protest Archives - Brockley SE4

Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

Goldsmiths Occupations: a chronology

Jan

2024

Found at the awesome 56a Info Shop archive a copy of SHIP Network News (Southwark Homeless Information Project) reports an occupation at Goldsmiths College in Summer 1991, specifically of the Outreach Unit at 32 Lewisham Way which had just been closed down. 'the occupiers have opened it up to anyone and everyone' and proclaimed a ...

Peckham Taser Death Protest

Oct

2023

A demonstration took place on Saturday 30th September to protest against the death of Zodoq Obatolah, a 52 year old man who died after being tasered by police in Peckham earlier this year. People marched from the Rye Hill Estate, where the man died in April apparently after falling from a balcony following being tasered. ...

Opposing the Iraq War in South London

Mar

2023

The Iraq War started on 20 March 2003 with a massive American-led 'shock and awe' bombing campaign, followed by a land invasion of US, British and other troops. Over the next eight years more than 100,000 civilians were killed.Early protestsThere was a long build up to the war, with sanctions against Iraq dating back to ...

Chinese protest posters in New Cross

Oct

2022

A series of protest posters have appeared around New Cross with the hashtags #FreeChina #EndDxicatorship (referring to Chinese leader Xi Jinping who has just had his position extended to a third term)'No obedience, no patriarchy, no police violence'Support for Peng Lifa, who was arrested after staging a one person banner protest in Beijing last week'No ...

Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art opens as Justice for Cleaners wins victory

Sep

2018

The Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art is a new public gallery on the Goldsmiths campus in New Cross (entrance via St James SE14). It is located in part of the former Laurie Grove Bathhouse, including the water tower for the swimming pool which closed in 1991 (see history here) The opening exhibition features the work of Argentine-born artist Mika ...

Funeral Farewell to New Cross Post Office

Feb

2018

Protestors gathered in the rain on Saturday 10th February for a funereal farewell to the New Cross Post Office, due to close this week and be replaced by a counter within a local convenience store.From the Press Release:'From 15 February, New Cross Gate post office services will be run as part of a One Stop ...

‘You can’t stamp us out’ – Save New Cross post office protest

Jan

2017

A good turn out this morning for the protest to launch the Save New Cross Post Office campaign. As mentioned here before, the busy community facility is threatened with closure.EastLondonLines reports, 37 Post Offices around the country are under threat, with the Communication Workers Union estimating the loss of around 300 staff on top of ...

NHS ‘Bursary or Bust’ Protest

Jun

2016

Student nurses, midwives and associated health professionals marched in London today against Government plans to scrap bursaries for NHS students and replace them with loans. Protestors sat down and blocked Waterloo Bridge during the demonstrationOutside St Thomas Hospital(photo from @LondonNurse2015)Sit down on Waterloo Bridge (photo @NHAparty)Waterloo Bridge (@LondonNurse2015)Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich National Health Action Party ...

John Roan Resists Meeting

Apr

2016

Last November staff at The John Roan school in Greenwich took strike action against plans to turn the school into an Academy. While 'academisation' (horrible word) was put on hold, it is now back on the agenda nationally with the Government threatening to make every school an Academy whether they want to or not, as well as ...

Woolwich Rent Protest 1939

Aug

2015

From the Daily Herald Archive at the National Media Museum:'A photograph showing residents creating a road blockade as part of a rent protest in Woolwich, south London, taken in July 1939 by John Topham for the Daily Herald'. Great photo, unfortunately I don't know any more about the context. The placard reads 'we the tenants ...