London Newswire Archive

14-09-2005 21:25 | 4 comment(s)

Waterside Anti-Arms Fair Protests - Opposite DSEi (pics)

This afternoon the last large group of protestors (approx one hundred) moved into position opposite the Excel centre - facing the warships across the basin. As the sounds of the PA sound system echoed across the water - a mix of music, slogans and speeches - defence police and army personnel zipped across the waves in zodiac style speedboats (complete with waterborne FIT). This was about the best place campaigners could get to in order to maker themselves heard by the arms dealers. Demonstrations of military speedboats and landing craft were greeted with jeers and slogans shouted out over the water, meanwhile one person jumped off the quay and made a swim for the warships. (14/09/05) Read more >>

14-09-2005 20:45 | 5 comment(s)

Blockade Pics from DSEi - Tidal Basin West Entrance

This afternoon a crowd of people blockaded the western entrance to the Excel Centre, host to the DSEi arms fair. The gate was shut to traffic in both directions and arms fair attendees re-routed to the other side of the Excel complex. After some time the police looked like they were preparing to surround people and push them into the 'designated protest zone', so the protestors once again took to the flyover road before moving off to make there presence felt elsewhere. Read more >>

14-09-2005 20:03 | 2 comment(s)

Witnessing arrests outside the DSEI

The Metropolitan police have 15 boats. This afternoon 7 of them, all full, faced around a 100 of us on the dock side. At 4.00pm, one man put his hand in front, perhaps on, a police camera-mans lens. Immediately the cameraman grabbed him, pulling him down. He was led away to one of the many waiting vans.

At 4.10pm, a thirty year old women was arrested, taken to another van. She was just in front of me when the police took her, for no reason that I could see. Afterwards somebody said it was because she had chalked a message on the ground. The police at the scene did not tell me why. Read more >>

14-09-2005 19:59 | 0 comment(s)

Dsei Pix: Custom House Critical Mass - Clowns Pretty MET Parade - FIT in Boats

A few misc pix from today's day of direct action against the DSEi arms fair of death, held at the Excel Centre in East London (14/09/05): Read more >>

14-09-2005 18:18 | 3 comment(s)

DSEi CRITICAL MASS VIDEO.

Short version of today's Critical Mass, starting from Bank Station and ending up on the Silvertown Way Bridge. Read more >>

14-09-2005 18:03 | 0 comment(s)

Silvertown Way Flyover - DSEi Lock-on Road Blockade Pics

Around six people blockaded one half of the silvertown way flyover heading towards the Excel Centre near Canning Town station this morning, the blockade lasting until late afternoon. They used what looked like two metal containers (sort of small metal barrels) filled with concrete, with their arms locked on inside. They recieved lots of support from other campaigners as police took their pictures and the cutting crews slowly cut them out of the lockons. At some point a car was used to block the other side of the road, being abandoned with the tyres let down. Later Critical Mass cyclists and others on foot blocked the rest of the flyover. Read more >>

14-09-2005 17:35 | 2 comment(s)

Custom House Station: Attempt to intimidate journalist

A journalist who works for the corporate media reported an attempt to intimidate him at Custom House Station to the indymedia dispatch phones: Read more >>

14-09-2005 17:18 | 10 comment(s)

Pics from Canning Town DSEi Train Action

Pics from today's action stopping trains going to the Excel centre and the DSEi arms fair at Canning Town train station, delaying arms dealers / buyers getting to the fair (wed 14th June) Read more >>

14-09-2005 15:25 | 1 comment(s)

Meditation For Peace ~ This Evening!

There will be a 'Meditation for Peace' in Parliament Square this evening at 5pm.

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14-09-2005 14:55 | 4 comment(s)

Hell

Lomdon is shit Read more >>

14-09-2005 10:08 | 0 comment(s)

DSEi related photos

Photos from last night and this morning, including the start of this mornings critical mass Read more >>

14-09-2005 08:37 | 0 comment(s)

Anti-DSEi CAAT March Speeches (mp3)

Audio of the first three speeches made at the end of the CAAT march against the dsei arms fair - tuesday 13th september 2005.

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14-09-2005 00:24 | 3 comment(s)

Baby Bloc Action (Comment)

At about 11am yesterday, about 20 people attempted to blockade the bridge at Custom House DLR, right by one of the most popular entrances to ExCel, home of DSEi. Read more >>

13-09-2005 23:50 | 0 comment(s)

PICS AND SHORT REPORT ON CAAT PROTEST TODAY (2 0f 2)

campaign against the arms trade organised a protest march today from east ham to the excel centre where the dsei arms fair is taking place
massive over-policing characterised the peaceful march of several hundred people Read more >>

13-09-2005 23:38 | 0 comment(s)

Suprise legal outcome-High Court Judge Protects Attorney Generals Office

More Non-news from the Courts Read more >>

13-09-2005 22:40 | 1 comment(s)

Rebel Clown Army detained on tour of arms dealers in Central London

After their initial disappointment that the Arms Fair wasn’t a fun fair after all, clowns wanting to find out more about the nasty arms dealers of this Unfair Fair, visited various arms dealers, suppliers and buyers, including BAE, US Embassy, Saudi Embassy, Aegis. Read more >>