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08-07-2010 13:02 | 8 comments

Democracy Village

The appeal by Democracy Village after last week's High Court ruling will be heard at 10.30am this Friday (9th July) at the appeals court. In the meantime the camp is still going on strong, having started 'Operation Rolling Thunder', more – an ongoing programme of non-violent direct action. The village is calling out for people to come down and help on multiple fronts: to come and do actions, to help with the site, keep it tidy and maintain the gardens. There is a particular call-out for those with direct action skills and experience.

Previous newswire postings: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Photos: 1 2

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17-10-2007 20:26

Confrontation with authorities in Parliament Square

On 8th October, the day that the British Parliament resumed after its Summer recess, a thousands of anti-war protesters marched into Parliament Square. They were joined by people who demanded the basic freedom to be able to protest peacefully without prior police permission or conditions.

In the past demonstrators in London have been arrested, charged and fined or imprisoned simply for reading out a list of names or for carrying an innocuous banner, under the draconian SOCPA legislation brought in by Prime Minister Blair's government and carried on by his successor Brown. Since a raid on protesters' legitimate encampment in the Square by Mayor Livingstone's Greater London Authority (GLA) team on 17th August, a surrounding metal barrier has been erected which severely inhibits the ability to demonstrate there.

Timeline: [ 14.55 | 15.40 | 16.15 | 16.30 | 17.15 ]
Video: [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 ]
Pictures: [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 ]
Texts: [ Monopoly on Protest: Open Letter to CND and the Stop the War Coalition | What's wrong with Stop the War Campaign? | SOCPA - STWC 'ban' was bollocks ]

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27-06-2007 12:12 | 1 comment

Anti-war greeting for Tweedle Brown

End Brown's Wars

Gordon Brown is facing an anti-war welcome during his first week in power, with little sign that he will break with Blair's disastrous foreign policy. A War Is Still the Issue camp was set up in Parliament Square from Saturday 23rd [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Video ] (the fact that it was allowed may be a sign that SOCPA will be repealed? ... well, in fact probably not!). There was a demonstration outside Brown's Labour leadership coronation in Manchester on Saturday [ 1 | 2 | 3 ] and a Military Families Against War demonstration took place on his first day as Prime Minister on Wednesday [ Pics ] Later in the evening, a small group of activists braved the rain outside Blair's new Connaught Square home and made neighbours aware of their new resident [ Pics ].

Links: War is Still the issue | Voices in the Wilderness | Justice Not Vengeance | Stop the War Coalition | Military Families Against the War

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29-05-2007 14:25 | 3 additions | 1 comment

Parliament Square Peace Campers in Court

tent city

At least 12 activists have now been charged under SOCPA in connection with the No More Fallujahs Peace Camp and Naming the Dead actions in Parliament Square and Whitehall on 29-30 October 2006. Reports from the actions here.

In a planned act of civil disobedience against the occupation of Iraq, campaigners set up an unauthorised camp in Parliament Square for 24 hours last October. In all, over 100 people took part in workshops and discussions and held 'Naming the Dead' remembrance ceremonies in Parliament Square and Whitehall during the action.

Most of the defendants have been in court over the past two weeks, with the judgements to date illustrating the arbitrary nature of British "justice".

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22-04-2007 18:37 | 1 comment

Mass lone demo breaks Guinness Book of Records

"According to the Home Office there have been 1,379 demonstrations authorised under SOCPA in 18 months (1 Aug 2005 - Dec 2006). With your help we'd like to attempt to hold 2,000 demonstrations in a day!"

So reads the splurge on the Mark Thomas website. Today's efforts alone totalled 2294, breaking, according to Mark, the challenge set by records administrators.

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12-05-2006 10:57 | 47 additions | 53 comments

Parliament Sq. Protest Trashed by Police

forty yards of evidence of war crimes destroyed

Brian Haw's display was removed early in the morning of 23rd May by 50 police officers. At 2.45am they turned up and started to load a container with all the placards and banners and almost all of Brian's personal possessions. [Photos | Video]

A timeline since Monday 8th, when the state won its appeal against the decision that the SOCPA legislation could not be applied to the protest which Brian Haw appears in full article and additions below.

