Saturday 28 February 2015

Hi, I've just received the following from Yorkley. I'm going Friday evening to help them. Please let me know if you'd like to come with me. Please pass this message on. CALL OUT! Yorkley Court facing eviction! Farm house has 24 hours notice from 26 Feb, back field 3 days, main strip and yard 2 weeks. Early help for building resistance is appreciated, but larger numbers needed to support at the end of the 2 weeks. GL15 4TZ -Come down when you like. Share alike X

Hi, I've just received the following from Yorkley. I'm going Friday evening to help them. Please let me know if you'd like to come with me. Please pass this message on. CALL OUT! Yorkley Court facing eviction!
Farm house has 24 hours notice from 26 Feb, back field 3 days, main strip and yard 2 weeks. Early help for building resistance is appreciated, but larger numbers needed to support at the end of the 2 weeks. GL15 4TZ -Come down when you like.
Share alike X

Earth Circus Productions and Suspenses present a night packed full of underground talent, live music, spectacular performances,aerial acts, thought provoking talks,healing area,stalls fire shows,and much much more.https://www.facebook.com/events/1550558321895750

London's only evolutionary Cabaret night marches on into spring at the unique T.Chances in Tottenham.

Earth Circus Productions and Suspenses present a night packed full of underground talent, live music, spectacular performances,aerial acts, thought provoking talks,healing area,stalls fire shows,and much much more.....It's like a circus, a festival and a cracking party.All under one roof in one night!
TICKETS: http://www.accessallareas.org/earthcircus/

DJ Chris Tofu - Sounds of Vintage Remix 
MC Angel-Conscious Hip Hop & DJ Ci Ci -House/tech
The Bohemianauts- Vaudeville Bastard Cabaret Band - Gypsy Polkas,Waltzes and Tango Skas
Shamanic Trance Dance 6.15-8pm - come early
Smiley and the Underclass - Dub Punk
XX Theatre - Connective Movement Adventure & Discovery
B-Boys of Leicester Square-Street Dance
Missy Maybe - Comedic Burlesque ’How to unleash your inner sensual Goddess’ 
Golden Shanti - Spoken word,Rap/Soul Singing
Wan Luv Koncepta - Tribal Drum/World Beats
Kari Kleiv
Victoria Skillen -Acro Silks Aerial Act

Earth Circus Jugglers,bring your juggling equipment....
and much much more...

the Evolution Cabaret & the Urban Shamans Movement
present:
■ The oldest Experience of human Beings to reconnect with the Source, SHAMANIC TRANCE DANCE
☼ The Timeless Tribe ☼ will drive you on a Journey, a journey into your inner being.
" Trance Dance takes participants on an 'inner journey' not limited to our normal perceptions of space/time. Ritual trance journeys have been a vital part of shamanic and eastern dance cultures for thousands of years.
Trance Dance's primary focus is on healing and spiritual evolution.
https://www.facebook.com/events/342339089288444/

Entropica Chill out Space DJ Solarquest
Mad Brother Vision - Lights
Suspenses - Decor
Rochester Sq Garden Centre community Cafe

Healing Area with Ashearon and friends
Networking/info stalls on Green issues solutions and projects,Anti Fracking,Occupy,housing/Squatting,human rights etc
Get in touch if u want to help with an info stall.

Market stall area tables available contact us.

Evolutionary talk 8-9 pm,please come early

The Evolution Cabaret is truly a people's event,rising up from the grass roots of the underground,coming up from the streets,squats,parties,protests and festival scene.
Creating the sustainable co-operative futures we want to see.
Keep networking for a better future.

£5 before Midnite £7 after.....

Fancy Dress theme Circus,cabaret.....let your imagination guide you..........

