London Newswire Archive

20-07-2008 02:51

Action Alert: HLS Shareholder - Old Mutual

Eagle Asset dump all 500,000 blood money shares in Huntingdon Life Sciences'
Next Target: Old Mutual, one of HLS' largest investors with 150,000 shares
For information about the campaign to close HLS in the UK see

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20-07-2008 00:18

HLS Financial Allies & AstraZeneca Protests in London

On the back of the brilliant news that Raymond James (Eagle Asset Management) had sold their 500,000 odd shares in HLS, the day started with a letter from them confirming this. This was a fantastic result after only approximately 2 weeks and 5 demonstrations. HLS's shareholders predominantly exist solely in the United States, so shareholder targets in the UK are few and far between. However, just 5 minute walk from Raymond James is Old Mutual, of 2 Lambeth Hill. Old Mutual own a company called Acadian Asset Management who have about 15,000 shares in HLS. Read more >>

19-07-2008 15:45

The Problem With...Work

At what age do you think your working future is planned out for you? If you are conscience of the impact civilization has on our lives, you shouldn’t be surprised to hear that the answer is: "from birth". Read more >>

19-07-2008 15:08

Bastille Day Card - Support Liberty in Burma

On July 14th, three members of totaloutofburma.org celebrated Bastille Day at the Institute Francais in London, calling on "Liberty Equality and Fraternity" with the Burmese "liberty" movement and the heroic prisoners of conscience in Burma. A Bastille Day card with approximately 150 signatures was sent to President Nicolas Sarkozy care of the French Embassy in London, highlighting French Total Oil's continuing shameful collaboration with the brutal Burmese dictatorship and calling for liberty for Burma. Read more >>

19-07-2008 12:31 | 1 addition

Start of 6 Days for 6 Years Vigil Outside US Embassy, London

The London Guantánamo Campaign is holding a week-long continuous vigil outside the US Embassy in Mayfair, London, in the run up to Binyam Mohamed's 30th birthday on 24 July. Held illegally for 6 years, enough is enough. It's time for justice and the US to releasr Binyam... Read more >>

19-07-2008 12:19

Climate Camp goes back to Heathrow: Conference Sat 26th July

A conference organsied by the Camp for Climate Action, local residents groups NoTRAG and HACA and Greenpeace to answer the question:

“What do we do if the worst comes to the worst and the Government says ‘yes’ to Heathrow expansion? Read more >>

18-07-2008 23:17

Squatter's Protest at Stoke Newington Police Station

Two people were arrested as police evicted a squat in Hackney today. Friends and supporters gathered at Stoke Newington Police station to demand their release. Read more >>

18-07-2008 20:32

Demo @ Polish embassy against sacking of radical union activist, Monday 4.30

Bartosz Kantorczyk, a member of The Workers' Initiative Trade Union in Gdansk in Poland and the initiator of postmen strike in November 2006, has been unlawfully dismissed. The unionists in the Polish post office had demanded improvement of job security in accordance with the law and had denounced violations of the workers' rights by the management of the Polish Post. Management sacked Bartosz because he was such a high-profile union member, and therefore a threat to their ongoing exploitation of the workers. Read more >>

18-07-2008 19:26

Rebel Music Presents - Cuba Fiesta - 26 July.

26 July 2008.
Celebrating 55 years since Fidel Castro and his revolutionary rebels attacked
the Moncada Barracks, sparking the Cuban Revolution. The Party includes delicious Cuban cuisine, bar, stalls, Cuban dance classes, kids' games, face painting, films and live music. Read more >>

18-07-2008 18:26

Dissident Island - Climate Camp special tonight

Listen to the NUM, Climate Camp UK, Climate Camp USA, Climate Convergence USA as well as some tasty music and the usual chat and randomness Read more >>

18-07-2008 16:34

Town centre regeneration schemes

For whose benefit has disastrous town centre regeneration schemes been foisted onto local communities?
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18-07-2008 16:27

