London Anti-militarism Newswire Archive

19-08-2004 17:27

Friday: Protest Downing St. - STOP NAJAF SLAUGHTER -

EMERGENCY PROTEST – Stop the slaughter in Najaf – Troops out of Iraq now!
Friday, 20 August
5pm–7pm
Whitehall, opp. Downing Street
Central London

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19-08-2004 09:46

Time the Whitehall Gunrunners were Fired

Gordon Brown plans to cut 100, 000 civil service jobs in the next ten years. Campaigners against arms exports, like Campaign Against Arms Trade, suggest the Defence Export Services Organisation (DESO) and the part of the Export Credit Guarantee Department (ECGD) dealing with arms exports are suitable choices. Show your support for our call at a peaceful demonstration on September 21. Assemble at 11 am outside DESO in Bury Place London WC1A. Nearest tube Tottenham Court Road and Holbrun. Read more >>

17-08-2004 14:26

Faslane protest - Stop Britain's Nuclear Weapons! coaches from London, Oxford an

Book your place on the coach from London, Oxford or Birmingham to the blockade at the Clyde Naval Base, Faslane, where Britain's nuclear warheads are stored.
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16-08-2004 19:11

Maybe next Olympics should be held at American Prisons?

Maybe next Olympics should be held at American Prisons?
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15-08-2004 22:30

Video from London US Embassy hands of venezuela demo

Here is a short video from todays demo at the america embassy...

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15-08-2004 20:19

Photos from US Embassy demo for Venezuela

Photos from the demo at US embassy in solidarity with the people of venezuela... Read more >>

15-08-2004 06:38

SUDAN: What's the TRUTH behind the crisis in Darfur?

A FACT SHEET ON THE CRISIS IN DARFUR Read more >>

12-08-2004 14:57

Pictures of Sunday Vigil

Pictures of Sunday's Lantern Vigil... Read more >>

08-08-2004 12:48

Aldermaston - A new campaign is launched to 'Block the Builders'

04-08-2004 22:25

Darfur - Another Brit COlony Abused - British Hypocrisy Everywhere

In any instance, it is clear that the gunmen who have caused so much havoc in Darfur have had considerable outside assistance. The 'Sudan Liberation Army' were reported by Agence France Presse to have "weapons, vehicles and modern satellite communications". (12) UN media sources have also noted claims by tribal leaders that the rebels have better weapons than the Sudanese army. (13) The rebels have also been receiving military supplies by air. (14) And, in a disturbing resonance of the gunmen who have dominated parts of Somalia in four-wheel drive "technicals", the gunmen have also been operating in groups of up to 1,000 men in four-wheel drive vehicles.( Read more >>

28-07-2004 15:51

Indymedia - Legal team Support - screening 30 july

Lots of words, nice words.
Now we want to see the facts again.
May be few but good Read more >>

24-07-2004 21:37

Stop the Killing in Sudan. Protest Wednesday 28th July, London

OIL COMPANIES COMPLICIT IN MORE MURDER Read more >>

22-07-2004 10:57

Protestors Prevent Arms dealers From Attending Farnborough Air Show

A double decker coach packed with arms dealing delelgates, literally standing in the isles gagging for the spectacle of the Farnborough air show, were held up for over an hour by four peace protestors. Read more >>

21-07-2004 13:39

Michelin Guides Try to Censore Israel-Critical Spoof: Much Better than the Offic

Satirical pamphlet titled "Much Better than the Official Michelin Guide to Isreli Prisons, Jails, Concentration Camps and Toture Chambers," is taken to court. Follow these links to an excerpt from the guide, and the letter of defense submitted to the British High Court in London.

http://oznik.com/news/040719.html

http://oznik.com/news/040719.html#Letter Read more >>

17-07-2004 12:08

Refuseniks Update (pt 2)

Court cuts sentences for five who refused to serve in IDF

A military appeals committee on Wednesday decided to reduce the sentences of five men who refused to serve in the Israel Defense Forces by one-third, defying the military prosecution's recommendation. Read more >>

17-07-2004 12:06

Refuseniks Update (pt 1)

MILITARY COURT OF APPEAL HEARS JONATHAN BEN-ARTZI'S CASE

Pacifist Jonathan (Yoni) Ben-Artzi's struggle reached a new level
on July 9, 2004, when his case came in front of an extended panel of
five judges in the Military Court of Appeals in Tel Aviv. Among the
judges were four Major Generals, including a former commander of
Israel's Central command, a former head of military personnel, and
the former and current Presidents of the Court of Appeals. Read more >>

15-07-2004 15:37

Seymour Hersh says US government has videotapes of boys being sodomized at Abu Ghraib

"The worst is the soundtrack of the boys shrieking," the reporter told an ACLU convention last week. Hersh says there was "a massive amount of criminal wrongdoing that was covered up at the highest command out there, and higher." Read more >>

14-07-2004 00:49

ICJ Condemns Israel's Apartheid Wall

The International Court of Justice has ruled in an advisory opinion that the construction of Israel's Apartheid Wall deep in Palestinian territory is illegal and unjustified by military necessity. Read more >>

13-07-2004 11:43

LEADED/UNLEADED The State Unleashed

Beirut Independent Media Center Presents the Film - LEADED/UNLEADED The state unleashed
London Screening at MARXISM 2004 - University of London – Birkbek Hall on Thursday, 15 July 2004 @ 2 PM - For bookings: go to ULU registration to get an afternoon ticket Read more >>

12-07-2004 16:04

Smash EDO protest Camp against the Arms Trade - Brighton - Aug 29th-Sept 2nd

Open invite to a camp in Brighton against EDO technology, a company manufacturing release mechanisms for F16s Read more >>