Barnet Activists Decide to Visit Barnet Council Meeting and the Housing Benefit Bandit Mayor of Barnet, Hugh Rayner.
Barnet Housing Action Activists decided to join the Full Council Meeting on Tuesday 14th of April 2015. The Conservative majority held Council were deciding on whether to increase the Council Rents to more than double current rent[…]
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By April 16, 2015 Category: An Occupier's Perspective, Livestream No Comments 
What a day !!
Got evicted from our squat at 5:30am high court enforcers smashed in the glass doors and hauled us out.
We had to sit in the streets all day then with our stuff…
We went on the march for the homeless I was legal observing it was pretty awesome.
The[…]
By April 15, 2015 Category: An Occupier's Perspective, Housing, Livestream, News No Comments
Barnet Friends of the Earth Environmental Hustings 13 April
A public Environment, Climate Change and TTIP Hustings for the main parties contesting the General Election in the Borough of Barnet.
Alasdair Bethley, co-ordinator of Barnet FoE, said:
“TTIP (the EU-US free trade deal being negotiated) and CETA (EU-Canada equivalent) are being stitched up this year[…]
By April 13, 2015 Category: An Occupier's Perspective, Livestream, News, Stop TTIP, CETABlockers, TISA No Comments
Why isn’t the harm visited upon people living with disability being debated this election?
Could it possibly be the banality of evil? That what has taken place is so disgusting people don’t want to face it? Is it because people would rather protect a illusionary group identity? “at least we arn’t the nazis”,[…]
By April 13, 2015 Category: An Occupier's Perspective, News No Comments
Update 1100hrs.
Despite intimidation attempts by private security to prevent free passage in and out of 24 St James’s Square / 27-28 Pall Mall, S.H.A. activists were able to maintain control of the door and the step outside it. They still, however, remain outside, and could make another attempt to sieze the door at any[…]
By April 11, 2015 Category: An Occupier's Perspective, News No Comments
By Peter Dombi; cross-posted from Our Broken System
This week the Labour Party made a manifesto pledge to abolish the scandalous ‘Non-Dom’ rule, which allows wealthy individuals to avoid paying tax on their foreign earnings, while the rest of us ordinary mortals have to pay all our tax in full. This rule is long-overdue[…]
By April 10, 2015 Category: An Occupier's Perspective, News No Comments
When predominantly white students have been massacred in America or in European countries, I don’t remember graphic photographs being published of their blood-soaked bodies on the floors of classrooms. The same applies to those murdered in the #CharlieHebdo offices.
Asad Rehman makes a stark point here. I’ve chosen to quote him without sharing the pictures,[…]
By April 6, 2015 Category: An Occupier's Perspective, News No Comments
Latest Neoliberal attack in the legal system by Mel Strickland.
Latest neoliberal reform in the legal system: the introduction of criminal court charges coming into effect on 13 April ranging from £150 – £1200 – it will incentivise people to plead guilty as the fees are much cheaper than if you plead not guilty and[…]
By April 5, 2015 Category: An Occupier's Perspective, Legal, News, Occupy Law No Comments
Homelessness Part 2 By Tarpaulin Simon.
Tried to film a quick piece after my second night at the homeless shelter but realised it was just an unintelligible angry rant.
Reshot it this morning. It’s about a guy that 5 weeks ago was living as a furniture restorer in Cardiff and is now living rough in[…]
By April 5, 2015 Category: An Occupier's Perspective No Comments
