Reclaim Brixton movement - meetings and April 25th protest planned

[Pickman's model]

There is likely to be speakers at the demo.

perhaps you could outline how this is intellectual protest.

 

[Pickman's model]

Yes Midday 12pm to 5pm.

so the marches won't be arriving at 12am as previously stated but instead at a more sociable 12pm.

 

[Greebo]

perhaps you could outline how this is intellectual protest.

Hearts and minds, Pickers, hearts and minds.

 

[Pickman's model]

Hearts and minds, Pickers, hearts and minds.

ime everyone protests at the speakers, who only tell them why they're there when everyone who turns out knows already why they're there.

 

[TopCat]

It

Blacker Dread is due to be released soon.

always surprises me when people are so dim as to nick money and pay it into their own bank account.

 

[editor]

Reclaim Brixton banner appears on Walton Lodge luxury development in Coldharbour Lane

 

[David Clapson]

Last time anyone used the word "reclaim" on a placa

It

always surprises me when people are so dim as to nick money and pay it into their own bank account.

He didn't nick it, somebody else did.

 

[Gramsci]

perhaps you could outline how this is intellectual protest.

I was replying to friendofdorothy comment

hope that isn't an indication of the level of intellectual protest to expect.

Not trying to be difficult but as I said for legal reasons cannot go into detail here.

 

[Gramsci]

A big rig?

I would not know myself.

Best to go and see.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Yes - trying to get a big rig

 

[TopCat]

See you all there.

 

[Ms T]

I saw that Brindisa is supporting the demo by also closing both its shop and cafe between 12 and 2pm on Saturday "in solidarity with our neighbours". Pleasantly surprised by this.

 

[han]

Of course, it's not about protecting their windows, oh no. [emoji12]

 

[editor]

Oooh. Walton Lodge is still occupied.

 

[organicpanda]

Oooh. Walton Lodge is still occupied.

not for much longer by the looks of it

 

[David Clapson]

for legal reasons cannot go into detail here.

Every time Gramsci says this a Superintendent somewhere adds another van of riot police to the roster...

 

[T & P]

Of course, it's not about protecting their windows, oh no. [emoji12]

You could argue that many of the businesses closing down during the protest might also have had that in mind... If trouble were to flare up (which for the record I don't think it will), I doubt vandals would be very particular about which window to smash.

 

[DietCokeGirl]

Replacing a window is likely to be cheaper than the cost of closing and still paying staff, tbh. Unless you've got fucking MASSIVE windows.

 

[editor]

not for much longer by the looks of it

They've been illegally evicted. One builder arrested. More later.

 

[CH1]

Why did they do that? Its obviously going to take Lexadon 5 years or so to get round to doing anything on the site.
Mr Knight was quite happy to let the Shoreditch Ladies and their hangers on have a free licence for 6 months at the Angel.

 

[editor]

Squatters attacked and one builder arrested as Walton Lodge in Brixton is evicted

 

[editor]

Replacing a window is likely to be cheaper than the cost of closing and still paying staff, tbh. Unless you've got fucking MASSIVE windows.

The PR fallout isn't so good though.

 

[editor]

Here's what an illegal eviction looks like:



http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2015/04/...n-lodge-building-on-coldharbour-lane-brixton/


Some testosterone-stuffed oaf tried to grab my camera off me earlier on. Lexadon are really showing their true colours here.

 

[David Clapson]

After some confusion over whether the squat was legal (i.e. was it commercial or residential), the police decided that it was indeed residential after a representative for Lexadon insisted that a caretaker lived in the building.

I'd like to know what the courts would have to say about that. If the police were wrong to classify the building as residential, what now? Can a court give squatters permission to reoccupy?

 

[TopCat]

The police are currently very antsy because they have no contact details for any of the organisers nor an idea of what is going to happen.
They ARE reading this site with interest.

 

[Pickman's model]

Squatters attacked and one builder arrested as Walton Lodge in Brixton is evicted

i saw a similar (but sadly more effective) eviction in east finchley at the turn of the century, leaving two squatters with broken ankles when they jumped from a window to escape thugs sent by a landlord

 

[Pickman's model]

The police are currently very antsy because they have no contact details for any of the organisers nor an idea of what is going to happen.
They ARE reading this site with interest.

in that case they'll know more about drugs and that but still be ignorant about the £30 and packed lunch

oops

 

[TopCat]

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   I'd like to know what the courts would have to say about that. If the police were wrong to classify the building as residential, what now? Can a court give squatters permission to reoccupy?

   No

 

[David Clapson]

The police are currently very antsy because they have no contact details for any of the organisers nor an idea of what is going to happen.
They ARE reading this site with interest.
They have been rather taken in by the London Black Rev so expect the Village to possibly be shut/evacuated or just full of pumped up cops.
They will declare a major incident if the A23 gets taken over.
Jolly japes.

The village and Market Row will be closed, no doubt about it. The Revs won't be able to do their walkthrough of the village, so they'll have to find some other focus for their discontent.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Surely closing the village achieves their goal. So job done.