London Newswire Archive

21-06-2007 11:41

Hanging from the brush...

"They are hanging from the brush and we took the stepladder..." Read more >>

21-06-2007 11:36 | 1 comment

Vilma’s example today is more necessary than ever. She devoted her entire life to the struggle for women’s rights when in Cuba most women were discriminated against as human beings, the same as in the rest of the world, with only the honorable revolutionary exceptions... Read more >>

21-06-2007 09:50 | 3 comments

Pipeline Milford Haven To Tirley

Wales and tree protests Read more >>

20-06-2007 16:30

Svensson hails "people power" in cat and dog fur victory

Speaking after today's vote on banning the trade in dog and fur in the EU, Swedish GUE/NGL MEP and Parliament's rapporteur on the issue, Eva-Britt Svensson, saluted the public pressure generated by the issue and welcomed the overwhelming backing for her report. Read more >>

20-06-2007 15:01 | 2 comments

Crossrail hole plot - East London council's fake defiance of Goldman Sachs!

The alleged defiance of Goldman Sachs' cash offer by the East London Borough of Tower Hamlets Council, being ignorantly reported in the media today [Wednesday 20 June 2007] conceals the truth of the same Council’s long and rising collusion with really harmful Big Business interests including with Goldman Sachs… Read more >>

20-06-2007 14:36

West London residents halt traffic outside DfT Headquarters

West London residents protesting about plans to expand Heathrow dramatically stopped traffic this morning outside the Department for Transport (DfT) offices in Central London before attempting an invasion of the building.

The protestors carried a bed along Marsham Street from the flat of BAA Chief Executive Stephen Nelson (1) to the Department for Transport. In the bed were two figures symbolising the close relationship between BAA and the DfT under the slogan “DfT in bed with BAA”. Read more >>

20-06-2007 12:03 | 1 comment

Branding, Cleansing and the Olympic Spin Machine

(Repost with photos this time) The Olympics all over the world are heavily marketed. The spin surrounding them often hides some ugly truths. This piece attempts peel back the veneer and look at some Olympic realities Read more >>

20-06-2007 11:48 | 1 addition | 2 comments

Common Ground Community Garden - EVICTION UPDATE - Resistance successful so far.

Common Ground Community Garden, is a self-managed squatted community project in the heart of Reading. The land and surrounding buildings are council owned, and they have tried to obstruct this initiative every step of the way - and thanks to the spirit of the squatters and our neighbours, they have failed every step of the way. Read more >>

20-06-2007 11:18 | 4 comments

Gordon Brown should ignore the FT and scrap the Crossrail hole plot...

The London FT is this week leading the lobby for globalizing conglomerates who are set to push Gordon Brown into a corner so they can extract the loot of £20 Billion which they can pocket under the guise of the Crossrail hole plot in London. But Gordon Brown must not collude with them and should in fact put a halt to Crossrail now. It has already wasted more than £500million of public money in consultants fees and promotions. Read more >>

20-06-2007 00:58 | 2 additions | 1 comment

Resisting the FIT teams: a proposal for action

A proposal to start ending our own repression and to start resisting the actions of the Forward Intelligence Teams. Read more >>

19-06-2007 23:13 | 1 addition | 1 comment

Pictures from StWC Palestine Demo (pt 3).

The final part of this set of pictures from the StWC Palestine Rally. Read more >>

19-06-2007 22:58

Gathering anticivilisation 07, second call

We´ve found a great place for the gathering. It is very near to Barcelona, less than 30 km and it’s easy to go with public transportation. There is plenty space for camping, workshops and debates. Read more >>

19-06-2007 22:58 | 1 addition

More pictures from StWC Palestine March (pt 2).

As promised, here's a further follow up of pictures for the Palestine demo that took place June 9th, 2007. Read more >>

19-06-2007 19:10

A time for change in Ireland

Who do we blame?

Is youth the key to the spiralling increase in anti-social behaviour or has the youth of today just taken example from their peers and enhanced the problem to a modern 21st century process in destabilising society. Does the problem go back further than what we are prepared to accept and have we now come to a stage where we need to re-evaluate the way we cherish freedom and human rights.
We see AIDS as being a threat to human existence. We now see ASB as a threat to the stability of our society and subsequently human existence in itself. Read more >>

19-06-2007 18:43

Branding, Cleansing and the Olympic Spin Machine

A huge amount of effort is put into marketing the Olympics, but what is behind this mountain of spin? This article is an attempt to peel back the veneer and take a peak at the reality of the Olympics. Read more >>

19-06-2007 18:15

Grey September

The state of the world post september 11. Read more >>

19-06-2007 17:16 | 2 comments

Flight 77: The Flight Data Recorder Investigation File

Calum Douglas presents his investigation into the flight data recorder from Flight 77 to an audience at the Indian YMCA in Fitzroy Square, London on 8th June 2007. Read more >>