London Repression Newswire Archive

23-05-2007 14:18

SOCPA - new verdict lends weight to political conspiracy theory

yesterday at horseferry road, district judge snow found steve jago and barbara tucker both guilty of obstructing a police officer in the course of their duty. the offence is alleged to have been carried out at charing cross police station (which is outside the socpa designated area). but he passed a community service order sentence excluding them both from the designated area for one year. can this be seen as anything other than a political act? Read more >>

23-05-2007 13:03 | 1 addition

Court Demo - Defend Common Ground Community Garden!

At the beginning of this year a group of friends came together with a shared purpose: to create an open space within Reading's concrete jungle, where people could take a breather from the stresses of modern life and relax with their friends and neighbours. Having discovered a plot of land within the Katesgrove area, left to ruin by Reading Borough Council, they got to work. Read more >>

23-05-2007 11:40

This Saturday at SOAS: Resisting Re-colonisation in India

Film screening and discussion

Saturday 26 May 2.30pm

SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1 (tube: Russell Sq.)
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22-05-2007 07:55

CRTICAL MASS - friday - may be the biggest ever?

police have won a high court appeal. it means that 'organisers' of the critical mass bike ride have to inform the police ahead of time and negotiate a fixed route. since there are really no organisers, the mass will have difficulty complying. it is simply a get-together of cyclists to go for an unorganised but synchronistic ride. a large turn-out will complicate the enforcement of this repressive decision. Read more >>

21-05-2007 11:37 | 1 addition

London G8 meeting notes

On Thurs 17th May we had a G8 preparation meeting in London. Here be the notes therefrom. Read more >>

21-05-2007 07:43

AIR GUANTANAMO comes to London

The Save Omar Campaign (Brighton) will be joining the LGC at its weekly demo outside the US Embassy and performing their street theatre piece "Air Guantanamo!" Read more >>

19-05-2007 21:48 | 1 addition

Report: May 17 demo at US Embassy for Mumia Abu-Jamal

LONDON PROTEST CALLS FOR MUMIA’S FREEDOM Read more >>

19-05-2007 21:08 | 2 additions

London 15 June: Muslim Demo against British Oppression

Attached is the flyer for a protest planned for 15th June 2007, 2:30pm - 5pm at 10 Downing Street. Read more >>

19-05-2007 21:06

massive police operation to stop art exhibition

Has London gone anti-arts and culture?
The Metropolitan Police launch major operation against an art exhibition. Read more >>

19-05-2007 08:05

Charges dropped against police in de Menezes shooting

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has dropped disciplinary charges against 11 front-line firearms and surveillance officers involved in the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes on July 22, 2005. Read more >>

17-05-2007 14:54

Dale Farm's Plea To Bulldozer Company

Protest against Baliff company Constant & Co, on Thursday 31st May, 2007. Read more >>

14-05-2007 11:53

London Solidarity Protest Against G8 Repression

About 50 people gathered at the Kempinski Hotel in London on Friday, 11 May, to show their solidarity with the victims of the G8 raids in Germany last week, and to express their opposition to the G8, capitalism and all that [call]. Kempinski is the hotel group hosting the G8 Summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, next month.

The Met had 'designated' a pen on the opposite side of the street, but protesters refused to be penned in and stayed by the hotel, without entirely blocking the pavement. Some leaflets were given out and not much more happened.. well, apart from the FIT struggling to get good shots of people's faces.

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 >>

12-05-2007 12:45

Protest against G8 Repression

Huge raids were carried out in Germany on the morning of Friday, 9 May. In response people gathered outside the Kempinski Hotel in London, part of the hotel chain hosting this year's G8, to show their solidarity. Read more >>

11-05-2007 19:54 | 2 additions

Solidarity Action (G8) at Kempinski London

Around 50 people gathered at the Kempinski Hotel in London tonight to show solidarity with the victims of the wave of repression against G8 activists in Germany. Read more >>

10-05-2007 13:33

S.O.S. ... - - - ... R.S.V.P. Friday 10:00 a.m. Horseferry Road

Please attend this court hearing so as to ensure my personal safety and so justice may be claerly seen to be done.

It took a lot of effort on my part to secure this listing which despite wonderful help from those who slog in the chaos that is the offices whithin COWMC, justice certainly wasn't easily accessible.

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09-05-2007 14:36

Demonstration Friday 11 6pm London: Against The G8 and Police Repression

This morning (Wednesday May 9th) police raided about 40 buildings in Germany, including several social centres and private homes in Berlin and Hamburg, as well as the alternative web provider so36.net . Police forces searched the "Rote Flora" in Hamburg as well as parts of the "Bethanien" in Berlin. Both places are planning to be decentralised convergence centres for the G8 protests of early June.

We want to show solidarity with the German movement and express our right to protest against the upcoming G8 in June. We want to defy police repression and show we are not intimidated by it!

Friday May 11, 6pm
Kempinski Courthouse Hotel
19-21 Great Marlborough St, London, W1F 7HT

08-05-2007 16:44

Are Gangsters Forcing Child Slaves to Work Illegally in London?

Extraordinary allegations that child slaves are being smuggled into Britain by gangs of armed robbers who steal Big Issue magazines from the street vendors at knife point, and then force terrified children to sell them on the streets of London are being investigated by the BBC.
The accusations that international criminals involved with people smuggling and child slavery may have been behind the attacks, were made on the Indymedia UK website by readers commenting on a story about the arrest of a young lady on 27 April 2007.
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08-05-2007 15:55

Bollocks 2 Blair petition for Downing Street

What a load of bollocks! - so say the British

or as the Canadians would say...

What a crock of shite! Read more >>

08-05-2007 12:17 | 1 addition

Bollocks 2 Blair: Mayday 'Whiteboard Crime'/violent assault - Formal Complaint

Bollocks 2 Blair - genocide is a war crime
Bollocks to the MET - mugging, assaulting and kidnapping me in front of my child.
What goes around comes around and there is gonna be hell to pay for the actions of some members of the MET!

What in God's name must the good officers of the Met think when they witness their colleagues abusing women and the law in broad daylight?

Sir Ian Blair - Bollocks to you for bringing the good officers of the Met into disrepute for your criminality! Bollocks to you! Read more >>