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Evict-iversary

Hazel Hedge wrote 2 months ago: It’s a year since we were evicted simultaneously from the OLSX camp outside St Paul’s an … more →

Tags: from the frontline, occupy, Occupy London, Occupy LSX, St Pauls, Co-operatives, Creating Alternatives, Anti-Capitalism, No Dash for Gas

Standing in Unison1 comment

jamesnorman83 wrote 3 months ago: So this is the post I planned to write about last Thursday but had no time to actually put together. … more →

Tags: My Life, protest songs, Politics, Music Genres, Current Affairs, World, hip-hop, redundancy, Outsourcing

Friern Barnet Community Library video2 comments

Cherry Potts wrote 3 months ago: Yay! Friern Barnet Community Library got it’s licence and books will continue to be lent from … more →

Tags: Books, Short Stories, Events, Readings & Events, live literature, Cherry Potts, Stations, London Lies, Rosalind Stopps

Freedom lives on! Early February round-up

nothingiseverlost wrote 3 months ago: It’s been a bit of a while since I got round to writing anything. At the moment, the most obvious bi … more →

Tags: anarchists, Birmingham, Black Bloc, Protests, occupations, Repression, Freedom Newspaper, Freedom Bookshop

Final Note from the McKenzie Friend: Reflections on Community and Protest

reemapatelblog wrote 3 months ago: I write this final note after a day of helping to put Friern Barnet Library in order to begin a new, … more →

Tags: Barnet, Law and Politics, Equalities/Access, occupy, Article 10, article 11, Sarah Sackman, Leigh Day, Human Rights

One Free Library that’s staying free - Friern Barnet Library celebrates 2 comments

Lane Ashfeldt wrote 3 months ago: Save Friern Barnet Library Last Spring Barnet Council said it would have to close Friern Barnet Libr … more →

Tags: writing, Fact, history writing, Reading 2, in praise of libraries, carnegie free library, Community, A Polite Revolution - the video, oonagh cousins

Friern Barnet People's Library Reading Authors confirmed

Cherry Potts wrote 4 months ago: The reading at FBPL on Tuesday 29th January 7-9 now has confirmed authors reading: Rosalind Stopps, … more →

Tags: Publishing, Short Stories, Events, Readings & Events, live literature, Rosalind Stopps, Bartle Sawbridge, Wendy Gill, Lovers' Lies

Friern Barnet Library Free-for-all2 comments

Cherry Potts wrote 4 months ago: Friern Barnet Library has been in the press a bit recently after campaigners occupied the library wh … more →

Tags: Arachne Press, Short Stories, Readings & Events, live literature, Stations, London Lies, Lovers' Lies, Library

Wandsworth Against Cuts & Occupy activists defend Battersea adventure playground1 comment

Hazel Hedge wrote 4 months ago: This is a collaborative story worked on with those occupying Battersea Park adventure playground. Th … more →

Tags: from the frontline, occupy, Occupy London, Economic Crisis, Battersea Park, Battersea adventure playground, Wandsworth Against Cuts, Play London, Battersea Park occupied

Friern Barnet Library: The Witness Statements

reemapatelblog wrote 5 months ago: At the trial on Monday 17th December 2012 Fiona Brickwood (supporter of the defendants and community … more →

Tags: Barnet, Law and Politics, Equalities/Access, occupy, Article 10, article 11, Human Rights, Law, Court Case

Saving Friern Barnet Library: More Notes from a McKenzie Friend... (LBB v P. Phoenix, D. Gardner, P. Albert, K. Martin)

reemapatelblog wrote 5 months ago: The hearing of the London Borough of Barnet’s claim for possession commenced on the 17th Decem … more →

Tags: Commentary, Barnet, Law and Politics, Equalities/Access, occupy, Article 10, article 11, Human Rights Act, Freedom of Expression

The People's Library

Hazel Hedge wrote 5 months ago: I helped the folks at the Friern Barnet Occupied Library (aka the People’s Library) write the … more →

Tags: from the frontline, occupy, Occupy London, Creating Alternatives, Economic Crisis, one barnet, Broken Barnet, People's Library, occupied library

Diggers, Occupiers, Co-operators, Revolutionaries and a Rogue Council2 comments

Hazel Hedge wrote 5 months ago: One Barnet, Two Barnets, Broken Barnet & Barnet Library… Barnet is in north London. I … more →

Tags: from the frontline, occupy, Occupy London, Co-operatives, workers co-op, diggers2012, Creating Alternatives, one barnet, Broken Barnet

Man Booker nominated writer Will Self gives reading for threatened library

stagedoorscribbler wrote 6 months ago: Clive Conway Productions speaker, the writer Will Self, is backing a team of renegade librarians who … more →

Tags: Will Self, Man Booker, umbrella, library closures, renegade librarians, Council cuts, Community Action

One Year4 comments

Hazel Hedge wrote 7 months ago: In London on Saturday there was an Occupy street party, along with a call to bang pots and pans in a … more →

Tags: from the frontline, occupy, St Pauls, Co-operatives, diggers2012, Creating Alternatives, Radical Routes, global noise, Anti-Capitalism

Support Save Friern Barnet Library campaign this Sunday, 26 August

ba4ps wrote 9 months ago: Save Friern Barnet Library campaign have organised some exciting activities this Sunday 26 August. J … more →

Tags: event, Barnet Council, Robert Rams, save Friern Barnet Library, Oliver Natelson, 43 bus

Sign the petition to re-open Friern Barnet Library

ba4ps wrote 11 months ago: Re-Open Friern Barnet Library The campaign to get Friern Barnet Library re-opened continues. Please … more →

Tags: event, Barnet Council

Finchley Traders make a stand against Brian Coleman1 comment

adamlangleben wrote 1 year ago: As reported in yesterdays Times Series, Finchley traders, led by the heroic owner of Buzz Cafe Helen … more →

Tags: London Borough of Barnet, Labour, brian coleman, Barnet, Camden, Olympic games, Finchley Traders, north finchley, High Barnet

A Summary of the ‘Siege’ of Friern Barnet Library and Location, Location, Location – The story of a Rotten London Borough4 comments

adamlangleben wrote 1 year ago: Two posts in one. #OccupyFB – UPDATE 10:38 – Now with added pictures from inside at bott … more →

Tags: London Borough of Barnet, Labour, Barnet Council, brian coleman, Campaign for a Better Barnet, Cllr Robert Rams, Hampstead Garden Suburb, Friern Barnet, Cllr Barry Rawlings


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