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London Review of Books publishes scurrilous account of Grenfell Tower fire By Alice Summers
O’Hagan’s piece is characterised by vicious and dishonest misrepresentations, inaccuracies, the demonization of local activists, residents and firefighters, and hymns of praise to the local council. Continue reading
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HOUSMANS BOOKS NEWSLETTER JUNE 2018
30 May 2018 — Housmans Books NEWS 1. London Radical Bookfair 2018 + ARB Shortlist 20% Discount 2. Feminist Book Fortnight: Saturday 16th June to Saturday 30th June 3. Stir To Action’s New Economy programme 4. GDPR Update Continue reading
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HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER MAY 2018
25 April 2018 — Housmans NEWS 1. Housmans Writer in Residence 2018: Eleanor Penny 2. Marx’s 200th Birthday: conference / shop event / 2nd hand books / tote bag give away 3. Bread & Roses Award for Radical Publishing Shortlist 2018 + London Radical Bookfair 2018 4. Bank Holiday Closures Continue reading
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HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER APRIL 2018
27 March 2018 — Housmans Books NEWS 1. Easter Closures 2. Aldermaston 60 Years On – CND Rally 1st April 3. Lords v Commoners: Week of Action for Land Rights – 14th to 22nd April INSTORE EVENTS 4.’In Our Hands: Changing the Way we See the Homeless’ with Papakow Baiden, Andy Slaughter (MP for Hammersmith) and Tom Copley… Continue reading
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HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER MARCH 2018
27 February 2018 — Housmans Books NEWS 1. Women’s Strike – Housmans closed in solidarity on Thursday 8th March 2. Police Spies Out of Lives Postcards 3. Jobs and Climate: Planning for a future which doesn’t cost the earth – 10th March 4. Remember Fukushima – Anniversary Events Continue reading
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Meet Whistleblower Katherine Gun in London
Fifteen years ago, Katharine Gun leaked a GCHQ memo revealing U.S. spying operations on UN Security Council members. This simple act of bravery helped to galvanise the mass movement of opposition to the Iraq War. It also served as a telling reminder of the essential role played by the press in speaking truth to power… Continue reading
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HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2018
30 January 2018 — Housmans NEWS 1. Queer Between The Covers 2. NHS In Crisis – Day of Protest, Saturday 3rd February INSTORE EVENTS Continue reading
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HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2017
30 November 2017 — Housmans Bookshop NEWS 1. Late night openings 2. Housmans Peace Diary 3. 1 Day Without Us – National Day of Action – 7th February 2018 Continue reading
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Metropolitan Police try to block Freedom of Information requests over Grenfell Tower By Simon Whelan
London Metropolitan Police have advised the Kensington and Chelsea Council (KCC) to prevent the release of correspondence that could provide damaging information on the failure to prevent a serious fire at Grenfell Tower. Police officers are monitoring and vetting Freedom of Information requests regarding what the council knew of fire risks to Grenfell Tower, and… Continue reading
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John Pilger – The Power of Documentary – Selected life works at the British Library
John Pilger’s films have been credited with drawing public attention to human rights crises, the impacts of wars and abuses of power by governments and corporations. John will be speaking on both days. Due to demand, tickets are now bookable for single or half days or for the whole weekend Continue reading
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Housmans Books Newsletter November 2017
31 October 2017 — Housmans Books NEWS 1. Four special late night openings with 20% discount 2. White Poppies + Housmans Peace Diary 3. Spycops Plaques Project Continue reading
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Spycops Plaques Project and Anarchist Bookfair
This Friday, 27th October, sees the official launch of the new Spycops Plaques Project. The project is about marking some of the places where #spycops operated in the past, with a specially designed plaque being installed at locations across London. Continue reading
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Sadiq Khan’s ‘T-Charge’ to tackle air pollution is essentially a nonsense. Here’s why
Khan’s T-Charge will do little in reality to “safeguard Londoners” from air pollution. Because as the Mayor’s own research shows, the impact of the charge on emissions will be minimal. TfL concludes that, in the first year, NOx emissions will be reduced by only 0.5%, and PM10 emissions by 0.3%. Continue reading
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Housmans Books October 2017 Newsletter
2 October 2017 — Housmans Books NEWS 1. Housmans Peace Diary is now available 2. Special late night openings with 20% discount 3. Anarchist Bookfair + FiLiA (previously Feminism in London) Continue reading
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Grenfell Tower fire eyewitnesses: “It’s because of our class—we are the lowest socioeconomic class on the food chain”
20 September 2017 — WSWS Salma was an eyewitness to the Grenfell Tower fire. She knew the Wahabi family, of whom all five members perished in the inferno. She explained to the WSWS, “I live quite close to the block and what I saw that night was a catalogue of errors. It started as a… Continue reading
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Video: 15th London African Music Festival presents: LEKAN BABALOLA’S SACRED FUNK
15 September 2017 — Vortex Jazz Club 28 September 2017 – Book Online Twice Grammy award winning Nigerian percussionist Lekan Babalola is well known for his innovative musical style, using his native Yoruba tongue infused with traditional music, Afrobeat and funky dance overtones. Awarded his first Grammy in 2006 for performances on the late Ali… Continue reading
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Fighting Fire: The Grenfell Tower Story
It’s the fire this time that exposes the underbelly of the metropolis, showing the savage menace under which the complaining poor have lived for decades – the sub-standard health and safety traps inhabited by the new poor, the servants and servicers of the nouveau riche, cheek by jowl with their callous wealthy better-offs. Continue reading
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HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 2017
23 August 2017 — Housmans Books NEWS 1. Stop The Arms Fair – Disarm DSEI INSTORE EVENTS 2. ‘Revenge of the Spoken – Gordon Lish in a Little Island Hotel’ with David Winters, David Hayden, Claire-Louise Bennett and Will Eaves 3. ‘Is Monogamy Dead?’ with Rosie Wilby 4. ‘Shy Radicals: The Antisystemic Politics Of The… Continue reading
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Housmans Books Newsletter July 2017
25 July 2017 — Housmans Books NEWS 1. Keith Armstrong 2. The Return of the Deep Gusset Housmans bag! 3. King’s Cross local cafe news 4. Transform: A Journal of the Radical Left Continue reading
The New Dark Age 