March 5, 2012
Hearing that Iain Duncan-Smith (the secretary of state for work and pensions) was due to address a conference in tottenham this morning, ‘boycott workfare’ and ‘youthfightforjobs’ organised a protest outside the venue. he arrived late, and walked up to the door shouting that “workfare is a brilliant scheme”. when challenged over public statements, he refused […]
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January 25, 2012
Meet at 12 noon outside Boots, Wood Green High Road (next to Shopping City), N22 Come and join us – don’t sit in the cold alone! We will be calling on all shops, pubs and public buildings to welcome those who wish to get warm. Please bring flasks of tea, nibbles, folding chairs, board games, […]
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January 11, 2012
As friends gather in Washington D.C. to demand the closure of Guantanamo, we take to the streets in Haringey This morning, 11 January, on the 10th anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo, folks from Veterans for Peace, No Borders, Haringey Solidarity Group and Giuseppe Conlon Catholic Worker House gathered in Turnpike Lane, Haringey to demand […]
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January 10, 2012
No one we spoke to could remember a bigger meeting in Haringey. You’d probably have to go back to the ’80s, when hatred of the Iron Lady and her Tory henchmen united huge numbers of people across the borough. But here we were, fresh into 2012, with well over 600 people packing out the hall […]
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December 14, 2011
by Janet Lallysmith, parent Parents, teachers and governors at Downhills Primary School, Tottenham have launched a campaign to prevent the Department for Education (DfE) forcing the school to become a sponsored academy by September 2012. Although no Haringey primary schools were identified in Michael Gove’s original list of 200 ‘underperforming’ schools, this hasn’t stopped the […]
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November 24, 2011
There’s still a week to go, but it’s looking like next Wednesday will see about three million public sector workers walking out on strike, as civil servants join teachers in opposing government cuts to pensions. PCS, UCU, NUT and ATL had all previously balloted for further industrial action, so their members will be out. But […]
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November 15, 2011
by Kwadwo Kari-Kari “All day, all week, we sleep on London’s freezing streets.” – Occupy LSX placard Let me start with a confession: I have not spent a single night sleeping at any of the occupations. If that appalls you I can only apologise, but I was one of two protesters that successfully “occupied” Paternoster […]
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October 17, 2011
Balfour Beatty are currently the lead company withdrawing from the electrical contracting Joint Industry Board (JIB) national agreement. They have issued 1,690 termination notices to their electricians and, from December 7th, intend to re-employ them on £10 an hour, rather than the current £16.25 (that’s a 35% pay cut). Anyone who refuses to accept the […]
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October 13, 2011
Andrew Lansley MP accused of being ‘a liar’ as demonstrators demand an end to hospital cuts and a halt to the controversial Lansley ‘NHS privatisation’ Bill currently going through ParliamentOn Monday 11th October a dozen members of the Save Chase Farm Hospital campaign and the Defend Haringey’s Health Services coalition ambushed Government Minister for the […]
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September 30, 2011
The Tottenham-based families of Mark Duggan, Roger Sylvester, Cynthia Jarrett and Joy Gardner – whose loved ones all died following detention by police officers – will speak at a press conference for the launch of the Tottenham Defence Campaign on Wednesday 5th October. This is two months since the shooting of Mark Duggan and the […]
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