London Globalisation Newswire Archive

13-12-2007 15:10

The Unconventional Action Paper is Out at Last!

This paper has all the up to date info on the RNC adn DNC protests next year. Order a free bundle while they last! Read more >>

12-12-2007 10:25

Venezuela Film Screening Tonight

Free screening of great new documentary tonight Read more >>

11-12-2007 11:47

Support the Villagers of Nandigram!

Support the villagers of Nandigram, W Bengal against eviction from land and corporate greed. Read more >>

10-12-2007 09:36 | 1 addition

Police manhandle Tesco biofuel protestors – corporate protection gone mad?

3 protestors who arrived to set up a peaceful protest against Tesco’s investments into biofuels were manhandled by Police in central London on December 8th who forced them into a metal pen. Despite, this a peaceful protest was held for an hour including a stop by 300 cyclists and 1 minutes silence for those who are suffering or who have died as the result of massive expansion of large scale biofuel plantations across the South.

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04-12-2007 15:44

Sussex students visit Occupied Paris Universities

On Sunday 25th November, four Sussex University students travelled south to Paris to meet with the University students in Paris and to express their solidarity with those students occupying their Universities in the fight against the CPE laws and the threat of privatisation of their University education. Read more >>

28-11-2007 15:47

Beating exploitation: No Sweat conference, Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 December

The seventh annual No Sweat conference takes place this weekend in London. Read more >>

26-11-2007 20:59 | 1 addition

London Underground Adverts in Buy Nothing Day action

It seems that Transport For London have bowed to activist pressure and decided to remove all the adverts from the district line. Read more >>

26-11-2007 17:33

Half Price Sale's in Knightsbridge

80's slogan t-shirts are back in fashion! A group of Space Hijacker agents decided to wear the very latests trend setting t-shirts on a 'Buy Nothing Day' jaunt around London. Read more >>

25-11-2007 01:10

Olympic Fire Covers London In Smoke - sound and pictures

Radio 4 Olympic oppression of local residents covered by You And Yours last Friday
Olympic fire:BBC Pictures page

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7091032.stm Read more >>

25-11-2007 00:30

In defence of the diverse: Mill road residents take to the streets.

On Saturday November 24th, 2007, the people of Mill Road, Cambridge united upon the tarmac of the very street they treasure so much in it's current form, and sent out a resolute message of defiance against the ongoing corporate project by the likes of Tesco, who, if they could, would have us believe that there is only their way of doing things.
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21-11-2007 12:53

The Shape of things to come

The use of biometric ID cards in Fallujah perhaps gives an insight into the likely reasoning behind their introduction in UK society. A return to feudal city states me thinks!
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20-11-2007 17:14 | 1 addition

The Money Club

The money club is calling for monetary justice. Read more >>

15-11-2007 14:56

Blackbird & The Blackhole

During the Northern Rock bank run, the press were blamed by banking executives for scaring depositors. Since then public criticism has been scant, despite the massive taxpayer bail-out of 'Blackbird' ( the Rocks codename) -a patient that remains catatonic. Meanwhile, the broader 'subprime lending crisis' is likely to be exposed soon as the response to global mortgage fraud. Read more >>

13-11-2007 12:32

Freecycle threaten to sue community group!

A Slough community-arts festival, FennerFest, included a "Freecycle: bring & take!" night, to celebrate the sharing & waste reduction ethos of the Freecyle movement - little did they know Freecycle is actually a private American company with trademarks, who turn the lawyers on anyone they don't like (eg us), and are also sponsored by a large American waste company! Read more >>

07-11-2007 15:51

UK Green Party backs murderer Ian Blair

UK Green Party backs murderer Ian Blair Read more >>

06-11-2007 14:57

Webster Griffin Tarpley's London Talk Dissected

Last night London saw one of the big hitters in the 9/11 'Truth' movement, Webster Griffin Tarpley, discussing what he sees as 400 years of false flag terrorism, to a packed audience. Read more >>

23-10-2007 13:15

Crassrail jobs! spin will CURSE East End, mis-led by MP Jim F Patrick -1

BBC TV’s ‘Politics Show’ on Sunday 21 October 2007.

BBC London presenter Tim Donavan’s introduction stated that “London has the most entrenched problem of unemployment and poverty…..”

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20-10-2007 18:50 | 1 addition

A Talk with Indian Student Activist Kavita Krishnan

A ten-minute introduction talk by Indian Student Activist Kavita Krishnan, President of the All India Students' Association and editor of the CPI(ML) Monthly Liberation.

Excuse poor video quality, heavily compressed to get it online and keep sound as good as possible. Read more >>

14-10-2007 18:31

Worldwide Anti-McDonald's Demo

An article about the worldwide anti-McDonald's day demo Read more >>

12-10-2007 00:44

Resistance, Not Repression, Is the Real Story From Burma

Note: the events within Burma described below come from a member of the exiled pro-democracy leadership of Burma 8888. This individual is now deeply involved in the current movement's strategizing and communications, and is in regular contact both with groups on the Thai-Burma border and within the country. Because of the sensitive nature of his work, he has asked to remain anonymous. Read more >>