London Newswire Archive

27-02-2008 20:18

Palestinian Womens Tour

A group of Palestinian women are visiting the UK on a speaking tour
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27-02-2008 14:16

Hearts of Picadilly

Reclaim Love 5 The Movie Coming Soon Read more >>

27-02-2008 12:18 | 1 addition

SOCPA - update on last night's arrests

short update on newsflash reported at

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/02/392385.html Read more >>

27-02-2008 11:54 | 5 additions

On top of Houses of Parliament roof

Anti-Heathrow expansion protesters have climbed on to the roof of the Houses of Parliament next to Big Ben.

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27-02-2008 02:18

SOCPA newsflash

three arrests outside gates of parliament on tuesday evening at 9pm Read more >>

27-02-2008 01:00 | 1 addition

London MET Police Launch New Anti-Terror Campaign

This time it is the photographers and videographers we have to fear. Read more >>

27-02-2008 00:20 | 1 addition

1st of March: Second National Day Of Action For Freedom Of Assembly

We Own The Streets - Campaign for Freedom of Assembly

It's time we had freedom to publicly assemble in the UK. The Campaign
for Freedom of Assembly is calling for a second national day of action
against the existing legislation restricting our freedom to protest
around Parliament and its possible extension to the rest of the country. Read more >>

26-02-2008 18:13

Thousands say no, no, no to Heathrow expansion

Last night's Stop Heathrow Expansion rally showed the strength of opinion against environmentally disastrous plans to build a third runway. Read more >>

25-02-2008 20:46

rampART and RAMpart2 evictions

All very gloomy news from the various parts of the rampART. This morning there was a hearing to decide whether there would be an appeal against the granting of the possession order relating to Rampart Street. The judge decided there would be no appeal. Read more >>

25-02-2008 19:58

Scientology as Sci-Fi Fascism (corrected)

(if an administrator could remove the previous version of this article it would be much appreciated)

Today I was reading Ur-Fascism (

http://www.pegc.us/archive/Articles/eco_ur-fascism.pdf) by Umberto Eco. In it he addresses a common political problem: how to define fascism. The problem is the incoherence in fascism either as a philosophy or a movement. Anti-capitalist or pro-business, conservative yet revolutionary, contradictory both within and between movements which take the name. Eco identifies a number of characteristics which are common to fascist movements, while acknowledging that not all will be present in any one movement or philosophy, and that a number of perceived contradictions do not prevent movements being categorised together. These characteristics are described as Ur-Fascism, or Eternal Fascism, the base on which fascist traditions may be built. Read more >>

25-02-2008 16:58

Cabaret against capitalism - Don Letts benefit 4 No Sweat, Thursday, Kings Cross

A benefit to raise money for the anti-sweatshop, anti-capitalist solidarity campaign. Read more >>

25-02-2008 16:40

'The Witness' documentary film screening tonight

February 25th 2008
7:30pm
Pogo Cafe, Hackney, London Read more >>

25-02-2008 12:52

Plane protest at Heathrow

Four Greenpeace climate campaigners have just climbed on top of a Manchester to London plane after it parked at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal One. They are now covering the tailfin with a huge protest banner that reads “CLIMATE EMERGENCY – NO 3rd RUNWAY”. Read more >>

25-02-2008 10:07

Free Cinema and Live music Tonight!

Final Monday Love at The InSpiral Lounge, Camden Lock, bringing you the finest in uptown, underground, raise your spirit and blow your mind live music, film and real life grassroots media. Read more >>

25-02-2008 00:50

8 March; Serco picket; Iran; Reproductive Freedoms: Feminist Fightback events

Upcoming events organised by Feminist Fightback. Read more >>

24-02-2008 20:00

Final Monday Love, 25th Feb, Camden

24-02-2008 13:57 | 1 addition

Pics of "End the siege on Gaza" Demo

Pics from the demo against the Gaza siege, Saturday 23rd February 2008, in front of Downing St. Read more >>

24-02-2008 00:23 | 1 addition

Hands Off Iraqi Oil - London demo

Pics from the corporate pirates' tour of the capital on the 'Hands Off Iraqi Oil' International Day of Action, Saturday 23 February 2008. They were protesting against the multinational oil companies' ongoing attempts to profit from the occupation and death of an estimated million people in Iraq by plundering the country's oil resources; a move strongly opposed by the Iraqi oil workers' unions and general populace.
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23-02-2008 17:49

Mr. MI5 Roger S. Smith a.k.a. Smithy - your cover is blown

I spy with my little eye... Read more >>

23-02-2008 16:03

Marylebone Road protest against Total Oppression in Burma

Ten protesters held a demonstration at Dorset House Total petrol station at 170-172 Marylebone Rd on Thursday calling on the French oil company to stop fuelling oppression in Burma with hundreds of millions of pounds a year to the brutal regime. Total has for many years been the largest western supporter of the military regime. Villagers forced as slave labour to build Total's gas pipeline nicknamed the soldiers oppressing them as the "Total Battalions".
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