For more info or to get involved in Evolutionary projects contact Phoenix 07769 791387
or Zero Gee 07891 209856

the Evolution Cabaret & the Urban Shamans Movement
present:
■ The oldest Experience of human Beings to reconnect with the Source, SHAMANIC TRANCE DANCE
☼ The Timeless Tribe ☼ will drive you on a Journey, a journey into your inner being.
" Trance Dance takes participants on an 'inner journey' not limited to our normal perceptions of space/time. Ritual trance journeys have been a vital part of shamanic and eastern dance cultures for thousands of years.
Trance Dance's primary focus is on healing and spiritual evolution.
https://www.facebook.com/events/342339089288444/

Today i became part of the 'Green Surge' and joined the Green party for £10. Although i feel very strongly that we vote with our feet and should take action for social justice ,community and environment every day.https://my.greenparty.org.uk/civicrm/membership/joining

Having not been able to vote most of my life due to nomadic nature of squatting,and generally being around the no votes team, Today i became part of the 'Green Surge' and joined the Green party for £10.
Although i feel very strongly that we vote with our feet and should take action for social justice ,community and environment every day.
Also that Corporations have taken over all the main WestMonster parties.

My concern is that we urgently need action at all levels of society on the critical environmental situation.
Also 5 more years of Tory Tyrrany will see them attempt to fully criminalise all squatting (non residential as well).
I urge any of my friends to keep taking action every day for a better future,but also to check the greens very common sense policies on housing,environment,economy and community,and support them in your area in some way.

One love and a greener future for the next generation One love Phoenix
https://my.greenparty.org.uk/civicrm/membership/joining

Friday 27 February 2015

Tunnels of the Arcane sat feb 28th (event on FB) proper old school party info lines after 7 pm doors open 8pm. 07586629929,07833937763,07733744233 pass it on

Tunnels of the Arcane sat feb 28th (event on FB) proper old school party info lines after 7 pm doors open 8pm.

There may be rain, there may be shine, but there's sure to be be music, entertainment and much tea from 11am this Saturday at grow heathrow. Bar and djs till late so bring a tent and warm sleeping bag as well as your cakes, spare mugs and seeds for the seedswap. Xx Perform Friday evening 8pm and the 'enemies within' on sunday 1-3pm. Come to help with prep, we need you! UB7 0jh check transitionheathrow.com for line up/travel tips xxx spread the love

There may be rain, there may be shine, but there's sure to be be music, entertainment and much tea from 11am this Saturday at grow heathrow. Bar and djs till late so bring a tent and warm sleeping bag as well as your cakes, spare mugs and seeds for the seedswap. Xx Perform Friday evening 8pm and the 'enemies within' on sunday 1-3pm. Come to help with prep, we need you! UB7 0jh check transitionheathrow.com for line up/travel tips xxx spread the love

Join the Car-Free Work-Day Bloc @ Time To Act National Climate March! https://www.facebook.com/events/632679746859395/?ref=4&source=1

**URGENT**

On Saturday 7th March, UK MPs will, for the FIRST TIME EVER support THE CLIMATE MARCH via #TimeToAct2015 #PlaceCO2lutions in the UK.

** IMPORTANT - WHAT CAN YOU DO **

CONTACT YOUR MP

We need EVERYONE to contact their MPs NOW and urge them to join in on 7th of March and vote in support the actions that Caroline Lucas and other MPs have proposed (see below)

www.theyworkforyou.com/
www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/mps/

TWITTER

Join the twitterstorm on the weekend of 21th and 22nd Feb (3-6pm) for one last push for people to contact their MPs and to target MPs.
Retweet @CFDGreatBritain

Template tweets:
#PLACECO2LUTIONS TWITTERSTORM 21/22 FEBRUARY

ATTEND CAR-FREE WORK-DAY BLOC RALLY OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT ON 7TH MARCH

www.facebook.com/pages/Car-Free-Work-Day-UK

“About 70% of daily trips made in the city involve a lot of walking, making the pedestrian the most important user of the City”

SEND #TimeToAct2015 #PlaceCO2lutions PHOTO

Take a photo of you and/or your friends holding LARGE letter signs saying "#TimeToAct2015 #MyCarFreeDaysRdg" + your MP's name / twitter@ and send to your MP via Twitter / FB / Email and send to your local media too.

