London Newswire Archive

19-05-2013 13:38

International hip hop & spoken word benefit - 8th June @ LimaZulu, London

Come down to LimaZulu, north London, on 8th June for a night of excellent spoken word, poetry & international hip hop, with a headliner from Mexico! All in the name of an excellent cause, that being the Anti Raids Network (

https://network23.org/antiraids/) & SLSF (solfed.org.uk/?q=south-london/) Read more >>

14-05-2013 16:09

Boris Johnson needs to stop uttering rubbish for Big Biz agenda

The Plug for Boris Johnson via BIg Biz agenda hype Xrail 2 has got to be seen in
the context of the severe economic hardship that so many people across London and the South East are experiencing. Read more >>

13-05-2013 22:58

At Your Service (Tales From Community Service) Part Two- Faggot Till I Die

Article written by contributor who is currently serving a 120 hour community payback order, in which they are required to do a program of unpaid work for the terrible “community”1. This Article forms the First part of a short series detailing different aspects and analysis of the community payback program, from thinking about the actions being performed and their implications to offering a kind of insight into what this shit is actually like. Please distribute to anyone you know who might be about to get sentenced to community payback. Read more >>

12-05-2013 15:15

David Graeber talks in London, Tuesday 21 May.

'Culture as creative refusal' a talk and discussion led by David Graeber (author of Debt: the first 5000 years).

Tuesday, May 21 6.15–9.00 pm.
Venue: The St Martinʼs Community Centre
43 Carol St, London NW1 0HT (2 minutes from Camden tube)

http://www.radicalanthropologygroup.org
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11-05-2013 15:54

Is a most deprived Tower Hamlets COUNCIL, right to carry out Tory attacks?

Tower Hamlets is notorious deprived, crisis-ridden, wrong-headed local Borough Council. Right now, its head of legal is involved in a most secretive employment tribunal tussle being very strangely held only yards from the main Council Town Hall. The Central Govt has repeatedly condemned the Council Administration for wasting public money on running a propaganda organ called East End Life, aka 'Tower Hamlets Town Hall's very own pravda'.
Read more >>

10-05-2013 20:58

American "Leftist" TV Show Promotes Pigeating

An American tv show ostensibly leftist has given animal flesh promoter Michael Pollan
one hour on publicly owned airwaves to promote the toxic disease, environmental devastation, animal agony, energy waste and expense of eating mammals. Read more >>

10-05-2013 08:27

Press release - Anti-Capitalists publish map of targets in the West End

PRESS RELEASE

Anti-Capitalists are targeting the rich in the West End of London in the
run-up to the G8 Summit next month. Read more >>

10-05-2013 01:15

Hunger and thirst strikes in the Netherlands

CALL FOR SOLIDARITY WITH HUNGER AND THIRST STRIKERS IN DETENTION CENTERS IN THE NETHERLANDS
public indictment against the system of repression we call Fortress Europe. Read more >>

09-05-2013 22:44

Call for an Anti-Militarist Action against the G8 on June 12th

This is a call to all anti-militarists to join us in the West End of London during the week of action against the G8. - for more info see

https://network23.org/stopg8/ Read more >>

09-05-2013 14:40

LAON's April Review of English Opencast Sites

This review updates information on planning developments affecting new English Opencast sites. In addition, it has information on the sites that would be affected if UK Mine Holdings / UK Coal Operations were, as recent press stories indicate, to go into administration. In addition it has news on the the land slip at Hatfield Colliery, latest developments over the Helsley Wood Tip and opencast mining on the Canobie Coalfield. Read more >>

08-05-2013 14:01

3 Cosas Campaign, ULU and the Industrial Workers of Great Britain

The 3 Cosas Campaign, ULU and the Industrial Workers of Great Britain launch 'summer of action' for sickpay, holiday and pensions against University of London management. Read more >>

08-05-2013 10:54

Veggies Volunteers need Help at London Radical Book Fair

London Radical Book Fair 11/05/13 Read more >>

07-05-2013 13:34

Residents rally at 6 PM at Trahorn Close E1 focuses on Tower Hamlets Council

Tower Hamlets Council's transfer of Council housing stock was done under dubious
promises. One promise Tower Hamlets Council made was that tenants, residents would enjoy the same rights when their homes were taken over by the "social landlords" as they had enjoyed under Council control.
This evening, Tuesday 07 May 2013, residents at the Trahorn Close, near Vallance Road, are rallying to question Tower Hamlets Council's pledge.
They have already petitioned the Borough’s “executive Mayor” Lutfur Rahman demanding action over the “social landlord” outfit’s behaviour. Read more >>

07-05-2013 12:39 | 1 addition

Out on London streets for Bradley Manning thru May lead up to June trial

Out on London streets for Bradley Manning thru May lead up to June trial Read more >>

06-05-2013 13:15

MI6 caugth in Finland?

At Oulu Down-Town walk-street has been found a black Jaguar, with a featured person at driver's seat familiar to James Bond. Inside the car one finds a sign with text "Lisence to Park", "007", "On Her Majesty's Secrect Service". Read more >>

04-05-2013 10:31

Victory as Wax Museum halts foxhunt promotion!

The National Wax Museum in Ireland has withdrawn its controversial “discount for foxhunt fans offer” following appeal from Joan Collins TD (member of Ireland’s parliament) and a successful online petition
Read more >>

03-05-2013 22:38

uk mayday - a few pics and short report

this year's london mayday events were very low key despite public anger at "austerity" cuts and the looming privatisation of NHS and mail services Read more >>

02-05-2013 21:01

Howard Lyman Continues To Expose Mad Cow Incidence In US And Elsewhere

The Canadian Parliament has been investigating the
fraud regarding US testing for Mad Cow. Recent
outbreaks in Brazil, Denmark, Netherlands, Japan,
Switzerland and the US to name a few make silence
on this issue criminal. Read more >>

02-05-2013 16:24 | 1 addition

1 June: US Embassy Demo for Bradley Manning. Download flyers.

PLEASE DOWNLOAD, PRINT AND SHARE THESE FLYERS

02-05-2013 00:06

First ever Bilderberg Fringe Festival to take place in Hertfordshire

A group of concerned citizens are launching the first ever Bilderberg Fringe Festival
Comprising talks, workshops, comedy and music on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th June 2013

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