July 5, 2010
Equality considerations were unlawfully ignored in approval of multi million pound development Campaigners fighting to prevent demolition of businesses and homes on the Wards Corner site over Seven Sisters tube station were today celebrating victory in an important Judicial Review test case. The Court of Appeal handed down a ruling that Haringey Council had acted […]
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: community
June 27, 2010
Writing an article for the site is pretty straightforward, although there are some bugs in joomla. Here is a very quick guide…
Category: about us
June 21, 2010
The Spurs Ground Development is not just about a new stadium. It also involves the building of new housing, a supermarket, luxury hotel and more. It’s happening on our doorstep and will affect our lives:– who will our new neighbours?– for anyone living in temporary accommodation, maybe you’re hoping to move into one of the flats one […]
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: planning & development
May 29, 2010
We spent the month before the general election enthusiastically distributing the latest “anti-election” issue of our newsletter. With street stalls every weekend, tube station distributions and door-to-door delivery, we handed out all 5,000 copies of the Totally Indypendent in just over four weeks. In fact we had so much fun that we completely forgot to […]
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Tags: misc reports
April 11, 2010
The coming election is supposed to be our big opportunity to “exercise our democratic freedom” by voting for the next government. But general elections only happen about every five years. So if we live until we’re 70 years old, we’ll only get to “exercise our democratic freedom” about ten times in a lifetime. When we […]
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Tags: community
March 7, 2010
Haringey Solidarity Group’s views on local and parliamentary elections are pretty clear – elections give the impression of democracy, but when it comes down to decision-making, the elected representative, whether it’s an MP or a councillor, is more interested in listening to their party than the voices of local people. However, giving local residents the […]
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Tags: community
February 28, 2010
The threat to the Whittington A&E and five other hospitals in north London has outraged tens of thousands of people in all the boroughs affected. It is part of a bigger government plan to enforce cuts in all public services. Across the country, people are taking up the fight, resistance is growing against closures, privatisations […]
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Tags: local services
February 19, 2010
93 ARRESTED, 72 CHARGED, 10 JAILED SO FAR The Israeli bombardment of Gaza of 27th December to 18th January, provoked passionate protests across the UK, including central London protests which were attended by many outraged Haringey residents. The familiar mass demos of the anti-war movement were supplemented by large spontaneous break-away demos and a wave […]
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Tags: race and immigration
January 24, 2010
Last week, Haringey Solidarity Group took action with M, a Haringey mother, facing eviction from a private tenancy. The council had finally agreed to house her, but would not do so until she had been physically evicted. M just wanted a few days’ notice to make arrangements, and to put her mind at rest.
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: housing
November 27, 2009
Residents call for effective global action at the coming Copenhagen summit in response to the threat of climate change Campaigners in North London are mobilising for the national demonstration on December 5th, followed by a Low Carbon/Sustainability Fortnight of local events here during the summit Public meeting calls for a transition to a fair and sustainable […]
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Tags: environment
