UK Newswire Archive
Drone Warfare: Watching You, Watching Me...
15-10-2012 23:28
Considering the idea of R/C helicopters to ensure evidence of Police wrongdoing in protests.global noise occupyLSX anniversary - report and pics
15-10-2012 21:33
Mother Earth Asks Americans To Vote Against the Romney Record Of Ecocide
15-10-2012 20:57
Volunteers for homeless shelter
15-10-2012 17:42
Shelter from the storm is a free 7 day a week 12 month a year night shelter which is totally reliable on donations and voluntary staff.Statement on the true role of the EU against the "Nobel Peace Prize" celebration
15-10-2012 15:23
Weekend Washout For The Fash!
15-10-2012 11:51
Crivvens! Jings! And Help Ma Boab! The various far right grupuscules were all a wee bit busy this weekend. It’s a pity they all can’t agree with each other cos if they all joined together there would be almost 350 of them and they could take over!
IDAAMD Derby
15-10-2012 00:55
During the Saturday lunch time rush hours from 12:00 to 14:00, a group of activists spearheaded by Derby Animal Rights demo-ed the busy St. Peters street branch of McDonald's, in protest at the unethical business practices of the fast food giant.
During the Saturday lunch time rush hours from 12:00 to 14:00, a group of activists spearheaded by Derby Animal Rights demo-ed the busy St. Peters street branch of McDonald's, in protest at the unethical business practices of the fast food giant.
October the 16th is officially the International Day of Action Against McDonald's, originally launched by London Greenpeace back in 1985 and now attracting support from across the spectrum of positive movements, from animal rights to worker's rights, from anti climate change to anti-capitalism.
McDonald's symbolises everything that is wrong with the corporate mentality: like all multinationals it is only interested in making profits from whoever and whatever it can. As a result of the famous McLibel trial, it was agreed in a court of law that McDonald's:
* exploits children with its advertising - luring them with the promise of a toy,
* falsely advertises its food as nutritious, but in reality most of it is processed junk food high in fat, sugar and salt,
* risk the health of its long-term regular customers, as a diet of this type is linked with a greater risk of heart disease, obesity, cancer and diabetes,
* is culpably responsible for cruelty to animals reared for its products,
* is strongly antipathetic to unions and pay its workers low wages.
Watch this space for news on other actions in the East Midlands in the run up to IDAAMD.
For more information on IDAAMD, see:
http://www.veggies.org.uk/arc/event.php?ref=50
http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/NEWS/news_veggie/ALL/1381//
et. al.
UK Joins Worldwide Echo In Support Of Zapatistas
14-10-2012 23:36
On Friday (the 12th) a letter was delivered to the Mexican Embassy in London signed by all the UK groups that stand in solidarity with the Zapatistas.Cuts Cafe: We remember the Rotunda!
14-10-2012 23:16
Great to see the Cuts Cafe has occupied the building on the corner of Stamford Street and Blackfriars Road… And not just because we’ve passed that building regularly for years and thought it should be squatted… but also because they’re reviving a powerful radical connection on that corner…BBC Cesspit – Its not just about Savile
14-10-2012 22:35
This campaign has consistently stated that the BBC’s interest in Hollie’s abuse and Anne had been managed, manipulated and spiked. In the light of the Jimmy Savile revelations of sexual abuse over a 40-year period and the cover-up by the BBC, we would like to point out a few similarities in the cover-up.G4S complicit in torture of children - Protest outside London HQ
14-10-2012 21:58
Despite Cuts Government Spending Increases
14-10-2012 21:27
The government’s austerity measures were described by the Financial Times as “the most drastic cuts in living memory...” The chancellor’s 2011 budget admits that estimates suggest the UK to be the most indebted nation on the planet. Four years on from the financial crisis not much has changed. Spending hasn’t decreased, it has increased.“Throw out the money changers from the temple”
14-10-2012 21:18
While Christianity Uncut unfurled a 5m x 10m banner outside the Cathedral urging the leadership of St Paul’s to “Throw out the money changers from the temple”, four Occupy activists staged a mic check during Evensong. [1] They are now locked on to the Cathedral pulpit not planning to leave.
For updates and images, keep an eye on Occupy London’s twitter feed (@occupylondon) and our live newsfeed at
http://live.occupylondon.org.uk
Call out for Submissions: Post-Prison Zine
14-10-2012 19:39
We live in a Prison Society. Last year Her Majesty’s Prison Service incarcerated over 87,000 people in England & Wales alone (not including Scotland and Northern Ireland). Prison has long been used as a tool of oppression against anybody who does not fit in to society’s idea of a “good citizen”. The aim of Prison is to silence those people trapped within it’s walls, they seek to lock them up and throw away the key, effectively removing them from society. Not all Prison sentences are permanent though any many people will eventually return to the outside world.SHAC: HLS Horror week of action 29/10/12-2/11/12
14-10-2012 19:34
Whine of dog and cry of cat... HLS can't escape from SHAC!
