London Repression Newswire Archive

23-03-2004 20:48

Post card from Liverpool - What the tourist board wouldn't want tourists to see!

Granby Street in 2004, it's over twenty years now since the well known Toxteth riots. While many saw the riots as a social uprising against repressive and racist policing, the accompanying photo-montage shows that the community around Granby Street in Liverpool 8 is looking more run down in many ways than it did after the 1981 riots. Granby Street is just one example of the insidious gentrification of Liverpool city centre which is clearing out working class people, a process which is now spiraling outwards at break neck speed. Read more >>

23-03-2004 10:34

Demonstrate against Israel today (Tuesday)

DEMONSTRATION TUESDAY 23 MARCH, 5pm OUTSIDE ISRAELI EMBASSY, HIGH STREET
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20-03-2004 03:23

Fairford Coach passengers will appeal recent High Court ruling.

This is a press release from the Fairford Coach Action. Read more >>

18-03-2004 20:43

BBC forced to eat humble pie and admit to bias against Israel

A campaigning couple have won their battle to have several complaints of anti-Israel bias upheld by the BBC – the first such successful complaint in more than a year. Read more >>

18-03-2004 17:19

Blunkett loses anti-terror appeal

Britain's most senior judge has ruled Home Secretary David Blunkett must release a Libyan man detained by police under anti-terror laws.

Lord Chief Justice Woolf upheld a previous ruling that the man's 15-month detention at Belmarsh prison in south-east London is unjustified.

The Special Immigration Appeals Commission refused Mr Blunkett the right to appeal against the decision.
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18-03-2004 14:08

Stop Canada's Seal Hunt

The Canadian government has already announced plans to kill nearly ONE MILLION seal pups in the next three years despite evidence of widespread cruelty and grave threats to the population. This is the largest slaughter of marine mammals in the world, and it will not end unless caring people like you take action now!
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17-03-2004 21:43

Memorial service for Tom Hurndall in Westminster Cathedral - an invitation

Tom's family and friends would like you to join them in paying tribute to Tom at a special interdenominational memorial service celebrating Tom's commitment to truth and humanity. Read more >>

17-03-2004 14:03

ESF Video Clips from Euro Assembly 6-7 March

The videos are in realmedia format at modem quality if you need a good media play for windows download media player classic - do a googol search with the correct spelling (: Read more >>

17-03-2004 10:25

Theatre of War: Whitehall protest against occupation of Iraq

A theatrical protest and tour of Whitehall to mark one year since the US/UK invasion of Iraq Read more >>

16-03-2004 09:00

Blunkett to charge wrongfully convicted for time spent at her majestys pleasure

What do you give someone who's been proved innocent after spending the best part of their life behind bars, wrongfully convicted of a crime they didn't commit?

An apology, maybe? Counselling? Champagne? Compensation? Well, if you're David Blunkett, the Labour Home Secretary, the choice is simple: you give them a big, fat bill for the cost of board and lodgings Read more >>

16-03-2004 01:45

KILLER COKE WORKERS GO ON HUNGER STRIKE

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30 Coca Cola workers start hunger strike at 8 bottling plants in Colombia

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12-03-2004 15:14

Today in Palestine 11th of mars

briefing of the 11Th of mars Read more >>

09-03-2004 21:56

"ayatollah Charles" >The Picture

He is known to Iran's youth as "ayatollah Charles". No wonder why! Read more >>

09-03-2004 21:51

Ayatollah Charles!

He is known as "ayatollah Charles" by the Iranian youth who are beaten times and again with British made Electric Batons for their freedom movement. Read more >>

09-03-2004 11:25

www.stopthewall.org

Activists last Friday performed a banner drop on the A40 to raise awareness about the injustice and illegality of Israel's Apartheid Wall and to promote the website www.stopthewall.org Read more >>

09-03-2004 10:33

"We are women, we are strong" - Miners Strike 20th Anniversary Events

The strike took place between March 1984 and March 1985, when Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister and the Tories were in power. Read more >>

08-03-2004 15:02

SchNEWS on 20th anniversary of Miners Strike

SchNEWS on the 20th anniversary of the miners strike.
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http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news444.htm Read more >>

08-03-2004 13:04

Hackney flats not evicted

Most of the flats on estates in the kingsland area have not been evicted, and the situation has calmed down. Some unoccupied places have been smashed & boarded up by the council - I don't know whether any of these are squatters' homes, and the police say they have evicted some crack & smack houses. The council now say they will issue possesion proceedings through the courts, although they may try more DIY evictions in the comming days, especially if any flats are left unocupied. Read more >>

08-03-2004 10:51

Hackney Council are about to illegally evict ten Flats right now ! !

10.32 AM, As I write Hackney Council workers have arrived at Whiston Road on the Kingsland Estate to illegally evict dwellers living in ten flats, without applying to the local magistrates court. The police are expected to arrive at any minute to enforce this unlawful proceedure. The dwellers need support to resist this illegal eviction! Read more >>

07-03-2004 00:45

The water rats report! ESF EXCLUSIVE

Today the SWP used different people to speak at the 2nd European meeting to organises the London ESF. The green party deputy mare spoke but didn’t say anything – just like a politician. Finally, maybe we may perhaps might start thinking about the process… the was a secret smocked filled room were a real deal was done? Except this was the ESF so it was a light open room with lots of people looking on that did the deal… which maybe possibly could perhaps make the London ESF fulfil the principals of the Social forum movement. Please don’t be put off from participating because maybe, possibly, the is a chances the sects that fail to run the show maybe have noticed that they are not as essential as they always insisted. Read more >>