Tower Hamlets
8. Brick Lane - fascism and anti-fascism, London
An account of running confrontations between fascists and anti-fascists on London's Brick Lane in the 1980s and 1990s.
Oldest council estate says no to private landlord
In 1900 the Boundary Estate, just north of Brick Lane in the Whitechapel area of east London, became Britain's first council estate and, following a vote last week, it will continue to be so for the forseeable future.
Last week the tenants of the Boundary and 3 other East End estates voted to reject the intense campaigning and enticements offered by vested interests to transfer their homes to a private Housing Association landlord. Despite a lack of investment in their homes due to funding cuts by central government, they chose to stay with Tower Hamlets Council as their landlord.
Tower Hamlets strike over staff victimised for opposing stock transfer
Staff at Tower Hamlets council began a two day strike today after a housing campaigner lost her job after working for the council for 14 years.
There will be a picket of the council offices over the course of the two day strike in solidarity for Eileen Short, after her job 'ceased to exist' during a town hall reorganisation. Ms Short is also a council tenant and member of the national committee for Defend Council Housing.
Crossrail and Spitalfields
Following on from Corporate Watch's coverage of how Channel Tunnel Rail Link contractor Skanska is ignoring the concerns of local Stratford residents about dust pollution, we have been contacted by local residents who report of similarly damaging proposals in the East End of London.
Crossrail and Spitalfields
Saturday, November 19 2005 @ 01:20 PM GMT-1
from www.corporatewatch.org
1936: Fascists and Police Routed - the Battle of Cable Street
Cable Street - October 4th 1936 - an eye witness account by Reg Weston, Higham resident and life-time NUJ member.
'I was at the Battle of Cable Street. In my early twenties, I was then secretary of the recently formed Southgate branch of the Communist Party in North London.