For more details about the march go to:

http://www.timetoact2015.org/
…………………………………………………………………

Time To Act belongs to all of us and we’re really keen for groups, organisations and individuals to get involved and organise blocs and actions to make it your own. Please head to the website to check out ways to get involved, and keep your eye on this event listing as we post up news.

More info on travel into London from Reading will be posted here later.


Also
Join the CAR-FREE WORK-DAY BLOC on the 7th March to make the link between climate change and switching to zero carbon fuels. Put the climate back on the agenda ahead of the 2015 General Elections and the December 2015 Paris United Nations COP21 climate talks. #PlaceCO2lutions

BACKGROUND
Dear All, please highlight our campaign for a Monthly Car-Free Work-Day in Reading and UK!

The benefits of reducing air pollution are many and will generate prosperity to every community, all you have to do is sign and share this petition link in your network:

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/monthly-car-free-work-day-in-reading-placeco2lutions


Let´s work together to help achieve this, it will be an important step in solving and laying a just and fair developing pathway.

"Applaud people for taking any mode of transport apart from driving in a car by themselves, reward people for taking greener or more active modes of transport."

2015 CHANGE will honour the 2-degree Celsius limit as a limit to safeguard the world environment in Togethernessship ;)


Thank you!


[A regular car-free work-day in Reading and UK could fuel an International monthly Car-Free Work-Day which could be an astonishing example of traffic development and public realm. Reading has great potential to embrace the sustainable pathway and become a British role-model in climate change (the air is our all urban common) to honour a successful climate change agreement taking place in Paris December 2015.]

#bettercities #resilientcities #climateaction #COP21 #Paris2015 #ParisClimat2015 #TimeToAct2015 #MyCarFreeDaysRdg #placeCO2lutions

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Thursday 26 February 2015

Net Neutrality Wins: What NowIt's a historic day for the internet. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) just passed the strongest net neutrality rules in this country's history. This is great news! But let me repeat: The battle for net neutrality is still not over. In a sense, the real battle begins now.

Net Neutrality Wins: What Now?

It's a historic day for the internet. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) just passed the strongest net neutrality rules in this country's history. This is great news! But let me repeat: The battle for net neutrality is still not over. In a sense, the real battle begins now.

Military judge halts 9/11 trial citing Defense Dept. overreach — RT USA

Military judge halts 9/11 trial citing Defense Dept. overreach — RT USA


A military judge has put the oft-delayed 9/11 trial on hold until the Department of Defense walks back an order requiring the judges presiding over the case to move to Guantanamo Bay in order to proceed with the trial.

Wednesday 25 February 2015

Hi folks Evolution Cabaret Spring UPrising (check FB event) Fri 6th March 6.15pm-3am @T.Chances 399 Tottenham high Road N17 6QN Seven Sisters tube.DJ Chris Tofu,Bohemianauts band,MC Angel+DJ CiCi,XX Theatre,Smiley,Tribal Drums,Aerial acts,Burlesque,street dance, Shamanic Trance dance,6.15pm-8pm Entropica chill out,healing space,Evolutionary talks+so much more on (FB) network it.

Hi folks Evolution Cabaret Spring UPrising (check FB event) Fri 6th March 6.15pm-3am @T.Chances 399 Tottenham high Road N17 6QN Seven Sisters tube.DJ Chris Tofu,Bohemianauts band,MC Angel+DJ CiCi,XX Theatre,Smiley,Tribal Drums,Aerial acts,Burlesque,street dance, Shamanic Trance dance,6.15pm-8pm Entropica chill out,healing space,Evolutionary talks+so much more on (FB) network it.

