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sQUAT tHE rICH!..London Crew Foil Hired Thugs

London: Siege of Aylesbury estate security thugs against St James Square ANAL squat

– April 12th, 2015
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The squatter crew Autonomous Nation of Anarchist Libertarians (A.N.A.L.) have occupied a number of high profile buildings in central London in recent weeks.

These have included the former Institute of Directors (corporate fatcat club) HQ, Admiralty Arch (state power icon due to be turned into hotel), and now 24 St James’ Square, a flash office building on one of London’s most expensive squares, empty for ten years.

They have been getting big picture splashes in corporate media rags like the Evening Standard and Daily Mail.

On Friday evening (10 April) the St James’ Sq squat came under siege by a mini-army of security guards. The heavies used similar tactics to those seen recently on the Aylesbury Estate and other squat clashes recently: unable to retake the building, they forcibly block entrances and exits to lock down the occupation, keeping out supporters and supplies.

This tactic is not usually successful, as many times our side can mobilise bigger numbers to come down and break the siege. Several dozen people responded to a call for back-up from ANAL on Friday evening, and the security thugs were forced to back down, after a few scuffles.security-st-james-lineup1

Police also came along, and in this case didn’t give the security any support, but instead warned them for not displaying their SIA (Security Industry Authority) registration badges, as her majesty’s law demands.

A number of the security guards present on Friday are regulars from Southwark Council’s security operation at the Aylesbury Estate. As a matter of course they do not wear any company insignia or registration numbers. They have been repeatedly violent and offensive to occupiers, estate residents and passers by.

If you have any further information on these characters and their employers, please share it. Email to rabble(at)autistici.org, and/or to the Aylesbury Estate occupiers at aylesbury(at)riseup.net. Or you can contact ANAL via their facebook page, where there are some photos.

via Rabble Ldn

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Manila Squatters in anti-yuppy riots

 Police attack squatters in Philippines slum riot

Squatters in Manila clash with police over gentrification project

 

Thousands of people living in slums in Manila have fought fierce battles with police, who are trying to evict them from their homes in order to make way for a multi-billion dollar project to turn the area into a new business district.

As police moved in to the 72 acre site, residents erected barricades, and fought back the police using rocks, nail bombs, and bags of faeces. The police repeatedly charged the barricades with batons and teargas, but without success. Continue reading “Manila Squatters in anti-yuppy riots”

Eat the Rich: One week of Occupy London

On Saturday 22 October at 1pm in London, the general assembly is geared up to receive a swell of visitors, as many who work are inspired by the camp and plan to come and visit and see what it’s all about. It will be an important test for the assembly facilitators, to hold the camp together as more voices enter the equation…Posted by Jamie Kelsey-Fry | 

Saturday will mark a week since OccupyLondon claimed its space at the feet of St Paul’s Cathedral. It has been a difficult but utterly uplifting experience for all.

IMF predicts collapse of Capitalism!

People are gravitating to the camp constantly, drawn by what is really still an idea taking shape, but an idea that is already inspiring.

The camp is determined and committed to channelling peoples voices through general assembly and consensus. The aims of the London assembly and others around the world are cut from the same cloth.  We all want to challenge the fundamental assumptions that underlie the world’s political and financial systems, which are failing us at all levels.

It’s an easy criticism to make that the assembly ‘offers no solutions’. Of course not, not yet. But the process of building a movement that asks the right questions, and considers that another world is possible, has begun. The systems of general assembly and consensus can be painstaking but they do mean that all those people involved have their voices heard.

The camp came up with their first statement in 48 hours. It’s now only six days in. I would suggest that if this process of forming a concrete vision of a fairer, safer more just world is anything as erudite as the way the London camp has organised itself, then we are in for something of great value. Perhaps an idea whose time has come.

If you plan to visit, I have no doubt that you will find the camp to be, at the very least, a source of hope. At best, you may find yourself deciding that you belong here, and the next thing you know, you’ll be collecting a sleeping bag and joining a working group. See you soon.