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20's Plenty \ Author: Phil Tsappas \ Campaign \ Enfield \ Speed Limit \ Winchmore Hill
Twenty’s Plenty for Winchmore Hill!
Currently, in the borough of Enfield, ‘less than 10% of our roads are 20 mph’ zones, compared to Islington and Camden council which have adopted 20 mph on all residential borough roads. Let’s bring 30 mph zones down to 20 mph. Why? Well, if you’re… Hit by a car at 40 mph, 9 out of […]
Author: Phil Tsappas \ Barnet \ homelessness \ interview
The experience of regeneration in Barnet
The North London Star’s Phil Tsappas meets Alex Finnie, resident of 9 years on the West Hendon Regeneration estate in Barnet Events have been escalating this year on the West Hendon estate (Borough of Barnet). Temporary tenants and lease holders alongside council tenants are making their voices heard through peaceful protest against a rising tide of […]
Author: Phil Tsappas \ Charity \ Haringey \ Labour \ Palmers Green \ Protest \ workfare
End forced labour in North London!
The following reports is from various Facebook accounts who reported on their action against forced labour in north London. Pictures by Phil Tsappas. On Saturday the Haringey Solidarity Group visited North London Hospice shops in protest at their continued use of force labour under the six-month, 30-hour a week Community Work Placement scheme. The […]
Author: Phil Tsappas \ Housing \ Meeting \ Private renter \ Radical Housing Network \ report
Report: Radical Housing Network
notes from the 27th Oct Radical Housing Network meeting by Phil Tsappas MIPIM – what next? Meeting held @ UNITE, Moreland Street, near Angel tube station – 30 in attendance After the great success of #blockboris campaign outside the property fair MIPIM, which was held for the first time in London, the Radical […]
20's Plenty \ Author: Phil Tsappas \ Community Campaigns \ Cycling \ Enfield \ Winchmore Hill
Winchmore Hill Community meeting (Enfield) – report 03/09/2014
Excellent Winchmore Hill community forum tonight with good discussions about Cycle Enfield, primary school places, traffic and licensing. Bambos Charalambous @CllrBambos Between Palmers Green and Southgate, in the borough of Enfield, lies Winchmore Hill. I went to a community meeting on the 3rd of September where 4 councillors would hear the concerns of residents, and to discuss […]
Author: Phil Tsappas \ Cat Hill \ Enfield \ eviction \ Protest
Cat Hill protest evicted – items urgently needed
The Cat Hill protest camp was evicted yesterday (August 28th). I wasn’t there but followed the event unfold as it was live streamed. Picture taken by Phil Tsappas on 27 August – day before the eviction The following items are needed urgently: Sleeping bags Quilts Pillows Plates Old garden table and chairs Cutlery Food […]
Author: Phil Tsappas \ Editorial \ Site news
This week at the North London Star
Editorial comment from Phil Tsappas It’s my pleasure to be asked, again, by the ‘Committee of Tedium’ (the admin and schedulers of the site) too write up an editorial of last week’s highlights from the North London Star. Last week Jim Jepps reported from a meeting in Camden where Patrick Harvie, Green member of the […]
Author: Phil Tsappas \ Brain Douglas \ Mark Duggan \ policing \ Shiji Lapite \ Tottenham
Justice for Mark Duggan – An appeal for witnesses
by Phil Tsappas The family and supporters of Mark Duggan are urging anyone who was in the Ferry Lane and Tottenham area on the day of Mark’s murder to come forward as witnesses. Within hours of Mark being shot dead by armed police on 4 August 2011, stories were circulating about a dramatic ‘shootout’, […]
Arnos Grove \ Author: Phil Tsappas \ Author: Simon Fisher \ Housing \ New Southgate \ Squatting \ Video
Video: Beneath the Housing Crisis
text by Phil Tsappas, video by Simon Fisher. On 18 July I visited Ladderswood Way estate in New Southgate – 5 minutes’ walk from Arnos Grove Underground, in North London. I went there because I had heard, after working a day at Garfield Children’s Centre that the estate was pretty much empty and some units […]
Author: Phil Tsappas \ Site news
Join our North London Stars
This week’s editorial comment is from Phil Tsappas The North London Star has been online for nearly a month. Last week we held our second ever meeting of the collective to discuss its content and appearance. We’re very much a work in progress and very much appreciate your comments, contributions and thoughts on what we […]
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