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Anti-nuclear protest hits Centrica AGM

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On Friday 11 May, Stop Hinkley, Kick Nuclear and friends held a two dozen-strong demo outside the AGM of Centrica (owner of British Gas) at the QE2 Centre in Westminster. Recent news reports suggest that Centrica may be getting cold feet about partnering with EDF Energy in its nuclear new build projects at Hinkley Point in Somerset and other sites in England. This protest aimed to reinforce the me…

Kick Nuclear open nite

May 22, 2012 19:30

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London Action Resource Centre (LARC)

62 Fieldgate Street, (corner of Parfett Street), Whitechapel, London E1 1ES

Nearest Stations:- Whitechapel / Aldgate East / Aldgate / Shadwell

LARC website


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Sizewell Anti-Nuclear Camp and Demo - London coach

April 21, 2012 08:00

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Below are details of the London coach going to the anti-nuclear demonstration at Sizewell in Suffolk on Saturday 21st April. The demo is part of the Sizewell Camp Against Nuclear New Build, taking place from 20-22 April on the beautiful (if you ignore the power station behind you) Sizewell Beach.

www.dissidentisland.org: Dissident Island - Episode 99 ready for download

On this show before the party Dissident Island came at you from

every angle, wild and whacky, energetic and up-for-it - featuring a plethora of

politics to make you ponder and tunes that'll have you pumpin' up the volume to

eleven and a half. Look forward to hearing...



- the latest news from the ZAD, an autonomous zone airport expansion protest

and experiment in sustainable living located in France

- fo…

the show before the party - D*I - episode 99

March 02, 2012 21:00

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Nuclear energy fat cats targeted for fuel poverty

Anti-nuclear campaign group, Boycott EDF, today targeted the UK headquarters of EDF Energy in central London as part of three national days of action called by the Climate Justice Collective’s Fuel Poverty Action campaign.

SOTT: Mass demonstrations unreported by Japanese media

You've heard about the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York, Los Angeles, London, Toronto, Berlin, Tel Aviv and elsewhere around the world. But did you know that huge demonstrations have been taking place in Tokyo as well? We certainly didn't until a SOTT forum member sent us the details. The general lack of awareness of the protests in Japan is probably due to the fact that there has been…

Protest at Nuclear New Build conference

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Six members and supporters of Kick Nuclear gathered outside the Nuclear New Build Forum, taking place at 1 Whitehall Place, Westminster early on Thursday morning (17 November). They called on the nuclear industry bigwigs attending the conference to abandon their plans to build new nuclear power stations and instead concentrate on safer and more sustainable alternatives instead, such as renewable e…

Protest at Nuclear New Build Conference

November 17, 2011 08:15

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1 Whitehall Place, off Whitehall, Westminster SW1A 2HD (nearest tube: Embankment / Charing Cross)

Map: http://tinyurl.com/c2lgsop

8.15am to 9.45am. Be there by 8.30 to catch the delegates as they file in!

A week of London protests - pics (31 Oct - 6 Nov)

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Selected images from eight demos that took place last week (Monday, 31st October to Sunday, 6th November 2011).

Many more images from each of these protests can be viewed here: My picasaweb page

New Nuclear Energy: An Anarchists Nightmare

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Camilla Berens from Kick Nuclear gives a detailed account of why the UK governments plans to build 8 new nuclear power stations would be an anarchists worst nightmare, and explains the real alternatives that exist.

BHP Billiton - Dirty Energy protests - pics

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Campaigners from London Mining Network, Kick Nuclear, Colombia Solidarity Campaign, London Rising Tide, Occupy London and other groups gathered outside and inside Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton's central London AGM to protest the company's record of environmental damage and forced displacement of indigenous communities in Colombia, Australia, Indonesian Borneo and elsewhere, due to its…

Training for Stop New Nuclear's Hinkley Blockade

September 18, 2011 13:00

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London Action Resource Centre (LARC)

Time: 1-5pm

62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES

Nearest tube: Whitechapel / Aldgate East / Aldgate

Map: http://tinyurl.com/44xfvbz

Nuclear waste transports through London must end

Campaigners welcome MOX plant closure, call for end to reprocessing

Kick Nuclear - 4 August 2011

Kick Nuclear welcomes yesterday's announcement that the mixed oxide (MOX) fuel fabrication plant at Sellafield, Cumbria is to close, but demands an end to reprocessing and to highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel transports through London and across the country.

 

BBC: Kings Cliffe: Radioactive waste disposal approved

Plans for low-level radioactive waste disposal to be allowed at a landfill site in Northamptonshire have been given the go-ahead by the government.

London remembers Chernobyl 25 years on - pics

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The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and Medact jointly staged a vigil and parliamentary meeting at Portcullis House, Westminster on Tuesday (26th April) to mark the 25th anniversary of Chernobyl, the world's worst ever civil nuclear disaster. [See photos and report...]

