Liverpool Social Struggles Newswire Archive

02-04-2005 21:20

Liverpool Social Forum Meeting TUESDAY

The next meeting of the LSF will be on Tuesday 5th April (i.e. this Tuesday coming) at 7.30pm in the Casa, Hope St. Read more >>

30-03-2005 15:38 | 3 comments

St Modwens the destroyer, through a front company KPI and in collusion with the local council, has managed to trash Farnborough town centre. St Modwens is now proposing to do the same in collusion with the local council to the century old Queens Market at Upton Park in East London. Read more >>

20-03-2005 16:16

MP Accountability: Helen Jones - Warrington North

Below details the facts of Helen Jones's performance as my MP. Go to

http://powertothepeople.org.uk/index.htm and research your MP. With the General Election looming, publishing their actual record could have a real impact. Hold 'Em To Account!!
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20-03-2005 15:52 | 1 comment

MP Accountability: Christine Russell - City of Chester

Below details the facts of Christine Russell's performance as my MP. Go to

http://powertothepeople.org.uk/index.htm research your MP and name & shame. With the General Election looming, publishing their actual (and most probably poor) record could have a real impact. Hold 'Em To Account!!
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18-03-2005 09:13

21 April EUROPEAN DAY OF CITIZEN ACTION FOR JUST AND EFFECTIVE DRUG POLICIES

ENCOD DAY Read more >>

17-03-2005 09:21 | 6 comments

Is Islamic dress acceptable?

How acceptable certain cities find Islamic dress Read more >>

14-03-2005 16:06

Pathfinder schemes – a path to corruption?

Pathfinder schemes are operating in some of our most deprived areas. Nominally they are about urban regeneration, in reality pushing up property prices for the lucky few and providing 'development opportunities' for property developers. Read more >>

11-03-2005 18:13

Another Liverpool council estate is privatised!

Another Liverpool Council Estate is about to slip quietly and without defiance into the private sector. This week plans were reported on Thursday 10th March in the Liverpool Echo (loyal propaganda agent for council housing privatisation over the past dacade) to push council tenants over to the ever expanding private housing market here in Liverpool. Read more >>

11-03-2005 11:09 | 3 comments

H O U S I N G - is still - T H E B I G I S S U E !

On Saturday 5th of March I found the following news item on TELETEXT ITV in the North West and it’s reproduced as I type copied it. I didn’t read about it in the local right wing rag the Liverpool Echo. (Liberal-Democrat controlled) Liverpool City Council is to spend £7,200,000 on private housing, £6000 on each, according to this news report, while it's own rent paying council tenants go without any improvements and backlog of repairs going back for years.
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04-03-2005 09:18 | 1 comment

In Remembrance of Rosa Luxemburg

Porém, apesar de todos os seus erros, Rosa foi e permanece sendo uma águia. E não apenas os comunistas de todo o mundo irão velar pela sua memória, porém sua biografia e suas obras completas (a publicação das quais está sendo incomensuravelmente retardada pelos comunistas alemães que podem apenas ser em parte desculpados por conta das tremendas perdas que estão sofrendo em sua severa luta) servirão como úteis manuais para o treinamento de muitas gerações de comunistas em todo o mundo.
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03-03-2005 09:50

Liverpool Social Forum- late notice!

Next LSF meeting is TOMORROW (friday)! Read more >>

20-02-2005 13:02 | 15 comments

BENEFIT CLAIMANTS ARE FACING MORE INTIMIDATION!

Note the following article on Sheffield Indymedia:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2005/02/304633.html

The above article was the first time I've seen anything at all on this issue, there are many people here in Liverpool and elsewhere on social security benefits both in work and out of work, disabled, sick or retired. Many claimants have had the pressures put upon them, I for one have been getting letters pressuring me for months and months into accepting payment firstly into a Post Office (P.O.) card account. Read more >>

15-02-2005 13:21

hillsborough Disaster back in the headlines

campaign Group refuses to accept Sun apology, but splits begin to show. Read more >>

14-02-2005 14:28 | 3 comments

pathfinder schemes

In the name of urban renewal, creating sustainable communities, social cleansing on a vast scale is being pushed through unchallenged. Read more >>

13-02-2005 12:36

Pensions talks between Prescott and unions stall

The latest news from the New Labour spring conference at Gateshead is that talks between unions and Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott on public sector pensions have stalled. Read more >>

02-02-2005 09:30 | 1 comment

Myopia

Never before in modern history has the sensibility of the population been so anaesthetised. And never before will such a high price be extracted for the failure to reign in nefarious groups that have taken control of the major institutions of power.

While we brood in self-involved distraction, our options are being slowly but effectively eroded and our hard-won liberties are being curtailed. Yet where is the reactive response to these occurrences? With the exception of the people of conscience, inertia and apathy has permeated the majority. Read more >>

26-01-2005 19:12 | 2 comments

Venezuelan March for Sovereignty: Caracas January 23 2005

Tour of the Revolution II: Photo Essay
Venezuelan March for Sovereignty: Caracas January 23 2005
"En Defensa de la Soberanía"
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22-01-2005 15:06 | 2 comments

Voluntary groups fight back against council cuts

VOLUNTARY groups in Liverpool have vowed to fight against a council move to cut their funding.

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19-01-2005 21:10 | 5 comments

The face of Iraqs Occupation

these pictures show the real face of Iraqs occupation Read more >>