London Social Struggles Newswire Archive

23-02-2005 17:20

Polish Station eviction attempt (former Bthnl Gn Police Station)

The squatted police station at Stepney Green (Arbour Square) expect an unexpected eviction tomorrow. Read more >>

22-02-2005 02:05

SPEAK Launches Big Dress against Trade Injustice

SPEAK (the Student Christian Justice Network, not the Oxford folk) today launched their "Big Dress", the largest garment in the world, to a crowd of 400 students, ministers, mps and corpo-journo's. Doubling as a creative petition, with individual squares painted at festivals and freshers fairs nationwide, it is designed to draw attention to the horrors of the modern garment industry. Read more >>

21-02-2005 21:18

prada fashion show target of pracarity action in Milan

Monday 21st, Milan Italy

Milans fashion week looks set to be plagued by protests this week. Today, animal rights activists targeted Pradas store in Milan to highlight the cruelty of the fur industry. In the evening Prada was again targetted, this time by protesters drawing attention to the issue of chainworkers and parcarity within the fashion industry...
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20-02-2005 22:13

UNISON General Secretary election nearly over - vote Jon Rogers in a big hurry

There is urgency about the whole thing now, people: the postal vote for the UNISON General Secretary election closes on 28 February, which is just a week away. Read more >>

20-02-2005 08:33

G8 and OILWATCH interview on Climate Summit Cop10

The Convention on Climate Change is the platform where the world decides what to do about "the Climate". Every year the climate big wigs give birth to pretty horrible things in the name of "sustainable" development. Kyoto was one of those. With russia about to ratify the Kyoto climate change agreement... Read more >>

20-02-2005 01:46

no human patents pls

no not to human patenting

humane rights for all species

..a timely article in the steading fight against slavery
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19-02-2005 19:47

Reports from the TUC Pensions Day of Action - a day which hit the right note!

Undeterred by cold winds and an endlessly predicatable, last-minute, anti-union mainstream press campaign (yawn), public-sector workers around the country attended rallies and lobbies on Friday to protest at government plans to downgrade public-sector pensions schemes. Read more >>

19-02-2005 14:53

Pictures of Cambridge TUC Pensions March and Rally

Yesterday (February 18th, 2005) several hundred UNISON members, assembled in Cambridge Market Square to defend their pension rights. Read more >>

18-02-2005 17:00

international women's day - iraqi women's speaker tour

NUS Women's Campaign and No Sweat are organising a speaker tour around International Women's Day to promote solidarity with the new women's movement in Iraq. The main speaker will be Houzan Mahmoud, UK representative of the Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq. Read more >>

17-02-2005 20:02

You can help the world's women get equal rights

Your action is urgently needed to encourage the US to join other nations around the world in advancing women's equality. Read more >>

17-02-2005 19:18

Direct Action Trainers workshop

training coming up for activists from South of England, helping share tips on doing direct action trainings, in run up to G8 - limited places filling fast. Read more >>

17-02-2005 13:30

Rotten Borough of Lewisham

Lewisham councillors and officials caught with their snouts well and truly firmly in the trough. Read more >>

17-02-2005 03:29

nano links and open sourcing

follows is a link..

it's not comercial but it is in the world..

it concerns open sourcing. both in principle and actualy..
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16-02-2005 21:32

Unveiling the Weapon of the Masses

This is a must read and share for those who are willing to use the power of their intention in service to humanity. Read more >>

16-02-2005 12:46

Promoting Overcrowding

Although as a registered social landlord the Notting Hill Housing Trust has 20'000 properties. It is promoting overcrowding be refusing to move 3 people who live in the confinement of a one bedroom flat to larger accomodation. Read more >>

16-02-2005 08:28

London Calling - February issue

Dodgy dealings from Hackney and Southark Council, strange policies at the hackney Empire, and the east end police need our help. The poor love's!
Its all in the February issue of London Calling, the newsletter of London Class War. Read more >>

15-02-2005 20:48

police hostility at anti-war demonstration in london

I attended the ‘Stop the War’ protest in Parliament Square London on the 15 February 2005 and was shocked by the police’s hostile management of this event. I also got the chance to talk to a leader of left-wing politics for the last half-century Tony Benn.
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15-02-2005 15:06

Possibilities for protest using "small, clued-up & largely autonomous groups"

SATURDAY 19 FEBRUARY: EXPLORING THE SAN FRANCISCO MODEL
NVDA workshop with the Seeds for Change training co-op in the run-up to George Bush's European tour. 11am – 5pm, London School of Economics, Clement House (NOT the Student Union as previously advertised), Room D202. Read more >>

15-02-2005 12:57

Concious fashion - day two report

The second day of conscious fashion week looked at the environmental impact of the clothing industry, be it from the use of chemicals in production, growing, and the waste inherent in the fashion industry.

Those who have attended other events at the rampART will know that the hall can change quite a bit but the make over for monday was quite a shock with the hall almost devided in half with a packing case cat walk, an industrial sewing machine as an info-table covered in leaflets from No Sweat and the like and a models changing room.
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15-02-2005 12:30

Conscious fashion - report from sunday

The first day of conscious fashion week was themed on the exploitation of labour with slave camps, sweat shops, child
labour, reclaiming labour and the economy of fashion.

Saddly it didn't go off quite to plan with no-shows from a patchwork head and the Friends Of Falun Gong who were going to be talking about labour camps in China. A couple of the films never materialised either but the show must go on, and it did...
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