UK Indymedia - UK Promoted Newswire Archive

Call for support from eco-conference island on the River Thames

22-03-2009 01:03

We are establishing a shared Eco Community Conference Centre run by volunteers and run on a donations basis to promote inclusivity. We are collectively developing a facility that can actually meet the urgent need for environmental awareness on sustainability. Responding to Agenda 21 from the Rio Earth Summit and following right through to the forthcoming Copenhagen Summit.

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500th day celebration for keeping Tescos off Mill Road

21-03-2009 22:06

Today a small milestone in community activism was reached when the 500th day of being able keep Tescos off Mill Road was reached.

To mark this occasion, tables, chairs and stalls were set up in front of the old Wilco premises and a street party took place, replete with music.

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Quick report from Pennine House protest in Manchester

21-03-2009 21:49

A huge police presence greeted more than 70 of us at Manchester airport today. GMP mobilised a helicopter, motorbikes and had dogs and horses on standby as we highlighted the whereabouts of the immigration prison Pennine House inside Terminal 2. The entrance to Terminal 2 was closed temporarily as we were stopped and searched and prevented from getting into the terminal.

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Demo For An End to Immigration Detention -in pictures

21-03-2009 21:14

Over 150 protesters gathered at 11.30am in Bedford town center and marched over 5 miles from Bedford to Yarl’s Wood detention center.

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Demonstration at Yarl's Wood Detention Centre - pics from outside now

21-03-2009 15:33

photos from the NoBorders demo outside Yarl wood detention centre happening now.

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Short video of Tinsley House blockade

21-03-2009 14:38

This is a short video of the Tinsley House blockade on 17th March 2009. It only shows the first hour or so of the action as the other tapes, along with camera, were confiscated by the police when the person filming was arrested. This tape, which only had about 10 minutes of footage, was 'smuggled' out of the police cordon before it kicked off to get it to journalists who were stuck down the road. Some of the footage was used by the BBC South East in their South East Today report - of course, without crediting us or mentioning that they were not allowed to film the protest.

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Letter from Tristan Anderson's parents

21-03-2009 14:36

Letter from Tristan Anderson's parents.

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bp 100th birthday party on April 1st postponed!

21-03-2009 12:37

Due to potential "transportation" difficultuties apparently !

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The Iraq war - a fading memory?

20-03-2009 21:54

Since the illegal invasion of Iraq six years ago to this day, over one million Iraqis have been killed. Two million have been forced to flee the country and nearly three million are displaced within Iraq. Nearly five thousand coalition soldiers have been killed and several hundred thousand injured and yet no one has been brought to book for the war crimes committed.

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City cleaners fight on at insurance giant Willis

20-03-2009 21:23

DEFIANT City cleaners stepped up their protest against victimisation yesterday with another noisy demonstration outside the plush offices of a multi-national insurance firm.

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This Week in Palestine -Week 12 2009

20-03-2009 15:41

Welcome to This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for March 14th through March 20th, 2009.

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Catholic Workers sentenced for action at Northwood Military Base

20-03-2009 13:56

Two Catholic Workers, Susan Clarkson and Martin Newell, were convicted of "criminal damage" at Watford Magistrates Court yesterday morning (Thursday March 19th) following an act of witness to mark the Catholic 'Feast of the Holy Innocents' in December 2008 at Northwood Military Headquarters in North West Lond

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London antidiscriminatory groups action at Lithuanian Embassy

20-03-2009 12:43

Antifascist groups targeted Lithuanian Embassy this morning (20.03.09) by dropping a banner and leaving posters on the entrance door.

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Palestine Today 031909

19-03-2009 16:41

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center,
www.imemc.org, for Thursday, March 19th, 2009.

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Hackney Downs Social Centre/Gallery needs your input.

19-03-2009 16:17

A long term squatted warehouse in Hackney due for eviction on 3rd April invites you to get involved in the events being run there until it's demise...
It has been occupied for 4 years with the agreement of the owner only to suddenly be told the baliffs are due on 3rd April despite not having been informed or invited to attend any court preceedings....

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Resisting War Crimes is NOT a Crime

19-03-2009 15:22

Free Elijah James Smith and Robert Alford

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Royal Bank of Scotland, Kingsnorth and Shell branded ‘Stupid’

19-03-2009 15:11

Thursday 19th March 2009: Groups have staged a series of actions to highlight the climate ‘Stupid’ and ‘Not Stupid’ of britain.

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Tristan Anderson - CRITICALLY INJURED & KILLED PROTESTORS - Ni’ilin, West Bank

19-03-2009 09:33

This is a news alert sent out to local and national media offices to inform them of Tristan Anderson's injury and of the deaths in Ni'lin of Palestinian demonstrators, including children, killed in the last 6 months by the Israeli military. This also contains some links to footage of the incident (which is really horrible but important and is documents the lack of crowd's or stone throwing at the time of the shooting). Also Gabrielle Silverman, Tristan's girlfriend speaks really powerfully on Democracy Now and would be good to get a link to this up on Indymedia.

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Vigil for Tristan Anderson outside Israeli Embassy

18-03-2009 20:14

Pics of todays vigil for Tristan Anderson outside the Israeli Embassy (London), who was critically injured last Friday by Israeli troops following a protest against the Israeli wall in the West Bank village of Ni'lin.

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The Tinsley House blockade in pictures

18-03-2009 19:52

Early in the morning of 17th March, about 20 anti-deportation campaigners from London and Brighton blockaded Tinsley House detention centre at Gatwick airport, where some Iraqi refugees due for deportation were being held. Using D-locks and superglue, the aim of the protest was to try and prevent the deportees being taken from the detention centre to Stanstead airport, where a special charter flight to Iraqi Kurdistan was scheduled that afternoon. Unfortunately the blockade was removed around 1pm, just in time for the WH Tours coach to get to the airport and Tinsley deportees be put on the flight, along with some 50 others brought from Campsfield and Dover detention centres. Nine protesters were violently arrested under Section 69 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (failure to leave land after a warning) and taken to Crawley police station. For more details, see the protesters' press releases:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/03/424368.html

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/03/424406.html