Yesterday hundreds of members of the RMT London Taxi Branch took to the streets in their cabs at Stratford in a go-slow protest. The cabbies are concerned that Transport for London (TfL) and the Mayor are pursuing policies that are undermining the trade. In the run-up to the Olympics they […]
These lively folk were singing and dancing against oppression in Zimbabwe. A whole host of Africans calling for an end of Muugabe’s regime in central London.
Today dozens of pro-choice campaigners picketed a small group of anti-abortionists taking part in the 40 days for life movement who have mounted a month long vigil outside the BPAS clinic on Bedford Square. The anti-abortionists have not just held a ‘prayer vigil’ but have been, in some cases, approaching women entering […]
This afternoon protesters gathered outside the Ministry of Health on Whitehall to mount a last ditch defense of the National Health Service. There was as much anger directed at the Liberal Democrats as the Conservatives in government. One protester even described the proposed reforms as supported by the “Liberal Democrat […]
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 […]
Tonight, Tuesday, eco-activists Climate Rush staged a sit-in demonstration at Waitrose, Russell Square, in protest against its new partnership with oil company Shell. Activists spoke to Waitrose shoppers, read out an ‘intervention’ letter to the shop’s manager and linked arms chanting ‘don’t break us up, break up with Shell’. The […]
A coalition of organisations have joined together to call on all Mayoral candidates to commit to ditch the Archway roundabout if elected in May. Better Archway Forum and Archway residents, along with Islington Living Streets and Islington Cyclists Action Group took to the streets tonight on bikes and on foot to […]
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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