we also need to start thinking about protests re trees etc ..


>From: "julian cheyne" <juliancheyne@...>
>Reply-To: gamesmonitor@...
>To: gamesmonitor@...
>Subject: Re: [gamesmonitor] Objections to Planning Application for Eastway
>Sports Centre and White Hart Field.
>Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:08:56 +0000
>
>
>
>
>Thanks for your message. I have sent in a comment even though it is after
>the closing date.
>
>Julian
>
>
>
>
>From: "anne woollett" <A.Woollett@...>
>Reply-To: gamesmonitor@...
>To: <gamesmonitor@...>
>Subject: Re: [gamesmonitor] Objections to Planning Application for Eastway
>Sports Centre and White Hart Field.
>Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 22:02:55 +0100
>
>
>
>The planning application is on www.london2012.com/planning Its a bit fiddly
>getting to it- you have to keep scrolling to the bottom of the page to get
>information. - olympics- undecided- and then its divided into lots of
>sections, all which require another scroll down the page.
>Comments are supposed to be with them by Oct 10th- you can provide them
>online- planning.enquiries@...
>It will mean a lot of work on site close to Clays Lane- its appalling that
>the residents haven't been notified of the application. If they get the go
>ahead, work could start in December 2006, although elsehwere I have seen
>reference to early 2007. Whatever the date, its well in advance of the
>summer 2007 date for getting on site. There will be a fair amount of dust
>and noise etc from the work and the lorry movements . Not sure why they are
>in such a hurry to start. 
>There is a meeting on Monday October 16th where Hackney Council and LDA
>will be giving residents and businesses in Hackney Wick area an update and
>allowing them to ask a few questions. (They wont give HMUG a stall- we dont
>fit the branding.....). You may be able to speak to LDA people about this
>application. The sessions runs from 3/45 to 8.00 at Old Baths, Easyway. LBH
>and LDA/ODA etc will have stalls and people there and then there will be
>updating sessions at 4.00, 5.30 and 7pm.
>Anne
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: julian cheyne
>To: gamesmonitor@...
>Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 6:16 PM
>Subject: RE: [gamesmonitor] Objections to Planning Application for Eastway
>Sports Centre and White Hart Field.
>
>
>
>
>Hi
>
>I live at Clays Lane but haven't been informed of this planning
>application. Can you tell me where I can find it and when is the closing
>date for objections.
>
>thanks, Julian Cheyne
>
>
>
>
>From: "anne woollett" <A.Woollett@...>
>Reply-To: gamesmonitor@...
>To: <gamesmonitor@...>
>Subject: [gamesmonitor] Objections to Planning Application for Eastway
>Sports Centre and White Hart Field.
>Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:20:24 +0100
>
>
>
>
>Here is a copy of the objections I have sent from HMUG to this planning
>application. The ODA are proposing to close Quartermile Lane in December
>2006. This will prevent access to Bully Point  and to the cycle and
>pedestrian path from Ruckholt Roat to Temple Mills Lane and Stratford.
>They have no arrangements to improve the cycle facilities on Rckholt Road
>and right turn into Temple Mills Lane. There will be 45 lorries a day
>coming in and out of the site- putting cyclists at greater risk on an
>already busy road and junction. And we will lose the trees and important
>habitat for overwintering invetrebrates on White Hart Field.
>
>
> 
>
> 
>
> 
>
>ODA Application 06/90001/ODA/FUM
>
>Earthworks and remediation (including closure of Quartermile Lane). Eton
>Manor Sports Ground and White Hart Field, London E15.
>
> 
>
>I am writing on behalf of Hackney Marsh User Group to raise objections to
>aspects of this planning application.
>
> 
>
>Hackney Marsh User Group (HMUG) sets up activities and events on Hackney
>Marshes to increase the use of the Marshes by all sectors of community and
>to improve its biodiversity and nature conservation interest by planting
>and caring for trees and hedges, and brings children from local schools to
>the Marshes to create sculpture with natural materials, plant and care for
>trees. HMUG works with other voluntary organisations such as Hackney Tree
>Musketeers and with Hackney Parks. On behalf of HMUG, I have served as a
>community rep on Hackney Wick Partnership since 1997 and am a Trustee of
>Groundwork East London. HMUG have produced leaflets about the Wildlife and
>Trees of Hackney Marshes, East Marsh and Wick
>Woodland (produced to celebrate the tenth birthday of Wick Woodland in
>2006). Information about HMUG activities and news and photographs of the
>Marshes and activities can be seen on www.hackneyenvironment.org.uk and
>follow the links to Hackney Marshes.
>
> 
>
>The closure of Quartermile Lane would prevent pedestrian and cycle access
>to Bully Point Nature Reserve and to the pedestrian and cycle paths which
>link Hackney with Stratford towards the end of 2006, that is over 6 months
>earlier the rest of the Olympics site. The closure of the path will force
>pedestrians and cyclists to use Ruckholt Road and Temple Mills Lane which
>are busy and polluted roads, even before the additional 45 lorries per day
>which the applicants say this development will create. The pedestrian and
>cycle experience will necessarily be made worse. Improvements can and
>should be made to ensure that Ruckholt Road and the busy right turn from
>Ruckholt Road into Temple Mills Lane is made more cycle friendly before
>access to the cycle and pedestrian route are closed.  
>
> 
>
>The application involves the demolition of the wall and buildings along
>Quartermile Lane (5.1.10) Commitments about protecting the important
>historical heritage of the War Memorials is required before permission is
>given to destroy the wall.
>
> 
>
>The applicant fails to address the ecological impact of the loss of 70
>trees and green open space at Eastway and White Hart Field. While the
>destruction of the trees will not take place ‘in the breeding season’, the
>Lea Valley is designated as an important migration route for birds.
>Migrations take place in the spring and autumn: currently flocks of
>starling are gathering in trees and on the ground around the Marshes. White
>Hart Field provides an over-wintering habitat for many invertebrates (A
>copy of the survey undertaken in 2004 for Hackney Biodiversity Partnership
>is attached). A commitment to the replacement of the trees and invertebrate
>habitat is required before permission is given to destroy these habitats.
>
> 
>
>Yours sincerely,
>
> 
>
> 
>
> 
>
> 
>
>Anne Woollett
>
>
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i see there's a few @fed people involved in games monitor hosting a meeting at
the bookfair on 21/10, meeting room 4, 4pm.

