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<< Page 12 | Page 10>>Press Release/Statement: The Reality of Occupy Brighton
The following statement recieved consensus at two General Assemblies and was warmly recieved at OLSX (St. Paul's). Please forward to media working group and all press contacts.[Full Story | 1 comment ]
Occupy Exeter!!
camp set up in the city! some photos from around town.
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The war on squatters
What we are seeing is a well-orchestrated clampdown on alternative culture. Again. By the Tories. Again.We need to keep our eyes peeled.
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Nepal :Police crackdown on the peaceful assembly of Tibetan exiles
Our source who was present in the spot during the attack of police on peaceful Tibetan said Tibetan exiles held a memorial service at Jawalakhel Settlement on the outskirts of Kathmandu. Before that there was a notable presence of intelligence officials on that area. Police surrounded the venue for the religious service and blocked the entrance before the service started.
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Squat news from Amsterdam
Amsterdam: Persistent resistance at the 01-11-2011 eviction waveSolidarity with the squatters in the UK!
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An open letter to Mike Weatherly MP
An open letter to Mike Weatherly MP, questioning just some of the twisted statements he has made around squatting. An amendment to the Legal Aid bill was passed in the commons this evening (1st November) criminalising squatting in residential buildings.[Full Story | 1 comment ]
Titnore Under Threat Again!!
Titnore Woods is again under threat of disappearing under 700+ houses...[Full Story | 10 comments ]
Hove MP calls for powers to control messy squatters
This is a story from Brighton's local paper, The Argus. We took the liberty of correcting some obvious typos, but the rest is verbatum.[Full Story ]
Housing should be a right not a privilege
The Squatting Network of Brighton respond to the possible criminalisation of squatting, to be discussed in Parliament on the coming Monday. We're angry and obviously concerned that the government have sneaked this clause into an unrelated bill, and hence wish to inform the masses of this potentially enormous miscarriage of justice. Excuse our formal language but it is our press release![Full Story | 2 comments ]
Plans afoot to criminalise squatting in residential buildings
Despite the respondents to its very own consultation overwhelmingly supporting squatting, the Government is still moving full steam ahead to criminalise a solution to emptiness. It's a farcical situation! But one which may have far-reaching consequences...[Full Story ]
66 Recent International Animal Rights News Stories And Campaigns
French pate, African ivory burned, KFC continues scalding live chickens in defeathering, McDonald's expands cowkilling further in China, Japan trains police to deal with protests of dolphin killers, Korean activists shut down dog meat festival, Latvians protest UK bear skins,etc.
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An Open Letter to Mike Weatherly Conservative MP for Hove, from the occupiers of
A letter on the criminalization of squatting[Full Story | 1 comment ]
9 current Animal Rights Stories: Canada, Colombia, China, US, Scotland Etc
fox beaten to death, horse dragged behind truck, seal slaughter filmers threatenedwith arrest etc
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14 Juillet in Calais
Yesterday, Bastille Day, a banner was hung along the main parade route reading "The Bastille has fallen, but not Fortress Europe." And every evening Calais No Borders are holding feasts of free food and music for migrants and all-comers in an open space near the town hall.
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Options for Dealing with Squatters
The folks at the Ministry of Justice have today launched their 'consultation' document about new laws how to 'deal with' squatters. It asks for the views of "anyone affected by squatters or [who] has experience of using the current law or procedures to get them evicted." They don't seem too interested in what the squatters have to say.[Full Story | 1 comment ]
Mobile Guerilla Garden
A convoy of shopping trollies planted up with vegetables and flowers salvaged from a demolished community garden back in May took to the streets of Brighton on Saturday (July 9). Shoppers were encouraged to grow their own and support local independent grocers and boycott Tesco and Sainsburies who are taking over the city centre in a supermarket war.
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Building in Central Brighton Occupied in Solidarity with June 30 Strikes
An abandoned shop front in Churchill Square, Brighton’s biggest shopping centre, has been occupied in solidarity with striking public sector workers.[Full Story | 1 addition ]
A short and incomplete history of squatting in Brighton
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