Update: ipo recieved at aylesbury. Court next wednesday 10am

Update: ipo recieved at aylesbury. Court next wednesday 10am

Grow Heathrow event this sat transitionheathrow.com

11am this sat: music, activities and tea will roll at grow heathrow! DJs till late so bring a tent and sleeping bag as well as your cakes, spare mugs and seeds for the seedswap. XX experimental experience workshop friday night 8pm and theatrical performance sunday 1-3pm. Come to help out this week, we need you! UB7 0jh check transitionheathrow.com for line up/travel tips xxx spread the love

All insterested in climbing and rigging, b at runnymead eco village this sat an sun for a skill share... pls forward... x Directions www.diggers2012.wordpress.com

All insterested in climbing and rigging, b at runnymead eco village this sat an sun for a skill share... pls forward... x 
Directions www.diggers2012.wordpress.com

Freeshop on 234 mare st. I.p.o served incorrectly. Need people to survive from 12pm till 1pm

Freeshop on 234 mare st. I.p.o served incorrectly. Need people to survive from 12pm till 1pm 

Tuesday 24 February 2015

Ed Solo & Skool of Thought - Love your Life

Squatters Action for Secure Homes (SQUASH) is current putting together a research report “A 30-month Review of s144 LASPO” which we will be using to make the case that 1) the new law should be repealed, 2) no further criminalisation (ie commercial), 3) end to illegal evictions.: info@squashcampaign.org www.squashcampaign.org

Dear All London Squatters

Squatters Action for Secure Homes (SQUASH) is current putting together a research report “A 30-month Review of s144 LASPO” which we will be using to make the case that 1) the new law should be repealed, 2) no further criminalisation (ie commercial), 3) end to illegal evictions.
We have made Freedom of Information requests to the police nationally asking for statistics (see attached for data to date), but we would like more data/ case studies to back the case that, since s144 LASPO was introduced: 
1)      squatters have to live in more insecure and less appropriate properties
2)      s144 LASPO is used on whim (not evidence) by the police
3)      has encouraged owners, police, security to act more aggressively and violently

Therefore was wondering if the London squat community could offer any data or case studies to back this up, for the period 1st Sept 2011 – February 2015 (all info will be anonymous) eg:

NELSN phone: how many call-outs against evictions for the period (ideally by month)? Additional circumstances?

Case studies with regard circumstances, contact with the police, security, bailiffs, owners and squatted properties

 Illegal evictions – what happened, who was responsible, what techniques did they use

Please email anything or comments to: info@squashcampaign.org or me. 
Many thanks

James
SQUASH
Mobile: 07424751462

Monday 23 February 2015

The Next Syriza? As Greece Rejects Austerity, Meet the Activist Who Could Become Spain’s New PM | Democracy Now!

The Next Syriza? As Greece Rejects Austerity, Meet the Activist Who Could Become Spain’s New PM | Democracy Now!
Talks between Greece and eurozone finance ministers over Athens’ debt broke down Monday when the newly elected leftist Syriza government rejected a deal to extend the terms of the current bailout. The Greek Syriza party was elected last month on a promise to roll back the crippling austerity measures in Greece’s international bailout. While Syriza has taken power in Greece, the grassroots party Podemos is also quickly gaining popularity in Spain, Europe’s fifth largest economy. On January 31, as many as 150,000 people rallied in Madrid to show support for the Podemos party, which translates into "We can." Podemos only became an official party last March, but a recent poll by El País found 28 percent of the population supports the party, enough to possibly win Spain’s next general election. Last May, Podemos surprised many when it received 1.2 million votes and five seats in the European Parliament elections. The party grew out of the "indignados" movement that began occupying squares in Spain four years ago. The indignados rallied against austerity cuts, rising unemployment and Spain’s political establishment. We are joined by Podemos Secretary General Pablo Iglesias, a 36-year-old political science professor and longtime activist who was elected to the European Parliament last year. If Podemos wins Spain’s national elections later this year, he could become Spain’s next prime minister.

Leading Egyptian Activist Sentenced to 5 Years for Challenging Draconian Anti-Protest Law Headlines for February 23, 2015 | Democracy Now!

Headlines for February 23, 2015 | Democracy Now!

Leading Egyptian Activist Sentenced to 5 Years for Challenging Draconian Anti-Protest Law

    
One of the leading activists in Egypt’s 2011 revolution has been sentenced to five years in prison. Alaa Abd El-Fattah received the term in a retrial following an original sentence of 15 years. He was accused of inciting a 2013 protest that broke a law barring public gatherings without government approval. El-Fattah has been imprisoned multiple times since playing a key role in the protests that toppled Hosni Mubarak four years ago, missing the birth of his child and, more recently, the death of his father. As the verdict was read today, El-Fattah’s family and friends wept in the courtroom and shouted, "Down with military rule."


