St Agnes Place Squatters Evicted
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Wednesday November 30, 2005 13:08
by David
Over 30 years of Community have been crushed by Riot police in the center of London City. St Agnes place squatted community has finaly been evicted. The houses had been empty for almost 15 years in 1974 when a few squatters rebuilt the decaying buildings and created a vibrant rastafarian community complete with it's own temple, a community TV station and a community radio station, social centers, libraries.
Yesterday the council completed the eviction they had been desperate to achieve since 1976, even though thhey had no use for the properties being occupied, they could not tolerate other people utilising the space, the council demolished many houses and made others uninhabitable to deter more squatters They were destroying good homes in an act of systematic vandalism because they could not understand any other way of life than their own
Today with the use of overwhelming police force they finally achieved their bitter little aim. Bob Marley's favourite place in london is no more and somewhere unique and beautiful is set to be replaced with low quality low rent low community estates. They are throwing hundreds of people out on the street to build 'social housing'. Fucking assholes.
http://www.stagnesplace.net/
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5Disgraceful scenes of fully geared up riot cops and other security types forcing people out of their homes and the community they have created for themselves and others to enjoy.
Shame!
http://www.stagnesplace.net/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pid=8
last article on st agnes and another historic squated community under imminent threat of eviction.-
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=72833&search_text=historic%20squats
Man that really makes me sad and angry. It sounds like such a nice place too.
just read this one sided biased article written by someone by obvisously ill -in formed, st agnes place got evicted to make way for cheap housing for working class people who have been waiting on the housing list for years theres lots of empties in london people too lazy to go out and squat thats their problem 30 years a decent length off time to get out of any building and the so much for the so called community ...what was that ?made up of rastas selling crack to middle class crusty drop-outs really worth keeping...try visting somwhere before spouting your opinion .. oopps i almost forgot u can,t anymore.
just read this one sided biased article written by someone obvisously ill -in formed, st agnes place got evicted to make way for cheap housing for working class people who have been waiting on the housing list for years theres lots of empties in london people too lazy to go out and squat thats their problem 30 years a decent length off time to get out of any building and the so much for the so called community ...what was that ?made up of rastas selling crack to middle class crusty drop-outs really worth keeping...try visting somwhere before spouting your opinion .. oopps i almost forgot u can,t anymore.
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