Anti-nuclear activists blockade EDF HQ

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Activists blockade Queen's back yard to brand energy giant's nuclear power bid a ‘Right Royal Rip-Off'

Campaigners brought rush hour traffic to a standstill on Tuesday morning (11 April) to protest against EDF Energy's plans to build a new generation of nuclear power stations in the UK. All four lanes of the A302 outside EDF Energy's headquarters in Grosvenor Place - which runs alongside the ga…

Demotix: London vigil for Fukushima against nuclear power

A vigil was held opposite Downing Street as the events unfold at the nuclear plant in Fukushima, Japan. They were also calling for an end to the UK government's plans to go ahead with the new generation nuclear power. London, UK, 20/03/2011.

Disarm Now Plowshares solidarity vigil

March 28, 2011 12:00

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Support vigil outside the US embassy, Grosvenor Square in solidarity with the five Disarm Now Plowshares activists about to face sentencing in the US for their major nuclear disarmament action in November 2009.

WHEN?  Monday 28 March, 2011, 12noon-6pm

WHERE?  US Embassy, 24 Grosvenor Square, London W1A 2LQ

(Bond Street / Marble Arch tube)

MAP: http://london.usembassy.gov/embassy_location.html

Nuclear resistance teach-in & skills-share wkd

February 19, 2011 10:00

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* Venue: Grow Heathrow, Vineries Close, Sipson, West Drayton,

Middlesex UB7 0JG

(just outside London - public transport from London terminals)

http://www.transitionheathrow.com/grow-heathrow

Disarm Now Plowshares solidarity vigil

December 07, 2010 11:00

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Support vigil outside the US embassy, Grosvenor Square in solidarity with the five Disarm Now Plowshares activists about to face trial in the US for their major nuclear disarmament action last year.

Nearest tube: Bond Street / Marble Arch

"No Nuclear" bloc at Climate March

December 04, 2010 11:00

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Meet at 11.00am by the Christmas fun fair at Hyde Park Corner (to the right of the entrance arch by the fake Christmas trees)  - 1 minute walk from Exit 1 of HYDE PARK CORNER tube Station.

Please be on time so that we are together as a bloc for the special "aerial" photos that will be taken before the march moves off.



On the day contact number will be 07858 177178

Nuclear conference demo calls for EDF boycott

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Delegates arriving at a nuclear suppliers' conference taking place in central London on Monday morning (13 September) were greeted by ten anti-nuclear activists displaying banners calling for a boycott of energy giant Électricité de France (EDF), the organisers of the conference.

Stop Hinkley: report [1|2] | Boycott EDF | Stop Nuclear Power Network: upcoming gathering in Bristol

'Die-in' against nuclear transport at Olympic Park

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What if... "Dozens died and thousands more were exposed to dangerous levels of cancer-causing radiation after a train carrying high level nuclear waste exploded as it passed through the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London this afternoon. The public is being warned to steer well clear of the area as the radioactive plume makes its way across the capital and the southern half of England."

The ri…

Trident Ploughshares Summer Gathering

September 02, 2010 14:00

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Church of St John & St Stephen

121-147 Orts Rd, Reading, Berkshire RG1 3JN

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Trident Ploughshares Summer Gathering

September 03, 2010 14:00

Church of St John & St Stephen

121-147 Orts Rd, Reading, Berkshire RG1 3JN

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Trident Ploughshares Summer Gathering

September 04, 2010 14:00

Church of St John & St Stephen

121-147 Orts Rd, Reading, Berkshire RG1 3JN

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Trident Ploughshares Summer Gathering

September 05, 2010 14:00

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Church of St John & St Stephen

121-147 Orts Rd, Reading, Berkshire RG1 3JN

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Stop Nuclear Power Network national gathering

June 19, 2010 10:30

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Saturday 19 June, 10.30am - 5.30pm

London Action Resource Centre

62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES

Venue details: http://www.londonarc.org

Nearest tube: Aldgate East / Whitechapel*

Map: http://tinyurl.com/mapLARC

[* Due to engineering works on several of the lines serving Whitechapel and Aldgate East, you may need to allow extra time for your journey across London. You can use the Transport for Lon…

Stop the Great Nuclear Rip Off! - Demo

June 15, 2010 08:30

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Demonstrate outside the Nuclear Industry Forum

Tuesday 15 June, 2010, 8.30am - 10am, One Whitehall Place (adj. to The Royal Horseguards hotel), Whitehall Court, London SW1A 2EJ (Embankment / Charing Cross tube)

Conference website: http://www.marketforce.eu.com/Conferences/nuclear10/

Map: http://www.guoman.com/en/hotels/united_kingdom/london/the_royal_horseguards/location/index.html