LondonNoBorders/CalaisMigrantSolidarity fundraiser
August 10, 2012 20:00
The Grosvenor, 17 Sidney Road, SW9 0TP
The Grosvenor, 17 Sidney Road, SW9 0TP
To celebrate the launch of the magazine No Bounds have organised a party on June 26th 2012 in association with events promoters Movimientos. The launch night will be held at the Rich Mix in East London, with an eclectic array of performances, ranging from poets to musicians. It will be a free event. All welcome!!!!!!
A fake press release from Standard and Poor's announcing a downgrade for the G4S group was diffused two days ago. Even though it was a fake, the information has spread in the financial market. The reason is the G4S's involvement in the detention and deportation business.
Thousands of Tamil protestors marched yesterday against the visit of the the President of Sri Lanka, visible to the Queen before lunching with the genocidal Mahinda Rajapaksa along with other heads of commonwealth states at Marlborough House in Central London. The spontaneous protestors later gathered in front of Park Lane Hilton Hotel where Rajapaksa was staying. The Queen passed human rights …
Police violently attacked cyclists in May's Critical Mass demo through London last Friday.
At least two people were arrested as mounted police provoked and terrorised the monthly ride that pushes for the rights of cyclists to ride around London without being harrassed or intimidated by other road users.
In one incident on Charing Cross Road, police became embroiled in an incident where a black c…
Below is an interesting report on the way the indignados movement has raised its profile internationally as it seeks social justice for the 15M movement:
#BARCELONA #15M Newsletter nr 15
Hello from Barcelona,
this is the weekly newsletter that will inform you about the activities of 15M movement in Barcelona, Catalonia and occasionally the main events in Spain. If you do not wish to receive it…
Habima Israel's National Theatre is performing in London at the Shakespeare's Globe Theatre (SGT). Habima regularly performs in illegal Israeli settlements & is funded by the State of Israel. SGT refused Global calls to Boycott Habima. On Habima's opening night yesterday a Protestor from Denmark was thrown out by the Globe for displaying a banner against Israel's Apartheid. He later said, "I …
Russian Embassy
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During Critical Mass London, police escalate violence and aggression. Police took a rider around the corner and a mounted officer placed his horse between the other riders and the person they had on the ground. A rider in grey holding two bicycles steps off the road onto the pavement and is shouted at by the mounted officer. He is then dragged off the pavement by an officer who then attempts …
To be annouced sooner the time.... see palestineplace.wordpress.com
In the first two weeks of June this year one of central London’s lost and abandoned buildings will be reclaimed and transformed into a radical centre for discussion, action, and education around the issue of Palestinian rights. Palestine Place will be a squatted hub of activity from the 2nd-17th June. Expect films, discussions, m…
Peaceful Blockupy protest gets Frankfurt public backing
Blockupy Frankfurt declared a lasting victory for freedom of speech as 25,000 demonstrators marched through the German financial capital tormented by 5000 riot police.
Saturday's peaceful march on the European Central Bank was the culmination of three days of protest against the new wave of authoritarian capitalism which has swept Europe.
Once again the main news media are not revealing the truth.
The media are spinning news that the main police issue for the march is related to pensions, where in fact it is directly related to the cut in police numbers and the plans to replace them with private security personnel.
We have all seen the disregard for people and their rights by corporatism; we cannot allow private control of our Poli…
Episode 103 of Dissident Island Radio features:
- Our friend Carl live in the studio giving an insider's perspective on prisoner solidarity. He gives some nice ideas on how to offer support and what to say in those all important letters.
- People from SQUASH and the ASS talking about the future of squatting in England and Wales post Clause 145, and what's going to change once the ban comes into effe…
As part of the 12M Global Day of Action that occurred in over 350 cities, around 700 protesters gathered at St Pauls to take a tour [map | pics] of the financial institutions responsible for much of the crisis. Throughout the march, City of London police repeatedly tried to slow and halt the march and there were clashes as people pushed through police lines. The tour concluded at the Bank of E…
Islington council has issued an eviction notice under the Open Spaces Act 1906 ByeLaw 17 demanding that Occupy Finsbury Square leave in one weeks time - by 4pm on Friday 18th May - or face court proceedings...
The site was occupied on October 22nd 2011 after hundreds took part in the Tour of Corporate Greed demonstration.
See also Occupy London [twitter 1,2]
An English translation of anarchist analysis of the elctorial process in greece with links to the many texts coming from the various Anarchist collectives, groups and assemblies down the bottom.
If the elections could overturn this barbarism… they'd be illegal!
In response to a call for solidarity from Egypt with the 600 + detainees and the 20 + killed by SCAF (military) in the latest round of repression in Cairo, activists dropped a banner on the 6th of May 2012 outside the Egyptian Embassy in London. The banner reads: Free the Prisoners, Down with the military rule.
As “counter-terrorist experts”, better known as Armament Companies, gathered at the Royal Garden Hotel to guzzle champagne followed by four course dinner, pausing only to gaze over Kensington Gardens. (At a mere £156 a ticket, guess who isn’t suffering from “austerity”?) – Smash EDO, Disarm DSEi and Campaign against the arms trade held a noise demonstration, distrupting thier dini…
LARC - London Action Resource Centre, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES (map: https://imc.li/v3il0)