UK Promoted Newswire Archive
RMT Underground maintenance strike paralyses London.
06-09-2007 14:24
So it is the height of hypocrisy for Gordon Brown to be describing the RMT Metronet strikers as “wholly irresponsible” when they are in fact on strike to protect their pensions!? Mr Blair (oops I mean Brown) goes on to call their action “totally unnecessary” when all they are doing is following government advice. And that, by the way, is the same government who introduced the ‘Public Private Partnership’ (PPP) to the Underground to begin with. Which resulted in years of total incompetence by PPP company Metronet. Which has now gone bust threatening everything from safety on the Underground, to massive job losses in the maintenance sector to the wiping out of peoples pensions.
And which chancellor introduced PPP?
Nice one Gordon……
Video: APEC Climate Action at Loy Yang Power Station (Australia)
06-09-2007 00:47
Guantánamo: UK refuses to prevent return of Ahmed Belbacha to torture in Algeria
05-09-2007 21:50
A letter from the British government explains, but does not justify the government’s refusal to prevent the return of Guantánamo detainee and British resident Ahmed Belbacha to Algeria, where he faces the risk of torture.Occupation creates disaster in Iraq
05-09-2007 19:48
There are more than 4 million Iraqi refugees and more than 1 million dead. Seventy percent of Iraqi children are not in school. Yet these reports and statistics do not begin to tell the story of destruction and violence caused by the U.S. occupation.Indigenous women murdered in Ecuador.
05-09-2007 19:35
Puyo, EcuadorGloria Ushigua and Rosa Gualinga, two indigenous leaders, were attacked on Sunday August 26, after months of receiving death threats for their efforts to protect the territory of the Zapara people in the Ecuadorian Amazon. They were beaten until unconscious, thrown in the trunk of a car, and later, apparently, left for dead.
Tara Tara Tara- 'avinit new film on schmovies.
05-09-2007 17:05
A film of recent Tara activity from an activist recently returned-WATCH IT NOW.Oxford Lord Mayor Welcomes Peace Activist (press release)
05-09-2007 11:04
Sehabden Family Need Urgent Help
05-09-2007 10:16
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Protest at Dawn Raid on Tyneside 05.09.07
05-09-2007 09:05
Brighton Volunteers to Help Build School in Palestine
05-09-2007 08:12
Brighton Tubas Friendship and Solidarity Group Press Release:Brighton Volunteers to Help Build School in Palestine
For more info tel. 07845039980 or email
thewallmustfall@riseup.net
Two Pensioners Spend Two Hours Inside Nuclear Weapons Storage Base
05-09-2007 06:48
Two pensioners this morning spent over two hours inside RNAD Coulport, where Britain's Trident nuclear warheads are stored. Joan Meredith, who will be 78 next week, and Irene Willis, 62, entered Coulport shortly after midnight and were only arrested at 0230 when they approached police on the main gate from the inside.Full article | 1 addition | 1 comment
Save Tara: Protestors Walk The Line, Direct Action Halts Construction
04-09-2007 20:05
RMT Metronet workers strike: violence on the picket line!
04-09-2007 18:57
Attack on a cameraperson on picket line outside Metronet HQLeafleting in Soli-hell
04-09-2007 16:49
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Finningley Airport Climate Camp, Update and Photos
04-09-2007 12:47
Be Proud to Make a Difference: Subvert an Army Ad.
04-09-2007 12:16
Second wave at Faslane - 3 more arrested for cycling in to nuclear base
04-09-2007 10:19
At 11.00a.m. today, 3 more peace protesters breached security at the North gate of the Faslane nuclear submarine base, entering on bicycles. This second team from the ‘Faslane 365 Serious Organised Crime Investigation and Prevention Team’ follows the earlier arrest of 3 women inside the base. It is understood that they are being charged under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (SOCPA). The total number of Scottish SOCRAP arrests is now 6.3 Arrested for Entering Faslane Nuclear Base
04-09-2007 09:22
3 women have been arrested this morning (4 September 2007) inside the high security fences at the Trident nuclear submarine base after entering the base to get further information on the weapons of mass destruction deployed by the UK government in contravention of Scottish and International Law. According to the police, the women, who were acting to uphold the law, are being charged under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act, which is increasingly being used to prevent peaceful protests at sensitive sites, including Britain’s nuclear bases.Scotland's first SOCRAP charges - 3 arrested inside Faslane high security area
04-09-2007 09:17
Faslane Naval Base, Scotland, September 4, 2007, 06.30 a.m.
Police say 3 women have been arrested inside the high security fences at the Trident nuclear submarine base after entering the base to get further information on the weapons of mass destruction deployed by the UK government in contravention of Scottish and International Law. According to the police, the women, who were acting to uphold the law, are being charged under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act, which is increasingly being used to prevent peaceful protests at sensitive sites, including Britain’s nuclear bases.