Liverpool Newswire Archive

30-03-2005 15:38 | 3 comments

St Modwens the destroyer

St Modwens the destroyer, through a front company KPI and in collusion with the local council, has managed to trash Farnborough town centre. St Modwens is now proposing to do the same in collusion with the local council to the century old Queens Market at Upton Park in East London. Read more >>

30-03-2005 10:01

The Psychology Underlying

One of the great virtues of capitalism is that, in capitalism, excess ego is largely self-correcting. Read more >>

27-03-2005 04:56

Zapatista Doll Returns Faulty Starbucks Cup

Zapatista Doll returned a faulty Starbucks cup
to a local retailer asking them to get it back
to the manufacturer and alert them to this
possible need for a recall. As you can see
the cups do not say what Starbucks would like
their main message to be. Read more >>

23-03-2005 15:25 | 5 comments

NUS delegates enter discourse of oppression by Coca-Cola at NUSSL conference

Given partial information regarding the activities of Coca-Cola in India and Colombia, the National Union of Students' buying consortium met in Liverpool this week and renewed a contract with Coca-Cola. However, the topic hot on everyone's lips was Coca-Cola; the ground work is prepared for continued work to tell the truth about Coke. Read more >>

22-03-2005 12:02

Anti-G8 Gathering 6-10th April - Learn Skills- Network- Get Inspired- Take Actio

The Festival of Dissent!... 6th-10th April Lanarkshire.... A chance to form networks of resistance... A chance to plot, conspire, and dream about resistance to the G8... To meet people learn skills, share information, practice direct action, and party together.
Read more >>

22-03-2005 00:47 | 5 comments

Freenet - The Free Network Project

Censorship has always been a powerful weapon in the armoury of the state from the well known and publicised examples of book burning to the less obvious examples of film, television and radio censorship that goes on daily at the beheast of all governments in all countries. Read more >>

21-03-2005 18:49 | 4 comments

VIGIL

Poem about American liberal Yuppies vigiling for Peace while their lifestyles are causing the wars and injustices (and Bush administrations) that are destroying the World.
This is from Vermont--The Vigi State, Home of the TRULY Ugly American. Read more >>

21-03-2005 15:33

Protest/leafletting re Killer Coke at NUSSL AGM in Liverpool tomorrow

NUS Services Limited (NUSSL) are having their AGM at the Adelphi hotel in Liverpool city centre tomorrow (Tues 22nd), starting at 10am. Read more >>

20-03-2005 16:16

MP Accountability: Helen Jones - Warrington North

Below details the facts of Helen Jones's performance as my MP. Go to

http://powertothepeople.org.uk/index.htm and research your MP. With the General Election looming, publishing their actual record could have a real impact. Hold 'Em To Account!!
Read more >>

20-03-2005 15:52 | 1 comment

MP Accountability: Christine Russell - City of Chester

Below details the facts of Christine Russell's performance as my MP. Go to

http://powertothepeople.org.uk/index.htm research your MP and name & shame. With the General Election looming, publishing their actual (and most probably poor) record could have a real impact. Hold 'Em To Account!!
Read more >>

18-03-2005 23:28 | 8 comments

Racist Tory election ads

Seen today at Edge Lane & Smithdown Road, billboard ads for the Tories
that read:

'It's not racist to impose limits on immigration ... are you thinking
what we're thinking?'
Read more >>

18-03-2005 09:13

21 April EUROPEAN DAY OF CITIZEN ACTION FOR JUST AND EFFECTIVE DRUG POLICIES

ENCOD DAY Read more >>

17-03-2005 09:21 | 6 comments

Is Islamic dress acceptable?

How acceptable certain cities find Islamic dress Read more >>

14-03-2005 16:06

Pathfinder schemes – a path to corruption?

Pathfinder schemes are operating in some of our most deprived areas. Nominally they are about urban regeneration, in reality pushing up property prices for the lucky few and providing 'development opportunities' for property developers. Read more >>

14-03-2005 10:57

LSF meeting tonight

Just in case you haven't noticed, the LSF is having a meeting TONIGHT Read more >>

13-03-2005 16:00

Ouseley report on council racism

Lord Ouseley, former member of the Commission for Racial Equality, has just delivered a report into racism in the south London council of Southwark.
Read more >>

11-03-2005 18:13

Another Liverpool council estate is privatised!

Another Liverpool Council Estate is about to slip quietly and without defiance into the private sector. This week plans were reported on Thursday 10th March in the Liverpool Echo (loyal propaganda agent for council housing privatisation over the past dacade) to push council tenants over to the ever expanding private housing market here in Liverpool. Read more >>

11-03-2005 11:09 | 3 comments

H O U S I N G - is still - T H E B I G I S S U E !

On Saturday 5th of March I found the following news item on TELETEXT ITV in the North West and it’s reproduced as I type copied it. I didn’t read about it in the local right wing rag the Liverpool Echo. (Liberal-Democrat controlled) Liverpool City Council is to spend £7,200,000 on private housing, £6000 on each, according to this news report, while it's own rent paying council tenants go without any improvements and backlog of repairs going back for years.
Read more >>

11-03-2005 04:08

the other WMD film about media manipulation

There is going to be an attempt at a global launch screening of this timely and important film WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception we are showing at the duke of clrence , st georges theatre and other but are looking for other venue sreening date 20th march mail with help or offers to stand around in your local drinking beer showing a film to you mates contact

creativeforum@lists.riseup.net Read more >>

06-03-2005 18:57 | 3 comments

Anti-war Fundraiser

Fundraiser in aid of Merseyside Stop the War Coalition from 8pm til late, on Weds 16th March, in the Brook café on the 1st floor of Quiggins, School Lane, Liverpool. Read more >>