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Inside the Social Centre Plus - 122 Deptford High Street Occupation

A group calling themselves Social Centre Plus have been occupying a closed Job Centre on 122 Deptford High Street, London for a month. Here are...

by Mary Stamm-Clarke in United Kingdom on 12/04/2011

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Bailiffs attempt to evict squatters occupying 122 Deptford High Street

A group calling themselves Social Centre Plus have been occupying a closed Job Centre on 122 Deptford High Street, London for a month. Bailiffs and...

by Mary Stamm-Clarke in United Kingdom on 12/04/2011

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Carnival against Cuts in Lewisham

Lewisham People Before Profit and Lewisham Anti-Cuts Alliance organised a carnival against cuts in Lewisham today. Protesters gathered outside more...

by Behzad in United Kingdom on 19/02/2011

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12/04/2011 - Inside the Social Centre Plus - 122 Deptford High Street Occupation - United Kingdom - A group calling themselves Social...
12/04/2011 - Bailiffs attempt to evict squatters occupying 122 Deptford High Street - United Kingdom - A group calling themselves Social...
19/02/2011 - Carnival against Cuts in Lewisham - United Kingdom - Lewisham People Before Profit and...
02/04/2010 - Darren Johnson Launching the Green Party's Older People's Pledge - United Kingdom - Darren Johnson (candidate for Lewisham...
23/03/2010 - Demonstration Against Crown Estate Sale of Affordable Homes - United Kingdom - Angry tenants living in affordable and...
04/03/2010 - Darren Johnson on the Campaign Trail in Lewisham. - United Kingdom - Darren Johnson out in Lewisham on the...
04/03/2010 - Darren Johnson on the Campaign Trail in Lewisham. - United Kingdom - Darren Johnson out in Lewisham on the...
07/12/2009 - Charlotte Dingle at "The Wave" Demonstration - United Kingdom - Charlotte Dingle co-chair of the Young...
07/12/2009 - Charlotte Dingle at "The Wave" Demonstration - United Kingdom - Charlotte Dingle co-chair of the Young...
30/08/2009 - London Climate Camp 2009 at Blackheath London; - United Kingdom - Thousands of people converged on London...

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Suspected Looters Arrested - London
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'Martijn' a project documenting London's transvestite scene
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Funeral procession for the National Health Service in Lewisham
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Lewisham Protest at NHS Cuts And Sell-Off
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March to save the National Health Service - London
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Bailiffs attempt to evict squatters occupying 122 Deptford High Street
A group calling themselves Social Centre Plus have been occupying a closed Job Centre on 122 Deptford High Street, London for a month. Bailiffs and police came in attempt to remove them...
Inside the Social Centre Plus - 122 Deptford High Street Occupation
A group calling themselves Social Centre Plus have been occupying a closed Job Centre on 122 Deptford High Street, London for a month. Here are exclusive inside pictures of the building...
Ken Livingstone Photo-call at London Canal in aid of Clean Water
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South London feeder march preparing to join the TUC mass demonstration
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Carnival against Cuts in Lewisham
Lewisham People Before Profit and Lewisham Anti-Cuts Alliance organised a carnival against cuts in Lewisham today. Protesters gathered outside more than 30 locations across the borough,...
Memorial plaque for New Cross fire victims unveiled
A memorial plaque has been unveiled in memory of 13 black youngsters who died in a fire at a flat in south-east London 30 years ago. New Cross, London, UK. 18/01/2011
New Years Parade 2011, London
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Londoners Protest Nuclear Trains
A protest against trains taking highly toxic radioactive waste through densely populated North London was given added moment by President Obama's recent warning that nuclear terror...
Darren Johnson Launching the Green Party's Older People's Pledge
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Darren Johnson on the Campaign Trail in Lewisham.
Darren Johnson out in Lewisham on the campaign trail. Lewisham, UK. 04/03/2010
Charlotte Dingle at "The Wave" Demonstration
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Demonstration Against Crown Estate Sale of Affordable Homes
Angry tenants living in affordable and key worker housing owned by the Crown Estate grouped together from five London boroughs and rallied outside the Estate’s headquarters in New Burli...
London Climate Camp 2009 at Blackheath London;
Thousands of people converged on London for the annual Climate Camp protest when the various bands of supporters were led to Blackheath, a prosperous suburb in South East London. Now th...