blog in which he uses the name "Sir John Bull" visit (www.uaf.org.uk) for quotes from his blog. Read more >>

20-04-2008 11:06

Don’t Drink from the Mainstream.

Here’s the note pinned on the studio door of Undercurrents
To do list for 2008

1) Make 10 new video series on topics ranging from Woodland skills to Technology reviews and from Political news to investigative documentaries.

2) Develop a desktop video player application based upon the open source software.

3) Launch an Internet Protocol Television Station which builds an open mass medium of online television.

Ps: Do it all on a minuscule budget Read more >>

19-04-2008 23:10

Unfair Media Bias Against China, with coverage of chinese protesters on 19/04/08

It's time to publish what the media won't, the other side of the story. Read more >>

19-04-2008 22:48

Meeting tomorrow at Somers Town community Centre midday. Sunday 20th April

Candidates for London Mayor & the London Assemblty will be meeting the people of Somers Town & St Pancras. One of the topics on the agenda will be the lab. {World's largest ever, highest level, virus containment facility & animal testing lab" due to be built on a Camden council house estate.
Organised by Somers Town Peoples Forum. Read more >>

19-04-2008 18:59

Hackney Social Centre Under Threat of Eviction!

The Hackney Social Centre (231 Lower Clapton Road, Hackney) is now waiting for High Court Bailiffs, scheduled to arrive at the property at 9:00 AM this Monday, April 21, 2008. Anyone able to stand with us to meet the bailiffs and defend the space is asked to gather outside the Social Centre at 8:00 AM on Monday Morning. Read more >>

19-04-2008 18:51

latest indymedia london offline & infousurpa

Fortnightly sheet with events in and around social centres in London. Read more >>

19-04-2008 09:47

Chiswick protest to get Total Oil Out of Burma

Five protesters demonstrated at the Total West Four petrol station on 137 Chiswick High Road on Wednesday 17th April. The protest was against the French Total Oil's support for the brutal Burma junta dictatorship. Burma's democracy leader, Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has said that “Total is the biggest supporter of the military regime in Burma. Total Oil gives 500 million dollars a year to the brutal Burmese dictatorship. Total's Yadana gas pipeline was built using forced labour.
Read more >>

19-04-2008 09:22

Free Mumia now! All out today at 1pm, US Embassy, London!

Free Mumia now!

Mumia Abu-Jamal
is innocent!

Abolish the racist
death penalty!

Saturday 19 April
1pm, US Embassy,
Grosvenor Square, London W1A
(Nearest Tube: Bond Street)

Contact the Partisan Defence Committee on 020 7281 5504 or at

partisandefence@yahoo.co.uk. Visit www.partisandefense.org for details of international protests taking place today and in the coming week and for a list of the organisations and individuals, representing thousands upon thousands of trade unionists and anti-racists, who have endorsed the international mobilisations. Read more >>

18-04-2008 21:03

911 Cultist and UCL Research Fellow in Holocaust Denial Shame

The dark side of conspiracy theory has been exposed this week with the news that prominent 911 'truth' activist and UCL Research Fellow, Dr Nicholas Kollerstrom is a committed holocaust revisionist who has published many articles online detailing his warped views on the holocaust (1). Read more >>

18-04-2008 20:37

Scientology, the Metropolitan Police, and Number 10

A cult is trying to influence the British police. Why is the government ignoring it? Read more >>

18-04-2008 19:00

Dissident Island - Zine Special tonight

Voices of Resistance from Occupied London...Rupture...Shift Magazine...Last Hours...London Zine Symposium Read more >>

18-04-2008 12:52

SOCPA - the dirt behind the imprisonment of barbara tucker

a high court hearing and a document given 'charity sweet' blow a huge hole in the decision to imprison her - now the matter of her imprisonment will be added to the forthcoming judicial review of various aspects of the constitutional campaign of harassment against her. Read more >>

18-04-2008 11:54

Extraordinary Rendition - ER, what does it mean to you?

The folllowing is the new information leaflet produced by the London Guantánamo Campaign about Extraordinary Rendition, as part of our new campaign on extraordinary rendition - please distribute widely. Read more >>

18-04-2008 11:36

Criminal Architecture

Contemporary security architecture versus classical security architecture. Read more >>

18-04-2008 08:36

Project 2012 Meeting Report

Humanity in the UK 1012 – 2012
New Project: Inaugural Meeting Report Read more >>

18-04-2008 00:30

Radio Indymedia Back Online - get involved

After being offline for over a year, radio.indymedia.org is back online. For a variety of technical problems the amazing resourse that was IMC-RADIO was gone from us, which meant that people all over the world could no longer publish their audio, access and listen to old audio, click on the site to get quickly directed to audio nodes and news from all over our little planet. For those audio geeks it was a big big loss. But now, it's back:

http://radio.indymedia.org/ Read more >>

18-04-2008 00:00

Western Media Fabrications regarding the Tibet Riots

The images of the violent riots in Lhasa, in which a criminal mob set fire to shops, homes and schools, burning several people alive, and stabbing innocent civilians with knives were not shown on network TV in the US and Western Europe. Small segments of the riots in Lhasa were shown out of context and with a view to accusing the Chinese authorities of repressing a "peaceful protest". Read more >>

17-04-2008 23:34

Success for DAN at the DWP‏

D.A.N Action Report - 17th April 2008.

Today more than twenty disabled activists occupied the foyer of Adelphi
House, where the Department of Work and Pensions is based. At 1.30 p.m.
campaigners breezed in, taking over the foyer, leafleting and asking to hand
deliver a letter to James Purnell, Secretary of State for the Department of
Work and Pensions. Members of D.A.N. the Disabled people's Direct Action
Network refused to leave until a meeting was arranged with James Purnell to
discuss Incapacity Benefit and the changes which are forcing one million
disabled people into poverty and unpaid work placements. James Purnell was
out of the country, so D.A.N. activists met with representatives from the
DWP and Sally Witcher from the Office for Disability Issues and held long
discussions.

The result of these discussions is, D.A.N. have been promised a meeting
with James Purnell, the date of which is to be confirmed. We are very
confident that the meeting will happen as we have promised to come back for
another visit if it doesn't.

Best Wishes.

Mike Higgins
(On behalf of the DAN Press Team)

E-mail:

danpress@blueyonder.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)114 225 8676
Mob: +44 (0)7956 856060

Read more >>

17-04-2008 21:17

Free Mumia now! All out this Saturday!

Free Mumia now!

Mumia Abu-Jamal
is innocent!

Abolish the racist
death penalty!

Saturday 19 April
1pm, US Embassy,
Grosvenor Square, London W1A
(Nearest Tube: Bond Street)

The latest PDF leaflet with new endorsers is attached; contact the PDC for more information and to help build the demonstration, speak and to endorse the protest. 020 7281 5504

partisandefence@yahoo.co.uk www.partisandefense.org Read more >>

17-04-2008 16:46

SOCPA - barbara tucker freed from prison today

babs was freed from hmp holloway just before midday today. several supporters were waiting in the morning for her. she is at the high court tomorrow morning for a 'habeus corpus' hearing when the legitimacy of her prison sentence will be contested

high court hearing at 10 am tomorrow morning - support welcome Read more >>