UK Other Press Newswire Archive
Cops Admit FIT Watch works
24-08-2008 11:23
An article on The Register about amateur photographers getting nicked/harassed by the cops for taking photos includes, effectively, an admission that FIT Watch is worrying the copsCall for a General Strike Gaining Huge Momentum
23-08-2008 00:09
A global war on terror where any citizen from any country can be spied on (FISA Act) Have their homes broken into without a search warrant (Patriot Act) Be held in secrets prisons (extraordinary rendition) held without charges, bail, attorneys or access to family, tortured (enhanced interrorgation)indefinately requires a global response. A Global General Strike. Please join me and millions of others in 5 days of civil dis obedience world wide."Hitler & Phelps at the Munich Olympics" - Venezuelan TV shock
22-08-2008 20:02
TVes is a publically owned Venezuelan telly station which took the frequency of the previous "Radio Caracas Televisión" channel whose license wasn't renewed by Chavez. Thus this story is not anti-Chavez nor particularly anti-Venezuelan square eyed telly viewer, for less than 10% of the previous channel's viewers continue to watch (according to "The Economist").the story -
Willie Oviedo the Sports commentator of TVes confidently told Olympic fans that Hitler had refused to present the gold medals Michael Phelps won, in the 1972 Olympics in Munich.
London Olympics: a new phase in the waste of money
22-08-2008 20:01
This Week In Palestine week 34 2008
22-08-2008 17:34
This Week In Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.IMEMC.org, for August 16th, through August, 22nd, 2008.
Early Warning : Action in time to affect Copenhagen 09 = diary 6 Dec 08 today !
21-08-2008 15:28
Meeting report from tuesdays opening meeting forLONDON , SATURDAY 6 DECEMBER MARCH, "VERY CRITICAL MASS" CYCLIST ACTIONS ETC
to coincide with the preparatory UN meeting for the Copenhagen "WHAT NEXT AFTER "KYOTO" RUNS OUT" big, globally crucial "once-in-ten-years" ( but-we-mightnt-get-a-next-ten-years ) time when the worlds signatories to Kyoto prepare the documents etc for Copenhagen itself.
( after the USAs election, post-campaign but prior to the actual inauguration, is also when diplomats etc "reset their clocks/ mental images of the world " . . . when a heck of a lot of people, imagination, etc on the streets could have a seriously useful effect . . . hence worth thinking about doing a little bit at the moment to put a mention of it into that mailout, onto the website calendar, putting it onto the Womens Institute meetings agenda - or yours !
Are Gambari and Ban Ki Moon impartial in Burma crisis?
21-08-2008 14:04
The solution of the current crisis of Burma is to implement 1990 elections result and transfer the power to democratically elected leader and partyPalestine Today 082008
20-08-2008 13:49
Palestine Today 081908
19-08-2008 14:43
'Wipe off the map': The Tip of an Iceberg
18-08-2008 17:03
Palestine Today 081808
18-08-2008 15:36
Fight Speciesism! #4 - Out Now
18-08-2008 01:19
We'd also like to remind everyone that the Carnival Against Vivisection is next month in solidarity with Sean Kirtley. Don't forget to make flags and banners etc, or see the link below to buy flags from RoC.
Check out our press release:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/07/403927.html
Class War bookstall in Tynemouth 17th August
16-08-2008 21:50
Sunday 10-4pm, a regional bookfair in North Shields, on the way to Whitley Bay, is taking place. There will be an anarchist and communist bookstall, covering many historical issues, including Labour movement e.g. Durham Miners Association and IWW.This Week in Palestine week 33 2008
15-08-2008 16:04
AMW slams Israeli inaction over Reuters death, & British media silence
15-08-2008 13:34
AMW expresses concern that the investigation's decision has been almost completely ignored by the mainstream British press, the sole exception being Guardian correspondent Rory McCarthy. This is surprising given its life-threatening implications for all journalists reporting from the occupied Palestinian territories.
A Mexican-wave style collapse of bullfight stadium!
15-08-2008 12:20
Bull-fighting fanatics got a taste of their own medicine when their seating gave way at the local bullring in the town of Planadas.
Background to the Polish & US / Russia missile crises silliness.
14-08-2008 18:39
As fans of aunty Beeb will have noticed we have just moved one step closer to a proper geopolitical crises this afternoon with agreement being reached by Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Radosław Sikorski, and US Under-Secretary of State John Rood to station 10 missile interceptors in the eastern European state.This surprise announcement came after what had been described as a "further round of Polish-US talks will take place in Warsaw regarding the placing of elements of the US anti-missile defence system in Poland."
Palestine Today 081408
14-08-2008 13:48
REMEMBER EACH ELEVENTH . . . . progress, despite desperate "minderbinder" ploys!
14-08-2008 10:25
The "remember each eleventh" campaign is based around the idea that the eleventh of the eleventh "poppy day" isnt enough, these days, as we seem not to "remember" so much that our repetitions of past tragedies is almost past farcical . . . . hence, 12 times a year, a week of action around the eleventh around the widest possible formal/informal coalition, on the lines of the passionate reasoning that put the circular "wreath" on a lasting memorial in whitehall ( a "traffic hazard", "sticking up like a sore thumb" as the blocking efforts of the bureacrats of the time had it ) - to represent those of all spiritual traditions, politics, etc - but also those without.THIS IS A QUICK UPDATE - 14 aug 08