London Newswire Archive

04-09-2007 21:38

Thursday in Shepherds Bush: local Law Centre / voluntary sector public meeting

Defend legal advice and community services in Hammersmith and Fulham! Read more >>

04-09-2007 21:05 | 1 addition

Save Tara: Protestors Walk The Line, Direct Action Halts Construction

Thursday 16 August, protestors walked the route of the M3 motorway to view what destruction of the ancient sites in Tara Valley have already disappeared. Then they decided on a little direct action. Read more >>

04-09-2007 19:57 | 1 addition

RMT Metronet workers strike: violence on the picket line!

Attack on a cameraperson on picket line outside Metronet HQ Read more >>

04-09-2007 19:32

Call for the immediate release of five university teachers of Bangladesh

Five senior University Professors in Bangladesh were arrested on the 24th August on alleged suspicion of organising the recent violent clashes between students and police. All the teachers have constantly rejected these allegations.
Please join the demonstration to stop this gross violation of Human Rights on Thursday, September 6 at 3:00pm outside the Bangladesh High Commission. Read more >>

04-09-2007 18:54

Israel Ignores Poverty

The facts capture an image of the politicised Israel in which turmoil is guaranteed; poverty a precursor to violence will put in jeopardy peace, as myths, distortions and lies serves the manipulator reinvigorating a hate filled backlash against those who are oppressed.
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04-09-2007 12:30

Israel allowed into UK for football, Palestine not!

Israel are coming to play England in a friendly (apparently in the world of football, Isael is in Europe), weeks after the Palestinian youth team were denied entry to the UK...anyone want to organise protests? Read more >>

04-09-2007 09:50

Crossrail - How the City wants to rip off Londoners and taxpayers? Just say NO

Crossrail is a £30 billion substandard rail scheme that is setting itself up to get taxpayers money to fund acquiring land for development and getting a transport scheme that will benefit the City and Canary Wharf - Crossrail has been compared to Eurotunnel by financial transport experts except this time Ken and the City want your money. This Indymedia article tells you who the Crossrail players are, their history of abusing public money and how a City funded propaganda thinktank is trying to use PR to push ahead with plans to rip off taxpayers.. Courtesy of the City and Ken... Read more >>

04-09-2007 02:54

The Canadian toothpick and the US president

He was STANDING on the sands of Irak. Like, that's going to happen to the entire planet if humans don't curb their gas guzzling and their fantastic way to consume the resources of our world. Read more >>

03-09-2007 23:10

Tube maintenance workers begin six days of strikes

The first of two 72 hour strikes by more than 2,300 workers at failed private maintenance firm Metronet is to go ahead from 6pm tonight. Read more >>

03-09-2007 18:04

Picket War Conference 10th September 4:30pm-6:30pm, nr Green Park, London

On the eve of DSEi - the world's biggest arms fair, Jane's 'Defence' are hosting a conference on corporate wars in 2020 and beyond which in their own words is "the definitive event assessing priorities for defence ministries and business opportunities for those who supply defence equipment", but it might just as well be "more wars for less oil". It's being held at the Radisson Edwardian Mayfair Hotel, Stratton Street, London W1J 8LT

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=528877&Y=180440&A=Y&Z=1 Read more >>

03-09-2007 15:20

Laughter Bomb Strikes London

On 11th September 2007, the sixth anniversary of the World Trade Centre disaster, groups of activists will gather around London to explode "laughter bombs". Read more >>

03-09-2007 14:50

9/11 Truth: We Are Change UK Hit the Notting Hill Carnival

Here's the London We Are Change team at Notting Hill Carnival, the world's second largest carnival. Read more >>

03-09-2007 14:49

Metronet Strike is On - Get Home NOW!

Metronet strike is still on, how it's going to affect everyone in London and why you should support it. Read more >>

03-09-2007 10:14

UK govt faces legal action over refusal to hold inquiry into London bombings

The British government is facing legal action over its continued refusal to hold an independent public inquiry into the July 7, 2005 bombings in London that killed 56 people and injured 700. Read more >>

03-09-2007 00:38 | 1 addition

Tara: March to Navan, 15/08/07

A short video of a march to Navan, the closest town to the Tara Valley, to drawn public awareness to the destruction of Irish National Heritage. Read more >>

02-09-2007 20:14

Worldwide support for Cuban Five grows

The Cuban Five—Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González and René González—were prosecuted for defending Cuba from U.S.-backed terrorists. They were arrested in Miami Sept. 12, 1998 by the FBI and charged with espionage conspiracy, murder conspiracy and failure to register as foreign agents—a total of 26 counts... Read more >>

02-09-2007 14:50

Danish police clash with youths

plagarised from bbc website

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6974662.stm Read more >>

01-09-2007 20:55 | 2 additions

Tara Poem: A Call to Action

A short video of a recorded poem by one Tara activist, a call to action in County Meath, Ireland, to halt the construction/destruction being caused by the new M3 motorway. Read more >>

01-09-2007 20:02

Privatizing Misery, Deporting and Imprisoning Migrants for Profit

The Hidden Agenda of the Border Hype: Security Guards and Prisons in the Dollars-For-Migrants Industry

By Brenda Norrel

http://www.narconews.com/Issue46/article2769.html Read more >>

01-09-2007 15:09

July 7th bombing victims' meeting in London on Monday 3 September

Tonights public meeting will be focussed on the events of 7th July 2005. It will be a unique event combining the perspectives of a 7/7 survivor as well as the family of a 7/7 victim. Read more >>