BBC iPlayer - Newsnight: 22/03/2013
good stuff on library and squatting 25 mins in on news night other day
Best coverage of squatting in the main stream media I've seen in time.
Very positive on the whole well done Cat Brogan,Pete the Temp and the Library squatter caretakers.
Keep at it,u can't kill the Spirit Occupy Everywhere.
Tuesday, 26 March 2013
Saturday, 23 March 2013
Eileen house benefit party and workshops sat 23rd march
Tonight (Sat) 23rd there is a benefit event with workshops, café and exhibitions at Eileen House (80-92 Newington Causeway SE1) from 7pm with live bands and DJs from 9pm-6am. Would be great to see you there!
Also there will be Queer Cinema on Sunday at 7.30pm with a House of Brag open organisational meeting beforehand at 5pm.
Also there will be Queer Cinema on Sunday at 7.30pm with a House of Brag open organisational meeting beforehand at 5pm.
Party tonight celebrating successfull eviction resistance blackhorse lane
Calling all squat family! Were celebrating a successful resistance by the psytrance community tomorrow night blackhorse lane forest industrial estate with the help of psy invasion...10pm til ? The usual wicked djs decor function 1 sound and film from the eight hour stand off verses heinz baked beans! All funds raised towards future squat resistances both here and other squats around london. £10 suggested donations less if you like :-) bring good people!
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Eviction resistance tomorrow (21/03)!: Blackhorse lane squat,
Eviction resistance tomorrow (21/03)!: Blackhorse lane squat, Full address unit 4b, forest industrial estate, Blackhorse lane. E17 6al. tea coffee and music offered :) Eviction at 10am... Sorry for late notice , thanks for any help!
Monday, 18 March 2013
Squatters legal network infonight!Tue 19.3.@LARC.62 fieldgate str. E1
Squatters legal network infonight!Tue 19.3.@LARC.62 fieldgate str. E1. Get news on how s144 is enforced, what successes there have been and what's happening to those less lucky. Join the discussion how we can resist this law and find out how to get involved in sln and support those already affected. Please forward
Saturday, 16 March 2013
Brighton Green Party refuses to evict over bedroom tax .tax bankers not bedrooms
http://brightgreenscotland.org/index.php/2013/03/brighton-council-refuses-to-evict-over-bedroom-tax/
Friday, 15 March 2013
#J11 carnival in the centre of London June 11th 2013
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2013/03/507627.html
One Common Struggle. June 11 Carnival in the West End
Call-out for StopG8 action day. When: 11 June 2013. Where: the heart of London.
One Common Struggle. June 11 Carnival in the West End
Call-out for StopG8 action day. When: 11 June 2013. Where: the heart of London.
Squatters benefit party!! Sat 16th march
Squatters benefit party!! performances,Sound system Hardtek, Break beat, Schranz, breakcore, hardtechno, Dom-uxb, Techno, Hardcore, Saturday 16th March
11 pm till late.
Info line 07556424306.
11 pm till late.
Info line 07556424306.
Thursday, 14 March 2013
Squatters legal network infonight!Tue 19.3.@LARC.62 fieldgate str. E1. Get news on how s144 is enforced
Squatters legal network infonight!Tue 19.3.@LARC.62 fieldgate str. E1. Get news on how s144 is enforced, what successes there have been and what's happening to those less lucky. Join the discussion how we can resist this law and find out how to get involved in sln and support those already affected.
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Throwing down the Gauntlett Hove M.P Mike Weatherly directly responsible for homeless man's death SchNEWS - Direct Action Newsheet
Throwing down the Gauntlett
Hove M.P Mike Weatherly directly responsible for homeless man's death
Last week, a vulnerable bungalow was at risk of occupation in Kent.
Thankfully, the squatting law was in effect. The absent owner of the
bungalow could rest safe in the knowledge that the police were
preventing a homeless man from seeking shelter in the forgotten property
in -2 degree conditions.
The otherwise healthy 35-year-old man Daniel Gauntlett died of
hypothermia. But at least private property was protected from a
squatter.