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Newswire

Text Unfair Mario
24-03-2014 14:13

Image Hunger Strike in Parliament Square - day 25
20-01-2013 00:32

Image Barbara Tucker now on hunger strike: started Thursday 27th
31-12-2012 16:36

Image Yuletide in Parliament Square – War and Peace
29-12-2012 06:29

Image Winter in Parliament Square
12-12-2012 12:45

Text parliament banner - SOCPA section 128 convictions
01-08-2011 23:55

Text Parliament Square Peace Campaigner, Mrs Barbara Tucker threatened again!
13-10-2008 12:09

Image SOCPA is dead.... but the illegal harassment continues
08-10-2008 22:45 | 1 addition

Image Reading the Names of the Dead, Afghanistan, London - Pictures
08-10-2008 11:08

Text Comms Uberdatabase
07-10-2008 11:50

Image Freedom Not Fear - Anti-surveillance Day Sat 11th October - Scotland Yard
06-10-2008 15:59

Image Freedom not Fear | The Big Picture Photocall
30-09-2008 00:45

Video No police at Critical Mass London!
27-09-2008 08:27 | 1 addition

Text Freedom not Fear
23-09-2008 10:46

Image 11th October London
22-09-2008 23:51

Image Mass 11.10 Walkabout?
18-09-2008 17:05

Text Never mind the legal bollocks
16-09-2008 18:56

Image 11th October Anti- Surveillance Mass Action
16-09-2008 16:54

Image 11th October Mass/Decentralised Action
14-09-2008 16:51

Text ECLN Call Out
14-09-2008 11:01

Image Picnic Warfare brings call for freedom to the Ministry of Justice in London
12-09-2008 11:33

Text SOCPA 2005 Notification: Family for life - Final Draft
11-09-2008 12:27

Text Thurs @ Ministry of Justice
09-09-2008 07:36

Text Police attack on Parliament Square Peace Campaign.
08-09-2008 14:58 | 1 addition

Text Thurs 11th September | Demonstrate for Civil Rights
07-09-2008 15:12

Image Brian Haw - 7 years on, still going strong
24-08-2008 01:09

Text DSEi Downing Street legal observer cleared of obstruction on appeal
12-08-2008 09:56

Text SOCPA Is Dead but the police harassment continues
29-07-2008 23:35

Text SOCPA Is Dead And Buried
25-07-2008 00:38 | 1 addition

Image Carnival Against Vivisection! - German, French and Spanish Translators needed
15-07-2008 11:21 | 1 addition

Text Tonight - Sequani Trial Talk
03-07-2008 11:11

Image 200th 'don't attack iran' petition delivered at downing street
02-07-2008 23:31

Text sequani trial talk
30-06-2008 18:42

Image Parliament Square Tent City
22-06-2008 11:27

Video film and pics of today's tent city demo in parliament square
22-06-2008 00:39 | 1 addition

Text Tent City Parliament Square.
21-06-2008 15:37 | 1 addition

Image Arrests and police injuries at Bush demo
16-06-2008 16:30

Text Police brutality and snatch squad at Bush demo
16-06-2008 15:48

Image Policing of Bush visit (STWC).
16-06-2008 13:48 | 1 addition

Video film of bush demo whitehall yesterday
16-06-2008 09:17 | 3 additions

Text Home Secretary told “end police surveillance of journalists” - NUJ
29-05-2008 15:23

Text "Get in my pen or you will be arrested"
16-05-2008 10:56 | 3 additions

Text SOCPA: Rebalancing your rights, unravelling the "repeal"
15-05-2008 13:14

Text SOCPA: Met Police's consultation response
09-05-2008 12:07

Text SOCPA: Greater London Authority's consultation response
08-05-2008 15:11

Text SOCPA: Westminster Council's consultation response
08-05-2008 10:05

Audio SOCPA - hospital interview with brian haw
06-05-2008 11:44

Text SOCPA - brian haw arrested in parliament square
05-05-2008 17:05 | 3 additions

Text Brian and Barbara attacked in Parliament Square
03-05-2008 15:06 | 1 addition

Image London Critical Mass 14th Anniversary ride.
27-04-2008 07:35 | 2 additions

Text Statement of Truth - Mr. Brian W. Haw
24-04-2008 15:17

Text habeus corpus - round 2 - challenging bail, prison license, docks and bollocks
23-04-2008 18:57 | 1 addition

Image SOCPA - the dirt behind the imprisonment of barbara tucker
18-04-2008 11:52

Image SOCPA - barbara tucker freed from prison today
17-04-2008 15:46

Video Babs Tucker "... it's the Kids ... stupid"
17-04-2008 06:49

Text Tucker To Be Released Tomorrow From Holloway
16-04-2008 15:45

Text prisoner support info for barbara tucker
12-04-2008 19:56

Text DJ Snow... what too much cocaine can do to a District Judge
12-04-2008 09:28

Text Mrs. Sarah Winfield - please remove your head from your arse
12-04-2008 07:55

Text DJ Snow is a bent judge and a blithering corrupt idiot
12-04-2008 07:52

Text Sir Ian Blair - Political Prisoners: Guts For Garters Mate!
12-04-2008 07:42

Text SOCPA - barbara tucker jailed for two weeks
11-04-2008 17:05

Text SOCPA - two arrests at parliament square today
10-04-2008 21:06

Video Ken Livingstone arrested
10-04-2008 07:05 | 1 addition

Text Dear DS Sunman ... from Babs Tucker
10-04-2008 06:55

Text attempted citizen's arrest on ken livingstone
09-04-2008 19:26 | 1 addition

Text Video of April 2008 demonstration for Freedom of Assembly in London
08-04-2008 06:07

