London Social Struggles Newswire Archive

09-05-2005 12:53

we need YOUR HGELP now ILLEGAL EVICTION peckham

for the third time Builders & Police are attempting to illegally evict our site Read more >>

06-05-2005 14:45

ROAD ALERT- Next anti roads and Runways meeting

Next Anti roads and Runways Meeting: May 7th, 10:30 AM
The SUMAC Centre, 245 Gladstone Street, Forest Fields, Nottingham NG7 6HX. 08454 589595
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06-05-2005 06:40

Tomorrow - Direct Action Affinity Group Training - proposed timetable

Proposed timetable for tomorrow's direct action training for DSEI and G8. Read more >>

05-05-2005 15:13

Murdoch dubs Lib Dems "extremists"

The "Rupert Murdoch Says" section from today's Sun makes it pretty clear who the rabid racists are most afraid of.

Make Rupert Cry! Vote Lib Dem! Read more >>

04-05-2005 20:31

Labour Leader Out

Blair's Labour-strong hold constituency of Sedgefield saw a peace festival this weekend at Westgate Grange Farm, a few miles out of Sedgefield. Read more >>

04-05-2005 16:54

'Blairgate' - Britain's Election Tsunami

Felicity Arbuthnot who has been working with independent candidate Reg Keys, who is standing against Tony Blair in the Sedgefield constituency, gives an overview of the anti-war candidates who are trying to reveal Labour cover-up over the Gulf war Read more >>

04-05-2005 13:39

Muslim call for Islamic reformation

Muslim call for Islamic reformation
Irshad Manji plans progressive Muslim think-tank
London meeting to challenge fundamentalism
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04-05-2005 12:17

Mayday 2005 Video: Police Create "Bubble" Trapping Protestors - Hackney

Videoclip showing a rolling series of successive aggrevations as police try to force protestors into a "bubble" near to Tescos, Hackney. Read more >>

03-05-2005 19:46

Yet more photos from Mayday precarity action

More photos from Sunday's precarity action Read more >>

03-05-2005 18:09

Darfur “die-in” at Downing Street

400,000 murdered, three million refugees and rising. Call for UK, EU & UN action to stop the genocide in Darfur. Read more >>

03-05-2005 16:43

Personal Account of EuroMayDay Action in London

Why was the police so violent during Sunday's MayDay action in Hackney? Read more >>

03-05-2005 16:34

Mayday 2005 Video: Train to Hackney

Videoclip taken from inside the train to Hackney central, quite surreally packed full with both police and protestors. Read more >>

03-05-2005 16:25

US First "Lady" Reveals: GWB in Masturbation of Horse

03 May 2005 Laura Bush showed the other side of the Sourthern Belle Saturday night (live) when she protrayed your Dear Leader, Pres. George W. Bush, as masturbating a male horse. What other kinds of animal husbandry do they practice down there on the farm? Read more >>

03-05-2005 14:14

Mayday 2005 Video: Highbury and Islington Station

Videoclip showing visible aggrevation between police and protestors following an arrest made at Highbury and Islington station. Read more >>

03-05-2005 09:50

Mayday 2005 Photos: Train, Supermarket & Bubble

Some further pictures of Mayday 2005 @ Tesco. Read more >>

02-05-2005 17:44

More London Euromayday pics

After a short walk from Bethnal Green to Hackney (escorted by a couple of Special Branch chaps in their tasty blue flouro jackets), a group of precarious arrived to find a 24-hour Tescos being protected by the state's heavies. Read more >>

02-05-2005 15:17

Downing street and Whitehall blockaded by refugees holding a 'Die In'.

Today over 200 human rights campaigners (most of them Sudanese refugees) blockaded Downing Street and part of Whitehall to protest over government inaction over the genocide in Darfur, Sudan. Many of the demonstraters carried the names of some of the estimated 300,000 people that have been murdered during the ethnic cleansing or have died as a result of it. 3,000 people are dying in the region every week, thats 52 9/11s every year!

The Police were taken completely by surprise by the action and had no choice but to let it go ahead. They were outnumbered by about 20-1. There were no arrests.

The international community could easily act to stop what is a totally preventable trajedy of biblical proportions. This would cost a fraction of the money spent murdering 100,000 civilians in Iraq. But there is no oil in Darfur is there? Read more >>

02-05-2005 00:17

Pictures of the London Mayday PRECARITY action.

After a brief but meaningful visit to TESCOs in Hackney, a few hundred like minded individuals were herded onto the pavement outside the store and held in the sunshine for about one hour and a half. The arrests and aggressive behaviour by the Police were met by an equal amount of determination/dignity/solidarity by the protesters inside and outside of the cordon.
The demo was moved to London Fields were the party continued with the aid of the samba band.
There was more Police aggression resulting in more arrests and solidarity/resistance. Eventually the cops withdrew after an afternoon of unecessary provocation and bullying.
WELL DONE to everyone who turned out to protest, create, party and defy the intimidation.
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01-05-2005 18:07

Space Hijacker Cricket

As the TUC rallied in Trafalgar Square, just 200 metres up the road, something sinister was brewing... Read more >>

01-05-2005 15:17

Pix of Critical Mass London, 11th Birthday Ride, Fri 29 Apr 05 - Set 1 of 2

Static and from-the-saddle pictures of Critical Mass London's 11th Birthday Ride.

For permission to copy and use, see CopyLeft at the end of the story below the photos.
For a link to the other set of photos, see one of the comments at the foot of this page.
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