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20 June 2012
Secret History of the Streets, Deptford High Street
TV review: A previous BBC TV programme, The Tower, about Deptford in south London, said that the area was full of drunks and criminals and the 'cure' was to move in rich yuppies, writes Pete Redfarn.
11 August 2011
Lewisham: Call for a united campaign for jobs, homes and services gains echo
About 150 people gathered at the top of Deptford High Street in south London for an anti-cuts march on Wednesday evening
22 June 2011
Concerned parents at Tidemill school in Deptford, south London, have persuaded local Labour MP Joan Ruddock to write to Tory education secretary Michael Gove, asking him to delay approval of headmaster Mark Elms' plans to make their school an academy...
Lewisham protest against cuts, photo by Chris Flood
23 February 2011
Opposing all cuts: Thousands march across England and Wales
What we think: Cuts-making councillors must be challenged:
Barclays Bank made £11.6 billion in profits in 2009 and paid just 1% of that in UK corporation tax...
Demonstration reports from Bristol, Hackney, Hillingdon, Shrewsbury, Waltham Forest, Lewisham and Rhondda Cynon Taff
Do not close our schools: Medway schools protest, photo Jacqui Berry
26 January 2011
Tidemill school - victory for parents
ONE OF the flagship academies planned was Tidemill Primary School in Deptford in south London. Head master Mark Elms, who achieved widespread media attention when he became Britain's highest-paid 'superhead',...
14 October 2010
LEILA GALLOWAY, a parent of two children at Tidemill primary school in Deptford, south London, is leading a campaign to stop Tidemill becoming an academy school, free from local authority control, writes Leila spoke to The Socialist:.
9 September 2010
Academies will lead to a two-tier education system
THE GOVERNMENT'S plans to encourage 'outstanding' schools to take a fast-track to 'academy' status are a threat to the future of comprehensive local authority schooling, writes Martin Powell-Davies,.
9 September 2010
Academies will lead to a two-tier education system
THE GOVERNMENT'S plans to encourage 'outstanding' schools to take a fast-track to 'academy' status are a threat to the future of comprehensive local authority schooling, writes Martin Powell-Davies,.
28 April 2010
TUSC: 'Hear your candidate' meetings
A chance to put your questions to your local Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition candidates. Listing of meetings around the country.
15 December 2009
Video: Out on the stones - saving Deptford Job Centre
Lewisham Socialist Party councillors Ian Page and Chris Flood came to the aid of the unemployed of Deptford, London, and the job centre workers at Deptford Job Centre, organised in the civil servants union, the PCS (Public and Commercial Services union)...
22 July 2009
THE PCS (Public and Commercial Services Union) is campaigning to keep the Jobcentre in Deptford open, writes Mick Philipsz.
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