March 21, 2011
Protesting against public sector cuts is not a crime – a statement by Haringey Anti-Cuts Defendants’ Campaign On 24th February a rally took place at the Haringey Civic Centre to protest against local government cuts. The demonstration was called by the Haringey Alliance for Public Services, in opposition to the £41m cuts to local services, […]
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Tags: state control
March 2, 2011
This is the list of cuts that Haringey council voted through on Thursday 24 February. Even a quick glance makes it obvious that these cuts will hit the most vulnerable the hardest. YOUNG PEOPLE * Youth Service budget to be cut by 75 per cent to around £650,000, saving £1.96million by 2013. Eight youth […]
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Tags: cuts
February 25, 2011
An extremely angry protest of 300 local residents, trade unionists and representatives of community groups left councillors in no doubt as to how much opposition their cuts programme will face. Demonstrators occupied the council chamber and held their own people’s budget meeting before they were forcibly, and often violently, removed by riot police, who physically […]
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Tags: cuts
February 24, 2011
The Royal Bank of Scotland, which owns Natwest, was bailed out by the British taxpayer at a cost of £45bn – more than half the amount of the government’s £81bn four-year cuts programme. Despite us now having an 84% share in RBS, the bank has continued to pay massive bonuses to investment bankers and to […]
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Tags: housing
February 24, 2011
Councils all over the country are facing massive opposition as they attempt to pass through huge cuts to public services. Tonight it was the turn of Lambeth, and over 200 protestors took over the council meeting and occupied the town hall, holding “People’s Hearings”. Tomorrow night is Haringey’s turn. So if you live or work […]
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Tags: cuts
February 18, 2011
Local anti-cuts protestors “bailed in” to the Wood Green branch of Barclay’s Bank to protest against the government cuts agenda. About half of the 30 or so local residents occupied the bank and turned it into a home – with rugs, chairs and cushions – to bring attention to the number of people that will […]
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Tags: cuts
February 15, 2011
This document outlines the organisational structure of Haringey Solidarity Group, and how to contact us about a particular area. Membership and joining HSG HSG does not have a formal membership. Anyone who lives or works in the borough, and who broadly supports our aims (see below) can come to meetings and go on the HSG […]
Category: about us
February 4, 2011
A comrade from the Kurdish Anarchist Forum in Germany managed to contact a comrade from an anarchist group, Black Flag, in Egypt. Below is an interview with him, following the resumption of email contact with Egypt on Wednesday 2 February.
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Tags: misc reports
February 1, 2011
Late Saturday morning on 18th December 2010, four people from HSG leafleted outside the UCKG Wood Green venue on the High Road. After we had been leafleting several minutes a person started taking pictures of us with his mobile phone – many pictures – probably trying to intimidate us, as he kept coming up close […]
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Tags: religion
January 19, 2011
On Monday 24 January at 11.30am, Islington Poverty Action Group and Haringey Claimants Action Group will be protesting outside Atos Healthcare at 1a Elthorne Road, just off Holloway Road, 2 minutes walk south from Archway tube. This local action is part of a national day of action against welfare benefits cuts, focusing on Atos, a […]
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Tags: debt / welfare benefits
