Housing / Squatting

from various sources, 11 November 2008: Pullens Centre, 184 Crampton Street, Elephant and Castle, London SE17 3AE +++ Race Revolt Zine Launch and Benefit +++ Precarious Work and the Struggle for Migrant Workers' Rights +++ Bitter Rice by Giuseppe De Santis +++ Capitalist Decline, Financial Crisis & Revolutionary Prospects... more

from email, 30 October 2008: A small number of police broke down the front door and entered the Rampart today. They searched people for drugs and photographed them as well as the barricades and the building itself. They explained their actions saying that it is because the area is a high-risk drugs area. This is unfortunately true of the street but we are concerned that this may be related to our eviction as well. They entered the Rampart without a warrant and then left after they had photographed. This was NOT an eviction attempt. more

from modkraft, 30 October 2008: After the police evicted a house in Christiania in the morning, Copenhagen saw yet another day of actions and night of rioting. For both police and activists this was a test of strengths and a taste of things to come as legal proceedings are getting more and more troublesome for the inhabitants of Christiania. more

from email, 26 October 2008: A High Court eviction could be next week, could still be months from now, so we are operating the space for the activist community for as long as we are able to. more

from email, 21 October 2008: Southwark & Lambeth Anarchists meeting: Saturday 25th October 2008, from 2-6pm @ The Library House +++ This is an experiment to see if we can mix the practical with our irregular information and organizing meeting... Have you thought of getting together with a group of people to buy food in bulk? Come and meet other folks who'd like to do the same, to find out more and start planning your food-buying group. Cheaper food, autonomous organising, stronger links within our community, and no more supermarkets... more

from email, 21 October 2008: The London FreeSchool is planning another event for November 21st - 23rd 2008 to include free workshops, skill-sharing and discussion on various topics. more

from various sources, updated 21 October 2008: About a year after the eviction of the former Camberwell Centre, a new social centre has been opened in Camberwell, not far away from where the previous one stood. +++ The Library House: 52 Knatchbull Road, (behind library, junction with Burton Rd), Camberwell, London SE5 9QY +++ The New Squatted Social Centre is very near Myatts Fields, and not far from Loughborough Junction station in Brixton. The Library House stands right behind Minet Library. more

from email, 21 September 2008: The Free School continues, with an upcoming fundraiser party on the 27th September 2008, and another session in November planned. We start off this weekend with parties for Naked Punch and the Behind Bars collective, Dissident Island radio show, with a film screening by Joanne Richardson and the Radical Theory Reading Group next week. more

from email, 17 September 2008: Workers leaving the Factory by Harun Farocki followed by
The Working Class Goes to Heaven by Elio Petri.
Date: 19 September, 2008, Time: 7.00pm for 7.30pm start, Location: The Pullens Centre, Crampton St, SE17 more

from 56a infoshop by email, updated 21 September 2008: Jules Pipe (Mayor of Hackney) said that if you opposed developments like the Dalston Square then you were part of a 'keep hackney crap mentality'. But Hackney isn’t crap. Not even close. It doesn’t need property speculators to ‘make it a nice place’. Don’t take our word for it – come and see for yourself. On Sunday 28 September 2008 we will host a walking tour of Gentrification in Dalston and Hackney Central, culminating in a picnic in London Fields. more

from email, 1 September 2008: Text of a speech by S'bu Zikode at the Diakonia Council of Churches Economic Justice Forum - an audio recording of the speech, including the discussion afterwards, is available from Diakonia. more

from email, 14 August 2008: As you may well have heard by now Bowl Court Social Centre was evicted early Thursday morning (7th August). Two police vans, plus a few police on foot worked alongside high court bailiffs to find only 4 sleeping bodies inside making it an easy operation after all. Apparently a senior policeman stated to one of the occupants ‘we’re not stupid, we knew you would be at Climate Camp’. more

from void, updated 31 August 2008: This is far from finished, accurate or exhaustive but this is a work in progress that will sit up at the top of the page so check back. Here’s your 2008 guide to free events in London this 'summer'... more