London Anti-militarism Newswire Archive

11-04-2008 15:19 | 1 addition

Asking Wallace Art Collection not to accept Total Blood Money

The www.totaloutofburma.org group again visited the Wallace Art Collection at Hertford House, Manchester Square, London on April 9th. They have been considering accepting money from the French oil company, Total that is the largest western sponsor of the brutal military junta in Burma and whose pipeline was built with slave labour. Total seeks to whitewash its dirty image by associating with the Arts.
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11-04-2008 11:02

Guantanamo: US embassy Baghdad 'liberation' vigil tonight + other actions

Details of the London Guantanamo Campaign's upcoming activities in the capital. Read more >>

10-04-2008 15:09

High Court Rules BAE Corruption investigation ended UNLAWFULLY

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10-04-2008 14:37

London to Geneva anti-nuclear walk starts Chernobyl Day, Sat 26 April

Ceremony to mark Chernobyl Day will kick off London to Geneva anti-nuclear walk

You are warmly invited to join Footprints for Peace on Saturday 26 April for the start of their three-month, 1500km International Peace Walk towards a Nuclear-Free Future, from London to Geneva through France, in conjunction with the main French anti-nuclear coalition Sortir du Nucleaire.
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07-04-2008 21:32

Militarization in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

Last Wednesday April 3 elements of the Polícia Federal arrested activist Cipriana Jurado leader of the Non-Governmental Organization, Centro de Investigacion y Solidaridad Obrera (CISO) and the comrade Carlos Chavez of the organization Agrodinámica Nacional. At around 3 in the afternoon agents of the Federal police aboard a car without registration plates stopped by force comrade Cipriana and forced her into the unit, alleging that there was an arrest warrant against her which was never shown during the arrest, nor when she was transferred to the Rehabilitation Centre for Adults (CERESO). Read more >>

07-04-2008 08:19

Israeli Army Tries to Close Schools and Orphanages - Please HELP !!

The Israeli Army has decided to close down the Islamic Charitable Society in
Hebron, Palestine. They claim that the society is linked to Hamas and channels
money to terrorism but this is not true. The army has stolen a large amount of
food and equipment from the Society including computers and 2 school buses.
Food and bread for the orphans has been stolen also. Read more >>

06-04-2008 20:42

Tibetan Freedom Torch Rally

Peaceful protests at Whitehall as the Olympic Torch comes to London,. followed by an account of the Tibetan Freedom Torch Rally, held at King's Cross. Read more >>

04-04-2008 20:02

Wall of Sound to Drown Tony Blair, London, 3 April, 2008

Several hundred protesters turned up outside Westminster Cathedral where Tony Blair was speaking to make clear their opposition to the war in Iraq and his disgraceful part in it.
Pictures are copyright (C) 2008, Peter Marshall Read more >>

04-04-2008 17:47

Totalitarian Fossil Fools Day report

Totalitarian Fossil Fools Day took place at the Dorest House Total Petrol Station 170-172 Marylebone Rd on April 1st. Joining in with the events of

http://www.fossilfoolsday.org the 5 protesters demonstrated against the French oil company's fossil foolishness causing climate change and pollution as well as the usual protest against Total's support of the brutal Burma junta. Total funds the evil junta with 500 million dollars a year and its gas pipeline in Burma was built with slave labour (see

http://www.totaldenialfilm.com).
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04-04-2008 11:11

An open question to STW stewards

An open question to STW stewards Read more >>

29-03-2008 11:57

Asking Sarkozy to kick Total Out of Burma at Arsenal Summit

At the Anglo-French summit held at Arsenal Emirates Football Stadium on Thursday 27th April, protesters asked French President Sarkozy to kick French Total Oil out of Burma. President Sarkozy has previously told Total not to make further investment in Burma, but Total currently funds the brutal military regime with over 500 million dollars a year. In December it upgraded its offshore gas platform whilst asking its corrupt military partners for a maritime exclusion zone around the platform.
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28-03-2008 21:23

Freedom Rider: Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran

But the Bush/Cheney war criminals are intent on an armed assault on Iran before the clock runs out on their terms in office. The nearby Saudi Arabians are taking U.S. threats against Iran seriously, holding drills to counter leaking of nuclear material from an American strike. Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are as war-crazed as the Republicans when it comes to Iran. Read more >>

28-03-2008 18:21

Sounding out Tony Blair

Tony Blair is giving a lecture on "Faith and Globalisation" on Thursday 3 April at Westminster Cathedral. The publicity for his speech makes no mention of Iraq or Afghanistan. Join Stop the War to ensure that, as Blair speaks, the voice of the anti-war majority in this country is heard loud and clear as every hypocritical word is accompanied by a wall of sound outside the Cathedral. Read more >>

23-03-2008 03:06

Brian Haw on the fifth anniversary of the criminal invasion of Iraq

Brian wishes more people recognised the suffering and would turn out to protest against the war. Read more >>

22-03-2008 17:24 | 1 addition

Showing solidarity with Tibet in peaceful protest through London

An account of the march through central London today, to show solidarity with the Tibetans in the wake of the last weeks crackdown in Lhasa and beyond by the Chinese. Read more >>

21-03-2008 20:35

Asking Wallace Art Collection not to whitewash Totalitarian Oil

Four activists held a demonstration outside the Wallace Collection art gallery at Hertford House, Manchester Square, London on Wednesday 19th March. The Art Gallery is currently considering a sponsorship deal with Total so the activists were asking them not to accept sponsorship from the largest western sponsor of the brutal Burma junta. A boycott is not yet called for as it is hoped the gallery will do the right thing and not become associated by Total with oppression in Burma.

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20-03-2008 23:56

Pics from Iraq 5th anniversary protests in London

Small protest opposite Downing Street on Thursday 20 March 2008, marking the fifth anniversary of the US- and UK-led invasion of Iraq, and calling for the immediate withdrawal of UK troops and a full public inquiry into the war. The protest was called by Stop the War, CND and the British Muslim Initiative. Read more >>

20-03-2008 22:30 | 1 addition

Aldermaston bike ride on March 22-24, 2008

Bikes not bombs are planning a bike ride from London to Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment

The bike ride is expected to take 3 days (22nd March - 24th March 2008) Read more >>

20-03-2008 01:41

Protesters commemorate Iraqi war dead at military recruitment event in London

Two days ahead of the fifth anniversary of the start of the US- and UK-led invasion of Iraq, commando engineers sensitively staged a recruitment event in northwest London. Three anti-war protesters went along to try and persuade locals not to make the biggest mistake of their lives. Read more >>

18-03-2008 10:15

After Yet Another March - What is Relevant Anti-War Activity 5 Years In?

..and why no mention of the Raytheon 9 by the Stop the War Coalition? Read more >>