London Newswire Archive

12-09-2003 20:51 | 0 comment(s)

SMOG: Can you breathe free in a free maket?

When asked about the 19the Century laissez-faire economics that Charles Dickens portrayed as "dirty, filthy, child-labor", Nobel Prize Economist and Libertarian Milton Friedman contends that it wasn't Disraeli and the child labor laws that made things better but "the progress of private enterprise" Read more >>

12-09-2003 19:45 | 1 comment(s)

Ministers "block police op on arms dealers"

The Daily Mirror says the Met police wanted to arrest
arms dealers inside DSEi. They estimated 300 were
trading without licences. The Home Office instructed
them to do no such thing... Read more >>

12-09-2003 19:15 | 0 comment(s)

SchNEWS DSEi Roundup

Roundup of the days of resistance against the DSEi Arms Fair from SchNEWS:

http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news422.htm Read more >>

12-09-2003 18:01 | 2 comment(s)

Witness Requests Disarm Dsei 9th Sept

Any witnesses to an arrest near Connaught Roundabout on Tues 9th Sept. Read more >>

12-09-2003 16:01 | 4 comment(s)

DSEi Arms Fair invaded - pictures and video

On Wednesday 10th September seven protesters breached the million pound security operation of the DSEi Arms Fair in Docklands. Read more >>

12-09-2003 15:42 | 1 comment(s)

WHY THE ARMS TRADE IS GOOD NEWS FOR YOU!

A leaflet which dispels the myths about the arms trade....(spoof!) Read more >>

12-09-2003 15:06 | 0 comment(s)

UK Solidarity Action with Cancun WTO Protests

NO WTO PATENTS, NO COPORATE CONTROL
On Friday 12th September to coincide with the WTO talks in Cancun, a group of 15 concerned citizens occupied a Bayer office and stopped work there, to demonstrate against the corporatisation of health and agriculture, and the impact of WTO patent laws on agriculture and medications. This solidarity action took place for 2 reasons. Read more >>

12-09-2003 14:12 | 25 comment(s)

Activism and Protesting in the U.K

An 'outsiders' view of protesting in the U.K Read more >>

12-09-2003 13:58 | 1 comment(s)

Charing Cross Police Station, Abuse of Rights for DSEi

Quick information from an interview conducted with a woman who was arrested near Custom House DLR during wednesday's anti-DSEi protests: Read more >>

12-09-2003 13:03 | 3 comment(s)

DSEi Are Doing Market Research

A company calling itself Wendy Round Consulting is doing market research on delegates to the DSEi conference. Read more >>

12-09-2003 12:02 | 1 comment(s)

Witness appeal - Lancaster Hotel 11/9

cyclist injured by police in unprovoked attack Read more >>

12-09-2003 11:20 | 0 comment(s)

Freedom Highway Festival

Freedom Highway is a festival, at the Barbican, that focuses on the powerful role of music and song in the political struggles and liberation movement of the 20th century, featuring live music, talks and films from an international line-up of artists. Read more >>

12-09-2003 10:14 | 8 comment(s)

Defence Industry Conference

Defence Industry Conference in October - shall we go along to say hello? Read more >>

12-09-2003 09:44 | 1 comment(s)

DESi action 12.9.2003

DESi action morningof 12th september Read more >>

12-09-2003 09:08 | 1 comment(s)

Actions on 10th and 11th September

pix from actions on 9th, 10th and 11th September Read more >>

12-09-2003 04:17 | 0 comment(s)

DSEi Dinner - three short video clips

Three short mpg video clips of dinner delegates (arms delears and associated industry types) arriving at the hotel - campaigners talking to some and shouting at others, while being pushed around by an aggressive police force deployed to ensure the dinner went ahead. Read more >>

12-09-2003 04:00 | 1 comment(s)

Assorted pics from DSEi Arms Fair Gala Dinner - Sept 11th

Pics from the noise protest and actions outside the gala dinner for europe's largest arms companies. Read more >>

12-09-2003 02:36 | 1 comment(s)

Sept 11th: DSEi Dinner of Death Merchants Get Own Tube Station

After holding their arms fair gala dinner on September 11th, the world's arms industry left the Lancaster Hotel under heavy police guard and with the streets around closed by several hundred police, some in riot gear. They were able to leave the area via Lancaster Gate Tube Station, which, closed to members of the public, was commandeered for arms dealer only transport. Read more >>