UK Indymedia - UK Anti-racism Newswire Archive

Major Construction Boss Supports The EDL ( #edl #anonymous #corporatewatch #edl

20-12-2012 13:06

One of the largest construction companies in the North of England, Westall Construction Services, is owned and managed by millionairre Samuel Westall, who uses YouTube, FB and his Twitter feed to spread racist EDL propaganda against British Muslim citizens, including the EDL's racist "Muslim Bombers" song. Westall Construction are the UK's biggest building company, and supply nationwide construction services to employing 1700 people with engineers in every area. McDonalds, Burger King, River Island, and RBS (which they have a partnership) and other global brands to name but a few, work with Westall Construction Limited.

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Exeter Picturehouse cinemas targeted in new campaign against Barnardo's / Cedars

19-12-2012 06:23

This weekend activists from South Wales No Borders teamed up with people in Exeter, Devon after a call-out to challenge Picturehouse cinemas about their link to Barnardo's - the children's charity that believes in locking up children.

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Travellers celebrate “step in the right direction” as Basildon approve planning application for a 15 pitch Traveller site

12-12-2012 08:05

Yesterday evening Basildon Borough Council’s planning committee finally passed a planning application for 15 pitches to accommodate some of the most vulnerable homeless Gypsy and Traveller families in Basildon. This is the first site approved by the Council since official planning needs assessments in 2006 stated the need for between 157 and 163 pitches for Gypsy and Traveller families in Basildon by 2011.[1]

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Help with planning appeal signatures needed for sustainable smallholding

11-12-2012 21:52

My parents are appealing against a rejection for planning permission. They live on 5 acres of land near Baydon, Berkshire on a mobile home (hence the reason for rejection). They have built a sustainable smallholding, which is producing eggs and meat for the local community.

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Athens: Explosive attack at Chrissi Avgi/Golden Dawn offices

10-12-2012 18:19

Responsibility claim for the bomb which was detonated at the nationalist party’s local headquarters in Aspropyrgos in the early hours of December 4th, 2012:

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Police places pressure on relatives and friends of jailed Russian antifascists

08-12-2012 19:59

Antifascists Alexey Sutuga and Alexey Olesinov have already been in the"Butyrka" prison in Moscow for more than half a year. Investigator Y. Egorov, who is conducting the investigation, is expected to modify the criminal case into a more serious one.

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Thoughts On The EDL’s South West Regional Meeting

08-12-2012 19:10

Last weekend the EDL held a south west regional organising meeting. here's a bit of info and thoughts.

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URGENT: Dawn raid on family in Glasgow - Protest tomorrow!

02-12-2012 15:20

Mazhar Hussain, his wife Uzma and their daughters, 15 year old Khudaijah, 13 year old Areej and their 4 year old son Shahmer were arrested in their house in Glasgow this morning by UKBA Immigration Enforcement Officers.

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EDL Death Knell!

02-12-2012 09:57

EDL end a dreadful year with 3 feeble demos.

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Police, army turn terror on Jaffna University students

01-12-2012 20:00

According to reports from Jaffna, the Jaffna University students wearing black bands were staging the protest rally opposite the university main entrance around 11 am when hundreds of police and military personnel attacked them with poles, wires and cables, seriously wounding at least seven of them.

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Israel military boycott over Gaza assault

30-11-2012 11:13

Nobel peace laureates call for Israel military boycott over Gaza assault ...... Letter with 52 signatories including artists and activists also denounces US and EU 'complicity' through weapons sales ..... A group of Nobel peace prize-winners, prominent artists and activists have issued a call for an international military boycott of Israel following its assault on the Gaza Strip this month. The letter also denounces the US, EU and several developing countries for what it describes as their "complicity" through weapons sales and other military support in the attack that killed 160 Palestinians, many of them civilians, including about 35 children.

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EDL leader among six hit with fraud charges

28-11-2012 15:42

"THE LEADER of the English Defence League (EDL), Tommy Robinson aka Stephen Lennon, has been charged along with five people on a series of fraud charges.

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Palestinian As One

27-11-2012 03:55

PALESTINIAN AS ONE is a short film inspired by the people of Palestine, featuring images of their resistance and world wide solidarity protests again Israel's latest massacre upon GAZA. The film features music by Jeremy Karodia & Ravi Naidoo and can be seen here -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQJ0UnfWR8M&feature=share&list=UU7XhMItxEJ2mNmwSoflTHLQ

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URGENT: Christine must stay!

26-11-2012 19:47

Christine Nakato a young woman from Uganda who has been in detention since April this year is facing removal from the UK tomorrow on Tuesday 27th November on Flight QR76 at 15.05 hrs from Heathrow.

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Wandsworth Washout!

25-11-2012 12:36

The EDL 'international' demo in support of jailed career criminal Tommy Robinson was a dismal affair with hardly 50 showing up!

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STOP Cameron and Boundary Commission's attack on the East End

20-11-2012 16:43

The Boundary Commission has got itself into a second problem that shows it to be disrespectful towards Society. The Commission's alleged interest in dropping the word 'banglatown” from the name of the Tower Hamlets Council ward that contains the Brick lane London E1 area. It is now known as "Spitalfields and Banglatown". The Kheydaieelaar! campaign has just been launched to stop this latest attack on the area.

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Get the EDL out of London - Nov 24th

18-11-2012 13:53

“The E.D.L (English Defence League) is a group of pathetic racist, fascist mugs who blame everything on Muslims.

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Taking The PCC!

16-11-2012 15:46

Kev Karol came 4th out of 5 candidates in the PCC elections which he is claiming is a historic victory - much like was Stalingrad for Hitler and Waterloo for the French!

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