Reclaim The Future 5

from email, updated 5 September 2009: Location announced! 454-490 Mile End Rd, London E1 4PE, nearest tube Mile End Rd (Central Line), bus 25, 205, 277.

"Reclaim the Future 5 is a vast all-day, all-night event in a liberated, self-managed occupied venue somewhere in London. Info stalls and workshops all day on topics like the arms trade, borders, alternative radio and video activism, followed by cabaret, bands and DJs until morning.

Help wanted - volunteers! Tat wanted: Lights, kitchen tat, tables, chairs, banner materials, paint, banners and arts, displays, cleaning stuff, basic tools, brooms, fire extinguishers, first aid kits, polyprop, gaffer tape..." more

from email, 3 September 2009: "It is now under 3 years until the London Olympics. Construction of the site is already well underway, with social displacement, gentrification and privatisation the inevitable outcomes... Although it is generally accepted that we do not have the capacity to stop the Olympics, the question nevertheless remains as to how to organise effective resistance to the Olympic project, using the spectacle of the Games to both strengthen existing networks and create alternative structures... more

Posted 3 April 2007: This is a personal reflection on what happened, mixed in with some reports collected fom eye-witnesses and participants.

There seems to be someone at Holloway Road police station who has it in for anarchists. Our most recent difficulties with the local pigs started when they blocked access to the RTF4 party just as it was starting.

RTF4 was going to be the biggest 'Reclaim The Future' yet, with 3 major rooms of live music, cabaret, comedy, DJs of all flavours.

Planned over 5 months by a random collective of sound systems, squatters, anarchists and activists, the all-day event was intended to feature practical workshops and discussions all day, followed by an all-night benefit party, all taking place in a welcoming, self-managed squatted space... more

RTF 4 starts at 1pm on Saturday with cafe, bar, chill, workshops followed by loadsa live bands, DJs and cabaret, Indymedia bar and films till 8am Sunday morning. more

from email, 15 March 2007: "There will be a 'Reclaim The Future 4' warm-up gig at a London squat on Friday 16th March 2007, 8pm till 3-ish. Find out what's up, av a larf and get into some good tunes from some fine conscious bands..." more