UK Promoted Newswire Archive
Save Radley Lakes
08-01-2007 10:55
Massive local opposition to the destruction of the last two remaining lakes at Radley has been ignored by power company RWE npower, and the decision to fill these lakes with toxic ash has been rail-roaded through by Oxfordshire County Council.A squatted field centre has been opened on the lakeside to stop this envieonmental disaster, and they go to court on Wednesday 10th January to fight their eviction. Show your support!
Blair meets the public (well not really).
07-01-2007 22:29
Creative activism by the Mischief Makers - a short history
07-01-2007 13:32
The Mischief Makers are a group of activists and artists based in Nottingham (UK) who formed early 2005 as a creative response to the G8 Summit, held at Gleneagles Hotel, Scotland in July that year. The collective uses creativity to support community, environmental and social justice campaign and activist groups. The groups aim is ''to inspire people and empower them to identify challenges and take action in their local environment''. (1) Here follows a short overview of their first 2 years in action...
York Critical Mass Report
07-01-2007 01:36
Critical Mass returned to York on Friday with about two dozen riders braving the cold to take another random ride around the city to celebrate cycling. The route took them to York's newest road, round a roundabout the highest legal number of times, and into a short interruption from York's boys in blue.Sheffield Demo for better Bus services
06-01-2007 15:23
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Sussex University in New Year witch-hunt
06-01-2007 11:01
The University of Sussex has threatened several students with disciplinary proceedings and legal action after 80 students staged an occupation of the university's library last November, in protest at cuts in resources and teaching time.Sea Shepherd flagship now running as a Pirate
06-01-2007 00:44
Why It Took So Long For The American Public To Figure Out Global Warming
05-01-2007 21:21
Recycling – a tale of two councils
05-01-2007 11:47
Two councils, one with an abysmal track record on recycling, the other the best performing council in the country.Full article | 1 addition | 4 comments
Israeli Army Invades Ramallah.. Again
05-01-2007 09:52
http://www.imemc.org/content/view/23525/1/ http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1373
Philippines: shameless act of collaboration of the Arroyo regime & the U.S. govt
04-01-2007 22:39
This was the statement of Myrla Baldonado, spokesperson of Task Force Subic Rape (TFSR) on the stealthy transfer of custody of Daniel Smith from the Makati City Jail to the U.S. Embassy.
photos of grafitti and lock down at alcoa's north london offices
04-01-2007 22:31
these companies do have names and addresses even if they arent always easy to find. lets up the pressure and make them really uncomfortable. target them everywhere, at every opportunity
What About the Real Habitual Criminals?
04-01-2007 18:34
"Work camps" for Poles in England?
04-01-2007 18:30
A Pole apparently held in a work camp in the UK smuggled out a letter which was forwarded to Polish police. Polish police are now investigating claims of Poles being held in work camps in both UK and Italy.Sonae’s Legacy of Pollution and ill Health
04-01-2007 18:29
German police are killing Africans
04-01-2007 15:52
Oury Jalloh burned to death in a police cell in Dessau, east Germany, on the 7th of January, 2005. Two years have now gone by; two years in which the court in Dessau has effectively blocked any hearings from taking place against the responsible police officers. This alone is evidence enough that neither the police nor the judiciary is willing to see that the events surrounding the death of Oury Jalloh are clarified.Friends of the Earth blockades Faslane nuclear submarine base, Scotland
03-01-2007 22:38
Pregnant Woman Raped and Lost Baby after Being Deported into the Desert
03-01-2007 17:59
Reports of terrible tragedies suffered by the 240 refugees who were arrested and deported by the Moroccan authorities on December 23, 2006, began to reach us.
According to reports from Attac, a 5-month-pregnant Congolese woman was viciously raped on January 2nd. She was hospitalized but lost her baby in hospital. Since her rape, she is said to have been in a state of shock and refuses to speak.
According to Afrik.com, quoting Paulin Kuamzambi, the vice-president of Morocco Refugees Collective, four women were raped on the way back to Oujda (Morocco). There hasn't been any more information about the circumstances surrounding these rapes except that, in 3 cases, the rapers were Moroccans, while it was Algerians in the fourth.
activists lock down Alcoas' London offices
03-01-2007 17:54
Late on New Years Day activists targeted 2 Alcoa front companies, (Kawneer in central London and ASA in North London.) Both companies had their front access doors locked shut with D-locks and chains, and were left grafitti messages that they should leave Iceland straight away.They are destroying the last pristine wilderness in Europe right now, as well as trashing other communities and ecosystems all over the world.
See www.savingiceland.org for a massive amount of resources and information.
Anti-US demonstration in Manila - January 3, 2007
03-01-2007 17:25
