London Indymedia Newswire Archive

12-04-2005 15:28

London groups forms to help Craig Murray defeat Jack Straw

A new group has formed in London to provide support for Craig Murray’s campaign to unseat Jack Straw – get involved and help make dodgy dossiers and torture endorsement old news. Read more >>

11-04-2005 20:24

Poll Tax riot 15th anniversary pix from that glorious day

Sorry almose two weeks late with these, totally passed me by!
Enjoy them!
Comments welcome! Read more >>

11-04-2005 18:36

Pix of Roma demo Central London Saturday 9th April 2005

08-04-2005 11:35

Sat 9th - hackfun and patents @rampART

From midday on saturday 9th, you are invited to a day of workshops and discission followed by an evening of film, music and booze..

@rampart street, london E1 2LA (see www.rampart.co.nr)

This is the Hacklabs, 'no patents' event with workshops all afternoon covering various creative open source computer packages (see programme summary elow), hardware skills, liveCD linux demos, stuff to take home, thing to build etc.

From 6pm there will be films and discussion about threat of software patents, it will includ a slide show about patents on seeds and life itself and draw comparrisons with the threat of control over food, technology, communication and freespeach that these patents bring. There will also be somebody to talk about the threat of survalance technologies employeed by the state, national databases and biometric ID.

From 9pm things get seriously unserious with DJ's and drinks till 2am as a fund raiser for the London Hacklabs Collective which maintains two open computer spaces in London and will soon be helping to set up additonal spaces.

This event is for everyone that cares about freedom and uses computers as a tool for positive social change. You can learn which formats to use to make your work most accesible, what alternatives exist to the monopolies of microsoft, the insecurity of windows and the expense of commercial software. You can learn about the best ways to utilise or recycle old unwanted lowspec machines and give them a new productive life. You can learn about getting on the internet for free via open wifi nodes, producing radio or making video. Every one welcome regardless of your level of skill with computers and other geeky stuff ;-)

It's a day to learn and share. Read more >>

06-04-2005 18:22

Indymedia Ireland's Crossword Puzzle: CrossFlare

Copyleft Crosswords! Read more >>

06-04-2005 00:10

Martin Bell helps Reg Keys Launch Sedgefield Election Campaign

Reg Keys, father of a solider killed in Iraq, launched his election campaign today in Sedgefield confident that he can unseat Tony Blair. Read more >>

05-04-2005 22:51

Press Statement- Diaz victims group

Genoa Legal Support
Diaz victims group.

April 6th marks the first official trial day of the Diaz raid and the subsequent torture and abuse at the Bolzaneto detention camp which occurred during the G8 summit, July 21/22nd 2001. It is very important that these proceedings have placed on trial a total of 75 police and five doctors, 47 at Bolzaneto and 28 police from Diaz.
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05-04-2005 16:58

BBC to show previously censored McLibel documentary...

BBC have bought McLibel!
(better late than never?)

it'll be screened on Weds 13th April - two days before McD's 50th b'day - on BBC4 at 9pm.

press release below to any journos/mailing lists. Read more >>

05-04-2005 11:55

Cases dropped against G8 arrestees

The charges against two people arrested during a demonstration outside a meeting of the International Energy and Environment ministers last month have now been dropped due to lack of evidence [read as, no legitimate grounds for arrest in the first place].

One of the two arrested was a journalist who had been filming the protest for a collaborative film about the G8. Here is his statement about the events surrounding his arrest. Read more >>

04-04-2005 19:25

G8: Amnesty International Statement Re Genoa Police Trials

Amnesty International Statement on the Genoa G8 Diaz police trials due to start this week on Wednesday 6th. Also comments on the ongoing Balzanetto detention centre torture trials and Italy's failures in general.

A damning statement.

The opening of the diaz trial on wednesday is just the start. The actual trial is not expected to go ahead until the end of the summer - again raising fears that if more delays occur then under the Italian legal system too much time will have elapsed and the trials cannot proceed.
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04-04-2005 17:21

CLIVE SOLEY MP and NOTTING HILL HOUSING TRUST

Any tenants of NOTTING HILL HOUSING TRUST (a housing association supported by CLIVE SOLEY MP) that are still suffering from harassment, nuisance, negligence, theft of their mail, anti social neighbours (housed there intention-ally by their landlords) or any other unlawful tactics by their landlords - then get in touch with this website. Read more >>

04-04-2005 01:23

Dr Kissinger reports from Taba, Egypt.

This is a 965 word report of the situation on the Egyptian/Israeli border at Taba/Eilat. 7 photos are attached. Read more >>

03-04-2005 17:58

Free Cinema - Yes Men - Crowd Bites Wolf - The Take + More - April 15 London

Free Cinema as part of Wake Up Government G8 Demo - London 15th April 2005 - including UK preview of "The Take" written and produced by Naomi Klein.

http://www.tjm.org.uk Read more >>

02-04-2005 19:56

pics from freedom of movement protest in london today

several hundred people marched in east london today in solidarity with 5 other british demos and dozens more across the continent. the europe-wide day of action was calling for freedom of movement and the rights of migrants of ALL economic status. Read more >>

02-04-2005 09:44

Press Coverage of Festival Of Dissent

Some press coverage of the week long Festival Of Dissent Anti-G8 Gathering being held 6-10th April in Lanarkshire.

Full info on that including impressive line up of workshops and discussions at

http://www.dissent.org.uk

Previous article was:
Call to crack down on G8 demo camps
Sun 20 Mar 2005 TOBY MCDONALD
The Scotsman

http://www.nadir.org/nadir/initiativ/agp/resistg8/media/0320crack_down_camps.htm
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02-04-2005 01:00

The Sun will come out the day after tomorrow

Bet your bottom dollar,
the sun will come out tomorrow
but it will not report the news tomorrow
come what may....

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31-03-2005 23:00

APRIL FOOLS: Funding Crisis!

The Independent Media Centre Network has gone from strength to strength over the past 5 years in a bid to provide an alternative media outlet. But now, as IMC UK heads towards its own 5th birthday, a crisis is looming...

So, in order to to survive, IMC UK has decided that "if you can't beat 'em - join 'em." The current crisis is, of course, fiscal - threatening not only our ability to provide any kind of media service during the G8 protests, but may also mean we have to make cutbacks and axe participants from the project. This we would hate to do. Consequently, we are negotiating premium contracts with Ronald McDonald and Starbucks (for pop-ups, banners and promotional videos) to provide targeted marketing opportunities into a new sector. We hope that this will sustain IMC UK for the foreseeable future.

26-03-2005 01:21

Diaz Trial goes to European Court of Human Rights

Diaz Trial goes to European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

The Diaz trial of 28 policemen has been recommended to the European Court of Human Rights by the Italian prosecutor, Dr Enrico Zucca, following meetings with Mark Covell, the indymedia victim and primary witness in the Diaz trial.
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25-03-2005 13:15

Unions to strike over BBC job cuts

Back in Medaevaltimes governments put out the eyes and ears of politicalprisoners. Now,all they think they have to do is to put out the eyes and ears of the British public: BBC programme makers. Read more >>

24-03-2005 14:37

AudioTrauma alt-media benefit @ rampART

This friday night at the rampART (25th MArch)
Starts 9.30 pm till 2.30 am (or something like that)....

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