UK Social Struggles Newswire Archive
Reporters San Frontieres organises 24-hour online demo against Internet censors
04-11-2006 12:10
Everyone is invited to connect to the Reporters Without Borders website (www.rsf.org) between 11 a.m. on 7 November and 11 a.m. on 8 November.
http://www.rsf.org/self_en.php3 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=19558 Burningman Countercultural Arts and Music Festival Holds their Annual "Decom"
04-11-2006 10:41
Investigators slip up in Brad Will case, while seven journalists hurt in Oaxaca
03-11-2006 20:35
Latest report from Reporters San Frontiers on Oaxaca and journalist injuries and deaths. Plus three of the five arrested for the murder of American flimaker and journalsit William Bradley Roland have escaped from custody.Stop the War's People's Assembly: Islamophobia and the war on terror
03-11-2006 20:19
The People's Assembly aims to bring people together to discuss the relationship between Islamophobia and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and to organise our campaign in response to war and racism.We are asking peace and anti-war groups, trade unions, faith groups and organisations, community groups, political parties and any other representative organisations to send delegates to this important meeting. We also welcome individuals as observers.
Timeline from Oaxaca City, 2 November, 2006 (Part 1)
03-11-2006 17:47
short minute to minute from oaxaca this morning...shots fired at Radio Universidad 7 amAnother of Posada’s accomplices carries secrets to the grave
03-11-2006 15:34
RAFAEL "Chi Chi" Quintero Ibarbía, one of Luis Posada Carriles’ closest henchmen in the Ilopango scandal and also a CIA agent of Cuban origin, drew his last breath on October 1 in Baltimore (Maryland), aged 66.25 Slovene Roma people evicted from their homes and deported to the former refug
03-11-2006 14:55
A group of Roma people had to flee their homes, situated in vicinity of village Ambrus. Attended by police units, the family of twenty-five members surrendered the escalation of the non-Roma local residents who strictly demanded Roma people's immidiate deportation. A group of about five hundred angry locals approached Roma settlement on saturday evening, threatening to cast them out by force and damage their houses.Full article | 1 addition | 1 comment
---Oaxaca: the people win an important battle against the police!---
03-11-2006 13:12
The APPO has forced the PFP into a retreat from its attempted incursion into the Benito Juarez University. But the war is far from over.
In Iraq, the past comes back to haunt!
03-11-2006 11:29
Below is an article from the BBC on the Iraqi independence revolution of 1958. This revolution not only saw the execution and overthrow of the British installed monarchy but the Iraqi people made history, one year later in 1959 by electing the first ever female cabinet minister to any Arab government.Timeline from Oaxaca City, 2 November, 2006 (Part 4)
03-11-2006 08:54
Oaxacans push federal police out after violent assault on university, dozensmissing and injured. All times are local time in Oaxaca.
Timeline from Oaxaca City, 2 November, 2006 (Part 3)
03-11-2006 00:09
Minute to Minute up to 16:27 today, Oaxacans push federal police out of university barricades, possibly one APPO member dead, many injured. All times are local time in Oaxaca.Photos: "Day of the Dead", Mexican Embassy, London. (02.11.06)
03-11-2006 00:07
Mews From Mexico
02-11-2006 23:59
Some recent emails from Mexico regarding the situation in OAXACA.Bristol alt media is back with Bristle 23
02-11-2006 22:46
But we are fighting for another world
Issue 23 of Bristle magazine is out now, sticking it’s size 10’s (and 9’s, 7’s, 5’s…) into the nationalism & identity issues with a special feature.
“Welcome, dear reader, to our humble offering of alternative print media opposing the forces of darkness – capital, the state and religious fundamentalists.” (Bristle 23, editorial, page 1)
Timeline from Oaxaca City, 2 November, 2006 (Part 2)
02-11-2006 22:17
Minute by minute reporting from Mexico - all times are local times in MexicoTimeline from Oaxaca City, 2 November, 2006
02-11-2006 21:40
Minute by minute reporting from Mexico - all times are local times in MexicoStop Shell Speaker Tour in Birmingham November 9th 7.30pm
02-11-2006 21:06
The Stop Shell speaker tour is coming to Birmingham on November 9th 2006. To include films and a talk, dur: approx. 1hFull article | 1 addition | 2 comments
Shell disrupted in Reading! Solidarity with Rossport and Niger!
02-11-2006 18:14
12 protestors blockaded a Shell garage in Reading last night, effectively stopping business for an hour. This action was taken in solidarity with communities struggling against destruction caused by Shell in Rossport, Ireland and the Niger Delta, Nigeria.
