Dear All,

Monday 4th December is planned a LSF meeting.

Since lots of us are either in the Peruvian Andes or not able to come to a Central London meeting this month we are suggesting to merge the LSF December meeting with the Olympic Forum discussion to be held in Walthamstow. This is one of the meeting to be held in each London Boroughs effected by the Olympics in order to build up local campaigns on the Olympic Effects.

Please join this meeting in East London if you are interested to come to our LSF December session. The Hornbeam Center is 5 minutes walk from Walthamstow Central Underground and Railway Station . See you there. Massimo

LONDON OLYMPIC ACTION FORUM MEETING
MONDAY DECEMBER 4TH 7.30PM,
THE HORNBEAM CENTRE, 458 HOE STREET,
WALTHAMSTOW, E17

Concerned about the financial cost and negative development plans for London 2012 ? Feel strongly that 2012 will be damaging to you, your community or the environment? If so, you should know that last month a number of like-minded people met up in Hackney, with the express aim of supporting each other and developing ways to challenge the negative Olympic effect. It was a very positive meeting, so we decided to organise a second one, only this time in a different Olympic borough.

Issues that were of concern at the last meeting included:

• Loss of common land, cultivated land (allotments), outdoor spaces and parks
• Destruction and disruption of local businesses
• Eviction of traveller communities
• Speculation on housing, rising costs, stock transfer schemes
• City-wide inflation & extra taxation
• Destruction of environment and existing local ecology
• Poor wages and working conditions for site workers
• Amateur sports disrupted in favour of professional sport and entertainment
• Intensification of traffic, pressure on transport system

Instead of being officially "consulted" [in a top-down way] with planners and politicians setting the agenda, we want to explore common ground and discover together what our independent and collective responses to 2012 should be. We think it's important that each issue of concern is addressed in an open, democratic manner by all interested parties and then acted upon.

We hope to see you on Monday the 4th ! *The Hornbeam Centre is located near The Bakers Arms, E17. Take 1st left up Hoe St and it's on the corner of Bakers Avenue.

For more information on many of the issues affecting Londoners in relation to 2012, please go to the excellent www.gamesmonitor.org.uk

LSF/massimo/mf