The new law on criminalising the homeless,trespass and squatting in residential buildings comes into effect from Sept 1st.2012
There is a meeting this monday 27th august,details on the ASS website http://www.squatter.org.uk/
The Eviction Resistance Network (ER) has been doing sterling work to support the squatting community. Please network there details Tel. 07591415860
email: evictionresistance@squat.net www.evictionresistance.blogspot.com
They have been succesfully resisting several evictions,with large numbers turning up.
We have to improve and strengthen all our networks.Reports have come in from many groups across london and the UK that are now coming together in solidarity to strengthen the resistance.
A Disturbing report the other week of a squat in hackney that was petrol bombed with people severly hurt and burnt.It is still not clear if this was an anti-squat hate crime stirred up by the last years hate campaign by right wing media.
Info from the Bristol network BHAM the Bristol Housing Action Network of illegal evictions of non residential property and that the police have already begun to evict residential squats before the law has been enacted.
In Birmingham the food not bombs group has reported via Indymedia that many homeless people (up to 10) have been rounded up and arrested.
There will be the next Squattastic event around Sunday Sept 9th (date to be confirmed)
Check http://squattastic.blogspot.co.uk/
Time to come together and organise some action and resistance.
The most concerning report from (ER)is that the Police in the east end of London have been posting the section of the new law on existing residential squat doors.A threat or a warning? Will they attempt to evict residential squats that have already been occupied for some time,as the new law states they can.
Time will tell, a law should not work retrospectively,( ref the SOCPA law to remove Brian Haw from Parliament square,as he was there before the law was passed said the Appeal Judge)
There will be a European Court of Human Rights challenge to this law as it contravenes our Human rights.The right to a family life as well as the basic human right to shelter.
One thing is for sure we will need to build links across all the groups that oppose this government and this law,students,lawyers, unions,workers etc for we must all stand up together at the same time.
There should be a campaign launched to repeal The Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO)
Michael Mansfield QC at a recent Legal Aid Lawyers Award ended his speech with the stirring words "the uprising is on,let battle commence"
There are ancient rights in this country to have somewhere to live,to shelter in abandoned and derelict property is not a crime,empty buildings while people freeze to death on the streets is the crime.There are nearly a million empty buildings in the UK.
This government of the millionaires are the criminals.The 1% cannot hide in their Ivory Towers forever as the 99% rise up to take back the common wealth and share it out.
Love and Resistance ,Land and Freedom Phoenix
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