London Repression Newswire Archive

22-07-2007 22:16

SOCPA - update on 'the brown stuff'

update on SOCPA - the brown stuff (previous article on indymedia).
more metropolitan police harassmant of a single peaceful lone demonstrator.
having successfully persuaded mark thomas to stop his mass lone demos on the basis that brown is going to repeal the act, the police continue to intimidate known peaceful demonstrators. Read more >>

22-07-2007 11:25

Letter to the Philippine President on widespread violations of human, democratic

The Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL) hereby raises to your office as Chief Executive of the land our concerns about the reports that at the International Labor Organization Conference Committee on Standards meeting held in Geneva, the Philippine representative rejected said committee's recommendation for the ILO to send a high-level mission to the Philippines to look into the case of involuntarily disappeared and murdered trade union activists and leaders.

Read more >>

20-07-2007 21:06

Top Ten “Fry Mumia” Myths Debunked (Myth #1)

The following is the first in a series of ten articles I have written answering the top ten myths being circulated by those who advocate execution or continued prison for Mumia Abu-Jamal.
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20-07-2007 11:14

Assault on Pauline Campbell by Police

Pauline Campbell, the mother of Sarah Campbell (

http://www.4wardever.org/youth-prison-detention/2005/10/20/sarah-campbell.html) was assaulted by police officers as she protested the death of yet another woman in prison custody. Read more >>

19-07-2007 23:36

SOCPA - the brown stuff

mainstream media has recently been consistently reporting that gordon brown has lifted the restrictions on demonstrating near parliament. this is a lie. socpa has not been repealed, and if anything the police appear to have been given orders to crack down harder than ever on the handful of peaceful campaigners who daily dare to point out that our government is still committing genocide in iraq Read more >>

19-07-2007 12:04

Jean Charles de Menezes - public meeting -Mon23Jul - LONDON

Jean Charles de Menezes: Conway Hall, London: 23.7.7
Two years too long to wait for justice.

Public Meeting

All Welcome Read more >>

18-07-2007 16:58

Haiti: Labor Press Release on State Privatization

Port-Au-Prince; July 11, 2007 Press Release Concerns of the CTH, regarding the management of the Country. Read more >>

18-07-2007 13:50

Oaxaca meeting 23 July, Parliament

Forwarding from the Global Women's Strike and Payday Men's Network. Read more >>

17-07-2007 00:17

Asylum applicants dispersed and being moved away from Portsmouth City

Read below for the details of a Portsmouth solidarity intervention.
How to grow - reflect, reflect, reflect! Read more >>

16-07-2007 11:16

Steven O'Doherty - a racist in charge of deaths in police custody?

Attention to the Jean Charles family. This man was found guilty of victimization on a racial ground in court and yet he leads the team which investigates deaths in police custody - primarily black and Asian. Read more >>

16-07-2007 10:52

Sir Ian Blair - "Pick on someone your own size - pr*ck!"

Sir Ian Blair - I Charity Sweet will have your guts for garters mate!

YOU will be attending the Hague in the near future with your war criminal buddies.

Mark my words! Read more >>

15-07-2007 12:51

Police Bombing of MOVE HQ (New Profile)

Eleven people, including five children, perished in a blaze after the state of Philadelphia dropped a bomb on a house owned by members of MOVE. Read more >>

13-07-2007 23:41

Policing FIT for "serious and sustained" terror?

"[But]our services and police do a heroic job for our country day in day out and I can say that over the past years, as this particular type of new and awful terrorist threat has grown, they have done their utmost to keep this country and its people safe.As I saw again from the meeting of COBR this morning, their determination to get those responsible is total." Tony Blair 11 July 2005

13-07-2007 19:40 | 2 additions

SOCPA movie hits the west end!!!

the prince charles cinema is proudly advertising the socpa movie which will be shown there on sunday at 1pm, followed by a q&a session with rikki the film-maker, milan rai from peace news, and mark barrett from the parliament square picnickers. there's also now a film trailer on youtube. Read more >>

13-07-2007 18:55 | 1 addition

Hands off John Bowden: Picket at Parole Board HQ London 13 July

Supporters of John Bowden, who was placed in solitary and moved to a closed prison shortly before a parole hearing in April 2007 because of his contact with a peaceful anarchist group picket the Parole Board HQ in London today. Short report and pictures (Copyright: permission required for use; payment required for commercial use.) Read more >>

13-07-2007 16:34

Reel News G8 Special Promo

Reel News 8, G8 Special DVD out on 5 July. Read more >>

13-07-2007 13:40

Seasoned squatters & protesters needed!

If you've got experience with the police, owners of squatted buildings and/or the court system, you believe in squatting and the history and philosophy behind it; and/or you have experience of protest camps and you're interested in spreading the word - read on... Read more >>

12-07-2007 13:15

It's unlucky to go to work tomorrow - support John Bowden instead!

London demo in support of John Bowden tomorrow. Read more >>

12-07-2007 07:50

Shell to Sea campaigners jailed for police assault

A text message and short phone call last night revealed that three Shell to Sea protestors have been jailed on assault charges against the Garda. Read more >>

12-07-2007 01:37

Filipina Senator Opposes Arroyo State Terrrorism & U.S. Imperialism

Of distinguished progressive lineage, Senator Jamby Madrigal of the Philippines takes a principled stand critical of the Arroyo regime's bloody and brutal repression of Filipinos backed by the Bush neocons. This article provides the historical context for the Philippine crisis and Senator Madrigal's views on U.S. imperialism in the neocolony and its complicity with State-terrorist repression of citizens by extrajudicial political killings and forced disappearances already condemned by the UN, Amnesty International, World Council of Churches, Human Rights Watch, and the Permanent People's Tribunal of Europe. Read more >>