SchNEWS - Direct Action Newsheet
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
Court case won by former Friern Barnet Library activists against Enfield council
Court case won by former Friern Barnet Library activists
The Friern Barnet Library Activists have moved on to a new project in Enfield Borough in an attempt to fight austerity, homelessness and unjust squatting laws.
The community activists who were previously caretakers of the Friern Barnet Library, are now residing at the Arnos Family Resource Centre (ARC). They won their court case against Enfield Council on the 11th of March 2013 at the Barnet County Court.
Many of the activists arrived at court to defend the case being brought forward by Enfield Council for possession of the property. They were accompanied by several members of the Friern Barnet community who also sent over 20 letters of support.
The judge threw out the case because Enfield’s barrister missed the court hearing. The judge also commented there were procedural errors with Enfield Council’s paperwork.
This means that the activists are to remain in the space, giving them the opportunity to provide community workshops, and more time to negotiate a deal with the council preventing more taxpayer’s money being squandered. Pete phoenix, a veteran community organiser and part of the FB Library campaign/Occupy movement, said:
“We have constantly offered to negotiate with Enfield Council as we did with Barnet Council. We hope that money can be saved on costly court cases and that more arrangements for temporary use can be made, between property owners of some of the 1.4 million empty buildings in the UK and groups who need homes and community space. The new law on squatting has already led to people freezing to death this winter. We want solutions to the housing crisis. Homes for all, not jails!”
The community activists are using the former family resource centre to provide activities such as skill-sharing and workshops with a focus on health, art and education. It has been opened to the community to provide a place for different community groups to come and use.
The activists are hoping to form a mutual agreement with the council to keep the building accessible for the use of the community.
The Friern Barnet Library Activists have moved on to a new project in Enfield Borough in an attempt to fight austerity, homelessness and unjust squatting laws.
The community activists who were previously caretakers of the Friern Barnet Library, are now residing at the Arnos Family Resource Centre (ARC). They won their court case against Enfield Council on the 11th of March 2013 at the Barnet County Court.
Many of the activists arrived at court to defend the case being brought forward by Enfield Council for possession of the property. They were accompanied by several members of the Friern Barnet community who also sent over 20 letters of support.
The judge threw out the case because Enfield’s barrister missed the court hearing. The judge also commented there were procedural errors with Enfield Council’s paperwork.
This means that the activists are to remain in the space, giving them the opportunity to provide community workshops, and more time to negotiate a deal with the council preventing more taxpayer’s money being squandered. Pete phoenix, a veteran community organiser and part of the FB Library campaign/Occupy movement, said:
“We have constantly offered to negotiate with Enfield Council as we did with Barnet Council. We hope that money can be saved on costly court cases and that more arrangements for temporary use can be made, between property owners of some of the 1.4 million empty buildings in the UK and groups who need homes and community space. The new law on squatting has already led to people freezing to death this winter. We want solutions to the housing crisis. Homes for all, not jails!”
The community activists are using the former family resource centre to provide activities such as skill-sharing and workshops with a focus on health, art and education. It has been opened to the community to provide a place for different community groups to come and use.
The activists are hoping to form a mutual agreement with the council to keep the building accessible for the use of the community.
Friday, 8 March 2013
Fukushima remember anti nuclear march sat 9th march 12 noon Hyde park to parliament
Remember fukushima london 9 march antinuclear march NOtoNUCLEARyes to renewables 12noon hyde pk corner to houses of parliament 2.30pm www.fukushima2013.com fuck EDF
Barnet Spring Sat March 23rd March for Our Barnet, for public services, against cuts and privatisation, against the One Barnet programme.
Barnet Spring
March begins at 12 noon and proceeds to Friern Barnet Community Library.
March for Our Barnet, for public services, against cuts and privatisation, against the One Barnet programme.
Barnet Spring march
Date and time:
Saturday, 23rd March 2013 at 11am.Meeting place:
Finchley Central Tube station (tbc).March begins at 12 noon and proceeds to Friern Barnet Community Library.
March for Our Barnet, for public services, against cuts and privatisation, against the One Barnet programme.
