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1 December 2021
East London mass non-payment wins housing victory
The combative residents and residents' association on the Barking Riverside estate in East London have won another victory
20 October 2021
Housing crisis: Tories and Labour are not on our side
The deaths from the Grenfell Tower fire, and the fire safety issues it exposed, have shown the real face of the Conservative government – but also that of the Labour Party - tied to big business and the building industry
6 October 2021
Barking NHS: "Sorry, please try again later"
On 29 September, East London Socialist Party member Pete Mason proposed a motion, based on the following, to Barking Reach Residents Association, which he chairs. It was passed unanimously.
26 May 2021
Cladding anger builds - protest on 5 June
Three-quarters of cladding systems on new medium-rise buildings use combustible materials. Now residents trapped in fire-risk buildings are taking to the streets to protest outside the salerooms of builders
5 May 2021
Bellway must pay! Make our homes safe!
On 1 May more than 60 residents of the Caspian Quarter gathered outside Bellway's Barking showrooms to protest about the property developer's failure to replace flammable balconies
17 February 2021
Tory cladding money will not make us safe
Despite the horrific scenes at Grenfell almost four years ago, around 700,000 people in the UK are still living in buildings fitted with combustible cladding
23 July 2020
Barking: Anger at landlord's inaction after park stabbing
On Saturday 18 July, residents of Barking Riverside estate in east London saw a young man lying prostrate at the back of Playhill park, on the estate, attended by ambulance paramedics.
20 March 2020
'Worst crisis in housing since World War Two' - Barking Riverside inquiry into fire
A residents-led inquiry into the Samuel Garside house fire on the Barking Riverside estate in east London met for an interim review of its findings
13 November 2019
Barking: protest brings pledge to remove dangerous decking
Following our protest last month, covered by BBC London news, estate residents have received a letter addressing the most prominent fire safety issue.
30 October 2019
TV: The Accident - Will capitalism be exposed in upsetting, true-to-life drama?
There's a huge explosion on a building site. Children playing on the poorly guarded site are caught in the blast - dead, injured or trapped in an unsafe building that's collapsing.
23 October 2019
Burnt-out Barking residents picket builders' sales day
Our protest outside the builder Bellway's sales event, at the Hilton Tower Bridge hotel next to City Hall in central London, was a huge success.
11 September 2019
Another London block of flats destroyed by fire - remove unsafe cladding now!
I woke up on 9 September to learn about the fire that happened at Worcester Park, south west London, exactly three months after the fire that took place in Samuel Garside House in Barking, the building where I live.
31 July 2019
Barking: campaigning over housing safety
Following a shocking, preventable fire on its housing estate a few weeks ago, Barking Reach Residents' Association met to discuss the next steps of its campaign
3 July 2019
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Socialist Party members play an important role - in some cases leading them - in local and national fightbacks against Tory austerity and in trade union strikes.
3 July 2019
Angry Barking residents protest outside sales office
On Saturday 29 June property sales offices at Barking Riverside, London - the site of the recent horrendous fire that consumed 20 flats in just a few minutes - were closed due to a well-attended residents' and supporters' protest.
26 June 2019
Angry Barking fire victims demand action from landlords and authorities
Around 30 flats were destroyed - only now are the combustible balconies at other flats being stripped away by the builders
19 June 2019
Angry residents' meeting demands answers and action following fire
The fury poured out, demanding answers and action
12 June 2019
Grenfell two years on - Still fighting for safety and justice
Two years ago, on 14 June 2017, 72 people perished in the Grenfell Tower fire in west London.
10 June 2019
Fire tears through flats - cladding off now!
This blaze should never have happened. Grenfell was a stark warning that the drive for profit in the housing sector is putting people's lives at risk.
22 May 2019
Pouring cold water on the Riverside estate
Barking Reach Residents Association was out conducting a survey of heating and hot water issues. As we walked into the pleasant grounds of Robert Lewis House on the Barking Riverside estate, east London,
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