London Social Struggles Newswire Archive

07-04-2013 06:34

Leaks reveal secrets of the rich who hide cash offshore

Millions of internal records have leaked from Britain's offshore financial industry, exposing for the first time the identities of thousands of holders of anonymous wealth from around the world, from presidents to plutocrats, the daughter of a notorious dictator and a British millionaire accused of concealing assets from his ex-wife. Read more >>

04-04-2013 20:38

Islington meeting wants no bedroom tax evictions

Islington Hands Off Our Public Services organised a meeting in a Canonbury community centre about the Con-Dem bedroom tax. Islington Council's deputy leader spoke. Read more >>

04-04-2013 11:48

Come to StopG8 gathering this weekend

The StopG8 UK-wide meeting is nearly upon us. With not much more than 2
months to go till the big week, the time to come and get involved is right
now ...

The StopG8 meeting at LARC starts on Saturday 6th at 11 am (10am for
tea/coffee) and finishes at 5.30pm. On Sunday 7th the meeting begins at
11am and finishes at 4.45pm

Read more >>

04-04-2013 08:39

History of London's first African mayor John Archer told in his Battersea turf

A hundred years ago in November 1913 John Archer became London's first African mayor when he was elected mayor of Battersea (now the London borough of (Wandsworth). History consultant Kwaku's presentation at Battersea Library on April 16 will show there was more to Archer's history than just being elected mayor. Read more >>

30-03-2013 23:22

Bexhill Bypass; Round Two

The latest on the campaign to stop the first and worst of Osborne's roads Read more >>

28-03-2013 14:54

Bedroom Tax Song

nationwide call out Read more >>

25-03-2013 21:46

School for Eco-Warriors Will Teach Teenagers How to Stop Global Warming

The eco-warriors in Enfield who recently survived a terrible ordeal at the hands of the corrupt and crooked Enfield council which could have killed them, are planning to open the School for Eco-Warriors to teach young people and everyone else as well, about how to engage in direct action to stop global warming before it drives humanity to extinction this century. Read more >>

21-03-2013 13:32

JSA & ESA South London Claimants Union

For a Claimants Union in South London!

Wednesday 27th March 4pm
Eileen House, 80-94 Newington Causeway, SE1 6EF Read more >>

21-03-2013 12:18

Is Welsh Planning Policy for Coal about to Hit the Buffers?

The new Welsh Minister for Housing and Regeneration, Mr Carl Seargent, is about to make a decision on the Varteg Hill Opencast site application. If he decides to uphold the Appeal recommendation arising from a recent Public Inquiry it could set a new precedent for how all other Welsh opencast site applications are decided. It could have even wider repercussions across England and Scotland as well. This press release explains why. Read more >>

21-03-2013 09:27

LAON's Feb-March 2013 of Welsh Opencast Sites

This review carries news items on the state of opencast mine proposals in Wales, especially the latest news about the Varteg and East Pit proposal. It also provides some information about who Miller Argent are, the Company mining at Ffos-y-Fran and who mau be submitting a new opencast proposal for the Nant Llesg site in Gwent Read more >>

20-03-2013 20:26

Screening: Living Utopia. Mon 25th March 7.30pm. Pogo Cafe, Hackney, London

Living Utopia is a unique documentary that blends the historical account of the origins and development of the Spanish anarchist movement, focussing on the 1936 war. Read more >>

18-03-2013 19:33

Events coming up this week from the unrooted @ Eileen House

Click here for all Self Organised London events:

http://www.olympusrpg.com/selforganisedlondon/Events.html Read more >>

18-03-2013 19:29

Jobseekers & ESA Workshop this Wednesday 4pm @ Eileen House

Horizontal skillshare on claiming Jobseekers Allowance and Employment & Support Allowance (ESA) with the intention to set up a South East London Claimants Union. Read more >>

18-03-2013 18:27

Extinction Festival at the Extinction Eco-Village near Combe Haven Valley

The eco-warriors in Britain plan to hold the EXTINCTION FESTIVAL this summer at the Extinction Eco-Village on a farm near Combe Haven Valley where the government and East Sussex County Council are now getting ready to build the Bexhill to Hastings link road which the road protesters are turning into the Second Battle of Hastings. Read more >>

18-03-2013 17:24

Eco-Warriors Defeat Tory Council Thugs in the Second Battle of Enfield

A small army of High Court bailiffs, security men, tow truck drivers, and Enfield council officials who tried to steal more vehicles belonging to the children's charity that is building a school in Gambia, failed in their latest attempt to evict the Working Class Heroes from our derelict squatted MOT service station site on Thursday 7 March 2013. Read more >>

17-03-2013 19:09

Whittington board plans rejected by thousands

Public say no to plans by the north London, Whittington Hospital's board to sell-off £17m of its buildings and sack around half of its staff. Read more >>

15-03-2013 23:17

Self Organised London still alive and kicking!

A brief update on our situation and upcoming events… Read more >>

14-03-2013 14:29

State Violence Against Women: Soni Sori and other cases from India.

Public Meeting to highlight cases of state repression on women, many of whom are human right defenders, many belong to minority sections of society. These incidences point at the increasing patterns in which business and politics intersect to curtain critical voices against state-corporate nexus. Read more >>

07-03-2013 17:09

CALLOUT: National Day of Action Against the Bedroom Tax!

On 16th March 2013, there will be a national day of protest against the Bedroom Tax. Protests are currently planned in over thirty towns and cities across the UK, in what needs to be the biggest wave of protest since the Poll Tax. It is time to paint those placards, dust off your megaphone and make a stand. Read more >>

06-03-2013 14:05

Central London cafe is haven for dangerous ideas

Firebox, a political cafe in Central London, needs your help to provide events and meeting space to left-wing individuals and networks. Read more >>