Homeless man Daniel Gauntlett dies frozen on doorstep of empty bungalow in Aylesford
Homeless man Daniel Gauntlett dies frozen on doorstep of empty bungalow in Aylesford
Fuck the new squat law,repeal section 144, this law is a tyrrany that places the rights of keeping numerous properties empty over human right to shelter. Mike weatherley and the MPs who pushed this bill through have blood on their hands.No one need freeze to death when there are over a million empty buildings in the UK.
Is Mike Weatherley MP Dead Yet?
Is Mike Weatherley MP Dead Yet?
Mike the murderer Weatherley is responsible for many people freezing to death this winter ,including the homeless man outside an empty bungalow in kent,detailed in above website.
Check www.squashcampaign.org on latest efforts to repeal sectioon 144 squat law.
Mike the murderer Weatherley is responsible for many people freezing to death this winter ,including the homeless man outside an empty bungalow in kent,detailed in above website.
Check www.squashcampaign.org on latest efforts to repeal sectioon 144 squat law.
“The Case Against Section 144″ Press Release www.squashcampaign.org
“The Case Against Section 144″ Press Release
Press Release
For immediate release
Campaign to repeal new squatting law launched in Parliament
Entitled ‘The Case Against Section 144’, SQUASH (Squatters Action for Secure Homes) are launching a new report and campaign in Parliament today.
The report’s findings suggest the major concerns regarding criminalisation that arose during the government’s consultation process have been proven right, with homeless and vulnerable people disproportionately affected. No arrests so far have been for squatters displacing anyone from their home, which does suggest that the Criminal Law Act 1977 was sufficient for dealing with squatters – as predicted by many legal experts.
The report concludes with a call for repeal of Section 144. It provides a detailed six-month analysis of the effects that the new legislation has had since its introduction in September 2012, and sets this against the wider backdrop of the UK recession, high homelessness rates and current housing crisis.
The report will be launched today in the House of Commons at a meeting of concerned MPs, Lords, lawyers, homelessness groups and academics. An online government e-petition petition calling for repeal has reached over 2000 signatures in only a few weeks.
Last week, a homeless person in Kent died outside of an empty bungalow, media reports suggest he was prevented from going inside the building by Police because of the new offence of Section 144 which makes it a criminal offence to squat inside a residential property.
SQUASH campaigner Joseph Blake said:
“The new law is appalling. Homeless people are being put in jail for using empty buildings to keep a roof over their head. Section 144 needs to go and any further criminalisation quickly dismissed”.
Professor Danny Dorling, endorsing the report said:
“Squatting is what people do when they get desperate, it is not criminal behavior. Squatting rises when inequalities increase and housing is not treated as a necessity. This is a great report – every MP needs to read it.”
John Mcdonnell (Labour MP) said:
“”This meticulously researched report confirms what we feared about the effect of the new laws criminalising squatting. People are being made unnecessarily homeless and very vulnerable people are suffering as a consequence. This legislation was based upon prejudice and has only made matters worse. This new evidence demonstrates so clearly the need to repeal this misguided law.”
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (Lib-Dem Peer) said:
“A few months after the Government brought in the disgraceful law criminalising the homeless occupying an empty house we can see that some of the most needy are indeed suffering in the way that we feared. This is a very useful report that should make people think hard.”
ENDS
For all media enquiries please contact: 07895 107 544 or press@squashcampaign.org
This entry was posted on March 4, 2013.
Press Release
For immediate release
Campaign to repeal new squatting law launched in Parliament
Entitled ‘The Case Against Section 144’, SQUASH (Squatters Action for Secure Homes) are launching a new report and campaign in Parliament today.
The report’s findings suggest the major concerns regarding criminalisation that arose during the government’s consultation process have been proven right, with homeless and vulnerable people disproportionately affected. No arrests so far have been for squatters displacing anyone from their home, which does suggest that the Criminal Law Act 1977 was sufficient for dealing with squatters – as predicted by many legal experts.
