London Newswire Archive

28-04-2007 10:04

Critical Mass London 13th Anniversary ride.

The very well attended Mass got off to a good start, despite a spelling mistake on the kindly donated t-shirts. There was the usual large police presence with its usual intimidating videoing of riders. Pity they can't take their own medicine and try to conceal their faces. Read more >>

28-04-2007 06:06

Police ignore SOCPA music.

For several months now police have been threatening Critical Mass riders with arrest if they dare to play their bicycle sounds systems in the SOCPA zone around Parliament Square. Read more >>

27-04-2007 19:08

Save ESOL demo in Hackney

Please come to the demo in Hackney tomorrow to defend free ESOL Read more >>

27-04-2007 18:19

Hotdogs and poems - whats the difference?

None according to Southwark Council's Street Care enforcers who confiscated poems from Joseph Marinus after his arrest for "breaching the peace" under Blackfriars Bridge last Saturday April 21st. Read more >>

27-04-2007 17:13 | 1 comment

Queen's Market Supporters Picket St Modwen Meeting

Friends of Queen's Market, who oppose the development plans for London's most ethnically diverse market, next to Upton Park tube station2727, today leafleted shareholders attending the annual meeting of developers St Modwen at Ironmongers' Hall in the City of London today. Read more >>

27-04-2007 14:11 | 6 additions | 9 comments

Big Issue Magazine Seller Calls Police to Arrest Young Muslim Girl

A young Muslim girl was arrested by police outside Sainsburys in Ladbroke Grove at noon on 27 April after being accused of illegally selling the Big Issue magazine on private property and "stealing money" from another Big Issue seller. Read more >>

27-04-2007 00:31

Camberwell Squatted Centre - Full Weekend Programme

Here is your guide to the weekend's events at the CAMBERWELL SQUATTED CENTRE
190 Warham St
Off Camberwell New Rd
London SE5

Check the website for the full April/May calendar. Read more >>

26-04-2007 16:25

BBC is giving Livingstone unjustified one-sided Crossrail propagqanda

The BBC is allowing London mayor Ken Livingstone the sort of one-sided platform to lie to people of the UK and lie against the people of London. The BBC London this afternoon [1415 GMT on Thursday 26 April 2007] gave Livingstone yet another one sided platform to lie for the hugely flawed Cross rail hole project. Read more >>

26-04-2007 14:07 | 10 comments

new north london occupied social centre

the old mountview theatre school site in crouch end is opening its doors to the public on sunday the 29th april after being abandoned by the drama school now based in wood green. the new social centre benefits from a small theatre, which can be converted for cinema nights, as well as exhibition space, large workshop spaces, a bar and kitchen, and residential area. Read more >>

26-04-2007 13:12

Official Secrets Act makes mockery of Justice...

History is being re-written - Downing Street Memo - what's that?
"Senior British civil servant David Keogh [...] is on trial at London's Old Bailey, charged with violating the Official Secrets Act for leaking a classified report on an April 2004 meeting between George W. Bush and Tony Blair.The four page report referred to Bush as a "madman."
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26-04-2007 11:13 | 3 comments

TONIGHT at rampART

The Pirate University in London

Why, when, where.....come along!
from 8 p.m. @ 15 Rampart Street, E1 2LA Read more >>

26-04-2007 10:56 | 1 comment

BLOOD $ MONEY 2: DARKNESS AND LIGHT

New film release on youtube.com from the Anti-war studio of Friendship Productions: Read more >>

26-04-2007 08:14

Fri, London: Film on Cameroon anti-colonial leader, Félix Moumié, & other progs

THIS FRIDAY, 6.30PM, On the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the death of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Pan African Strategist and President of Ghana,
(maybe after you attend abit of the Shut Down Guantanamo! Demo outside the US Embassy, Grosvenor Sq, 6-7pm!) Read more >>

26-04-2007 02:07 | 3 comments

Capitol protestors campaign to impeach Bush

"The only solution to end this war is to impeach them, impeach the liars, impeach the murderers, and get our troops home," she said. Read more >>

26-04-2007 01:10

Benefit gig on Mayday

Punk rock night helping unwanted animals Read more >>

25-04-2007 23:54 | 1 comment

March and Rally for Migrants' and Refugees' Rights. May 7th Bank Holiday

MARCH AND RALLY FOR MIGRANTS' & REFUGEES' RIGHTS

7TH MAY BANK HOLIDAY

ASSEMBLE 11AM OUTSIDE WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL NEAR VICTORIA STATION, LONDON Read more >>

25-04-2007 19:38

eco bag fraud demo outside sainsbury's

Every time someone buys a 'Hindmarch Toxic Bag', planet earth dies a little more. Read more >>

25-04-2007 15:32

'Dealing with Peak Oil and Climate Change' in London

The relationship between Climate Change and Peak Oil, and how to deal with the two threats, will be discussed at a special event titled ‘Dealing with Peak Oil & Climate Change’ in Covent Garden, London on 12th May 2007. Read more >>

25-04-2007 13:56

Bartleby not Radio Alice: Camberwell Squatted Centre film tonight

Yes the film tonight at the Camberwell Squatted Centre has been changed at the last hour to the classic 1970 version of the Bartleby. He is the original refuser of work who 'prefers not to'. Free 7.30

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