London Social Struggles Newswire Archive

19-10-2007 08:26

Will P Hain practise the morality to end poverty

The BBC has reported Peter Hain as saying on the BBC1 Question Time programme, "I think the people that paid their money in on the basis of what they believed was the case and found their money was being smuggled away and robbed from them - that's very serious indeed." Read more >>

18-10-2007 21:33

24-hour Total petrol station shuts due to protest

During the Thursday evening rush hour, the 24-hour Total petrol station on Marylebone Road in London shut down due to the presence of protestors calling for Total to pull out of Burma. Read more >>

18-10-2007 15:43

Reject the deal - restart the strikes

Sell out deal is a stab in the back for striking postal workers and threatens to derail the strike - for a rank and file conference of postal workers to campaign for a no vote and fight to restart the strikes! Read more >>

18-10-2007 13:52

New Peace Statue in Parliament Square.

Bored with all the statues of warmongers in the square, peace campaigners today decided to erect their own People's 'living' statue on a vacant plinth.
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18-10-2007 12:55

"Common Ground" Community Garden Finally Evicted

Report on Thursday 18th Octobers eviction of Common Ground Community Garden. Read more >>

17-10-2007 20:16

Total Oil London HQ receives body bag

Campaigners continue the weekly protest at Total Oil's headquarters in London. Read more >>

16-10-2007 12:03

Crassrail is already discredited- so here come jobs! spin by Crassrail Ken!

'Undone mayor' Ken Egostone is risking being exposed as a serial fabricator at the expense of same of the key communities whom he first disenfranchised over 20 years ago when he abused the GLC funding programmes to bribe strategically -and contemptuously racistly selected and placed ethnic surrogates who sacrificed the long term economic, social and human rights of entire communities in return for the corrupting cash that the egotist Livingstone doled out to these colluders... Today Livingstone is embarked on a massive lying project to ensure he gets re-elected in May 2008 as the 'undone mayor' Read more >>

13-10-2007 21:07

RBS Update and Leaflets

It's only a few days away! There are plans afoot all over the country, and
there's still time for you to organise something in your local area. A few things that might help:
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12-10-2007 22:10

Burma's dogs and graffiti artists continue the protests

Protesting Dogs Are Now on the Regime’s Wanted List, by Saw Yan Naing writing for Irrawaddy, October 12, 2007
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12-10-2007 20:04

Demands for government intervention aimed at strangling post dispute

As we go to press, talks are under way between Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU), as unofficial action that began at postal sorting depots in London, Glasgow and Liverpool Wednesday spread to several other offices by Thursday morning. Read more >>

12-10-2007 00:44

Resistance, Not Repression, Is the Real Story From Burma

Note: the events within Burma described below come from a member of the exiled pro-democracy leadership of Burma 8888. This individual is now deeply involved in the current movement's strategizing and communications, and is in regular contact both with groups on the Thai-Burma border and within the country. Because of the sensitive nature of his work, he has asked to remain anonymous. Read more >>

11-10-2007 18:19

New South West rave forum

Here is a new rave culture forum for the southwest-covering all aspects of rave Read more >>

11-10-2007 14:32

Defend NUS democracy - meeting, Sunday 21 October

Join the campaign to defend democracy in and win a campaigning National Union of Students! Read more >>

11-10-2007 10:20

Zimbabwe vigil 5th anniversary

The Zimbabwe vigil 5th anniversary event that was due to happen at the rampART social center this coming saturday has now been moved to a larger venue as it has become apparent that the numbers expected to attended much greater than originally anticipated.

The vigil is on the strand as normal and the social event afterwards will now be held at Highgate Newtown Community Centre, 25 Bertram Street, London N19 5DQ. Read more >>

10-10-2007 12:42

TOTAL HQ targeted this morning

30 protesters targeted Total HQ this morning for the third time in a week. Read more >>

10-10-2007 12:30

Brothers in Chains and other news from rampART

The building occupied for the rampART social center has recently undergone changes to make it more suitable for large meetings. Two rooms on the first floor have been combined into one large room good for meetings of up to sixty people. Additionally, work is being done on the roof garden to provide a sheltered space where people can get a breath of fresh air during events. Read more >>

10-10-2007 12:12

Take back the night - deterring assault

Helping to deter assaults by using a cameraphone Read more >>

09-10-2007 21:46

A Veiled Threat?

"Despite not paying an annual membership fee to Hamas or Al-Qaeda, my choice to veil signifies that I am a radical." Read more >>

09-10-2007 13:57 | 1 addition

Video of Parliament Square on 8th October 2007.

Confrontation with authorities in Parliament Square on 8th October 2007.

On the day that the British Parliament resumed after its Summer recess, a large group of anti-war protesters marched into the Square. They were joined by people who demand the basic freedom to be able to protest peacefully without prior police permission or conditions. The video shows some of the confrontations with authorities, while no doubt Members of Parliament looked on from the windows of their well protected building.

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09-10-2007 06:36

Some STW demo pics.

A glimpse of a very successful day. Read more >>