Letter to The Rt Rev. the Lord Bishop of Carlisle | Radiation Free Lakeland

Letter to The Rt Rev. the Lord Bishop of Carlisle | Radiation Free Lakeland




Please write to the lords and create a twitter storm FOLLOW ‪#‎NONUKEDUMPING‬

On Wednesday (25TH FEB) the House of Lords will be discussing  in Grand Committee in the Moses Room at 3.45pmthe plan to push  through legislation that will remove our right, and the right of Cumbria County Council, to object to burying radioactive waste underground.  This would potentially be at levels where fresh water circulates.

Radiation Free Lakeland fully support the letter sent by No Nuclear Waste Dumping to the House of Lords.  We urge everyone to send similar letters to THE LORDS and whoever else you can think of to oppose this diabolic plan.
A COPY OF THE LETTER SENT TO THE CUMBRIAN  LORDS (&others) IS HERE
https://mariannewildart.wordpress.com/2015/02/21/letter-to-the-rt-rev-the-lord-bishop-of-carlisle/
ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO WRITE TOO

THANK U

Great gran forced out of her home of 30 years by compulsory purchase order - Ros Wynne Jones - Mirror Online

Great gran forced out of her home of 30 years by compulsory purchase order - Ros Wynne Jones - Mirror Online



For 30 years, Adelaide Adams looked out of the window of her former council flat and watched the ducks on the water.
The estate she lives on might look unloved, but the grassy park at the back, stretching down to a reservoir always made it a lovely place to live.
“My three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren all grew up playing out there with all the other kids,” says Adelaide, 85, who moved here in 1983.

Aylesbury Estate occupation holds off 100 riot cops. New block going strong. - Rabble

Aylesbury Estate occupation holds off 100 riot cops. New block going strong. - Rabble


Very Old Skool ...Old Skool Acid House. Early 90's. Rave on

$6.2 Billion order for Killer Drones- Terminator seeds?? Second UK-based Israeli drone factory shut down by occupation - UK Indymedia #olsx @occupy

Second UK-based Israeli drone factory shut down by occupation - UK Indymedia



Instro Precision, an arms company near Broadstairs (Kent), was occupied at 5am this morning to protest its sales to both Israel and Afghanistan. Four people are on the roof with banners to shut the factory down, with ten more on the ground, one of whom is locked to the fence. 

Instro is owned by Israeli arms company Elbit Systems, who make drones that are used to kill Palestinian civilians in Gaza. Optical and camera systems like those made at the Instro factory are also supplied by Elbit for use in drones flown over Afghanistan, as well as in Israel’s apartheid wall. 

Elbit Hermes drones have been flown over Afghanistan and the new Watchkeeper drone, based on the Hermes, was deployed by the MOD last year. Although the Watchkeeper is ostensibly a surveillance drone, it has been displayed with missiles under its wings at the DSEi arms fair in London. 

During last Summer’s ‘Operation Protective Edge’ attack last Summer, armed drones killed 830 Palestinians in Gaza. 85% of the drones used by the Israeli military are supplied by Elbit. Elbit’s share price rose in July off the back of the extensive use of its technology during Israel’s massacre,and the company recently reported a backlog in orders worth $6.2 billion. Elbit advertises its products as “combat proven”, by which they mean their products are tested on the bodies of Palestinian civilians

EJAtlas | Mapping Environmental Justice- Struggles and campaigns across the planet #olsx @occupynn #bohemians4soho #occupy democracy

EJAtlas | Mapping Environmental Justice

Mapping ecological conflicts and spaces of resistance

Sunday 22 February 2015

Tomorrow Monday 9AM at Ldn City Hall, Block the Boris Budget - Radical Housing Network action! Go on, get up for it;)

Tomorrow Monday 9AM at Ldn City Hall, Block the Boris Budget - Radical Housing Network action! Go on, get up for it;)

Misty In Roots - Poor & Needy 12'

Jah warrior - Babylon shall fall

Love Activists: Police attempt to dismantle soup kitchen and clothing di...

