Haringey Solidarity Group

Over 500 attend massive public meeting and demand no sell offs or cuts to the Whittington Hospital

On the evening of Tuesday 12th over 550 people filled Archway Methodist Hall's main room, three overspill rooms and the foyer. Staff from the hospital board were unable to convince angry members of the public that their proposals to sell of the site, sack 570 staff and reduce the beds from 330 to 177 (despite recent red alerts over over-occupancy of beds) are acceptable, and the meeting called for the proposals to be dropped.

Details: Published: 15 February 2013

Your Rights and Mobile Fingerprinting

Last week, the Metropolitan police confirmed that its officers have started to use mobile fingerprint scanners, the 25th UK police force to do so. Initially the Met have 350 of these devices, linked to police Blackberry phones, which they claim can provide, in under two minutes, confirmation of personal details, warning markers and whether a person is wanted for a crime.

The police can use these devices to take a person’s fingerprints, with or without consent, if they ‘reasonably suspect’ they have committed a criminal offence. The individual concerned does not need to be under arrest , nor does the offence they are suspected of need to be a serious offence. Once fingerprints have been used to establish ID, the police may decide to arrest, summons, give a fixed penalty notice, give ‘words of advice’, or take no further action.

Details: Published: 11 February 2013

Stop workfare! Protest in Wood Green on Saturday 9th February

STOP WORKFARE!

PROTEST ON SATURDAY 9th FEBRUARY

12 NOON, ARGOS, 88 HIGH ROAD, WOOD GREEN

We are seeing a wave of attacks on benefits both for the unemployed and those in part time or casual work, at the same time the governing is bringing in more and more workfare schemes. Workfare means you have to work up to 35 hours a week for your benefits, so employers like Poundland, Argos, Superdrug and Wilkinsons get your work without paying for it. If you refuse to go on some of the schemes your benefits can be stopped and the placements can last from four weeks up to six months in some cases.

Details: Published: 06 February 2013

Saved !!! Friern Barnet Community Library

Friern Barnet Library Saved – handover ceremony on Tuesday 12 Noon

On Tuesday 5th February, at midday, exactly five months since the occupation began, the community will take possession of the Friern Barnet Library. The local community – represented by the trustees of the library - are on the verge of agreeing a two-year lease with Barnet Council (LBB) to run the library with some funding.

At the ceremony, squatters and supporters of the Occupy movement, who have been keeping the building open and enabling the local community to run a book lending service and community centre in the building, will hand it over to the trustees of the newly formed Friern Barnet Community Library (FBCL). They have now received a licence from LBB to be in the library for two weeks with the promise of renewal of the licence if necessary to negotiate a lease and other matters (eg, who pays the utilities, insurance, and ongoing future repairs). LBB has shown a willingness to amend the licence to their satisfaction.

Details: Published: 04 February 2013

Fundraising event for Haringey Migrant Support Centre on 8th February

Haringey Migrant Support Centre is hosting a night of music, spoken word and poetry to raise funds for the running of our drop-in centre here in the borough of Haringey.

The event will be held at 20:00 on 8th February at St. John Vianney Church Hall, 386 West Green Road, N15 3QL. There is a suggested donation of £5 but if you don't have that much, come along anyway!

Click here for a flyer - please feel free to print and distribute widely!

The Haringey Migrant Support Centre has since the 1st of October 2012 been providing a weekly drop-in service for migrants. The Centre offers advice on immigration matters, housing and benefits as well as general welfare advice and it signposts visitors to local services as needed. In addition, the centre aims to be a welcoming space helping to reduce social isolation amongst migrants that live in, and outside of, Haringey.

Details: Published: 29 January 2013

Help plan a March of 1000 Mothers in Tottenham

No to benefit cuts! Yes to a decent income for all!

Planning meeting: 11am on Saturday 2nd February at the Book House Cafe - 410 High Road, Tottenham, N17 9JB

Plans have begun for a 'march of 1000 mothers for a fair benefit income' on the 23rd March, from 11:00-13:00.

Fathers are not excluded! However the organisers wish to make the point that it is mothers, including single mothers, whose pregnancy, child birth and nursing of babies is burdened with impossibly low incomes which are getting lower with the caps and cuts.

Many people will be cold, hungry and homeless from April when so many of the welfare reforms start to bite. Haringey has been chosen as one of the first boroughs to be hit.

Organisers are hoping that marchers will include families, children and babies in prams.

Details: Published: 29 January 2013

Stand Up for Council Housing! Haringey meeting on Tues 18 Dec

Haringey Defend Council Housing!

7.30pm, Tuesday 18th December
Whitehall & Tenterden Community Centre
Whitehall Street, Tottenham, N17 8BP
[On the right, under the bridge at the end of Whitehall Street]
All Welcome

This Government is cutting housing benefit levels, introducing less secure tenancies, and driving up rents. But tenants are resisting, and now is the time to stand up for council housing.

Details: Published: 18 December 2012

Boycott Workfare action in Holloway - Sat 8 Dec, 11am

Join North London Solidarity Federation in targeting businesses in Holloway against workfare in support of the National Week of Action called by Boycott Workfare, starting this Saturday the 8th.

Meet at Superdrug on Seven Sisters Road - 11am sharp and we move on from there.

Nearest tube: Arsenal or Holloway Road.

Details: Published: 07 December 2012

No gentrification for Tottenham - Plan for Tottenham threat

The Threat to Working Class People and Ethnic Minorities from the Plan for Tottenham*

On Tuesday 31st July 2012, Haringey Council announced a regeneration plan for Tottenham, the Plan for Tottenham, which it claims will create thousands of new homes and jobs in the wake of the riots of August 2011 (1). The small print of this plan reveals that it is actually a plan to push up house prices and rents, reduce the amount of council housing in the area, force out small shops and drive out large numbers of working class people and members of ethnic minorities from the borough to make way for a new middle class population.

Details: Published: 04 December 2012

Here stood Downhills - protest plaque

Move over Banksy, activist ceramicists hit back at Gove's forced academy programme in Haringey. Seen screwed onto the wall outside ~~Harris Primary Academy~~ Downhills Primary School:

Details: Published: 21 November 2012

Protest on Mon 19 Nov against proposed £4.7 bn contract for Israeli occupation profiteer

The No to Veolia Action Group will be outside Haringey Civic Centre on Monday at 19:00 as part of its 'Protest Blitz', urging councillors not to award a waste management contract to Veolia, a company that profits from the occupation of Palestine.

The North London Waste Authority, which covers seven boroughs, is soon to award a £4.7 billion contract for waste management, and campaigners want Veolia excluded from the tendering process.