The report concludes with a call for repeal of Section 144. It provides a detailed six-month analysis of the effects that the new legislation has had since its introduction in September 2012, and sets this against the wider backdrop of the UK recession, high homelessness rates and current housing crisis.
The report will be launched today in the House of Commons at a meeting of concerned MPs, Lords, lawyers, homelessness groups and academics. An online government e-petition petition calling for repeal has reached over 2000 signatures in only a few weeks.
Last week, a homeless person in Kent died outside of an empty bungalow, media reports suggest he was prevented from going inside the building by Police because of the new offence of Section 144 which makes it a criminal offence to squat inside a residential property.
SQUASH campaigner Joseph Blake said:
“The new law is appalling. Homeless people are being put in jail for using empty buildings to keep a roof over their head. Section 144 needs to go and any further criminalisation quickly dismissed”.
Professor Danny Dorling, endorsing the report said:
“Squatting is what people do when they get desperate, it is not criminal behavior. Squatting rises when inequalities increase and housing is not treated as a necessity. This is a great report – every MP needs to read it.”
John Mcdonnell (Labour MP) said:
“”This meticulously researched report confirms what we feared about the effect of the new laws criminalising squatting. People are being made unnecessarily homeless and very vulnerable people are suffering as a consequence. This legislation was based upon prejudice and has only made matters worse. This new evidence demonstrates so clearly the need to repeal this misguided law.”
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (Lib-Dem Peer) said:
“A few months after the Government brought in the disgraceful law criminalising the homeless occupying an empty house we can see that some of the most needy are indeed suffering in the way that we feared. This is a very useful report that should make people think hard.”
ENDS
For all media enquiries please contact: 07895 107 544 or press@squashcampaign.org
This entry was posted on March 4, 2013.
BankTrack.org - BankTrack is a global network of civil society organisations and individuals tracking the operations of the private financial sector about banktrack
BankTrack.org - pages - about banktrack
BankTrack is a global network of civil society organisations and individuals tracking the operations of the private financial sector (commercial banks, investors, insurance companies, pension funds) and its effect on people and the planet.
Even after the financial crisis, commercial banks still represent a crucial source of finance for companies and governments, exerting great influence on the operations of their clients and on society as a whole. Our mission is to promote fundamental changes in the operations of these banks so that they, while conducting their business, contribute to the ecological well being of the planet and to offering a decent life free of poverty for all people. As a prerequisite for this, we want banks to be fully transparent and accountable for their activities to all their stakeholders and to society at large.
Thursday, 7 March 2013
New squat law S144 Update Advisory Service for Squatters | Legal & practical advice for squatters and other homeless people
Advisory Service for Squatters | Legal & practical advice for squatters and other homeless people
S144 update after first 2 months
Since the introduction of the new anti-squatting legislation on the 1st
September conditions have obviously got more difficult for those trying
to house themselves or make other use of empty properties.
The law (S144 LASPO 2012) makes it a criminal offence to be trespassing in a residential property with the intention of living there.
Some people have been arrested and a few imprisoned for the crime of trying to house themselves. There is no evidence that the properties they were in have been put to use since, nor that any more affordable and accessible housing has been produced. In fact housing costs, particularly in London continue to increase and benefit caps affect increasing numbers of people.
Some people have moved out of their homes, many who had been living in them and looking after them for years after the owners had abandoned them. Other people remain in their homes despite the new law, determined to resist for as long as possible.
People who know about the law change are generally now squatting in non-residential buildings, pubs, offices, warehouses …… These require people to be more organized, and to able to work in groups, so excluding some of the more vulnerable people who have in the past been able to fall back on squatting. They are also more likely to put people into confrontations with owners and their agents who do not know or care about the law. However many on-residential properties can be made into perfectly good homes, and social spaces, and some owners can be made to understand the benefits of properties being occupied and looked after.
