People may have seen in the news that anti-abortion campaigners have been picketing the clinic in Bedford Square (Bloomsbury) harassing women who are going in and generally being a pain. The Bloomsbury Pro-Choice Alliance is a group that pickets the picket every Sunday (when the clinic is shut so there’s […]
Big Smoke met up with Kerry Johnson, co-founder of the Bloomsbury Pro-Choice Alliance, who has been organising pro-choice vigils every Sunday against anti-abortion activists who have been harassing women outside the BPAS clinic. The Bloomsbury Pro-Choice Alliance was set up to raise awareness of the attempts by 40 Days for […]
Sunday 25 March 2012 – Save that date! Meet at 10 AM at New Southgate rail station. Barnet’s Great Divide Ride is a “Giro d’Juntions”, if you will. The North Circular Road (A406) is a challenging barrier to cycling to and from north London. Join us as we zig-zag our way over […]
London Pacifism and Nonviolence Discussion Group Tuesday 13 March, NONVIOLENCE AND TRANSPORT. Are there aspects of the way our society deals with issues of mobility and transport which are, in practice, violent? For instance, is much motorised traffic inherently violent? Are large-scale transport systems inevitably a violent assault on the […]
Outside Europe House in Whitehall up to two dozen people gathered to show their solidarity to those suffering in Greece and not sell left-wing newspapers to each other. There have been a number of these protests over the last couple of months and there are some more coming up too. […]
Bikes Alive, Kings Cross / York Way junction Monday 20th Feb. 6.30pm For those of you who haven’t kept an eye on the latest postings on the Bikes Alive website (at bikesalive.wordpress.com), remember that there’s another Kings Cross go-slow on Monday 20th … and that it starts half an […]
There’s a major trade union march to defend the NHS against government reforms. There is a further lobby of Simon Hughes later in the month on Saturday 25 February from 10-12 noon at his Constituency Office, 4 Market Place, SE16 3UQ (Bermondsey Tube).
The Coalition government is having a hard time of it lately (queue a loud “ahhh” from everyone). If the Lords aren’t beating them up over their disgraceful Welfare Reform Bill then they are getting all awkward over the disgraceful NHS “reforms”. Due to a rather inactive opposition the weak link […]
King’s Cross Station, Monday 6 February, 6pm-7pm Dear friends of Bikes Alive, If you’ve been keeping an eye on the Bikes Alive website (bikesalive.wordpress.com), or if you follow Bikes Alive on Twitter (@BikesAlive), or if you’ve been picking up on Bikes Alive coverage on other websites, then you’ll know about the […]
The next few weeks are very important ones for the NHS with the Health Bill making its final way through the Lords. As we have seen with the Welfare Reform Bill protest and campaigning can make a significant difference. For more information on why we should oppose the Health Bill […]
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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