Mayday 07 - Camberwell Squatted Centre in Court but unbowed!

May Day 2007 | Social Centres / Free Spaces

MAYDAY… MAYDAY… CAMBERWELL SQUAT CENTRE GETS COURT PAPERS

22.04.2007 - So… the Squat Centre at 192 Warham Street, Camberwell, has received court papers… The owners of the building, so called, are seeking possession of the place, taking us to Lambeth County Court… on Tuesday May 1st! Yes, Mayday! Well we weren’t going to work that day anyway…

We are getting together a defence for the hearing, we have some arguments, hopefully we will stave off eviction for a while… Meanwhile we are continuing to use the space as much as we can, and carrying on with a lively program of events. We may get evicted, sooner or later, but we will sing dance and create resistance here, for as long as the space is under our control.

And then we will occupy somewhere else! A trundly juggernaut of energy, interest, ideas, and lovely people has been built up, and we believe we can carry this on even if we have to find another place. In the meantime we urge everyone to get on down here if you can, support events that are happening, create your own.

TALKING OF MAYDAY

Some of us at the Camberwell Squat Centre have been talking for a while about holding a Mayday event; our discussions have focused on uniting the idea of International Workers Day with an old style South London Mayday fest with a Maypole (a little modified to address the alienated social system we face today)…

We are calling a Picnic/mini-Festival on mayday itself, in Kennington Park, the old Kennington Common, common land and a gathering place for rowdy mobs, radical crowds, and self-organised entertainment for centuries…

We are still working on ideas, but we hope to have a maypole to dance around, and suggest people bring musical instruments, weird and colourful costumes, food and drink to share… 2pm at the Squat, procession to Kennington park for Picnic at 3pm.

OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE CENTRE

Sunday 22nd:
Seed/Seedlings & gardening Info Exchange: Bring seeds, seedlings, knowledge etc, take some away… 12 midday.

Practical DIY Workshop: knitting, sewing and bondage. Bring fabric, wool, needles, thread, rope, handcuffs… From 3pm.

Noc Jazz/Jazz Café, 5pm – midnight. Get Down with the Cats, for some cool grooves, blue notes, and maybe the living is easy… With a film: “Jazz On a Summers Day” (6pm). Music: (bring your own) cds and vinyl – from bebop, big band to modal and free jazz.

Monday 23rd:
Collective meeting 7pm. This is where we sort out running the building, and upcoming events… Also this week we will probably be discussing the impending court case…

Tuesday 24th:
State of Emergency meeting. 7pm. Direct Action - Anti-War Group.

Wednesday 25th:
Film night, 7.30 pm. Refusal of Work film: 'Lavorare con lentezza' ('Work Slowly: Radio Alice'). Fantastic feature film from Italy about the radical upheavals around Bologna in the 1970's and the free radio station Radio Alice. Brilliant!!! Subtitled

Thursday 26th:
‘Reel News’ film night. ‘Activist Video: Stop Trident! Aldermaston, Stop Trident! Faslane, PCS Dispute: Ministry of Defence Strike, Manchester Fujitsu Strike, Fluffy Against the War, Mayo: Policing the Pollution, How Cuba Survived peak Oil, G8 2005: Gleneagles.

Friday 27th:
Café/bar. Benefit night for Elba, a long-running squat in Warsaw threatened with eviction.

Saturday 28th:
Second-hand book and other junk sale, in aid of the Centre coffers. Bring in unwanted books, CDs, records, clothes, and other unbroken flotsam to the centre before this date. 12 - 4. Also bar, 8-1. Volunteers needed.

Sunday 29th:
Practical DIY Workshop: Stencil and sticker-making. Bring paper, paints, pens, card… From 12.

Monday 30th:
Collective Meeting, 7pm.

Tuesday May 1st: Mayday!
Meet 2pm at the Squat, procession to Kennington Park for Picnic at 3pm.

Wednesday 2nd:
Film Night: ATORNALLOM: The amazing story of a community defending their local orchard affected by the expansion of the Port of Valencia (1993) + FOURTH WORLD WAR - The front-lines of conflicts in Mexico, Argentina, South Africa, Israel/Palestine, Korea, North America and Europe 7.30pm

Camberwell Squat Centre, 192, Warham Street, London SE5.
Nearest tube: Oval. Buses that go past: P5, 36, 185, 436.

For more info ring the Squat Centre on: 07982 469755
or check out the website: www.56a.org.uk/warham.html

e-mail: blackfrog@alphabetthreat.co.uk
See: http://www.56a.org.uk/warham.html

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