London Globalisation Newswire Archive

15-06-2005 14:47

Live 8 tickets for sale on eBay

The sale of Live 8 tickets on eBay was nothing less than sick profiteering, eBay acting as pimps for scumbags profiteering off the backs of the world's poorest people. Read more >>

15-06-2005 12:29

operation octagon

an inspired action by the sheffield rhythms of resistance to kick off the 3 day anti g8 protests Read more >>

14-06-2005 20:58

Ex-army chief wins Lebanon vote

Lebanon's former army commander and his allies have handed other opposition groups a surprising defeat in parliamentary elections Read more >>

14-06-2005 09:41

Jesuits of Capitilism who sit at Blair's right hand

How McKinsey, the secretive global consultancy firm, is gaining influence at the heart of UK plc Read more >>

13-06-2005 19:21

PSYCHOGEOGRAPHY IS BAD: A Bunfight - this Friday

Are you tough enough to fight it out! Are you a drunk deriver? Is psycho-geography a tool in the class struggle? Who will rule the London Psycho geographers crowd? Let the battle commence!! Read more >>

13-06-2005 15:10

Debt cancellation

'Give us your fuckin' money', the rallying cry of Live Aid, was again the rallying cry of Live 8, only this time it was aimed at the G8 leaders, not the man in the street. And it seems to have worked. Read more >>

12-06-2005 23:33

Juan Carlos Galvis Colombian Trade Unionist Speaking Tour Dates

Juan Carlos Galvis, one of the Coca-Cola workers named
in a civil action against the corporation and its
bottling companies in Colombia charging collaboration
with paramilitary death squads, is currently on a
speaking tour of Europe. Juan Carlos has had several
close relatives murdered, and has survived death
threats and actual assassination attempts. He is
President of the CUT union federation in
Barrancabermeja and the Secretary of Organisation of
his own union SINALTRAINAL - the National Food and
Drink Workers Union. He has already spoken in
Birmingham, Oxford and Paris where he has received
standing ovations. Read more >>

12-06-2005 12:12

Squad Rave against the G8 Summit

Hip Hopers Mister Manage and the Suicide Farm performed on stage against the G8 summit in Scottland. Check out their anti G8 Summit track, free to download! Read more >>

11-06-2005 18:57

Bill Gates: Killing Africans for Profit and PR, Now Blair joins him.

Bill Gates: Killing Africans for Profit and PR and and Britain is teaming up with the Gates Foundation in the US to launch a pilot project to increase spending on vaccines and medicines to $4bn per year. Read more >>

10-06-2005 10:02

PROTEST! STOP THE PLUNDER OF IRAQ's OIL

A week before Blair hosts the G8, corporate executives from multinational oil companies will be meeting in London with representatives from the Iraqi government to discuss the future of Iraqi oil and gas reserves. Join us, the corporate pirates to protest against this neo-liberal plunder! Read more >>

09-06-2005 20:16

Insurance condition on G8 march

A G8 protest rally near the Gleneagles Hotel will only go ahead if insurance cover for up to £5m is put in place, say Perth and Kinross councillors Read more >>

09-06-2005 12:47

MPs slag off Geldof

On Tuesday Members of the House of Commons slagged-off Bob Geldof for calling for a million people on the streets of Edinburgh. Highly irresponsible they muttered into their Order Papers. Read more >>

09-06-2005 01:10

Report of `Reclaim the Streets` demo at Holyrood on June 8th with 10 photos

This is a 920 word article about the `Reclaim the Streets ` demo at the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday June 8th 2005. 10 labelled photos are attached. Read more >>

08-06-2005 18:29

Anti-G8 Trains Poster to Download and More Info

Here's a poster advertising the trains to the anti-G8 protests in Scotland. Please download and distribute with urgency! Read more >>

08-06-2005 16:16

Anti-G8 Event in Brighton: How the Cops See Crowds

Anti-G8 Event. Please publicise widely>>>> Read more >>

07-06-2005 19:53

Deceived Central-Eastern Europe

The peoples of Central and Eeastern Europe have not received either what they expected from the system change or what they were promised. These dissapointments and the specificities of the region stimulated the initiators of the CEESF to organize a regional social forum. This article is about the brief history, the main goals and the programme of the Preparatory Assembly of the CEESF to be held in Budapest between 14 and 16 October 2005. Read more >>

07-06-2005 19:49

Deceived Central-Eastern Europe

07-06-2005 11:09

A short-cut to justice

A short-cut on the long walk to justice.
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07-06-2005 02:52

G8 2005: Why Are People Protesting?

Tony Blair recently said "it would be very odd if people came to protest against this G8... I don’t quite know what they’ll be protesting against" - a comment that underlies the way that the UK Government has been working to paint the G8 as a progressive force for good when it comes to tackling Climate Change, Poverty and Debt. Read more >>