SmileyTV: Episode 1 - March For Homes

SmileyTV: Episode 1.5 - Occupy 12 Bar

SmileyTV: Episode 0.5 - Love Activists

Six arrested as police help in evictions from London estate | Society | The Guardian

Six arrested as police help in evictions from London estate | Society | The Guardian

Six arrests were made during a major police operation to support the eviction of protesters from a London housing estate which has become a rallying point for campaigners opposing controversial regeneration schemes.
A standoff following scuffles late on Tuesday at the Aylesbury Estate, which is being cleared for demolition before a £1.5bn regeneration project, after the local council moved to evict a group who took over part of the estate following a March for Homes protest in London earlier this month.
Notting Hill Housing was named last year as the development partner for a 20-year regeneration scheme to build 4,000 homes.
Taking inspiration from recent housing campaigns such as Focus E15 and New Era, the people involved in the the occupation at the Aylesbury had mounted a last-ditch legal bid to challenge their eviction by Southwark council.
Speaking at the scene shortly after the eviction on Tuesday night, activist Charlie Ebert accused the police of heavy handedness and said the estate had become synonymous with a London housing shortage affecting the poor.



“What’s going on here is effectively social cleansing to make London a nice ‘clean’ place for the rich,” he said. “A group of us wanted to stand in the way of that so we took over some of the flats as an act of solidarity.”

Chumbawamba - Enough is Enough

Rock the 12 Bar Revolution Voices tribute to all the warriors of the underground who liberated the 12 bar,so much of our culture has come up from the squats and grass roots venues....liberate space and share ,viva the Uprising https://soundcloud.com/rvee-3/rvee-rock-the-12-bar

Rock the 12 Bar  Revolution Voices tribute to all the warriors of the underground who liberated the 12 bar,so much of our culture has come up from the squats and grass roots venues....liberate space and share ,viva the Uprising
https://soundcloud.com/rvee-3/rvee-rock-the-12-bar

Saturday 21 February 2015

The rapture is upon us. Join us at midnight for the post apocolyptic launch of Peace Squads sound system in the most holy of holies. Acid Tecno, neurofunk and drum n bass. Cheap drinks good vibes. Donations on the door. 00:00-late 229 lower clapton road E5 8EG. Entrance round the back. Pass it on

The rapture is upon us. Join us at midnight for the post apocolyptic launch of Peace Squads sound system in the most holy of holies. Acid Tecno, neurofunk and drum n bass. Cheap drinks good vibes. Donations on the door. 00:00-late 229 lower clapton road E5 8EG.  Entrance round the back. Pass it on

Friday 20 February 2015

This Sat night 21st Feb Psypirate B'day bash with Avalon + lots more. Opus sound & amazing decor. For location info email yr mobile no to psypiratedaz@gmail.com

This Sat night 21st Feb Psypirate B'day bash with Avalon + lots more. Opus sound & amazing decor. For location info email yr mobile no to psypiratedaz@gmail.com

Did GCHQ illegally spy on your emails and phone calls? Use this tool to find out - Mirror Online

Did GCHQ illegally spy on your emails and phone calls? Use this tool to find out - Mirror Online

Did GCHQ illegally spy on your emails and phone calls? Use this tool to find out

Privacy International offers up a "historic opportunity" to find out if British intelligence agencies spied on you