http://www.anarchistbookfair.co.uk/All%20the%20meetings.pdf

----- Original Message -----

From: julian cheyne

To: gamesmonitor@...

Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 6:16 PM

Subject: RE: [gamesmonitor] Objections to Planning Application for Eastway Sports Centre and White Hart Field.

Hi

I live at Clays Lane but haven't been informed of this planning application. Can you tell me where I can find it and when is the closing date for objections.

thanks, Julian Cheyne

---

From: "anne woollett" <A.Woollett@...>
Reply-To: gamesmonitor@...
To: <gamesmonitor@...>
Subject: [gamesmonitor] Objections to Planning Application for Eastway Sports Centre and White Hart Field.
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:20:24 +0100

Here is a copy of the objections I have sent from HMUG to this planning application. The ODA are proposing to close Quartermile Lane in December 2006. This will prevent access to Bully Point  and to the cycle and pedestrian path from Ruckholt Roat to Temple Mills Lane and Stratford. They have no arrangements to improve the cycle facilities on Rckholt Road and right turn into Temple Mills Lane. There will be 45 lorries a day coming in and out of the site- putting cyclists at greater risk on an already busy road and junction. And we will lose the trees and important habitat for overwintering invetrebrates on White Hart Field.

 

 

 

ODA Application 06/90001/ODA/FUM

Earthworks and remediation (including closure of Quartermile Lane). Eton Manor Sports Ground and White Hart Field, London E15.

 

I am writing on behalf of Hackney Marsh User Group to raise objections to aspects of this planning application.

 

Hackney Marsh User Group (HMUG) sets up activities and events on Hackney Marshes to increase the use of the Marshes by all sectors of community and to improve its biodiversity and nature conservation interest by planting and caring for trees and hedges, and brings children from local schools to the Marshes to create sculpture with natural materials, plant and care for trees. HMUG works with other voluntary organisations such as Hackney Tree Musketeers and with Hackney Parks. On behalf of HMUG, I have served as a community rep on Hackney Wick Partnership since 1997 and am a Trustee of Groundwork East London. HMUG have produced leaflets about the Wildlife and Trees of Hackney Marshes, East Marsh and Wick Woodland (produced to celebrate the tenth birthday of Wick Woodland in 2006). Information about HMUG activities and news and photographs of the Marshes and activities can be seen on www.hackneyenvironment.org.uk and follow the links to Hackney Marshes.

 

The closure of Quartermile Lane would prevent pedestrian and cycle access to Bully Point Nature Reserve and to the pedestrian and cycle paths which link Hackney with Stratford towards the end of 2006, that is over 6 months earlier the rest of the Olympics site. The closure of the path will force pedestrians and cyclists to use Ruckholt Road and Temple Mills Lane which are busy and polluted roads, even before the additional 45 lorries per day which the applicants say this development will create. The pedestrian and cycle experience will necessarily be made worse. Improvements can and should be made to ensure that Ruckholt Road and the busy right turn from Ruckholt Road into Temple Mills Lane is made more cycle friendly before access to the cycle and pedestrian route are closed.  

 

The application involves the demolition of the wall and buildings along Quartermile Lane (5.1.10) Commitments about protecting the important historical heritage of the War Memorials is required before permission is given to destroy the wall.

 

The applicant fails to address the ecological impact of the loss of 70 trees and green open space at Eastway and White Hart Field. While the destruction of the trees will not take place ‘in the breeding season’, the Lea Valley is designated as an important migration route for birds. Migrations take place in the spring and autumn: currently flocks of starling are gathering in trees and on the ground around the Marshes. White Hart Field provides an over-wintering habitat for many invertebrates (A copy of the survey undertaken in 2004 for Hackney Biodiversity Partnership is attached). A commitment to the replacement of the trees and invertebrate habitat is required before permission is given to destroy these habitats.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

 

Anne Woollett

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Olympian Victory for Laing O'Rourke Protesters

Protesters who scaled cranes, at the King's Cross Channel Tunnel Rail Link
(CTRL) construction site to hang banners in solidarity with an ongoing
workers' struggle, successfully appealed convictions for Aggravated Trespass
last week, in a two-day hearing at the Middlesex Guildhall Crown Court.

