Space is The Place: Sidestepping The Property Ladder, 11-13 April London

from email, 19 March 2008:

This is a one-off event in a new venue which will form part of the April days of international action in support of autonomous spaces (april2008.squat.net).

A weekend-long social centre in London in an occupied space to coincide with the Europe-wide days of action in defence of free spaces and for an anti-capitalist popular culture.

The themes for Space Is the Place event will be: the current housing crisis affecting the most disadvantaged, the appropriation of public space by big business through privatisation and speculation (PFIs etc), the sell-off of council housing, the Olympics in 2012 and the ruin of the Lea Valley at the tax-payers' expense, social centres, squats & free spaces, the mismanagement of land and its ownership by the wealthy elite...

We will be including: an open access art-space to be themed as above, discussions and skill-sharing to bring people together and share ideas on how we can solve the problems we face, info-station for DIY action, films, photography, music and cafe.

If you are engaged in struggle relating to land, housing, poverty etc - whether a group or individual - please contact us.
We are looking for artists, alternative DIY enthusiasts, building crew etc to make this event successful.

To contribute: housingmatters@hushmail.com

Private enterprise owns and runs nearly all of the places where we live and work. Social centres provide much needed public space for people to meet outside of the over-priced and controlled business ventures that make up our leisure options.

Social centres are run by and for the local community, and are not affiliated to political parties etc. We can meet to exchange skills and experiences, enjoy good food and a cuppa.

Squatting puts empty buildings into use and returns public space to all of us. GET INVOLVED

Advisory Service For Squatters
http://www.squatter.org.uk

56A Infoshop - Home to Squatters Practical Network, London and large squat archive... Twice monthly.
http://www.56a.org.uk/

Timetable

Friday Evening: gallery open, cafe, social meetup.

Saturday (day): Stalls from ASS and others, vegan cafe, film, cups of tea and plots.

Saturday evening: Advisory Service for Sqautters Benefit - Live music from Headjam, The Skints, Ras Simeon Judah, Spanner (TBC). Plus cafe and films on squatting, land and housing, DJ's Ronin, Terracore.

Sunday: You decide!

There will be a dedicated team who will be organising, curating and installing artwork into the gallery space but this is a DIY event, so please don’t expect all the work to be done for you. We welcome involvement on all levels – we will need invigilantes for the gallery and elsewhere; stewards, door staff, stall minders – and people to generally spread the word before the event. This is a new event so it’s a good opportunity for active and energetic people to make a fresh start with a new group!

http://www.squat.net
European Squatters April Callout

See http://www.housing-matters.org.uk/

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