Shame on this. The urge to privatise starts at the top of central government and wiggles its way through the administrative networks till it arrives at a street near you. OPEN Dalston

Friends of Ashwin Street move to secure community benefit in Hackney’s fire sale of public cultural asset opendalston.blogspot.com/?m=1

Learn from history. We mustn’t let the mammonists anywhere near Ashwin Street opendalston.blogspot.com/2015/02/mayor-…

Next Sat 24th May from 1.30 at Rio Cinema I’ll be doing a Q&A with director Winstan Whitter on these two Hackney documentary films which we collaborated on about environmental & social justice Read more here opendalston.blogspot.com/?m=1

1/5: Thread on the redevelopment of Hackney's Woodberry Down Estate using data from a Public Interest Law Centre. report In 1999, before redevelopment, there were 2013 homes, 1438 (71%) at social rented By 2040, at the end, there will be 1126 social rent homes (20%) pilc.org.uk/gentrification…

Massive tower block development planned for Dalston’s Kingsland Shopping Centre opendalston.blogspot.com/?m=1

As deadline looms, will Dalston’s community win its bid for Colvestone school in competition with commercial interests? opendalston.blogspot.com/?m=1

‘Beautiful Gothic Dalston school shut last year – we want to turn it into art and music space’ hackneycitizen.co.uk/2025/10/24/col…

Colvestone School open space again under threat from development opendalston.blogspot.com/?m=1

More about an offshore landlord's attempt to summarily evict local businesses here: opendalston.blogspot.com/2026/02/off-sh…

Mayor of Hackney street markets are under threat all over London. We know that with the right approach they can grow and change in the interests of the people who work in them. The 2022 plan was a major step forwards. Please do what you can to save the Shopping Village!

"Hackney council, for their part... did not offer a time frame for reopening... They did not explain why the council hadn’t taken over the lease of the site, as pledged in 2022." Hackney Council, how can you refuse to even engage like this? the-londoner.co.uk/exclusive-ridl…