London Newswire Archive

11-03-2008 14:11

Mother with children violently deported on Virgin flight

No Borders London has learnt that a young mother with two children, one aged about two and the other about 3 months old, were violently deported on Virgin Atlantic flight VS651 on 18/01/08 from London Heathrow to Lagos.
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11-03-2008 01:07

Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan

Eyewitness accounts of the occupations, March 13th-16th, 2008 - Washington DC Read more >>

10-03-2008 23:59

Paddy's Day of Action Against shell (Meeting & Update)

This Saturday (15th March) @ 5pm there will be a meeting and info night hosted by people from Ireland about the struggle of the people of Rossport, County Mayo, Ireland, to stop shell from destroying their beautiful & pristine environment by building a high pressure gas pipeline through their land. Read more >>

10-03-2008 22:51 | 1 addition

Peace activist challenges Trident nuclear weapons in court

The legality of Britain’s Trident nuclear weapons was challenged in court last Friday in the trial of a peace activist from London.

PEACE campaigner Daniel Viesnik, 33, from north London questioned the legality of Trident nuclear weapons before Newbury Magistrates’ Court on Friday 7 March as he faced trial on the minor charge of obstructing the highway. The alleged offence involved a peaceful sit-down protest that took place on 27 July 2007 at the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) at Aldermaston [1] in Berkshire, in the southeast of England, where Britain’s nuclear warheads are manufactured. According to Mr Viesnik, the protest was a statement of his passionate opposition to nuclear weapons in general and to the British Government’s plans to replace or renew Trident. Read more >>

10-03-2008 16:17

Protest to stop the removal of Guy Njike Wed 12th March Parlaiment Square

Protest to stop the removal of Guy Njike back to Cameroon
NO DEPORTATIONS TO TORTURE! Read more >>

10-03-2008 16:14

thieving parasitic squat leeches trash rampART social centre

Over the weekend one of the rampART collective caught friends of the neighboring squatters stealing the lead of the roof. Confronted, they justified their action by saying that the place was going to be evicted in a week anyway. Of course that's not actually true, there is no date yet for an eviction and who's is to say that an eviction attempt would succeed. It could have been months before the rampART was finally closed. Read more >>

10-03-2008 14:44

Scientology's Gulags: inside the Rehabilitation Project Force

The Church of Scientology is an authoritarian cult whose parallels with authoritarian regimes around the world are well-documented. Most members are kept under control through misinformation and brainwashing. However, like any totalitarian institution, the Church of Scientology has its way of dealing with problematic members. Welcome to the Rehabilitation Project Force. Read more >>

09-03-2008 23:43

Prosecution stamps feet and refuses to admit defeat in Fitwatch trial

The Fitwatch climate camp trial came to an abrupt halt on Thursday after the senior CPS lawyer sulked about losing an application to an unrepresented defendant and decided to take the District Judge's decision to Judicial Review. Read more >>

09-03-2008 19:53

Gaza Emergency Demo, London March 8

After events in Gaza in recent days in which Israeli attacks have killed 115 Palestinians and wounded 350, the British Muslim initiative, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Palestinian Forum in Britain and Palestine Return Centre called for an emergency demonstration opposite Downing St on Saturday afternoon.
Pictures copyright © 2008, Peter Marshall. All rights reserved. Read more >>

09-03-2008 18:54

Zimbabwe Vigil – In London Every Saturday

Every Saturday afternoon since 12 October 2002, the Zimbabwe Vigil outside the Zimbabwe Embassy in the Strand, London has protested against human rights violations in Zimbabwe. It also stages other events, lobbies Parliament and other bodies to end Mugabe's madness.
Pictures copyright © 2008, Peter Marshall. All rights reserved. Read more >>

09-03-2008 18:44 | 2 additions

SERCO picket, London March 8, 2008

As a part of the International Women's Day, Feminist Fightback, All African Women’s Group and Black Women’s Rape Action Project picketed the SERCO
Research Institute in central London, demanding the immediate closure of Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre.
Pictures copyright © 2008, Peter Marshall. All rights reserved. Read more >>

09-03-2008 18:37

New 26cinemalibre.tk film screening night - mondays @ inspiral

starts this monday (10th march) @ inspiral lounge, camden high street - "life + Debt" + Djs Read more >>

09-03-2008 18:35

Million Women Rise 2008 - London, March 8, 2008

The London march of this International Women’s Day event saw several thousand in an all-woman march from near Marble Arch to Trafalgar Square for a rally. The march was aimed against all forms of male violence against women, and supported by women from a very wide range of groups.
Pictures copyright © 2008, Peter Marshall. All rights reserved. Read more >>

09-03-2008 18:14

Rally for Dignity and Democracy, London 8 March

Dignity and Democracy for Zimbabwe Rally, London 8 March 2008
Pictures and text.
Pictures copyright © 2008, Peter Marshall. All rights reserved. Read more >>

09-03-2008 18:07

Tibetan Uprising Day: London 8 March 2008

Around a thousand marched from the Chinese Embassy to a Whitehall rally to remember the Tibetan uprising 49 years ago and to demand that Gordon Brown meet the Dalai Lama and end British silence over Chinese human rights abuses in Tibet.
Pictures copyright © 2008, Peter Marshall. All rights reserved. Read more >>

09-03-2008 17:11

Sea Shepherd rebuked by IWC as Rumours emerge of Compromise on Whaling

Reports from the International Whaling Commission 3 day intercessional meeting in London say that commercial whaling may be allowed but the scientific loophole which has allowed Japan to whale in the Antarctic may be closed. This would allow Japan to whale commercially in the north Pacific regulated by the IWC. The meeting also rebuked Sea Shepherd over "Safety at Sea".
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09-03-2008 16:44

Sea Shepherd Honoured by the International Whaling Commission

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society was honoured today to receive an official acknowledgement of our efforts from the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) Intersessional Meeting on the Future of the IWC, held in London. Read more >>

09-03-2008 11:14

BAA and Dept. Of Transport fixed 3rd Runway Enviro Impact report

THE airports operator BAA colluded with government officials to “fix” the evidence in favour of a new third runway at Heathrow, an investigation has found.
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09-03-2008 00:03

Academy school opponents re-occupy Wembley Sports Ground

It is reported that Wembley Sports Ground is once again under occupation by academy school protesters tonight (Friday). The occupation follows an Anti-Academies Alliance conference at the TUC today and Brent Council's recent announcement that the Wembley Park Academy will open in September in temporary classrooms on the site of the sports ground.

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08-03-2008 21:08

Bring the pipeline back to Shell: Solidarity with Mayo, Ireland

Come & help bring the pipeline back to Shell HQ. GLUAISEACHT are mobilising people from all over Ireland to travel to London for St Patrick's weekend. Read more >>