London Newswire Archive

12-10-2004 16:44 | 0 comment(s)

4 Days of Communication Rights and Tactical media Production - Full Programme

SEIZE THE MEDIA - NOT THE SERVERS!
Here there's the full programe of events of the "4 Days of Communication Rights and Tactical Media Production", that takes place at the Camden Centre in London as part of the Autonomous Spaces around the oficial European Social Forum. Read more >>

11-10-2004 21:41 | 1 comment(s)

Indymedia seizure: the videogame

Enduring Indymedia
An online instant-videogame based on Indymedia hard disks seizure.
Unidentified powers versus media activism.
www.molleindustria.it Read more >>

11-10-2004 21:07 | 1 comment(s)

Official Press release and photos from action at Downing St today

Today, over twenty activists from Trident Ploughshares and Theatre of War locked themselves inside a 45 foot long replica of a Trident sub and blocked the gates of downing street for over five hours. Read more >>

11-10-2004 20:37 | 1 comment(s)

World Food Day @ ESF (Saturday 16th October)

“Feed people not profits: challenging corporate control"
World Food Day (16th October) events @ ESF will champion the demands of smallholder farmers organisations and CSOs for international recognition of the right to Food Sovereignty. They will challenge WTO and TNC dominance of the global food system that feeds corporations not people. See www.ukabc.org. Read more >>

11-10-2004 18:46 | 0 comment(s)

Pennsylvania Activists Seeking Your Help in London

Pennsylvania Abolitionists are looking for your help in protesting the death penalty practices of Pennsylvania in London. Pennsylvania Foreign Direct Investment Co. has an office in London and we are looking to place pressure on foreign firms that invest in Pennsylvania to help abolish the death penalty. Exonerees from death row and activists from PA Abolitioists will be touring Europe for three weeks to help end the barbaric practice of state sponsored killing. On October 18th, we will hold a deonstration in front of the office located at 78 Durham Rd. (SW20OTL). Read more >>

11-10-2004 15:15 | 10 comment(s)

'sick' desecration by animal rights activists (apparently) in UK....

Grave of pro hunting family relative trashed....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/animalrights/story/0,11917,1323460,00.html Read more >>

11-10-2004 14:41 | 2 comment(s)

Submarine lock-on still in situ!

After 4 hours, activists are still locked on to model Trident submarine outide Downing Street. "Negotiations" are rumoured to be talking place with the Met over dismantling it (rather than destroying it ... hmmmm... we will see). Read more >>

11-10-2004 14:37 | 1 comment(s)

The Real Reasons Why Iran is the Next Target

The Iranians are about to commit an offense far greater than Saddam Hussein's conversion to the euro for his oil exports back in the fall of 2000. In March 2005 Iran is going to start competing with New York's NYMEX and London's IPE with respect to international oil trades - using a euro-based international oil-trading mechanism. What does that mean? It means that without some sort of US intervention (likely covert, but possibly overt), the euro is going to establish a firm foothold in the international oil trade in 2005 - which given U.S. debt levels and the neoconservative desire for U.S. global domination - provides a rather problematic situation. Indeed, numerous articles have revealed Pentagon planning for operations against Iran in 2005. The publicly stated reasons will be over Iran's nuclear ambitions, but the unspoken macroeconomic issues explain the Real Reasons regarding the 2nd stage of petrodollar warfare - Iran's upcoming oil Bourse. Read more >>

11-10-2004 12:49 | 0 comment(s)

ESF video traning at rampART's

a short video from ramparts video actavist traning workshop Read more >>

11-10-2004 12:30 | 1 comment(s)

Guardian, BBC and Morning Star cover IMC Server Seizures

After the UK press lagging behind the rest of the worlds press in reporting the seizure if the Indymedia Servers in London, now they seem to be picking it up. Not for want of people trying to get this made public in the UK. One of the problems was that so few facts about who was behind this have been available. Read more >>

11-10-2004 11:33 | 1 comment(s)

Bristolians go beyond the ESF

A number of Bristol based groups/collectives will be participating in the independently organised events running parallel to the main ESF in London later this week, starting on Wednesday 13 October and finishing on Sunday 17. Read more >>

11-10-2004 11:05 | 2 comment(s)

Submarine Locked on at Downing Street

20 dudes from the Theatre of War set up have locked themselves onto the gates at Downing Street (11.00am monday). not quite sure why, but sure they have a reason. get down there to support them if you can/wanna........innit!! Read more >>

10-10-2004 23:26 | 0 comment(s)

Italy Embassy against deportation

"When they deportiert the asylum-seekers, Migranten, activists, more there I did not make none, I am no asylum-seeker, Migrant, Refugees, activist,When they got me, was none more there"
Italy's government has be deported an mass to Libya.The 4 Reich began already
Thusday 12 October at 10 o'clock a.m., we will give this Petition to the Ambassadors of Italy, we need your support please come Read more >>

10-10-2004 23:24 | 2 comment(s)

Starbucks to shut down website.

Starbucks is cracking down on those who dare to disagree with their vision of uniform sanitised cities, where creativity simply consists of adding caramel syrup to a decaf skinny latte. Read more >>

10-10-2004 22:08 | 1 comment(s)

Pagan Activism During ESF

Pagan Activist events during ESF including a Dionysian Smart Mob and an evening of workshops. Read more >>

10-10-2004 21:16 | 1 comment(s)

Declaration of Independence Calton Hill 9th October 2004.

This is a 1,600 word report with photos of the Declaration of Independence on Edinburgh's Calton Hill on Saturday October 9th 2004. This was the alternative to the bowing and scraping on the Royal Mile that same day. Read more >>

10-10-2004 15:23 | 5 comment(s)

Video: The brutal murder and decapitation of British hostage Kenneth Bigley

Bigley makes a final statement to the camera. Read more >>

10-10-2004 12:53 | 1 comment(s)

QUESTIONS for UK Home Office + UK Government over Server Seizures

The seizure of the Indymedia Servers in London raises serious constitutional questions as well as serious questions over the ability of domestic and foreign powers to shut down media outlets while shrouding the operation in a veil of secrecy.

The situation is akin to some legal and informational Guantanamo. Twenty Media Outlets from around the world were shut down with the seizure of two webservers in this country, and there is still several days later no information about who has the servers, where they are, why they were seized, who in fact authorised it, when or if they will be returned, and importantly why this action was taken.

This is bigger than Indymedia, it is a concern for all. Below are some relevant questions that need answering. There are probably many more as well. Read more >>

10-10-2004 12:28 | 2 comment(s)

Demonstrations and direct action at the ESF

1)A number of demonstrations have been announced for the time that thousands of activists will gather in London. Yet, accurate information is difficult to obtain. 2)The final Sunday demonstration has been called against the war and Bush. Many groups and individuals might be dissatisfied with the choice of this subject which seems to aim at assembling a large diverse crowd but fails to demand radical alternatives.
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