UK Promoted Newswire Archive
More about precarity: Mayday Milan Call
30-04-2007 23:56
The indymedia.org.uk feature on Mayday speaks of "the precarious". In Milan, the Mayday activists have sent out a Mayday call that explains a bit more about the condition of precarity. Its about Italy, and each Mayday has its own story, but they are connected in many ways, too.Anabelle and son due to be deported this Wednesday - URGENT ACTION NEEDED!!!!
30-04-2007 23:29
Anabelle James and her 1 year old son who were snatched from their home in Bury in a dawn raid on Sunday29 April 2007, are due to be deported back to Nigeria on Wednesday 2nd May 2007.They are set to be sent on Virgin Airway flight VS 651 at 22:30 (10:30pm) to Lagos, from Heathrow (Terminal 3).
The gentrification of free festivals
30-04-2007 21:17
It is spring equinox, the moon is bright. I had sweet-talked some sweet foreigners into attending the Beltane festival on Calton Hill in Edinburgh tonight. It used to be a great festival, music, fire, dance. I've been about 5 times over it's 20 year history, but I've been busy with war stuff for the past 3 years. I did go the year it was 'banned' (
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/05/66387.html ) and I was one of the people who ignored the council bouncers and took down the barriers. I've done other stuff to help out too, and when they started asking for donations, I was happy to donate.
Bin revolution gathers pace
30-04-2007 15:20
It takes a lot to get people to do more than moan and groan, and yet axing bin collections seems to have galvanised the masses into action.Two Families Facing Deportation, Held At Yarls Wood IRC
30-04-2007 11:34
Chineye Ndibe, and her three young children, and Anabelle James, and her 1 year old son, are currently being held at Yarls Wood Immigration Removel Centre in Bedfordshire.Birmingham BNP Election Fraud
30-04-2007 09:05
Brummagem Star exposes BNP candidates using bogus nominees for the 3rd of May council elections.Full article | 1 addition | 1 comment
The Points-Based Immigration System: Making Migrants Work for Britain
30-04-2007 08:41
The new Points-Based System (PBS), will gradually come into force in 2008. According to the Home Office, the "starting point is that employers should look first to recruit from the UK and the expanded EU before recruiting migrants from outside the EU".URGENT: British resident in Guantánamo Bay released to Morocco "disappears"
30-04-2007 08:06
Ahmed Errachidi, a Moroccan national who lived in the UK for over 18 years, was cleared for release from Guantánamo Bay last month. He was sent back to Morocco last week and promptly "disappeared". Campaigners, lawyers and friends are concerned for his wellbeing. It is for this reason that the UK government must bring these men back to the UK - to not face further torture. The UK government has a moral responsibility.Denmark, Kopenhagen: "Still feel like rioting..."
30-04-2007 08:00
Windows of banks, supermarkets, companies were smashed. surveillance cameras destroyed.
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Circus staff drive car at Activist
29-04-2007 21:44
Video from Spirit of the Horse Demo in York 29/4/07. Circus staff drive car at young mother outside circus gates.Police charge cyclists at Glasgow Critical Mass
29-04-2007 19:47
Department of Health Leak: Government Can't Be Trusted With Your Details
29-04-2007 17:13
Highly sensitive personal details - including ethnicity, sexuality and religion - held on the controversial Medical Training Application Service system were openly available online.
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Estonia, Talinn: Riots- 1 dead, hundreds hurt, city devasted
29-04-2007 15:47
Yesterday night thousands of people rioted because the governemnt brought to fall "the sovjet soldier" - a monument in the middle of the city that honoured the anti-fascist soldiers of the sovjet army who freed Talinn from the nazis in WW II.
Dear PM Tony Blair,
28-04-2007 20:53
Re: Your ‘British Values’ are Alien to Our Human ValuesSir, this is an open letter to you, and I’d prefer that you respond to me openly, and act upon it in the short time that you have left. I know it is long, but there is no short way of putting it. The Home Secretary and the Minister of State for Immigration both have my contacts, or you can reply on my email below. Mr Prime Minister, we are all puzzled
Detention of Asylum Seekers and Immigrants in the UK
28-04-2007 20:34
I am an asylum seeker who has experienced arbitrary detention in the UK for immigration purposes. I am also a national of a former British colony, where internment and detention were used to control the freedom movement of whole communities. I have strong criticisms of the use of internment and detention of a particular group of people as a form of control or punishment without any regard for justice.York Action For Animals
28-04-2007 19:22
Activists from across the North of England gathered in York today to demonstrate against the 'Spirit of the Horse' circus.Please say no to more biofuels at the expense of rainforests and food security
28-04-2007 19:18
The Government are consulting on the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO) - which sets targets for the use of biofuels. An increasing share of biofuels comes from the global South and is grown at the expense of rainforests, local communities and food sovereignty. Far from reducing emissions, the RTFO will accelerate climate change by triggering more deforestation. Please go to http://www.regenwald.org/international/englisch/protestaktion.php?id=163 .
Critical Mass London 13th Anniversary ride.
28-04-2007 09:04
11 people arrested at anti-fa demo in lisboa
28-04-2007 06:32
Police ignore SOCPA music.
28-04-2007 05:06