London Social Struggles Newswire Archive

20-02-2008 22:43

France, Villiers le Bel: "Kill Me Instead, Right On the Spot!"

“I’ve never seen a police operation on this scale” declared the prosecutor who supervised the raids Monday morning in Villiers le Bel, a banlieue in northern Paris where riots took place last November after 2 young people were killed by a cop car. Read more >>

20-02-2008 15:07

Picket Foxtons In Islington Monday 3rd March

Estate agents are destroying communities. They are destroying London.

Foxtons, one of the most visible (and most unpleasant) will be picketed as part of a week of action against estate agents.

Lets stop moaning about housing issues, and begin to act! The sooner we stop the likes of Foxtons from operating in our communities, the sooner an affordable London could be built.

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19-02-2008 13:33

Fuck fine art

Fuck fine art- creation of a radical arts group! Read more >>

18-02-2008 13:10

Want to know how to take your campaign to the next level?

Applications for the Sheila McKechnie Awards Programme close on March 14! Read more >>

17-02-2008 23:26 | 1 addition

Food Not Bombs (Brixton) - Police Repression.

Those enjoying the regular open picnic were forced to leave Brixton Town Square today in a typically heavy-handed Metropolitan Police fiasco. Read more >>

17-02-2008 14:16

Venus, OIL & Eros.

Traditionally, tourists flock to Piccadilly circus to experience the bright and colourful but insanely expensive high tech billboard adverts. Yesterday however, Operation Infinite Love reclaimed the space beneath the statue of Eros for people and partying. The tourists absolutely loved the party in preference to those soulless repetitive animations promoting greedy destructive corporations. OIL is all about reclaiming love from the Valentine's day profiteers - the chocolate, card and flower producers. OIL proclaims loudly that love should always be free and is the answer to nearly all the world's problems whereas corporations and their violent lust for ever greater profits are the cause of so much injustice and environmental destruction.
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17-02-2008 13:50

Essex Students Reclaim Their Union

The majority opinion after the 2008 Sabbatical Elections of the Essex University Students’ Union was that the mandate for change that had been growing over the years was confirmed by the victories of the ViVA ESSEX sabbatical candidate team, who were aiming to reclaim the direction of the Union that saw its officers usually dominated by liberals and conservatives. However the night was bittersweet for many as the solidarity they shared began to hurt as their Presidential candidate narrowly failed to win the top position. Read more >>

16-02-2008 15:47

Rally against ExxonMobil in London this Wednesday 5pm-6.30pm!

In the past few days, British, Dutch and US courts have accepted a compensation claim by ExxonMobil and frozen up to £12 billion worth of Venezuela's assets. Hands Off Venezuela is calling for all supporters to protest against these provocative actions and tell ExxonMobil: Hands off Venezuela's oil! Join us outside its London offices this Wednesday (February 20th) from 5pm to 6.30pm, 3 Clements Inn WC2A, nearest Tubes: Temple, Holborn. Read more >>

15-02-2008 18:04 | 1 addition

Hackney Social Centre Opens!

London's newest autonomous zone opened last night with a free cafe, music, and a series of short films. Read more >>

15-02-2008 13:14

Scientology: what it is and why we fight it

0. Prologue.

Tottenham Court Road, 10th February 2008. A busy London high street filled with shoppers. On one side of the road, the “Dianetics and Scientology Life Improvement Centre”. On the other, a crowd of people clad in V for Vendetta masks, dancing to Rick Astley and holding placards. Fair Game. Lisa McPherson. The Rehabilitation Project Force. What in the name of Xenu are they on about? Read more >>

15-02-2008 12:50

LSE Union Demands Divestment from Israel

The London School of Economics Students' Union (LSESU) yesterday voted overwhelmingly to call on its university and the National Union of Students (NUS) to divest from companies that provide military and commercial support for the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land, condemning the decades of human rights abuses and systematic oppression that has occurred as a result. Read more >>

14-02-2008 23:05

Cuban Students Denounce Manipulation

Students whose images were exploited by different foreign media to present them as a sign of rebellion against the Cuban government spoke during a video interview denouncing the manipulations that occurred and denying that they were arrested on Tuesday. Read more >>

14-02-2008 16:41

Unofficial "Memories" of Colombia's Armed Conflict

London Branch 19th February, 7.30pm. Read more >>

14-02-2008 12:38

Carmel Blockade photos

12/02/08 Brighton and London Palestine Solidarity demonstrators blockade Camel Agrexcos main UK headquarters in Hayes, Middlesex but run into the violent workforce first. Read more >>

14-02-2008 04:14 | 1 addition

Total's Gain Burma's Pain in French Total Oil's 4Q Results

Whilst Total announced that its fourth-quarter profits had risen 62 per cent to 5.23 billion US dollars exploiting high oil prices, eighteen protesters at Total's London HQ on February 13th, announced the real results of Total's exploitation of the oppressed Burmese in Totalitarian Burma.
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14-02-2008 03:47 | 1 addition

Don't leave Burma to Rambo

Rambo is just a fantasy hero, but the violence and villains depicted in the latest Rambo movie are a reality in Burma. At the UK premiere of Rambo, the pro-democracy Burmese community thanked Sylvester Stallone for helping to raise awareness of the genocide and atrocities of the Burmese military junta.
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13-02-2008 22:41

documentary:a little bit of so much truth (Oaxaca rebellion)

In the summer of 2006, a broad-based, non-violent, popular uprising exploded in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. Some compared it to the Paris Commune, while others called it the first Latin American revolution of the 21st century.
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13-02-2008 17:31

We Own The Streets - Campaign for Free Assembly meeting 16th February

Campaign for Free Assembly public meeting
Saturday 16th February 2pm-4pm
London School of Economics room H103, Connaught House
Map:

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13-02-2008 16:23

Iraq 5 years on... events at Housmans in March

In light of the sombre fifth anniversary of this most recent invasion of Iraq by the US and UK governments, Housmans is hosting a series of events reflecting on what has come to pass, and examining different facets of the fallout of the war and the continuing occupation. Read more >>

12-02-2008 14:51

Philippines: Greed, Corruption and Illegitimate Debt

Greed is defined as an excessive or uncontrolled desire for or pursuit of money, wealth, food, or other possessions especially when this denies the same goods to others. It is reprehensible acquisitiveness, an insatiable longing for power, and supremacy in order to advance individual interests at the cost of other's well being.

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