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Community \ Event \ Football \ West Hendon
West Hendon Community Football Tournament – 31st August
Footy time! Please like and share. Let your friends and neighbours know.
Camden \ Event \ Music \ Songs From Below
Songs From Below: Chris Hicks, Daniel Versus the World and more – August 26th
Songs from below: Chris Hicks, Daniel Versus the World, Dan Poulton and Stew Simpson August 26th, The Fiddlers Elbow, Camden, £4 entry Do join us for a night with some rather talented songcrafters and brilliant acoustic musicians. We’ve got a great line up of people, none of whom sound like bog-standard acoustic musicians. As always, radical […]
Author: Owen \ Camden \ Frank Dobson \ Holborn and St Pancras \ Keir Starmer \ Sarah Hayward
The race to follow Frank Dobson – who will Camden Labour select?
by “Owen” A few weeks ago Holborn and St Pancras MP Frank Dobson finally confirmed the worst-kept secret in north London political circles, announcing his retirement at the next election after more than three decades in Parliament. Shockingly enough, quite a few Labour figures have declared their interest in representing a prime central London seat […]
Author: Jim Jepps \ Camden \ Natalie Bennett \ Patrick Harvie \ report \ Scottish Independence
Debating Scottish Independence in Camden
by Jim Jepps On Friday night Patrick Harvie, a Green Member of the Scottish Parliament, addressed a meeting in Camden Town Hall making the case for Scottish Independence. In a lively and informative meeting Harvie tackled questions of the currency, nationalism, the EU and what those who live in England can do. Harvie described […]
Weekend Press Round-Up
The Islington Gazette has worrying reports that Islington council is planning to shut half their libraries; A secret proposal to axe more than half the libraries in Islington, as well as closing Cally Pool and getting rid of pensioner lifeline the Plusbus service, has been leaked to the Gazette. Street cleaning and recycling will be […]
Bryan Kennedy \ Camden \ One Housing \ trade unions \ Unite \ Video
Video: support the strike backing sacked union rep Bryan Kennedy
Bryan Kennedy, lead Unite representative at One Housing Group (OHG) was sacked from his job on 17th June 2014 having being suspended since February. Unite belives this is a case of victimisation. The suspension took place immediately before a negotiation meeting in which the union would have raised the prolonged six-year pay freeze imposed on […]
Author: Kyri Tsappas \ Gaza \ Haringey \ march \ Protest \ report
Haringey takes to the streets in solidarity with Gaza
by Kyri Tsappas The mood on the demonstration on Saturday was quite electric. 500 angry and frustrated protesters took to the street, waved their placards and banners and marched through Wood Green High road. There were many slogans being shouted and sung like “ In our thousands and our millions, we are all Palestinians” […]
Author: Natalie Bennett \ Kilburn \ Review \ The Kilburn Passion \ Tricycle theatre
Review: The Kilburn Passion
by Natalie Bennett (a version of this article first appeared at blogcritics) Kilburn is a marginal area of London – on the edge, with lots of people living life on the edge, although as everywhere else in the city, the creeping force of gentrification is visible, at least occasionally. It’s a place of characters, of chances, of […]
Hip Hop is bigger than the Occupation – Sat 30th August
Saturday, August 30 at 8 pm Venue: T Chances – Tottenham High Road Cost: £5 As Israel continues its assault on Gaza and the UK government continues to support the genocide, both economically and politically, grassroots movements to challenge Israeli apartheid are taking action the world over. Inspired by Palestinian resistance, we have seen mass […]
TTIP: Trojan Horse for privatisation
by Linda Kaucher As awareness of the US/EU free trade agreement (TTIP – Trade and Investment Partnership) grows, so does resistance to it. This ‘trade’ deal is not about trade but about deregulation, increasing the rights and power of transnational corporations while decreasing democratic control over their activities. A central part of the deal […]
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