UK Promoted Newswire Archive
Video of ride to the Party at the Pumps 2.
17-05-2010 08:22
Slight problem, we didn't know where we were going, deadly secret, and some were repeatedly left behind. They may or may not been able to catch up. Will ride leaders please bear this in mind next time.The route taken was through Hyde Park and down Constitution Hill to the Mall and from there for a circuit of Parliament Square. Then along Whitehall and eventually making its way to the Angel and along Upper Street to the Shell Garage. The riders were greeted with a cheer and quickly merged with the partying.
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London Campaign Against the Arms Trade at the Spirit of Summer Fair
16-05-2010 20:44
Shell Protest Video - Party at the Pumps 2
16-05-2010 19:17
Checkout the video of UK protestors shutting down the Islington based Shell petrol station for 5 hours on the 15th of May on a sunny Saturday afternoon.Democracy Village - Some more photos
16-05-2010 18:15
Workers' Fightback - War Without Frontiers
16-05-2010 18:11
We believe... workers know how to run our workplaces far better than business people, the government, or trade union leaders!
We aim for... workers' control over our own jobs and our own lives!
Trailer: Outside the Law: Stories from Guantanamo
16-05-2010 16:22
A new documentary telling the story of Guantánamo: torture, extraordinary rendition and secret prisons. Examining how the Bush administration turned its back on domestic and international law, rounding up prisoners in Afghanistan and Pakistan without adequate screening and often for large bounty payments. Focusing on the stories of three prisoners, Shaker Aamer, Binyam Mohamed and Omar Deghayes, 'Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo' is powerful rebuke to the myth that Guantánamo holds “the worst of the worst”.
(Spectacle Productions, 2009; 75 mins., directed by Polly Nash and Andy Worthington)
Click here to view the Q & A sessions with former detainees
Excerpts and Extras
Released in advance of the film, these can be viewed online using the links below
Omar Deghayes on Torture and British Intelligence
Other information about the project can be found through the links below
Guantánamo: The Definitive Prisoner List
Electronic Press Kit (EPK) Resources for press and screenings
For full credits and ordering copies on DVD visit the Spectacle catalogue page.
For information about the latest screenings visit the Spectacle events page.
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Take Back Parliament, Rise of the Purple People, London - Pictures
16-05-2010 14:55
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'Rabbits' and 'Vivisectors' Support Boycott P&G 2010 in Cambridge
16-05-2010 11:48
Five new UK screenings of “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantanamo”
16-05-2010 11:29
Between May 21 and June 2, in London, Oxford and Brighton, there will be five screenings of the new documentary film, "Outside the Law: Stories from Guantanamo," followed by Q&A sessions with former prisoner Omar Deghayes and journalist and co-director Andy Worthington. Come along and find out how to put pressure on the new government to secure the release from Guantanamo of Shaker Aamer..party at the pumps - pics and report
15-05-2010 22:22
the shell garage on upper street in islington was closed for several hours this afternoon by more than a hundred protestors
at lunchtime around 50 people gathered at oxford circus, watched by quite a large police presence with several van-loads on stand-by. the station was briefly closed 'due to sheer weight of numbers' but re-opened after ten minutes, and they set off for highbury and islington.
meanwhile, around 40 cyclists met at marble arch and, followed by a couple of police vans, they took a circuitous route through hyde park, down past buck house, and then for a triumphal lap round parliament square, shouting out support over the mobile sound system to the democracy village and to the decade-long protest by brian haw.
the mass then carried on up to angel, and then along upper street to the shell garage, which had already been well and truly closed down by the foot-soldiers and by the rhythms of resistance samba band (mostly deputised by soas members).
the shell garage looked great! several people held a huge "danger - keep out" banner across one access. a simple "closed" banner was strung across the other. above, another banner declared "stop shell's tar sands hell", and some activists found a route up to the roof to drop another "stop tar sands" banner from there.
a head-count numbered 125 at one point. an excellent turn-out on a day with when there were several other protests in town, and most encouraging, there were many new faces, keeping the fit team and police photographer, neil, busy.
police-wise, there were about a dozen officers around making notes, and one FIT team. down the road were another serial waiting in a van, and another van of TSG further out of sight.
activists handed out hundreds of fliers, and public response was overwhelmingly positive.
before the end of the protest, i left to cover events in parliament square, but i spoke to others who arrived there later and as far as i know the protest finished peacefully without arrests.
Guerilla Gardening in Parliament Square.
15-05-2010 17:16
Nakba Day Protest in Sheffield
15-05-2010 12:04
A statement from the occupation at Middlesex
15-05-2010 12:04
In late April 2010, Middlesex University decided to close down Philosophy, its highest research-rated subject; ever since, Middlesex students and staff, and many thousands of their supporters in the UK and around the world, have been battling to save it.In early May, Middlesex Philosophy students took matters into their own hands. On the morning of Tuesday 4 May; when the management cancelled this meeting at short notice, more than 60 students converged on the Dean’s office in the ‘Mansion’ building at Trent Park to demand an explanation. The Dean refused to meet with them. The students decided to occupy.
This Week In Palestine -week 19 2010
14-05-2010 17:19
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Sheffield Temporary Autonomous Arts
14-05-2010 15:35
Temporary Autonomous Arts
Wicker Arches, 1 Saville Street, S4 4UD
URGENT - Middlesex occupiers need help to resist eviction
14-05-2010 14:10
The Middlesex management has just gone to the High Court to try and get an eviction order to evict the occupiers. So bailiffs and police are expected any time. Please come down to support us resist the eviction.VIDEO - What is the Democracy Village?
14-05-2010 13:53
A group of concerned citizens who came together to call for Peace, Justice and Freedom. The issues that they campaign for are diverse e.g. Peace, an end to the war in Afghanistan, Climate Justice, Civil Liberties, Land Reform, Electoral Reform and much more. It is a creative space to discuss and put into action solutions for the future, such as community, self sufficiency and sustainability. Everyone is welcome to pitch up a tent and get involved.Defend the Right to Protest Israeli War Crimes.
14-05-2010 01:01
political protest; especially when it concerns protest against Israel.
The severity of the sentences passed on demonstrators outside the Israeli
Embassy during the bombing of Gaza is unprecedented. Charges of racist
conduct against demonstrators in Scotland have been rejected by the courts.
Palestine Today 05 13 2010
13-05-2010 14:54
Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org for Thursday May 13th, 2010.