London Newswire Archive

26-02-2007 17:21 | 1 comment

DISARM DSEi 2007. One Day. Many Actions

11TH SEPTEMBER 2007

ONE DAY – MANY ACTIONS

Blockade? Party? Destroy? March? Smash? Infiltrate? Invade? Picket?
Harass? Clown? Dance? Light candles? Fight? Lock on? Vigil? Disrupt?

YOU DECIDE! Read more >>

26-02-2007 17:02

Tesco – every little hurts

We tend to forget, Tesco is now like Wal-Mart a global player. It hurts everywhere. In their last Annual Accounts, Tesco recorded profits in excess of two billion pounds. How do they do it? Read more >>

26-02-2007 13:10 | 1 addition

Video of Anti-War Demo - Sat 24 Feb 07

A compilation of video clips shot on the Anti-War Demonstration from Hyde Park Corner to Trafalgar Square.

For permission to copy and use, see CopyLeft at the end of the story below the photos.
For a link to other sets of photos, see one of the comments at the foot of this page.
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26-02-2007 12:53 | 1 addition | 3 comments

Pix of Anti-War Demo - Sat 24 Feb 07 - Set 3 of 3 (The Choir)

Pictures of the Choir singing for the Anti-War Demonstration around Hyde Park Corner.

For permission to copy and use, see CopyLeft at the end of the story below the photos.
For a link to the other set of photos, see one of the comments at the foot of this page. Read more >>

26-02-2007 12:44 | 1 addition

Pix of Anti-War Demo - Sat 24 Feb 07 - Set 2 of 3

Pictures of the Anti-War Demonstration from Hyde Park Corner to Trafalgar Square.

For permission to copy and use, see CopyLeft at the end of the story below the photos.
For a link to the other set of photos, see one of the comments at the foot of this page.
Read more >>

26-02-2007 12:28 | 1 addition | 2 comments

Pix of Anti-War Demo - Sat 24 Feb 07 - Set 1 of 3

26-02-2007 09:50 | 1 addition

Guardian claims report clears London police of lying about De Menezes shooting

The Guardian claims an official report has cleared London’s police chief of lying about the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes on July 22, 2005. The innocent Brazilian was killed at Stockwell tube station by plainclothes antiterrorist police following failed explosions on London’s transport system the previous day. Read more >>

25-02-2007 16:03 | 1 addition | 1 comment

Troops Out/No Trident/Dont Attack Iran demo pix

25-02-2007 13:11

Reminder: Emergency demo against deportations to DRC Mon. 26th 1-3pm

STOP DEPORTATIONS TO DRC - CONGO IS NOT SAFE

Emergency protest Monday 26 February 1-3pm.
Home Office
2 Marsham Street
London SW1P 4DF
(nearest tubes St James Park and Westminster) Read more >>

25-02-2007 10:53

Community cinema celebrates a courageous life

The daughter and sister of a renowned Sri Lankan human rights activist will attend the screening of a powerful film about there mother/sister's life at Haringey Independent Cinema, a monthly cinema night in the borough which is now into its second successful year. Read more >>

25-02-2007 03:51

Audio from No Trident / Troops out demo

MP3 mono 64kbps Read more >>

24-02-2007 21:42 | 4 additions | 1 comment

Photos from the 24th February London Anti-War Demo

CND and the Stop the War called the demo with the slogans, No Trident, Troops out of Iraq. Read more >>

24-02-2007 21:02 | 2 additions | 3 comments

Met Police: Overt Filming / Photography Leaflet

Attached is a photos of a leaflet the Metropolitian Police were giving out on the 24th Feb 2007 anti-war demo in London. Read more >>

24-02-2007 19:34

Fossil fuel refusal, not business as usual - LRT Action Report

London Rising Tide occupy office of ‘offset’ company Carbon Neutral Read more >>

24-02-2007 19:05

Gun crime claims three young lives in London

Despite the very best efforts of the powers that be, Britain is not yet America—at least where gun crime is concerned. All the more tragic then were the shooting deaths of three boys in London within a matter of days. Read more >>

24-02-2007 16:51 | 1 comment

Seed Sowing Sunday + Co-mutiny Gardening

Come along this sunday for a jolly good old bit of co-mutiny seed sowing in Whitechapel. Read more >>

24-02-2007 09:55 | 1 comment

Critical Mass rides the red lights!

The video shows how riders on the February ride were ordered through red lights by the police, despite it inconveniencing pedestrians who had right of way. Later on the police van was blocked by some bollards and petulantly sounded its twos-n-blues much to the amusement of the riders.
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24-02-2007 07:02

Bicycle sound systems still banned in SOCPA zone.

Motorists can play their sound systems by cyclists cannot. Read more >>

24-02-2007 00:18 | 8 comments

Fascists NOT WELCOME in Reading - or anywhere else! Demo report.

On Monday 19th February, the local Reading press reported that BNP leader Nick Griffin, was gonna pay our town a visit on the Wednesday. The BNP's regional organiser reckons they've got "a lot of members (in Reading) but no organiser" and that if they could be organised, they could field candidates in the local elections, maybe up to 4. Read more >>

23-02-2007 16:43 | 2 comments

What do Oligarch Cherney, Lord Pearson of Rannoch and the UKIP have in common?

Further to my last posting

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/362998.html I wanted to draw your attention to these articles on UKIP...

http://www.itv.com/news/index_f819d6a8061d27e471bc9c5c637caa01.html

and this

http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKL233341920070223

... this is madness! Criminal oligarch Cherney meeting with a senior member of the House of Lords to provide money for UKIP... why else would a Lord meet with a dubious Russian oligarch. How can this have gone unnoticed??? Read more >>