London Newswire Archive

23-03-2013 09:48

Activists head to Swedish embassy to demand guarantee of no further extradition

Activists head to Swedish embassy to demand guarantee of no further extradition of Assange to U.S. Read more >>

21-03-2013 13:32

JSA & ESA South London Claimants Union

For a Claimants Union in South London!

Wednesday 27th March 4pm
Eileen House, 80-94 Newington Causeway, SE1 6EF Read more >>

21-03-2013 12:18

Is Welsh Planning Policy for Coal about to Hit the Buffers?

The new Welsh Minister for Housing and Regeneration, Mr Carl Seargent, is about to make a decision on the Varteg Hill Opencast site application. If he decides to uphold the Appeal recommendation arising from a recent Public Inquiry it could set a new precedent for how all other Welsh opencast site applications are decided. It could have even wider repercussions across England and Scotland as well. This press release explains why. Read more >>

21-03-2013 09:27

LAON's Feb-March 2013 of Welsh Opencast Sites

This review carries news items on the state of opencast mine proposals in Wales, especially the latest news about the Varteg and East Pit proposal. It also provides some information about who Miller Argent are, the Company mining at Ffos-y-Fran and who mau be submitting a new opencast proposal for the Nant Llesg site in Gwent Read more >>

20-03-2013 20:26

Screening: Living Utopia. Mon 25th March 7.30pm. Pogo Cafe, Hackney, London

Living Utopia is a unique documentary that blends the historical account of the origins and development of the Spanish anarchist movement, focussing on the 1936 war. Read more >>

20-03-2013 13:01

Stop G8 national meeting - London - April 6/7

The next Stop G8 national meeting will be held in London on the 6/7 April
- all welcome except cops and journos

To propose items for the agenda, request accommodation in London or for
more info please contact

stopg8@riseup.net or see network23.org/stopg8/
Read more >>

18-03-2013 19:33

Events coming up this week from the unrooted @ Eileen House

Click here for all Self Organised London events:

http://www.olympusrpg.com/selforganisedlondon/Events.html Read more >>

18-03-2013 19:29

Jobseekers & ESA Workshop this Wednesday 4pm @ Eileen House

Horizontal skillshare on claiming Jobseekers Allowance and Employment & Support Allowance (ESA) with the intention to set up a South East London Claimants Union. Read more >>

18-03-2013 18:27

Extinction Festival at the Extinction Eco-Village near Combe Haven Valley

The eco-warriors in Britain plan to hold the EXTINCTION FESTIVAL this summer at the Extinction Eco-Village on a farm near Combe Haven Valley where the government and East Sussex County Council are now getting ready to build the Bexhill to Hastings link road which the road protesters are turning into the Second Battle of Hastings. Read more >>

18-03-2013 17:24

Eco-Warriors Defeat Tory Council Thugs in the Second Battle of Enfield

A small army of High Court bailiffs, security men, tow truck drivers, and Enfield council officials who tried to steal more vehicles belonging to the children's charity that is building a school in Gambia, failed in their latest attempt to evict the Working Class Heroes from our derelict squatted MOT service station site on Thursday 7 March 2013. Read more >>

17-03-2013 19:09

Whittington board plans rejected by thousands

Public say no to plans by the north London, Whittington Hospital's board to sell-off £17m of its buildings and sack around half of its staff. Read more >>

15-03-2013 23:17

Self Organised London still alive and kicking!

A brief update on our situation and upcoming events… Read more >>

15-03-2013 20:17

A Passage Through Time Looking Back To Look Forward, at Herstory.......

We will take you on a journey back to tell a little about the other side of his-story.
Her-story will look at how women activists over the years have used art as a tool to campaign for social changes and how activisists have used their imaginative means on many levels to flout conventions, make a stand and create change. Read more >>

15-03-2013 11:36

Anti-War Panel on Dissident Island Radio Tonight

"10 years since one of the most contested wars in modern history, dissident island radio has assembled a panel of seasoned anti-war activists who have been active in opposing the Iraq war." Listen live or download podcast afterwards.
Read more >>

14-03-2013 14:37

Taking DRAXtic Action 24th April: venue details announced

Details of the venue for DRAX Plc's AGM and the meeting point for Taking DRAXtic Action have just been announced: Meet outside the Grocer's Hall, Princes Street, EC2R 8AD. We'll be flyering as investors go in from 10:30, and the main rally will start at 12:00. Bring things to make noise with! Read more >>

14-03-2013 14:29

State Violence Against Women: Soni Sori and other cases from India.

Public Meeting to highlight cases of state repression on women, many of whom are human right defenders, many belong to minority sections of society. These incidences point at the increasing patterns in which business and politics intersect to curtain critical voices against state-corporate nexus. Read more >>

14-03-2013 12:44

Admiral Duncan Bomb Victims Betrayed by MI5

The 1999 London were the result of a botched MI5 sting operation caused by rogue agent provocateur David Myatt. I am being bullied by the police and Home Office for complaining about David Myatt's and trying to get the case against him re-opened. Read more >>

14-03-2013 11:22

Police Liaison Officers – Intelligence gathering, self-policing and the dangers of talking to the police

This article explores the continuing controversy over the use of Police Liaison Officers, or Protest Liaison Officers as they are alternatively known, in relation to their role in the arrest of 182 cyclists participating in the Critical Mass bike ride of July 2012.

13-03-2013 09:03

Emergency Protest At Current Hunger Strike At Guantanamo Bay

Almost all of the 166 prisoners at Guantánamo Bay have been on hunger strike since early February. This protest which has led to force feeding against the human rights of prisoners and some prisoners losing over 15kg in weight was prompted by the confiscation of personal items from cells and the desecration of copies of the Koran. The situation is desperate, according to their lawyers, yet there has been no mainstream media coverage and little outcry from the international human rights NGO community. Come and join our protest on Sunday. Read more >>

11-03-2013 20:55

get involved! - Come to the Stop G8 Network Meeting in London

StopG8 is organising a week of action, including workshops, gigs and cultural events in June. There is also a major day of action on Tuesday 11 June, 'J11 – Carnival against Capitalism'. There's lots to do and we need more people to get involved.

Hate meetings?! No problem, we want people to come and take on jobs, you don't have to sit around in big groups discussing things. The next national meeting will be in London on 6th and 7th April (venue tba, see network23.org/stopg8/), we'll arrange the agenda so you can come along and get involved without spending hours in meetings. Read more >>