Stage available to use for free in Hackney
s | 04.02.2010 19:50
A bunch of people started to occupy a building on 195 Mare st, in Hackney, London E8 3QE
The back bit of the building contains an amazing stage, where we already had the famous pantomime of "the three little squatter pigs" last month :)
We thought this part of the building would get demolished soon but its still there.
The back bit of the building contains an amazing stage, where we already had the famous pantomime of "the three little squatter pigs" last month :)
We thought this part of the building would get demolished soon but its still there.
The building
So we're calling out artists to come and use the space, be it for theatre, cabaret, music, rehearsals, gigs... anything that would benefit from being on a stage is welcome!!
Other regular events happening in the building include:
- Bike kitchen (tuesdays 2-8pm)
- Gardening (saturdays 1pm)
- Food not bombs (twice a month on 2nd and 4th week end)
Dont hesitate to contact us at boardsofhackney at safe-mail.net
Other regular events happening in the building include:
- Bike kitchen (tuesdays 2-8pm)
- Gardening (saturdays 1pm)
- Food not bombs (twice a month on 2nd and 4th week end)
Dont hesitate to contact us at boardsofhackney at safe-mail.net
s
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thank you- it looks great
04.02.2010 20:50
m
Do you have....
05.02.2010 15:06
..if you want you can liase directly with LPDC in America regarding this rather than the UK group, whatever its up to you. Connecting with these sorts of campaigns will keep your trip soundly grounded.
Please network this idea.
Thanks!
Tick Tock Crow Karma Klock
or...
05.02.2010 15:59
you are slap bang in middle of one of the south-east asian communities of hackney, most of whom don't read indymedia that i know of. didn't this building used to be their community centre, in fact?
what are you doing to make sure they feel welcome in this space?
for starters might want to consider banning dogs from your premises, they can be a big no-no for many in the south-east asian community, obviously. do can dirt, and bad smells, something i know you have a problem with also.
oh well, never mind, lets just stick to the white dominated squatter clique hey, much easier and makes us popular with the "kool kids" hey.
local bloke
or or or...
06.02.2010 14:09
the idiot
you are quite right
06.02.2010 17:51
still, i live in hope that one amongst them might have an intelligent bone in their bodies and do something constructive for the neighbourhood. i have tried talking to them, have proposed actions which i am happy to make happen, but whilst the dogs roam around and dirt and smell fills the place, my pleas and offers are ignored.
i'll keep trying, however vain my hope is. perhaps others reading this will join in? there is a real lack of such large communal spaces available to squat in the area, just cos this group got in first doesn't mean others can't have opinions about use of the space. many of the local community don't have the knowledge or resources to have squatted the place, indeed many literally could not without risking deportation, should their voices not be heard?
not an idiot
are they trolls or are they you
07.02.2010 11:06
fuck your attitude to dogs. - in some cultures homophobia is offensive
your attitude to racism is very selective - you can only rail against stereotypes whilst furthering divisive capitalist multiculturalism to stop any popular support.
what has leonard peltier got to do with hackney.
fucking brain dead idiots.
perhaps you could support those that got kicked out of inner London - oh no they might be fasicsts....ignorant racist twats, lying hippies, untrustworthy trots,and stuck up middle class wallys - voila Indymedia
you want no borders to importing your cleaners and police eh?
you want land rights for some and not others eh?
this is truly a fascist society - you can only attack the usual puppets
STUPIDMEDIA
we not same person
07.02.2010 19:34
don't understand your reference to homophobia re my comments about dogs, or your references to multiculturism, but maybe you will explain?
local bloke
community
08.02.2010 18:08
I think the reference to homophobia in relation to dogs is, that finding dogs offensive is based on a religious taboo, so is the dislike of gays. I am not a dog owner but I recognize that it is a tradition of some to keep dogs for companionship or to enjoy some connection with nature in the midst of a big city.
While I think we are all agree we should oppose racism, sometimes what people need is a place to meet outside their communities ( whatever a community is - a marketing niche and/or method of social control through carrot/stick grace and favour - through the setting up of state-friendly community leaderships, with their religious rules, hierarchies, business leaders, property, and family constraints ) and meet other people who come from different backgrounds. Perhaps I can illustrate this I have been a volunteer working with a refugee group. One of the other volunteers was an African. He was sent to represent someone who spoke the same language, the person he was sent to said he spoke english well enough and requested that he be sent someone else, because he could not be sure that a fellow countryman might not share the same cultural and political beliefs he had been forced to run for his life from. Sometimes, though not always, a shared culture can be the source of oppression..
long time london
breaking out of our supposed communities
08.02.2010 19:28
local bloke
about the dogs
09.02.2010 01:06
in many countries around the world dogs roam wild or feral in packs, and are a real danger to people. in many countries around the world dogs compete with humans for limited food. in many countries dogs were and are trained to attack people of colour, used in torture, etc. for example in apartheid south africa, for another example the klu klux kan.
in britain racists have time and time again used dogs to attack people of colour. not only but including police officers.