Video judges for justice - 15th march
07-04-2008 18:52

Image Cordial Council of Resistance | 1012 - 2012 | Humanity in the UK
06-04-2008 22:11

Image Campaign For Free Assembly Demo.
05-04-2008 15:18

Text SOCPA - chris coverdale arrested for non-payment of fines
02-04-2008 16:40

Text Chris Coverdale arrested after giving War Crimes evidence
02-04-2008 16:15

Text London Critical Mass visits the Chinese Embassy on its March 2008 ride.
31-03-2008 05:46

Text SOCPA: The GLA's campaign against Brian Haw
30-03-2008 19:03

Image London Critical Mass celebrates its 14th anniversary outside the Chinese Embassy
29-03-2008 11:03

Text Go Zap 2012
26-03-2008 17:47

Image SOCPA Victory? Demo 1pm April 5th Trafalgar Square
26-03-2008 03:08 | 1 addition

Image Photography protest looms at Scotland Yard (28.03.08)
25-03-2008 15:30

Audio Brian Haw on the fifth anniversary of the criminal invasion of Iraq
23-03-2008 03:06

Video SOCPA - a day in the life of brian
15-03-2008 02:24

Text Reminder: Campaign for Free Assembly public meeting 16th March LSE
14-03-2008 17:20

Text Police Now At Parliament Square
13-03-2008 15:42 | 1 addition

Image Parliament Square Peace Camp display threatened...
13-03-2008 15:12 | 3 additions

Video SOCPA - MP stops just short of advocating the death penalty for protest
03-03-2008 00:25

Image Freedom of Assembly denied.
02-03-2008 08:01

Text SOCPA Movie tonight, London + 'We Own the Streets' - Sat 1 March: Press Release
28-02-2008 14:47

Text SOCPA - update on last night's arrests
27-02-2008 11:18 | 1 addition

Text SOCPA newsflash
27-02-2008 01:18

Text London MET Police Launch New Anti-Terror Campaign
27-02-2008 00:00 | 1 addition

Image 1st of March: Second National Day Of Action For Freedom Of Assembly
26-02-2008 23:20 | 1 addition

Text Mr. MI5 Roger S. Smith a.k.a. Smithy - your cover is blown
23-02-2008 16:49

Text Judge Stone - are you stoned?
22-02-2008 11:49

Text SOCPA Arrest
22-02-2008 10:58

Text SOCPA - THE MOVIE free london screening next thursday
21-02-2008 12:07 | 1 addition

Text You need police permission to speak LOLCAT in a designated area!
14-02-2008 11:41

Image We Own The Streets - Campaign for Free Assembly meeting 16th February
13-02-2008 17:31

Text brian haw carries 'queen and country' debate
09-02-2008 01:12

Text brian haw 'walk for peace' began this morning
04-02-2008 15:03

Text radical film, music and sounds in camden tonight
04-02-2008 10:54

Text Campaign for Free Assembly public meeting 16th February
31-01-2008 17:14

Text DJ Nicholas Evans - please get your head out of your arse
31-01-2008 07:49

Text brian haw 'walk for peace' to speak at oxford union 'queen and country' debate
29-01-2008 00:31

Text 'SOCPA - the movie' - london screening @ monday love
28-01-2008 23:40

Generic Respect the right to protest - Don't harmonise its criminalisation
27-01-2008 22:57

Text London Critical Mass January ride.
26-01-2008 09:34

Text Gordon Goebbels Brown's head in a SOCPA 2005 noose please
25-01-2008 14:54

Text Rivlin's Court stinks of bullshit and corruption
23-01-2008 13:21

Text Support the Sequani Six (SOCPA defendants)
20-01-2008 01:14 | 1 addition

Text next Campaign for Free Assembly meeting tomorrow @LSE
19-01-2008 12:19

Image ProtestaroundParliament @homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
17-01-2008 15:01

Text Social Centres Squat Mania
17-01-2008 05:52

Video Freedom of Assembly Protest - Part 2: Downing Street
15-01-2008 23:11

Video Freedom of Assembly Protest - Part 1
15-01-2008 13:17

Image Freedom to Protest Border Point. London 12 Jan, 2008
14-01-2008 11:55

Video wmv version of rikki's film of freedom of assembly
14-01-2008 09:38

Video film by rikki of saturday's london freedom of assembly protest
14-01-2008 09:23 | 4 additions

Text Police Farce Belgravia - Absolute Bollocks!
13-01-2008 19:11

Text Video of Anti-SOCPA demo in London 12-1-08..
13-01-2008 10:11

Image brian haw violently assaulted then arrested at downing street today
12-01-2008 22:55 | 6 additions

Image Anti-SOCPA London pics
12-01-2008 19:00


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