The Green Moment? The Crises of Capitalism and the Response of Progressive Politics. Tuesday, 24 January 2012 from 18:00 to 19:30 Sir David Davies Lecture Theatre Roberts Building, UCL, Torrington Place WC1E 7JE Beneath the present financial crisis, modern global capitalism faces deeper anxieties. Climate change threatens irreparable damage to […]
In the second of this week’s series on the London Assembly elections we take a look at the electoral weaknesses the Labour Party will have to overcome if they are to win in May. You can read the analysis of the Conservative weak points here, tomorrow the Liberal Democrats and […]
Islington People has a report on reclaiming squats. Facebook people! Why not like Bookswaps for London? Lenin’s Tomb is concerned about Nazi drinking games at LSE. Talking of the LSE our beloved police commissioner was there last night. Follow the twitter debate here. Road.cc has spotted two new cycle surgery shops in […]
Lenin once said that “social being determines social consciousness” but then again he would, wouldn’t he? What’s certainly the case is that he never had to deal with a seemingly intractable problem in WordPress so there seems to be little to be learned from that particular Russian gentleman. Over the next […]
David Rosenberg’s Battle for the East End covers a tremendously important aspect of the fight against fascism in thirties Britain. While many books and articles focus on the left’s response to Oswald Mosley and the near mythic confrontation in Cable Street in 1936 Rosenberg highlights the specific, yet often ignored, role […]
Over the next few months, as you’d expect, Big Smoke will be taking an in-depth look at the candidates, their parties and what they offer Londoners. We thought it would be useful to begin by looking at the weak points of the four parties currently elected to the Assembly. A […]
Stock Exchange Secrets to be taught at a Tottenham free school. Ummm…. Hornsey Journal, Haringey Independent Tower Hamlets Mayor Lutfur Rahman talks about child poverty in the Morning Star. The uses and abuses of shared spaces. As Easy As Riding A Bike. The Parliament Square ‘Democracy Village’ has been cleared […]
THURSDAY’S BIKES ALIVE MEETING The meeting of Bikes Alive supporters, announced earlier, is confirmed for 7pm, on Thursday 19 January, in Housmans Bookshop (5 Caledonian Road, Kings Cross, London N1). The meeting is for planning and preparation for the action next Monday, for a bit of strategising about Bikes Alive and similar actions in […]
Hi Everyone, Please try and make it to our planning meeting:Thursday, 19 January, 6.30pm, Vida Walsh Centre, just off Windrush Square, Brixton. We will be discussing building the demonstration and carrying out direct action against the new round of cuts that Lambeth Council will be trying to rubber stamp at […]
A short, excellent video from East London Lines explaining what’s going on with Bow roundabout
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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