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UAF & English Disco Lovers, Save the Badgers Demo anti-fascist Demo 01/06/2013

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Start of the day: Gathering of the people.

Whitehall.

Parliament Square

St. Margaret St. where the BNP had gathered. Murdoch’s The Sun had reported 150 BNP members, but they were more likely counting the photographers taking photos of the BNP and the police protecting the site from anti-facist[...]

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Unite Against Fascism & English Disco Lovers counter-demo against Fascism. Bank Holiday Monday 27th May 2013.

Live video stream from that day.

19mins onwards bottles started to be thrown. Someone posted that it came from behind the Sikhs towards the EDL.
I have not seen that video and not according to this stream.

Leaving the cordon going towards Westminster.

Westminster Tube Station.

Legal Observer @TheJanieMac

Aftermath of EDL demo. According to[...]

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Clerkenwell, Islington Fire Station consultation.

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Arriving at the Islington Assembly.

Public Relations campaign.
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LFEPA meeting in #islington. Andrew Dismore clear that Lab, Green & LDs oppose cuts. Boris insisting on them. Fall hardest in inner London.

Questions from the Local People.
Fire cuts are discrimination against inner London where more[...]

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Save Our Firestations: Downham & New Cross. Consultation

Save Our Fire Stations
Lewisham, Wednesday, 22 May 7-9pm at Sydenham School, Dartmouth Road, London SE26 4RD
Over the next two years the London Fire brigade faces £45 million pounds of politically motivated cuts at the hands of Boris Johnson. He wants to close 12 fire stations, remove 18 engines and slash 520 firefighter jobs[...]

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The Man Who Pushed a Toy Pig to the Bank of England. #Pigs2Pigs

Resting in Trafalgar Square. Then off to Charing Cross. The Strand.[...]

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DEFEND LONDON’S NHS DEMONSTRATION 18 MAY

This demonstration has been called by an unprecedented coalition of London residents, medical staff, trade unions and health campaigners who have come together to raise the alarm regarding the biggest threats to A & E’s, maternity units and in-hospital care for a generation.
Closures planned across the capital include nine accident and emergency departments, a[...]

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Can squatters, private renters and council tenants unite?

The first time I heard a friend talking about squatters standing shoulder to shoulder with council tenants and private renters, I was doubtful to say the least. Ok, possibly the squatting community could share it’s experience with resisting evictions, of which it has plenty, but what did the groups really have in common at heart?[...]

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LIBOR rigging bankers defrauded local councils’ funds

 
Treasury reports reveal how local authorities lost hundreds of millions – if not billions –as a consequence of the LIBOR rate rigging scandal.
British councils face 34% cuts to vital services that can be attributed to reductions in government funding. Austerity cuts are interlinked to Britain’s support for the banker’s through the bailout. Additionally,[...]

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NHS, Democracy and People Power

Dr Louise Irvine chair’s the Save Lewisham Hospital campaign which has seen a massive mobilisation of local people; 25,000 people marched to prevent the closure of the A & E. The campaign is planning a People’s Commissions of Enquiry, chaired by barrister Michael Mansfield QC , who will hear the evidence that the Trust Special[...]

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