Anti-Wembley Academy occupation comes to an end

The Tent City Occupation of Wembley Sports Ground was evicted this morning at 6.30am (report to follow). Hank Roberts - Brent Secretary of the NUT and ATL - had to be removed from the roof of the Community Centre on the site, where he had d-locked himself to a flagpole. Specialist baliffs had to use an angle-grinder to seperate him from the pole. Supporters gathered in front of the gate to the carpark; as he was removed from the site, he was bestowed with rapturous applause for his brave stand. Read more >>

18-07-2008 16:01

Private Equity Headquarters Under Lock Down in London July 17

On the Global Day of Action against Private Equity, 50 people collectively delivered a giant invoice to Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts's (KKR) headquarters in London. Read more >>

18-07-2008 14:56

Unlawful Crossrail shortchanges tube and Londoners £16bn - another central line

The Crossrail Bill is due to receive Royal Assent on Tuesday 22 July 2008 after petitioning in the House of Lords and House of Commons. Residents are beginning to realise why so many publicly funded projects go wrong if the level of scrutiny is similar to that of the Crossrail Bill, the Millennium Dome of public transport schemes. The Department for Transport, the House of Commons and House of Lords Crossrail Committee, who have favoured the City over ordinary London residents, taxpayers and farepayers have slammed the final nail in the coffin of the Crossrail Bill. We now know why so many publicly funded schemes are so poorly scrutinised. Read more >>

17-07-2008 22:23

Eagle Asset Dumps All HLS Shares

LSR Shares: 523,079 | Value: $14,175,000 | Ownership: 4.13%

ALL GONE! Read more >>

17-07-2008 21:15

Army Recruitment, The Strand...

Anti-war protesters and activists gather in the Strand, London, to hold a protest outside the British Army recruiting office not far from Trafalgar Square. Read more >>

17-07-2008 17:40

Neo-Nazis Turn Asylum Seekers, Kevin Watmough Cries His Little Eyes Out...

And Eddy Morrison Is Replaced By A Cat!

These and other tales from the lunatic fringe of British fascism.
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17-07-2008 17:20

Hunt Sab Benefit Tommorow Night (Friday) SW London

Benefit for London Hunt Sabs Read more >>

17-07-2008 16:50 | 1 addition

The Two Degrees Show: No New Coal

James Hansen says we need a moratorium on new coal projects in order to protect the planet and all who live on it. We speak to two people involved in the global campaign against coal. Read more >>

16-07-2008 20:53

Wembley Tent City Occupation Resistance Continues, Wednesday 16th

Wembley teachers and local people continue their occupation today despite the threats of forced eviction and possible arrests. Local teachers and supporters are determined to resist the injunction served earlier today by council bailiffs. They argue that after more than two years of campaigning to keep the community sports grounds out of the private sector that wants to build a privatised academy school, they have now exhausted all avenues to keep one of the few remaining green areas accessible to the local community for sports training. The teachers and their local supporters also state that they are not going to give in without a fight, as the building of the planned Wembley Academy is part of Brent's council drive to privatise schools, turning education into a profit making business instead of a basic human right beyond the 'logic' of the market.

This afternoon we got a sms calling for urgent support as it was expected that bailiffs with specialised equipment and police would be arriving on site by 4pm. We set off to Wembley to show our support to one of the few examples of grass roots autonomous organising and resistance we've seen in London that escapes the usual (and expected) 'activist' scenes. As soon as we got there we realised that today's alleged eviction was yet another bluff in the 'threats and wait' game the bailiffs are playing. An earlier eviction had been set for yesterday afternoon, when around 50 local people turned up to show support. That one didn't materialise neither, and so now the protestors are expecting it at any time. They have therefore now taken permanent positions on the roofs of the building next to the sports grounds, with at least one protestor already locking on to the main mast. The protestor's claims that the sports grounds are a vital resource to the local community, was reinforced whilst we were there when a local football team turned up for their usual training.

The general feeling is that most probably the eviction will happen 'by surprise' in the early morning, and quite possibly tomorrow thursday morning, and so they maintain their call for urgent solidarity and for people to go up there and show their support.

See below some pics of the occupation today:

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