London Newswire Archive

10-11-2005 01:05 | 3 comment(s)

remember saro-wiwa

in november 1995, nigerian writer and activist, ken saro-wiwa, and 8 of his colleagues were executed by the military regime for campaigning against the devastation of the niger delta by oil multi-national shell. yesterday, demonstrators dropped nine nooses infront of the shell uk headquarters on the south bank to highlight the anniversary and highlight the current struggle on the north west of ireland, where shell is set to transform a remote conservation area into an environmental disaster zone with public health and safety implications.
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09-11-2005 23:01 | 0 comment(s)

Second strike by Parliament cleaners.

Image starting work at 5 in the morning and your first task is to clean up Charles Kennedy’s vomit from the floor of the bar. Then you have to collect the stained tissues scattered around Tony Blair’s office. Followed by sweeping up the intoxicating powder left in the toilet by David Cameron. This is the reality faced on a daily basis by the House of Commons cleaners.

To add insult to injury they are paid shit wages without any holiday or sick pay or pension provision. The chief executive of the agency that employs them is on six figure salary. The cleaners went on strike for the second time on Wednesday.
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09-11-2005 16:25 | 0 comment(s)

Cafe + Film Night, Friday Night 11th Nov

Benefit @ the squatted St Matthias Centre
Bullivant Street E14 0ER
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09-11-2005 15:15 | 3 comment(s)

Hangings outside the Shell Centre for Ogoni Day

Activists from Rising Tide today hung a row of 9 nooses in front of the Shell Centre in London, to represent the companies complicity in the killings of Ken Sarowiwa and eight other Ogoni activists ten years ago. Read more >>

09-11-2005 14:47 | 2 comment(s)

Film makers Against War & Indymedia cinema

Filmmakers Against War 'FALLUJAH film night';

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‘THE END OF SUBURBIA' & 'THE OIL FACTOR' Read more >>

08-11-2005 23:50 | 6 comment(s)

Federation of Teddy Protestors storm Parliament

On the Sunday 6th November the Federation of Teddy Protestors (FTP) staged a protest picnic in Parliament Square in support of their furless friends the Parliament Square Picnickers. The picnic was attended by Teddy affinity groups from across Europe including the Pooh Crew and the Soft Toy Solidarity Movement. All groups are committed to freedom of speech and freedom assembly and agree that the best way to defy the draconian SCOPA (2005) legislation is through direct action. Not content with 'fluffy' protests, a proposal to storm parliament and reclaim the commons was agreed an acted on. Read more >>

08-11-2005 16:22 | 0 comment(s)

Weekend flights to double at Farnborough?

TAG Aviation have applied to double the number of weekend and bank holiday flights at Farnborough Airport from 2,500 per annum to 5,000 per annum. Read more >>

08-11-2005 08:45 | 0 comment(s)

GAY BISHOP - New Reading Local Radical Newsletter - Bumper 1st Edition!

Welcome to Gay Bishop – Reading’s new radical local
newsletter.

Please forward, copy and distribute where relevent!
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07-11-2005 22:39 | 22 comment(s)

Support the French Rioters!

Demonstration - Thursday 10 November, 3pm at the French emabssey in London, in support of the French rioters, and against the crackdown on French youth by the state and the police.

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07-11-2005 12:19 | 0 comment(s)

Sham Ombudsman exposed by Ombudsmanwatch

Ombudsmanwatch exposes bias and corruption of Local Government Ombudsman, who rules in favour of just 1.6% of complaints with average compensation only £200, with no appeal. Consumer group Ombudsmanwatch battles to expose the truth, and force the abolition of LGO and setting up of a truly independent and accountable body. Read more >>

07-11-2005 11:35 | 1 comment(s)

Surrey Police Called In By Crest Nicholson Plc as John Callcutt CEO Bows Out

October 31st 2005 John Callcutt CEO of Crest Nicholson Plc 'retired'. The Shalom Family from Wales, evicted and made Homeless by Crest Nicholson in a ‘corporate beauty show’, presented their Family’s good wishes. Indignantly, house-maker Home-breaker, Crest Nicholson, called Police. Read more >>

07-11-2005 09:21 | 1 comment(s)

