UK Newswire Archive
Nuclear-Free Future Walk - London to Geneva - Apr-Jul 2008
10-01-2008 11:09
Following on from this year's successful 900-mile Nuclear-Free Future Walk from Dublin to London, organised by Footprints for Peace, the same group will be staging another this year from London to Geneva, through France. The UK stretch will go from London to Portsmouth, starting on 26 April, the anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.Help us tell Gordon Brown and the EU: NUCLEAR POWER IS NOT A SOLUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE OR ENERGY SECURITY
Prosecution Collapses in Superglue Penny Trial
10-01-2008 11:08
An activist who superglued her hands to gates to prevent riot police entering the Heathrow Climate camp last year has been exonerated by a judge at Uxbridge court.Women peace activists imprisoned - send support
10-01-2008 10:49
On 9 January two women peace campaigners were imprisoned in Scotland for 40+ days after being convicted of £3,600 damage to the High Court in Edinburgh. Their action - on remembrance day 2006 - involved painting anti-war and anti-weapons slogans on the building.An Ominous Non-Event: The Gulf of Tonkin and the Strait of Hormuz
10-01-2008 10:34
Those either old enough to remember, or cognizant enough to understand history, will immediately be reminded of the infamous 'Gulf of Tonkin' incident, reported on August 2, 1964.Enough is Enough! Close Guantanamo Demo in Parliament Square, 6-8pm tomorrow
10-01-2008 10:20
Six years on, enough is enough. It's time to close Guantanamo. Join the London Guantanamo Campaign, Cageprisoners and others and call on the British government to act to close Guantanamo and bring back the remaining British residents. This is an authorised event.A friend of CUBA passes away…
10-01-2008 10:05
Video of Oxford tree protest
10-01-2008 09:45
Tree-sitters in Bonn Square (Oxford) opposing the massive expansion of the nearby Westgate shopping center. Since last Thursday one of the large trees in Bonn Square has been occupied in an attempt to save it from the chainsaws. It is one of around 40 trees, including many large mature ones, in the Westgate area marked for destruction."Guardians of Power" - Reviewing David Cromwell and David Edwards' book
10-01-2008 08:28
film of this morning's 'repeal socpa' petition at 10 downing street
10-01-2008 02:17
http://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/01/389039.html - this film includes interviews with many of today's participants
Total Out of Burma, Brighton Actions
10-01-2008 01:20
This Saturday the 12th of January the weekly pickets of the Total garage in Kemp Town, Brighton will resume.'SOCPA - The Movie' - free screenings on Thurs and Fri in south London
10-01-2008 01:17
Two free / donations screenings this week in south London, on Thursday 10 and Friday 11 Jan, followed by Q&A session with producer Rikki.Guantánamo Britons resist Spanish extradition order
10-01-2008 00:31
Recovering from their ordeal in Guantánamo, returned British residents Jamil El-Banna and Omar Deghayes began their struggle to resist a Spanish extradition request in a London court. Andy Worthington, author of “The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison,” reports.Iraq: The myth of sectarianism - The policy is divide to rule
09-01-2008 23:55
IF THE U.S. leaves Iraq, the violent sectarianism between the Sunni and Shia will worsen. This is what Republicans and Democrats alike will have us believe. This key piece of rhetoric is used to justify the continuance of the occupation of Iraq.Full article | 2 additions | 5 comments
Video and pics of Oxford tree protest against shopping centre expansion
09-01-2008 23:48
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uXdLcAffXnE).
The Bomb in the Shadows: Proliferation, Corruption and the Way of the World
09-01-2008 22:58
This week, the Sunday Times lifted the lid on one of the most important stories of the last quarter-century: how American officials sold nuclear arms technology to illegal proliferators -- including ideological allies of al Qaeda -- in return for bribes and other inducements. This widespread corruption has been protected from exposure by the highest levels of the U.S. government, which has gone to enormous lengths to protect the truth from coming out. The entire planet has been put at grave risk by the greed -- and geopolitical gamesmanship -- that lies behind this criminal enterprise, which actually is even more extensive, and goes back further in time, than the newspaper's remarkable revelations.
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LARC's monthly film night kicks off with 'Bamako', 8pm, Wed Jan 1
09-01-2008 22:49
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To inaugurate LARC’s new monthly film night, we’ll be showing ‘Bamako’ at 8pm, with tea and cake available from 7.30. Entrance free, though donations always appreciated.
New Hampshire primary foreshadows protracted contest for US presidential nominat
09-01-2008 22:43
The results of Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary suggest there will be no quick resolution to the contest for the presidential nomination in either the Democratic or Republican parties.Prisoner support benefit
09-01-2008 20:08
£5 advance, £6 on the door
Defend The Right To Protest In Liverpool This Saturday
09-01-2008 19:49
The Liverpool Social Forum invites all campaigning groups and protesters tojoin us in a march to Defend The Right To Protest in Liverpool.