London Newswire Archive

22-09-2007 19:20 | 1 addition

Report fron Saturday's Transnational No Borders demonstration in Crawley

On the 22nd September 2007 the No Borders, Transnational Day of Action Against Immigration Prisons; saw several hundred protesters leaving the No Borders Camp near the town of Balcolme, to go to Crawley and from there to march to Tinsley House (and the nearby construction site of Brook House) at Gatwick to protest against immigration prisons. Read more >>

22-09-2007 18:38

New skill-sharing and community building project has been launched!

When you become a member of the freeconomy community, not only do you get jobs done for free, you also get to learn new skills, teach fellow freeconomists your skills and in the process meet loads of really great people.
Join the freeconomy community at www.justfortheloveofit.org . Read more >>

22-09-2007 18:14

Update on Iranian asylum seeker arrested at Lunar House yesterday

The man arrested yesterday at Lunar House near a No Borders demonstration was detained at Croydon police station overnight and went before the Magistrates Court this morning. Legal support at the No Borders Camp arranged for a lawyer to represent him, and prisoner support sent 2 rep's to attend the court hearing. Unfortunately the man, who is clearly in a distressed state, was remanded until a court hearing next week. Read more >>

22-09-2007 13:37

Crossrail- latest costs deadlock is symptomatic of the spin rail. Scrap it

UK Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly has given a publicly stated deadline of next Tuesday by when the City of London and Big Business interests should come up with 'real money'. She has been reported to have asked to see the colour of the Big Business money. This impasse has been
painted in the pro-Crossrail Big Business media including the Financial Times and by the USA outlet Bloomberg as an unfair demand on the conglomerates. They are citing this demand as evidence of sloppy and unrealistic thinking on the part of Gordon Brown's administration. This is not so. The problem lies with the sloppiness and the lack of merit in the present Crossrail plan itself.
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22-09-2007 13:18

Sun 23rd Sep: Rally Against Olympic Evictions - on Allotment Demolition Day

Details of March & Rally Against Olympic Evictions on Allotment Demolition Day - Sunday 23rd Sept
Meet 2pm outside Hackney Town Hall Read more >>

22-09-2007 11:43 | 1 addition

LSE Director ignores assault on academic freedom of Palestinian students

LSE staff and students have written to LSE Director Howard Davies to protest his stance on debating a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. In his reply he ignores the plight of Palestinian educational institutions under Israeli occupation. Read more >>

22-09-2007 05:28

The Respect coalition is in crisis!

Far be it from Uncle Joe to gloat, but I have to say that you heard it here on Indymedia first, a good 21 months before Newsnight got hold of the story. Read more >>

22-09-2007 02:29

Philippines: Another Scandal rocks Arroyo regime

ZTE deal to cost US$527 million after 20 years of repayment

Wearing white elephant masks to depict the potential character of the controversial national broadband network (NBN) project, members of the Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) staged a picket outside the Senate Tuesday in time for the Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the project won by Chinese firm ZTE Corp., and stressed its debt burden on the Filipino people.

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21-09-2007 23:13 | 1 addition

Asylum seeker arrested as protesters gathered outside Lunar House, Croydon

In a clear example of what today's demonstration in Croydon was about, a distressed asylum seeker was arrested as protesters gathered outside Lunar House, which houses the headquarters of the Border and Immigration Agency (BIA) and its main screening unit. Read more >>

21-09-2007 22:43

Torture of Baloch People is Justified -- Pakistan Government

"There are some cases of torture for investigations, to know the news and know the network and to enter into the network.In my opinion, for such kind of people and things, you know you have to do something like this." -- PAKISTANI MINISTER
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21-09-2007 20:11 | 1 addition

Virgin flies you to death

Short video of the occupation of Virgin Offices in Crawley this morning. Read more >>

21-09-2007 19:41

pictures of the arrest today in croydon's no borders demo

from indymedia svizzera italiana
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21-09-2007 17:23 | 4 additions

Group 4 blockaded

As part of the No Borders week of action the Group 4 offices near crawley have been blockaded Read more >>

21-09-2007 14:20

London benefit gig for REEL NEWS

Details below

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21-09-2007 13:50

suicider worlds end, or . . . . we remember EACH of us. "CYBERBULLYING". "stop".

latest news, suicide from tower overlooking hyde park, london, 10.30 a.m, eye witness thoughts about stopping this happening, with reference to latest news about the world waking up to the effect of "cyber-bullying" - a worlwide factor, but also a metaphor for all of us, the way tech is getting used against peoples happiness - by a few inadequate bullies, cheats or frauds sacrificing others to cover-up their lack of thought - for others - the worlds - or for their own imminent future - Read more >>

21-09-2007 13:37

Cine Cuba

A New Monthly Film Club Comes to London Read more >>

21-09-2007 12:43

Help bring a smile to an orphan's life

On the occasion of Ramadhan, the month of goodness and mercy, and in collaboration with other charities "Iraqi Charities Forum" has set up a large campaign for fundraising to provide Iraqi orphans with clothing and other presents during the celebration of the forthcoming blessed Eid al-Fitr. Read more >>

21-09-2007 09:56

No Border campaigners to protest in Croydon today

Campaigners from the Gatwick Area No Border Camp will today gather in Croydon from 10am to 2pm to protest against the mistreatment of refugees and asylum seekers at the hands of the UK immigration authorities. They will be joined by other protesters from London, Brighton and elsewhere at Lunar House in East Croydon, which houses the headquarters of the Border and Immigration Agency and its principal asylum screening unit, where people first go to make an asylum application. Read more >>

20-09-2007 13:10

Whose Security? What Intelligence? 7/7 Independent Public Inquiry Needed

Public launch of new report: "Inside the Crevice: Islamist terror networks and the 7/7 intelligence failure", by Nafeez Ahmed

6.30-9pm Weds 3 October 2007

at Garden Court Chambers, Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2 (Holborn tube station)

Chair: Frances Webber Garden Court Chambers

Speakers include:

Nafeez Ahmed Institute for Policy Research & Development (IPRD)

Detective Superintendent (ret.) Des Thomas former Deputy Head, CID Constabulary, Hampshire

Les Levidow CAMPACC

Rachel North 7/7 survivor, author, Out of the Tunnel

James Oury Oury Clark Solicitors, representing the 7/7 Inquiry Group
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20-09-2007 12:37 | 1 addition

Guardian Bullshit: "You're either in the Gatwick camp or the Heathrow camp"

Brendan O'Neill's dreadful article on the Guardian's "Comment is Free" site, In the other camp, ends with this conclusion:

So, are you a green or are you a supporter of completely free migration? Because it seems to me at least that you cannot be both. You're either in the Gatwick camp or the Heathrow camp. Make your choice.