The police have acted in a fairly arbitrary manner, in most cases waiting for someone claiming to be an owner to come forward, and then most often accepting their statements even if their version is challenged. On other occasions police appear to have made up their own mind that the occupiers were trespassing (against whom not always being clear). Some police have somehow not understood that a funeral parlour is not residential, have threatened people with arrest who were not living or intending to live to live in the property and many police are confused about the part of the law which says that people who have had a licence are not committing an offence. Advisory Service for Squatters and Squatters Legal Network intend to follow up on these abuses and will be encouraging those affected to sue.
Some parts of the government continue to put on pressure to make things worse, by criminalizing squatting in non-residential properties as well. This is despite the fact that their campaign was previously based on the false idea that people’s homes were being squatted and that this needed to be stopped. [in fact legislation in existence since 1977 made this illegal already]
ASS, along with Squatters Legal Network, SQUASH (Squatters Action for Secure Homes) and others, will continue to struggle for people to be able to house themselves, and to put empty property to use.
The law (S144 LASPO 2012) makes it a criminal offence to be trespassing in a residential property with the intention of living there.
Some people have been arrested and a few imprisoned for the crime of trying to house themselves. There is no evidence that the properties they were in have been put to use since, nor that any more affordable and accessible housing has been produced. In fact housing costs, particularly in London continue to increase and benefit caps affect increasing numbers of people.
Some people have moved out of their homes, many who had been living in them and looking after them for years after the owners had abandoned them. Other people remain in their homes despite the new law, determined to resist for as long as possible.
People who know about the law change are generally now squatting in non-residential buildings, pubs, offices, warehouses …… These require people to be more organized, and to able to work in groups, so excluding some of the more vulnerable people who have in the past been able to fall back on squatting. They are also more likely to put people into confrontations with owners and their agents who do not know or care about the law. However many on-residential properties can be made into perfectly good homes, and social spaces, and some owners can be made to understand the benefits of properties being occupied and looked after.
The police have acted in a fairly arbitrary manner, in most cases waiting for someone claiming to be an owner to come forward, and then most often accepting their statements even if their version is challenged. On other occasions police appear to have made up their own mind that the occupiers were trespassing (against whom not always being clear). Some police have somehow not understood that a funeral parlour is not residential, have threatened people with arrest who were not living or intending to live to live in the property and many police are confused about the part of the law which says that people who have had a licence are not committing an offence. Advisory Service for Squatters and Squatters Legal Network intend to follow up on these abuses and will be encouraging those affected to sue.
Some parts of the government continue to put on pressure to make things worse, by criminalizing squatting in non-residential properties as well. This is despite the fact that their campaign was previously based on the false idea that people’s homes were being squatted and that this needed to be stopped. [in fact legislation in existence since 1977 made this illegal already]
ASS, along with Squatters Legal Network, SQUASH (Squatters Action for Secure Homes) and others, will continue to struggle for people to be able to house themselves, and to put empty property to use.
Squatney wick sat 9th workshops cabaret and party
The BIG One @ Squatney Wick Sat 9th Free Education Day, Peoples Cafe & fuck off massive Cabaret/burlesque/bands/sound syste/DJ from 7pm . W.shops from mid day wi-fi cracking to yoga. By Hackney Wick overground. 07707758714. £3/5 donation for Cabaret. Tell everyone. Love and solidarity x
Wednesday, 6 March 2013
Save our homes muswell hill 21 families to be evicted from crown and Met Police land.
Save our homes muswell hill 21 families to be evicted from crown and Met Police land.
Thursday 7th march 6.30 pm meeting with the save our homes. connaught house connaught gardens muswell hill N10 3lh
Sunday 10th march 1 pm. is a gathering to discuss action with music . Possible evictions start the monday 11th early morning onwards. Occupy and activists requested to support this social housing community network it
More info www.occupylondon.org.uk
Or www.occupynewsnetwork
Or camp phone +44 7535 227377
Thursday 7th march 6.30 pm meeting with the save our homes. connaught house connaught gardens muswell hill N10 3lh
Sunday 10th march 1 pm. is a gathering to discuss action with music . Possible evictions start the monday 11th early morning onwards. Occupy and activists requested to support this social housing community network it
More info www.occupylondon.org.uk
Or www.occupynewsnetwork
Or camp phone +44 7535 227377
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