London Newswire Archive

13-11-2006 11:42

Four years of detention with trial or charge in Guantanamo - PUBLIC MEETING

A PUBLIC MEETING TO MARK THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE KIDNAP, RENDITION AND DETENTION WITHOUT TRIAL OR CHARGE OF BISHER EL-RAWI AND JAMIL EL-BANNA AT GUANTANAMO BAY Read more >>

13-11-2006 10:32

Weekly Vigil to Save the Jarawa - Reminder

Survival International are holding a weekly vigil at India House in solidarity with the Jarawa tribe Read more >>

13-11-2006 09:16 | 2 comments

READ ALL ABOUT IT – UK-Portuguese newspaper launched in Thetford, Norfolk

Thetford based charity launches the first Portuguese newspaper to be fully edited and produced in the UK, hoping to reach the 500,000+ Portuguese nationals in the UK. Distributing in 600 places, mainly focussing on East Anglia and London. From an idea by META, a Keystone Equalities project. Read more >>

13-11-2006 00:12 | 1 addition

Indymedia-film about Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon

These days a new indymedia-film concerning the situation of palestinian refugees in Lebanon was released. Read more >>

12-11-2006 23:25 | 3 comments

legalise cannabis party rehashed

The 'Legalise Cannabis Alliance' (LCA), a legally constituted political party which stood candidates in Parliamentary elections against prohibitionists in the Labour, Tory, Liberal and even the Green Party, has decided on a major change of strategy. Read more >>

12-11-2006 23:17 | 1 addition | 1 comment

film of old street shell garage blockade

6' 25" video of the old street shell garage action on friday evening, where activists blockaded the garage and stopped business twice during the course of the evening. Read more >>

12-11-2006 15:14 | 1 addition

Fourth International Week of Action Against the Apartheid Wall

On Saturday 11th November, demonstrators showing solidarity with Palestine Liberation struggle set up their stalls outside the doors of Marks & Spencer at the Marble Arch end of Oxford St, London, engaging shoppers in conversation and collecting signatures for their petition. Read more >>

12-11-2006 00:20 | 1 comment

Last ditch attempt to stop deportation of young lesbian

A last ditch attempt to stop Faridah Kenyini being deported is being organised by Tyneside Community Action for Refugees (TCAR). We are asking people to take phone/fax action and if you live in the Heathrow area, to leaflet at the airport on Monday afternoon. Read more >>

11-11-2006 18:52 | 1 addition

11th anniversary of Ken Saro-Wiwa murder marked in London

Having attended the unveiling of the first of two creations commissioned by Remember Saro-Wiwa (see www.remembersarowiwa.com), London Rising Tiders headed across town to the Natural History Museum, to keep Saro-Wiwa's memory alive in a slightly more confrontational fashion inside the Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. Read more >>

11-11-2006 17:46 | 1 comment

Legal Aid Reforms - An Attack on the Working Class!

Picture this – A nervous and overwhelmed individual is dragged before a court. He has spent the previous night in police custody, being interviewed about a crime he is alleged to have committed. He is tired and he is scared. He is dragged before a court, who are simply interested in getting home on time. He has no legal representation. The prosecuting solicitor wants him locked up, and launches into an eloquent tirade, using all his years of training and experience in the legal field, explaining exactly why this man should not be released. The man is asked if he has anything to say in his defence. He stutters and stumbles through a cringe worthy attempt to appeal for his freedom, ending with the words “….and, uh, sorry but this is very hard without a solicitor”. The judges feel that they have little choice but to send him to prison, and that is where he goes, bewildered and frightened. Read more >>

11-11-2006 17:21 | 2 comments

Shell Disrupted & Protested Again in Reading

Inspired by last weeks action, and by the struggles of the people of Rossport and Niger, activists have again targetted Shell with protest and direct-action in Reading.

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11-11-2006 14:48

Squat Advice Training 19th November

Advisory Service for Squatters are looking desperately for more volunteers and are putting on basic legal training for anyone wanting to volunteer with them or give advice elsewhere. Read more >>

11-11-2006 12:31

gordon brown in tottenham next week

wednesday 15th november at tottenham leisure centre from 6.30pm Read more >>

11-11-2006 12:19 | 2 additions | 4 comments

shell garage closed twice by protest in london

the old street shell petrol garage in london was closed down twice yesterday evening by protestors highlighting shell's repression of local people in county mayo, ireland, and linking it to the 11th anniversary of the murder of the ogoni 9 in nigeria, where shell is proven to have been involved in the killing of ken saro-wiwa. Read more >>

11-11-2006 11:55

ken livingstone harangued at opening of dalston square

livingstone was at gillett square in dalston today to mark the opening of a new 'space for local people'. protestors are angry at the gentrification of the area connected with the olympic invasion. Read more >>

10-11-2006 16:02

UPDATE ON CATERKILLER VICE PRESIDENT IN LONDON

CATERKILLER VICE PRESIDENT IN LONDON Read more >>

10-11-2006 15:24 | 4 comments

MI5 Dame: Brit Intelligence Busy Creating Terror Events

Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller said "MI5 and the police were tackling 200 groups or networks totalling more than 1,600 identified individuals in the UK who were ‘actively engaged in plotting or facilitating terrorist acts,’ ”

Never mind that such terrorist acts rarely come to fruition, usually instead sputtering out into absurd allegations of liquid bombs and other fantastical plots nipped in the bud, or so we are expected to believe, that is after we suspend credibility, again for the umpteenth time. Read more >>

10-11-2006 15:20 | 3 comments

Report on sectarian attack by PSC members

such situations must be brought to light.. Read more >>

09-11-2006 20:00 | 1 comment

Demo in solidarity with Palestine Liberation struggle - Saturday 11 November

You are invited to join our activities in solidarity with the Palestinian People as part of the international week of action against the Apartheid Wall.
Freedom for Palestine!
Smash the Apartheid Wall!
Fight racism and occupation!
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09-11-2006 18:36

OAXACA: MEXICO’s WATERSHED.

Mass protests against fraud in the wake of the Mexican
presidential elections this summer and a
six-months-old standoff in Oaxaca between the
authorities and protesters have converted Mexico into
a hotbed of insurrection. The target is a long-ruling
oligarchy of hacienda owners and industrialists who
may have underestimated populist power buoyant today
on mass communication techniques and encouraged by the
swing to the left on the Latin American continent.

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