London Newswire Archive

22-04-2007 01:27 | 1 addition | 1 comment

21/04/07: Video rush & report on Crawley anti-detention protest

Today saw activists march in Crawley, near Gatwick airport, London, UK, to oppose the proposed new immigration detention centre. Read more >>

22-04-2007 01:09 | 1 addition

Pics: Stop New Gatwick Detention Centre Demo

The sun was shining today in Crawley, West Sussex, when over 100 people took part in a demonstration trough the town centre. The protest was called by the NoBorders network to show opposition to the planned building of a new migrants detention centre near Gatwick airport. The new prison for refugees and asylum seekers aims to 'accommodate' 400 detainees when it gets built. Here there are some photos of de demo: Read more >>

21-04-2007 21:48 | 5 additions | 3 comments

Mass lone demo breaks Guinness Book of Records

"According to the Home Office there have been 1,379 demonstrations authorised under SOCPA in 18 months (1 Aug 2005 - Dec 2006). With your help we'd like to attempt to hold 2,000 demonstrations in a day!"

So reads the splurge on the Mark Thomas website (

http://www.markthomasinfo.com/) Today's efforts alone totalled 2294, breaking, according to Mark, the challenge set by records administrators. Read more >>

21-04-2007 18:17 | 1 addition

DISARM DSEI WEBSITE HACKED !

Please note the Disarm DSEI website has been hacked by persons unknown ( but we can all guess )

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21-04-2007 17:10 | 2 comments

Mayday 07 - Invite

For those who don't want to march, how about some dancing on Mayday.

The Haymarket Martyrs were protesting for an 8 hour day, a 9-5. When was the last time anyone just worked 9-5? Why should we live in a world where profit is put above anything else, what about the planet, what about our lives, how about some fun? Read more >>

21-04-2007 10:26 | 5 comments

The Vortex eviction

Action taken against bailiffs and Midda Read more >>

20-04-2007 23:01 | 1 comment

Report from Land and Marine demo and demo announcement

Despite massive over-policing and the eviction of Bath Climate Camp, actions are continuing as scheduled, so if you were thinking of coming down for saturdays demo, starting at 12 at Bath Abbey, please do so to show that thier repression will not make us go away! - here is a report of the Land and Marine demo - Read more >>

20-04-2007 15:42

10 Downing Street E-petition to abolish the Local Government Ombudsman

Sir Geoffrey Chipperfield recommended abolition of the LGO because they were an unnecessary institution whose work could best be carried out by other bodies. His report was subverted by the interference of the then LGO and its allies. Since then the LGO has demonstrably failed to improve the system, and continues to exclude the public interest from their remit. Irrefutable evidence of its dishonesty and bias has been gathered by LGOWatch since 2003. The LGO is counter-productive to effective management in local government and a blight on the human rights of citizens looking to this publicly funded institution to act in good faith. On the rare occasions when it is found, the intervention of the LGO tends to entrench maladministration rather than put a stop to it. The continuance of this office is not in the public interest.
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20-04-2007 13:45

So Many Reasons

Why Parliament should be Dissolved Read more >>

20-04-2007 13:15 | 4 comments

BAE admits paying agents to investigate CAAT

CAAT Press Release

18 April 2007

BAE admits to paying agent to investigate campaigners Read more >>

20-04-2007 12:46

Vanunu Freedom Ride - last stop in London

The Vanunu Freedom Ride finally reaches London on 21st April 2007. This bike ride of over 600 miles from Faslane nuclear weapons base to the Israeli Embassy in London calls for freedom for Mordechai Vanunu, a nuclear weapons-free Middle East and a just freedom for Palestine. Our ultimate aim - a world free of nuclear weapons. Read more >>

19-04-2007 17:39

International Climate Conference! (London)

Campaign against Climate Change
INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CONFERENCE
Saturday 12 May & Sunday 13 May
London School of Economics, Houghton Streeet, London WC2
www.campaigncc.org Read more >>

19-04-2007 14:50 | 1 comment

London Mayday 07' - Join the Autonomous Workers Bloc!

// LONDON MAYDAY 07'

// Join the Autonomous Workers Block

// 12pm Clerkenwell Green behind the red and black flags Read more >>

19-04-2007 12:57

'Government policy is racist!' says UCU head

Alively Tower Hamlets Save ESOL public meeting, attended by over 100 people, heard from a wide range of speakers last night. Amongst them was Paul Mackney (Joint head of UCU) who pulled no punches about the governments proposals to end free entitlement to ESOL classess from September this year. Read more >>

19-04-2007 12:26 | 2 comments

The West Bank & Gaza: the largest open-air prisons constructed in human history

On the 4th April 2007 the Daily Telegraph published an article about the second-class treatment afforded to Israel's Arab citizens. Not normally known for daring to risk incurring the ire of far right Zionist extremists, it is wonderful to see the Daily Telegraph highlighting this important and often much neglected issue. Shocking as the treatment of Israeli Arabs is, it is of course just the tip of the iceberg. Read more >>

18-04-2007 21:30 | 7 comments

Mayday 07 - Invite

18-04-2007 13:51

Disrupt Shell's Annual General Meeting!

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Royal Dutch Shell plc will be held at Circustheater, Circusstraat, The Hague, The Netherlands at 11.00 am (Dutch time) on Tuesday May 15, 2007, with an audio-visual link to a satellite meeting place at Novotel London-West Hotel and Convention Centre, 1 Shortlands, Hammersmith, London, United Kingdom at 10.00 am (UK time). Read more >>

18-04-2007 12:30

Climate Camp 2007 Benefit - London, Saturday 28th April 07.

8pm - 2am - Limehouse Town Hall, 646 Commercial Road, LONDON, E14 7HA. Read more >>

18-04-2007 03:22

screening on gentrification on Thursday 19 April

As a part of encouraging solidarity and links between different campaigns
for common struggle against capitalism in Britain and Latin America, we are
having a screening on gentrification in Britain followed by a discussion. Read more >>

17-04-2007 20:29 | 2 comments

Reed Elsevier AGM told: Stop Organising Arms Fairs

Major publisher Reed Elsevier is given a rough ride both inside and outside its AGM in London today for its sideline in organising international arms fairs.
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