London Newswire Archive

24-10-2013 19:35

Camden Council on the run over draconian anti-busking laws

Camden Council are under pressure over their proposed new laws which license busking in the area. Licence fees have been lowered and new exemptions introduced after a protest campaign and petition, but the fight is gearing up against this draconian attack on public space. Read more >>

24-10-2013 06:06

San Sebastián Bachajón, 6 months after the assassination of Juan Vázquez Guzmán

The ejidatarios of San Sebastián Bachajón denounce the murder with impunity of their leader Juan Vázquez Guzmán, and request the intervention of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation to protect their rights and the integrity of their territory. Read more >>

22-10-2013 21:55

The Rise of FEMA

The Rise of FEMA Read more >>

22-10-2013 13:57

Anti Fascist Action for Greece

AAfG call for a mass gathering outside St Paul's Cathedral

Sunday 27 Octomber 2013 at 02:00 p.m
Join AAfG - discuss the rise of fascism in Greece and what actions we should take as a collective.

Meeting point: Behine Queen Anne's statue, towards the shops and roads, and away from the Cathedral steps, to ensure we are not trespassing on Cathedral property. Read more >>

22-10-2013 01:45

Anniversary of Tower Hamlets Council being changed for the worse

Dated 16 October 2010, the London 'satirical fortnightly magazine' 'Private Eye' carried a 'Rotten Boroughs' entry that summed up the problem that the Labour Party in Tower Hamlets, East London, faced. Read more >>

21-10-2013 12:58

Reminder: Two demos against the UKBA in London

Join us to demonstrate against immigration raids and the UKBA poster campaign Read more >>

20-10-2013 10:18 | 1 addition

Catholic among the Pigeons

Ciaron O Reilly, Assange and Anarcha-Feminism at yesterday's bookfair and beyond. Read more >>

20-10-2013 08:44

Syria Peace Vigil this Tuesday as foreign ministers meet in London

This Tuesday (22 October 2013), 11 foreign ministers and representatives of some Syrian opposition groups will meet in London to discuss the ongoing conflict in Syria and the upcoming Geneva peace talks:

http://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-announces-syria-ministerial-meeting-in-london

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/17/syrian-opposition-pressure-geneva-peace-conference

All peace-loving people are warmly invited to join an all day peace vigil (non-partisan) outside the Foreign Office, to put forward the following demands: Read more >>

19-10-2013 23:30

Walk a mile in the shoes of a nation crying to end cyanide mining and political

What’s worth more than gold? People? Water? Mountains? 10th protest called in London this Sunday, 20th of October, to stop Europe’s biggest gold mine poisoning Romania. Rosia Montana campaigners join global Fracking protest in Trafalgar Square on Sunday 20 Oct 2013 at 3pm. The protest will include a barefoot art performance with painter Teodora Czentye Read more >>

19-10-2013 09:33

Abused Childrens Concert

Celebrity Concert at the o2 Arena 2014 to raise funds for he safe houses. Read more >>

18-10-2013 19:16

Bedouin As Well As Palestinians Suffer Under Netanyahu's Rule

thousands deported, homes bulldozed, villages 'disappeared' Read more >>

18-10-2013 12:23

Never Mind the Tories...Here's to the Anarchist Book Fair 2013 (the remix!)

Posties,Teachers,Sex Workers,Unemployed and the list goes on...Get your heads filled with solutions to Torries pollution at Anarchist Book Fair 19/10/13 from 10am to 7pm and then the now annual Party after...pass me that bottle and a peanut!:@) Read more >>

17-10-2013 23:24

CSU SIU-

The Prison system’s treatment of Kevan Thakrar, who has been kept in almost total solitary confinement for more than 5 years, has now become a straight forward and systematic attempt to destroy him completely Read more >>

15-10-2013 22:07

Fighting to save Cambridge Picturehouse.

Last Wednesday afternoon about a hundred people and fifty huddled onto the pavement in front of the Arts Picturehouse in Cambridge to fight for its survival. Read more >>

15-10-2013 14:43

Sex workers shouldn't be dead to be on film!

This Sunday Sex workers and allies would gather at the Rio Cinema to fight Stigma and Criminalisation. Support the London’s Sex Worker Film Festival! Read more >>

15-10-2013 12:00

The left and women's rights: leading RMT member accused

RMT leader Steve Hedley has been accused of domestic violence, and documented as making deeply misogynistic comments towards a young women. This case is just as serious as the SWP/Martin Smiths sexual assault cases. Read more >>

14-10-2013 22:40

Kazoo protest over Camden’s draconian new busking bye-laws

This afternoon, Mark Thomas joined a ‘Citizens’ Kazoo Orchestra’ of buskers in Camden, to highlight and protest proposed new bye-laws criminalising street music of all kinds. The presence of senior officers and intelligence suggested to me the possibility of future use against protestors. Read more >>

13-10-2013 22:14

A4E and "Transforming Rehabilitation"

Transforming Rehabilitation is an upcoming Government Contract. A4e are bidding for it as a prime contractor. The truth is that A4e does not have the employees to deliver. So, regardless of any feelings (or rational arguments) one way or another about A4e, there is a clear problem. A4e are seeking to be paid between £5bn and £20bn over the next ten years for doing nothing more than they do for the Unemployed. Read more >>

13-10-2013 17:37

How Innocent Birds Are Treated In Many Factory Farms

9 birds to a 3x1 ft cage, deaths by roasting or freezing with power outages in metal sheds, tornado vulnerability, never spreading their wings pollution, toxins to workers, 6 month old eggs sold, etc
Read more >>

13-10-2013 13:22

Meeting on new ideas for anti-capitalist/anarchist actions

On 20th October 2013 the Stop G8 Network are meeting to discuss taking forward new ideas for anti-capitalist and anarchist projects. Some of the ideas on the agenda are an anarchist news website, a temporary anti-capitalist squatted space and an anarchist festival. Read more >>