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Author: Charlie Kiss \ Cycling \ human rights \ LGBT \ Peter Tatchell \ report
Reports: Cycle ride marks the history of gay rights
By Charlie Kiss On Sunday 14th September I joined the bike ride out in Camden and Islington – a fund raiser for the Peter Tatchell foundation and to commemorate the first gay rights demonstration held in Britain in 1970. I had seen the film Pride the night before and was therefore especially motivated to go […]
Author: Jim Jepps \ Film \ LGBT \ Miners' strike \ Pride \ Review \ trade unions
Review: Pride – a brilliant, feel good story
Review of Pride, out today, by Jim Jepps. For people of my generation The Miners’ Strike of 1984 was a defining moment. For good and ill, it shaped our ideas and beliefs about this country for decades to come. Just like the movement against the Iraq war it was not only a set of events that […]
Upcoming Left Unity meetings in North London
Barnet Left Unity Tuesday September 30th Solidarity with Palestine Time: 7pm Venue: Greek Cypriot Centre, Britannia Road, N12 9RU Speakers: Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi (Jews for Boycotting Israeli Goods and Pete Green (Left Unity principal speaker) Islington Left Unity September 15 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Stop TTIP – Defend our NHS Unity Church, Upper Street […]
ethics \ fashion \ interview \ Tansy Hoskins
Interview: Tansy Hoskins – Can fashion ever be ethical?
The North London Star spoke to Tansy Hoskins, author of Stitched Up – the anti-capitalist guide to fashion in the run up to her Camden talk ‘Can fashion ever be ethical?’. How unethical are the clothes most of us buy? The fashion industry is a deregulated, subcontracted, trend-based industry that relies on selling billions […]
Songs from below: September 30th
Tuesday, September 30 at 7:30pm Fiddler’s Elbow – Camden 1 Malden Road, NW5 3HS So after a massively enjoyable august show, we have some more fantastic musicians and songcrafters coming to perform for us this month at Songs From Below. Specifically, Cat Bear Tree, Robin Grey Cat Bear Tree are a band that I’ve been […]
Author: Jim Jepps \ Book review \ Dear Nora \ Julie Bindell \ LGBT
Dear Nora: I read a book by Julie Bindel… and I liked it
Dear Nora, I have a very delicate and personal problem, please help me, I’m desperate. You see, it all started when I was looking for some holiday reading. On a whim I picked up Julie Bindell’s new book “Straight Expectations” thinking “well, if nothing else I can write a scathing review of it.” It started […]
David Rosenburg \ Islington \ Walks
Visionaries, rebels, dissenters: A walk through Islington’s radical history – 9th November
Sunday 9th November: VISIONARIES, REBELS, DISSENTERS: A WALK THROUGH ISLINGTON’S RADICAL HISTORY (2pm-4.30pm) Also coming up – Sunday 16th November: NO GODS, NO MASTERS: AGITATORS AND REFORMERS OF BLOOMSBURY (2pm-4pm) All walks are £8 (£5 unwaged) Book online at East End Walks or you can book by emailing david@eastendwalks.com
Event \ fashion \ Kings Cross \ Tansy Hoskins
Can fashion ever be ethical? – September 18th
Can fashion ever be ethical? with Tansy Hoskins (author of Stitched Up) When: September 18, 6:30 pm Ends on: September 18, 2014, 8:00 pm Location: Kings Cross Hub, 34b York Way , London , N1 9AB Cost: £ Free suggested donation £5 To book (required) email: andrea@traid.org.uk Event link: here.
Mark Duggan \ police \ Video \ vigil
Video: Justice for Mark Duggan – three years on
MUSIC: Joe P – R.I.P MARK DUGGAN, Joe P – R.I.P UNCLE B Video filmed and edited by the Justice for Mark Duggan Campaign – Mark Duggan was shot and killed on Ferry Lane, Tottenham, while travelling home in a mini cab. He was being followed by armed police who performed a ‘Hard Stop’ manoeuvre […]
September here we come – what’s coming up
We’ve had a lazy summer over August. While the Cat Hill protests are still ongoing in general the news slows down and a fair few of the North London Star team have been sunning themselves on their well deserved breaks. But September is gearing up to be a hyper-active month. Take a look at […]
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