09-10-2007 18:20
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Three minute short film of the start of a six day event in which two people are detained camp xray style in a cage on Whitechapel highstreet to draw attention to the blight of 23,000 people held without trial by the american military regime in ghost prisons around the world.
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09-10-2007 17:36
The Stop the War/CND organised rally and march to lobby Parliament attracted around 5,000 people to Westminster on a dull Monday afternoon. Numbers were larger than expected probably because of the attempt to ban the march. Brief report and pictures.
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09-10-2007 08:09
Thousands march on parliament to demand troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan
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09-10-2007 07:25
Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff.
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08-10-2007 16:37
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Most of the protesters still in the Square although an attempt was made to march of in the direction of Westminster Bridge.
Read more >>08-10-2007 15:30
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During today's Stop the War demo large numbers of protesters who had previously occupied the road turned their attention to the fence surrounding Parliament Square green. In the surreal scenes that followed 3/4 of the controversial fence were ripped down and stacked neatly.
Read more >>06-10-2007 06:41
The Metropolitan Police have banned a demonstration by the Stop the War Coalition in central London. Police spokesmen have indicated that this is in response to pressure from the Labour government of Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Read more >>05-10-2007 22:51
Two British Muslims are locked-up in a cage, chained and hooded for 6 days and nights without basic amenities and comfort in a busy traffic junction corner on the Whitechapel Road (East London) ...
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05-10-2007 21:57
Application has been made for return of Brian Haw's display/property, stolen by the met, before Southwark Crown Court.
Read more >>03-10-2007 23:51
At 5am Wednesday morning a barricade was built across Home Farm Road, EDO's security fence was breached, superglue was inserted into the keyholes of the factory doors and two activists locked on to the front doors of the factory...
Read more >>03-10-2007 16:52
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Stop the War President Tony Benn has delivered a letter to the
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to make clear why our Troops Out
demonstration at Parliament on Monday 8 October will take place,
despite the ban by the government and police. It is essential
that the voice of the antiwar majority in this country is present
at Parliament when Gordon Brown makes his long awaited statement
on Iraq.
Read more >>02-10-2007 21:02
So Britain lectures Burma on the right of people to protest, the U.N., sends an envoy there and the U.S. - whilst behaving in Iraq and Afghanistan as Burma's Junta, shooting, beating, torturing, imprisoning without trial - go in to broken record mode about the right to peacefully demonstrate and 'freedom and democrocy'. Meanwhile, the British government, under the new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown (who as Chancellor of the Exchequer write the cheques for the Iraq and Afghanistan bloodbaths) has instructed the police to ban a peaceful march and Lobby of Parliament - on 8th October, the day that Parliament re-convenes after the summer break - demanding that British troops leave Iraq and Afghanistan.
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30-09-2007 20:55
A couple of interesting speeches from the Pre-emptive Peace Strike on 29th September 2007 at Parliament Square, London
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30-09-2007 15:14
28-09-2007 14:29
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ISSUES OFFICIAL REPORT CONFIRMING 73,000 U.S. TROOPS KILLED IN IRAQ
SAME GOVERNMENT AGENCY REPORT CONFIRMS 1.6 MILLION "DISABLED" BY THE WAR
Read more >>25-09-2007 20:53
Now we have article 41.In brief, it says go to your cleric and he will deal with whatever issues you have.
Read more >>21-09-2007 11:43
On the occasion of Ramadhan, the month of goodness and mercy, and in collaboration with other charities "Iraqi Charities Forum" has set up a large campaign for fundraising to provide Iraqi orphans with clothing and other presents during the celebration of the forthcoming blessed Eid al-Fitr.
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18-09-2007 18:53
Yesterday John Reiger, a member of Peace and Freedom Party, was among ten war protestors that were arrested at the office of Congresswoman Doris Matsui in Sacramento California. The protestors were part of a nationwide movement of anti-war protestors that oppose the Iraq war and congressional support for the war.
Read more >>14-09-2007 22:31
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The SOCPA case against five activists who took part in the No More Fallujahs Weekend of action last October collapsed today at Horseferry Road Magistrates Court when judge Quentin Purdy found no case to answer and dismissed all charges against the five at the end of a protracted and at times farcical hearing which lasted almost four hours.
Previous court reports for cases related to the No More Fallujahs weekend here:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/05/371878.html
Read more >>13-09-2007 14:07
On Friday 14th September at Horseferry Road Magistrates Court, five peace protesters will stand trial for attending an ‘unauthorised’ peace camp in Parliament Square].
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