As previously related, the introduction of the Poll Tax (officially called the Community Charge) across the UK in 1989-1990 enraged… READ MORE
Food delivery couriers in the IWGB union have challenged Labour’s Philip Glanville, the mayor of Hackney, to meet them and… READ MORE
Who Killed Colin Roach? Colin Roach died of a gunshot wound he received in the foyer of Stoke Newington police… READ MORE
“Blood! Blood! Spilled by police tactics. They batter them, batter them in a tha head.” Rioting swept many parts if… READ MORE
Hidden Histories: Common Land and Squatting in Hackney Intro This walk was made on 17 July 2011 by about 40… READ MORE
Harry Stanley was a 46-year-old Scottish painter and decorator, who lived in Hackney, East London. In September 1999 he was… READ MORE
“On Sat 6th Jan a group of local people, along with others, occupied 139-141 Church Street with the intention of… READ MORE
On December 11th 1875, a crowd of several thousand people assembled on Hackney Downs, East London, to take part in… READ MORE
On Saturday 18th April 2015, more than 100 local residents and anti-fascists turned out at short notice to bar the progress… READ MORE
"People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
~ Rogers Hornsby
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