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Marxism 2019, A festival of socialist ideas at Socialist Conference

July 4, 2019 at 6:30am to July 7, 2019 at 5pm
Marxism 2019A festival of socialist ideas4 - 7 July, LondonCapitalism is in crisis. The gulf between rich and poor is widening and for the majority the system offers little besides financial insecurity, fear of recession, war and climate crisis. Marxism Festival 2019 is a forum for meetings and debate on how we can prevent these gross inequalities, diminishing opportunities and beat back the rise of racism, fascism & the far right. It will address a wide range of topics.The venue for…See More
Jul 3
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Hackney Stand up to Racism public meeting at Fighting racism

March 7, 2019 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Maximum unity is needed if we are to effectively combat any threat or injustice whether climate change, environmental pollution or poverty & inequality. We know this but so do the political elites who stoke up racism and try to sow confusion and division. Today we face the toxic mix of  Trump's populism, right wing Brexiteers and May's 'hostile environment' stimulating the far right.To debate and discuss these issues and the defence of the diversity and multi-culturalism that make Hackney a…See More
Mar 3
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Nov 10, 2018
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Nov 4, 2018
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Anti-fracking activists lose their freedom while the government rewards the fossil fuel corporations with more.

At the April screening of the film ‘Powertrip’ on fracking we were pleased to welcome Richard Roberts aka Richard ‘the piano tuner’ as a panellist. Sadly Richard along with two other anti-fracking activists received a much rougher welcome by the HM Prisons Service this month. His crime, for which he received a sixteen month custodial sentence, was attempting to stop a greater environmental one.The judge handed down the three…See More
Oct 3, 2018
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Anti-fracking: Let Communities decide

Anti-fracking: Let Communities decideRight now, our government is consulting on outrageous proposals that could allow fracking to go ahead across England without local planning applications. These plans fly in the face of local democracy and threatens to slash community involvement in decision-making.The consultation ends this October, so it’s time to amp up the pressure on politicians to drop the proposals. That's why we're calling a Week of Action from October 8th-14th.The Tories are…See More
Sep 26, 2018
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Join ‘Le Tour de Frack’ in the Surrey - Sussex hills at Dorking, Surrey

June 23, 2018 all day
3 cycle routes for all abilities, 16, 27 or 53 milesMany of us cycle to enjoy our natural environment and head for places such as the hills of Surrey and Sussex. What many do not realise is that landmarks such as Leith Hill just 25 miles from Hackney in designated areas of outstanding beauty have been opened up by the government to companies to ‘Frack’ for oil and gas.Across the country communities are organising to stop hydraulic fracturing. It contaminates and wastes precious sources of…See More
May 14, 2018
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Apr 19, 2018
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The Climate and Jobs Conference - Organised by the Campaign Against Climate Change, Trade Union Group

A strong message that emerged from the Climate and Jobs Conference on March 10th was that we can’t afford any longer to treat climate change as solely and narrowly an environmental issue.The image of the polar bear stranded on an ice sheet belies a deeper human reality. Our gaze should be directed instead at the millions whose lives are being turned upside down by a calamitous rise in extreme weather fuelled by the unprecedented levels of green-house gases not present for three million…See More
Mar 19, 2018
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Saturday 17th March UN anti-racism demonstration at Portland Place, London W1A 1AA

March 17, 2018 from 12pm to 5pm
 We are facing a massive rise in racism in Britain and across the globe.Migrants and refugees are being scapegoated for the effects of austerity, while EU nationals are used as bargaining chips in Brexit negotiations.The whipping up of anti-Muslim hysteria in the press has led to a dramatic rise in Islamophobic attacks in the wake of terror attacks in London and Manchester, with visible Muslim women the primary target.Rampant institutional racism is being felt through a spate of deaths in…See More
Mar 16, 2018
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Feb 25, 2018
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Frack Off London/Rising Tide London Meeting at LARC (London Action Resource Centre) , ("shop" on corner of Parfett Street), .