The protesters, who represented themselves in both courts, were originally
sentenced to each do 100 hours community punishment and ordered to pay £300
each in costs, at a four-day trial at Horseferry Road Magistrates Court,
split between July and October 2005.

At the original trial the protesters were presented by the prosecution
lawyer as wanting to "emulate the tactics of Fathers4Justice", an accusation
they categorically denied.

The crane occupations in November 2004 were intended to highlight the
disgraceful way Laing O'Rourke was forcing its workers into accepting a new
contract. Migrant workers who could not understand the complex legal jargon
were called to an office one-by-one and told to sign the contract or be
sacked on the spot, without being provided with a translation or time to get
one for themselves.

It was felt at the time that Laing O'Rourke, then an advisor to the London
2012 bid, were introducing the new contract in order to lower wages to be
more attractive as potential bidders for Olympic contracts, so it came as no
surprise when the O'Rourke-led CLM consortium was chosen as the main Olympic
contractor, a contract worth over £100 million to the company.

The Laing O'Rourke workers on the site had held two self-organised sit-ins
in the their site canteen to demand that union representatives from the GMB
be allowed on to the site. Public meetings were held to request support and
it was at one of these that the plan to occupy cranes was formed.

As witnesses for the prosecution, managers from the CTRL site said that the
occupation had caused £20,000 worth of disruption, which the magistrate used
as the basis to return a guilty verdict, but the crown court judge accepted
the protesters argument that having been asked to occupy the cranes by the
workers themselves, they could not be guilty of intending to disrupt those
same workers.

The head of security at the CTRL site, Mick Caldwell, claimed that he had
spoken to the protesters on the day and they had told him: "We are WOMBLES,
we are trespassing and we are here to cause maximum disruption to lawful
activity." - which closely resembles the wording of the charge of Aggravated
Trespass, and would have been tantamount to a confession.

Mick Caldwell also claimed that workers on the site only took action against
the new contract because of "agitation by anti-capitalists including the
organisation known as 'The Samba Band', essentially a support unit for the
WOMBLES".

The protesters revealed in court that Mr Caldwell had essentially directed
the police operation on the day, insisting that police not speak to the
protesters and that they leave the site until the protesters came down of
their own accord - knowing all along that he himself had told them that they
could "stay as long as you like", while telling the police that they had
been asked to come down and refused.

He was able to influence the police in this way because he had spent 31
years in the Metropolitan Police Force, eventually becoming a Chief
Inspector in the notorious Public Order Unit, where he acted as tactical
advisor to Operation Dursley, which saw thousands of people detained for 8
hours without food or water at Oxford Circus on Mayday 2001.

Knowing of his past by the time of the appeal hearing the protesters were
able to use his previous position to their advantage, pointing out that he
must have been aware of Section 69 of the Criminal Justice & Public Order
Act 1994, which gives police the power to force people suspected of
Aggravated Trespass to go elsewhere or be arrested, even if they are not
guilty of Aggravated Trespass.

He appeared to take the presence of anti-capitalists at the King's Cross
site very personally, and he had refused to give a statement to the police
about the occupation, in an apparent attempt to ambush the protesters by
fabricating a bizarre account in the witness box. Luckily for the
protesters, the crown court judge realised he was not a credible witness,
choosing to believe the protesters instead.

For more background on the dispute, and the crane occupation, see:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2004/11/301614.html
http://www.prol-position.net/nl/2005/01/construct

Laing O'Rourke continues to exploit workers, worldwide:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/liverpool/2006/05/341360.html
http://www.middle-east-online.com/ENGLISH/uae/?id=16217
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article354070.ece
http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/front/2006/0328/1928110333HM1ESB.html

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http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/10/353178.html

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This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net

I am posting a whole page from 'Not Just London' to give the full
flavour of it.

MANY REQUESTS ARE BEING RECEIVED FOR PETITION FORMS AND WE DO GET THEM
OUT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.

REMEMBER:- THE SURVEY CARRIED OUT ON BEHALF OF THE GREATER LONDON
AUTHORITY WITH REGARD TO LONDONERS SUPPORT FOR THE 2012 LONDON
OLYMPICS " FUNDING PACKAGE " INVOLVED ONLY 1,022 PERSONS BEING
TELEPHONED. ** ** THEY WERE NOT TOLD ABOUT LONDONERS HAVING TO MEET A
SHARE OF ANY LOSSES **** **** THEY WERE NOT TOLD ABOUT THE TRANSFER OF
OLYMPIC FACILITIES FROM LONDON TO OTHER PARTS OF THE UK **** THEY WERE
ONLY TOLD (Quote) " IT WILL COST LONDONERS ABOUT 38p PER WEEK ",DO YOU
THINK THIS IS A REASONABLE OR UNREASONABLE FINANCIAL PACKAGE
?(Unquote) EVEN ON THIS ONE SIDED BASIS ONLY 636 THOUGHT IT WAS A
REASONABLE DEAL FOR LONDONERS - AND YET THIS IS BEING REFERRED TO AS "
OVERWHELMING SUPPORT " FROM LONDONERS FOR THE LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES.

