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Urgent eviction of Broadway market cafe NOW

local | 21.12.2005 08:34 | Globalisation | Repression | Social Struggles | London

occupied for 3 weeks by an inspiring mixture of locals and activists this cafe that is going to be illegally turned into yuppie flats at 34 broadway market is now being evicted and demolished - please come down and help stop the further gentrification of hackney- support needed now - eviction began 7am..

occupied for 3 weeks by an inspiring mixture of locals and activists this cafe that is going to be illegally turned into yuppie flats at 34 broadway market is now being evicted and demolished - please come down and help stop the further gentrification of hackney- support needed now - eviction began 7am..

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URGENT!!!!! EVICTION OF OCCUPATION AT 34 BROADWAY MARKET

21.12.2005 09:39

Please send out to as many as possible

URGENT!!!!! EVICTION OF OCCUPATION AT 34 BROADWAY MARKET

Sheriffs and Police broke into Tony's Café this morning, injuring one of the occupiers and have allowed Dr Wratten's men to start an immediate demolition. Within an hour the building was rendered unliveable.

We lodged an appeal yesterday with the High Court but the bailiffs ignored that and went ahead anyway. Two of the occupiers are at the courts right now trying to get a stay of execution but Wratten's men have done so much damage that it seems unlikely we could re-occupy the café.

The sad thing is that more people than ever were coming to the café and there was still a fantastic energy to the occupation.

We plan a show of local solidarity tonight at 6pm, outside the Café. Please come and show your anger and support!

Andy
mail e-mail: info@hackneyindependent.org
- Homepage: http://www.hackneyindependent.org


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A "Yuppie" speaks

21.12.2005 10:45

Let's have a little balance here shall we ?

For "Yuppie Flats" how about we read - "Much needed local housing"

This cafe has been ignored by local people for the past five years when the owner finaly called it a day and sold to a property developer there was general indiference. Nobody gave a toss until the great God jealousy reared its ugly head. Money had been made firstly by the owner of the cafe and now secondly by the developers who are going to turn the land into flats and that was the root of this protest.

If those same people now so desperate to "save" the cafe and gone there once in a while and bought the odd cup of tea or bacon roll it would still exist. The locals have only themselves to blame

Nick


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Local Support ?

21.12.2005 11:57

Where was the "local support" when the cafe was closing because it didn't have enough customers ?

Not a supporter of hypocricy


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