London Newswire Archive

12-07-2007 17:48 | 1 comment

Smash Edo Video Update

First in a series of video updates froom the Smash EDO Campaign Read more >>

12-07-2007 14:15

It's unlucky to go to work tomorrow - support John Bowden instead!

London demo in support of John Bowden tomorrow. Read more >>

12-07-2007 11:52

video.indymedia is dead - long live independent online video networks!

Interview with Andrew of

http://www.engagemedia.org, an Australian project to provide independent video hosting, distro, networking and more for the Oceania region. They have just launched Plumi, a packaged up version of the free and open source Zope/Python/Plone based software that can be used to create your own video publishing site. Read more >>

12-07-2007 11:46

Defend A&E Saturday rally

Plans to close central middx. A&E? Read more >>

12-07-2007 08:50 | 1 comment

Shell to Sea campaigners jailed for police assault

A text message and short phone call last night revealed that three Shell to Sea protestors have been jailed on assault charges against the Garda. Read more >>

12-07-2007 03:08

Dennis Fritz The Other Innocent Man In John Grisham's The Innocent Man

Dennis Fritz was Ron Williamson's friend and co-defendant in the Debra Sue Carter murder case. John Grisham wrote about the case in his book,The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town. Grisham writes about Ron Williamson and his role in the case. Read more >>

12-07-2007 02:37

Filipina Senator Opposes Arroyo State Terrrorism & U.S. Imperialism

Of distinguished progressive lineage, Senator Jamby Madrigal of the Philippines takes a principled stand critical of the Arroyo regime's bloody and brutal repression of Filipinos backed by the Bush neocons. This article provides the historical context for the Philippine crisis and Senator Madrigal's views on U.S. imperialism in the neocolony and its complicity with State-terrorist repression of citizens by extrajudicial political killings and forced disappearances already condemned by the UN, Amnesty International, World Council of Churches, Human Rights Watch, and the Permanent People's Tribunal of Europe. Read more >>

12-07-2007 01:02 | 1 addition | 1 comment

Pauline Campbell assaulted by Police at Holloway Prison demo.

On Monday Pauline Campbell returned to HMP Holloway in North London to bring her unique form of protest to the scene of yet another woman fatality in the prison system. The last Pauline was here in 2005:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/11/327667.html

It was to protest over the death of Karen Anne Fletcher. Pauline was arrested but the charges were later dropped as they usually are. The Prison system is decidedly nervous about giving the Pauline the platform of a courtroom to relay embarrassing facts. One such fact is that since the death of Pauline’s daughter in Styal Prison in 2003 a further 38 women have died in Prison in dubious circumstances. Pauline was at Holloway on this occasion to mark the death of Marie Cox who died inside the walls of Holloway on June 30th.

N.B. Two Policemen were primarily involved in the incidents described below. As referring to them as NI 649 and NI 463 seems a bit impersonal so I have decided to call them ‘Porky’ and ‘Porkier’.
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11-07-2007 22:35

Revealed: UK Govt Willing To Break International Law to Protect Arms Deal

UK Government Was Willing to Break International Law to Quash BAE Investigation

(Source: Campaign Against Arms Trade; issued July 9, 2007) Read more >>

11-07-2007 22:05

4th Anniversary event for Mikey Powell

We are planning in earnest for the 4th Anniversary event for Mikey Powell to take place in Birmingham on 7th September 2007. Read more >>

11-07-2007 20:38 | 1 comment

China to close 1,000 small collieries by yearend

Giuen Wealth Field Read more >>

11-07-2007 18:11

War Crimes, USUK Hypocrisy & Collective Responsibility

The ultimate crime has been committed! And just as we judged post-war Germany guilty, we in the USUK are, in the eyes of truth and by our own erstwhile standards, collective war criminals now! Read more >>

11-07-2007 18:09 | 1 comment

Canadian PM says NO to extending Afghan combat mission

Cdn Prime Minister Harper says he has no desire to prolong Canada’s combat mission in southern Afghanistan beyond 2009
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11-07-2007 16:33

Audio from Dan Hind presentation at Indymedia Screening

Audio from the presentation by author Dan Hind at the Indymedia screening in London on Tuesday 10th July, 2007.

11-07-2007 14:09 | 1 comment

Communities Of Resistance

=-=-=-= THURSDAY 12TH JULY 2007 =-=-=-= @ rampART
____ EUROPE: COMMUNITIES OF RESISTANCE <<< 8.00 PM

Between the 22, 23 and 24 june 2007 in St.Denis, Paris, was held the
NATIONAL SOCIAL FORUM of the BANLIEUES. The event was attended by lots
of different local grassroot movements. Among the participants was Ahmad
Rahman member of the Black Panthers of Detroit and Cilius Victor member
of a Police watchdog in London against racial abuse.

Presenting a night of debate and movies about the event with invited
participants.
The event is supported by No Borders and Detainee Support group.
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11-07-2007 12:05

The Other Politics in Europe

As (Party) Politics moves increasingly, inevitably towards the right, we must now denounce party politics in its entirety and establish a renewed functionality of the open spaces existent within all societies. Such functionality is non-excluding, non-racist, anti-fascist and above all, essentially democratic in nature... Read more >>

11-07-2007 11:42 | 1 comment

Shaker Aamer, A South London Man in Guantánamo: The Children Speak

A report on a recent conference for Shaker Aamer, a Biritish resident imprisoned in Guantanamo. Includes details of his story, including previously unpublished information about his current hunger strike, a poem by one of his daughters, and a speech made on his behalf by one of Moazzam Begg's daughters. Read more >>

11-07-2007 01:55

'Let us stay here for Jean Charles'

Relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes leading a campaign to prosecute cops over his shooting could be kicked out of the country. Four of Jean Charles's cousins and a family friend are desperately trying to get permission to stay in the UK until the inquest is held into the shooting of the Brazilian at Stockwell Tube station. Read more >>

11-07-2007 01:43 | 1 comment

Camberwell Squat - owners granted Possession Order

Tuesday July 10th, the owners of the building were granted a Possession Order to regain the property. Bailifs could pay a visit any time from Wednesday 11th. Please come along, we plan to stay in the centre for as long as we can... Read more >>

10-07-2007 23:41

The Observer under investigation for breach of accurate reporting on Iran

The Press Complaint Commission in the UK have launched an investigation into the complaint brought against the Observer newspaper by Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII), for the Observer's breach of the journalistic codes of Accuracy and Opportunity to Reply in its reporting on Iran. Read more >>