IN THE SHORT TIME THAT THIS NON PAYMENT CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN GOING WE
HAVE ALREADY COLLECTED THE SIGNATURES OF OVER 4,500 PERSONS OBJECTING
TO THIS OLYMPIC TAX AS COMPARED WITH THE 1,022 WHO WERE TELEPHONED -
AND THE 636 WHO THOUGHT IT "WAS A REASONABLE DEAL " FOR LONDONERS, AND
WE STILL HAVE UNTIL JANUARY 2007 BEFORE WE INTRODUCE OUR NON PAYMENT.
WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF WE COULD OBTAIN AT LEAST A COUPLE OF THOUSAND
NON PAYERS FROM EACH OF THE 32 LONDON BOROUGHS ?   AN ANCHOR PERSON IN
EACH BOROUGH WOULD BE VERY USEFUL - WE COULD LIASE WITH ONE ANOTHER  -
ANY VOLUNTEERS ?

WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO RECEIVE FULLY SIGNED PETITIONS FROM OUTSIDE
OUR AREA SO KEEP THOSE REQUESTS FOR PETITION FORMS COMING IN.     ONCE
YOU START YOU WILL SEE JUST HOW ANNOYED MANY LONDONERS ARE AT THE WAY
THAY HAVE BEEN LED INTO THIS SITUATION AND HOW READY THEY ARE TO FIGHT
BACK AGAINST THOSE WHO ONLY WANT TO DIVE THEIR HANDS INTO OUR POCKETS
FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

IN DUE COURSE WE CAN ASK OUR ELECTED LONDON REPRESENTATIVES TO SUPPORT
OUR CASE BUT IN THE MEANTIME LET'S KEEP GETTING THOSE PETITION FORMS
SIGNED.

BEST OF LUCK - LET'S BE HEARING FROM YOU IF YOU AGREE WITH THIS CAMPAIGN.

SAY " NO" TO THE LONDONERS ONLY OLYMPIC TAX - AND THE DEBTS

More at:  http://www.notjustlondon.com/index.htm

Check the link for all the details.

http://www.alternativearts.co.uk/news/

Martin Slavin

I have just received a an email from David X Pointier saying that
no2london_olympics2012@... list has gone dead, will somebody
explain to me why?

I sent him the following reply.

Dear David

We are now congregating about a new user group at
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/gamesmonitor/.

This was set up about a week ago to act as a discussion forum about the Olympics
after a Games
Monitor meeting about two weeks ago. We agreed that no2london2012 was no longer
an appropriate
title for a group critical of the Olympics.

We decided to keep the no2london2012 email list at riseup in place until its
archive could be
decanted onto the gamesmonitor.org.uk website which should go live by the end of
October. But your
email is a timely reminder that there are others who have been left hanging in
silence because I
have not had wit to realise that I should put an announcement onto the
no2london2012 email list
asap inviting everybody to join the growing membership of the yahoo group.  I
guess it is a
product of the complex history of the no2london2012 activities which I have
stepped into the
middle of and my pre-occupation with getting it up and running.  My apologies
about that.

I shall now post this to the no2london2012 list saying please email me and then
I can send out
invites to the new group.

Martin Slavin




___________________________________________________________
The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your
Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

I am posting these messages from my yahoo account to the group. When I
do that the lines get broken up as you can see, making them a pain
to read. Can someone tell me how I can avoid that please.
I thought yahoo messages were rendered in plain text.

Martin

-- In gamesmonitor@..., Martin Slavin
<games.martin@y...> wrote:
>
> Dear Andy,
>
> I am forwarding this to the group because it is an interesting topic
you have raised which others
> might find interesting.
>
> This was an international campaign that Oxfam were part of leading
up to the Athens Olympics in
> 2004.
> They published A4 Booklet (available from Amazon:
http://tinyurl.com/n7aky ) titled
> Play Fair at the Olympics: 45 Hours of Forced Overtime in One Week
(Oxfam Campaign Reports)
> (Paperback)
> Then the 'Clean Clothes Campaign' produced a report about 'The Play
Fair at the Olympics Campaign'
> titled 'an evaluation of the company responses.' See the report and
current news about the Clean
> Clothes Campaign at:
>
http://www.cleanclothes.org/campaign/olympics2004-eval-company-response.htm
>
> Carolyn Smith will be uploading some briefing information about
sweated labour in the offshore
> Garment industry to the 'Games Monitor' website which you can access
when it goes live.
>
> Martin
>
> --- Andy Walpole <andy_walpole@b...> wrote:
>
> > Just found this website, that although I haven't had a chance to
read very much, it could be of
> > interest:
> >
> >   http://www.fairolympics.org/index.html
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> Now you can scan emails quickly with a reading pane. Get the new
Yahoo! Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
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Dear Andy,

I am forwarding this to the group because it is an interesting topic you have
raised which others
might find interesting.

This was an international campaign that Oxfam were part of leading up to the
Athens Olympics in
2004.
They published A4 Booklet (available from Amazon:  http://tinyurl.com/n7aky )
titled
Play Fair at the Olympics: 45 Hours of Forced Overtime in One Week (Oxfam
Campaign Reports)
(Paperback)
Then the 'Clean Clothes Campaign' produced a report about 'The Play Fair at the
Olympics Campaign'
titled 'an evaluation of the company responses.' See the report and current news
about the Clean
Clothes Campaign at:
  http://www.cleanclothes.org/campaign/olympics2004-eval-company-response.htm

Carolyn Smith will be uploading some briefing information about sweated labour
in the offshore
Garment industry to the 'Games Monitor' website which you can access when it
goes live.

