London History Newswire Archive

12-06-2007 12:36

Should Indymedia organise a whip round for the Blairs?

Poor Anthony Charles Lynton Blair will cease to our lord and master on June 27th.
How is the poor chap to survive? Perhaps Indymedia readers should orgranise a whip round? Read more >>

09-06-2007 22:23 | 3 additions

After 40 years of illegal military occupation of Palestine, enough!

Although this was just another A to B march in support of the very long suffering Palestinian people, it had particular poignancy this year as it marked the 40'th anniversary of the disastrous 6 day war of 1967 that saw a massive illegal land grab by the Israeli army. Good turnout - organisers estimated numbers at 20,000. There was a small counter demonstration by a group of zionists on the opposite size of the Aldwych. Read more >>

19-05-2007 20:42

This Sunday 20th May - All day of Films and Remembrance in Camberwell

This Sunday 20th May from 2pm till late
All day of Films and Remembrance ... come along !

TALK and short dicussion at about 8:30 pm

Them (the police) throw me in ah van and tek me dow ah station, them insult me intelligence when them question me, ah treat me like ah animal ah call me monkey, them want me sign statement which wasn't written by me, but me nuh rob people fi get my money, so hey officer address me properly, cau me nuh born big me nuh drop out ah tree, I am more intelligent than you'll ever be, cos ah street life educate me, ah hard life educate me.

( Lezlee Lyrix, Put Back You Truncheon, 1985 ) Read more >>

13-05-2007 18:12

"Bollocks 2 Blair" needs to be clearly defined... please help!

I have been reading up on "bollocks" and have found a variety of meanings and usages.

Back in the day, around 1000 A.D., it gave reference to a small ball. Later on, in the 18th century, it referred to a priest and cuz priests talk such shite, it gave further reference to the shite that priests spoke - bollocks... and the meaning of the word continued to grow to testicles and beyond... Read more >>

26-04-2007 07:14

Fri, London: Film on Cameroon anti-colonial leader, Félix Moumié, & other progs

THIS FRIDAY, 6.30PM, On the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the death of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Pan African Strategist and President of Ghana,
(maybe after you attend abit of the Shut Down Guantanamo! Demo outside the US Embassy, Grosvenor Sq, 6-7pm!) Read more >>

22-04-2007 00:19 | 3 additions

Vanunu Freedom Ride - Mission Accomplished!

The intrepid Vanunu Freedom Riders complete the last leg of their gruelling 600-mile bicycle journey from Faslane in Scotland to Downing Street and the Israeli Embassy in London.
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20-03-2007 12:14

3 nights at RampARTs on Colonialism, Racism & the fight for Justice

Anti-Racist/Confronting Colonialism Residency at RampART Creative Social Centre - Thurs 22nd, Fri 23rd & Sat 24th March
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19-02-2007 11:01

TONITE ex-VORTEX

video and discussion Read more >>

04-02-2007 22:09

A Clash of Civilisations?

Attached is a "guerilla" recording from the London Sound Posse of a debate between Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London vs Daniel Pipes, the neocon held on 20 January 2007. The MP3's include contributions from Salma Yaqoob, Douglas Murray and the audience. Following it is an extract from a Guardian article, Muslims are now getting the same treatment Jews had a century ago, which is based on the presentation by Maleiha Malik at the conference.

10-01-2007 16:11

Jan 11: Guantanamo Bay 5th Anniversary 'Celebrations’

PRESS RELEASE
EMBARGOED UNTIL 00:01AM, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2007

Guantanamo Bay 5th Anniversary 'Celebrations’

Why has Birmingham's HIATT corporation supplied the shackles used during the abuse of 10 British residents and 400 other prisoners in Guantanamo Bay? Read more >>

09-01-2007 23:14

Close Guantánamo: Demonstration on the 5th anniversary

Amnesty International is marking the fifth anniversary of the detention centre in Guantánamo Bay by calling for the closure of Guantánamo Bay. Events are taking place in London, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Cardiff and Belfast. Read more >>

11-11-2006 18:52 | 1 addition

11th anniversary of Ken Saro-Wiwa murder marked in London

Having attended the unveiling of the first of two creations commissioned by Remember Saro-Wiwa (see www.remembersarowiwa.com), London Rising Tiders headed across town to the Natural History Museum, to keep Saro-Wiwa's memory alive in a slightly more confrontational fashion inside the Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. Read more >>

29-10-2006 16:31 | 1 addition

show solidarity with refugees in Calais the 4th anniversary of Sangattes closur

Demonstrate in Calais , on Tuesday the 14th of November 13.30 Quai de la moselle
if you can please come and show some solidarity for refugees in Calais who continue to live rough in the streets , woods and on the beaches in Calais ; they face the prospect of another winter and continuing harrassment and brutality of the French (and now 200 British) police Read more >>

10-10-2006 19:30

Battle of Cable Street - 70th Anniversary

On Sunday the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, when Londoners massed and denied access to the East End to Masley's fascist blackshirts was celebrated in Cable Street with a parade and fair in the grounds of St Georges Town Hall. Read more >>

30-07-2006 09:50

SOCPA - anniversary sleepover in parliament square

each sunday afternoon, a group of anti-socpa campaigners have an open picnic (all are welcome - bring food and ideas to share) on parliament square. socpa is the serious organised crime and police act, part of which bans protest around parliament unless authorised and controlled by police.
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18-07-2006 15:55

19 July Iran demo's 1st anniversary of gay executions

19 July 2006 is the 1st anniversary of the execution of two teenage gay men in Iran on trumped up charges. Demo's are planned around the world, incl London to mark this event and the on-going persecution of gay people in Iran.
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14-07-2006 15:51

Jean Charles de Menezes anniversary & Forest Gate shooting meeting

jean charles de menezes family campaign in conjunction with the justice for the kalam family & justice for the dogra family campaigns Read more >>

24-05-2006 06:25

rampART 2 Years Birthday Anniversary Celebration

Our favourite autonomous social centre is 2 years old. It was opened on May 21st 2004 in an abandoned warehouse which was previously used as an Islamic girls school. Located in the East End of London near Whitechapel (15 Rampart Street, London E1 2LA) it has hosted over 200 cultural and political events in it’s two years of existance - placing the rampART firmly and literally on the activist map of London. Read more >>

29-04-2006 11:31

London Critical Mass 12th Anniversary.

London Critical Mass meets at the South Bank, Waterloo Bridge on the last Friday of every month. It has now been running 12 years. Read more >>

02-03-2006 21:22

CAMPACC 5TH ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT EVENT

An evening of comedy, music and dancing Read more >>