London Newswire Archive

12-06-2006 14:00

Defiant Gay Pride goes ahead in Warsaw

Poland's LGBT community defiantly marched through Warsaw on Sat (10th). Although initially banned by the city's Mayor,the 'conservative authorities' allowed it during last week,but some far right and religious groups were out in opposition... Read more >>

12-06-2006 13:50

'I have started hunger strike and I will continue until my life ends.'

I want you know, I have started hunger strike today 11/06/06 and I will continue to do it until my life ends. Over 2 yrs i have been detained. I want to go to my country. Read more >>

12-06-2006 11:45 | 3 comments

Rally For Justice, New Scotland Yard

A crowd of several hundred demonstrators, mainly Muslim, gathered outside New Scotland Yard on Sunday afternoon, 11 June, 2006 to voice their disquiet at the June 2 raid in Forest Gate. The protest had the support of a wide range of organisations. Read more >>

12-06-2006 11:26 | 2 comments

No Borders protest at Wapping

'London No Borders' & 'No One is Illegal' organised a demonstration outside the Wapping fortress on Sunday 11 June, against the 'vigilante journalism' stunt reported in the previous week's News of the World. Read more >>

12-06-2006 01:15 | 11 comments

London's world naked bike ride yesterday

between 600 and 1000 people took part in the naked bike ride protest yesterday afternoon in the blazing sunshine Read more >>

11-06-2006 14:51

Campaign Complain Letter to Home Affairs & Constitutional Affairs Committees

Non functioning and ineffective Monitoring and Supervisory mechanisms, continue inadvently to aid overt Institutional Abuses within the Judiciary. Ogoing Violations of the Rule of Law by Corrupt members of the Judiciary is responsible for False and Unlawful Imprisonments inflicted on UK citizens. Read more >>

11-06-2006 11:50

Rally for Justice, 2pm, Sunday, 11th June, outside Scotland Yard in London

The police raid in Forest Gate on June 2nd involving some 250 officers was one of the largest single raids in Britain. With the intensification of
‘terror raids’ throughout the country and ‘trial-by-media’ sensationalism, communities are under severe attack and must show unity. Read more >>

10-06-2006 20:18 | 1 comment

OFSTED - East London lesson for Cronying Tony Blair – Drop Christine

The Khoodeelaar! campaign against the Crossrail hole Bill - Blair’s de facto salvaging of the career of Christine Gilbert via the Ofsted appointment is only significant as a peripheral indicator of how immoral his decision making is, contrary to the routine professions that he is at all a morally active ethically laudable decision maker… the central lesson is that his judgement is seriously flawed and that he is as anti-democratic and unconstitutional on this one as he has been on all key issues of the day in his 'premiership'.. Blair’s recent acknowledgement that the crossrail bill [now in the uk house of commons] had to be ‘handled sensibly’ showed the latest public confirmation that our campaign against Crossrail bill was affecting him and his unaccountable entourage. Read more >>

10-06-2006 20:15 | 1 comment

Placard Amnesty Update

The Metropolitan Police's citywide placard amnesty, running from the 29th May through the 5th July has so far been a formidable success. Read more >>

10-06-2006 20:12 | 1 addition

an Indymedia film festival

While the 8 richest countries continue to promote nuclear and oil-dependent 'Energy Security' and increasingly repressive global governance, Indymedia presents a film festival to inspire resistance to the G8 agenda: Read more >>

10-06-2006 19:10

Anti-Repression Demo! Tonight, 7.30pm, London!

TONIGHT! - SOLIDARITY AGAINST REPRESSION OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS! - FOR DIGNITY, JUSTICE AND LIBERTY! Read more >>

10-06-2006 13:46

COMMENTS ON GREG PALAST'S NEW BOOK ARMED MADHOUSE

PALAST EXPOSES US ELECTION FRAUD, CRIMES AGAINST IRAQ AND LOTS MORE Read more >>

10-06-2006 13:30

London Naked Bike Ride today 3pm

Meet at Hyde Park Corner. Read more >>

10-06-2006 11:27

Infousurpa no27

Weekly Independent Poster of Social Centre activities Read more >>

10-06-2006 02:22

// DEMONSTRATION AGAINST REPRESSION! //

/ STAND TALL, STAND PROUD - WE ARE THOSE WHO RESIST! //

// MEET OUTSIDE BANK TUBE STATION, ON THE
CORNER OF PRINCES ST & THREADNEEDLE ST >> Read more >>

09-06-2006 19:58

guilty verdict in socpa trial today

war law expert chris coverdale was handed his verdict today at bow street. judge cole found him guilty under socpa legislation and awarded £250 costs, no fine and a 12 month conditional discharge. chris will appeal Read more >>

09-06-2006 19:44

Undercurrents Scores Hat Trick at Film Festival

Winners all the way Read more >>

09-06-2006 18:53 | 1 comment

Palestine Solidarity Protesters on trial under SOCPA

Picket of Horseferry Magistrates Court, 15th June Read more >>

09-06-2006 18:23 | 1 comment

Peace & War Summer Solstice Party

Summer Solstice Party to launch

PEACE & WAR

A video installation by multi-media artist Gaynor O'Flynn. The aim is to generate a dialogue of the public's thoughts on Peace & War Read more >>

09-06-2006 18:01

Crossrail - the facts

Crossrail is a an East West rail scheme promoted as being London wide but it primarily benefits only City-based interests. The company behind it is Cross London Rail Links (CLRL). Crossrail is a publicly funded 50/50 joint venture company formed by 'Transport for London (TfL) and the Department for Transport (DfT)...
tasked with promoting and developing two new routes through London...
Crossrail was allocated a budget of £154m in 2001...' Read more >>