London Newswire Archive

02-10-2007 18:06

Deaths in Mental Health Custody

As deaths in mental health custody rise in British hospitals, the family of a woman who died a year ago today carry on a campaign for justice. Sandra Jean Allen died on 2nd October 2006 after systemic problems with her mental healthcare. Supporters of the campaign are urged to join at

http://justice4sandra.blogspot.com or to email

steven.allen@gmail.com Read more >>

02-10-2007 16:32

FASLANE 365 "Brief Tale"

Few picture and a little tale....... Read more >>

02-10-2007 15:35

Schnews on Burma: a response

The only thing to say about the title is we’re glad it won’t be easy to find if you’re googling for information on Burma. The actual details of the uprising are clearly unimportant to the authors or it might get more than half a scanty paragraph before USuk is invoked and the true purpose of the article is revealed. Read more >>

02-10-2007 15:34

Mining Heritage of Durham builds Nov 3rd Bookfair

The first ever Working Class Bookfair is building momentum, as it gets closer to Saturday November 3rd. The latest development involves the Market Tavern public house, in Durhams' Market Place, which was the founding place of the important Durham Miners Association in the 19th century. Read more >>

02-10-2007 14:38

The Cuban Five: Imprisoned for opposing Terrorism

The National Lawyers Guild and several legal and human rights organizations have called on the U.N. Human Rights Committee and the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture to launch a formal investigation of the United States government’s continuing violation of human rights of five political prisoners known as the Cuban Five. Read more >>

02-10-2007 13:48 | 2 additions

'Die-in' at TOTAL Oil HQ over Burma links

Demonstrators dressed in blood-soaked bandages have this morning staged a die-in at French oil company TOTAL's London headquarters in Cavendish Square, W1. Read more >>

02-10-2007 13:47

Total Oil's London offices targeted this morning

Total Oil's London offices were targeted this morning in order to highlight the company's involvement with Burma's regime. Total's investments have been earning the regime millions of dollars and have been marked by human rights abuses such as the use of forced labour. Activists staged a die-in and handed out leaflets from the Burma Campaign UK to inform office workers going into the building on what Total is really up to. Read more >>

02-10-2007 12:56

England RFU Club Rugby Sponsored by Corporate Bullies? - RFU Chief Notified

England RFU members, Warlingham RFC and Weybridge Vandals RFC are both sponsored by Crest Nicholson. Under the relatively new ownership of Castle Bidco, (backed by Bank of Scotland and Sir Tom Hunter's investment vehicle, West Coast Capital,) one Welsh Family believes the RFU and its ‘Family Friendly’ clubs should be aware of the companies’ bullying past. Read more >>

02-10-2007 12:48 | 1 addition

Account of AR UK 2007 & police raid

The UK Animal Rights Gathering 2007 was taking place at a sanctuary in Kent last weekend. Over 200 people attended for workshops and discussions on various issues relating to animal rights, and to scoff Veggie's food. The entire event was peaceful and good natured, and made a mockery of a police who raided the site on Sunday. Read more >>

02-10-2007 01:53

Syrian Kurds to protest in London against 45 years of discriminatory policies

Tens of Syrian Kurds from across the UK will gather in London on Friday, October 5th, to remember the 1962 exceptional census, which stripped around 120,000 Kurds of their nationality and civil rights. The demonstration, called by the Syrian-Kurdish community in the UK, will start at 13:00 and last for about two hours. A delegate will then go into 10 Downing Street to hand the Prime Minister's office a letter explaining their problems and demands. Read more >>

02-10-2007 00:31

Heathrow camp for climate action photo update

Heathrow diversityphotos update Read more >>

01-10-2007 21:32

Channel 4 Dispatches on Immigration Oct 1st 2007

Jon Snow's presentation of Dispatches expressed the real difficulty that we now have with a media that relies on 'research' that is partial and concentrates on the symptoms of problems rather than their real underlying cause. Plea for documentaries not shockumentaries... Read more >>

01-10-2007 20:03

Gordon Brown will lose credibility by aping Livingstone's Crossrail mantra

Gordon Brown has been quoted by the London Evening Standard website this evening [Monday 1 October 2007] as saying “…. London businesses and developers who will benefit significantly from Crossrail." Read more >>

01-10-2007 18:35

Poster about TETRA:

Just this poster but if you insist: Read more >>

01-10-2007 18:26

Blog strike for Burma! No blogging on 4th Oct: Burmese Bloggers Without Borders

Following the lead of the fabulous Medicins sans Frontieres and Reporters sans Frontieres, the ever-fabulous Burmese People established Burmese Bloggers Without Borders on 30th September 2007. They are asking for a strike of supportive bloggers on Thursday 4th October, 2007.
Read more >>

01-10-2007 17:10 | 1 addition

Police Raid Animal Right Gathering

From Kent Online: Read more >>

01-10-2007 16:03

Burma: Thousands dead in massacre of the monks dumped in the jungle

I am still shaking, having trouble believing this. Read more >>

01-10-2007 15:13

Agenda for Feminist Fightback conference, 20 October

The second socialist feminist Feminist Fightback conference takes place at the University of East London on Saturday 20 October. Read more >>

01-10-2007 13:45

Aznar’s Silence...

During a Round Table program aired on Cuban television on April 25, 2003, I pointed out that the then Spanish President José María Aznar, an ally of the world's leader in genocides and massacres, had met with President William Clinton on April 13, 1999, at an uncertain juncture of the war in Yugoslavia, and had told him, verbatim... Read more >>