London Newswire Archive

05-06-2004 01:35 | 2 comment(s)

Reports + Pictures from massive rome anti-bush demos

reports and list of pic sources... Read more >>

04-06-2004 21:16 | 0 comment(s)

'Greenwash ' Or Us?

The corporate sponsorship of cultural life is taking off a storm with companies such as BP and Esso up to their old PR tricks. Buy their oil because they’re the coolest, greenest, cheapest (!), most caring guys in town. This is tosh and we all know it. Read more >>

04-06-2004 18:58 | 0 comment(s)

Hunt Sab and J18 1 Benefit gig

Punk benefit gig for North and East London Sabs and the J18 1 Read more >>

04-06-2004 18:47 | 5 comment(s)

White House Aides Fear Bush has become Mentally Unbalanced

We all used to joke about Bush being a paranoid schizophrenic and unfit for his job.... but now, according to those closest to him, it looks like the joke isn't so funny afterall - he IS mentally ill! Read more >>

04-06-2004 14:58 | 1 comment(s)

Marks and Spencer Demo

Demo of Britain's most Zionist (and dull) store continues Read more >>

04-06-2004 13:26 | 2 comment(s)

G8 - What about Bilderberg?

The G8 summit seems to be perpetually on the front page of every IndyMedia website but the Bilderberg meetings hardly (if ever) get a mention. Read more >>

04-06-2004 09:51 | 5 comment(s)

G8 2005 - Globalise resistance, unions and political parties start mobilising

unions and political parties start their anti-g8 campaign...
the trade justice ngo's are mobilising to a degree not seen since the jubilee drop the debt campaigns of 1998 onwards...
many groups are looking towards the european social forum as a platform for mobilisations...

here's the latest from the globalise resistance newsletter (not mentioning the dissent network of course

http://www.dissent.org.uk):
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04-06-2004 09:15 | 2 comment(s)

Summer Solstice at Stonehenge + more

Solstice @ Stonehenge 2004

The open access for the summer solstice has grown massively since 2000. In the first year there were a few thousand, last year there was something huge with up to 30,000 people!

This year the authorities have learned from their mistake last year when they only allowed access from midnight - the resulting rush as everybody arrived at the same time created traffic chaos. So this year the access times are back to a more sensible structure. Read more >>

03-06-2004 19:28 | 0 comment(s)

oil industry addresses - updated 'greasy palms' list v.1.7

'Greasy palms' oil industry offices (& related) list just updated, version 1.7

Target offices close to you! Read more >>

03-06-2004 17:16 | 0 comment(s)

CIA Torture Training

From Private Eye No.1107

Torture Manuals amended to include preface stating that torture is illegal! Read more >>

03-06-2004 16:52 | 2 comment(s)

TONIGHT! What's So Grand about Banks? (At the Ex-Grand Banks Social Centre!)

Thursday 3rd June
Open discussion evening at The Occupied Social Centre (formerly “The Grand Banks”), Tufnell Park NW5:
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03-06-2004 16:35 | 0 comment(s)

Film Night @ the RAMPART

Finally, thanks to the generous loan of a projector, the RAMPART presents its first film night.

Sorry for the short notice... Read more >>

03-06-2004 14:34 | 3 comment(s)

Bilderberg: The ultimate conspiracy theory

From the BBC News website:

The Bilderberg group, an elite coterie of Western thinkers and power-brokers, has been accused of fixing the fate of the world behind closed doors. As the organisation marks its 50th anniversary, rumours are more rife than ever. Read more >>

03-06-2004 14:28 | 6 comment(s)

Moore's 9/11 trailer goes online

From the BBC News website:

The trailer for Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11 has made its debut on the movie's official website. Read more >>

03-06-2004 12:58 | 0 comment(s)

Statue of Liberty

How the world sees America Read more >>

03-06-2004 09:52 | 1 comment(s)

12th June - Autonomous Alt Tech / Media Assembly re ESF

Join us on Sat 12th June to map out possible projects and strategies around the european social forum planned for October this year... from supporting existing projects like the NOMAD DIY open source translation infrastructure, to supporting autonomous spaces and using wi-fi to link spaces inside the ESF, outside the ESF and on the streets, radio and video streaming, alternative media centres and reporting, experimental media labs etc etc

Some initiatives are underway already, others are yet to be imagined... Read more >>

03-06-2004 00:31 | 4 comment(s)

Abuse of Iraqi prisoners provokes anti-gay hate among Arabs and Muslims

The US military’s use of homosexuality to humiliate Iraqi prisoners has been condemned as “homophobic sadism” by the gay rights group OutRage! It says the officially sanctioned culture of homophobia in the US armed forces is directly to blame. Read more >>

02-06-2004 21:12 | 0 comment(s)

The European Creative Forum

The European Creative Forum Presents Visions of Another World - a series of monthly events every 2nd Saturday... Read more >>

02-06-2004 16:48 | 3 comment(s)

Unite Anti Facist Festival

Unite Anti Racist Festival has been forced to change the Venue to Hammersmith Apollo after Police Objections to it taking place in Finsbury Park. Read more >>