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Stairs

November 26, 2016
Stairs leading to the platform, Whitechapel Station, London c.1985

Stairs leading to the platform, Whitechapel Station, London c.1985

Hazuan approaches the stairs at Fleet Street Hill, 2003

A lone figure approaches the stairs at Fleet Street Hill. Spitalfields 2003

Stairs in Pauline House, 1986

Stairs in Pauline House, Spitalfields 1986

Stairway, New York 2005

Stairway, New York 2005

Stairway, New York 2005

Whitechapel gallery staircase

Whitechapel gallery staircase, 1989

St John 2016

Staircase at St John Bethnal Green 2016

Fleet Street Hill

Fleet Street Hill staircase. Spitalfields 1988

Walking up to the platform, Whitechapel 2009

Walking up to the platform, Whitechapel 2009

Going up to the platform, Barbican 2005

Going up stairs to the platform, Barbican 2005

Walking up from the platform, Whitechapel 2009

Walking up stairs from the platform, Whitechapel 2009

St John 2016

Staircase at St John Bethnal Green 2016

For The Rich By The Rich

November 25, 2016

According to Tory spin doctors working families were given ‘jam’ this week in the Autumn statement. In reality Tory chancellor Hammond has chosen tax cuts for corporations and the rich, rather than putting money in the pockets of ordinary workers. Low-income families are going to be much worse off by the end of the decade. Most of the cuts planned by Osborne are going ahead as planned through freezing in-work benefits, rolling out universal credit and slashing disability payments. According to the parliamentary register of interests the former chancellor has been earning up to £81,000 a time addressing US banks and other financial institutions. In one month alone Osborne made more than £300,000 from speeches. A government  of AUSTERITY  FOR THE RICH BY THE RICH.

Here are some images of people fighting back in the past and this year.

Workers on strike, East London c.1988

Workers on strike, East London c.1988

March against government cuts in jobs, services and pensions. London November 2011

March against government cuts in jobs, services and pensions. London November 2011

Poll Tax Protesters, Chicksand Estate 1990

Poll Tax Protesters, Chicksand Estate, London 1990

March against government cuts in jobs, services and pensions. London November 2011

March against government cuts in jobs, services and pensions. London November 2011

Housing protest, early 1990's

Housing protest, Canary Wharf early 1990s

March against government cuts in jobs, services and pensions. London November 2011

March against government cuts in jobs, services and pensions. London November 2011

Housing protest, Stepney early 1980's

Housing protest, Stepney early 1980s

Protest, Whitechapel 2008

Protest against education cuts, Whitechapel 2008

Protesting against the sale of Council Housing, 1980's

Protesting against the sale of Council Housing in Tower Hamlets, 1980s

Liverpool NHS Rally 2016

Liverpool NHS Rally 2016

Demonstration against NHS cuts. London 1987

Demonstration against NHS cuts. London 1987

Liverpool 2016

Liverpool 2016

You can support the feature length film about the fight against Austerity here: ‘Austerity Fight’

 

 

Chimney Tops

November 23, 2016
Spitalfields roof topsand spire, c. 1987

Spitalfields roof tops, chimneys and spire, c. 1987

Christchurch and rooftops 1999

Christchurch Spitalfields, rooftops & chimneys 1999

Warehouse roof

Chimneys on The Highway, Shadwell London 1982

Chimneys in Spitalfields, 1998

Chimneys in Spitalfields, 1998

Christchurch Spitalfields

Christchurch spire with chimneys, Spitalfields 1991

Truman Chimney Brick Lane. London 2002

Truman brewery chimney, Brick Lane. London 2002

The Anglican Cathedral

The Anglican Cathedral (& chimneys) in Liverpool c.1977

Chimneys in Spitalfields, 1998

Chimneys in Spitalfields, 1998

Truman chimney, Brick Lane

Truman brewery chimney, Brick Lane 2007

Liverpool 8, 1981

Empty homes with chimneys, Liverpool 8, 1981

Passengers in boat. Bangladesh 1996

Boat on a river (with chimneys). Bangladesh 1996

Buriganga river with a few boats, 1992

Buriganga river with a few boats & distant chimneys. Bangladesh 1992

Around St Pauls Cathedral

November 22, 2016

Below is the distant view I had from my flat in Whitechapel of St Pauls Cathedral in 1987. The dome has now vanished from the landscape following the building, in subsequent years of office blocks in and around the City of London.

The City with St Pauls, 1987

The City with St Pauls viewed from Spitalfields, 1987

View from Whitechapel 2006

View from Whitechapel 2006

Looking West from Whitechapel 2014

Looking West from Whitechapel 2014

St Pauls 2002

St Pauls 2002

St Pauls 2002

St Pauls 2002

St Pauls 2002

St Pauls 2002

St Pauls 2002

St Pauls 2002

Capitalism in Crisis protest, St Pauls Cathedral 2011.

Capitalism in Crisis protest, St Pauls Cathedral 2011.

St Pauls 2002

St Pauls 2002

St Pauls underground

St Pauls underground station, 2007

Planet for sale. Capitalism is Crisis protest, St Pauls Cathedral 2011.

Planet for sale. Capitalism is Crisis protest, St Pauls Cathedral 2011.

Rain near St Pauls. London 2006

Rain near St Pauls. London 2006