London Free Spaces Newswire Archive

04-09-2008 12:15

GRASS: The Battle For Wembley Park Sports Ground Video

On Monday 4 August 2008 the Grass Roots Alliance for Social Sports (GRASS) was forcibly evicted from the Wembley Park Sports Ground in rough scenes and under sketchy legal grounds. Read more >>

01-09-2008 21:30

London Food Not Bombs feeds Wobblies

This weekend saw the first general meeting of the Industrial Workers of the World outside of the US ; London Food Not Bombs provided the lunch-time food Read more >>

29-08-2008 17:20

'Positive squat' about to feature on BBC London News

Now the Beeb catches up with the Grauniad Read more >>

27-08-2008 15:32

Workshops Announced for London FreeSchool Week!

As we get closer and closer to the event, the timetable has finally been uploaded on to the website and it is looking packed full of all sorts of goodies :) Read more >>

26-08-2008 23:50

The Grauniad supplement: "Landlords welcome 'positive squatting'"

The Grauniad supplement reports on 'positive squats' in London - have they got it right? Read more >>

26-08-2008 17:58

Common Ground Community Garden Celebrates Success with Party!

After a year and half of green-fingered, community-spirited direct-action, we - the organisers of Common Ground Community Garden - are celebrating success … and we invite all our friends, neighbours and supporters to join in the fun!
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25-08-2008 10:29

Free Films, Live Music TONIGHT, Final Monday Love

After Carnival Party, Monday 25th August, 7pm-2am at The Good Ship 289 Kilburn High Road, London Read more >>

24-08-2008 18:30

Olympic Handover to Free Hackney

A tank from the Free Hackney campaign was at the Hackney Handover in Hoxton St as the Beijing games ended to celebrate the handover of the Olympic protest baton from the Free Tibet Movement to the Free Hackney Campaign. Pictures copyright (C) 2008, Peter Marshall, all rights reserved.
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24-08-2008 01:09

Brian Haw - 7 years on, still going strong

Images of Brian Haw's peaceful demonstration in Parliament Square, London, UK.
Brian's protest, against war and to highlight the ridiculous SOCPA laws, is now in its seventh year.

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23-08-2008 17:48

FREE Monday Love Carnival After Party with Movimientos

After Carnival Party, Monday 25th August, 7pm-2am at The Good Ship 289 Kilburn High Road, London Read more >>

23-08-2008 12:21

A week of free workshops, discussions & skill-sharing

The planning for the London FreeSchool week is going well with confirmed workshops and the such like starting to appear on the website. Bowl Court Social Centre, the original location for the weeks event, was sadly evicted a couple of weeks ago. However, the event lives on and has moved to the rampART (

http://www.rampart.co.nr) and LARC (

http://www.londonarc.org.) After all a free school should not be limited and contained by concrete walls!
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22-08-2008 20:01

London Olympics: a new phase in the waste of money

A New Stage in the London Olympic Competition to Spend Money Read more >>

20-08-2008 16:53

Post-Climate Camp Tat Audit

Do you have lots of equipment in your home/social centre since the Climate Camp that you don;t know what to do with? Did you learn some new skills you'd like to share? Read more >>

17-08-2008 12:58

Monday Love-18.8.8.-Amnesty/Climate Camp/Gaza/Live Music/DJs

Because We Live In a World of Conflict, Misinformation, Disinformation MONDAY LOVE part 7 boards the Good Ship with a party of Grass roots Heroes and Servants of freedom.
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16-08-2008 10:44 | 2 additions

Post Climate Camp Legal Call Out

The climate camp was in many respects a remarkable watershed in the policing of mass public protest. Even under the spotlight of the mainstream media, police abuse of power was overt and unwavering. The unlawful indiscriminate searches along with seizure of personal property unrelated to any crime, actual or potential, should not go uncontested... Read more >>

11-08-2008 14:20

The road to Kingsnorth.

Some more photos of the action on Saturday. Read more >>

11-08-2008 12:07 | 1 addition

Climate Camp 2008 - What's hot and what's not

Wholly subjective, light hearted and fun, so lets not get into any knicker-twisting over this. It was scribbled on the back of some cardboard with a few folks on the train on the way home. Read more >>

11-08-2008 11:34

Climate Camp Latest

This weeks Monday Love at The Good Ship, 289 Kilburn High Road, is a big benefit night for Spike Surplus Scheme, a squatted social centre in South London which is under serious threat.

Also catch up with the latest videos and news from Climate Camp 2008

Free Entry all night from 7pm Read more >>

10-08-2008 10:48

Monday Love - Spike Benefit/Climate Camp News

09-08-2008 15:07 | 1 addition

Breaching the Kingsnorth Fence

This seems to be the main story of the day. Activists who made it to the fence utilised some tempory fencing put up by the cops to make some convenient ladders. The riot squad eventually showed up a cleared people away but not before several individuals had made it across. Read more >>