London Repression Newswire Archive

09-07-2005 00:11

London terror bombings: a political crime

The criminal nature of these outrages is underscored by the fact that they occurred in a city that has been the scene of innumerable protests against imperialism and war. In February 2003, more than 1 million people marched in London to oppose the plans of the US and Britain to invade Iraq. Read more >>

08-07-2005 21:16

Unprecedented police harrassment operation against Wombles

Since Friday 1 July, some 12,000 police officers from across the UK have been carrying out one of the largest and most successful operations against summit protesters ever experienced. After Saturday's Make Poverty History march, this small army has used new powers to clamp down on almost every protest - of whatever kind. One activist group in particular has been targeted in an extreme way - the Wombles. This is the story of 'Operation Get Wombles', and incorporates yesterday's newswire post. It may contain some innaccuracies on numbers and times but the general thrust is correct.

08-07-2005 16:38

False Alarm or Hoax? Suspect Package Outside Edinburgh IMC

This afternoon (Friday 8th July) there was a false alarm suspect package / bomb alert outside the Edinburgh IMC and Forest Cafe.

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08-07-2005 10:57

Terror on the Tube

When does the customary whitewashed inquiry begin? Read more >>

08-07-2005 10:53

Sick BNP tries to capitalise on the London bombings

The British National Party is already trying to exploit yesterday's tragedy to spread racism and Islamophobia. Read more >>

08-07-2005 10:23

The London Bombings: Time for Blair to Wake Up or Resign

The US & UK’s oil & war-hungry foreign-policies look set to see London and other major western cities facing years, perhaps decades, of terrorist guerrilla warfare. Could our elected representatives be doing more to speak out against the illegal wars that have precipitated these barbaric acts?
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08-07-2005 00:26

Edinburgh Vigil

From 9pm, a small group gathered beside the galleries on Princes Street / The Mound to hold a vigil in support of those killed and wounded in the London bombings and in recognition of the violence of the past week. Read more >>

07-07-2005 23:22

Wombles targeted in Glasgow police operation

It is now emerging that while the blockades were up in Stirling and the gates of Gleneagles were being breached, a huge police operation was underway in Glasgow targeting the Wombles. There will be more news on what happened on 6 July shortly, but here is today's instalment. Read more >>

07-07-2005 21:42

Photos from the G8 summit in gleneagles

Please see

http://www.zaytoun.org/g8/ for photos of the G8 demo including the break off demo in the fields! more photos uploaded there later.

thanks

sal

ps please acredit sal achhala if u use the photos Read more >>

07-07-2005 21:06

Alston points finger at 'anarchists'

Australia's High Commissioner in London Richard Alston believes bombs in the city are most likely the work of anti-globalisation 'anarchists' to coincide with the Group of Eight summit meeting in Scotland.

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07-07-2005 18:29 | 1 addition

video of wednesday edinburgh demo

video from yesterday's spontaneous demo in the centre of edinburgh. Read more >>

07-07-2005 17:47

Action at Gleneagles

Wednesday 6th July, afternoon, at G8 Alternatives march to Gleneagles. Activists reach main gate and many enter the fields surrounding Gleneagles, some breaching the perimeter fence, with large numbers of demonstrators from the main march looking on. Read more >>

07-07-2005 17:24

Solidarity with British Muslims - Fight the backlash!

The BNP and their racist media sympathisers will try and use this bloody massacre as an excuse to attack Muslims.

The government will try and use it to rush through even more wrongheaded "terror laws". Fight the backlash! Read more >>

07-07-2005 15:37

Get a clue -- terrorists don't throw rocks, London bombings and the G8

British and London authorities should be ashamed of themselves. While
1500 London police are over in Scotland, part of a 15,000-strong
policing force, watching people chant and march
against the G8, they leave their home unprotected from real terrorists. Read more >>

06-07-2005 11:38

Agathon Rwasa - a strange innocence regained

John Mellor travelled to Burundi to meet the family of Richard Ndereyimana, one of the victims of the bloody attack on the "Titanic Express" bus, which was ambushed en route to Bujumbura on December 28th 2000, and in which Richard's fiancée, Charlotte Wilson, a British citizen, also died. Read more >>

06-07-2005 10:33

The Games Must Go On!

The issue dominating the news today is... you guessed it, the bid to host a sporting event seven years in the future, the Olympics! Read more >>

05-07-2005 18:21

Changing The Spots?

Fascism in the UK and America. Read more >>

05-07-2005 13:37

Be advised

Information on police Read more >>

05-07-2005 10:07

Happy Independence Day to The Land of the Free

Each year, there are some 3,000 reported deaths-in-custody. Ten years ago, only 150 deaths-in-custody were reported. The incarceration rate in the USA is currently 726 per 100,000 people. Almost two thirds of world countries have incarceration rates of 150 or below, per 100,000 people. The USA has the toughest prison sentences in the world, which include the death sentence and life in prison without parole.

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04-07-2005 20:33

CONDOLENCES OF THE ACTUS AFTER THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT FRANÇOIS-XAVIER VERSCHAVE.

The President François-Xavier Verschave, is one of these rare Big People, honorable. Profoundly human, he was until the last breath, an engaged activist and fearless defender of the African, humbled continent, exploited and crushed by the French imperialism, the françafrique. Read more >>