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*Rebuilding Higher Education in Gaza*🇵🇸📚
This Saturday, Refugee Crisis Foundation are hosting a powerful event at *King’s College London* along with keynote speaker *Ambassador Dr Husam Zomlot Continue reading
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IN-PERSON Socialism or Barbarism – Arise Dayschool 2025
Sunday, 23 February 2025 — Venezuela Solidarity IN-PERSON Socialism or Barbarism – Arise Dayschool 2025 In-person, Central London, Saturday, March 29, 10.30am. Get tickets here // Share here // Invite here // RT here John McDonnell MP // Grace Blakeley // Marwan Yaghi, Palestinian Embassy // Richard Burgon MP // Ian Byrne MP // Pat Cullen MP, Sinn Fein // Rudo Pastor, ex Honduran Minister // Cat Continue reading
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London Assembly inquiry to consider how protesters have ‘inconvenienced’ the Met
Members of the London Assembly, the elected body that scrutinises the activities of London Mayor Sadiq Khan, are planning to hold hearings on public order policing in October. Continue reading
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Housmans Radical Books Sale
Thursday, 29 August 2024 — Housmans Books As with all our booksales we try to keep prices as low as possible with nothing over £5. Lots of as-new copies of books, academic and trade, across a range of related topics. Approximately 400 books available on a first come first served basis. The sale will last Continue reading
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Julian Assange Day X Hearing Coverage Day 1 | LIVE from London
Wednesday, 21 February 2024 WATCH LIVE!!! 🔴 Rumble: rumble.com/v4ehzli-julian… 🔴YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=xP_pe_… 🔴Rokfin: rokfin.com/stream/45374 🔴Facebook: facebook.com/events/9405316… 🔴Twitter: twitter.com/getindienews 🔴Twitch: twitch.tv/indienewsnetwo… 🔴Telegram: t.me/indienewsnetwo… LIVE coverage of Julian Assange’s extradition appeal hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. cams from Juan Passarelli Scheduled to start at: – 8am London – 3am NYC – midnight LA #JulianAssange Continue reading
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Capitalism vs Digital Technology
Housmans has teamed up with Space4 and the FUTURES Podcast to present a series of live events regarding the impacts of capitalism on digital technology. Continue reading
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Know Your Rights! Get trained up with Green and Black Cross
Tuesday, 23 May 2023 — NETPOL Our friends at Green and Black Cross are running a free Know Your Rights training on Wednesday 24 May 6pm – 9.30pm! A new Public Order Act (for England and Wales only) became law in early May, and parts of it are already in force. But as police powers Continue reading
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Open Letter to the Met
Thursday, 8 September 2022 — NetPol Extinction Rebellion protests: we need clarity about what to expect from the Metropolitan Police Sign the Open Letter Actions planned in London in the coming months on the unprecedented global climate emergency, by Extinction Rebellion and other environmental campaigners, will represent the first real test of new police powers to Continue reading
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Prof Judy Wajcman Trade Unionism, Work and Feminism Library Sale. 19th Aug 2022 onwards
At this time of resurgence within the British trade union movement, with union, wildcat and even consumer strikes breaking out across the country, the timing couldn’t be better for this sale of books on trade unionism, work and feminism, as donated to Housmans by Professor Judy Wajcman. Continue reading
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COMMENT: Does it matter who replaces Cressida Dick as head of a racist police force?
Inevitably, speculation has begun on who will take over from the outgoing Metropolitan Police Commissioner, following the recent announcement of Cressida Dick’s early departure from the most senior policing position in the country. Continue reading
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No to Covid Passes
10 December 2021 — Big Brother Watch URGENT: PROTEST TOMORROW Tomorrow, Saturday 11th December, we’re staging an urgent protest against Boris Johnson’s plans for mandatory Covid passports on Parliament Squareat 12pm. The time to stand up and be counted is now. Continue reading
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London Renters Union: This is how we build the powerful movement we need
This summer, renters in the LRU will be reaching out to people in their neighbourhoods through street stalls and door knocking. This is how we build the big, powerful movement that is rooted in our communities that we need to win homes for people not profit. Continue reading
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London: Join our fight for a Mayor for renters
We need a London Mayor that will tackle the renting crisis and ensure renters have access to safe, secure and genuinely affordable homes. Will you join us in our call for a London Mayor for Renters? Ask the candidates if they will adopt Generation Rent’s policies to fix London’s housing crisis here. Continue reading
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Renters Reform Bill: what is it and what should we be fighting for?
As we’ve seen during the pandemic, our housing system is rigged in the interests of landlords and investors. Our campaigning has won significant protections for renters such as eviction bans, but ultimately the government has chosen to prioritise the profits of landlords over our right to housing. Continue reading
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BREAKING: Activists occupy (ex) London police station
Activists have occupied a former police station in South London, close to where Sarah Everard was last seen, to demand the withdrawal of Police, Crime and Sentencing Bill. The group have already been served eviction papers, and are calling for people to support them. You can find them on Instagram @not.a.cop.shop. Continue reading
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Housmans Books March 2021
28 February 2021 — Housmans Books March Bookshop News We hope you and yours are keeping well. As last month we are concentrating our energies on our online events programme. All our online events, past and future, are going up on our Youtube Channel, so do subscribe to the channel so as to be notified when new Continue reading
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London Renters Union Donate: Only 4 days left
Thank you. As part of our ‘End the Rent Debt Crisis’ campaign, your financial support gave us the resource we needed to publish research which estimated that half a million private renter households relying on benefits didn’t receive enough money to cover their rent each month. This week, there was confirmation from the Government of the scale of the… Continue reading
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Take action now: Solidarity with Cressingham Gardens
Cressingham Gardens is a council owned estate – the building has been lauded by architects as a human and community centered building and what you’ll find at Cressingham Gardens is a testament to that. Continue reading
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How We Won: The Customers Who Saved Their Local Market
Having run Nour for the past two decades, the Shaheens have dealt with multiple landlords and understand the challenges that can come from a change in owner. However, in 2018, Hondo enterprises – a property investment company headed by millionaire Texan DJ Taylor McWilliams – purchased Brixton market in a joint venture for around £37.25m.… Continue reading
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