London Globalisation Newswire Archive

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 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 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 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 >>

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 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 17:00 | 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 12:27

The Law of the Jungle

The current crisis of the developed capitalist system is taking place when the empire is about to change leadership in the elections to be held in a few days; it was all that was left to see. Read more >>

12-10-2008 11:39 | 1 addition

Dick Cheney rampages through London - Pictures.

Campaigners gather outside the Shell oil company HQ in London to protest against the contracting of Iraqi oil reserves by US occupation forces in Iraq on behalf of US and British private oil corporations. Read more >>

11-10-2008 09:25 | 1 addition

Private research? - No thanks. Smash Berlusconi government

Research in universities across the globe is becoming more and more privatised.

This must be stopped NOW! Read more >>

11-10-2008 09:22 | 1 addition

VIDEO: Bank of England protest - Friday October 10

No bail out for the bosses protest outside the Bank of England. Read more >>

10-10-2008 22:57 | 1 addition

Anti-Capitalist Demonstration at Bank, London 10 Oct

A group of several hundred people, mainly students took part in a lively anti-capitalist demonstration about the financial crisis in the centre of the City of London this afternoon. Photographs (C)2008, Peter Marshall, all rights reserved. Read more >>

10-10-2008 22:54

City of London clashes, London - Pictures.

As financial markets continue to slump around the world, angry students and activists gather in the City of London to voice their anger over the British governments plan to commit over 50 billion GBP of public funds to shore up confidence in British markets. Read more >>

08-10-2008 17:24

Collapse Faster! - Friday 10th, City of London

FRIDAY 10TH OCTOBER, 5PM, BANK TUBE

-->THE BANK OF ENGLAND, THREADNEEDLE STREET, LONDON.
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06-10-2008 15:30

TAG Aviation seek massive expansion at Farnborough Airport

TAG Aviation has published the result of its so-called consultation exercise for massive expansion of business aviation at Farnborough Airport. Read more >>

06-10-2008 10:04

Market meltdown - time to protest!

Market meltdown - time to protest! Read more >>