London Newswire Archive

18-06-2004 03:04 | 3 comment(s)

J18 1999 Carnival Against Capitalism 5th anniversary

Pix from J18 1999 Carnival Against Capitalism, City of London Read more >>

17-06-2004 20:55 | 2 comment(s)

Photos of 'Greenwash or Us' Street Party

These are some photos of yesterday's 'Greenwash or Us' streeet party in central London, outside the National Portrait Gallery Awards ceremony sponsored by BP. This was part of a week long of events '"against BP and Big Oil". Read report here. Read more >>

17-06-2004 16:09 | 0 comment(s)

Photos of Squatted Exhibition Space "Greenwash or Us"

Here there are a couple of photos of the opening night of the squatted space for the week long Exhibition of Resistance to BP and Big Oil. This is part of a series of events that under the banner of "Greenwash or Us" are taking place in London until Monday 21st . Read more >>

17-06-2004 13:38 | 0 comment(s)

Portrait Award & Big Oil protest & gallery report, 16.6.04

'Exhibition of Resistance to Big Oil and the Corporate Hijacking of 'the Arts': street protest & gallery report, Wednesday June 16th 2004 Read more >>

17-06-2004 12:13 | 3 comment(s)

Video Activists to run cinema at Glastonbury festival.

Undercurrents, a media charity will celebrate its tenth birthday by screening a decade of their award winning films at Britain's largest and most popular festival. Read more >>

17-06-2004 10:08 | 0 comment(s)

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CALLS FOR SPECIAL INVESTIGATION

Amnesty International today called for the immediate appointment of a special counsel to investigate the torture and ill-treatment of prisoners in United States custody, citing leaked memoranda from the Departments of Justice and Defense. Read more >>

17-06-2004 06:48 | 0 comment(s)

Loyalty to Imperialism is Treason to Humanity

Sympathy for class traitors has never shown itself to be an effective winning strategy in the class war (make no mistake, the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan are but different fronts in the class war). Read more >>

17-06-2004 00:37 | 4 comment(s)

UN warns Caterpillar may be implicated in human rights violations

**For immediate release**

On 28th May 2004 the Special Rapporteur on the right to food for the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights – Jean Ziegler – wrote to Jim Owens, CEO of Caterpillar Inc., to express deep concern "about the actions of the Israeli occupying forces in Rafah and in other locations in Gaza and the West Bank, using armoured bulldozers supplied by your company." (1)
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16-06-2004 18:27 | 0 comment(s)

The Olympics of Repression

As the August Athens Olympics are drawing closer- and with London looking to be the host city for 2012- some information needs to finally come out about the full scale repression and exploitation that is the Olympic Games. Read more >>

16-06-2004 14:24 | 0 comment(s)

Reclaim the Bombs out of Brighton Website

The Bombs out of Brighton website was set up as a means of reporting and publicising local protests of all types against the company. Unfortunately the site is becoming more of a sounding board for pro-EDO types than anti-EDO and anti-arms trade. Read more >>

16-06-2004 10:33 | 0 comment(s)

Akha Genocide

Deportation Can't Hide Thailand's Treatment of the Akha Hill Tribe. Read more >>

16-06-2004 07:31 | 1 comment(s)

Today! Urgent! Help stop racist evictions in Epping Forest!

A young mother with triplets and an elderly couple, who have lived on their own land at Paynes Lane, Lower Nazeing, Essex, for l4 years, along with other families face eviction today. (Wednesday 16th June).This ethnic cleansing comes just days after the fascist BNP won three seats on Epping Forest District Council, with their neo-nazi pledge to drive out the local Gypsy people. Further info taken from

http://easf.org.uk
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16-06-2004 06:13 | 0 comment(s)

Every Day is July 9: Untill Victory!

Iran's Summer Persecution

June 15, 2004
The National Interest
Nir Boms and Reza Bulorchi Read more >>

15-06-2004 22:11 | 0 comment(s)

Peace Campaign and Social Forum Events in the North Essex / Suffolk area

Peace Campaign and Social Forum Events in the North Essex / Suffolk area. By Colchester Peace Campaign, Lakenheath Action Group and others.

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15-06-2004 21:32 | 1 comment(s)

Special 60th anniversary screening of critical films on the World Bank and IMF

Spotlighting the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) on their 60th anniversary, a London Indymedia Cinema screening at The Other Cinema in Soho with film makers' Q & A and a speaker from the Bretton Woods Project.
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15-06-2004 20:08 | 0 comment(s)

exhibition of resistance squat

Squatted space in Camden opens with exhibition of resistance to big oil and the corporate hijacking of the arts. Greenwash, or Us? Read more >>

15-06-2004 18:55 | 0 comment(s)

Compassion.

My love is compassion. Read more >>

15-06-2004 18:31 | 0 comment(s)

ICG-UK Position

Press release

IGC-European Constitution
Assembly of European Regions deplores UK government decision to grant the Union exclusive competence in Health & Education Policy

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15-06-2004 17:36 | 3 comment(s)

Support Palestine, but challenge homophobia

These issues aside, OutRage! values the work of the PSC. We will continue to support its efforts to help secure a free Palestine. We hope that in return the PSC will work with us to pressure the PLO, Hamas and the PA to abandon their homophobia and create a truly liberated nation based on human rights for all. Read more >>