London Newswire Archive

05-02-2007 02:35 | 9 comments

Shell Wildlife photo exhibition gets painted

A short video of the Shell Oil Wildlife Photograph Exhibition at the London Natural History Museum getting polluted with sticky black stuff. Read more >>

04-02-2007 22:14 | 3 comments

Democracy’s Last Stand 3: The Trial of Tucker and Jago

Oscar Beard takes time out to put his twisted view on the continuing trials of Barbara Tucker, Steve Jago and the end of democracy in the UK that most seem to have given up on, or just lost interest, with no foresight into the future implications. Read more >>

04-02-2007 22:09

A Clash of Civilisations?

Attached is a "guerilla" recording from the London Sound Posse of a debate between Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London vs Daniel Pipes, the neocon held on 20 January 2007. The MP3's include contributions from Salma Yaqoob, Douglas Murray and the audience. Following it is an extract from a Guardian article, Muslims are now getting the same treatment Jews had a century ago, which is based on the presentation by Maleiha Malik at the conference.

04-02-2007 14:57 | 2 comments

Busker's Guitar UNLAWFULLY SEIZED by British Transport Police

On 7 September 2006 Train Busker Niall Murphy has guitar seized unlawfully by British Transport Police. Court case is due on 16 Feb 2007 where Niall plans to plead not guilty and prove that the BTP misused their authority by not only wrongfully seizing his guitar but also issuing a statement full of lies and fabrication. Read more >>

04-02-2007 13:47

Boycott Campaigners to picket Israeli Company on Feb 10th at 1pm

Demo on 10th outside Carmel-Agrexco in Hayes

Only a stones thsrow away from the No borders demo at Harmondsworth - why not go to both? Read more >>

03-02-2007 23:37 | 1 addition | 2 comments

Photos - Oil Spill to save wildlife ?

Shortly after midday on Saturday the 3rd Feb, environmental activists defaced a Shell Oil sponsored photo exhibition and called on the Natural History Museum to drop it's greenwashing deal with the oil giant.

While a banner was dropped in the main hall and 600 leaflets handed out to members of the public, an oil like substance was sprayed over the wildlife photos in the Shell sponsored exhibition. There were a large number of security personnel present and some of the protesters were assaulted by panicking museum staff and members of the public but there were no arrests.

The action follows the publication of Shell's 2006 record breaking financial figures and the release of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change fourth report which yet again suggests that climate change is happening faster then previously predicted.

See press release at

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/361416.html

Other coverage :

http://www.fishupdate.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/6406/Wildlife_%91snappers%92_to_highlight_harm_done_by_Shell.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6328049.stm Read more >>

03-02-2007 20:31 | 1 comment

Hunt moitors attacked at Old Surrey & Burstow

Violent unprovoked attack launched on hunt monitors - 999 call made
One left with broken arm and vehicle badly damaged. Read more >>

03-02-2007 16:02 | 2 comments

150 attend Jill Phipps memorial live exports demo-Dover

First report of the annual memorial Read more >>

03-02-2007 14:03 | 3 additions | 3 comments

Oil spill at the Natural History Museum

Climate activists splatter oil across photo exhibition in outrage at Shell greenwash tactics. Read more >>

03-02-2007 09:51

No Starbucks in Stokey: Update

As people may be aware the newly occupied Vortex Social Centre in Stoke Newington, London are campaigning to keep it open as a community based radical project. Read more >>

03-02-2007 03:01

spanish AUDIO: Interwiev Brian Haw and African People from Canary Islands

Here you have a interview in spanish beetween the peacemaker Brian Haw and some African persons conecting together in the World Peace Day Read more >>

03-02-2007 01:41 | 1 addition | 5 comments

SOCPA - full court report - banned from the zone!

barbara tucker has for the moment given up her daily protest in parliament square. she was forced into this decision through ill health caused by more than a year of police victimisation and harassment, and by a court threat that if she breaks bail conditions imposed today she will be imprisoned. having been detained overnight by police on a dubious charge of breach of bail, steve jago has now regained his unconditional bail and is free. Read more >>

03-02-2007 00:52 | 1 addition

Solidarity Demo with Greek Hunger Strikers this Monday

Two Greek political prisoners are in the midst of a hunger strike. On Monday, one of them will be on his 67th day. They have been held in prison for over 8 months for participating in a demonstration at the European Social Forum. It is entirely possible that the Greek state will watch them die. It is time for London to stand up.
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03-02-2007 00:11

Queeruption 9 Feedback & Anit-G8 Benefit Party

You are invited (at rather short notice) to;

An afternoon about Queeruption 9 in Tel Aviv, Israel and Palestine.
1-8pm, donations probably to support weekly queer demos in Al-Kuds, Palestine
&
LIES, LIES LIES
8pm till late
Queers against the G8, benefit party (www.myspace.com/queersagainstg8)

Saturday 3rd Febuary 2007
RampART Social Centre, 15-17 Rampart St, off Commercial Rd, London. Whitechapel tube.
See below for daytime programme and flyer for party info. Read more >>

02-02-2007 19:07

Blatant discrimination? Children, Asylum and Hillingdon Home Office apparatchiks

How the Home Office's planned 'reforms' for children who claim asylum alone is already being implemented by the London Borough of Hillingdon. Read more >>

02-02-2007 19:06 | 10 comments

Notting Hill Housing Trust

Notting Hill Housing Trust is indirectly controlled by Tony Blair

Labour Party members control the Board of Directors

It is an unaccountable entity that abuses any of its tenants that make legitimate complaints in writing Read more >>

02-02-2007 17:16

SOCPA - bail act used to ban protest

barbara tucker has been temporarily beaten in court. on the latest farcical charge against her (supposedly assaulting a police officer), she has been given conditional bail for five months till trial and warned she will be jailed if she enters the socpa protest zone for any reason before then.
the harrassment of the past few days has taken its toll on her health and she has decided to take a rest for a short while before deciding what to do next. Read more >>

02-02-2007 14:53 | 1 addition

Vortex Social Centre Eviction update

Vortex Social Centre was supposed to in court today, (Friday 2nd feb) to clarify the legal status of the private bailiff company and their right to carried out evictions. Read more >>

02-02-2007 14:40 | 2 comments

Lindis Percy:- Pervert Walked Free, But I Was Jaiiled Over £50

A Peace campaigner said today she could not understand why she had been jailed as the controversy over prison crowding continued.

Grandmother-of-six Lindis Percy, 65, who moved away from Hull in August and now lives in Harrogate, spoke after her release from Low Newton Prison for women, in County Durham, after serving half of a seven-day sentence imposed last Friday.
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