February 22, 2018 from 6:30pm to 8pm
Frack Off London/Rising Tide London MeetingMeeting is to discuss aims of Frack Off London, South East drill site visits and Outreach, outputs from Rising Tide / RTP SE Gathering - Jan and the government's new enquiry on fracking.When:- Thursday 22nd February @ 6.30pm to 8pm Where:-  LARC (London Action Resource Centre) 62 Fieldgate Street, ("shop" on corner of…See More
Feb 13, 2018
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Jobs and Climate: Planning for a future which doesn't cost the earth at Hamilton House,

March 10, 2018 from 10am to 5pm
Tackling the climate crisis needs workers to build a world fit for the future. Yet the narrative of 'jobs versus environment' is still heard across the political spectrum, derailing the action we urgently need.This conference, organised by the Campaign against Climate Change Trade Union Group, aims to challenge the false choice of good jobs versus the environment. Instead of settling for this, there is both an urgent need for action on climate change and a real opportunity for trade unionists…See More
Jan 5, 2018
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Extended Interview with Actor James Cromwell Before His Jail Sentence: “Capitalism is a Cancer”

Extended interview with Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell before he reports to jail at 4 p.m. Friday in upstate New York for taking part in a nonviolent protest against a natural gas-fired power plant. Cromwell says he’ll also launch a hunger strike. He was one of six activists arrested for blocking traffic at the sit-in outside the construction site of the 650-megawatt plant in Wawayanda, New York, in December of 2015. The activists say the plant would promote natural gas fracking in…See More
Dec 27, 2017
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Please sign the petition - Link to Leith Hill- (North Downs) anti-fracking petition

Dec 14, 2017
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Join Hackney Anti-Fracking Network

The threat of fracking is on our doorstep in London. Drilling sites are sprouting up all over the south and south-east. But in Hackney we can play a part in opposing this by forming a local Anti-Fracking Network.Gas companies Third Energy and Caudrilla in Kirby Misperton in Yorkshire and at Preston New Road near Blackpool are fighting to get fully operational but are being held back by a strong local, regional and national campaign to stop drilling getting a foothold. It is the growth of this…See More
Nov 21, 2017
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I am a lecturer at London Metropolitan University and a member of the university's lecturers' union (UCU) Environment Officer.
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Ridley Road Market eviction reprieve

Posted on November 4, 2018 at 14:54 0 Comments

There was cause for celebration at the end of October as a coalition of campaigners and protesters successfully beat off eviction notices in Ridley Road Market. This result came after weeks of anxiety for those affected and protests to voice their concerns.  

A delegation of small traders…

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Fracking and climate change. Ramping up the protest

Posted on November 4, 2018 at 11:30 0 Comments

Fracking was headline news this September while at the same time dire warnings were sounded by the IPCC about the risk of runaway climate change. Fracking companies across the country are now poised to step up fracking for shale oil and gas and their flagship Caudrilla is readying itself to drill in earnest at Preston New Road near Blackpool. However, just a few days in and earthquake tremors interrupted their plans bringing them more negative publicity. Our…

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Anti-fracking activists lose their freedom while the government rewards the fossil fuel corporations with more.

Posted on October 3, 2018 at 18:30 0 Comments

At the April screening of the film ‘Powertrip’ on fracking we were pleased to welcome Richard Roberts aka Richard ‘the piano tuner’ as a panellist. Sadly Richard along with two other anti-fracking activists received a much rougher welcome by the HM Prisons Service this month. His crime, for which he received a sixteen month custodial sentence, was attempting to stop a greater environmental one.

The judge handed down the three…

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Anti-fracking: Let Communities decide

Posted on September 26, 2018 at 9:13 0 Comments

Anti-fracking: Let Communities decide

Right now, our government is consulting on outrageous proposals that could allow fracking to go ahead across England without local planning applications. These plans fly in the face of local democracy and threatens to slash community involvement in decision-making.

The consultation ends this October, so it’s…

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