July 30, 2008
The government’s hoped for introduction of Identity Cards over the next few years is the latest in a long line of attacks on our freedom. But, this is one attack too far. Along with the cards which the government hopes we will all carry, they also want to introduce a massive database on everyone in […]
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: state control
July 30, 2008
Unison and Unite members came out on a two-day strike on 16/17 July 2008. The strike was in response to a management offer of a 2.45% pay rise – well below any measure of inflation and so, effectively, a pay cut. Haringey Solidarity Group members turned up to support the various pickets around the borough. […]
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: workplace organising
July 30, 2008
Following a protest by a library user in the summer 2008, the Head of Haringey Libraries banned the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God fundamentalist sect from usage of any library premises. ‘Rescue of Dignity’ (a front organisation for UCKG) had been using Wood Green Library on a regular base on Friday afternoons. Their […]
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: religion
July 30, 2008
There are unfortunately many sources of debts in which people are ripped off by interest rates, or persecuted for lack of cash. Many debt collection agencies and bailiffs work in tandem. Indeed, often they are just different branches of the same firm both use threatening letters to try to intimidate people.
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: debt / welfare benefits
July 30, 2008
CONSUME CONSUME CONSUME Advertisers try to persuade us that our lives will benefit from buying their products. However, if we spend more money, we are likely to need more money. Unless we’re very lucky, that means we have to work longer and harder to get it or to pay off debts. This doesn’t sound like […]
Category: Uncategorized
Tags: consumer society
July 29, 2008
Many of us from Haringey participated in the Camp for Climate Action at Kingsnorth in Kent, 3-11 August. Following a 60 mile march/caravan from the site of last year’s camp – Heathrow Airport – land near the Kingsnorth Power Station was seized for a week long event attended by 1500-2000 people. The idea was […]
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: environment
July 29, 2008
On Saturday 19th July, 500 residents, market traders, local shopkeepers, campaigners and passers-by formed a human chain around the whole Wards Corner block by Seven Sisters tube in order to say No to evictions, No to demolition, and YES to restoration as set out in the Community Plan created by local people. Following the […]
Category: Uncategorized
Tags: planning & development
July 28, 2008
Haringey Council is failing to house some of the most vulnerable people in our community, by turning them away or delaying their applications for so long that it amounts to the same thing.
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: housing
July 28, 2008
Weekly picket of Haringey Teaching & Primary Care Trust HQ. Every Tuesday – 9am-10am at the gates of St Ann’s Hospital (Haringey Primary Care Trust HQ), St Ann’s Road, N15. Evergreen House Surgery patients call on other patients to come and join them in defending local GP surgeries, the cornerstone of the NHS – Tuesdays […]
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: local services
July 20, 2008
Would you like to meet people, and to share ideas, local information and experiences? Would you like to see people supporting each other, and more community spirit in your neighbourhood? Do you want a safer and better environment, better conditions, more facilities and social justice for you and all your neighbours? Do you believe people […]
Category: Uncategorised
Tags: community
