Holocaust Memorial Day Event – Sunday 29th January – London
Holocaust and Genocide - Never Again!
Sunday 29th January, 3pm – 6pm
Venue: 10 Harmony Hall, Truro Road Walthamstow, E17 7BY
Tube: Walthamstow Central (Victoria Line)
Take part in an afternoon of reflection and discussion, remembering the victims of Nazi Germany 1933-1945 when 6 million Jewish people and hundreds of thousands Sinti, Roma, prisoners of war and opponents to the regime were brutally murdered. We will also remember the victims of other genocides in Bosnia, Cambodia, Rwanda and Darfur. Most importantly, we want to highlight the real threat that fascism poses today, and discuss how we can play our part to ensure it doesn’t happen again.
Music by Pjotre Jordan & Dunajska Kapely
UK Uncut Action – Stop the Welfare Reform Bill – Saturday 11:30am
Facebook event » From UK Uncut
On Saturday 28th January in central London, a group of disabled, sick and elderly people are going to engage in a daring and disruptive act of civil disobedience, and they’ve asked for our support. Meet at 11.30am at Holborn tube station with a charged Oyster card, ready to travel to a secret location. Look here for accessibility information.
Britain isn’t perfect. But our welfare state offers something that everyone can be proud of. It’s a comforting thought that if tomorrow you lost your job, your home or even a limb, society would be there to help you through it.
Lewisham campaigners turn up the heat on fuel poverty
Credit: Fuel Poverty Action
Lewisham joins protests across the UK as part of the Fuel Poverty Action Winter Warm-Up Weekend of Friday 27th - Monday 30th January
Locals angry at having to make the choice between ‘heating and eating’ will be ‘warming up’ in and outside offices of energy companies, local government, and housing providers.
This week’s #PMQs in tweets – Ed Miliband finally wins one
Wednesday 25th January 2012 was a momentous day; the first year anniversary of the Egyptian Revolution celebrated with protests and demonstrations, Peter Tatchell turned 60, Bob Crow finally got to complain about the press and Ed Miliband appeared to have a good Prime Minister’s Questions.
DISCLAIMER: THIS IS A JOKE!
It's true Ed, Twitter reckons you've won
Leveson Enquiry devotes a mere three hours to media representation of women and Muslims
Marai Larasi, Jacqui Hunt, Anna Van Heeswijk and Heather Harvey gave evidence to the Leveson enquiry yesterday
The press remained relatively quiet about the goings on at the Leveson enquiry yesterday, and the journalists I usually follow for updates were not offering their live tweet services. Perhaps it had something to do with the topics of the day – the representation of women and Muslims in the media.
Noam Chomsky’s Rap Video Debut
An excellent rap video by Australian collective: The Juice Media featuring Noam Chomsky
A modern example of police brutality and racism
By Robert Kazandjian / @RKazandjian
I mentor excluded, marginalised, vulnerable teenagers in North London. I work for an organisation that enables them to achieve educational qualifications and provides pastoral care and support.
These teenagers encounter obstacle after obstacle in their development; abuse, neglect, poverty and systems that appear destined to fail them. I’ve worked as a mentor for three years and I have no doubt that in relation to young black males, the police are an equally obstructive obstacle.
My father was a victim of racist treatment by the police when he arrived in England from Lebanon in the 1970s. I will never forget the raw anger and emotion in his voice as he described his experiences. My parents lived through the Broadwater Farm riots in the 1980s and educated me on the wider context of police racism.
Tuesday 24th January – march against Indeterminate Sentencing
TUESDAY 24TH JANUARY 2012
MARCH AGAINST IPP SENTENCING BY FAMILIES AND SUPPORTERS OF PRISONERS
MEET AT VICTORIA COACH STATION 11am (on corner of Buckingham Palace Road opposite coach station entrance)
11.45 MARCH TO HOUSE OF COMMONS
PLEASE COME IF ABLE AND SPREAD THE WORD!
Paul Cavadino, Nacro the crime reduction charity told the BBC:
Healthcare in America for the 99% #DropTheBill
Just look at this picture
Is this the future of the NHS under austerity?
God bless America. #The99%
Super Sunday
1. We’ve had a crazy couple of weeks at Otesha moving office to Toynbee Hall and getting settled in. Say hello to our new meeting room table and chairs. This is what happens when you put me in charge of furniture. Mwahaha.
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