Martin

--- Andy Walpole <andy_walpole@...> wrote:

> Just found this website, that although I haven't had a chance to read very
much, it could be of
> interest:
>
>   http://www.fairolympics.org/index.html
>






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Or you could read an earlier,shorter, more citizen friendly version of the same
ideas in the first
issue of Rising East Online titled 'The Economics of the Olympics Bid', by Gavin
Poynter: at
http://www.uel.ac.uk/risingeast/archive01/features/economicsoftheolympicsbid.htm

Martin





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Mid Nov sounds do-able.  anyone any pref for which day of the week, time?  is
mark going to liaise with passing clouds to book a room?  i live right by there
and would like to check out the venue anyway, so let me know if i can be of any
help...

cheers - carl

========================================
  Message Received: Oct 03 2006, 06:52 PM
  From: "Mark Barrett" <marknbarrett@...>
  To: eleanor@..., gamesmonitor@...
  Cc:
  Subject: Fwd: [gamesmonitor] Olympic Action Group

  great.

  looks like we're all systems go. what do people think about the timing? how
  soon is not too soon to? i'm pretty busy til mid november.

  Mark

  ---------- Forwarded message ----------
  From: Padraig Delgado <padraigdelgado@...>
  Date: 03-Oct-2006 18:29
  Subject: RE: [gamesmonitor] Olympic Action Group
  To: gamesmonitor@...

  I think the proposal is sound and I am up for promoting the idea (and any
  organisation and meetings), with carl's ammendments.

  I have access to a very large postal mailing list including most radical and
  progressive groups in London and nationwide, I'm sure many of them would be
  interested.

  Mat. HSG

  *Carl Taylor Taylor <carl@...>* wrote:



  LOAF, eh?  capacity for bread related puns - sound. joint work with Rising
  (y)East etcetc...

  think the idea of a regular meeting is a good idea.  not sure about once a
  fortnight, tho.  perhaps once a month to begin with.  and suggest it meets
  in rotation in all boroughs affected so's we can establish contact with
  bodies in newham & WF etc.  ????

  cheers, Carl

  ========================================
  Message Received: Oct 03 2006, 03:34 PM
  From: "Mark Barrett" <marknbarrett@...>
  To: gamesmonitor@...
  Cc:
  Subject: [gamesmonitor] Olympic Action Group

  Dear All

  First, thanks to all for organising and attending the Divided City
  meeting last Sunday.

  Report Here by Keith Parkin:
  http://www0.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/10/352437.html

  And additional text to be added to report, thanks to Dave for this :

  'Those present at the conference agreed, with a show of hands, to
  encourage participation, lobbying and protest during the currrent
  London Plan Review of London's planning policies. This included
  supporting calls for residents around London to lobby the London Plan
  'Examination In Public' in June 2007 in the City hall Chamber. It was
  agreed to oppose unwanted or inappropriate development and
  pro-development policies, and to support and promote policies which
  protect community needs, facilities and services.'

  Also, re this and other aspects of the much needed follow up, I would
  like to suggest to the games Monitor group the setting up of some kind
  of Olympic Action group as soon as possible, something that meets
  regularly, [say every two weeks?] as way of networking London wide
  between local groups and also coordinating, info sharing, action
  organising & dealing with other issues relating to London, land & the
  Olympic Games. I think it's extyremely important that an actual
  meeting group [rather than just an e list] is initiated as soon as
  possible,in order to help take things forward. In order to begin
  action [such as the one suggested by Dave and agreed at the meeting,
  outlined above], help get info out to the wider public about the dodgy
  plans [for 2012], help co-ordinate communication between and encourage
  new local meeting groups to form, and ideally come up with an
  alternative
  'people's' plan for 2012, developed 'from below'. A democratic
  alliance in response to 2012.

  What do you all think? I thought the name London Olympic Action
  Forum might be good.

  Anyway, FYI by good fortune there is an excellent new and spacious
  venue in Dalston, with two separate areas so two workshops can be run
  simultaneoulsy, a bar, food and projector facilties, all postmod
  conveniences. It's run by Eleanor Wilson, called Passing Clouds and we
  could certainly use it with her blessing.

  I have Eleanor's number so if any of you would like to co-organise
  this [ i have very little time to do this alone but would happily
  assist ] or even pay her a visit to see what you think, please do
  contact me for her number, or alternatively email her at :
  wilsone@...

  Ok, enough for now. What do you all think? Anyone up for co-organising it ?

  Best wishes
  Mark Barrett

  [People in Common & C421 Coalition for a 21st Century Constitution]

  www.peopleincommon.org
  http://www.aworldtowin.net/frontline/C421openforum2.html

  Xx
  ----
  "Ahimsa" --- refusal to inflict injury on others.
  >A) Ahimsa is dictated by our commitment to communication and to
  sharing of our pieces of the truth. Violence shuts off channels of
  communication.
  >B) The concept of ahimsa appears in most major religions, which
  suggests that while it may not be practiced by most people, it is
  respected as an ideal.
  >C) Ahimsa is an expression of our concern that our own and other's
  humanity be manifested and respected.

  "When I pass protestors every day at Downing Street... I may not like
  what they call me, but I thank God they can. That's called freedom."

