London Newswire Archive

03-06-2008 23:26 | 1 addition

Food & Climate Change Action - London

For the Food & Climate Change day of action, Whitechapel Food Not Bombs and Brixton Reclaim Your Food teamed up to serve free vegan food in front of a Mac Donald's in Camberwell Read more >>

03-06-2008 23:24

Battlelines drawn in city squat eviction

On the front line of Londons expanding city fringe, opposing sides are
squaring up for battle. On 4th June at Gee Street Magistrates Court,
property giant Hammerson will seek a possession order on a Victorian
warehouse that has been left empty and open to the elements since
attempts to gain consent to demolish the building failed. Read more >>

03-06-2008 20:42 | 1 addition

Police protester snap did not breach rights rules court

The Register is reporting that a CAAT activist has essentially lost a High Court case against the FIT Teams. (See link for full story - rest of this article quoted from that story) Read more >>

03-06-2008 13:26

Science Museum, London: Letting Corporations Control Young Minds

Take one major museum, a childrens exhibition about the environment and add three sponsors who between them represent three of the most environmentally destructive industries on Earth, and you have The Science Of Survival...
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03-06-2008 12:07

No Third Runway - the 'Human No' at Sipson, Sat 31 May, 2008

Saturday saw another protest at Heathrow. Perhaps 4000 of us making our way from Hatton Cross to the doomed village of Sipson, where a few under 3000 made a giant human 'NO' on the grass of the recreation ground and then some of us listened to speeches. Pictures (C) 2008 Peter Marshall, all rights reserved. Read more >>

03-06-2008 09:55

Take URGENT ACTION for Binyam Mohamed!

Binyam Mohamed is a 29 year old Londoner who is currently facing a military tribunal and the death penalty at Guantánamo Bay. The evidence against him was procured through torture. Write to the British government to urge it to take action IMMEDIATELY to seek his release and return to Britain. Read more >>

03-06-2008 09:46

Governance and the Institution of the Common - Seminar. 5 June, London

The Art of Rent is a cycle of 4 meetings that started in January at Queen Mary University of London. This series of public seminars was open to everyone: our experiment with the academic structures to build a sort of open university. Open to London, to everybody who live here or pass through this metropolis. We tried to take the word "metroversity" literally and experiment a metropolitan space inside the university's space itself. Read more >>

02-06-2008 18:40

Fight the Height in Walthamstow, London, Sunday 1 June

A lively demonstration in Walthamstow, London on Sunday 1 June, 2008 used tomatoes donated by market traders to express opposition to the council and developer St Modwen's plans for the development of the long-empty 'Arcade' site. Pictures (C) 2008, Peter Marshall. All rights reserved. Read more >>

02-06-2008 17:10

10th June London - Survival Picket in Solidarity with the Dongria Kondh Tribe

The Dongria Kondh tribe of India and the land they live in is threatened with destruction by the UK company Vedanta. Vedanta wants to create a giant open-cast mine on the Dongria Kondh's sacred mountain, destroying the lush forests that grow there and polluting the rivers. Read more >>

02-06-2008 10:25

Demonstrate Against Britain's Racist Immigration Laws

Show solidarity with asylum seekers and immigrants
Protest against reporting and detention centres!

TUESDAY 3 JUNE 1 – 2PM
Outside the UK Immigration Service Communications House
210 Old Street, London , EC1V 9BR
(nearest tube – Old Street ) Read more >>

01-06-2008 23:43

Meeting Report: Binyam Mohamed: The Last Londoner in Guantánamo Bay

Over 100 people attended a public meeting organised by the LGC on Saturday 31 May concerning the plight of Binyam Mohamed, a British resident currently facing a military tribunal and potentially the death penalty at Guantánamo Bay Read more >>

01-06-2008 23:20

Climate Camp Film Night - Camden, Monday 2nd

All welcome - Free Entry!

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01-06-2008 21:37

LGC Press Release: Tortured Londoner Faces Trial In Guantanamo Military Tribunal

On Friday 30 May, the US announced its decision to try Binyam Mohamed, the last Londoner in Guantánamo Bay, on terrorism-related charges. All "evidence" relating to the charges was procured through torture in Morocco, one of his pitstops through the murky underworld of "extraordinary rendition". Binyam, if "convicted" in this "kangaroo court", faces the DEATH PENALTY. Read more >>

01-06-2008 18:20

Images from the London anti-Boris Johnson tube demo

Images from the demo/flashmob event on London underground's circle line, 31st May 2008.
More of a party than a demo, this event attracted thousands of people wanting to stick two fingers up at Boris Johnson's new policy of zero alcohol on the tube.
It got out of hand at the end, a big flock of police turned up, and things got nasty. Read more >>

01-06-2008 14:10

Middle Classes Turn on Boris

In scenes which would have made the Bullingdon Club proud, last night's jolly japes on the tube got a bit messy after the British Transport Police began closing stations before stopping the two trains containing most of the party goers at Edgeware Road Station. Read more >>

01-06-2008 13:26

Remember the 37

The food crisis affects EVERYONE. Read more >>

01-06-2008 12:45

Occupied London #3 out now!

Occupied London #3

Urgencies of Everyday life: Between Here and the Outside
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31-05-2008 10:15 | 1 addition

London Critical Mass ride 30-5-08.

Quick report on the ride. Read more >>

31-05-2008 07:17

Solidarity week against repression in France at June, 9-16

Ivan, Bruno and Damien got arrested on January 19, 2008 on the way to the demonstration against the detention centre of Vincennes (near Paris). They were carrying home made smoke powder and bent nails (to slash tyres). At the police station, they refused the finger print identification and DNA taking. Ivan and Bruno are jailed, Damien is under judiciary control. Read more >>