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Opinion: 'The campaign for divestment in Hackney may yet be won'

'As Hackney goes to the polls, at issue is not only divestment, but whether the council’s fundamental decision-making structures are actually fit for purpose' says Gwen Jones

Author: Gwen Jones

Photograph of Divestment campaigners at Hackney Town Hall

Mega-pension fund faces calls to divest from firms 'enabling Israeli violations'

Shake the CIV said the pension fund currently invests £7billion into companies “complicit in Israel’s crimes”

Author: Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter

Mega-pension fund faces calls to divest from firms 'enabling Israeli violations'

‘It’s not f***ing okay’ - Tempers flare at council debate over Hackney’s 'ties' with Israel

The council has faced pressure from Green party and Independent Socialist councillors to end its twinning relationship with Haifa, but Hackney Labour party has accused its opponents of political game-playing

Author: Hackney Citizen

Protestors outside Hackney Town Hall

Local elections 2026: Independent Socialists unveil two candidates for Homerton

Heather Mendick and Alana Heaney bidding to oust Labour incumbents

Author: Hackney Citizen

Alana Heaney and Heather Mendick

Pro-Palestine activist highlights plight of Palestinians following 'terrifying' West Bank arrest

Susanne Björk urges residents to support Palestinians following her deportation ordeal

Author: Hackney Citizen

Pro-Palestine activist highlights plight of Palestinians following 'terrifying' West Bank arrest

Mayor joins vigil marking 'grief and horror' of Middle East conflict

Caroline Woodley gives emotional speech at Clapton Common in response to Israel-Palestine war

Author: Hackney Citizen

Mayor joins vigil marking 'grief and horror' of Middle East conflict

Unions ‘blocked’ by council from discussing pension fund investments

Unison representatives critical of Hackney’s refusal to divest pensions say council is ignoring members’ survey

Author: Hackney Citizen

Unions ‘blocked’ by council from discussing pension fund investments

Divestment activists ‘jumping on bandwagon’, says Hackney’s pensions chair

Cllr Kam Adams says campaigners’ demands unclear – despite persistent calls for council to pull funds from specific arms firms

Author: Hackney Citizen

Divestment activists ‘jumping on bandwagon’, says Hackney’s pensions chair

Cries of 'betrayal' as Town Hall stands by twinning arrangement with Israeli city

Mayor says council is 'committed' to controversial relationship after thousands sign petition to cut ties with Haifa

Author: Hackney Citizen

Cries of 'betrayal' as Town Hall stands by twinning arrangement with Israeli city

Fresh calls for Hackney to sever ties with Israeli city amid confusion over medical exchange

Homerton and Rambam hospitals' relationship in doubt after campaigners probe 'inactive' arrangement

Author: Hackney Citizen

Fresh calls for Hackney to sever ties with Israeli city amid confusion over medical exchange

Homeless man left psychologically ‘wounded’ after losing everything at Town Hall protest camp

Daemeon, 38, says he has had to ‘start again from the ground up’

Author: Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter

Homeless man left psychologically ‘wounded’ after losing everything at Town Hall protest camp

Palestine campaigners accuse council of ‘carelessly’ dismantling protest camp – along with tents belonging to homeless people

Town Hall refutes accusations that it carried out an illegal eviction on final date of longstanding protest

Author: Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter

Camped out: protestors at Hackney Town Hall, Friday 10 May 2024.