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Welcome To Zero-Hours-Tolerant Newham 8 Aug 2013 | 12:58 am
In the wake of the CIPD report this week suggesting that up to one million workers in the UK are on zero hours contracts – where an employee is expected to be on-call and is paid only for hours worked...
How To Find Out What Secret Police Surveillance Says About You 28 Jun 2013 | 01:06 am
On the face of it, this might seem like a very niche post. I've put this together primarily for activists involved in Newham Monitoring Project (NMP) and police custody deaths campaigners (including i...
We Must Have A Far-Reaching Inquiry Into Police Spying 26 Jun 2013 | 01:56 am
This is a piece I wrote for Red Pepper on today's revelations that undercover police spied on Newham Monitoring Project and campaigns for justice for those that died custody Today’s new development i...
Photos from 'They Owe Us' Protest at Canary Wharf 17 Jun 2013 | 01:34 pm
In response to the combined crises of cuts and climate chaos and the call for a week of action against the G8, a number of campaigners including UKUncut, Fuel Poverty Action and Disabled People Agains...
Launch of New Local Activists' Network "The People's Republic of Newham" 26 Apr 2013 | 12:10 am
I am one of those who has long felt that local campaigners would really benefit from closer cooperation, so I'm pleased to be part of the launch of "The People's Republic of Newham", a network of loca...
The End of Thatcher 17 Apr 2013 | 11:45 pm
I've been saving these for today, because of the inevitable sycophancy that surrounded today's state-sponsored Conservative Party rally. These photos are from Saturday's "Thatcher's Dead" party in a r...
UKUncut Protest Against The Bedroom Tax 17 Apr 2013 | 11:44 pm
Photos from yesterday's UKUncut protest against the bedroom tax, outside the "spare" home of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Lord Freud.
How Credible is Call for Referendum on Newham's Mayor? 1 Apr 2013 | 04:58 pm
It's been a while since I last blogged – the imminent prospect of redundancy has kept me busy these past weeks. There has, however, been loads of things that I've wanted to comment on and one of those...
Viewing London From The Shard 1 Mar 2013 | 09:20 pm
On Wednesday, I went up to floors 68, 69 and 72 of the Shard building by London Bridge, which is the highest public viewing platform in London at 244m (800ft) above the city, to take some photographs....
Photographing Chiang Mai's "Soi-Art" 18 Feb 2013 | 07:44 pm
Last night I returned from a fortnight's holiday in northern Thailand, where I visited one of my closest friends who has just had given birth to a gorgeous baby girl. The trip provided a welcome oppor...
