Counter Olympics Network

Solidarity with Carpenters – UCL students sit in

juliancheyne — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:44:05 +0000

Solidarity with Carpenters – UCL students sit in UCL has plans to build a new campus in Stratford – on top of 318 families’ homes. Stratford already has one of London’s highest waiting lists for a council house – with an average of ten years for a two bedroom flat. UCL is only fuelling this [...]

Counter Olympics Network meeting on 12th November

juliancheyne — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 23:42:39 +0000

The Counter Olympics Network will be holding its next meeting at the London Action Resource Centre, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES on Monday 12th November at 7pm. All are welcome! Filed under: Uncategorized

Save Leyton Marsh looks to the future – Meeting 4th November

juliancheyne — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:57:49 +0000

Sunday 4th November – Save Leyton Marsh will be hosting a ‘Marshes Unite’ strategy day for all individuals and groups to discuss protecting the future of the marshes long-term. THE MEETING IS TO BE HELD AT “THE MILL” COMMUNITY CENTRE in the former St. James Library, Coppermill Lane, Walthamstow from 1.00 – 4.00 p.m. Getting [...]

UCL Stratford: Bulldozing a Community?

juliancheyne — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:47:19 +0000

31 Oct 2012 – 18:00 – 20:00 Public event · By UCL Union On the 24th of October, Newham Council approved UCL’s proposal to build a new campus on the Carpenter’s Estate, despite opposition from residents, leading UCL academics, and UCLU. If UCL doesn’t pull out now or radically revise its plans, this would mean [...]

Save Leyton Marsh – Marshroots Celebration – October 21st

juliancheyne — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 23:18:12 +0000

Sunday 21st October – Marshroots Celebration: Reclamation of Leyton Marsh. We will be celebrating the return of Leyton Marsh to the people who have fought so hard for it! This will be a joyous family event to also celebrate the end of the punitive injunctions ruled against the people in order for the unwanted [...]

Next CON meeting Saturday 22nd September, 3 p.m.

connetwork — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:22:05 +0000

Saturday 22nd September, 3 p.m – 6 p.m. LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES. (This is a small street parallel to Whitechapel Road, and is directly behind the East London Mosque; nearest tube Whitechapel.) WHAT NEXT FOR CON? In the face of considerable hostility, CON ran a very successful campaign, which helped to fight [...]

The Closing Atos Ceremony

aepyorniselphantbird — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:41:27 +0000

Join DPAC and UK Uncut at ATOS HQ, Triton Square, Tomorrow 31 Aug at 12:45pm for the finale of the Atos Games — More info here. Filed under: events, Uncategorized

CON supports DPAC’s Atos games week

aepyorniselphantbird — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 18:33:56 +0000

The fight against the Olympics continues! Mass protest on 12.45pm, Friday 31 August, ATOS HQ, Triton Square, London NW1 ATOS is a global mega-corporation worth €8.5 billion. It is sponsoring the Paralympic Games for disabled athletes. It also has the UK government contract to cut disabled people’s benefits. ATOS is paid £100 million a year to test 11,000 sick [...]

The CM182 defence meeting

conab — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:06:56 +0000

A report from the CON-initiated meeting to help establish a defence campaign for the Critical Mass 182 As reported before, the police – in a fit of Olympics-induced hysteria – arrested 182 cyclists on the regular monthly Critical Mass bike ride on 27 July. So the Counter Olympics Network initiated a meeting – which took [...]

War on Want project Adidas exploitation billboard onto Olympic Park building

juliancheyne — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 00:50:35 +0000

http://vimeo.com/47054197

To protest the use of sweat shops by Adidas who are a global partner of the Olympic Games, War on Want projected a giant EXPLOITATION billboard onto a tower block at the Carpenters Road estate in Stratford after the mens 100m sprint final. The Carpenters Road estate is facing demolition and the dispersal of its community after the Olympics. The BBC, whose Olympics studio can be seen at the top of the tower block, made a deal with Newham Council to use the block even though it was deemed unsuitable for residents. The end of the tower block was also used by Gillette as a giant advertising hoarding, highlighting the commercialisation of the London Games.