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22 August 2012
Tottenham: a year since the riots
A year after the riots in London, the promised money agreed by London Mayor Boris Johnson and local government minister Eric Pickles to regenerate the riot areas has not materialised, writes Jane James, Haringey and Enfield Socialist Party.
2 March 2012
Iain Duncan Smith sweeps aside the argument!
Iain Duncan Smith got a rough ride from Youth Fight for Jobs today both inside and outside Tottenham town hall...
1 February 2012
David Lammy, Labour MP for Tottenham, has called for the 'smacking ban' to be repealed. He claims his constituents back this, blaming lack of parental control as a factor in last summer's riots
3 November 2011
Jarrow marchers to meet Iain Duncan Smith
On Friday 4 November six Jarrow marchers (who are part of the recreation of the Jarrow March of 75 years ago) will meet work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith in his Chingford constituency...
26 October 2011
Join the Jarrow march for jobs & education - 5 November
NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION: Assemble 12 noon at Embankment - march to Trafalgar Square
Bankers are the real looters - Hackney - Tottenham demo after the riots, photo Paul Mattsson
28 September 2011
Youth demand a future in Tottenham
An interview with a young person in Tottenham on the 'Give Our Kids A Future' demonstration
18 August 2011
'Youth Fight for Jobs' organises in Tottenham
A week on from the riots, 90 people attended an excellent meeting organised by YFJ and Day-Mer Youth in Tottenham to discuss the way forward for the community and local youth
Hackney-Tottenham demo, 13 August 2011, photo Paul Mattsson
16 August 2011
North London Unity demo - 'Workers and youth, unite and fight'
At the north London Unity demonstration on 13 August, YFJ and Socialist Party members called for jobs, EMA, and an end to Stop and Search
16 August 2011
Winston Silcott - framed by the police and justice system
The recent riots, starting in Tottenham, have reminded many of events there in 1985 when three people were framed for the murder of PC Blakelock
Firefighters in Tottenham, August 2011, photo Paul Mattsson, photo Paul Mattsson
16 August 2011
Con-Dems to blame for anger of youth - mass, trade union-led workers' response needed
The four days of riots that followed the shooting dead of Mark Duggan by the police in Tottenham sent a massive shock wave across the country
16 August 2011
YFJ and Day-Mer Youth protest & meeting in Tottenham: Demand youth services and jobs
Youth Fight for Jobs and Turkish and Kurdish youth organisation Day-Mer Youth, have called this public meeting in response to the riots in the area, writes Tuesday 16 August 2011.
13 August 2011
Haringey council cut youth services despite warnings
Haringey Council papers from April reveal its children and young people's support, education and employment services budgets were slashed by 75% this financial year in a bid to save £14.1 million
photo Paul Mattsson
9 August 2011
As inner cities erupt - A mass workers' movement is needed to defeat the government
This morning thousands of people have woken up to the devastation of their communities. It is a tragedy for the small shopkeepers whose businesses have been looted or set alight, workers whose cars have been burnt out, and perhaps worst of all for those who have seen their homes go up in smoke.
9 August 2011
PCS says 'lawlessness of financial & political elites' is the bigger problem
The PCS has issued a statement on the widespread rioting that has been taking place following the death of Mark Duggan at the hands of the police in Tottenham last week...
Photo Paul Mattsson
8 August 2011
Tottenham riots: Fatal police shooting sparks eruption of protest & anger
Mark Duggan’s death in Tottenham is the latest shocking death at the hands of the police, mostly of young black men. But the highly combustible material that led to the riots was also crippling poverty, frustrated ambitions and alienation
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