reclaiming spaces: news

http://www.fahamu.org/publications/item/a_place_in_the_city/
A Place in the City[/lang_en]

Posted on June 26th, 2010 under Right to the City, movements, repression, South Africa, evictions & demolitions, action, transactions & privatisations. Comments: None

The London rampART Social Centre was evicted at 5:30am this morning by 45 police, bailiffs and a priest.
After over 5 years and many eviction scares it has finally happened… 3 people and a dog were inside when police attempted to chanisaw the door. They also had climbers going up to the roof conjuring up [...]

Posted on October 15th, 2009 under Right to the City, Urgent calls and petitions, movements, repression, evictions & demolitions, action, squats. Tags: Police, Resistance, Social Centre, repression. Comments: None

The “Dignified” Destruction of Calais Refugee “Jungle”

22/09/2009: At 8am in the morning some 600 CRS riot police moved on the Calais refugee “Jungle”, under the orders of French immigration minister Eric Besson, to destroy the camp and arrest all the remaining refugees.
The camp usually held up to 1500 people, but many had fled and [...]

Posted on September 25th, 2009 under Right to the City, Uncategorized, France, UK, repression, evictions & demolitions, action. Tags: calais, Capitalism, immigration, repression. Comments: None

Climate Camp Site Taken at Blackheath, Greenwich in London.
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http://twitpic.com/photos/climatecamp
http://www.youtube.com/user/climatelife

http://london.indymedia.org/articles/1978
On the 26 August 2009 hundreds of Climate activists converge on Blackheath in Greenwich for the set up of the 2009 London Climate Camp. Groups gathered at locations across the city for midday, awaiting instructions to be sent by SMS which led them in stages towards the [...]

Posted on August 27th, 2009 under Climate Camp, Right to the City, movements, UK, repression, action, squats. Tags: Access to Land, Capitalism, G20, reclaiming spaces, Resistance, Right to the City. Comments: None

By now we all know about the mess that was the eviction of the Climate Camp In The City, which was Climate Camp’s genuinely novel idea to set up home in Threadneedle Street - the heart of London’s banking district, over the G20 summit.

Posted on May 12th, 2009 under G20 London, Right to the City, Uncategorized, movements, UK, repression, evictions & demolitions, action, squats. Tags: G20, Resistance, Right to the City, repression. Comments: None

Reflections on the police raids on Rampart Social Centre and the Convergence Space during the G20 Summit. http://info.interactivist.net/node/12540

Posted on April 19th, 2009 under Right to the City, movements, UK, repression, squats. Tags: G20, reclaiming spaces, repression. Comments: 1

TEAR DOWN THE WALLS! RAISE THE ROOFS!
HOUSING MARCH @ G20 MELTDOWN 1 APRIL … meet at Cannon Street at 11AM
On April the 2nd the world’s leaders are meeting in London for the G20 summit. In the wake of the banking crisis, they are meeting to try to salvage a tottering system, which is aimed at [...]

Posted on March 27th, 2009 under Foreclosure, Right to the City, Uncategorized, movements, UK, repression, evictions & demolitions, action, squats, transactions & privatisations. Tags: G20, housing, London, Right to the City. Comments: None

The rampART is one of a number of autonomous spaces around London .
During the G20 demonstration, Rampart, the London Housing Action Now network and others
decided to call for a Land, Housing and “social spaces” block during G20 summit.

Posted on March 20th, 2009 under Right to the City, Urgent calls and petitions, UK, repression, evictions & demolitions, action, squats. Tags: demolition, eviction, G20, Social Centre, repression. Comments: None

A call from Berlin for an autonomous demonstration against expulsion and repression and for more self organisated life in Berlin and worldwide!!!!!

Posted on March 14th, 2009 under Right to the City, movements, Germany, repression, evictions & demolitions, action, squats. Tags: Berlin, reclaiming spaces, Resistance. Comments: None