the person who posted about dogs did so in relation to south-east asian people. of course there are south-east asian people who like, or indeed love, dogs. however a large majority of south-east asian people in britain are fearful of them, especially when the dog is owned by a white person who is a stranger to them, in a white-dominated space, where the dog is roaming free.
i am sure there are some white people who also feel this fear, in this context.
homophobia, although labelled a phobia, usually involves more danger to the lgbt person than to the homophobic person. this is not generally true of a dog-fearing person when they come across a dog. it is rare that a person who is scared of dogs will physically attack one.
homophobia is utterly irrational, fear of unknown dogs is not always. especially if you come from a place, or your family do, where dogs attacking humans is common, or where the keeping of pets is less common whilst wild animals roam free. if you live amongst lions, tigers, wild dogs, you have a different attitude to animals with sharp teeth. some might even say more respect, since you do not infantilise them.
i do not know anyone who comes from a place where lgbt people physically attacking heterosexuals is comparably common to dogs attacking humans.
i actually find it deeply disturbing and insulting to read a comparison or analogy between the two.
i am a black gay man and i have two dogs who i love. however i try to respect other people's experiences of and potential fear of dogs they do not know. if possible i will introduce someone to my dogs and allow them the chance to discover that my dogs are safe and kind. however i will not expect them to know or feel that as long as my dogs are unknown to them. i keep my dogs on leads where there will be lots of people, for the sake of my dogs as well as any fearful people who may be there. i myself do not always feel comfortable in a crowded social space where a dog i do not know is roaming free. dogs can get stressed in these situations and react defensively even when it isn't thought to be part of their charactar.
history geek
anon
09.02.2010 09:34
some space is offered for free for anyone, massive complaints, anger and accusations fly around. use a resource dont sit in your armchair and criticize it. If you want to change the world, or indeed a squat don't write a message from your fucking imac, knock on the door and call around for a cup of tea.
anon
woof!
09.02.2010 16:02
woof!
never said anything bout getting rid of their dog
09.02.2010 16:44
i only mentioned the dog as one example (amongst three) of barriers to including some members of the local community, who used to use this building as a community centre and might like to be part of it now in its current usage. none of the three things i listed (dogs, dirt, smell) are really at the root of why many local people will keep away and i think we all know that.
we live in a divisive society, race is but one of a myriad of ways in which we are kept (and keep) ourselves segregated. if people who do have the confidence to squat or to be involved in a squat project don't make real efforts to reach out to the curious but shy, or fearful, then we will never break down those barriers and will always be just another alternative minority. it is in our interests to work hard at making "outsiders" feel welcome. and the onus is on us, yes it is, because in this context we have more power and perhaps more consciousness of what needs doing.
locals might have valuable things to contribute which might benefit the squat, could be of mutual benefit in all directions.
instead of focussing on one tiny part of my original comment let's talk about how we can open up this project out of the squatting clique and beyond the white-dominated alternative scene?
lets get practical, and sensible, here and lets start breaking down barriers instead of erecting even more.
might take some soulsearching and some hard work, but the potentials rewards would be immeasurable.
local bloke
talk
09.02.2010 19:51
em
who are you?
09.02.2010 20:50
local bloke
listen
09.02.2010 21:22
Peace
em
em
as long as he don't use wheelchair, hey?
09.02.2010 21:54
classic.
why should this local bloke have to come around again, he said he already been round trying to talk to people and got nowhere. its up to you people now, em and friends, you got the space you control it and its your interests like he said to make this stuff happen.
be nice if he came cos yeah he talking sense but he spent nuff time writing here given you plenty food for thought now its time YOU take action sted of pasing the buck.
me, i cant even get in the door (or knock on it) cos i in wheelchair and there aint no ramp or accessible door knocker is there.
good luck. i expect you mean well i hope you start putting those sentiments into action soon.
clique watch
woof!
09.02.2010 23:14
woof!
meow
10.02.2010 13:22
meow
Local Bloke...
10.02.2010 16:00
Yeah, This patch of Mare St is predominantly South East Asian. Within a kilometre you also have large English, Afro-Caribbean, Irish, Turkish, etc communities. The appeal of this space does not need to be exclusively for the immediate neighbours.
Dogs may or may not be an issue but I'd say the far bigger impediment to community engagement is people's hostility/ambiguity towards squatters as well as an over-sensitivity on the part of squatters which leads them to become insular rather than engage and possibly offend 'ordinary people'.
There seems little the people who have opened up this building can do to escape this hostility. Would you prefer they just left the building to rot? Or maybe you'd rather they just took your instructions via indymeida?
At least they're trying...
Hackney person
tweet tweet
10.02.2010 18:15
tweet
trying
11.02.2010 13:09
the road to hell is paved with good intentions, as they say. if simply "trying" was enough, i wouldn't have ever bothered taking direct action i would have just joined friends of the earth and sat back smugly saying "well at least we tried" as the earth burns.
a human
woof!
11.02.2010 16:48
woof!
woof!
woof!
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