What happened the Heat or Eat Occupation of British Gas HQ
At approximately 8.45 am six of us occupied two meeting rooms at British Gas HQ. Since then police have attempted to break in and force us out.
British Gas have now asked us to engage in “negotiations” over our demands. Here is our response.
How can ordinary people have a dialogue with energy companies which wield so much power over our daily lives? Will they bear responsibility for people’s lives – such as the 2.7 thousand estimated to die this winter as a direct result of fuel poverty in the UK, and the millions threatened by climate change?
VIDEO: Royal Bank of Scotland Occupied in Fleet Street
Occupy London activists in solidarity with the Fuel Poverty Action Winter Warm-up campaign, visit the Fleet Street branch of Royal Bank of Scotland.
The story of Occupy London’s short-lived Iraq Bank of Ideas
By @Scriptonite
Credit: @HeardInLondon
When I woke up on Friday 27th January, I did not think that in a few hours I would be smoking a
cigarette on the roof of the Bank of Iraq.
There was social media callout: meet at the Bank of Ideas on Sun Street to walk to a new occupation.
The purpose: to continue the work of the Bank of Ideas on a new site. After 10 weeks of occupation,
the Bank of Ideas has delivered over 300 lectures, seminars, and events from the likes of Caroline
Lucas MP, Mark Thomas, Jeremy Hardy, Thom Yorke and Massive Attack. The building’s owners,
Swiss bank UBS, have won their attempt to evict the Bank of Ideas from their premises at Sun Street.
As imminent eviction is awaited, a new location is sought to continue the work, including the Free
University Campaign.
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.
Noam Chomsky’s Rap Video Debut
An excellent rap video by Australian collective: The Juice Media featuring Noam Chomsky
Lewisham Fuel Poverty Winter Warm-Up
Stop Nadine Dorries’ abstinence education bill!
TAKE ACTION NOW! Please write to your MP and urge them to vote against the proposals. You can also come to the protest happening on 20 January outside Parliament, which the BHA and other groups are supporting.
Tomorrow, 20 January, Nadine Dorries’ proposed Sex Education (Required Content) Bill, which seeks to secure abstinence education for girls only, is due to have its ‘second reading’ in the House of Commons. In May 2011 MPs voted the Bill through its first stage by 67 to 61 votes.
A demonstration opposing the Bill is due to take place outside Parliament on the same day, supported by the British Humanist Association (BHA), Abortion Rights, Liberal Conspiracy, Education for Choice, the National Secular Society, Parents and Carers for Sex and Relationships Education (P4SRE), the Socialist Party, Youth Fight for Jobs, Feminist Fightback, Queers Against the Cuts, Slut Means Speak Up, Bristol Feminist Network and Left Front Art. Although it is unlikely that the Bill will proceed further than second reading, and perhaps may not get time to be debated, the demonstration and other actions have been arranged to draw attention to yet another attack by a political and often religiously motivated lobby on good quality SRE which could, if implemented, impact negatively on young people’s health and education.
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Sanusi Lamido, Nigerian Central Bank Governor defends Fuel Subsidy withdrawal on Monday 23rd January in London
Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria
Date: Monday 23 January 2012
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building
Speaker: Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
Chair: Professor Judith Rees
More details here
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