{"id":478,"date":"2016-09-19T08:41:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T08:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trespass.network\/?p=478"},"modified":"2016-09-19T08:41:25","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T08:41:25","slug":"brixton-squatters-strike-again-new-activist-message-goes-up-on-acre-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sindominio.net\/trespass\/en\/2016\/09\/19\/brixton-squatters-strike-again-new-activist-message-goes-up-on-acre-lane\/","title":{"rendered":"Brixton squatters strike again! New activist message goes up on Acre Lane"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We here at Brixton Buzz<\/a> have grown rather fond of our local persistent squatters, who have proved ready and willing to take over empty\/derelict buildings and then decorate them with versions of their much travelled political banner.
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Their latest and most comprehensive effort can be seen in Acre Lane, with the multi coloured banner referencing some of the issues affecting communities in the area.<\/p>\n

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The banner reads:<\/p>\n

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Squatting: If it was good enough for Olive Morris<\/a> then it’s good enough for us. F*** the council, property vultures and those who threaten our social housing, community spaces and trading places: Brixton Arches, Cressingham Gardens, South Lambeth Libraries, Central Hill, Westbury, Brixton Skate Park, Knights Walk and more.<\/p>\n

Brixton doesn’t need more evictions or more social, ethnic and cultural whitewashes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Brixton used to have a thriving squatting\/housing co-op scene<\/a> from the 1960s onwards but changes in the squatting laws<\/a> and the evictions of well-established communities in central Brixton locations like Rushcroft Road<\/a>, Clifton Mansions<\/a> and Carlton Mansions<\/a> have seen many long term residents displaced.<\/p>\n

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Other notable community-based squats in the area included <\/strong>Cooltan Arts<\/a>, Brixton Arts Co-op<\/a>, The 121 Centre<\/a> and St Agnes Place<\/a>. More recently, squats have been evicted in Loughborough Junction, Gresham Road<\/a> and, controversially, Walton Lodge in Coldharbour Lane<\/a> (above).<\/p>\n

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[Sign outside Gresham Road squat<\/a>, June 2016]<\/p>\n

Much of Brixton’s squats were evicted after occupying empty residential properties<\/a> was made illegal in September 2012, although non-residential squatting in empty buildings is still legal, despite the shameful efforts of Streatham MP Chuka Umunna and Lambeth Leader Lib Peck<\/a> to change the law.<\/p>\n

Source – Brixton Buzz<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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