London Social Struggles Newswire Archive

05-07-2005 08:42 | 3 comment(s)

EVICTION ALERT nr rampART east london

Help is needed urgently to defend a large residential squat against eviction this morning. Squat is at the aldgate end of commercial road not far from rampART. Read more >>

03-07-2005 11:37 | 3 comment(s)

LIVE 8, G-8 AND MOVEMENT WEIGHT

Three forces are in collision in the fight to make poverty history--Live 8, the protest movements and the G8. The differences are dramatic says Mediachannel.org's News Dissector Danny Schechter Read more >>

02-07-2005 12:59 | 4 comment(s)

first photos of the make poverty history demo in edinburgh

the first photos of the make poverty history demo as it sets off on its circuit of Edinburgh. Read more >>

01-07-2005 16:04 | 0 comment(s)

more about understanding climate issues

this is a piece of text concerning climate change written and/ or sent by a friend on palentology list.

all the best

roderick
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fishboyAi Read more >>

01-07-2005 10:07 | 0 comment(s)

G8- BRING 10mm Rope + Climber's Karabiners

People are saying make sure that you bring rope ( 10mm builders blue polyproperlene will do) and any old rock climbing carabiners. Try to
get 50+ metres of rope. - old climbers rope is also great.
And bring waterproof walking boots and 1 litr water bottles.
Read more >>

30-06-2005 14:22 | 1 comment(s)

The Principles of Socialism

It is very likely that the hour is late, that capitalism will soon perish. It will happen sooner or later and if it does happen sooner, we have to be prepared. We need to debate the principles of our coming revolution; the principles of socialism. Read more >>

30-06-2005 14:07 | 0 comment(s)

Downing Street Memo Protest in Washington DC

Activists protest one of America's leading newspapers for failure to cover the Downing Street Memos Read more >>

30-06-2005 12:56 | 0 comment(s)

PRESS REVIEW

WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT …
… Zimbabwean Asylum Seekers
Read more >>

29-06-2005 19:31 | 0 comment(s)

Discussion on ageism

The activist community, especially the anarchist community, discriminates against middle aged people. We get photographed by so called "cop watch" activists at demonstrations for no other reason than being middle aged Read more >>

29-06-2005 15:45 | 0 comment(s)

To sHell or to Connaught!

Local community requests help from activists to fight a Shell/Statoil/Marathon gas pipeline that will threaten their lives and be ecologically devastating for an isolated, beautiful area of Ireland Read more >>

29-06-2005 13:48 | 2 comment(s)

Live 8

Live 8, a rock concert to rock the world. Read more >>

29-06-2005 03:22 | 0 comment(s)

STOP SHELL HELL

Protestors in solidarity with the people's struggle of Rossport, Co. Mayo against Shell joined with protestors from comunities from Durban, South Africa, the Phippines, Sakhalin Island, Russia and the US at the Shell AGM held at the Excel Centre, London on Tuesday. Read more >>

28-06-2005 14:29 | 0 comment(s)

Antics of ASIO

The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation is at present scurrying about attempting to gain some credence by engaging in a series of raids in Sydney and Melbourne. The focus of these “raids” has not been clarified – the term “terrorists” was of course mentioned but no arrests were made. The raids were described by ASIO liaison as “preventative measures,” designed to disrupt “future” organised terrorist attacks! Therefore these raids could be accurately described as ‘pre-emptive’ actions; we know the result of pre-emption without accurate, solid evidence. If the evidence does not exist the raids would then be pure harassment and illegal. Read more >>

28-06-2005 00:44 | 3 comment(s)

G8 - Our Agenda - Our World Working For All Of Us

““You can take a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink”
BUT ………. You can sprinkle salt in its food.
If we go to Edinburgh with hatred, negativity and blame in our hearts and minds, we will be part of the problem, not the solution, the result will be more of the same if not worse Read more >>

27-06-2005 13:14 | 14 comment(s)

Letter To The Black Block

What did we learn from Genoa? We learnt that those who bring violence into the movement bring the state in with them. Read more >>

27-06-2005 10:03 | 0 comment(s)

Outcome of the European Parliament Disability Employment Petition

Adding to the lengthy British Human Rights case put in 2003 (re. British Labour Court decision,involving my dismissal at home in England on disability by the British Home Hospital ),I filed a petition re.disability,which was found admissible on the 24.3.2004. It has now been replied to. Read more >>

27-06-2005 09:44 | 0 comment(s)

Massacre in Paraguay

Brazilean Genetically Modified soy growers protected by the police and military in Paraguay attacked a peasant community in Caaguazu last Friday (24/06/05). They burnt down all the 54 houses and the peasants’ crops. Two men have been killed -- ÁNGEL CRISTALDO and LUÍS TORRES -- there are many people injured and 30 people were arrested amongst them many women and children. They have all been released by now, but have nowhere to go back to… Read more >>

27-06-2005 09:29 | 0 comment(s)

NO EXTRADITION OF CANADIAN INDIGENOUS PERSON TO USA

Canadian Indigenous person John Graham is going to be extradited to the USA to a country with the death penalty for a crime he did not commit.The FBI are accusing him of a murder that occured in 1976. Read more >>

27-06-2005 00:21 | 1 comment(s)

Photos of G8 info point and Jack Kane centre.

Here are some photos of the G8 info point in Edinburgh. Read more >>

26-06-2005 09:15 | 3 comment(s)

Ministers plan to sell your ID card details to raise cash

Personal details of all 44 million adults living in Britain could be sold to private companies as part of government attempts to arrest spiralling costs for the new national identity card scheme, set to get the go-ahead this week. Read more >>

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