Haringey Solidarity Group - Who We AreWe are a group of local people who want to get rid of the current system which places profit and power before people’s real needs. To do this, we believe we all need to get organised, fight back and take over the decision-making in communities and workplaces. We support and participate in local campaigns, spread ideas and help create effective opposition to the powers that be. |
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Action against repossessions |
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Friday, 05 June 2009 21:07 |
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According to the Council of Mortgage Lenders, an estimated 75,000 homes will be repossessed this year, three times more than 2007, and nearly twice as many as last year. The current financial crisis has led to people being laid off work, making them vulnerable to repossession orders due to them struggling to keep up with mortgage repayments. The financial institutions that have caused these problems get bail-outs from public money when they fall into difficulty. The public on the other hand gets little in the way of assistance when their homes are under threat. For this reason and as a way to come up with a local, concrete response to the crisis, HSG has set up an anti-repossession group to help and encourage people to fight back. |
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Enfield Car Parts Factory (Ford Visteon) occupied |
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Friday, 03 April 2009 01:18 |
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Workers at car parts manufacturer Visteon have occupied the Enfield plant.
On Tuesday 31st March, the management of the Ford Visteon plant called a general assembly and told people that they would have to leave their workplace immediately. The workers were told to fetch their personal belongings the next day at 10am, but when they turned up the factory was already closed. Workers entered through an unlocked side entrance and about 70 workers - men and women from all kinds of backgrounds - occupied the plant.  |
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Haringey Independence Day - a grassroots gathering for local change |
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Friday, 15 May 2009 20:57 |
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A lot of us in HSG have been madly busy helping organise for Haringey Independence Day, which was on Saturday 30 May and was a day of "independence from party politics, religion and government agencies, where individuals and groups in Haringey can organise collectively, exchange ideas and make their own decisions that affect their lives". A report will be going up on the Haringey Independence Day website soon. But in the meantime, check out the report on London Indymedia. |
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Week of action against Welfare Reform Bill (7-15 March) |
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Saturday, 07 March 2009 00:01 |
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While the government has bailed out the banks with our money, they have been stealthily rushing through a bill that will virtually abolish welfare for single parents and disabled people.
The Bill proposes a number of changes: • phasing out income support for single parents, and cutting incapacity benefit and carers’ allowance. • introducing a US-style workfare scheme • increased conditions for claimants, including taking off payment for missed interviews and non-compliance with drug testing, and pressure to undertake “training” • privatising more of the Jobcentre Plus work, with companies being paid more the less benefits they award
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