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Are you worried that intelligence agencies may have been illegally spying on you?
Consumer group Privacy International has created a tool to let you easily find out whether GCHQ targeted your communications.
The tool has been developed in the response to a ruling that GCHQ unlawfully spied on British citizens by allowing the US National Security Agency to harvest all of our data and then share it with UK spooks. 
This was taking place for years, up until December 2014.
The ruling means that ANYONE around the world can ask the spy agency if their records were unlawfully shared by the NSA.
Privacy International will collect all of the requests - which involve entering in your name, email address and phone number - from around the world and then submit them to the UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal.
If it turns out you HAVE been illegally spied on, you can then request that your records - including emails, phone records and internet communications - are deleted.
The recent ruling was actually the first time in the Investigatory Powers Tribunal’s history that it had ruled AGAINST the actions of security services.
"Intelligence agencies' culture of secrecy has allowed them, for too long, to avoid public accountability. 
"Whether it's secret hearings in closed court rooms or committees equipped only with rubber stamps, intelligence agencies like GCHQ have never been forced to answer to the public for their actions," says Privacy International.
"The public have a right to know if they were illegally spied on, and GCHQ must come clean on whose records they hold that they should never have had in the first place,” adds Eric King, Deputy Director of Privacy International, adding that this was a "historic opportunity" to hold GCHQ accountable.
Find out for yourself here.

Thursday 19 February 2015

Council and police initiating siege on aylesbury occupation. support needed asap. 12.15 now.

Council and police initiating siege on aylesbury occupation. support needed asap. 12.15 now. 

​‘100 riot police’ clash with housing justice activists in South London, 6 arrested — RT UK

​‘100 riot police’ clash with housing justice activists in South London, 6 arrested — RT UK


Six people were arrested on Tuesday night in a London council estate, following a standoff between riot police and activists protesting against the ‘social cleansing’ of London's poor.
Southwark's Aylesbury Estate has become a focal point for campaigners who strongly oppose controversial regeneration schemes in the capital. It has been earmarked for demolition as part of a £1.5 billion regeneration scheme spearheaded by Southwark Council.
Activists occupied flats in the estate on February 1 in protest against the development project. But Southwark council sought to evict the campaigners on Tuesday evening, following an official court order. Met officers arrived on the scene to assist the local authority.
Among the activists present when police arrived were members of housing campaign group Aylesbury Occupation. Following a tense standoff with police, the campaigners eventually dispersed.

Wednesday 18 February 2015

Occupy Democracy 14th Feb 2015“Equality and Representation” Great video by Rikki Indymedia chekit #olsx @occupynn #bohemians4soho #housingaction

Occupy Democracy February – “Equality and Representation” | indyrikki

Occupy Democracy February – “Equality and Representation” | indyrikki


Occupy Democracy February – “Equality and Representation”

Last weekend, ‘Occupy Democracy’ returned to Parliament Square for a series of events around ‘Equality and Representation’. Despite an ongoing legal challenge against the GLAover previous repression, on Saturday they faced further arrests by police who appeared to be having difficulty providing a legal basis for their actions.
The afternoon began peacefully on the pavement by Churchill’s statue with a presentation on Islamaphobia, followed by a mock funeral for democracy at the foot of Mandela’s statue. 
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Then the activists walked on to the grass area and unfurled a huge tarpaulin, on which they continued debate, with an inspirational offering from Kerry-anne Mendoza (aka Scriptonite). 
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Heritage Wardens and police kept interrupting proceedings and attempting to hand over pieces of paper and information to members of the group, but were mostly ignored. Police numbers were also building up, with TSG officers arriving on the scene, and suddenly a dozen or more officers bundled into the crowd, ignoring the shouts that there were elderly and infirm individuals present, and they made their first arrest of the evening, targeting Donnachadh McCarthy, author and media activist. The authorities clearly see him as some sort of focus, as this is the fourth arrest he has endured.
From then on, the evening descended into a petty legal farce and police actions which successfully disrupted the planned events. Superintendent Kohli, heading the police operation, began the evening in assured form claiming his conscience was clear, but as legal arguments ensued, he was heard arguing with CPS about whether CCTV was needed to support any charges, and later literally refused to speak with Bindman’s lawyers and drove away into the night. See the video.
Each of the several more arrests over the evening followed the same bizarre pantomime. A Heritage Warden, surrounded by a large group of TSG officers, would randomly select a member of the public on the grass and (if they didn’t run away), would ask them to leave the grass, without giving any reason for the request. He then claimed they were breaking a Bye-Law by not following a “reasonable direction”, but constant requests to be told the “reason” for the request were ignored. He then asked for a name and address, and if refused, police piled in to arrest the person targeted.
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At one point, people in chorus (using the ‘mic check’ technique of call and response), described to the wardens and officers that some months ago, a Bindman’s solicitor had explained to the commanding Inspector why this exact same scenario was unlawful, and as a result he had withdrawn nearly 200 officers allowing the occupation to continue peacefully – this caused the police and wardens to withdraw and huddle for a while, but they returned for more arrests soon after.
The argument lies around whether a Warden can just issue a direction to leave (which clearly opens him/her up to the dangers of discrimination or infringement of human rights), or whether the “reasonable direction” has to have one of the reasons defined by the rest of the Bye-Laws. 
The arrestees were released hours later, and all except Donnachadh, who is facing other charges, were told there would be ‘No Further Action’. Thus, the entire police operation seriously disrupted a peaceful and probably entirely lawful assembly by a few dozen people wishing to discuss the state of democracy in front of Parliament. It seems the occupy movement have a point.
They returned the next day and again held many of their workshops (with topics including ‘feeding the homeless’, ‘black activism’, ‘Greece and Syriza’) on the pavement next to Churchill’s statue. 
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Romayne Phoenix
Romayne Phoenix
But when they peacefully moved to the grass, they faced further intimidation and harassment from wardens and police threatening further arrests. 
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They finished the day by holding a small rally in front of Parliament.
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Superintendent Kohli certainly had CCTV covered on the Sunday, with a crew of four mysterious figures observing and filming from an overlooking window, and an unmarked green van sporting a powerful surveillance camera just behind the gates of Westminster.
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Occupy Democracy return to the Square on the day of the massive Climate March next month on the 7th.

