UK Newswire Archive
Ireland: support womens right to choose
06-03-2002 13:07
Announcement forwarded from Irish Abortion Solidarity Campaign; demo outside Irish embassy in London on 4 March, calling for a NO vote in the current referendum in Ireland on strengthening anti-abortion laws. Further details here:Defend Asylum Seekers: protest updates
06-03-2002 13:00
Latest demo updates forwarded from Committee to Defend Asylum Seekers:Big Brother Awards Results
06-03-2002 12:19
London, 4 March 2002On March 4, 2002, Privacy International presented the 4th annual UK "Big Brother" awards to the government and private sector organisations that have done the most to invade personal privacy in Britain.
Japanese whalers to target endangered sei whales
06-03-2002 11:23
Auckland: The Government of Japan's abuse of science as a cover for its whaling programs has taken a new turn with the announcement that they intend to begin catching an endangered speciesBritish hemp industry sees bright future -- at last
06-03-2002 10:55
LONDON, March 5 Britain's hemp producers feel that after years of battling bureaucracy they may finally be on the brink of a boom -- and can count Queen Elizabeth among their customers.
Glastonbury Abbey Enigma
06-03-2002 10:44
A pioneer of what we now call psychic questing ,architect and archæologist Frederick Bligh Bond was entrusted with the excavation of Glastonbury Abbey.He was a remarkable man,says Jack Romano, and is overdue for a reassessment.Indian Supreme Court judgement and freedom of conscience
06-03-2002 10:21
Contempt proceedings against Arundhati Roi for speaking out over the Indian Supreme Court Judgement on Sardor Saravar (Narmada) DamSecret USA Shadow Government (Ver.5)
06-03-2002 05:59
Secret USA Shadow Government (Ver.5)Features & Speakers @ APISC 2002, Easter in Sydney
06-03-2002 04:51
>>> 3 weeks to go! <<<
Featuring:
- Global Solidarity Action for Refugees, March 31, Villawood refugee prison
- Discussion towards an Asia Pacific Social Forum
Here's just some of the speakers from over 25 countries...
Blackthorn............a radical d.i.y. newsprint project
06-03-2002 03:30
Blackthorn is in need of well written articles, reliable news, original art, printing and art supplies, donations and ideas. The first issue will be out may first to coincide with Mayday and the deadline for submissions is April first. Please send in contributions and support this project.Edward Said : Thoughts about America
06-03-2002 03:09
Edward Said warns against the return to a shameful episode in the US's intellectual historyTelegraph editor attacks protester
06-03-2002 00:36
Beer throwing and pie chucking at Big Brother awardsDIRECT ACTION BLOCK FOR NEXT ANTI-WAR DEMO
05-03-2002 23:54
Strategies for next anti-war demo: the creation of a Direct Action block.Cop goes loony after Womble verdict!!!
05-03-2002 23:31
Loony Tunes Presents...'FSB (ex-KGB) behind 1999 bombings in Russia'
05-03-2002 23:14
"FSB (ex-KGB) was behind the apartment bloc bombings that were carried out in Russia in September 1999", says Boris Berezovsky, a former Kremlin insider who has since fallen out with the Putin government."FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOM" - HACKNEY'S DISABLED PEOPLE PROTEST AT COUNCIL'S CURB
05-03-2002 22:40
On Friday March 8th at 12.30 pm disabled campaigners will hold a rally and advice session outside Hackney Town Hall in protest at the Freedom Pass cuts imposed by Hackney Council.
EMISSIONS TRADING CONFERENCE DISRUPTED
05-03-2002 22:33
Activists from a group calling itself 'Pie in the Sky' - part of the Rising Tide UK network (www.risingtide.org.uk *) - today strolled into and disrupted a top-level conference on the new market in trading carbon dioxide emissions. The conference, titled 'Emissions Trading Schemes - Objectives, Implementation and Future Opportunities', was being held at London's Kensington Palace Hotel.
a history of us military rebellion
05-03-2002 21:04
long but rewarding article on us soldiers,naval personnel etc resistance in wartime
