London Newswire Archive

03-10-2003 09:32 | 18 comment(s)

BUSH GO HOME -PROTEST THE WARMONGER'S STATE VISIT!

The Stop the War Coalition has called a London wide activists meeting to plan the response to George Bush's state visit to Britain.

Bush will be here from the 19th to the 21st of November and plans to stay at Buckingham palace!

The visit is a calculated insult to the millions who opposed the bloody war and occupation in Iraq.
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03-10-2003 01:39 | 9 comment(s)

Pope Close to Death...Fears of Successor

As the pope allegedley nears death, should we concerned about the possible successor? Read more >>

03-10-2003 00:27 | 1 comment(s)

Manchester CND spokeswoman speaks out an the anniversary of Vanunu's kidnap

Just before the dramatised reconstruction of the kidnap of Mordechai Vanunu staged by Manchester CND on 30 Sept 2003 (see previous newswire post), a CND spokeswoman was interviewed about the significance eof this anniversary. She also explained the rationale behind the publicity stunt. Read more >>

02-10-2003 17:59 | 2 comment(s)

Liberty goes to court

BBC article on Liberty going to High Court....

02-10-2003 17:33 | 9 comment(s)

Anti-war protester's 'reality cheque'

An anti-war campaigner has come up with an unorthodox way of paying a civil disobedience fine.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3159242.stm Read more >>

02-10-2003 14:59 | 4 comment(s)

HipHop for Palestine - full UK tour details

Please note that all monies raised will go to

http://www.enlighten-palestine.org/ who are in the process of building a new educational centre in the Rafah refugee camp.
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02-10-2003 01:01 | 0 comment(s)

THIS SATURDAY, LONDON SOCIAL FORUM

The 1st London Social Forum - 4 October 2003
This event aims to provide a space for reflective debate on strategies for creating another London and another world.

The London Social Forum has been inspired by the global movement which began with the World Social Forum (WSF) in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 2001. WSF's vision is "Another World Is Possible".
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01-10-2003 22:57 | 1 comment(s)

London Rising Tide target the Tate re. BP sponsorship

London Rising Tide visit Tate Britain to draw attention to the way BP (and other corporate sponsors) use such deals to greenwash their way out of troublesome questions about their actual record. This is also part of LRT's ongoing actions against the planned Baku-Ceyhan pipeline. Read more >>

01-10-2003 19:00 | 2 comment(s)

Corporate Social Responsibility: Stealth Tax

If the public really wants the supposed benefits offered in the Corporate Social Responsibility agenda, in the sense of being prepared to pay for them, then the market will, before too long, provide. Read more >>

30-09-2003 17:23 | 2 comment(s)

MuckyD's open up?

MacDonalds Open Days. Read more >>

30-09-2003 16:13 | 3 comment(s)

Vanunu kidnap revisited in manchester

On 30th September 2003, a dramatised reconstruction of the kidnapping of the Israeli nuclear weapons whistle-blower, Mordechai Vanunu, was carried out by anti-war activists in Manchester, UK. Read more >>

30-09-2003 15:36 | 0 comment(s)

Mad Pride at the movies Saturday nite!

There will be a showing on Saturday night of the Pete Shaughnessy film "With endless love", introduced by Simon Holder, at the Rio Cinema in Hackney. The Rio is at 107 Kingsland High Street, Hackney E8, Dalston Kingsland BR, 149 bus from Liverpool Street. This is a late showing, which means that it starts after 11pm, and the admission charge is £7. Also showing will be Simon McClellan's film about schizophrenia, "Some voices", with David Morrissey ('The deal'), Daniel Craig ('The road to perdition', 'Our friends in the north') and Kelly Macdonald ('Trainspotting'). Read more >>

30-09-2003 14:05 | 5 comment(s)

Women's Contingent on the Anti-Occupation March

Leaflet for Anti-Occupation march + photos. The Iraqi Women’s League-UK appeals to all women and women’s organizations to join our Women’s Contingent at the Anti-Occupation march on Saturday 27th Sept, 2003 to demand the end of the US/UK occupation of Iraq. How dare the US presume that they can oversee the writing of our constitution! Read more >>

30-09-2003 11:03 | 0 comment(s)

BBC Report on Simon Chapman / Thessaloniki Prisoners

Were weapons planted on this protester?

By Jon Silverman
Home affairs analyst

An anti-capitalist Briton awaiting trial says Greek police planted
Molotov cocktails and other weapons on him. Perhaps uniquely, there is
video footage of the arrest which supports his case. Read more >>

29-09-2003 17:22 | 5 comment(s)

Behind the Scenes As Blair Prepares...

Behind the scenes as Tony Blair prepares to face the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth tomorrow... Read more >>

29-09-2003 11:37 | 10 comment(s)

The Stop the War coalitions' betrayal of the Iraqi pro democracy movement

Iraqi democrats and socialists have discovered that their natural allies in the European Left don't want to know them. They must add the shameless Stop the War coalition to the enemies list. Read more >>

29-09-2003 10:02 | 11 comment(s)

Palestine in Pictures

There can be no justification for this - NONE! Read more >>

29-09-2003 09:06 | 2 comment(s)

15 Photos of London End Occupation Demo 270903

Here's my second attempt to post these pics. Administrators - please delete my last attempt as the pics didnt upload properly.

Many thanks to everyone who made my day a good one on saturday, and blessings to everyone around the world who joined in this struggle.
Thank you for existing!

Hugh Mann

read my article at www.thoughtcrimenews.com/doomed.htm Read more >>

29-09-2003 00:10 | 2 comment(s)

End the Occupation March Photos

Many thank yous to everyone I met at the March, and the many people I had the pleasure of photographing. I hope our efforts, with other like minded individuals around the world will help raise the conciousness of others on the planet, that we can once and for all banish war to history.

If you like these please let me know, if you would like to publish them then get in touch for higher qual pics.

Here's to a better world. Read more >>

28-09-2003 20:07 | 4 comment(s)

Manchester CND Peace Dogs Speak Out!

Not everyone could get to the anti-Iraq war demo in London yesterday. In Manchster, those who could not attend held an imprompru rally in the peace Gardens of St Peter's Square. Read more >>