Tag Archives: Social Centres
Social Centres breakout
With government moves to outlaw squatting in residential buildings and the organisation of activists into a movement of positive action against the criminalising of squatters, once again radical social spaces is back on the agenda and the forefront of people’s political activity.
Radical activities update
New social centre A site for the grass roots social centre in Birmingham. The Whit Marley Building has been left empty for a number of years. Much has been stripped out and the building is slowly deteriorating. Buildings like this are part of Birmingham’s heritage, we want to take care of it while it is [...]
Common Place Social Centre To Close
On 21st March 2011, Leeds’ radical, autonomous social centre The Common Place announced that it would be closing after a final party weekend on 22nd-24th April. This will be felt by many as a great loss. From its beginnings six years ago as hub to mobilise for the G8, The Common Place has evolved to [...]
Not the royal wedding party
The squatted Social Centre Plus in Deptford South London celebrated its successful resistance to an attempted eviction by having an anti-monarchy street party the day of the royal wedding. Some 500 people turned up to the roof party which was held throughout the day with music, food and dancing followed by an evening of riotous [...]
London squatted social centres raided
Police outside Ratstar early this morning Update 1.02pm Met police issue press statement: http://www.met.police.uk/pressbureau/Bur28/page03.htm Update 12.00pm As far as we are aware police have left the Offmarket social centre and Grow Heathrow site, but the operation is still ongoing at the Ratstar. There is currently 12 TSG vans outside the building with a crowd of [...]
Social Centre resist eviction
Anti-cuts activists defy bailiffs and keep open Anarchists, Anti-cuts activists, and community campaigners who occupied a disused job centre in south London successfully resisted an attempt to evict them early on Tuesday morning 12th April. Over 60 people gathered outside the squatted building renamed Social Centre Plus (SCP) on Deptford High Street, linking arms and [...]
Social Centre Plus eviction
Tuesday 12th April 10am onwards Social Centre Plus 122 Deptford High Street London SE8 4NS Directions Social Centre Plus, the occupied Job Centre on Deptford High Street, faces an attempted eviction by bailiffs this Tuesday morning and they want YOU to help us defend it!
Common Place Social Centre To Close
On 21st March 2011, Leeds’ radical, autonomous social centre The Common Place announced that it would be closing after a final party weekend on 22nd-24th April. This will be felt by many as a great loss. From its beginnings six years ago as hub to mobilise for the G8, The Common Place has evolved to [...]
Social centre evictions
Setback for squatting movement at the sharp end of the housing crisis In July and August of this year Crown Estates and Dunbar Bank were, in separate cases, granted possession orders for several of their squatted properties in south Hackney, London. In the case of Dunbar Bank, the order was in respect of 195 Mare [...]
Getting Active: Social Centres
Anarchists have always sought to build open social environments – back in 1906 The Workers Friend Club, just down the road from Freedom, became the hub for the anarchist movement of Rudolph Rocker’s day and would regularly hold mass meetings, cultural events and late night weekend dances. Such autonomous spaces developed into the social centres [...]
