London Newswire Archive

16-10-2008 21:48

Friday 17th Oct Schroders bank cleaners demo 1pm

The cleaners are trying to get a pay rise for over 12 months, for all this period our management (Lancaster Cleaning Company) keep promising an increase and stop 3 times the cleaners demonstrate in front of Schroders head quarter base on the promises.
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16-10-2008 19:56

If "That One" Wins

All the contradictions of America's white supremacist history converge on
November 4, when a society drenched in racism tries to figure out which of
its "selves" will pull the lever. Lots of whites seem to be profoundly
confused. "A recent poll indicated that many white people, including some
who claim to support Obama, continue to hold very negative opinions about
black people, often viewing them as `violent,' and `complaining.'" But Obama
solves the problem, since his "refusal to directly address the needs of
black people is also appealing to white people." Other whites are more
straightforward. If your car sports an Obama sticker, they won't let you
park. Read more >>

16-10-2008 19:39

Attack on U.S. Embassy in Yemen Linked to Mossad

Remember the attack on the U.S. embassy in Yemen last month that took
the lives of eighteen people? A group calling themselves "Islamic Jihad"
claimed responsibility for the blast. It has a nice, scary ring to it hasn't
it? "Islamic Jihad" also happens to be the name of a group that operates
out of Gaza. Read more >>

16-10-2008 15:43

Bush: "This sucker could go down." If only!

What strange times we are living in. George Bush is being called a 'socialist' and is forced to intensify a sense of panic concerning the state of the 'economy' in order to convince fellow republicans and the public of the virtues of state intervention in the financial system. Surely this isn't how capitalism works.
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16-10-2008 14:06

London FreeSchool Weekender....

The London FreeSchool is planning another event for November 21st - 23rd to include free workshops, skill-sharing and discussion on various topics. Read more >>

16-10-2008 13:11

At the Library House next week, Social center Camberwell

Events Happening next week at the autonomous spcae The Library House:
52 knatchbull rd SE5 9QY (on Burton Rd, behind minet library)
check out our new website: thelibraryhouse.wordpress.com Read more >>

16-10-2008 12:37

Sat 18 Oct: Anarchist Bookfair in London

The Anarchist bookfair will once again be taking place in London with the usual mix of stalls, workshops, speakers, etc. A really good say out and totally free (though donations are appreciated to cover the cost of the event). There is also a post-bookfair benefit party at Ramparts for NE London Hunt Sabs Read more >>

16-10-2008 02:56

World Food Day

October 16th, World Food Day is also the 23rd International Day of Action Against McDonalds, once again to be marked by Veggies in Nottingham, this year with a Vegan Free Food Giveaway at Exchange Walk, and in London by Vegan Campaigns with a protest at Regents Street. Read more >>

15-10-2008 19:26

Has Brown a plan to make Tony McNulty a public joke?

Tony McNulty has left the UK Home Office! Wait! He is back on TV! Backing lack of rights to jobs and dignity for ordinary people... Read more >>

15-10-2008 18:23

Climate Rush - video footage

Mainstream media showed Climate Rush as a very quiet affair - that certainly wasn't the case as this film shows. Read more >>

15-10-2008 17:33

REMEMBER EACH ELEVENTH, remember censorship, remember solutions PRESS

REQUI RE FREE SPEECH
More background information - google/scroogle ""remember each eleventh" campaign". . . . a good opener is "to remember, does that help".
See also "remember the "pull the rug" scam", posted here this october 2008 Read more >>

15-10-2008 17:24

"Neighbours" Cop tracks OZ Anti-War Radical to London Anarchist Bookfair

London Anarchist Bookfair Read more >>

15-10-2008 17:22

Plods to get more dastabase powers...

Home Sec Jacqui Smith attempts to back expantion on database state and more powers to police. ( All done for our own good of course.. yeah right) Read more >>

15-10-2008 15:13

The White House Ghost

The President of the United States, George Bush, enters today his last 100 days in power overshadowed by very high unpopularity rates and one of the worst economic crises in recent decades. Read more >>

15-10-2008 15:02

Abdi Ahmed: "England is the only place I can call home"

"Somalia is not only a deadlock and a place of conflict generating many refugees, but for me a country that I simply do not call 'home'. I left the country when I was four years old. I have never been to Somalia since and my entire family is in the UK. I do not even speak Somali fluently enough to make my way around this country that I only know through stories."
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15-10-2008 09:19

Workers' Climate Action national gathering - 15/16 November, London

The Workers' Climate Action network - a relatively new campaign which exists to build links between the workers' and environmental movements, and fight climate change on the basis of class struggle - is holding its first national gathering at the London School of Economics on 15 and 16 November. Read more >>

14-10-2008 23:14

Stopping the city.

On Friday a demo in the City of London was met with far fewer MET than expected. So the mixture of trots, students and activists went on a tour of some of our more wealthy institutions, much to the alarm of the outnumbered cops who got increasingly sweaty over the next hour as they tried and failed to control the crowd. Read more >>

14-10-2008 19:30

Stock Market Rally, Big Oil-Bush-Wall-Street Manipulation!

The world stock market rally is a manipulation by Big Oil, Wall Street and Bush to white-wash the capitalist greed and anarchy of Big Money and promote the candidacy of the Big Oil candidate, John McCain. Read more >>

14-10-2008 19:23 | 1 addition

Parliament rushed - but not by suffragettes.

A great multitude of ladies, gentlemen and some from the underclasses gathered in Parliament Square last night.
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14-10-2008 17:59

AFRICOM: America's Military Foot in Africa's Doorway

On October 1 the US launched AFRICOM, the Pentagon's outpost in Africa.
Commanded by a Black American general and incorporating State Department and
other civilian personnel from top to bottom it is billed as a "new kind" of
US military command.

Incorporating nearly all US civilian programs in Africa under its umbrella,
from trade to aid to public information, AFRICOM marks the militarization of
US policy toward what is already the most war-torn region in the world.
AFRICOM's planners offer their twelve year intervention in Somalia, where a
million out of ten million have died due to US intervention, as a "model"
for the continent. Read more >>

14-10-2008 17:18

Over 400 march against fur in London

Over 400 anti-fur campaigners took to the streets of Knightsbridge in London on Saturday 27th September, taking a loud and firm anti-fur message right to the heart of the capital's fashion district. As the activists began to gather in Belgrave Square, it was clear this march was going to be even bigger and better that last year's march as the crowd began spilling out into the square. There were speeches from CAFT supporters, as well a guest speech from Adrian Ramsay, deputy leader of the Green Party. Read more >>

14-10-2008 17:00 | 1 addition

Clowns in the City.

On Friday as share prices tumbled it became clear that the individuals running the financial markets were little more than a bunch of clowns. A team of experts was dispatched to the financial district to investigate..... Read more >>

14-10-2008 15:32

Freedom Rider: The Other Bailout

It's hard to keep track of two mega-thieves at the same time. "The defense
bill is every bit as wasteful and just as much a harbinger of doom as the
much discussed Wall Street bailout, but has elicited hardly any debate, even
from progressives." And, just as with the bailout bill, Democrats in
Congress are ever ready to run up the white flag. "The collective popular
revulsion at the very presence of Bush in the White House has never stopped
Democratic party capitulation." War begets war. "Not only is military
spending completely unproductive, but it increases the likelihood of further
American acts of aggression. Read more >>

14-10-2008 15:21

Witnesses needed from Climate Rush (13 Oct 2008)

If anyone witnessed, has videos or pictures of the incident where a woman was caught under a barrier, near the entrance to parliament during the climate rush on the 13 October, around 7pm, please contact