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Power Up! Benefit Party

A BENEFIT PARTY TO CREATE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY BASED DIY ENERGY

SAT 14TH JULY
9pm-Till Late
(Entry by donation)

A Mad Medley of Mesmerising Music and Mischief

With Live music and DJs playing Reggae, Hip Hop, Dub, Punky Ska and
Acoustic Folk

There will also be food to tickle your taste buds

Proceeds from this benefit will help to make a wind turbine for the
www.climatecamp.org.uk

All happening at...

Dame Colet House
Ben Johnson Road
Stepney
E1 3NH

'Perhaps we cannot raise the wind. But each of us can put up the sail, so
that when the wind comes we can catch it.'

Windymiller
e-mail: dizzy_duck [at] purplehills.net

Comments

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the stepney squat

10.07.2007 10:31

that charges activist groups 500 quid to use it right?

Groovy.

dave edwards

typical of most squats

10.07.2007 13:29

It's not unusual for those holding down squats to charge a fee or take a cut of the takings. It's often as high as 50% for squat party crews. The circle community who squatted St.Georges, took over a grand from the indymedia (FBI) server benefit a couple of years back. Only the overtly political 'social centre' squats such as the ramparts and the wombles squats seem to have a specific policy about not taking a wedge.

another punter

Not for profit

11.07.2007 13:07

I don't think they should take - except of course to cover their costs. Not when it is not an event of commercial nature but a benefit to fund an action/ project/ campaign to help the planet and the people! Private interest everywhere, squatters are as bad as any NGO. We definitely need a social centre.

doremi

You don't know what you're chatting about

13.07.2007 16:33

Your presumptions are very fucking rich and in your short-sightedness could do more damage to the benefit than any costs would. The guys that are doing the benefit are doing it with FA money and like any benefit are doing it with the help of lots of favours, not money. So its kind of like mutual aid, which surely having a space like this can help do. So don't chat crap about something you know nothing about.

Arthur

shitstirring

13.07.2007 16:51

Edwards your're talking shite. This has no connection with the hippies from St Georges. Been involved with groups that have put srtuff on there - Don't recall the nice people charging us. believe it or not peopel have to eat and these squatters you are on about do other events and actions that may be outside your core activist circle.

BTW what'/who's on?

FTF

UK Indymedia