London Newswire Archive

11-08-2006 07:37 | 16 comments

Britain’s airline terror plot: Questions that need to be answered

The claim that American and British security forces have thwarted a terrorist plot to blow up commercial flights between Britain and the United States should not be accepted uncritically. It is impossible to determine at this point whether or not such an attack was in the offing, although the mass media have, as usual, reported the assertions of the British and American governments as indisputable fact, without bothering to ask for any specific information that would substantiate the official story. Read more >>

10-08-2006 14:35 | 1 comment

No to hysteria - Yes to real security

There can be no justification for terrorist attacks but they cannot be stopped by turning Britain into a police state. Read more >>

10-08-2006 12:18 | 4 comments

Protest opposite Downing Street - Ceasefire Now!

Demo 11th August Read more >>

10-08-2006 12:00 | 1 addition

G8 Summit, St Petersburg, Russia - On the ground 4

I woke late. The sun was up and the head of a large and round-faced Russian policeman was poking through the tent entrance. He said something in Russian. Read more >>

10-08-2006 04:47 | 3 comments

Hackney Critical Mass (Lebanon Action)

Sick of constant wars being fought over greed, racism and control for the world's dwindling natural resources? Disgusted that the government in this country sits back while a murderous, oppressive state brutally attacks another country, just because the UK government wants to keep its ally in an area it's helping rip apart to guarantee the supply of the last few drops of oil? Read more >>

10-08-2006 00:47 | 13 comments

Blockade the Foreign Office - 21st August

When: August 21st
Where: Whitehall - Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Time: 8am
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09-08-2006 23:12 | 1 comment

Get angry, get active, don't stand by and watch this destruction of Lebanon and

Hello Again!

Hope you made it to the demonstration on Saturday. It was a good turnout but it is so important to continue consistent, regular work on the streets to spread information and build solidarity across Britain with those fighting back against Israeli state terrorism, in order to sever British support for the racist, expansionist, colonial settler state.

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09-08-2006 21:28

Anti-War Film Screening

An evening of films on Monday 14th August as part of this years Portobello Film Festival in West London curated by Filmmakers Against War, includes, from the Independent Film School in Baghdad, 'Omar Is My Friend' Read more >>

09-08-2006 19:59

London benefit for Ernesto Leal, 17th August

'Ernesto is as Scottish as a deep-fried Mars bar supper'
Irvine Welsh
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09-08-2006 12:45

latest rampART news, films, meetings, debate, get involved

Last week we reported that the block of buildings that includes the rampART social centre had been put up on the market. There is no further news on the sale of the building or any way to forcast the eventual eviction of the rampART but there are plenty of things going on in the building and plenty of opportunity to get involved... Read more >>

09-08-2006 12:12 | 1 comment

LETTER TO CARMEL AGREXCO

letter sent to Amos Orr - Manager of Carmel Agrexco, Hayes Read more >>

08-08-2006 16:51

No bars today, mum & I made bail

A visit to Yarl's Wood - some families get free - one mother can take no more and sef-harms Read more >>

08-08-2006 12:34 | 3 comments

Lebanon: Full Color Pictures of the Atrocities

In the last few weeks, an increasing number of horrible, very upsetting photos of the massacres committed by Israel have been coming out of Lebanon.

The alternative media are doing everything possible to break the censorship of images that was enforced by the Corporate and authoritarian State media which only show a sanitized war, disinfected images of material destruction.

The smuggling and widespread dissemination of images from The Realm of The Real that are coming out out of Lebanon and Gaza now make all of us uncomfortable. For those of us who do editing and publishing work, they bring up the awful worry of "is this appropriate?" Read more >>

08-08-2006 04:08 | 2 comments

Pictures from August 5th demo (part 2)

The second part of my pictorial story of the August 5th demonstration. Read more >>

08-08-2006 03:59 | 4 comments

Pictures from August 5th demo (part 1)

This is the first part of my pictorial narrative of what happened on Saturday August 5th, when several thousand people came together in London in outrage at what the tinpot imperialist Israeli government is currently doing to Lebanon. Read more >>

08-08-2006 00:06

Day of Rage against Brighton Arms Dealers Supply of Weapons For War Crimes

Smash EDO Press Release
Embargo – For Immediate Release
8th August 2006
Press Contacts – Andrew Beckett and Sarah Johnson
Tel 07875 708873
Email –

smashedopress@yahoo.co.uk
See www.smashedo.org.uk for more details

Day of Rage against Brighton Arms Manufacturers’ Supply of Weapons For War Crimes in Gaza and Lebanon
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07-08-2006 19:59 | 1 addition | 3 comments

Also stop the City of London's social war on the local communities

Thousands of people, families, individuals, are being made poorer. Many are being made destitute.

Others are being driven out of what small shops or businesses they had managed to set up to survive Read more >>

07-08-2006 19:09

Bombs are not the answer

short anti-war film Read more >>

07-08-2006 14:39

Peace Cycle sets off.

Lots of cyclists turned up in support of the first part of the Peace Ride from London to Greenwich.
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07-08-2006 09:30 | 2 additions | 5 comments

London: Tens of thousands protest against slaughter in Lebanon

On Saturday, tens of thousands gathered in London to demand an end to the Israeli bombardment of Lebanon. The protest was called by the Stop the War Coalition (STWC) with just one week’s notice.

The organisers estimate that 100,000 people marched from Hyde Park to Parliament Square via the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square. The demonstration was also supported by the British Muslim Initiative, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Lebanese community associations. Read more >>