Staggering extent of council homes sell off revealed by Islington IWCA

We're now well-used to seeing council estates sold off either to Housing Associations, ALMOS or private interests, but a lesser-known side of the great council homes rip-off has been exposed by Islington IWCA. Read more >>

06-11-2005 13:46 | 0 comment(s)

British Soldiers' families unite with Iraqi & Irish families to condemn Impunity

As former Scots Guards Colonel and Human Rights abuser Tim Spicer, whose Aegis mercenary company is the subject of much controversy in Iraq, attends a conference at RUSI in Westminster, families of British Soldiers, of Irish Citizens murdered by British Soldiers, and representatives of Iraqi families murdered by British soldiers unite with a cross-party group of MPs and human rights lobbyists to call for an end to Impunity for human rights abusers. Read more >>

06-11-2005 11:41 | 7 comment(s)

Flawed Crossrail Scheme: Theft of Taxpayers money

The Crossrail scheme will seek to make two-thirds of London pay for a line that will support a third of London’s richest community most of whom are commuters. Further taxpayers liabilites are likely given that the previous estimates, produced by the independent analyst turned Crossrail chairman Adrian Montague, have risen by 7 billion pounds. It has already cost taxpayers over £300 million pounds. We report why Adrian Montague is running privatisation schemes to rip off taxpayers making him little more than a tax thief. Read more >>

06-11-2005 11:27 | 2 comment(s)

Crossrail dumping on taxpayers and the East End of London

Crossrail is one of a range of unjust and financially flawed schemes that are likely to benefit developers and result in displacing local communities are being promoted by the Labour Government. Cross London Rail Links (CLRL), the publicly funded Crossrail is 'a 50/50 joint venture company formed by Transport for London (TfL) and the Department for Transport (DfT)... tasked with promoting and developing two new routes through London... Crossrail was allocated a budget of £154m in 2001...' (

http://www.crossrail.co.uk/pages/whatiscrossrail.html) Crossrail has already spent £150 million. According to Business Online, Crossrail has since been forced to admit that the scheme is more likely to cost £17bn (cost of 34 new state-of-the-art hospitals or 340 new schools) by 2007 instead of previous projections of £10bn. But even the funding gap for the £10bn cannot be met. In the North of England, the Government's Housing Renewal Pathfinder schemes involves demolishing 400,000 houses to build more expensive homes, which displaces one community for a wealthier version through exploitation. Read more >>

05-11-2005 17:51 | 1 comment(s)

Indymedia cinema

THURSDAY 24TH NOVEMBER
@ The Synergy Centre, 220 Farmers Road, London SE5 Read more >>

05-11-2005 15:50 | 1 comment(s)

ATTORNEY GENERAL TORPEDOES WAR CRIMES DEFENCE IN HIGH COURT; PROTESTERS DEFIANT

ATTORNEY GENERAL TORPEDOES WAR CRIMES DEFENCE IN HIGH COURT; PROTESTERS DEFIANT

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04-11-2005 19:28 | 2 comment(s)

SOS Allington Road_Time is Running Out

Pics from action outside Brent Town Hall Read more >>

04-11-2005 16:25 | 0 comment(s)

Lloyds TSB Call Surrey Police to One Man Peaceful Protest Weybridge

31st October 2005, being totally peaceful and respectful of the rights of all others, Mr Vince Shalom, of the Shalom Family Campaign for Justice, still had to explain ‘good reason’ to Surrey Police, called by Lloyds TSB Bank Weybridge, for his one-man demonstration at the High Street. Read more >>

04-11-2005 13:29 | 0 comment(s)

Circle Community and St Georges Theatre - the eviction and onwards

WE WERE ILLEGALLY EVICTED ON TUES 11TH OCT IN A EARLY MORNING RAID WHILE STILL WAITING FOR A HIGH COURT APPEAL. WE WILL VERY SHORTLY BE POSTING A FULL UPDATE HERE AND THROUGH ALL THE RELEVANT CHANNELS. BIG THANKS TO ALL THE TRIBE, THE THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS AND CARETAKERS WHO HELPED THIS ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY PROJECT KEEP RUNNING OVER THE YEAR. YOU CAN TAKE AWAY THE BUILDING BUT THE FREE SPIRIT LIVES ON.
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