London Social Struggles Newswire Archive

11-09-2004 10:09

Mondays demonstration

At the end of the 1980's, the so called "monday protests" in Germany grew
and grew each week and led to the end of former GDR in 1990. Now the monday
protests are back. It began a little over a month ago in eastern germany: in
a couple of cities a few hundred people protested against the "HARTZ 4"
program and the "Agenda 2010" which are government plans that will have an
deep impact on workers and unemployed people. By Monday, August 23, over
100.000 people participatedand by Monday, September 6, protests were taking
place in over 200 cities in Germany, as well as solidarity rallies in Paris
and Vienna. Read more >>

11-09-2004 09:10

Sixteen photograph essay from the Republican National Convention in New York City

This is my photo essay from the RNC in New York, 08.30.04 through 09.02.04. Read more >>

10-09-2004 14:43

Los Trabajadores Petroleros, las Bases y el Referéndum Histórico

Observadores Internacionales Electorales
Selma James y Nina López
(con vídeo clips)
y
Estreno del documental:
La Revolución Bolivariana: Trabajadores petroleros ¡Presentes!

Contribución de Identidad Bolivariana, Países Bajos

Sábado 18 de septiembre 15:00-18:00
Trinity United Reform Church, Buck St, Londres NW1
Metro Camden Town Entrada a pie de calle, servicios disponibles en las cercanías
Entrada: £3 asalariados; £1.50 sin sueldo

Se celebrará la victoria del referéndum con música y refrigerio.
Read more >>

10-09-2004 14:32

The Bolivarian Revolution: ENTER THE OIL WORKERS!

July 2004, 34minutes, Spanish with English subtitles, VHS PAL/NTSC
Produced by the Bolivarian Circle of the Global Women’s Strike
Venezuela is the world’s 5th largest oil exporter, yet 80% of its population lives in poverty. In 1998 President Hugo Chávez was elected to use the oil revenue to tackle poverty. In April 2002 a coup against him was defeated by the millions who took to the streets. A few months later the élite and the CIA paralyzed Venezuela’s oil company PDVSA to bring Chávez down. Oil workers took over and worked round the clock to recover production.
In this documentary José Bodas, Luís Felix Marín, Jesús Montilla and Tania Suárez tell how they saved PDVSA and how they are organizing to “put the oil industry at the service of humanity”.
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10-09-2004 14:21

VENEZUELA REPORT-BACK, OIL WORKERS, the GRASSROOTS and the HISTORIC REFERENDUM

International Election Observers Selma James and Nina Lopez (with video clips)
and
Documentary Premiere: The Bolivarian Revolution:
ENTER THE OIL WORKERS!
Contribution from Identidad Bolivariana, The Netherlands
Saturday 18 September 3-6 pm
Trinity United Reform Church,
Buck St, London NW1

Camden Town Tube
Level entrance, accessible toilet nearby

Entrance: £3 waged; £1.50 unwaged
Followed by celebration of the referendum victory with music and refreshments.

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10-09-2004 12:29

THE LABORATORY OF INSURRECTIONARY IMAGINATION

THE LABORATORY OF INSURRECTIONARY IMAGINATION, part of the autonomous spaces of the European Social Forum in London (14th-17th October) - will be briging creative activists, artists, pranksters and tricksters together to carry out actions and skill share.
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08-09-2004 16:06

True Olympics: Olympian Seeking to Renounce U.S. nationality!