Tuesday 17 February 2015

Aylesbury estate eviction operation began an hour ago,resistance is strong call out for support @Fight4Aylesbury @occupynn #olsx #bohemians4soho

Network @Fight4Aylesbury
https://fightfortheaylesbury.wordpress.com
Aylesbury estate eviction operation began an hour ago,resistance is strong call out for support. 
There area large number of people barricaded in,police attempting assault on barricades now,get down and support if u can.network it.
homes for all 2015.
1 eviction 2 new squats.
Squatters,renters,tenants unite.


Aylesbury estate Chartridge 77 to 105 westmoreland rd resisting Ipo eviction and eating pancakes 2pm tuesday

Aylesbury estate Chartridge 77 to 105 westmoreland rd resisting Ipo eviction and eating pancakes 2pm tuesday

Next Occupy Democracy tactical tips -Phoenix


We need to work on more legal shielding ,rather than ringing bindmans when it goes off, maybe Gavin from bindmans solicitors  who is sent in emergency can be there during the whole thing.

Can we put a call out for other solicitors,as they are stronger legal shield ,than the excellent Legal observers we already have.
Also more work to bring in media shield coverage,national and international film crews to shame the governments,blatant political policing.
And Bomber Boris' GLA free speech clamp down.
WHO is it in the GLA that decides that democratic discussion is trespassing.

The police could not tell us we need to know who the decision maker is,is it Boris or some mid level GLA manager who determines which groups can and can't have discussion and debate in the heart of our so called democracy (corporatocracy)

Possibly some more direct action training,for if when the police come in,linking arms ,sitting down,arm tubes,locking on to each other ???
also would like to observe that we need to sometimes keep moving ,when a heritage warden approaches you the best tactic is to ignore and move away from him fast.
The heading away from wardens and police fast has helped avoid arrest a number of times.

Then obviously returning back to the discussion.
would also like to share a tactic from the school kids in parly sq when the Iraq War 2  started, as soon as the police got 2 sides on a kettle ,some one would shout,change the scenery and the kids would get up and run around in all directions very fast. 
Totally frustrating the police attempts to contain them.Imaginethe police trying to catch many fleet footed school kids in the playground of parliament.

We need to sometimes move around very fast in different directions and then "swarm"
​back together to continue democratic discussion.

Just some ideas folks, keep networking viva the resistance and lets all pump the networking machine for March 7th and make it the largest Occupy Democracy ever.
Lets get those stickers up in all the tube/bus stations across london.
Love n resistance