London Public sector cuts Newswire Archive

20-03-2013 13:01

Stop G8 national meeting - London - April 6/7

The next Stop G8 national meeting will be held in London on the 6/7 April
- all welcome except cops and journos

To propose items for the agenda, request accommodation in London or for
more info please contact

stopg8@riseup.net or see network23.org/stopg8/
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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 >>

15-03-2013 23:17

Self Organised London still alive and kicking!

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

11-03-2013 20:55

get involved! - Come to the Stop G8 Network Meeting in London

StopG8 is organising a week of action, including workshops, gigs and cultural events in June. There is also a major day of action on Tuesday 11 June, 'J11 – Carnival against Capitalism'. There's lots to do and we need more people to get involved.

Hate meetings?! No problem, we want people to come and take on jobs, you don't have to sit around in big groups discussing things. The next national meeting will be in London on 6th and 7th April (venue tba, see network23.org/stopg8/), we'll arrange the agenda so you can come along and get involved without spending hours in meetings. Read more >>

09-03-2013 16:11

occupiers of women's library being evicted!

8th March feminists occupied the Women's Library in London to protest against its closure and against austerity cuts. They are now being evicted so support is needed.
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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 >>

21-02-2013 16:37

Russian Exile Angel Versetti Implicated As Co-organiser of London Riots

Angel Versetti whose sudden disappearance from the United Kingdom in 2011 raised several investigations in the country, was apparently arrested, imprisoned and removed from the United Kingdom with a minimum ban of 10 years. While the question on his exile from Russia remains unanswered, his actions in Britain attest to the true nature of his deporation from the country. Read more >>

14-02-2013 17:58

Packed meeting calls for a halt to Whittington sell off

Mass meeting rejects Whittington Hospital, Islington, board plan to raise money by selling up around one third of its property and business. Read more >>

31-01-2013 14:50

The Tax & Cut Time Bomb: April Showers Pain on the Poor

"A cabinet of millionaires rains hell on the poor. April 1st is doomsday for UK Sick, Poor & Disabled" Read more >>

31-01-2013 13:06

Protest Today! Lewisham A and E closure announcement.

Hunt has announced that Lewisham A and E will be closed. Protest today at 5.30 pm outside Lewisham hospital Read more >>

28-01-2013 15:36

We are Taxing The Bedrooms of Dead Children

It was reported today that when seven year old Becky Bell died of Cancer, her council sent her family a £672 bill for her newly empty bedroom due to the new Spare Bedroom Tax on the poor.
Britain is a colder place since the passing of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, which seeks to radically change the concept of social security. The social contract is being replaced with a Victorian welfare system. Today we look at the creeping impacts of the Welfare Reform Act and how it is making the poorest in the land suffer the consequences of the crimes of the wealthiest. Read more >>

14-01-2013 12:43

Friern Barnet People's Library Latest: Report and Photos

As an ex-resident of Barnet, book-lover and fan of occupying, squatting and doing things for free, I went along to Friern Barnet's Occupied People's Library the other day to take some photos, borrow a couple of books, have a cup of tea and inform myself about what's been going on there. Read more >>

06-01-2013 21:09

Battersea Park Adventure Playground Occupied

With the expected demolition of Battersea Park Adventure Playground due to begin early tomorrow morning (Monday 7 January), local anti-cuts activists Wandsworth Against Cuts and Occupy London supporters have occupied the playground in protest at Wandsworth Council’s decision to destroy the unique children’s facility and replace it with a staff less ‘safe’ facility.

06-01-2013 20:54

Tower Hamlets Community for a new Council

This week sees new central Govt measures in Tower Hamlets. Why so? Isn't there an elecetd mayor in place there already? Read more >>

16-12-2012 16:20

Occupied Friern Barnet Library in court Monday

Supporters of Friern Barnet People’s Library in Barnet, North London, are to return to court at 09:30 on Monday 17 December as Barnet council seeks possession of the building and the surrounding green land. Read more >>

16-12-2012 13:36

earth cabaret at occupied friern barnet library

last night, more than a hundred locals and other visitors filled the occupied library in friern barnet for an evening of 'save the library' cabaret. the occupiers face court on monday and tuesday as the council tries to evict them and close down the library. Read more >>

09-12-2012 12:17

small determined workfare demo in holloway, london yesterday

london activists targeted businesses in holloway yesterday, handing out employment rights and solidarity information leaflets to workers exploited under the government 'workfare' scheme. Read more >>

26-11-2012 03:03

#Dec5 >> London Anti-Cuts Demo << #Dec5

Tell your grand-kids what YOU did during the war!

http://anticuts.com/2012/11/21/see-you-again-on-dec5-free-education-living-grants-abolish-the-debt/

http://uniteresist.org/
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21-11-2012 22:43

NUS march - report and pics (#demo2012)

at the start of the march there were up to ten thousand students from all over the country - directed on an agreed route to kennington park in south london (hardly the seat of government), barely a thousand made it as far as the rally which then ended in chaos as NUS president liam burns was pelted with eggs as some activists invaded the stage. Read more >>

20-11-2012 17:03

Alfie Meadows set for third trial after second aborted over delays

The retrial of two protesters charged with public order offences following a student demonstration in 2010 has been aborted three weeks into the trial after a series of illnesses. Read more >>