London Newswire Archive

04-04-2008 21:13

BNP candidate: 'The Asians are rubbish...'

Beacon's back! Read more >>

04-04-2008 21:02

Wall of Sound to Drown Tony Blair, London, 3 April, 2008

Several hundred protesters turned up outside Westminster Cathedral where Tony Blair was speaking to make clear their opposition to the war in Iraq and his disgraceful part in it.
Pictures are copyright (C) 2008, Peter Marshall Read more >>

04-04-2008 19:31 | 1 addition

Climate Change Art Exhibition

A brand new art exhibition goes on show on April 5th in a squatted car showroom tomorrow evening in North London. Read more >>

04-04-2008 18:47

Totalitarian Fossil Fools Day report

Totalitarian Fossil Fools Day took place at the Dorest House Total Petrol Station 170-172 Marylebone Rd on April 1st. Joining in with the events of

http://www.fossilfoolsday.org the 5 protesters demonstrated against the French oil company's fossil foolishness causing climate change and pollution as well as the usual protest against Total's support of the brutal Burma junta. Total funds the evil junta with 500 million dollars a year and its gas pipeline in Burma was built with slave labour (see

http://www.totaldenialfilm.com).
Read more >>

04-04-2008 15:50

Dissident Island Radio - Mixed bag on tonight

04-04-2008 15:01

Harmondsworth detainees' petition

Original text of the petition written by the Harmondsworth detainees on hunger strike. Read more >>

04-04-2008 12:11

An open question to STW stewards

An open question to STW stewards Read more >>

04-04-2008 10:03 | 1 addition

Harmondsworth detainees on hunger strike

From this morning 300 detainees in Harmondsworth are refusing food. Read more >>

04-04-2008 09:38

MP hurts cyclist whilst driving out of parliament - was he breathalised?

A crazed war monger, who had probably just left the commons bar, mows down a cyclist trying to save the planet he is intent on destroying.

Whilst it is standard procedure to breathalise drivers involved in accidents no mention has been made of whether this was done. Read more >>

04-04-2008 00:18

Cops say they'll confiscate anti Chinese olympics banners

It was just said on the news that the cops will be confiscating banners during the olympic torch crap going on in London this Sunday. Read more >>

03-04-2008 20:17

Controversial Camden Lab links to notorious Huntingdon Life Sciences

The controversial Camden Lab {see www.myspace.com/londonagainstblisslab} will have links to notorious lawbreaking scum, Huntingdon Life Sciences.
SHAC top targets Novartis are on the UCL campus. The UCL are part of the consortium in with the MRC who wan to build a huge virus container facility and animal torture lab. This has recently been criticised at government level. Read more >>

03-04-2008 15:18

As govt is criticised over MRC project....govt has criticised MRC.

As the government was criticised over the MRC project, the largest and most important situation to hit London next to Olympic Games. {The world's largest ever, highest level, virus containment facility and animal testing lab due to be built on a Camden council house estate, behind the British Library at Kings Cross, close to the border with Islington}. The government previously criticised the MRC chairman Sir John Chisholm. He was described as "vague" and "possibly the wrong man for the job". Read more >>

03-04-2008 15:04

Exposed! - Bobby Roberts Circus

This is a report received by protesters from a customer of Bobby Roberts Circus in relation to a performance on Thursday 27 March 2008 7pm. See demo report:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/04/395225.html Read more >>

03-04-2008 14:52

The Commons Science and Technology Committee criticism of MRC

On April !st the Guardian newspaper covered the story of the government being criticised over MRC financing. Perhaps we should also be reminded of the governments own criticism of the MRC chairman who was described as "vague" and "not the right person for the job", by the The Commons Science and Technology Committee. see www.public service.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=3475&topic=Management=%and20%OHR
Read more >>

03-04-2008 14:33

Message of Support on Abortion Rights .

Abortion is criminalised in Ireland and therefore many Irish women use UK
services. This is not spoken of a lot because we are at a stage where 16 years
after the 'X' case , not one government has introduced abortion law.
Pro-life stand in the streets with images of eviscerated infants and argument is
reduced to: -Abortion is always wrong- which means we do not talk about the issues
of human rights, post-abortion continuity of care, medical abortion or
abortion by choice. It does not exist. Read more >>

03-04-2008 14:10

Direct action gets the goods once again, this time in London

An underpaying, exploitative restuarant boss in London was forced to pay a foreign kitchen porter his owed wages and also holiday pay when a picket arrived outside his restaurant, backed up by threats of legal action. Read more >>

03-04-2008 13:37

We Are Bad – Bronze Graffiti

Recognising the high art status of graffiti the We Are Bad Collective have had the letters cut from their stencils cast in Bronze.

On the 2nd April 2008 30 Bronze Graffiti plaques, with text that reads “WE ARE BAD – PLEASE KEEP AN EYE ON US”, where attached to CCTV camera posts in various London locations.

wearebad.net
Read more >>

03-04-2008 12:27

EuroMayDay Promo Video

A EuroMayDay promo video has been made and is on YouTube. Check it out! Link it. Add it to your blog/MySpace, etc... Read more >>

03-04-2008 01:44

Free Mumia now! All out for 19 April united-front demonstration!

Free Mumia now!

Mumia Abu-Jamal
is innocent!

Abolish the racist
death penalty!

Saturday 19 April
1pm, US Embassy,
Grosvenor Square, London W1A
(Nearest Tube: Bond Street) Read more >>

02-04-2008 17:40

SOCPA - chris coverdale arrested for non-payment of fines

chris coverdale was arrested earlier today at his home in wimbledon for non-payment of fines imposed for a previous SOCPA unauthorised demonstration offence. he is being held overnight at wimbledon police station and will apear at the local court tomorrow morning. Read more >>