London Social Struggles Newswire Archive

12-07-2008 20:03

London anti-scientology protest 12.07.08

Images from the London anti-scientology protest, called 'Operation cult's closed' - apparently organised by the 'Anonymous' underground movement.
This protest took place at two locations across London on Sunday 12.07.08. Read more >>

12-07-2008 14:31

End G8 Domination!

Joint Statement on the 34th G8 Summit in Toyako, Hokkaido, Japan Read more >>

12-07-2008 10:58 | 3 additions

Wallmapuen European Presentation Tour

*Wallmapuwen invites you to this unique event in his European Tour.* Read more >>

11-07-2008 22:28

Update- AR2008 Moved

AR2008 MOVED FROM AUSTRIA DUE TO STATE REPRESSION! Read more >>

10-07-2008 14:08

Lambeth residents and workers confront council over privatisation

A group of local trade unions and community groups fighting against plans to privatise local services yesterday confronted the Labour-run Council behind them. Under the banner of "Save Our Services in Lambeth", the group, including local teachers, lecturers, local government workers, tenants and leaseholders packed the public gallery at Lambeth Town Hall and quizzed the Cabinet Members responsible for widespread cuts and privatisation. Read more >>

10-07-2008 13:13

Wembley Tent City Occupation: Press Release, 30/06/2008

The Latest Press Release from the Wembley Tent City Occupation: Smash School Privatisation, dated 30 June 2008. Read more >>

10-07-2008 10:21

Greenwash Guerrillas vs. E.ON

All systems are go for the E.ON demo next Wednesday, where the Greenwash Guerrillas will greet delegates as they arrive at the E.ON sponsored Climate Change Summit being organised by the Guardian. Join us! Read more >>

10-07-2008 00:25 | 1 addition

Wembley Anti-Academy Tent City Facing Eviction: Party And Resist!!!

On Tuesday 15 July 2008 Brent Council representatives will attend Willesden County Court at 10.30am to seek a court order for the immediate eviction of the Wembley Sports Ground Tent City Occupation. Party Friday night. Meet the locals and get involved. Read more >>

08-07-2008 14:17

Yuppie flats for sale

Centrus at The Meads, 115 overpriced non-existent yuppie flats for sale, part of the St Modwen disastrous redevelopment of Farnborough town centre. A town in which there is an acute shortage of 2- 3-bedroom houses with gardens. Read more >>

08-07-2008 12:31

Happy Birthday Binyam! actions

The last Londoner in Guantánamo Bay turns 30 on 24/7 - after six years of illegal detention, he is suicidal and on hunger strike and facing the prospect of an unfair trial and the death penalty. In the run up to his 30th birthday, take action to get the British government to stop his trial and have him returned to this country. Read more >>

07-07-2008 11:13

'On The Verge': Smash EDO Film July 21st South London

Film Screening: ON THE VERGE: The Smash Edo Campaign
The film the cops tried to ban!!! Read more >>

06-07-2008 23:19

Wimbledon Southfields Total Oil Burma Protests

On 25th June and 2nd July the totaloutofburma.org team held a protest at Southfields Total Oil Station, 262 Wimbledon Park Road, London SW19 6NL. They leafleted the pedestrians attending the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament just down the road from the station. French Total Oil funds the brutal Burma junta with 500 million dollars a year and its gas pipeline in Burma was built with slave labour (see

http://www.totaldenialfilm.com). Read more >>

06-07-2008 20:52

Action against Private Equity July 17 1pm Trafalgar Square

*Join the Global Day of Action against one of the oldest and largest private equity firms in the world: KKR (Kohlberg, Kravitz and Roberts)* *Thursday July 17 1PM Trafalgar Square, under the lions*

On Thursday 17 July 2008, thousands of trade unions, community organisations, environmentalists, workers and activists will be taking part in a global day of action against KKR - actions are planned in 100 cities in 25 countries. Read more >>

03-07-2008 22:26 | 1 addition

42 days and hand over your flash card to the police

new anti terror legislation makes information free to police without court orders, warrants, arrest or suspicion Read more >>

03-07-2008 19:09

Bush-Arroyo Axis Plans Deeper U.S. Intervention In The Philippines

Via the corrupt Arroyo regime, Bush/Pentagon is planning deeper intervention in the "killing fields" of its former colony, in the name of the war against "terrorism." But this is bound to resuscitate the Furies of the Filipino-American War of 1899-1902, and arouse the revolutionary energies of 90 million Filipinos against US imperialism and global capital--a future that Washington is not yet prepared to contemplate. Read more >>

03-07-2008 15:47

I Stand by the River: a film showing about race and class in the US, 11 July

As part of Ideas for Freedom, the annual weekend of socialist discussion and debate, we will be showing "I Stand by the River", a film about the Memphis refuse workers' strike which Martin Luther King was supporting when he was assassinated in 1968. Read more >>

03-07-2008 13:53 | 1 addition

Massive Police training facility Gravesend, Kent - Pics

An aerial shot of one of the largest police training facilities in the world hunkered down in the luscious green pastures of Gravesend, Kent, where England’s formidable Metropolitan Police force tackles hypothetical anarchy in a lot that looks like a amusement park more so than a staging ground for urban unrest and abatement. The 9,250 square meter site (38-hectare) was opened back in 2003 by the private company Equion, according to the BBC “through the government's Private Finance Initiative, using both public and private money.” Read more >>

03-07-2008 10:43 | 1 addition

Wembley Summer Camp Open: Squat The Land, Smash School Privatisation

Teachers, residents and campaigners in Wembley, Brent, North West London, have re-squatted the Wembley Sports Ground and are calling out for people to join them, squat the land and join the largest protest against the privatisation of the UK education system. Read more >>

02-07-2008 22:13

Fitwatch at G8 Protests

4th July - Japanese Embassy - 12pm - 101-104 Piccadilly, London, W1J 7JT

5th July - London Fete Against the G8 - 12pm - Croydon Central, North End, Close to the entrance of Whitgift ShoppingCentre Read more >>

02-07-2008 21:58 | 1 addition

Tibetan Solidarity Benefit Night - Sat 5 July

BENEFIT NIGHT
Saturday 5 July
@RYAN"S BAR, 181 Church St, Stoke Newington, N16 0UL 8pm
ALL WELCOME! Suggested Donation: £3
Please come along and support the people in Tibet in solidarity.
Read more >>