UK Indymedia - UK Promoted Newswire Archive

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Barclays ATM's Superglued

04-09-2009 13:31

2 ATM's superglued

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Disarm DSEi banner drop Southampton

04-09-2009 13:23

Banner dropped in run up to the DSEi arms fair linking BAE investors - Southampton and Solent universities.

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Cambridge Anarchists at London Climate Camp 09

04-09-2009 12:17

Reflections and criticisms of this years Climate Camp outside London.

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Meet and Greet the Arms Dealers - 8am, Monday 7th September

03-09-2009 21:45

From the 8th – 11th September DSEi, the worlds largest arms fair, is being held at the eXcel centre in docklands. Delegations from around the world will converge in London to browse for equipment to carry on the oppression of civilians.

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12 dying outside US embassy london?

03-09-2009 18:11

a dozen supporters are nearing a fatal end of a hunger strike outside the london US embassy in grosvenor square. this piece (by belinda mckenzie) is a call-out to a solidarity demonstration on saturday evening at 6pm (5th september). three of the strikers were hospitalised last night on the 37th evening without food. they have vowed not to give up.

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Palestine Today 090309

03-09-2009 16:10

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org for Thursday September 3rd, 2009

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LANDSLIDE WIN Against Blue NG Biofuel Power Station

03-09-2009 16:06

Campaigners from Food Not Fuel, Friends of the Earth Ealing and Biofuelwatch were amongst those celebrating a 10 to 0 win against the proposed biofuel power station in Southall. Blue NG presented bogus claims that burning vegetable oil somehow protects against climate change and makes negligible impact on Southall air quality. One councillor even referred to an unquestioning relationship between the Planning Officer and Blue NG!

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Dave Mahoney is released

03-09-2009 15:34

For those interested UK anarchist Dave Mahoney, jailed in July after being arrested at the anti-RNC protests last September has been released.

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Leaflets, placards, and a fascist with a camera: yet another court hearing for Peter Tierney

03-09-2009 14:21

The proceedings against Peter Tierney, for assaulting an anti-fascist in Liverpool on St George's Day, continue. As this particular case demonstrates the violent tendencies of even the more high-profile BNP members, anti-fascists on Merseyside have been following it very closely, and will continue to do so until a verdict is reached.

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Hampers of Binned Food Delivered to Mandelson and Benn in Food Waste Protest

02-09-2009 16:16

Today (2nd September) a group of activists and skippers held a protest against the wasting of food by supermarkets by delivering hampers of binned food to the DEFRA and the Dept. for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Assembling at 11:30am at Westminster Tesco, the group began by staging protests with skipped food, banners and leaflets outside the store. At 1:30pm they arrived at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to present a bountiful hamper of binned edible food and an open letter to a representative of Peter Mandelson, calling for a supermarket ombudsman to be established. They proceeded to DEFRA and delivered another hamper bursting with skipped food for Hilliary Benn, along with another open letter calling for various measures to curb supermarket food waste.

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Palestine Today 090209

02-09-2009 15:45

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org for Wednesday September 2nd, 2009

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Tactics stepping up in Calais - support needed

02-09-2009 15:35

Activists getting better at frustrating police, but we can't be everywhere in Calais - more support needed...

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Demonstration Against Charter Flights

02-09-2009 13:14

Organized by UK African Communities

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Activists Invade Construction Company HQ

02-09-2009 12:23

Activists from Don't Build Kingsnorth have today invaded the Dartford offices of construction giant Laing O'Rourke. The protest is against the company's bid to build Britain's first coal fired power plant in 30 Years at Kingsnorth in Kent.

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Tar Sands Protest at BP HQ

02-09-2009 11:58

Environmental campaigners protest over British Petroleum’s tar sands extraction project

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Mainshill Solidarity Camp Update: two and a half months on

02-09-2009 08:37

Over two and a half months ago the Mainshill Solidarity Camp was set up on the site of a new open cast coal mine at Mainshill Wood, in support of the local communities efforts to oppose the project and Scottish Coal’s plans, and in defiance of planning approval granted by South Lanarkshire Council.

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Campaign Against Charter Deportations To Cameroon

02-09-2009 07:40

UKBA have served 'Open ended removal directions' on an unknown number of Cameroonian families, individual men & women, who are all currently in detention. They have not and will not be told the date/time of the removal, only that it will take place before the 15th September 2009. It may well happen this week.

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