London Newswire Archive

18-01-2005 17:48 | 1 comment(s)

RoR presents... Tsunami Benefit Gig this FRIDAY 21st JAN

Rhythms of Resistance presents... an amazing night of music with an Asian influence. All money raised at this event will go directly to grassroots groups to help them to rebuild their lives and livelihoods after the tsunami disaster. We support the smaller indigenous organisations who work within their communities to improve the lives and the sustainability of the livelihoods. Read more >>

18-01-2005 13:30 | 16 comment(s)

Caterkiller cause the real criminal damage

An activist was given a 12 month conditional discharge for criminal damage and ordered to pay £364 costs at Solihull magistrates yesterday for 'scuffing' a Caterkiller boss' comapny car. The activist was involved in a protest in June last year against Caterkiller's sale of D9, D10 and D11 armoured bulldozers to the Israeli military. Read more >>

17-01-2005 04:32 | 1 comment(s)

Venezuela: FARC Leader Captured in Caracas Leads to Crisis with Colombia

update from caracas of developing situation Read more >>

16-01-2005 19:15 | 0 comment(s)

nature, culture, and indygenous struggle for autonomy under threat from road bu

three recent articles taken and translated from chiapas indymedia which explain the current situation in the mexico- guatemala border area, in the lacantun nature reserve. the governement is building a huge bridge to prepare the way for the transnationals and "progress", perhaps lets call it sustainable development. only that the zapatisas hold autonomous comunities in the area, and that we are resisting everywhere. dissent!g8

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16-01-2005 00:54 | 0 comment(s)

Visiting Palestine III

Third post from one of the ISM activists gone to Palestine from London.

To see the whole text of this entry, go to

http://www.winstanleys.org/archive/resistance-in-biddu/

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15-01-2005 17:20 | 15 comment(s)

Fascist Boneheads in Train Accident

After a lot of confusion and last minute date changing (no doubt to keep anti-fascists off the scent), the National Front (NF) finally decided to have their march in Woolwich on Saturday 15th January. Thanks to the efforts of anti-fascists, all did not go well for the NF. Read more >>

14-01-2005 20:55 | 0 comment(s)

Lambeth UNISON calls for end to UNISON support for pension-cutting MPS

Lambeth UNISON is calling for UNISON to cut financial support to MPs who are not prepared to defend public sector pensions. Read more >>

14-01-2005 17:19 | 3 comment(s)

Qaradawi says tsunami victims deserved to die

Livingstone defends Qaradawi - again

Qaradawi says tsunami victims deserved to die

Mayor cancels GLA Gay Forum to stop debate

Ken Livingstone has defended Dr Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the day it was revealed the Muslim cleric said the Asian earthquake victims deserved punishment from Allah because, he believes, their countries are centres of immorality, decadence and perversion.
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14-01-2005 16:19 | 0 comment(s)

Second balatacamp.net film from Palestine: 'Elections Furore'

Elections Furore [2005; 6min]

The Balata Film Collective have just released their second mini-documentary about the Palestinian National Authority elections.
Download it now from www.balatacamp.net Read more >>

14-01-2005 14:12 | 2 comment(s)

`Dear Mrs Blair` shows at the Scottish Parliament.

This is a short report with photos of the showing of the film `Dear Mrs Blair` at the Scottish Parliament on Thursday 13th January 2005. Read more >>

14-01-2005 14:10 | 0 comment(s)

Movements 'Still' In Motion

This evening the fifth day of the week-long Indian film festival taking place at RampArts Creative Centre in London's east end will be screening... Read more >>

14-01-2005 13:49 | 0 comment(s)

Martin Luther King Day

Dear Friends,

Monday January 17th is 'Martin Luther King Day'. Read more >>

14-01-2005 11:14 | 0 comment(s)

Planning for European Day of Actions for Migrant Rights

January 20th - London meeting to plan for 2nd April Euro Day of Actions for Migrant Rights Read more >>

14-01-2005 10:11 | 0 comment(s)

On Ethnic Cleansing: Israeli Zionist Historian Benny Morris Speaks Out!!

Benny Morris says he was always a Zionist. People were mistaken ... when they thought that his historical study on the birth of the Palestinian refugee problem was intended to undercut the Zionist enterprise. Nonsense, Morris says ... So they came to the mistaken conclusion that when Morris describes the cruelest deeds that the Zionist movement perpetrated in 1948 he is actually being condemnatory, that when he describes the large-scale [ethnic] expulsion operations [against the Palestinians by Israel's founders] he is being denunciatory. They did not conceive that the great documenter of the sins of Zionism in fact identifies with those sins. Read more >>

14-01-2005 07:32 | 3 comment(s)

5. World Social Forum Brazil: Lula, ATTAC and the Crisis of the "Another World"

Das 5. Weltsozialforum findet von 26. bis 31. Januar in Porto Alegre, Brasilien, statt. Er wird ein guter Moment für eine Bilanz der Vorschläge sein, die in den letzten Weltsozialforen vorherrschend waren und bis heute immer noch sind, d.h. im Wesentlichen: Die Humanisierung des Kapitalismus. Read more >>

14-01-2005 03:50 | 0 comment(s)

An injury to one is an injury to all!

There is a direct connection linking the abuse of animals with the abuse of human beings. When humans exploit and abuse animals, it legitimizes ALL abuse of power. Animal abuse legitimizes child abuse,sexism, racism, homophobia, ethnic prejudice and all the ways humans exploit each other. Read more >>

14-01-2005 02:02 | 0 comment(s)

Activists arrested over Gujarat videos

Preceeding the indian activist film festival at the rampART this week, an unrelated yet related incident ... Read more >>

14-01-2005 01:40 | 3 comment(s)

Mark Thomas writes a column offensive to Christians

Mark Thomas writes a column offensive to Christians

Why are evangelical Christians so upset at a musical that shows Jesus calling himself "a bit gay"? According to the Bible, he was arrested for kissing a man in a public park. By Mark Thomas

Before starting this column, readers should be warned that it contains explicit language throughout. In fact, this 820-word column features the word "fuck" 46,000 times - according to calculations done by evangelical Christians.

The editor would like to issue a second warning to really stupid Christians. Evangelical Christians especially, please be aware that the following column features the word "God" a mere seven words away from the word "evolution".

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