  Tony Blair



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  "Ahimsa" --- refusal to inflict injury on others.
  >A) Ahimsa is dictated by our commitment to communication and to
  sharing of our pieces of the truth. Violence shuts off channels of
  communication.
  >B) The concept of ahimsa appears in most major religions, which
  suggests that while it may not be practiced by most people, it is
  respected as an ideal.
  >C) Ahimsa is an expression of our concern that our own and other's
  humanity be manifested and respected.

  "When I pass protestors every day at Downing Street... I may not like
  what they call me, but I thank God they can. That's called freedom."

  Tony Blair

Professor Gavin Poynter, Head of the School of Social Sciences, Media and
Cultural Studies at UEL
will be giving a lecture entitled 'From Beijing to Bow Road: Olympic Cities,
States and Societies
in the Twenty First Century.'  It will take place at the Docklands campus at
5.30pm on Tuesday
October 10th. For further details ring Emma Cale on 020 823 2222.

Or you could read his paper of (almost)the same title by googling; london
east/publications/workingpapers/documents/FromBeijingtoBowBells.pdf ,then
downloading the PDF

Martin






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LOAF, eh?  capacity for bread related puns - sound. joint work with Rising (y)East etcetc...

think the idea of a regular meeting is a good idea.  not sure about once a fortnight, tho.  perhaps once a month to begin with.  and suggest it meets in rotation in all boroughs affected so's we can establish contact with bodies in newham & WF etc.  ????

cheers, Carl

========================================
Message Received: Oct 03 2006, 03:34 PM
From: "Mark Barrett" <marknbarrett@...>
To: gamesmonitor@...
Cc:
Subject: [gamesmonitor] Olympic Action Group

Dear All

First, thanks to all for organising and attending the Divided City
meeting last Sunday.

Report Here by Keith Parkin: http://www0.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/10/352437.html

And additional text to be added to report, thanks to Dave for this :

'Those present at the conference agreed, with a show of hands, to
encourage participation, lobbying and protest during the currrent
London Plan Review of London's planning policies. This included
supporting calls for residents around London to lobby the London Plan
'Examination In Public' in June 2007 in the City hall Chamber. It was
agreed to oppose unwanted or inappropriate development and
pro-development policies, and to support and promote policies which
protect community needs, facilities and services.'

Also, re this and other aspects of the much needed follow up, I would
like to suggest to the games Monitor group the setting up of some kind
of Olympic Action group as soon as possible, something that meets
regularly, [say every two weeks?] as way of networking London wide
between local groups and also coordinating, info sharing, action
organising & dealing with other issues relating to London, land & the
Olympic Games. I think it's extyremely important that an actual
meeting group [rather than just an e list] is initiated as soon as
possible,in order to help take things forward. In order to begin
action [such as the one suggested by Dave and agreed at the meeting,
outlined above], help get info out to the wider public about the dodgy
plans [for 2012], help co-ordinate communication between and encourage
new local meeting groups to form, and ideally come up with an
alternative
'people's' plan for 2012, developed 'from below'. A democratic
alliance in response to 2012.

What do you all think? I thought the name London Olympic Action
Forum might be good.

Anyway, FYI by good fortune there is an excellent new and spacious
venue in Dalston, with two separate areas so two workshops can be run
simultaneoulsy, a bar, food and projector facilties, all postmod
conveniences. It's run by Eleanor Wilson, called Passing Clouds and we
could certainly use it with her blessing.

I have Eleanor's number so if any of you would like to co-organise
this [ i have very little time to do this alone but would happily
assist ] or even pay her a visit to see what you think, please do
contact me for her number, or alternatively email her at :
wilsone@...

Ok, enough for now. What do you all think? Anyone up for co-organising it ?

Best wishes
Mark Barrett

[People in Common & C421 Coalition for a 21st Century Constitution]

www.peopleincommon.org
http://www.aworldtowin.net/frontline/C421openforum2.html

Xx
----
"Ahimsa" --- refusal to inflict injury on others.
>A) Ahimsa is dictated by our commitment to communication and to
sharing of our pieces of the truth. Violence shuts off channels of
communication.
>B) The concept of ahimsa appears in most major religions, which
suggests that while it may not be practiced by most people, it is
respected as an ideal.
>C) Ahimsa is an expression of our concern that our own and other's
humanity be manifested and respected.

"When I pass protestors every day at Downing Street... I may not like
what they call me, but I thank God they can. That's called freedom."

Tony Blair

LOAF, eh?  capacity for bread related puns - sound. joint work with Rising
(y)East etcetc...

think the idea of a regular meeting is a good idea.  not sure about once a
fortnight, tho.  perhaps once a month to begin with.  and suggest it meets in
rotation in all boroughs affected so's we can establish contact with bodies in
newham & WF etc.  ????

cheers, Carl

========================================
  Message Received: Oct 03 2006, 03:34 PM
  From: "Mark Barrett" <marknbarrett@...>
  To: gamesmonitor@...
  Cc:
  Subject: [gamesmonitor] Olympic Action Group

  Dear All

  First, thanks to all for organising and attending the Divided City
  meeting last Sunday.

  Report Here by Keith Parkin:
http://www0.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/10/352437.html

  And additional text to be added to report, thanks to Dave for this :

  'Those present at the conference agreed, with a show of hands, to
  encourage participation, lobbying and protest during the currrent
  London Plan Review of London's planning policies. This included
  supporting calls for residents around London to lobby the London Plan
  'Examination In Public' in June 2007 in the City hall Chamber. It was
  agreed to oppose unwanted or inappropriate development and
  pro-development policies, and to support and promote policies which
  protect community needs, facilities and services.'

