London Globalisation Newswire Archive

19-03-2007 16:17

Whitechapel Knees Up against Starbucks

Starbucks, everyone’s favourite nipple-less mermaid merchants, have decided to move into the east end with a new store in Whitechapel. It’s an area with a vibrant community of local cafés and small coffee shops, as well as being an area local to many Space Hijacker agents. As you can probably guess, we are less than pleased about our new neighbour… Read more >>

18-03-2007 12:45

Camberwell Squatted Centre Film nights

• 21st MARCH 7.30pm
'The London Nobody Knows' (60mins)
A classic walk thru vintage 1967 London with James Mason. Markets! Cockneys! Caffs!
Gor Blimey, Gov! Handsome! Read more >>

17-03-2007 13:49 | 2 additions

London G8 networking meeting, March 22nd

London No Borders and SOAS Autonomous Students Society invite you to a
networking meeting to bring together
groups in London organising against the G8 summit which will take place
this June in Germany. This meeting intends to bring people together to discuss ideas
and plans and how we might be able to work together and share
information; both in terms of going to Germany and/or staying in London and
organising local events and actions. Read more >>

07-03-2007 22:13

Student Venezuela Meeting at SOAS

Student HOV will hold its next event this
Thursday, March 8th, at SOAS from 6pm, details bellow! It will feature
members of the HOV delegation who visited Caracas for the elections at the
end of last year, and should prove a very interesting and enjoyable even Read more >>

01-03-2007 09:57

DEMO SUNDAY Allotments EGM Hackney Wick

Come and support the Manor Garden Allotments
this Sunday / 10:30 am
Eastway Baths Community Centre
Eastway
Hackney Wick. Read more >>

26-02-2007 17:21

DISARM DSEi 2007. One Day. Many Actions

11TH SEPTEMBER 2007

ONE DAY – MANY ACTIONS

Blockade? Party? Destroy? March? Smash? Infiltrate? Invade? Picket?
Harass? Clown? Dance? Light candles? Fight? Lock on? Vigil? Disrupt?

YOU DECIDE! Read more >>

26-02-2007 17:02

Tesco – every little hurts

We tend to forget, Tesco is now like Wal-Mart a global player. It hurts everywhere. In their last Annual Accounts, Tesco recorded profits in excess of two billion pounds. How do they do it? Read more >>

01-02-2007 16:06

TAG Aviation Public Inquiry

For four days last week TAG Aviation was putting their case to a Public Inquiry for a doubling of weekend flights at Farnborough Airport. Read more >>

31-01-2007 22:46

Kent Union blocks Coke boycott

Members of University of Kent Union voted against ending the near-monopoly on soft drinks held on campus by Coca-Cola at their AGM on Tuesday evening, and blocked moves to join the growing international boycott of the company, which is accused of human rights violations and environmental injustices. Read more >>

28-01-2007 07:26

Colombian farmers evicted by British mining companies

Representatives of African-Colombian and Indigenous families evicted from their land in the province of La Guajira, Colombia to make way for a massive opencast coal mine will speak in London on Monday 29th January, 6.30pm-8.30pm at The Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2.

Read more >>

20-01-2007 17:32

Farnborough Airport Public Inquiry

A public Inquiry is to be held on Tuesday to consider a demand by TAG Aviation to double the number of weekend and bank holiday flights at Farnborough Airport. Read more >>

20-01-2007 13:37

Fifth Welfare Reform Newsletter from the Coalition Againat Welfare Bill (CAWRB)

Please find enclosed below for your urgent attention the fifth Welfare Reform Newsletter from the Coalition Againat Welfare Bill (CAWRB) which all of you are free to share and distribute and put into all your own newsletters and forums and within your own networks.

Yours

Colin Revell.... Read more >>

15-01-2007 17:21

Indy Global Report on Resonance FM104.4

Listen to the 8th of jan's Indy Global Report which broadcasts on Resonance FM104.4 every Monday between 22.30 and 23.30.
Also listen out for tonight's show which will be bringing reports about the recent US bombing of Somalia, This week in Palestine, the weekly update produced by IMEMC, as well as radical tunes and grooves. Read more >>

15-01-2007 15:00 | 1 addition

info night on G8 2007 in London

WHAT YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW
ABOUT THE G8 2007
BUT WERE AFRAID
TO ASK

What is this all about? Is Rostock a drink and where do I find it?
Where do those riot kids come from? Why should you go to such a place?
Are those "german activists" really as well organised as people think?
Who are "they" and what support is needed? Read more >>

01-01-2007 16:42 | 1 addition

NEW YEAR LONDON STUNT ACTION By SAVING ICELAND

ON new years day 2007 a group of activists climbed ST PAULS cathedral and the Tate Modern simultaniously to hang banners, as well as on the millenium bridge to kick start a year of decent against heavy industry in Iceland and Trinidad Read more >>

30-12-2006 23:34

22/12/06: Anti-consumer Christmas Carols, London

Festive delay, but finally here. Read more >>

30-12-2006 14:16

21/12/06 - London Colombian Embassy Picket

STOP Coca-Cola’s Continuing Dirty War

Thursday 21 December 2006: A letter was delivered to the Colombian Embassy expressing international concern at Student and Trade Union leaders yet again being targeted by death squads, this time the Aguilas Negras (Black Eagles), for daring to criticise Coca Cola, Nestlé and other private corporations.
Read more >>

15-12-2006 18:55

London Xmas proletarian shopping

In the spirit of Steal Something Day, this Saturday there'll be two mass proletarian shopping trips, the first will be in Camden Market, meet on Chalk Farm Road around 1pm. The second will be around Covent Garden, meet on the Aldwych around 5:30pm. Dress as Santa, steal from the rich and give presents to the kids. Just nick it...
Read more >>

15-12-2006 00:35

Protest against Kalyx, Shut down Harmondsworth deportation centre, Mon 16:30

Come and show your solidarity with the detainees of Harmondsworth deportation centre by protesting against Kalyx. Shut the centre down, stop the deportations, dignity to all.
Monday 4.30pm to 5.30pm. 25 Chapel Street NW1, Nearest tube Edgware Rd. Read more >>

12-12-2006 20:35

Nestlé malpractice provokes demo. at children's book prize

Nestlé is using its sponsorship of a children's book prize to try to improve its image amongst young people and the rest of the population. Read more >>