London Social Struggles Newswire Archive

26-10-2007 09:39

Off With Its Head

Constitution and Revolution Read more >>

26-10-2007 08:42

Controlled buy

A controlled marijuana buy in a sting operation. Read more >>

26-10-2007 08:21

SOCPA the Movie Showing Monday

SOCPA The Movie on big screen with Q&A Read more >>

26-10-2007 08:11

Sunday 28th: People in Common / Burma Picnic

Parliament Square Monthly Picnic Read more >>

24-10-2007 13:11

Oppose Anti-Islam demo in London, this Friday

RACISTS AND FASCISTS, NATIONALISTS and BIGOTS come to LONDON this FRIDAY...
MUST BE A GOOD TIME AND PLACE TO HAVE A GO AT THESE WASTES of SPACE Read more >>

24-10-2007 07:47

Noon Today: China/Burma Embassy Protest

Now that Burma is no longer in the newspapers every day, we need to make
sure the world does not forget what has happened, and that pressure on the
regime continues to grow. Every day more activists are being arrested, many will face torture. Read more >>

24-10-2007 02:36

Something for the weekend

This saturday is set to be a busy one for activists in London with both the 9th annual remembrance procession against deaths in custody and the 27th Anarchist Bookfair. Read more >>

24-10-2007 00:40

Pre-emptive Peace Strike: "Don't Attack Iran" (on Saturday 27th October)

Regular grass roots meetings for support and communication, working towards collective international 'peace strikes' in the event of military attacks on Iran. Read more >>

24-10-2007 00:25

TUC Work in Freedom Conference

A TUC conference to commemorate bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade
Contribuitions at the conference will be made by speakers from Africa, American and the Caribbean and the UK. A number of workshops will be organised on:Captialism, Slavery & Abolition; Slavery, legacy and Education; Forced Labour and the Olympics; Black Women & Slavery; Forced labour & Domestic Workers; and · Trafficking
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23-10-2007 15:52

Demand release of Aotearoa/NZ Political Prisoners

17 political activists in Aotearoa/New Zealand are being held in jail and threatened with charges of terrorism. What they have in common is supporting tino rangatiratanga, Maori claims to self-determination. These arrests are political (new tougher terrorism laws are coming up for debate in parliament) and aimed at creating a climate of fear. Therefore we see these arrests as state terrorism and demand the immediate release of the prisoners. This event is in support of a global day of action called by supporters of the prisoners.
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23-10-2007 15:49

Saudi embassy demo report: over 7000 lashes'sentence' for gay men.

Demo outside Saudi Arabian Embassy Oct 22. led by Peter Tatchell/NUS students etc - report and pics. Read more >>

23-10-2007 13:15

Crassrail jobs! spin will CURSE East End, mis-led by MP Jim F Patrick -1

BBC TV’s ‘Politics Show’ on Sunday 21 October 2007.

BBC London presenter Tim Donavan’s introduction stated that “London has the most entrenched problem of unemployment and poverty…..”

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22-10-2007 14:58

MAYDAY Magazine launch weekend: Fri 26 & Sat 27

MAYDAY Magazine is a newly published anarchist journal. Read more >>

21-10-2007 11:17 | 1 addition

Annual Rally & Procession against custody deaths 2007

Come and join protestors at the 9th annual rally and procession in London Read more >>

20-10-2007 18:04

Councillor leads protest against Total Oil in Lewsiham

20 protestors, led by local Green Party councillor Sue Luxton, converged on the Total petrol station near Catford on Saturday morning. They were raising awareness of Lewisham Council's investment in Total Oil and calling for Total Oil to pull out of Burma. Read more >>

20-10-2007 10:36

Mon 22 Oct talk: Moral and legal foundations for the right to the truth on 9/11

In his lectures, Elias will outline the moral and legal foundations for the right to the truth, the obligations of states to thoroughly investigate mass murder, and will illustrate the extent to which US authorities have violated their international obligations to establish the truth about what happened on 11 September 2001.

Elias’ empirical approach, devoid of speculation, provides powerful conceptual tools to those who are committed to defend democracy and the rule of civilised law at both the domestic and international level. Read more >>

20-10-2007 09:27

Guantánamo’s ghosts and the shame of Diego Garcia

A parliamentary committee is to investigate claims that the British colony - shamefully cleared of its native population to make way for a US base - has been used to hold "ghost prisoners" in the "War on Terror." Read more >>

20-10-2007 08:13

Video of plinth occupation in Parliament Square.

Following the forcible eviction of tents from the grass of the Square by Greater London Authority security guards on 17th October, protesters sought an alternative site, where they could not be accused of causing an obstruction. Video:

http://www.archive.org/details/VideoOfPlinthOccupationInParliamentSquare
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19-10-2007 14:22

Chinatown against immigration raids.

On Thursday October 11th the Gerrard street area of Soho (better known as Chinatown) received some unwelcome guests. Dozens of immigration officers dressed in body armour and backed up by dozens of cops raided 5 Chinese restaurants and detained 49 people working in them. The people concerned have not been heard of since. Community leaders are furious about the raid describing it a victimization of an established law abiding community.

Some of those held were initially taken to Dover though their lawyers now been told that they are elsewhere in the immigration system. The lack of information is causing serious anger. It is thought that several individuals have been deported already.
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19-10-2007 09:20

GLA damage the grass of Parliament Square.

One excuse after another to harass Brian Haw's legal protest. Read more >>