Demanding climate justice in Paris
Sue Wheat travelled with friends from Waltham Forest to demand climate justice at the recent COP21 talks hosted by the United Nations in Paris. Here she gives her thoughts on the experience. For the...
View ArticleI don’t regret risking prison to defend the climate
Walthamstow solicitor Melanie Strickland was this week given a suspended sentence for her part in a protest at Heathrow Airport – here she explains why she has no regrets In July 2015 myself and twelve...
View ArticleDivest movement grows
Divest Waltham Forest activist Rob Platts on last month’s demonstration against fossil fuel investments Campaigners from Divest Waltham Forest gathered with hundreds from around the UK outside City...
View ArticleHarvesting olives in disappearing Palestine
Rada Daniell, chair of Waltham Forest Palestine Solidarity Campaign, shares her experiences visiting the occupied West Bank last year After being an avid follower of developments in Palestine for...
View ArticleWhy I voted ‘leave’
Chingford resident Alka Sehgal Cuthbert explains why Brexit can be positive for Waltham Forest I read the Echo‘s front page article last month, Support for International Community, with some interest....
View ArticleOpposition to grammar schools voiced
Russell Hargrave reports on a recent demonstration in Walthamstow against academic selection Local campaigners have joined forces to campaign against re-introducing grammar schools in Waltham Forest....
View ArticleSkyscraper plans opposed
Opponents of plans to build a 27-storey skyscraper in the centre of Walthamstow have submitted a petition to the council signed by more than 2,000 people. The petition signatories claim the scheme...
View ArticleSame old storey
David Gardiner on the latest development proposal for Walthamstow town centre Walthamstow Town Square is a pleasant open space with a relatively unbroken skyline – but maybe not for long. Capital and...
View ArticleFans’ fund for Leyton Orient tops £150,000
Protests as club is relegated from Football League for first time in 112 years Fans and supporters of Leyton Orient have now raised more than £150,000 for a ‘regeneration fund’ aimed at saving the...
View ArticleWarning over £25m schools budget cut
Report by James Cracknell Major cuts of up to £25million are set to be made to Waltham Forest’s schools budget, trade unions are warning. The new national funding formula for schools that the...
View ArticleLabour councillors approve tower plans despite protest
Opponents to scheme that will see town square built on vow ‘this is just the beginning’ Plans to build four tower blocks and extend The Mall by reducing Walthamstow Town Square and Gardens by one-third...
View Article‘Occupation’ protest planned over Mall redevelopment
Residents invited to occupy Walthamstow Town Square in opposition to 29-storey scheme An ‘occupation’ protest is being planned this month against plans to build over part of Walthamstow Town Square and...
View ArticleMayor of London demands more affordable housing at Mall redevelopment
Report by James Cracknell Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has approved the planned redevelopment of The Mall in Walthamstow town centre – after the quota of ‘affordable’ housing was increased. The council...
View ArticleFighting racism in Waltham Forest
Sophie Bolt, chair of Stand up to Racism Waltham Forest, on how the borough has responded to a recent rise in hate crime Waltham Forest is incredibly diverse, with over half the population from...
View ArticlePride in Waltham Forest
Aaron Kiely on why it’s time for Waltham Forest’s first Pride event Late last year there were two violent homophobic attacks in Walthamstow – with gay men punched and told “you are not welcome”. This...
View ArticleFighting for your rights
Dave Knight on a campaign group’s efforts to support vulnerable people Waltham Forest Stand Up For Your Rights is a local organisation that supports benefits claimants and campaigns on the problems...
View ArticleHospitals should not be hostile
Terry Day, co-chair of Waltham Forest Save Our NHS, speaks out over ‘hostile environment’ policies The government has relentlessly highlighted the so-called abuse of the National Health Service by...
View ArticleWhy I stopped a deportation flight
Walthamstow resident and Stansted 15 protester Melanie Strickland on why she’ll keep fighting to help vulnerable deportees I was convicted of an absurd terror-related charge this week, on International...
View ArticleStansted 15 protesters vow to ‘fight on’
No immediate jail time for local campaigners who stopped deportation flight, reports James Cracknell Fifteen people who stopped a deportation flight from taking off at Stansted Airport have vowed to...
View ArticleRebel for life
Environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion now has a group in Walthamstow, writes Jessica Townsend I first began to properly engage with the sixth mass extinction – the fact that we are losing...
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