  Also, re this and other aspects of the much needed follow up, I would
  like to suggest to the games Monitor group the setting up of some kind
  of Olympic Action group as soon as possible, something that meets
  regularly, [say every two weeks?] as way of networking London wide
  between local groups and also coordinating, info sharing, action
  organising & dealing with other issues relating to London, land & the
  Olympic Games. I think it's extyremely important that an actual
  meeting group [rather than just an e list] is initiated as soon as
  possible,in order to help take things forward. In order to begin
  action [such as the one suggested by Dave and agreed at the meeting,
  outlined above], help get info out to the wider public about the dodgy
  plans [for 2012], help co-ordinate communication between and encourage
  new local meeting groups to form, and ideally come up with an
  alternative
  'people's' plan for 2012, developed 'from below'. A democratic
  alliance in response to 2012.

  What do you all think? I thought the name London Olympic Action
  Forum might be good.

  Anyway, FYI by good fortune there is an excellent new and spacious
  venue in Dalston, with two separate areas so two workshops can be run
  simultaneoulsy, a bar, food and projector facilties, all postmod
  conveniences. It's run by Eleanor Wilson, called Passing Clouds and we
  could certainly use it with her blessing.

  I have Eleanor's number so if any of you would like to co-organise
  this [ i have very little time to do this alone but would happily
  assist ] or even pay her a visit to see what you think, please do
  contact me for her number, or alternatively email her at :
  wilsone@...

  Ok, enough for now. What do you all think? Anyone up for co-organising it ?

  Best wishes
  Mark Barrett

  [People in Common & C421 Coalition for a 21st Century Constitution]

  www.peopleincommon.org
  http://www.aworldtowin.net/frontline/C421openforum2.html

  Xx
  ----
  "Ahimsa" --- refusal to inflict injury on others.
  >A) Ahimsa is dictated by our commitment to communication and to
  sharing of our pieces of the truth. Violence shuts off channels of
  communication.
  >B) The concept of ahimsa appears in most major religions, which
  suggests that while it may not be practiced by most people, it is
  respected as an ideal.
  >C) Ahimsa is an expression of our concern that our own and other's
  humanity be manifested and respected.

  "When I pass protestors every day at Downing Street... I may not like
  what they call me, but I thank God they can. That's called freedom."

  Tony Blair

Dear All

First, thanks to all for organising and attending the Divided City
meeting last Sunday.

Report Here by Keith Parkin: http://www0.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/10/352437.html

And additional text to be added to report, thanks to Dave for this :

'Those present at the conference agreed, with a show of hands, to
encourage participation, lobbying and protest during the currrent
London Plan Review of London's planning policies. This included
supporting calls for residents around London to lobby the London Plan
'Examination In Public' in June 2007 in the City hall Chamber. It was
agreed to oppose unwanted or inappropriate development and
pro-development policies, and to support and promote policies which
protect community needs, facilities and services.'

Also, re this and other aspects of the much needed follow up, I would
like to suggest to the games Monitor group the setting up of some kind
of Olympic Action group as soon as possible, something that meets
regularly, [say every two weeks?] as way of networking London wide
between local groups and also coordinating, info sharing, action
organising & dealing with other issues relating to London, land & the
Olympic Games. I think it's extyremely important that an actual
meeting group [rather than just an e list] is initiated as soon as
possible,in order to help take things forward. In order to begin
action [such as the one suggested by Dave and agreed at the meeting,
outlined above], help get info out to the wider public about the dodgy
plans [for 2012], help co-ordinate communication between and encourage
new local meeting groups to form, and ideally come up with an
alternative
'people's' plan for 2012, developed 'from below'. A democratic
alliance in response to 2012.

What do you all think? I thought the name London Olympic Action
Forum might be good.

Anyway, FYI by good fortune there is an excellent new and spacious
venue in Dalston, with two separate areas so two workshops can be run
simultaneoulsy, a bar, food and projector facilties, all postmod
conveniences. It's run by Eleanor Wilson, called Passing Clouds and we
could certainly use it with her blessing.

I have Eleanor's number so if any of you would like to co-organise
this [ i have very little time to do this alone but would happily
assist ] or even pay her a visit to see what you think, please do
contact me for her number, or alternatively email her at :
wilsone@...

Ok, enough for now. What do you all think? Anyone up for co-organising it ?

Best wishes
Mark Barrett

[People in Common & C421 Coalition for a 21st Century Constitution]

www.peopleincommon.org
http://www.aworldtowin.net/frontline/C421openforum2.html

Xx
----
"Ahimsa" --- refusal to inflict injury on others.
>A) Ahimsa is dictated by our commitment to communication and to
sharing of our pieces of the truth. Violence shuts off channels of
communication.
>B) The concept of ahimsa appears in most major religions, which
suggests that while it may not be practiced by most people, it is
respected as an ideal.
>C) Ahimsa is an expression of our concern that our own and other's
humanity be manifested and respected.

"When I pass protestors every day at Downing Street... I may not like
what they call me, but I thank God they can. That's called freedom."

