The Hackney Social Centre was evicted May 16, 2008, after two unsuccessful eviction attempts in April. Many of the people living at the Social Centre have returned to their countries, and many are still in London, involved in different projects. The Social Centre was a brief but valuable experiment in active resistance and active defense of a large autonomous space in Hackney.

The Hackney space has a little bit of money left from the vegan cafes and from donations from the different groups that hosted events in the building. All of this money is going to fund direct action activies in London and abroad. Last month, £300 was given to comrades in Vancouver, organizing militant direct action resistance to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. In Hackney, squats and low-income housing are directly threatened by the Olympic re-development plans. The militancy of the Canadian activists is....inspirational.
URGENT UPDATE! The Hackney Social Centre is still under **THREAT OF EVICTION!** In March, the building's owners were given a Warrant of Possession by the courts. The Social Centre's scheduled eviction was successfully resisted on Monday 21 April by over 60 people - both inside and outside the building. Bailiffs are now expected to return to the building at any time.

Wednesday, 12 March 2008

Friday, 14th March, No Borders infonight!



NO BORDERS

ACTIVE SOLIDARITY
RESISTING IMMIGRATION CONTROLS
WHAT WAY FORWARD?

from 6.30pm:
Talks, films and workshops by no borders activists, migrants and asylum seekers, followed by an open discussion.

Showing: Underground Londoners = a film on the struggle of the London cleaners for better conditions
After Sangatte = from Calais, where migrants are forced to starve and sleep rough after the closure of the Red Cross centre
Divide and Fall = No Borders camp at Gatwick 2007
Real Harm = No Borders noise demo at Harmondsworth detention centre 2007
The early bird catches the firm = stopping dawn raids in Scotland
and more!

Bands, singers/songwriters and Djs
from 9.30 pm

Confirmed so far:
52 Commercial Road
Camilla Cancantata
The Carbon Town Cryer

Vegan food by the social centre

donations welcome
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