Tag Archives: Lunar House

‘I don’t come from round here. I am a migrant, too’

Posted on September 4, 2015 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: After watching the news, PETER UNDERWOOD has a confession to make The BNP has decided to parade its ignorance in the centre of Croydon tomorrow. When I see their members’ nasty, hate-filled, anti-immigration stance – echoed by too … Continue reading →

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Protest group: ‘We must never give a foothold to the Nazis’

Posted on August 31, 2015 by insidecroydon

By Stephen Aselford, chair of Croydon DPAC On September 5, Croydon Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) will be protesting alongside local trade unions and anti-fascists against the BNP coming to Croydon. Standing up to racism and fascism is a key … Continue reading →

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Unions call for support for anti-BNP rally at Lunar House

Posted on August 28, 2015 by insidecroydon

Local trades unionists and activists are to hold a rally outside Lunar House on September 5, as a counter-demonstration to a protest by the fascist British National Party. The BNP, possibly accompanied by some of their mates from the EDL, … Continue reading →

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“Standing up to the EVF was the right thing to do”

Posted on July 29, 2013 by insidecroydon

DAVID WHITE took to the streets of Croydon on Saturday to make a stand against the EVF When racist or fascist groups take to the streets, should we ignore them or demonstrate against them? This dilemma faced multi-racial Croydon when … Continue reading →

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Tory MP Ottaway decries EVF demonstration as “rubbish”

Posted on July 27, 2013 by insidecroydon

Lord Bletchingley has spoken. The MP for Croydon South is usually far too busy to deal with matters affecting Croydon as a whole, what with his role at Westminster on the foreign affairs committee, filling in his expenses claims or, … Continue reading →

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Union pulls out of hustings over exclusion of six candidates

Posted on November 20, 2012 by insidecroydon

One of the country’s biggest trades unions, the PCS, has pulled out of sponsorship and organisation of a hustings debate planned to be held in Thornton Heath on Tuesday evening because half the candidates for the November 29 Croydon North … Continue reading →

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Installation that puts the guf into Ruskin Square

Posted on October 28, 2012 by insidecroydon

As you’ve stood on the platforms at East Croydon lately, have you wondered what the eclectic collection of random fixtures on the vacant site that was supposed to be “the gateway” to Croydon might be? There’s some explanation in this … Continue reading →

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Croydon, 21st century slavery and the sex trade

Posted on October 29, 2011 by insidecroydon

Did you think slavery had been abolished nearly 200 years ago? Not in Croydon it hasn’t. When you read a magazine article like the one we found in The Observer a couple of weeks ago, you cannot fail but be … Continue reading →

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