Occupy London condemns demolition of the School of Ideas building
Illegal evictions aren’t unusual and happen all the time, but it is rare for a building to cease to exist so fast afterwards!
Complete with redacted text, Kenneth Clarke MP signed the warrant of possession for the Occupy London School of Ideas building, that Master Bragg issued two weeks ago and around midnight – at the same time as the eviction of Occupy London Stock Exchange by St Paul’s – high court enforcement officers backed by the Met Police, stormed the building without notice from the court and evicted 25 people. [1]
Very little was saved and very few people were allowed back in to collect what was inside. Usually there would be a day given when people could return and collect what was inside, but this day won’t come because at 6am bulldozers arrived and began the demolition at 8am.
Amongst the rubble of the old Moorfield Primary School, you’ll find children’s clothes and toys, as well as passports and medication of Occupy London protesters who had been working with the local community to use the building to house workshops focusing on social, economic, environmental and cultural issues.
Only last week the local community asked the council to buy back the school and keep it as either a primary school or community space.
Occupy London condemns the demolition of the building without regard to the needs of the community.
http://occupylsx.org/?p=3815
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