London Newswire Archive

14-07-2008 18:50

Open statement and invitation to the trade union movement from the Climate Camp

An invitation to the trade union movement to engage in a dialogue with the Camp for Action. Read more >>

14-07-2008 15:42 | 1 addition

Happy Birthday Binyam! actions: 6 Days for Six Year (18-24 July) & 24/7 demo

Binyam Mohamed will be 30 years old on 24 July. Unlike most other people aged 30, on that day, Binyam will have spent one out of every five years of his life in illegal American detention. Join us for a week-long vigil outside the US Embassy in Mayfair (18-24 July) and/or at the 24/7 demo opposite Downing Street. Read more >>

14-07-2008 12:50

Tony Blair: A Sudden Turn Of Conscience? No.

My inbox has been overflowing with love and best wishes to the planet from all sorts of people recently — one of them is no less than Tony Blair, that great peacekeeper (1), climate saviour (2) and lover of human rights (3) is pushing his big plan (yes, another one) to return the planet to its former health. It’s called “Breaking The Climate Deadlock” and you can read the latest report here [

http://www.theclimategroup.org/assets/resources/BTCDJune08Report.Fin.pdf] (4). Read more >>

14-07-2008 12:36

IWW blood service techno benefit gig saturday 19th

Just Defy the Vampires

DnB // Dubstep // Techno // Mashup @ The Redstar, 319 Camberwell Rd.

Benefit gig for campaign against cuts in the National Blood Service hosted by the Industrial Workers of the World, the UK's one and only radical autonomous grassroots union. Read more >>

14-07-2008 00:20

Wembley Tent City Occupation: Urgent Call To Action

We need more people, numbers, for the day, a morning or afternoon or come and stay, squat the land. Smash school privatisation. Oppose education for profit. Read more >>

13-07-2008 23:17

Wembley Tent City Occupation: Press release - 12/07/2008

The latest press release (12/07/2008) from the Wembely Anti-Academy Tent City Occupation - Smash School Privatisation/ Read more >>

13-07-2008 22:27

Action and Support: Wembley and Pimlico Anti-Academisation Need You

On Tuesday 15 July there will be two anti-academy school actions. From 7.30am teachers and residents will form picket lines at Pimlico School in a strike against the privatisation of Pimlico School by Tory funder John Nash. Then at 10.30am the Wembley teachers, local businesses and residents will protest outside Willesden County Court to oppose Brent Council's eviction order application of the Wembley Tent City which has squatted the land designated for the privatised Wembley Academy school of "child charity" Ark and its multimillioniare funder and Tony Blair cohort Arki Busson. Read more >>

13-07-2008 21:34 | 1 addition

July 11th 2008 - International Day of Truth Action - Photos

Photos from the London protest at the BBC in White City and from protests around the world from the autonomous grassroots campaign for International Days of Truth Action on the Eleventh Day of Every Month until Justice. Read more >>

13-07-2008 11:01

Former head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation speaks at the LSE (Mon 14 July)

Dr Etemad has been a member of the panel of experts on nuclear reactor shielding for IAEA and a member of board of UNESCO on educational innovation in Asia working on the international university for UNESCO. Read more >>

12-07-2008 21:06

Kilburn Total Oil Burma Protest 9th July 2008

Three protesters braved the rain on Wednesday 9th July to protest at Totalitarian Oil at Kilburn Total station, 409 Kilburn High Rd, Kilburn, NW6 7QG. For many years French Total Oil has been funding the brutal Burmese junta's oppression of the Burmese people, with hundreds of millions of dollars a year from the Yadana gas pipeline. The Burmese don't benefit from the gas exported to Thailand, instead they have suffered from forced labour and the military camps around the pipeline. The junta spends 50% of Burma's budget on the army and uses foreign currency it earns to buy weapons. Read more >>

12-07-2008 21:03

London anti-scientology protest 12.07.08

Images from the London anti-scientology protest, called 'Operation cult's closed' - apparently organised by the 'Anonymous' underground movement.
This protest took place at two locations across London on Sunday 12.07.08. Read more >>

12-07-2008 18:32

Protests at HLS Financial Allies & AstraZeneca

We continued our London SHAC campaign with three of the financial allies of HLS. Firstly we demonstrated against Raymond James who have bought approximately half a million shares through their company Eagle Asset Management, making them HLS's biggest single shareholder. Read more >>

12-07-2008 15:42

Anti-Phorm Protest Event this Wednesday, July 16th, in London

July 16th - Protest at the BT AGM, Barbican Centre, London
Read more >>

12-07-2008 15:31

End G8 Domination!

Joint Statement on the 34th G8 Summit in Toyako, Hokkaido, Japan Read more >>

12-07-2008 11:58 | 3 additions

Wallmapuen European Presentation Tour

*Wallmapuwen invites you to this unique event in his European Tour.* Read more >>

11-07-2008 23:28

Update- AR2008 Moved

AR2008 MOVED FROM AUSTRIA DUE TO STATE REPRESSION! Read more >>

11-07-2008 12:50

An Open Letter to the Camp for Climate Action

Dear Camp for Climate Action,

Firstly thank you for contacting me. I'm hopping mad about what I've
heard, but I may not have been told the whole story. I can tell you too
the mining community whats left of us feel utterly betrayed by rumours
about you swinging all your efforts to close down what remains of the coal
industry. There are debates about counter-demonstrations etc and press
statements from the power workers and miners. So its vital we do not take
up cudgels over this unless and until and at least that we know where each
other stand. I was a matter of interest with the National General
secretary of the NUM and the Yorkshire Area Leadership last weekend and
they are spitting feathers about the Drax demonstration. The slogans on
the demonstration and the statements made to the press by the protestsrs
demonstrated no concern for the miners, railway workers or power workers.
There was no consultation with us, no debate with us, no seeing what we
wanted or how we see the world or how we can see if there is anything is
common. 'Leave It In The Ground' was the banner which was unfurled at
Drax, 'it' being the coal, and the miners ? where do we leave them ? that
bit wasn't answered. We know where John Major and Maggie Thatcher and
Harold Wilson left us, on the dung heap, and most of us are still there. Read more >>

10-07-2008 16:50

Boris cuts wages of London’s poorest!

The Guardian reveal their true colours today with a story claiming that Boris Johnson is to raise the minimum wage for ten of thousands of Londoners to £7.40 an hour. (1) Read more >>

10-07-2008 15:08

Lambeth residents and workers confront council over privatisation

A group of local trade unions and community groups fighting against plans to privatise local services yesterday confronted the Labour-run Council behind them. Under the banner of "Save Our Services in Lambeth", the group, including local teachers, lecturers, local government workers, tenants and leaseholders packed the public gallery at Lambeth Town Hall and quizzed the Cabinet Members responsible for widespread cuts and privatisation. Read more >>