London Social Struggles Newswire Archive

14-08-2007 17:39

Oaxaca: Catalan Four Released Without Charge, No Reason For Incarceration

The Catalan Four arrested, beaten, sexually assaulted and threatened were released last night, Monday 13 August 2007. Read more >>

14-08-2007 11:06

UK National Day of Action for Starbucks Employees- Aug. 18

STARBUCKS COFFEE: BAD FOR WORKERS, BAD FOR FARMERS, BAD FOR YOU! Read more >>

13-08-2007 20:58

A Letter From The Catalan Four: Still Detained In Oaxaca, threatened & beaten!

This letter was received from the four Catalan detainees still incarcerated in Mexico DF.
First is the rough English translation, then the original Spanish. At the bottom is a list of authorities you can write to in order to assist in their release.
A previous article asked for no one to demonstrate, but to write to demand release:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/08/378075.html Read more >>

13-08-2007 14:56

Evidence showing the robbed have been doubly robbed by 'leaders' and media

The UK Bangladeshis, some f the most hard up people living in the western hemisphere as migrants doing some of the least dignified or rewarding of jobs and tasks - whose money has been stolen via 'First Solution' [that had the promotional front of 'community link’ and even ‘mosque-proximate-site credibility' because the perpetrating operation was headquartered at the 'London Muslim Centre' next to the 'East London Mosque' on Whitechapel Road London E1 - are NOT anywhere near getting their money back. It is over 6 weeks since they lost money that the vast majority had handed to ‘First Solution’ in trust for transfer to the needy family and realties in Bangladesh. Read more >>

13-08-2007 06:33 | 1 addition

Climate Camp Sunday afternoon

The video and pics shows FIT team and Camp. Read more >>

12-08-2007 22:39

Residents, artists unite to celebrate villages threatened by Heathrow

"An Airport is a non-place. This is Our Place."

This weekend local residents of Harmondsworth and Sipson, villages both threatened by the proposed third runway at Heathrow, joined artists and climate change activists in a celebration of their homes and local history.
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12-08-2007 21:48

"Do not make political actions for us": Catalan Four

The Catalan four arrested and imprisoned in Oaxaca have asked that no one makes protest for them, as they were not doing anything political.

First in Spanish, then the English translation. Read more >>

12-08-2007 20:09

Video of Climate Camp.

Very quick edit. Read more >>

12-08-2007 18:42 | 1 addition

FIT Watch at Climate Camp

FIT Watch will have an active presence at Climate Camp from Tuesday morning both at Staines Station and the camp itself.

We are also hoping to form a rota of people to stand outside camp trying to prevent FIT from taking photos, and adding to our own database of police photos.

Please help us and get involved – let’s show we will not accept their repressive policing.

We will have a workshop on Tuesday at 4:30pm at the camp to set up a rota. This workshop will also deal with the legalities of dealing with FIT Teams and will discuss how we can resist them in the future.

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11-08-2007 16:03

Undercover Notes From Oaxaca: Cops, lies and videotape

It’s been a tough two weeks. From election coverage, police monitoring to murder for timber.

But now, as I should be on a bus out of this hellhole masquerading as a happy tourist resort, but a zone of paranoia for an undercover journalist, I am compelled to get all this down. For one thing, purely to document the situation should I not make it out of here. Read more >>

11-08-2007 04:31

An Open Letter To Bertie Ahern

An open letter to the current Taoiseach of Ireland regarding the M-3 motorway scheme. Read more >>

09-08-2007 17:27

The collapse of London Underground’s privatisation: Livingstone to the rescu

Metronet has been put into administration with debts of at least £2 billion. It had two of the three 30-year, £17 billion contracts under the Labour government’s hugely unpopular Public Private Partnership (PPP) programme to maintain and renew the London Underground rail network. Metronet’s owners, five international corporations, refused to put in another penny beyond their original £350 million commitment under the terms of the contract. Read more >>

09-08-2007 09:13

DATA KITS BREAKING UK LAWS Pt 2

Data Kits UK is under ATTACK......... Read more >>

08-08-2007 21:33

No Border Camp benefit in London this Sat!

Acoustic sounds plus DJs, at The Cross Kings (near Kings Cross) from 7pm.... Read more >>

08-08-2007 12:02

Does an East End local copuncil ward by-election mean much to wider society?

What is the message being sent out by the various ‘workers’ doing the factional ‘canvassing’ for their respective factional ‘candidate’ at the inner city, ‘deprived’ East London council ward of Shadwell [London Borough of Tower Hamlets Council] where polling is due to take place at the enforced by-election on Thursday 9 August 2007 ? Read more >>

07-08-2007 23:02

The Cuban Five: Mission against Terror

This interview with Leonard Weinglass, appeals attorney for Antonio Guerrero was conducted by Gloria La Riva, coordinator of the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five, on August 1, 2007. Read more >>

07-08-2007 19:11

Automatic Numberplate Recognition Cameras creating a 'total police state'

Philip Hollobone, Conservative MP for Kettering wants the system extended. Why not tell him what you think of that idea on his blog?: Read more >>

07-08-2007 15:14 | 1 addition

Four Internationals arrested and detained in Oaxaca for watching a video

Four internationals were arrested on the evening of the election, 5 August, by Federal Police for the crime of watching a video of last year's riots on a television screen set up in the in Zocalo. Read more >>

06-08-2007 13:38

Protest in support of Starbucks workers, 18 August

Starbucks in an anti-union company that exploits its coffee shop workers as well as the people who grow the coffee beans it uses. That's why on Saturday 18 August, No Sweat and the Industrial Workers of the World union will be holding a national day of action to expose Starbucks' abuses and support Starbucks workers fight to get organised. Read more >>

05-08-2007 15:39

Royal Mail wildcats spread to north of England

The wildcat strikes at Royal Mail which began in Glasgow, spread across Scotland, and ended today also reached Newcastle, Liverpool and Chester on Thursday. And Hartlepool on Friday. Read more >>