London Newswire Archive

12-04-2007 15:22 | 1 comment

Seaside food

Why is seaside food and fast food so bad in Britain? Does it have to be bad? Does fast food have to be synonymous with junk food? Read more >>

12-04-2007 15:14 | 1 comment

BP AGM told: Hands Off Iraqi Oil

Activists from the Hands Off Iraqi Oil campaign today delivered a warning to oil company BP that it will face massive public outrage if it continues in its attempts to ‘rip off’ Iraqi oil. Read more >>

12-04-2007 13:11 | 2 comments

DJ ARBUTHNOT: Horseshit Road, Westminster Maggots Courts

I cordially invite the public to come witness the antics of several very bent judges and the political trials of peaceful individuals.

Friday, April 13, 2007 @ 2:00 p.m. I am listed to be tried as an artist, for exhibiting art. It will be up to the courts to determine whether that act is a serious organised crime and whether I was participating in a "demonstration". Somehow reminds me of Mark Wallinger and his State Britain installation with regards to Mr. Brian W. Haw and his illegally seized artworks i.e. 3 Banksy's amongst gifts of art from around the globe, from all nations - an installation of evidence of genocide and torture, an exhibition of peace and love. Read more >>

11-04-2007 21:10

Radio active waste in east London Olympic site

French state 24 hr news channel, France 24, today reported that it had seen documentation showing that radioactive waste had been dumped in 1959 in Clays lane, the site of the proposed 2012 Olympic Stadium. Read more >>

11-04-2007 18:02 | 1 comment

"Remember each eleventh" campaign. . . .(11/4/7) Peace is possible 2

Todays 11/4/7 "remember each eleventh" campaign includes street theatre actions in London amongst other places, that masquerade as different things - to get past the communication blockerbollocks, so keep your eyes open, keep it up, etc Read more >>

11-04-2007 17:57

Demo at BP's AGM

BP AGM DEMONSTRATION - THURSDAY 12 APRIL

10.30am, Thursday 12 April 2007
Excel Centre, Docklands (Custom House DLR) Read more >>

11-04-2007 17:04

Dayschool on class, capitalism and women's liberation, 21 April

Come and discuss the politics of socialist feminism at this dayschool on Saturday 21 April. Read more >>

11-04-2007 14:51

Oaxaca film night on Thursday 12th April 7.30pm

@RampART creative centre
15 Rampart St London E1
(off Commercial Road, nearest tube Whitechapel)

http://rampart.xploiting.org/wiki/doku.php/how_to_find_us

Screening of two documentaries to be followed by a discussion. Read more >>

11-04-2007 00:15 | 6 comments

Madonna To Pointlessly Headline Live Earth At Wembley

Live Earth Concerts UK Wembley London Madonna Climate Change Al GoreClimate change is possibly the single biggest threat to life on Earth at the moment, and something really substantial is needed to tackle the problem once and for all, so thank God that scientists have finally found the cure - it's Razorlight. Read more >>

10-04-2007 20:07 | 1 addition

Dalston Regeneration Culture Jamming

Dalston activists spent Easter getting busy with some creative modifications to official signage which promotes the shiny happy future of the area imagined by developers, London Transport and the Mayors of Hackney and London. Read more >>

10-04-2007 19:40

pipeline photo exhibition in London uncovers BP's crimes

"Land & Fire" is being shown in Foyles Gallery in central London from Apr 6-22nd. Composed of fables, photography, poetry and maps, the exhibition uncovers London's oil footprint in the Caucasus and Turkey. Shown in London because of this city's role in building the pipeline on paper & hard-drives, the exhibit contains images & responses from the communities alongside BP's controversial Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. Read more >>

10-04-2007 19:33 | 4 comments

SOCPA - farcical court proceedings today

peace activists milan rai and maya evans were at westminster magistrate's court this afternoon to answer charges of organising an 'unauthorised' demonstration in parliament square last october. for failing to give their dates of birth at the start of the trial, they were both held on 'contempt of court', and now a new hearing will happen on friday 20th april at 9.30am. Read more >>

10-04-2007 16:53

Expose EXXON day

"Die-in" at the gates of ExxonMobil UK headquarters, near Leatherhead Surrey, on Good Friday April 6th, the day of the release of the "Climate Impacts" section of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report, which outlined the devastating effects unchecked climate change will have on the world's poorest and most vulnerable people. Read more >>

09-04-2007 23:01 | 1 comment

RTF Pics

Photos and commentary Read more >>

09-04-2007 18:30 | 2 comments

SOCPA "organisers" in court this week

maya evans became the first person to be convicted for holding an unauthorised demonstration under the SOCPA laws introduced in august 2005. milan rai was the first conviction as an organiser.
their 'demo' was reading out names of british and iraqi people killed in the war. since then, they helped organise a further demonstration highlighting the massacre of civilians in fallujah. for this 'offence', they are in court tomorrow. Read more >>

09-04-2007 17:26 | 6 comments

London Mayday - Suited and Booted

After a successful workshop at Reclaim the Future, we realised that there was a fair demand for a different type of mayday than an anarchist block on a march

We want to relaunch the Mayday protests with a new spirit and new tactics. Read more >>

09-04-2007 14:16

Allotment under threat

Situated in Hackney Wick, London an allotment is under threat of being concreted over for the Olympics Read more >>

08-04-2007 22:59 | 1 comment

Report on International Day of Action to Free the Cuban Five

On Saturday 7th April activists from Rock around the Blockade (RATB) took to the streets across Britain to demand freedom for the Cuban Five and an end to US occupation of Guantanamo Bay. Rock Around the Blockade is the campaign set up by the Revolutionary Communist Group (RCG) in solidarity with the Cuban Revolution. Read more >>

08-04-2007 19:54

Resources for International Day of Action against Climate Change & G8

Rising Tide has now produced a number of flyers and posters to help publicise the 08.06.07 International Day of Action against Climate Change & G8 - availble to download from the Rising Tide website. Read more >>