London Newswire Archive

31-05-2013 04:50

URGENT-Sussex residents-PLEASE phone EA today-RE Fracking

Sussex residents - Please lobby the Environment Agency with phone calls NOW!! (Email turn-around time is too long). They are aiming to turn the Balcombe file around by the end of this week for approval by DECC who can then grant Cuadrilla drilling consent...We are hearing that some EA officials are horrified by what Cuadrilla told residents at the drop-in session last week.
Simon Deacon012433756314/Sally Taviner,Team Leader SouthEast-01794 832796.
If you can't get through to them try :Hannah Hyland 01903 703952 or the Chichester Office: 01243 756301. Read more >>

31-05-2013 00:24

Urgent: Rough Sleepers Attacked in Centerl London

It has came to our attention that Rough Sleepers are currently being attacked in Central London by a gang of three men on a nightly basis.

We urgently appeal that this information is spread far and wide to those associated with our streets in London. Read more >>

30-05-2013 21:55

International Demonstration "People United Against Austerity"

This Saturday 1st June London will be joining more than 100 cities in 12 European countries in an international protest against Austerity in Europe. People will assemble at 2 pm at HM Treasury, King Charles Street, London, and then march to the European Commission representation in the United Kingdom Read more >>

30-05-2013 18:14

Smithfield, World's Biggest Pigkiller with Norwich Holdings, Acquired by Chinese

Smithfield, the world's largest pigkilling company, with holdings in Norwich, one criticized around the world for its factory farming cruelty, dumping of unprocessed pig waste into the watershed, human disease causation has
been acquired for several billion dollars by a Chinese corporation. Chinese companies already kill 450 million pigs annually. Read more >>

29-05-2013 11:41

How will you Stop the Arms Fair? Action planning event

Saturday 13th July, 11am-5pm (arrive from 10.30am), Small Meeting House, Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ

Take part in a day of workshops and planning to bring an end to arms fairs for good! Read more >>

29-05-2013 11:23

Military Britain workshop, 11th June

7 - 9pm at The Spark, as part of a week filled with discussions, music, workshops and film.

Session beginning with a short film on the Raytheon 9 protestors who stormed an arms factory in Derry, followed by discussions on the arms trade itself with with War on Want and Campaign Against the Arms Trade.

You'll find the Spark at the Blackfriars Hub, 58 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DS between 10th and 14th June, then at University of London Union, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HY on 15th June. Read more >>

29-05-2013 10:46

Not in our Name! Film Screening 4th June

4th June, 18:30, Firebox London 106-108 Cromer St, WC1H 8BZ

https://www.facebook.com/events/415479861882673/

A unique opportunity to watch a film telling the brave story of 9 men who stormed an arms factory in Derry, Northern Ireland and were acquitted despite having been arrested. It provides an uplifting account of how courts deemed it acceptable to resort to crime to tackle war crimes, and highlights the determination and importance of campaigning and protest!

The film will be followed by discussions and a chance to plan further actions through ought Britain, focusing especially on the DSEI arms fair in London in September. Read more >>

29-05-2013 03:24

Alconbury & Brampton Surgeries Betray Patient Confidentiality To Protect Nazi In

Cambridgeshire Police have secretly approached G.P.s at Alconbury and Brampton Surgeries, on at least two occasions, to discuss a patient's medical treatment. This was done without the patient's consent and is an attempt to silence a whistleblower's exposure of a Government cover up. Read more >>

28-05-2013 18:46

Marie Vesco – 5th anniversary ride

In Marie’s memory, and as a tribute to her, we have arranged a bike ride and hope to draw to the attention of the British authorities the lack of safety for cyclists and vulnerable road users in the UK. The ride will take place on 4 – 5 June 2013, from Hickstead to Portsmouth, along the route that Marie was cycling when she was killed. Read more >>

28-05-2013 08:31

EDL Weekend O' Blunders!

Oh dear! Read more >>

27-05-2013 23:10

Solidarity benefit for Greek autonomous spaces and social fighters

BGSG presents a solidarity event in Bristol to raise awareness and funds in an attempt to support social struggles and social movements in Greece. Read more >>

27-05-2013 20:48

Brighton squat trial - longer update

One squatter convicted, two walk free. An appeal for the one has already been launched... Read more >>

27-05-2013 11:49

Callout for South London Eviction Resistance, Tuesday 28/5/13

Patmos Lodge, a squat of 2+years with 100 residents due for eviction this Tuesday morning Read more >>

24-05-2013 13:11

Activists defy police attempts to gather intelligence on resistance to G8

Two UK anti-capitalists, returning to the country on Sunday May 19 after attending an anarchist festival in the Netherlands (

http://www.pinksterlanddagen.org/english), were intercepted by Kent Police Special Branch officers at Dover, then detained and questioned for three hours under Schedules 7 and 8 of the Terrorism Act 2000. Read more >>

24-05-2013 12:45

StopG8 National Gathering @ London 25/26 May

London Action Resource Centre - 62 Fieldgate St London E1 1ES Read more >>

23-05-2013 15:31

Hurley tramples on half a million Chechens

Please let Elizabeth Hurley know what you think of her and another scumbag french actor Gerard Depardieu going to Chechniya to make a film.

We don't know how much she's been paid, but half a million dead Chechniyan people killed by its present president will have put most actors from touching Ramzan Kadyrov with a barge pole. Read more >>

23-05-2013 14:28

Brighton squat trial resumes tomorrow

The squat trial which began in April resumes tomorrow in Brighton, come down to see s144 get the bashing it deserves. Read more >>

21-05-2013 23:12

Tornado Over A Mile Wide And 200 MPH Hit Moore Oklahoma In US

Tornado Alley in the US is a group of states with extensive cattle operations and virtually no trees. Read more >>

20-05-2013 11:57

Facebook Bans Message to Peter Jackson About Filming Bilderberg Protests

Eco-warriors and other anti-capitalist protesters are preparing for massive protests against the Bilderberg Conference at the Grove hotel at Watford England from 5 to 9 June 2013 where presidents and prime ministers will secretly meet the bankers and corporate leaders who illegally employ them just one week before the G8 summit in Ireland.
Most of the mainstream media is refusing to publish or broadcast any news about the protests against the secret world government of the Bilderberg Group and even Facebook has banned a message to Peter Jackson proposing the filming of the reality TV show for the children about the imminent extinction of the human race by global warming as a result of the burning of fossil fuels.
Read more >>

19-05-2013 17:59

thousands join london #may18 NHS rally - pics and report

several thousand people took part in the march yesterday to show disquiet and resistance to the implementation of new legislation that will bring charges and further cuts to a beleaguered NHS. Read more >>