The war and "the left" - what do "we" do?
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andysays
Love and solidarity
Cue (at least) two pages of argument about whether they should hang a Ukraine flag out the window.
Kevbad the Bad
Amiable Bowel Syndrome
Hasn't that police car been draped in Ukrainian colours as well?
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
They should not.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
not seeing any arguments in favour being advanced.
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Glad I'm not the only one who's been noticing this, it does seem a bit much.
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Not really? If you don't mind mentioning your area I can try and have a search for you, but obv no worries if you'd rather not do that?
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
Thank you will send you a pm, but I might just have to start using Facebook
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
ask a friend who lives nearby / check if any local flyposting
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
I have seen some SWP flyposting for a meeting...
Does anyone flypast expect the SWP these days?
chilango
Hypothetical Wanker
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
See some SWP stuff around a uni sometimes that's it.I haven't seen any flyposting, anywhere, for years
andysays
Love and solidarity
Anyone heard of Anarchist Action Network?
11:36 Squatters occupy Russian oligarch's London mansion
Members of an anarchist group have occupied a central London property linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
The Anarchist Action Network say they are occupying the mansion in Belgrave Square in protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine and to show "solidarity" with the people of Ukraine and Russian citizens "who never agreed to this madness".
The group says the property will serve as a "refugee support, for people of Ukraine and people of all nations and ethnicity".
Some of the protesters told attending press that there is no hot water in the house and no food in the fridges, suggesting the property has not been lived in for a while. They say they do not intend to live or sleep at the property, but will occupy it on rotation.
I saw a load of AFED flyposts the other day. Also see SP ones quite often. And we still have stalls and paper sales and petitions of a Saturday. (WRP were out flogging Newsline the other day, I've also seen them hawking them round pubs locally.)
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
I’ve noticed that the U.K. police are fully supportive of the Ukraine, so many of their cars are in Ukrainian flag colours. Well done British police!
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Ah, this is their site:
Seems to be a repost from here:
Russian Elite’s – You Occupy Ukraine, We Occupy You
We Are Anarchists. We Occupy this property in protest against Putin and his world. This mansion is owned by a Russian Oligarch, Complicit in Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Do we need to remind …
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Yeah, we get both SWP and SolFed stuff in town, and then YCL and some of the smaller trot groups mostly visible round the uni. It's almost always sellotape rather than your proper oldschool wallpaper paste though.
Oh please let this be the start of a movement to squat ALL the unoccupied houses in Londongrad. This is great news.
gosub
~#
They are however still fans of Battenburg, a cake for cunts
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
if they want us all behind it they'd need to squat a larger place
A brief statement by those who are occupying the mansion (the Anarchist Action Network) :
dessiato
🇪🇸 my spirit is crying for leaving
I like battenburg, which is yellow and pink.
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
Will be interesting to see what happens here. Squatting is unlawful in 'residential' (note inverted commas) property so I'm suspecting it will be straight to court.
Could they argue that the property is not residential as it was bought as an investment and has not been lived in? Probably not.
Would court action/eviction lead to a large element of public support, given that this group are effectively doing what the government should be doing?
Don't know anything about the group but this is good direct action.
The government's line will be interpretable as something like 'squatting in residential property remains illegal, meanwhile you can host a traumatised refugee in your two bedroomed house for a pittance by making your kids share a room'.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
it is residential as it has been lived in - i think that's how they define it
however, at a time when oligarchs are bad then dealing with this squatting as cops usually might won't do their tattered rep any good
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