Tony Blair

I am forwarding this email from Julie Sumner of the allotments
committee for your information

Martin Slavin

Dear all,
just to let you know the outcome of the visit. It was a very positive
event.

He commented on how struck (translate 'worried') by the level of
support for our campaign and the media interest. There is no one in
the LDA senior to Mr Blacker, only a number of other Directors on the
same level.

He acknowledged how important it is to do everything possible to keep
the community of Manor Gardening Society intact. He was very moved by
our descriptions of what the plots mean to us and why it is impossible
to move us without major disruption. He had not understood that a
community with such deep roots as ours cannot be airlifted to another
site and carry on as if nothing had happened.

He paced the length and breadth of the site (in his nice suit and
leather shoes in the rain!) to establish for himself the scale and
layout of it.

He agreed that the design of the Legacy Park would not work without
the involvement of ourselves as land users.

Tak, our architectural adviser, asked him to look at a business plan
he is putting together with the London School of Economics. This plan
will evaluate from a business point of view the comparative costs of
bulldozing the allotments or retaining the allotments. Mr Blacker, who
is primarily a business man, said he would be very interested to look
at the plan.

There has been plenty of media follow-up.
This consists of:-
A front page article in the Stratford Guardian,
A half-page in the Hackney Gazette,
A radio piece on Resonance FM 104.4 (very popular with young people I
believe) on Saturday lunchtime, with a rallying cry at the end by the
presenter to support this campaign.
BBC 1 have decided to make a programme about us for their Inside Out
current affairs series on Monday nights at 7.30 pm. This will probably
be shown on 23rd October just ahead of the publication of the London
Assembly report 'An Enquiry into Allotments' on 25th Oct. I might need
some help with this as they need to film people on their plots and
possibly a community gathering.
And finally an ITV series 'Disappearing London,'  want to make a piece
on us to be broadcast in Jan/Feb.
This is a good spread of coverage which will keep the pressure on.
There are also several other proposals for publicity in the pipeline.
I'll let you know if any of them solidify.

So where are we now in terms of our chances of staying? In my view the
crack in the door has widened considerably and I would put our chances
as having gone from 5% to 25%.
We are in a strategic position in the Park and they are very worried
by the level of support we have. To illustrate this, on Monday after
Mr Blacker had been with us for an hour, his assistant Vincent
Bartlett (who we normally deal with at the LDA meetings) tapped me on
the shoulder and said, 'Just a couple more questions now Julie.' I
said, 'But I was told he would be here from 2 til 5!' Vincent looked
shocked and said, 'But nobody gets that much of Gareth Blackers'
time!' Outraged at the arrogance I replied, 'But Vincent, we deserve it!'
This level of input shows how worried the LDA are about us.

Julie Sumner

Just to let you know that Clays Lane will be discussed at tomorrow's
Cabinet meeting of Tower Hamlets council. you can check the details on
line
http://194.201.98.217/Committee/CE_CommCalendar.nsf/WebCalendar/80256BE
4003580338025715E0053641B?OpenDocument

The meeting starts at 17.30 in Mulberry Place E14 and it's too late to
make any representations- questions and petitions are accepted 7 days
prior to meetings.

Monika

Since I am new to this lark I am still trying to figure out ( in the
immortal words of Ze Frank; http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/)'How do
you work this thing."

So after lots of hacking I am now reborn as games.martin@....
This way, I feebly hope, I won't get snowed under by emails from all
the other desperado's trying to get me interested in THEIR hairbrained
schemes when we at Games Monitor are going to have too much of our
time taken up with trying to figure out OUR hairbrained scheme.

Anyway.
I am initiating this thread to focus on issues and niggles about
making the forum work smoothly.

  We few, who have been beavering away setting up the website and this
forum, see this as a discussion forum about contentious issues about
the 2012 Olympics and part of a wider process of understanding the
oncoming juggernaut and building a community of diverse interests.

The website www.gamesmonitor.org.uk when it goes live soon will be an
information access node for anybody who wishes to become informed
about the political economy of the Olympics in London primarily but
elsewhere as well. It will have lots of URL links and an upcoming
events listing amongst other features.

There will also be a facility for visitors to post their comments
about anything which bestirs them to write.

An early responder to the invites I sent out asks,

  "I just wanted to ask if the list is blind: when we receive messages
do we  see the whole list at the same time, or not?

To which I replied,

"Yes the list is as blind as each new member wishes it to be.

I sent the circulated list to each member of that list from the LSF
meeting because the meeting requested that. That list only appeared on
the invites which each person on that list received from me. It does
not appear on any posting from me to the group site.

I shall also post a message to the group requesting that its contents
not be posted anywhere else because that meeting did not agree to do
that."

I am reinforcing that request now. Please.

We already have 16 members joined. Some as themselves, some as their
alter egos, some as tags of one kind and another. Welcome all. Some
have responded with net names/personal names I can't find on the
original list. I was thinking of replying to them as soon as I can
requesting them to connect themselves with names on the list. But
maybe that is a bit futile because anybody can come and join in until
they do something intolerable and they get booted out.

Anyway. I shall continue, like others I hope, to make this thing up as
we go along.

Martin

Read the document " Probable impacts of the Lower Lea Valley
Developments (particularly the Olympics phase) on tenants in privately
rented accommodation," prepared from research by Martin Slavin.

Available at;  http://www.hic-net.org/articles.asp?PID=543