London Anti-militarism Newswire Archive

29-07-2005 09:26

Jean Charles de Menezes Friday 29 July 5.30pm Family Vigil@Parliament Square

Jean Charles ( 7.1.78-22.7.05) Murdered by the police at Stockwell station on Friday 22 July 2005 the Menezes family call upon the people of London to join them remembering Jean Charles. Read more >>

29-07-2005 08:52

INCENDIARY ATTACK ON LONDON LIBRARY

Putney Library, South London: Ashes and charred fragments of antipodean newsprint are all that remain of a copy of "The Australian" newspaper, ignited last night, shortly after 7pm, in an apparent arson attack. Library staff have not ruled out a connection with Al Qaeda. Read more >>

28-07-2005 10:48

Protest on Parliament Sq 1st Aug, 2pm against government Protest exclusion order

We believe the exclusion order is a very serious attack on our civil liberties. Parliament Square August 1, 2pm. PLUS
Public Meeting - 6.30pm Thursday 4th August, Friends Meeting House, Euston. Speakers include George Galloway (MP), Jeremy Corbyn (MP), Tariq Ali, Shami Chakrabati, Lindsey German, Anas Al Tikriti. Read more >>

28-07-2005 10:44

Stop the War Coalition Protest at Downing St 5.30pm Thursday 28th July

Please join us for the protest at Downing St 5.30pm Thursday 28th July convened by the Stop the War Coalition against the murder of the Brazilian worker at the hands of the police in Stockewell, and also the recent bombing attacks in London and the continuation of war in Iraq. Read more >>

28-07-2005 10:29

MORE POLICE LIES EMERGING OVER MURDER OF JEAN CHARLES DE MENEZES

THE family of the Brazilian man shot dead by marksmen who mistook him for a suicide bomber revealed last night how police have changed their account of the incident. Yet again. Read more >>

28-07-2005 10:15

"PERPETUAL WAR JUSTIFIES EVERYTHING" - Craig Murray

"Had someone with a complexion as white as mine been running around on the underground, they would not have been gunned down by the police." Read more >>

27-07-2005 20:50

Audio from New Scotland Yard 'killer bill' protest

Interviews and soundscapes from the midday protest outside New Scotland Yard on Wednesday (27/7) over the murder of an innocent man and the new shoot-to-kill policy.

Some of the interviews are with passers-by and others are with people attending the protest. They are mostly entirely unedited (and rather depressing if you ask me). Read more >>

27-07-2005 08:09

Peace Tax Seven at the Royal Courts

Judge refuses to give leave for judicial review Read more >>

27-07-2005 00:37

Peace Not War Workshop on Saturday

WORKSHOP: THE FUTURE POTENTIAL OF PEACE NOT WAR Read more >>

26-07-2005 17:50

On the police murder & increased repression in UK

The AWTWNS packet for the week of 25 July 2005 contains two articles, all in this file. They may be reproduced or used in any way, in whole or in part, as long as they are credited. For the AWTW news service, go to

http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/AWorldToWinNewsService/

• A shot in the head: Blair answers terrorism with promises of more killing abroad and at home
• UK: More repression in the name of “security” Read more >>

26-07-2005 17:42

Stop Shoot To Kill, Stop The Bombings, Troops out of Iraq - STW Coalition Lobby

STW Lobby of Downing Street Thursday 28th July Read more >>

26-07-2005 15:57

Protest Against Killer Cops - Scotland Yard noon tomorrow

Demonstrate outside Scotland Yard tomorrow at noon against killer cops, against shoot-to-kill and for justice for Jean Charles de Menezes. Read more >>

26-07-2005 15:43

Another death - another demo

A demonstration has been organised to protest against the state's latest shoot-to-kill policy which resulted in an innocent man being shot to death on a train last Friday by terror police.

Read more >>

26-07-2005 08:49

Vigil and protest at Stockwell, Monday 25th July

A brief report on the vigil and spontaneous protest that took place last night (Monday 25th July) at Stockwell. Read more >>

25-07-2005 15:33

Stockwell Tube Peace Vigil, Tonight Monday 6pm

Following the death of Jean Charles de Menezes on Friday 22nd July Lambeth Stop the War Coalition have called a Peace and Solidarity Vigil at Stockwell tube station at 6pm tonight, Monday 25th July. All sections of the community are invited and strongly encouraged to attend. Read more >>

25-07-2005 14:17

London shooting viewpoint from the Germany newspaper Die Tageszeitung

From Germanys Die Tageszeitung. Frontpage headline ‘Deadly Mistake’. Read more >>

25-07-2005 11:56

International law and suicide bombing - Its the target that counts!

With the current concern about suicide bombing the media debate seems to have forgotten to focus on the target of the attackers rather than the mechanism. Suicide bombings do not equate to terrorism and terrorism cannot be defined by the method of attack. Read more >>

24-07-2005 21:32

Audio from vigil for Jean Charles de Menezes, murdered by police

Audio taken from a vigil of round eighty people outside Stockwell train station in south London, England, sunday morning (24th July) to remember Jean Charles de Menezes, shot dead by police last Friday. The police have since admitted that they killed an innocent man. Read more >>

24-07-2005 15:42

BRAZILIAN MAN DIES IN THE 'FLIGHT' FOR FREEDOM

In a repeat of history the plight of the oppressed are compared 60 years apart - Berlin 1945 and London 2005 Read more >>

24-07-2005 09:39

Cousin of shot Brazilian man speaks out

'I can't believe they shot him, because he was not a terrorist. He was an honest man. We [the family] are still too shocked to talk about it. But I am sure [that] he didn't do anything wrong. It was not right for the police to do that.' Alex Pereira, a cousin of the shot man who lives in London
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