London Newswire Archive

18-09-2008 16:09

Beginning of the Inquest into the Killing of Jean Charles de Menezes, 22 Sept

The coroner's inquest into the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes will begin on 22nd September.
Proceedings will be held from Monday to Thursday every week, between 9.45am and 4.30pm at The Oval cricket ground (Kennington). Come on the first day at 9am and show your support to the family. Read more >>

18-09-2008 12:01

Respect Nigerians Coalition protest against BA

The Respect Nigerians Coalition demonstrated outside British Airway's HQ building near Heathrow in support of Ayodeji Omatode and their 'Boycott BA' campaign. Pictures (C) 2008, Peter Marshall, all rights reserved. Read more >>

18-09-2008 11:50

Hands Off Latin America: London 17 Sept

More than 50 activists turned up for an emergency picket of the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square London on Wednesday 17 Sept called at short notice by the Bolivia Solidarity Campaign and Hands off Venezuela, with the support of Equadorians in the UK, Colombia Solidarity Campaign and Global Women's Strike. Read more >>

18-09-2008 10:22

Peace Action London- Thurs 25th September

The next Peace Action is taking place on Thursday 25th September.
Come and join in! We'll be meeting outside Holborn Tube Station @ 1PM, before heading to an army careers office.
For more info, please contact:

peaceactionlondon@riseup.net
Read more >>

18-09-2008 09:02

Catholic Worker sent to prison

Yesterday, Father Martin Newell of The London Catholic Worker was sentenced to prison for wilfully refusing to pay a fine at Highbury and Islington Magistrates Court. Read more >>

17-09-2008 16:22 | 1 addition

Pix of Rossport Solidarity Action in London, UK, Mon 15 Sep 08

Three targets, two demands, one noizy protest, all on a sunny London aftternoon in September.

For permission to copy and use, see 'CopyLeft' at the end of the story below the photos.
For links to the other sets of photos/videos, see one of the comments at the foot of this page.

NB: These pix are edited, downsized versions (up to 500x375x600px, 0.19Mpx, 288 to 416KB) for onscreen display. If you would like unedited, full-sized versions (3072x2304px, 7.1Mpx, 3.3 to 4.2MB) for print, poster, banner, re-editing, etc, please email your request to tim.dalinian.jones [at] googlemail.com
quoting the picture title(s) you'd like.
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17-09-2008 15:39

Call for a national demonstration against fees and marketisation in education

Student activists have launched this call for a national demonstration against top-up fees, for decent student grants and against marketisation in education. To add your or your organisation's name or for more information, email

education.not.for.sale@gmail.com Read more >>

17-09-2008 12:39

Hackney Isn't Crap: Tour of gentrification

On Sunday 28 September we will host a walking tour of Gentrification in Dalston and Hackney Central, culminating in a picnic in London Fields. Read more >>

16-09-2008 22:05

London protests in support of Maura Harrington's hunger strike

On Monday, Maura Harrington marked her birthday with a seventh day on hunger strike, while supporters from the UK & Ireland demonstrated across London to bring attention to her protest. Maura, a teacher in NW Mayo, is part of the Shell To Sea Campaign which has been actively opposing Shell's latest attempts to lay an 80 km sea based stretch of gas pipeline. Read more >>

16-09-2008 19:56

Never mind the legal bollocks

35. 2% raise? - "bollocks" - 98% says Read more >>

16-09-2008 18:09

Punk benefit in London tomorrow night!

Last Hours is helping put on a punk gig for people working in the UK taking
action in support of Palestine. It's happening on September 17th at our venue of
choice: The Cross Kings! Read more >>

16-09-2008 17:54

11th October Anti- Surveillance Mass Action

Call to mass action Saturday 11th October against the surveillance state in
solidarity with activists around the world.

http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/content/view/242/144/ Read more >>

16-09-2008 12:48 | 1 addition

Future Heathrow publish boycott list

If you want to know which companies to boycott in regards of climate change Future Heathrow, the lobby group pushing for a third runway, have just published an interesting list of companies supporting them [1].
Read more >>

16-09-2008 04:21

Solidarity campaigners highlight threat of Latin American coups

SOLIDARITY activists will join diplomats, MPs and trade union leaders for a rally tomorrow night after demonstrating against US plans to overthrow the progressive governments in Bolivia and Venezuela. Read more >>

16-09-2008 01:27

Reports from Colombia and London activities

Colombia Solidarity Campaign London branch meeting Read more >>

16-09-2008 00:02

threatened with arrest for LOOKING in a skip

If this is true then I must have commited a criminal act at least once a week for the last 20 years or so. Read more >>

15-09-2008 18:37

Miami 5 - London demonstrations

Events took place around the world last weekend to mark the 10th anniversary of the arrest of the Miami 5, in prison in the USA. RATB held a demonstration in Trafalgar Square, and the Cuba Solidarity Campaign have a further demonstration planned for 7 Oct.
Pictures (C) 2008, Peter Marshall, all rights reserved. Read more >>

15-09-2008 17:22

Merchants of Death

London CAAT (Campaign Against the Arms Trade) led around 25 people on a free walking tour of the offices of major arms dealers and corporate mercenaries in Westminster on Saturday 13 September.
Pictures (C) Peter Marshall, 2008, all rights reserved. Read more >>

15-09-2008 14:02

London Rising Tide : Film and Discussion night 18-Sept-08

LRT are having a Film and Discussion night based around the idea that capitalism is the problem, not the solution. So, get your anti-capitalist shoes on and come down to LARC on Thursday 18th September. Read more >>

15-09-2008 12:48 | 1 addition

Disabled activists take over DWP welfare reform meeting

The Disabled People's Direct Action Network have gatecrashed a DWP meeting on disability and welfare reform to which no disabled people's organisations were invited, today (Monday 15th September 2008) Read more >>