Getting Better Acquainted

Getting Better Acquainted


GBA 179 Focus E15 Mothers

October 01, 2014

In GBA 179 we get better acquainted with Focus E15 Mothers.

I talk to some of the people involved in the political struggle taking place at the Carpenters Estate, where a group of mothers and their supporters have turned some uninhabited (but perfectly fit to be inhabited) flats into a social centre serving the community and raising awareness of the harsh realities of local and national housing policy.

https://twitter.com/FocusE15

https://twitter.com/E15OpenHouse

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Focus-E15-Mothers/602860129757343

https://www.facebook.com/pages/E15-Open-House-Occupation/1630838387142657

https://www.facebook.com/events/322455237939436/

Also in the episode is a talk given by Mike Jackson one of the members of the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners the activist group featured in the recent film Pride.

http://www.coolcave.co.uk/blog/video/all-out-dancing-in-dulais-1986.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsFY0wHpR5o

More info on Focus E15:

http://t.co/A5mO2CKqmj

http://t.co/ySKSDDOKKj

http://t.co/xcFAZ24103

https://t.co/C7ssh19igq

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAjCiXwP46w

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/23/real-politics-empty-london-housing-estate

We mention:

South London Revolutionary Communist Group:

http://www.revolutionarycommunist.org/

https://www.facebook.com/southlondonrcg

Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbians_and_Gays_Support_the_Miners

Robin Wales:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Wales

Newham Council:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newham_London_Borough_Council

Toll Puddle Martyrs:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolpuddle_Martyrs

The Chartists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartism

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