London Olympics: A Summary of Protests And Meetings
Details of protests and events relating to the Olympics are still trickling in slowly but here is a quick summary of what is coming up between now and (just after) the Olympics opening ceremony.
Tuesday 26 June
Defend the Right to Protest Meeting: The Olympics and Beyond
7pm – 9pm, Harmony Hall, Truro Road, London E17 7BY
A public meeting organised by the Save Leyton Marsh campaign. Sspeakers including Simon Moore, who was recently the recipient of a punitive Olympic ASBO; Alfie Meadows, the student who was charged with violent disorder after his skull was fractured by police; Caroline Day from the Save Leyton Marsh Group; Brian Richardson from the SWP and me speaking on behalf of Newham Monitoring Project.
More information here
Saturday 30 June
No Missiles in Our Community
March called by Stop the Olympic Missiles. Assemble at 1pm at Wennington Green, Mile End Park, London E3 5SN
More information here
Saturday 7 July
The Fattylympics
Billed as a non-profit community event satirising the Olympics and featuring "fat activism, games, performances, stalls and other DIY activities", the Fattylympics will be opened by the actor Erkan Mustafa, who played Roland Browning in the children's TV series Grange Hill.
From 12pm to 5pm at Grassroots Resource Centre, West Ham Memorial Park, Memorial Avenue, London E15 3DB
More information here
Tuesday 17 July
Celebration Capitalism: The London Olympics and Its Discontents
Canadian writer Jules Boykoff discusses the idea of 'celebration capitalism', the affable cousin of Naomi Klein's 'disaster capitalism', pointing to key historical moments in its emergence, how it is playing out in London and how activists are responding.
From 6pm to 8pm at The Birkbeck Institute for Social Research (Room 541, Main Building)
More information here
Monday 23 July
The Austerity Games
The Socialist Party linked 'Youth Fight for Jobs' is organising an alternative Austerity Games with teams competing on Hackney Marshes. Starts at 2pm with "ten athletics events highlighting the plight of young people in the shadow of these expensive and corporate Olympic Games."
More information here
Saturday 28 July
Whose Games? Whose City?
The main demonstration called by the Counter Olympics Network and supported by the majority of other Games resisters.
Assemble at 12 noon at Mile End Park for a family-friendly march to Victoria Park.
More information here
Further updates on other events as I receive them.
Tuesday 26 June
Defend the Right to Protest Meeting: The Olympics and Beyond
7pm – 9pm, Harmony Hall, Truro Road, London E17 7BY
A public meeting organised by the Save Leyton Marsh campaign. Sspeakers including Simon Moore, who was recently the recipient of a punitive Olympic ASBO; Alfie Meadows, the student who was charged with violent disorder after his skull was fractured by police; Caroline Day from the Save Leyton Marsh Group; Brian Richardson from the SWP and me speaking on behalf of Newham Monitoring Project.
More information here
Saturday 30 June
No Missiles in Our CommunityMarch called by Stop the Olympic Missiles. Assemble at 1pm at Wennington Green, Mile End Park, London E3 5SN
More information here
Saturday 7 July
The Fattylympics
Billed as a non-profit community event satirising the Olympics and featuring "fat activism, games, performances, stalls and other DIY activities", the Fattylympics will be opened by the actor Erkan Mustafa, who played Roland Browning in the children's TV series Grange Hill.
From 12pm to 5pm at Grassroots Resource Centre, West Ham Memorial Park, Memorial Avenue, London E15 3DB
More information here
Tuesday 17 July
Celebration Capitalism: The London Olympics and Its Discontents
Canadian writer Jules Boykoff discusses the idea of 'celebration capitalism', the affable cousin of Naomi Klein's 'disaster capitalism', pointing to key historical moments in its emergence, how it is playing out in London and how activists are responding.
From 6pm to 8pm at The Birkbeck Institute for Social Research (Room 541, Main Building)
More information here
Monday 23 July
The Austerity Games
The Socialist Party linked 'Youth Fight for Jobs' is organising an alternative Austerity Games with teams competing on Hackney Marshes. Starts at 2pm with "ten athletics events highlighting the plight of young people in the shadow of these expensive and corporate Olympic Games."
More information here
Whose Games? Whose City?
The main demonstration called by the Counter Olympics Network and supported by the majority of other Games resisters.
Assemble at 12 noon at Mile End Park for a family-friendly march to Victoria Park.
More information here
Further updates on other events as I receive them.
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