31-03-2004 16:13
“The World Social Forum will always be a forum open to pluralism and to the diversity of activities and ways of engaging of the organisations and movements that decide to participate in it”
Read more >>29-03-2004 13:27
In mid November, my partner Loppy and I were approached by Oli of Manchester Social Forum as we passed through the Metropolitan Police and Special Branch welcoming committee at Waterloo Station which greeted our return from the Paris ESF. Over a cup of coffee in the station concourse we became willing recruits to the efforts to democratise the ESF, and to broaden its focus to include a proper recognition of Green issues.
Read more >>27-03-2004 23:43
The next London Social Centres Network meeting is:
SATURDAY 3rd APRIL from Midday
@ Deckspace, in the tower at Greenwich Borough Hall
entrance opposite Greenwich Police Station, buzzer next to the Greenwich Dance Agency entrance on the corner of Peyton Place and Royal Hill
Read more >>25-03-2004 12:40
The wombles occupied social centre in Tufnel Park was forced to close it's doors to under 16s today....
Read more >>24-03-2004 18:36
The Wombles occupied social centre (located opposite Tufnel Park tube station) has learned that the legal process for eviction has begun....
Read more >>23-03-2004 11:19
An attempted eviction of a squatters living in flats over the co-op supermarket in Kentish Town is currently being resisted.... (11:45am Tuesday 23rd)
Read more >>17-03-2004 14:03
The videos are in realmedia format at modem quality if you need a good media play for windows download media player classic - do a googol search with the correct spelling (:
Read more >>16-03-2004 14:37
The London organising process has been a battle ground of different world views and organising techniques. The ESF process was brought to the UK by a small un-representative group, who then finding that they couldn’t, contradictable, keep control of the ESF in line with the principals that underline it closed the process to all but this small group by traditional authoritarian hard left strategies. In doing this they nearly destroyed the London ESF, it was only saved at the Europe wide meeting when they completely backed down and let lose all the techniques of exclusion that they had built up on paper. Though this paper change has not yet grown into an open cultural change.
Read more >>10-03-2004 15:27
Plan to establish chesterfields first occupied squat/social centre.
Help needed!!!!
Read more >>10-03-2004 04:05
The next open meeting to plan the road ahead for the Hacklab is taking place on this Saturday the 13th of March at 6pm at the new 156 Fortess Road social centre, Kentish town. This will be followed by a benefit at 8pm to raise funds for the Hacklab. There will be music, a Cuban rum cocktails bar and food.
Read more >>09-03-2004 00:36
Critical Mass cycle party, ten years of the most fun you can have on a bike!
Read more >>08-03-2004 13:06
Walmart final atempt to remove demonstraters from ossary rd asda site/
Read more >>08-03-2004 13:04
Most of the flats on estates in the kingsland area have not been evicted, and the situation has calmed down. Some unoccupied places have been smashed & boarded up by the council - I don't know whether any of these are squatters' homes, and the police say they have evicted some crack & smack houses. The council now say they will issue possesion proceedings through the courts, although they may try more DIY evictions in the comming days, especially if any flats are left unocupied.
Read more >>08-03-2004 10:51
10.32 AM, As I write Hackney Council workers have arrived at Whiston Road on the Kingsland Estate to illegally evict dwellers living in ten flats, without applying to the local magistrates court. The police are expected to arrive at any minute to enforce this unlawful proceedure. The dwellers need support to resist this illegal eviction!
Read more >>07-03-2004 00:45
Today the SWP used different people to speak at the 2nd European meeting to organises the London ESF. The green party deputy mare spoke but didn’t say anything – just like a politician. Finally, maybe we may perhaps might start thinking about the process… the was a secret smocked filled room were a real deal was done? Except this was the ESF so it was a light open room with lots of people looking on that did the deal… which maybe possibly could perhaps make the London ESF fulfil the principals of the Social forum movement. Please don’t be put off from participating because maybe, possibly, the is a chances the sects that fail to run the show maybe have noticed that they are not as essential as they always insisted.
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01-03-2004 23:28
27-02-2004 11:49
Events at the Occupied Social Centre, 93 Fortess Road, Kentish Town, NW5 will continue as normal in resistance to the threat of eviction.
Read more >>24-02-2004 13:45
24-02-2004 13:10
Tuesday 24th February: This morning the planned eviction of the occupied social centre at 93 Fortess Road in Kentish Town, London, was stalled by the presence of around seventy supporters.
Read more >>24-02-2004 01:27
