88 London Road Social Centre Eviction
wookie and the baby | 03.07.2008 21:21 | 2008 Days Of Action For Autonomous Spaces | Culture | Free Spaces | Repression | South Coast
At 7am this morning the anarchist social centre at 88 London Road, Brighton was forcibly evicted, despite resistance. The Victorian church had been occupied since the Squatting Days of Action in April. The space was intialy opened as part of a two day international event, committed to creating autonumous spaces and highlighting the importance of squatting and global networking.
88 LONDON ROAD SOCIAL CENTRE EVICTION
At 7am this morning the anarchist social centre at 88 London Road, Brighton was forcibly evicted, despite resistance. The Victorian church had been occupied since the Squatting Days of Action on the 4th and 5th of April. The space was intialy opened as part of a two day international event, committed to creating autonumous spaces and highlighting the importance of squatting and global networking.
Since then, the community at 88 London Road had successively resisted one prior eviction attempt from police. The space was being used as a social centre for grassroots movements, free cafes, workshops and a lot of other possible projects for the benefit of the local community.
Two of the occuping members of 88 were arrested when they prolonged the eviction by climbing to the rafters, clambering into a cargo net and hanging high above the injustice below. The whole eviction was over by midday and the council spent the rest of the afternoon boarding up an amazing space that held so much potential.
we will be back........
At 7am this morning the anarchist social centre at 88 London Road, Brighton was forcibly evicted, despite resistance. The Victorian church had been occupied since the Squatting Days of Action on the 4th and 5th of April. The space was intialy opened as part of a two day international event, committed to creating autonumous spaces and highlighting the importance of squatting and global networking.
Since then, the community at 88 London Road had successively resisted one prior eviction attempt from police. The space was being used as a social centre for grassroots movements, free cafes, workshops and a lot of other possible projects for the benefit of the local community.
Two of the occuping members of 88 were arrested when they prolonged the eviction by climbing to the rafters, clambering into a cargo net and hanging high above the injustice below. The whole eviction was over by midday and the council spent the rest of the afternoon boarding up an amazing space that held so much potential.
we will be back........
wookie and the baby
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04.07.2008 13:09
Had a lovely day out yesterday, met some new people, upset a lot of them.
Can't understand why?
All we did was visit. Had our door key with us. Let ourselves in - after all we had permission.
What a mess, nothing at all like the nice pictures we'd seen on myspace. Such a dissapointment. Mind you it wasn't too bad after we'd thrown out the rubbish and cleaned up.
We'll be back in Brighton soon to meet some new friends and revisit old ones.
So ta ta for now. We'll be back.
The Door Opener