Saturday 16 Feb, 12noon -1.00pm
Walthamstow Market Square
Called by Waltham Forest Stand Up to Racism
“The law requires that we seek to deport foreign nationals who abuse our hospitality by committing crimes in the UK. This ensures we keep the public safe.”
This is how the Home Office justified the forcible deportation of black nationals to Jamaica last week. Anyone who lost a loved one in the Grenfell Tower will know how hollow are the words ‘keeping the public safe’. Cuts to public services, police, fire and emergency services have made us all less safe.
This racist … Read on ...
GIVE VENEZUELA BACK ITS GOLD
Join the Picket
12.30-14.00, Thursday Feb.7, Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8AH.
The Bank of England is holding $1.3 billion worth of Venezuelan gold (31 tonnes) and is refusing to release it to Venezuela, in line with the UK government’s support for the illegal US ‘regime change’ agenda.
Join special guests including Chris Williamson MP at this lunchtime protest on Thursday to call for the Bank of England to give Venezuela back its gold!… Read on ...
Stansted 15
The Stansted 15 are a group of concerned citizens who peacefully stopped a deportation flight to Nigeria and Ghana at Stansted airport on 28 March 2017.
They have now been convicted. The Stansted 15 expected to face retribution for their protest. They never expected to be found guilty of terrorism offences. But on Monday, the group became the first activists involved in a non-violent direct action protest to be convicted under laws that were formulated in response to the Lockerbie bombing.
The group had information of people meant to be on that flight, who would be put in extreme danger … Read on ...