London
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Meet points announced – August 24: London-wide day of action against evictions!
Join the London-wide day of action against evictions on 24 August – we’ll be taking action outside courts across London on the day that eviction hearings restart. Continue reading
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Rent debt and evictions info & solidarity meeting
Are you in debt to your landlord? Are you worried about eviction? Have you faced housing issues during the pandemic? Continue reading
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Stop Evictions Training – Wednesday 29th July 2020 6pm-8pm
Want to know how to prevent and resist evictions? This is the training for you! Continue reading
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Restricted access to Grenfell inquiry for survivors and bereaved
Phase Two of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry resumed Monday after being halted in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic. More than three years on from the devastating fire that claimed 72 lives, the resumption of the inquiry confirms its character as a contemptible cover-up. Continue reading
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Join the #CantPayWontPay day of action this Saturday
Join renters from across London this Saturday as we come together for our first day of action for our Can’t Pay Won’t Pay campaign. Continue reading
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Get Active Training // Can’t Pay Won’t Pay campaign update
We’ve just launched a new video for our Can’t Pay Won’t Pay campaign. Check it out and share it on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Continue reading
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June 27 – #CantPayWontPay Day of Action
The government has announced a 2 month extension of the eviction ban – the first victory of the Can’t Pay Won’t Pay campaign. Research by the Resolution Foundation showed that hundreds of thousands of renters across London are in debt to their landlord. Unless the government cancels rent debt and makes the eviction ban permanent, renters will… Continue reading
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June 27 – Join the #CantPayWontPay Day of Action
This extension (to a ban on evictions) is the first victory of the Can’t Pay Won’t Pay campaign, but we have so much more to win. We still need the government to cancel rent debt and make the evictions ban permanent, so that all renters are safe. The government should end the benefits ban on migrants,… Continue reading
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Join a Getting Active in the London Renters Union online training!
The London Renters Union has just launched http://cantpaywontpay.uk/, our biggest collective action so far. Continue reading
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London Renters Union: Join our phone banking this weekend
We’re campaigning to pressure the government to suspend rent, waive rent debt and make the ban on evictions permanent. If you haven’t already, please sign our petition. More than 100 people came to our online members meeting on Tuesday to discuss ways we can escalate our campaign, including by withholding our rent. Thank you to everyone who filled… Continue reading
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Protect renters during coronavirus!
Rent payments should be suspended for all renters. Emergency laws should be introduced so that no one is evicted from their home during the Coronavirus pandemic or in the aftermath. The 216,000 empty homes in the UK should be used to provide housing to people who need it. Continue reading
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Housmans Books Newsletter February 2020
26 January 2020 — Housmans Books HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER – FEBRUARY 2020 NEWS 1. Our Power Is Real – Saturday 28th March 2. London Bookshop Crawl 2020 INSTORE EVENTS 3. ‘Journey Through Utopia’ with Matthew S. Adams, Rhiannon Firth, and Tim Waterman 4. Poetry Against Homelessness 5. ‘The Clamour of Nationalism: Race and the Nation in Twenty-First Century Continue reading
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Rebel Renter #3
Welcome to issue 3 of Rebel Renter, a newsletter chock full of updates about all of the organising we’re doing together in the London Renters Union. Continue reading
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HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER – OCTOBER 2019
26 September 2019 — Housmans Books NEWS 1. Undercover Policing & Trade Unions Conference, London 2. Stop Nato – December 2019 INSTORE EVENTS 3. ‘Only Nonviolent Rebellion Can Now Stop Climate Breakdown And Social Collapse’ 4. ‘Mask Off: Masculinity Redefined’ with JJ Bola 5. ‘Queer Intentions: A (Personal) Journey Through LGBTQ + Culture’ with Amelia Continue reading
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ORG London: Exposing AdTech’s underbelly
Join us in London to hear a digital marketing expert blow the whistle on personal data abuse by digital advertisers and tell us how we can “opt out” of the corporate surveillance economy. Continue reading
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Confessions of a Digital Gun for Hire
Join us in London to hear a former media strategist versed in the dark arts of media manipulation blow the whistle on trade secrets used in the private sector to engineer fake news and influence the media. Continue reading
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Roger Waters to perform in London Today, 2 September in defense of Julian Assange By Kevin Reed
The world-renowned bassist, singer and songwriter Roger Waters will perform his iconic Pink Floyd song “Wish You Were Here” in London on September 2 in solidarity with Julian Assange. The performance will take place at 6pm on Monday in front of the office of British Home Secretary Priti Patel on Marsham Street in the heart… Continue reading
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HOUSMANS BOOKS NEWSLETTER – SEPTEMBER 2019
28 August 2019 — Housmans NEWS 1. Global Climate Strike, September 20-27 / 20% off all environmental books 2. ArchWay With Words Book Festival 2019 // Sat 14th – 21st September Continue reading
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Housmans Books Newsletter July 2019
26 June 2019 — Housmans Books NEWS /ACTIONS 1. Black Feminist Week – 12th July to 19th July 2. Housmans has a new website! Continue reading
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Free Reis Morris! Grenfell Tower campaigner imprisoned while those guilty of social murder walk free
The Socialist Equality Party condemns the imprisonment of Grenfell justice campaigner Reis Morris. His jailing is a vicious act of class justice aimed at suppressing opposition and protecting those responsible for 72 deaths in the Grenfell Tower inferno. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 