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OCSET: let's make the garden as nice and useful as possible!

sociétélibre | 21.05.2004 01:13 | Ecology | Free Spaces | Oxford

There is a monstrous "development" plan for the actual OCSET (the Oxford social centre), part of which consists in using the fantastic garden and put loads of modern posh condos/flats instead...

Saturday (May 22nd) all day at OCSET: let's enjoy the garden and make it as nice and useful as it can be!!!

As explained in  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/oxford/2004/05/291908.html , the "development" plan for the new OCSET is completely unacceptable, useless and should be fought against.

On one hand, OCSET is at the moment trying to build a social/community centre, a space for everyone, for the community, for the people in Oxford, a space open and free for "non-capitalist use" as East Oxford definitely needs (the recent experiences of OCSET give strong support to this claim). On the other hand, the "development" plan basically means a modern ugly looking place that would have the only purpose of making the landlord (and the other people involved in the project) richer, without giving anything useful to the community. Furthermore, the actual OCSET has a beautiful garden that could be use to grow organic food, as an outdoor space to organise environmental activities, trainings, workshops, etc. The plan proposes to destroy this garden and extend the ugly building so that the landlord (and the other people involved in the project) can become even richer. This is completely unaceptable, simply frustrating. Is this what we want in Oxford? Is this what the community needs? Is this a good reason to throw the organisers of OCSET out of the building, although the building will probably remain empty for at least a few months (as the planning permission hasn't been given yet I think) and has been empty for about a year?

Doesn't all this sound completely ridiculous to you?

Anyway, OCSET still has the space and the beautiful garden, so let's enjoy it! Come on Saturday, all day, for a nice gardening day, come and make the garden as beautiful and useful as it can be!!! This green space still exists, let's make the most out of it!!!

Come this Saturday, May 22nd, at OCSET (which is the "Sunset cottages" on St Clements, just before South Parks)!!!

sociétélibre

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update

22.05.2004 18:10

last news from the new ocset:
the landlady kindly came around this morning and smashed the windows. (now it is
confirmed: she is actually completely mad...)

I have not been there yet to check it out but they might need people
to help cleaning it up.

s (fwded from osan list)


THREATENING BEHAVIOUR

23.05.2004 08:33

Well, that confirms that she has committed the offence of threatening behaviour/using or threatening violence, time to do her really methinks......

Section 6 Criminal Law Act 1977
As amended by Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

THAT if you attempt to enter by violence or by threatening violence we will prosecute you. You may receive a sentence of up to six months imprisonment and/or a fine of up to £5,000.

heehee


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