London Social Struggles Newswire Archive

06-03-2013 02:12

[Video] Anarchist intervention at the speech of the Mayor of Athens at the LSE

Anarchist intervention at the speech of the Mayor of Athens at the LSE Read more >>

05-03-2013 18:18

Greek Solidarity Night & Belarus ABC Infotalk this week

Events at Eileen House, 80-94 Newington Causeway, Elephant & Castle, SE1 6EF. Or if we are evicted, then Library St Community Centre, 44-50 Lancaster Street (5 minutes away). Check Twitter for latest updates:

http://twitter.com/selforganiseldn. Read more >>

04-03-2013 12:22

RECLAIM IT! Direct Action in London on International Women's Day.

Direct Action against cuts and austerity, open to all, let's fight back! Read more >>

03-03-2013 13:59

Coal and the Risks Faced by Planning Authorities

This press release recounts the problems beseting the UK Coal Indusrty such as the fire at Daw Mill, the decline in the demand for coal for power generation purposes, lack of willingness to invest in coal, downward pressure on coal prices, pollution caused by coal being responsible fro premature deaths. Yet despite all this the Government wants to make it easier to dig it up!! See what you can do at this late stage to stop this plan it its tracks!! Read more >>

03-03-2013 11:03

LAON's February Review of English Opencast Sites

This review details the latest development on known actual and potential opencast sites in England, plus providing additional information on Air quality Issues and Opencast Mining, the Welsh Varteg Petition, Derelict and Unrestored English Sites and news affecting Hargreaves Services and UK Coal. Read more >>

28-02-2013 20:03

Welcome to the EXTINCTION ECO-VILLAGE Earth Fair Consumer Revolt

The Extinction Eco-Village campaign SUPPORT SITE for the Bexhill to Hastings link road protest in East Sussex will be created by the eco-warriors transforming an area of wasteland with solar power, wind turbines, Tesla free energy, permaculture, compost toilets, earth ships, and a comprehensive programme of tree planting and wildlife protection. Read more >>

23-02-2013 13:03

Integra Revolucio. Towards an international ideological and political space

This is a call for all individuals, collectives and people around the world who are working towards the construction of another society from below to come together for an international meeting. The aim is to establish the Bloc for the Integral Revolution. Read more >>

21-02-2013 16:37

Russian Exile Angel Versetti Implicated As Co-organiser of London Riots

Angel Versetti whose sudden disappearance from the United Kingdom in 2011 raised several investigations in the country, was apparently arrested, imprisoned and removed from the United Kingdom with a minimum ban of 10 years. While the question on his exile from Russia remains unanswered, his actions in Britain attest to the true nature of his deporation from the country. Read more >>

21-02-2013 15:18

Eileen House occupied by squatters...

Eileen House occupied by squatters days before Boris decision. Read more >>

21-02-2013 10:10

Biofuelwatch plan to take DRAXtic Action to prevent a Big Biomess

Drax is planning to convert half of their coal power station (the UK’s biggest) to burning biomass – most of it imported wood. They are hoping this will secure the long-term future of the power station and allow them to continue burning both vast amounts of coal and imported wood for decades to come. We are protesting plans for this big biomess and invite you to join us at their AGM on the 24th of April. Read more >>

17-02-2013 17:49

Even A4E Tutor thinks Workfare is wrong

If government poverty pimps are slagging their attacks on the unemployed what hope does IDS have? Read more >>

17-02-2013 13:26

Working Class Eco-Warriors Prepare to Fight Second Battle of Hastings

Veteran eco-warriors from the 1990s road protests in Britain are getting ready to move to Combe Haven Valley in East Sussex to take part in the Second Battle of Hastings to stop the Bexhill to Hastings link road from being built to prevent further destruction of the environment and pollution in the atmosphere, and to show solidarity with the besieged local residents of Middle England. Read more >>

16-02-2013 18:25

Court report on baton use at student demonstrations from Meadows retrial

A POLICE Commander has described his officers as 'superbly restrained' after watching video footage of them striking down at protesters' heads with batons during a student demonstration. Read more >>

12-02-2013 18:23

Fight gentrification! Reclaim regeneration! For self-organised spaces...

The Elephant & Castle area in South London, one of the last remaining central locations that is still inhabited by some less well-off communities, has seen massive changes in the past years. Pioneers of regeneration have "discovered" the area as an "ultra hot-spot" for investment, and the local authorities are eager to serve their needs. This leaves the diverse and organic communities around E&C confronted with soaring rents, demolition of social housing and displacement - in short, gentrification has kicked in. Read more >>

12-02-2013 14:01

It’s Official: UK Government’s Workfare Programme is Illegal Forced Labour

The UK Government’s controversial Back to Work programme, deemed workfare by critics, received a bloody nose this week as all but one of the WorkFare schemes were found to compel a person’s labour and deemed illegal by the Court of Appeal at the Royal Courts of Justice. Though not an ultimate victory, this ruling sends a clear signal to the UK government that the public might not be willing to surrender their social contract without a fight after all. Read more >>

11-02-2013 19:27

Solidarity Brings Freedom and Justice for Zapatista Francisco Sántiz López

After 417 days of wrongful imprisonment, the Zapatista political prisoner is freed.

Thanks to all the people and organizations throughout the world who campaigned for his liberation. Read more >>

05-02-2013 09:58

Does the UK Need nealy 50 New Opencast Mines?

The 20th LAON press release highlights a recent estimate that 47 new sites for opencast or the surface mining of coal are in the planning pipeline, 15 in England, 25 in Scotland and 7 in Wales. At the same time UK Coal Mining acknowledges that the demand for coal is going to drop significantly - hence the title of the press release Read more >>

31-01-2013 14:50

The Tax & Cut Time Bomb: April Showers Pain on the Poor

"A cabinet of millionaires rains hell on the poor. April 1st is doomsday for UK Sick, Poor & Disabled" Read more >>

25-01-2013 22:23

90% Of World's Countries, 82% Of US States Did Not Execute Prisoners In 2012

Only 20 countries and only 9 US states commited government murder of prisoners in 2012. Read more >>

25-01-2013 12:36

Coming on a neighbourhood near you the first POVERTY REPORT 2013

Clegg has been making sideways appearances again. Thanks to the BBC and the Guardian. But Clegg is up to here in collusion with the Big Looters robbing the ordinary, the little people and then making us feel morally stigmatised “because” we have been robbed! Read more >>