London Iraq Newswire Archive

11-04-2008 18:22

Home Office Protest Over Forced Deportation of Iraqi Kurds

Around 80 people, many Iraqi Kurds, demonstrated at the Home Office in London today, Friday 11 April, demanding an end to forced deportations to Iraq.
Photographs are copyright, (C) 2008, Peter Marshall. All rights reserved. Read more >>

11-04-2008 17:05

SOCPA - barbara tucker jailed for two weeks

yesterday morning barbara tucker was arrested in parliament square for alleged breach of police bail
after being held for about 29 hours, she eventually was brought before district judge snow at horseferry road who sentenced her to two weeks in prison Read more >>

11-04-2008 11:02

Guantanamo: US embassy Baghdad 'liberation' vigil tonight + other actions

Details of the London Guantanamo Campaign's upcoming activities in the capital. Read more >>

07-04-2008 22:53 | 2 additions

International espionage agency targeted Heathrow protesters

The aviation industry are in the frame as Plane Stupid investigation exposes mole.

Climate action group Plane Stupid has been targeted by a professional espionage agency.
Read more >>

07-04-2008 18:52

judges for justice - 15th march

short film of the 'judges for justice' action which took place in london on the 5th anniversary of the illegal attck on iraq. an ad hoc group paraded through london dressed as high court judges and armed with leaflets and an excellent banner. they started at the high court, visited downing street (without socpa authorisation) then to blair's new 'faith foundation' at grosvenor square and finally to his family home in connaught square Read more >>

07-04-2008 09:33

Tibet Protest Great, But . . . .

Are there lessons to be learned for the wider activist scene in London?
or questions to be asked about these Free Tibet Protests that seemed so successful in saturating the media? Read more >>

04-04-2008 20:02

Wall of Sound to Drown Tony Blair, London, 3 April, 2008

Several hundred protesters turned up outside Westminster Cathedral where Tony Blair was speaking to make clear their opposition to the war in Iraq and his disgraceful part in it.
Pictures are copyright (C) 2008, Peter Marshall Read more >>

02-04-2008 16:40

SOCPA - chris coverdale arrested for non-payment of fines

chris coverdale was arrested earlier today at his home in wimbledon for non-payment of fines imposed for a previous SOCPA unauthorised demonstration offence. he is being held overnight at wimbledon police station and will apear at the local court tomorrow morning. Read more >>

02-04-2008 10:03

Depleted Uranium... is radiating our soldiers equal to treason?

If you read through to the text at the bootom, you will see that the site on the card is named in the document below.

I found the cavalier attitude quite shocking, to say the least.

you decide... Read more >>

01-04-2008 23:52

Beyond the Green Zone

Dahr Jamail, one of the few independent, unembedded U.S. journalists covering Iraq speaks in U.K. and Ireland. As John Pilger writes of Jamail, "While so much reporting from Iraq has remained embedded and wrong, Dahr Jamail's courageous truth-telling from the frontline has been a beacon." Read more >>

31-03-2008 17:34

World Against War National Rally - full report - videos, mp3s, photos

March 2008 marks the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Over 50,000 people rallied in Trafalgar Square to protest the continued occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, the on-going siege of Gaza, and the threats of attack on Iran. Read more >>

31-03-2008 13:13

Sounding Out Tony Blair

SOUNDING OUT BLAIR: Westminster Cathedral : 42 Francis Street: London SW1
Thursday 3 April 2008 at 7.00 pm (assemble from 6.30 pm) Read more >>

30-03-2008 19:03

SOCPA: The GLA's campaign against Brian Haw

Having failed to get rid of Brian Haw by force (see:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/09/382323.html

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/10/383843.html ) the Greater London Authority is trying again by legislation, their responses to the government consultation 'Managing Protest around Parliament' all seem to be aimed at getting rid of the peace camp. And the government agrees with them, SOCrAP isn't buried yet and they're already robbing its corpse.

Time for a protest outside City Hall? Read more >>

30-03-2008 16:53

UK government deports 60 Iraqi Kurds; no one notices

Andy Worthington reports on the forced deportation of 60 Iraqi Kurds from the UK last Thursday, which has not been reported in any major media outlets at all. Read more >>

28-03-2008 18:21

Sounding out Tony Blair

Tony Blair is giving a lecture on "Faith and Globalisation" on Thursday 3 April at Westminster Cathedral. The publicity for his speech makes no mention of Iraq or Afghanistan. Join Stop the War to ensure that, as Blair speaks, the voice of the anti-war majority in this country is heard loud and clear as every hypocritical word is accompanied by a wall of sound outside the Cathedral. Read more >>

27-03-2008 09:15

Join the Wall of Sound to Silence Tony Blair

Join the WALL OF SOUND TO SILENCE TONY BLAIR, when he gives a lecture on
"Faith and Globalisation" on Thursday 3 April at Westminster Cathedral (details below) in London. Read more >>

20-03-2008 23:56

Pics from Iraq 5th anniversary protests in London

Small protest opposite Downing Street on Thursday 20 March 2008, marking the fifth anniversary of the US- and UK-led invasion of Iraq, and calling for the immediate withdrawal of UK troops and a full public inquiry into the war. The protest was called by Stop the War, CND and the British Muslim Initiative. Read more >>

20-03-2008 22:30 | 1 addition

Aldermaston bike ride on March 22-24, 2008

Bikes not bombs are planning a bike ride from London to Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment

The bike ride is expected to take 3 days (22nd March - 24th March 2008) Read more >>

20-03-2008 01:41

Protesters commemorate Iraqi war dead at military recruitment event in London

Two days ahead of the fifth anniversary of the start of the US- and UK-led invasion of Iraq, commando engineers sensitively staged a recruitment event in northwest London. Three anti-war protesters went along to try and persuade locals not to make the biggest mistake of their lives. Read more >>

18-03-2008 02:38

Republican nominee McCain's fundraiser with Lord Rothschild in London on Thursda

Sen. John McCain plans at least one campaign event on his week-long congressional trip to Europe and the Middle East: a March 20 fundraiser in London. Read more >>