November 18, 2008
Before looking at why there’s a financial crisis in most of the industrialised world, let’s get one thing straight – the rich are not in any financial crisis. Ok, a billionaire may lose the odd house or two, or some millionaire may top themselves, but they will always have more money that we will ever […]
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: debt / welfare benefits
November 18, 2008
For the first time in Haringey’s history, the British National Party (BNP) stood a candidate in a by-election (see related article). Gaining confidence from the seat won earlier this year on the Greater London Assembly, and aided by the increasing inability of traditional parties to tackle social issues locally, the BNP are now trying to […]
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: race and immigration
November 18, 2008
Being stopped by the police can be pretty intimidating, so to counter that we’ve compiled this brief guide to your rights. Before you are searched, the police must inform you of the following: a) their name and the police station they work at b) the purpose of the proposed search c) the grounds for […]
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: state control
November 18, 2008
As most may have noticed, there has been a recent increase in the number of police stop and search operations outside tube stations and in the streets. Under the protection of section 60AA of the Criminal Justice & Public Order Act or section 44 of the Terrorism Act, police carry out what are clear abuses […]
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: state control
November 18, 2008
Cars pour down our roads in noisy smelly rushing rivers, and we have all seen flowers left in memory of children violently taken while trying to hop from one island of safety to another. But for one brief Sunday in September a stretch of Wood Green High Road was closed to traffic. Stalls were set […]
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: environment
October 22, 2008
The management of the GP surgery at the Laurels Health Centre, St Ann’s Road is under threat of privatisation. Haringey PCT has already advertised for private companies to take over the ‘PMS’ practice at the Laurels, which could lead to multinational health companies, whose main aim is to maximise their profits, taking over the surgery […]
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: local services
October 20, 2008
Well, the 2008 Anarchist Bookfair felt like a great success as far as Haringey Solidarity Group are concerned. Our aim at this national event has been to promote more than just HSG, and to actively push the idea of getting organised locally in our communities and workplaces.
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: misc reports
September 19, 2008
The fascist BNP are standing in a Haringey Council By-Election on October 9th. The ward in question is Alexandra Ward and the BNP candidate is Frederick Halsey. This is the first time they have stood in the borough. The Haringey Trades Council meeting on 18th September agreed that it was important that visible opposition is […]
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: race and immigration
September 10, 2008
The picket on 29 August 2008 of the bus depot on Marsh Lane, N17, by Northumberland Park station, was pretty solid for the first strike of bus drivers for many years. On approach, you could see the whole junction packed out with the yellow high visibility coats of the drivers and other workers – about […]
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: workplace organising
August 21, 2008
The Weir Hall Action Group is stepping up its 20-year long campaign to save the Bull Lane Playing Fields on the Haringey/Enfield border near the new Sixth Form Centre in North Tottenham. They are supported by the Haringey Friends of Parks Forum and the Haringey Federation of Residents’ Associations. They are opposing Council plans to […]
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: environment