One Olympian's quest not over, former Olympic athlete, Nathaniel Lincoln Mills, has been seeking to denationalize, describes nation-state system an "uneccessary form of segregation, disrupting natural connections between members of our one human family." U.S. State Department wrestling with case, denying to honor U.S. & human right to renounce, fearing Mills would become "stateless". Mills now in London, after traveling from home in Washington, DC to Athens, Greece during Olympic Games to renounce. Read more >>

08-09-2004 15:33

HELL IN HEBRON

Human rights advocates on a recent fact finding mission found major problems in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Read more >>

08-09-2004 00:07

Building Bridges Radio- N.Y. Labor Protests Bush and the RNC

BUILDING BRIDGES RADIO BRINGS YOU THIS 29 MINUTES RADIO PROGRAM. TO LISTEN CLICK ON URL LINK BELOW Read more >>

06-09-2004 14:37

Infected rubbish council bins

MIND THE
INFECTED INSECTS
FLYING FROM THE
RUBBISH COUNCIL BINS
INTO YOUR HOME
Read more >>

03-09-2004 17:11

Beyond ESF event update

6 saturday nights of political discussion, films, exhibitions, food, live music & dj’s to lead up to the ‘Beyond ESF’ conference in October.
4th September - Precarity/Casualisation,Dole
7pm-late. Discussion & Live acoustic bands.
VENUE: ARCHWAY THEATRE, Archway roundabout, behind methodist church, opp. Archway station.

Read more >>

03-09-2004 14:00

Use Your Loaf evicted

At six-thirty this morning, Friday 03/09/2004 about thirty bailiffs and police helmeted suited and booted eventually smashed their way through the front door seizing possession of the building from the use your loaf collective. Read more >>

03-09-2004 04:53

Photos of T-mobile phone mast protest in Hackney

photos from the above protest Read more >>

01-09-2004 09:03

Major UK NGO's Criticise ESF Organising Process + SWP / SA

A coalition of 10 British NGOs including the major ones like Oxfam, Jubilee and Greenpeace have written a letter complaining about the UK European Social Forum organising process and saying it has been characterised by a lack of transparency and openness. Finaly this can officialy end the myth peddled by the authoritarian left that those who have been critical of the UK ESF process are simply wreckers, splitters or crazy anarchists who don't represent anyone!

While the NGOs don't mention them by name, they're criticising the SWP (Socialist Workers Party) and SA (Socialist Action) for dominating a meeting to decide speakers names through weight of numbers. This is a significant moment. Reports from the meeting also revealed what appeared to be willful miscounting of votes and other undemocractic behaviour. The letter has been published ahead of the european esf assembly meeting in brussels this coming weekend. Read more >>

31-08-2004 12:57

Dr. Gandhi in the Holy Land

Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, visited Israel and Palestine this past week. Read more >>

29-08-2004 08:29

Barbed wire and the "Ben Gurion strategy"

Woke up this morning to a phone call from detained UK journalists and human rights activist, Ewa Jasiewicz - who remains in detention at the Ben Gurion Detention facility in Israel's main airport. Ewa's appeal hearing in the supreme court will now take place on Wednesday, by which time Ewa will have spent 3 weeks imprisoned be "the only democracy in the Middle East." Read more >>

27-08-2004 23:13

P.A.I.N in Bath – a real benefit!

Bristle magazine benefit – in Bath on Fri 3 September
Bristle mag is delighted to present live P.A.I.N (Propaganda and Information Network), the legendary agit-prop ska-punksters, plus the Positive Vibration Sound System DJ’s, at a night of maverick merrymaking in Bath. Bring yer dancing shoes! Read more >>

27-08-2004 01:37

Exxon/Mobil, the RNC & Widespread Nonviolent Militancy

Decentralized direct actions worldwide. Read more >>

26-08-2004 09:51

Anyone going to the Republican party congress?

Anyone going to the Republican party congress? Read more >>

26-08-2004 01:26

DNC2RNC + Miami Model + international videos

Somewhat short notice as usual but...

Tonight (thursday 26th)

a screening of bits of The Miami Model (http://ftaaimc.org/miamimodel) the film the NYPD shut down a few days ago... http://www.indybay.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=2377&category_id=12

a screening of resistance to eviction of the 10 year old squatted EUSKAL JAI AURRERA social centre in the basque country (see http://barcelona.indymedia.org)

a screening of the video journals from zapatista style DNC2RNC democracy uprising march that arrives in New York this evening for the Republican National Convention (see http://www.dnc2rnc.org for details)

plus a workshop on subtitling and translating video...