London Social Struggles Newswire Archive

07-04-2008 14:16

Olympic Torch Relay: Heated Arguments in Trafalgar Square

After the torch had left there were arguments in Trafalgar Square between Chinese supporters of the Olympics and human rights demonstrators.
Pictures copyright (C) 2008, Peter Marshall. All rights reserved. Read more >>

07-04-2008 13:59

Chinese Torture Torch Relay Shames Olympic Ideals

Pictures and text from Bloomsbury, Sunday April 6, 2008 as the Olympic torch rally passed through with no sign of the torch at all.
Images copyright (C) 2008, Peter Marshall. All rights reserved. Read more >>

07-04-2008 08:10

"Freedom wins" says the Sun

It is deeply saddening that so many fellow activists fall for this Whitehall-orchestrated stunt on Tibet...

They seem to forget all too easily that for five hundred years, hundreds of millions of indigenous peoples were slaughtered, decimated, deported, enslaved, starved, exterminated, impoverished, and forcibly assimilated into an emerging world system dominated by Western Europe. Read more >>

06-04-2008 22:37 | 2 additions

Days of Action For Squats and Autonomous Spaces

Towards the end of last year an international call out was made for decentralised days of action for squats and autonomous spaces. Following the call out there was a preparatory meeting at Les Tanneries in Dijon and later still a National Squatters Meeting in Leeds to discuss UK actions and events in response to the call out... Read more >>

06-04-2008 22:11

Cordial Council of Resistance | 1012 - 2012 | Humanity in the UK

12th & 19th April | UK Civil Liberties Mobilisation for 2012 | Meetings & Workshops!
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05-04-2008 15:18

Campaign For Free Assembly Demo.

The demo went from Trafalgar Square via Parliament Square to the Home Office and back to Parliament Square then along Whitehall to the pub.

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05-04-2008 12:08 | 1 addition

Codename 'Two Point Two'

On the run up to the decentralised days of action for squats and autonomous spaces (

http://april2008.squat.net), a new squat has been opened to provide yet another autonomous social centre in London. Read more >>

05-04-2008 11:33

Stop Lib Dembs padlocking Paddick who wants to say NO to Crossrail

In January 2008, the Lib Dems' 'candidate' for 'mayor' at the London elections scheduled for 1 May 2008, said that Crossrail was not about benefiting ordinary commuters Read more >>

04-04-2008 20:13

BNP candidate: 'The Asians are rubbish...'

Beacon's back! Read more >>

04-04-2008 17:47

Totalitarian Fossil Fools Day report

Totalitarian Fossil Fools Day took place at the Dorest House Total Petrol Station 170-172 Marylebone Rd on April 1st. Joining in with the events of

http://www.fossilfoolsday.org the 5 protesters demonstrated against the French oil company's fossil foolishness causing climate change and pollution as well as the usual protest against Total's support of the brutal Burma junta. Total funds the evil junta with 500 million dollars a year and its gas pipeline in Burma was built with slave labour (see

http://www.totaldenialfilm.com).
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04-04-2008 08:38

MP hurts cyclist whilst driving out of parliament - was he breathalised?

A crazed war monger, who had probably just left the commons bar, mows down a cyclist trying to save the planet he is intent on destroying.

Whilst it is standard procedure to breathalise drivers involved in accidents no mention has been made of whether this was done. Read more >>

03-04-2008 13:10

Direct action gets the goods once again, this time in London

An underpaying, exploitative restuarant boss in London was forced to pay a foreign kitchen porter his owed wages and also holiday pay when a picket arrived outside his restaurant, backed up by threats of legal action. Read more >>

03-04-2008 11:27

EuroMayDay Promo Video

A EuroMayDay promo video has been made and is on YouTube. Check it out! Link it. Add it to your blog/MySpace, etc... Read more >>

01-04-2008 18:22

Gigs, Gardens & Grub! Action for Squats & Autonomous Spaces - Events in Reading!

As part of the global days of action for squats and autonomous spaces (see

http://april2008.squat.net or

http://www.indymedia.org.uk "upcoming coverage" in top left corner of home page) two (maybe three!) events will take place in Reading, Berks.
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01-04-2008 12:26

Direct Action news reports - Greece 3/08

revolution by night Read more >>

31-03-2008 14:58

London Olympic Flame Route protests 6th April

"Fears of violent clashes on London's streets grow as flame becomes symbol of protest over Tibet".
Its a crap article from the The Observer, Sunday March 30 2008, but it highlights some interesting informational material for those who wish to join in actions against the Olympics in China, the 2012 London Olympics and the historical part Olympic Games in general have in repression and gentrification in host cities. Affinity group action opportunity!! Spread the word!! Read more >>

31-03-2008 05:46

London Critical Mass visits the Chinese Embassy on its March 2008 ride.

Video

http://www.archive.org/details/cml28-3-08 Read more >>

30-03-2008 12:43

Harringey Residents protest planned post office closures

Seven Post Office branches serving local communities around Haringey are being
threatened with closure. Residents protested outside the threatened post offices, and Wood Green library and Post Office. These photos show the protest at West Green Road, and march from there to Wood Green. Read more >>

29-03-2008 23:15

Mumia Abu-Jamal: planning meeting for next protest action

Planning meeting: Thursday 3 April - 7pm. To prepare for a protest outside the US Embassy at 1pm on Saturday 19 April to coincide with other international protests. Read more >>

29-03-2008 11:57

Asking Sarkozy to kick Total Out of Burma at Arsenal Summit

At the Anglo-French summit held at Arsenal Emirates Football Stadium on Thursday 27th April, protesters asked French President Sarkozy to kick French Total Oil out of Burma. President Sarkozy has previously told Total not to make further investment in Burma, but Total currently funds the brutal military regime with over 500 million dollars a year. In December it upgraded its offshore gas platform whilst asking its corrupt military partners for a maritime exclusion zone around the platform.
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