Tag Archives: UK

UK: House of Lords vote on squatting clause soon

Posted on February 14, 2012 by squat

LOBBY A LORD, GET INVOLVED!! As you may know, the bill to criminalise squatting in residential properties was rushed through the House of Commons and is already in the House of Lords despite a 96% pro-squatting majority in the consultation. … Continue reading →

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London: Student centre branded terrorist

Posted on January 26, 2012 by squat

London students who occupied a space in the run-up to the November 30th public sector strike were under the jurisdiction of the Met’s SO15 Counter Terrorism Command, FITwatch have learned today. Bloomsbury Social Centre [now evicted] – which aimed to … Continue reading →

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Occupy London publicly repossesses empty nine-storey building in the Barbican

Posted on January 24, 2012 by squat

Occupy London this morning (21/01/12) publicly repossessed Roman House, an abandoned nine-storey office building in the Barbican in the City of London which previously housed companies from the financial service industries. [1] The Occupy London campaigners – part of the … Continue reading →

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London: OffMarket Project Coming To An End

Posted on January 24, 2012 by squat

It is with mixed feelings that we announce the end of the offMarket project. We took disused buildings and try to turn them into open resources for the wider community. We started the project with a big collective. Now there … Continue reading →

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Squatters march through Brighton streets

Posted on January 23, 2012 by squat

Three squats are due in court as the owners of the buildings try and regain possession. The protest started at 10.30 outside Brighton County Court in solidarity with the squatters in court. Once the last squatters have had their court … Continue reading →

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UK – Police Raids on Occupy Squats

Posted on January 11, 2012 by squat

As UK occupations squat more buildings the police, many of whom have criminal records are flouting the law to harass protesters, the Lords are debating making squatting residential buildings illegal, the government plans to make hundreds of thousands homeless and … Continue reading →

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Police Harass Occupy Liverpool at Legal Squat

Posted on January 10, 2012 by squat

The “new location” is a squat in a derelict office block on Preston Street and until the above message was posted its location was kept secret. I always thought the decision not to tell anyone the new location was odd … Continue reading →

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