UK SOCPA Newswire Archive
reminder - public meeting: freedom to protest! LSE, TOMORROW Sunday 2nd Dec
01-12-2007 20:13
Gordon Brown plans to extend the restrictions on demonstrations near parliament to cover the whole country, claiming that this will simplify the work of the police. The current law totally bans spontaneous protests, requiring advance police permission, which allows the police to impose arbitrary limits on numbers and effectively act as political censors. The consultation proposes extending these rules to any protest anywhere, in the name of 'harmonisation', and adding powers to control the content of banners, placards and leaflets. The freedom to protest was won through hard struggle and if we want to keep it we must take a stand to say enough is enough. Come to a public meeting to plan a response: we propose early January.NETCU_WATCH - Down!
30-11-2007 08:40
Anti NETCU website down - conspiracy or cock up?Full article | 2 additions | 4 comments
Public meeting: Stand up for your freedom to protest! LSE, 2nd December
16-11-2007 11:43
Gordon Brown plans to extend the restrictions on demonstrations near parliament to cover the whole country, claiming that this will simplify the work of the police. The current law totally bans spontaneous protests, requiring advance police permission, which allows the police to impose arbitrary limits on numbers and effectively act as political censors. The consultation proposes extending these rules to any protest anywhere, in the name of 'harmonisation'. The freedom to protest was won through hard struggle and if we want to keep it we must take a stand to say enough is enough. Come to a public meeting to plan a public response: we propose early January.Public meeting
LSE room H102, Connaught House
2-4pm, Sunday 2nd December
http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/mapsAndDirections/Default.htm
Pics From HLS Nationwide Demo
11-11-2007 00:45
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F.I.T @ Huntingdon Life Sciences March Pt2
11-11-2007 00:35
Maya Anne Evans, SOCPA protestor, faces prison
05-11-2007 11:37
Maya Anne Evans, the first person to be convicted of noncompliance with the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (2005) - for reading the names of the Iraq war dead opposite Downing Street in October 2005, is in court on Tuesday 6 November for her refusal to pay two fines imposed for SOCPA convictions. She explains the reasons behind her refusal.Children 4 Peace - authorise or not?
03-11-2007 23:59
Apparently, the police want to interrogate my Maranda as to her understanding of SOCPA - WTF???Artists 4 Peace - Serious Organised Criminals Protection Agenda - SOCPA
03-11-2007 21:16
and the bullshit begins...SOCPA - first told on the phone that I was denied... not in writing; then Inspector Robinson lies through his teeth on the stand at Brian's trial in the statement that no one had been denied authorization and poof!...and I get the acceptance letter... with conditions...no letter for my daughter...yet...
Video of London Critical Mass October ride 2007
30-10-2007 12:39
A fairly smooth Halloween style ride with few if any police hassles.9th Deaths in Custody Protest pics
30-10-2007 08:44
Video of 9th March against Custody Deaths.
29-10-2007 11:32
Every year families and friends of those who die in State custody march from Trafalgar Square in London, England, to Downing Street, the fortified official residence of the Prime Minister.SOCPA consultation re-opened
28-10-2007 19:04
The gushing intro from home secretary Jacqui Smith(*1) on 'the importance on protest to democracy' might reassure many readers they need read no further, sadly this is not the case...
lloyd george statue comes clean
27-10-2007 23:32
SOCPA the Movie Showing Monday
26-10-2007 08:21
SOCPA The Movie on big screen with Q&AStatue of racist imperialist Lloyd George to be unveiled Thurs 25th
24-10-2007 11:43
At 2pm on Thursday 25th October, a new statue of the former British Prime Minister Lloyd George will be unveiled in Parliament Square ( http://lloydgeorgesociety.org.uk). This would be an excellent opportunity for activists to educate the public about some of the grim realities of Britain’s imperial past, and to draw out some of the connections between that past and Britain’s current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Going around Parliament Square.
21-10-2007 11:14
Anyone who spends any time in Parliament Square will have noticed trailers towed by motorised vehicles going round and round the square for lengthy periods. Those trailers carry large adverts of a political or commercial nature and the police seem to ignore them.Video of plinth occupation in Parliament Square.
20-10-2007 08:13
Following the forcible eviction of tents from the grass of the Square by Greater London Authority security guards on 17th October, protesters sought an alternative site, where they could not be accused of causing an obstruction. Video: http://www.archive.org/details/VideoOfPlinthOccupationInParliamentSquare 
