London Social Struggles Newswire Archive

24-01-2008 16:38

The Problem With...Hope

I need to talk to you about hope. I need to warn you about having it, for merely by having hope you could become nothing more than a bundle of ineffectual good intentions. Hope could, in fact, be the single most dangerous thing to have in the environmental struggle we need to face up to.
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23-01-2008 15:18

Foie Gras demo 5pm tonight / police march today......

There is a Foie Gras demo this evening at 5pm meet at Holborn tube. We will be demonstrtaing at a restaraunt.....we ahve placards. Bring anything noisy.
Re : today's police demo....maybe I missed something.....but where was everyone?
And to the bunch of cunts who did absolutely NOTHING when a {non cop} protester was grabbed by police, you should be ashamed of yourselves. Other than that incident which didn't result in arrest and getting an eansy weansy minor shove myself {I think it was a "man" thing...} it went off peacefully so far....looking foward to seeing the pics of the spoof police stall....well done to you!!
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23-01-2008 13:42

Anti-sweatshop benefit gig with Rob Newman, London, 31 January

Come and have a laugh while helping to raise money for anti-capitalist international workers' solidarity campaigning... Read more >>

23-01-2008 12:51

Down with EU Constitution

video about EU Project Read more >>

23-01-2008 11:50 | 1 addition

rampART social centre still hanging in there

Seems many people seem to think rampART has closed. IT HAS NOT !

The legal process is still ticking along with a decision expected soon on whether we can have an appeal hearing. In the meantime it is not possible for the 'owner' to get a warrant of possesion so there is no immediate threat of eviction.

We'd like to remind people that the space is still available for events etc and that we have a backup space should eviction interfere with peoples plans. However, keeping two spaces open has been a major drain on everyone involved and the rampART itself is not getting the attention it deserves for the last few weeks.

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23-01-2008 07:01

Police demo in London.

Sorry this has been copied but it is important information for those who want to ensure that the law is complied with by these demonstators. Read more >>

21-01-2008 11:22

Support a woman's right to choose: picket the Christian Medical Foundation

Join the Feminist Fightback picket of the Christian Medical Foundation to defend the time limit on abortion and oppose attacks on the reproductive rights that women have won in the last 40 years.
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21-01-2008 00:14

LSE Union Launches "Women's Week" to Combat Gender Inequalities

The London School of Economics Students' Union this week launches its annual Women's Week in order to highlight women's issues and gender inequality. The week will consist of a number of events arranged by the SU, a number of its societies and several external campaign groups. Read more >>

20-01-2008 21:19

Oppose The Police Federation - Weds 23rd January

Details of the opposition being planned to the cheekiest march of all time. Read more >>

20-01-2008 20:18 | 1 addition

Tony Blair War Crimes File Referred to CPS

The Scotland Yard War Crimes Unit investigation into allegations against Tony Blair, Lord Goldsmith and others has been handed to the CPS. Read more >>

19-01-2008 13:09

Haiti: FRAPH Founder Toto Constant Opts For A Trial In Mortgage Fraud Case

On January 9 in Brooklyn, New York, former death-squad leader Emmanuel “Toto” Constant, 51, rejected a plea bargain that would have sentenced him to three to nine years for his role in a mortgage fraud crime ring. Read more >>

19-01-2008 12:19

next Campaign for Free Assembly meeting tomorrow @LSE

Campaign for Free Assembly public meeting
Sunday January 20th 2pm-4pm
London School of Economics room H216, Connaught House
Map:

http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/mapsAndDirections/Default.htm Read more >>

19-01-2008 01:19 | 1 addition

Marylebone Rd protest against Total Oil support for Burma junta

Eight protestors held a demonstration at the Dorset House Total petrol station at 170-172 Marylebone Rd, calling on Total to stop funding the brutal military junta in Burma with hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
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18-01-2008 11:23 | 1 addition

Pauline Campbell NOT arrested at Holloway.

Just two days before the anniversary of her daughters death in Styal Prison in 2003, Pauline Campbell was back at Holloway on Wednesday to demonstrate over yet another self-inflicted death inside its walls.

24 year old Jamie Pearce died on the 10th of December though her death has only just been rerecorded as “self inflicted” from “Unclassified”. There are now officially 8 such deaths recorded in England and Wales in 2007 a 166% rise from the year before. This was the 27th protest that Pauline has staged since her campaign began in 2004.

The group of protesters included two ex-prisoners (male); two grieving mothers whose loved ones had died in the 'care' of prisons in England; the mother of a teenager currently incarcerated in HMP Holloway; and a friend of the late Harry Stanley, who was shot dead by police in 1999.

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17-01-2008 18:15

Google is making money by creeping porn sites into search results

Google is making money by creeping porn sites into search results Read more >>

17-01-2008 05:52

Social Centres Squat Mania

More Social Centres Wanted Now !!! Read more >>

15-01-2008 16:16

Supersize My Pay activist speaks in UK as part of anti-sweatshop week of action

The No Sweat campaigns third week of anti-sweatshop action will be taking place 11-18 February 2008, including a speaker from the Supersize My Pay campaign which has organised thousands of young fast food workers in New Zealand. Read more >>

14-01-2008 21:45

Protest - why should we ask?

"In response to the government's 'consultation' on managing protest around parliament we should not need to ask permission from 'the state' to demonstrate against 'the state'."
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14-01-2008 16:11

BBC to interview Cuban Five lawyer...

The Cuba Solidarity Campaign is delighted to announce that Leonard Weinglass, US Attorney for the Miami Five, will be live on BBC Radio 5 on Thursday 17 January 2008.

Weinglass will guest on the Simon Mayo show next Thursday at 2.15pm UK time.
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13-01-2008 17:09

Mapuche Comunero Died in Confrontation with Police near Vilcun, Chile.

A young Mapuche 'comunero' (member of the local community) died early this morning, it is thought after being wounded by police officers that fired at him at a farm under police protection on the outskirts of Vilcun, in the Araucania region.
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