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.

Monday, 17 March 2008

Saturday, 22nd March, The 2012 Show!


A Fun-Raiser for The Hackney Social Centre.
The 2012 Show will be arriving on Sat 22nd March with its Conscious Carnival to raise the fun required for the on going success and development of The New Hackney Social Centre Project.

Confirmed so far for your enjoyment and conscious bubbling properties :

The Monday Love Cinema Room

'No Volverán - The Venezuelan Revolution Now'
'traveling deep into the shanty towns (barrios), and to several factories under workers' control, to find out why there is a movement to over-through Capitalism, what Socialism of the 21st Century is, and how it is changing people's lives.'
Presented by Hands of Venezuela with updated info in current situation.
http://www.handsoffvenezuela.org/venezuela_dvd_no_volveran.htm

'Arundhati Roys WE'
'fast-paced 64 minute documentary that covers the world politics of power, war, corporations, deception and exploitation.'
http://www.weroy.org/

'Salt of The Earth' - 1953
'This film was written, directed and produced by members of the original "Hollywood Ten," who were blacklisted for refusing to answer Congressional inquiries on First Amendment grounds'
http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/salt.html

'Reclaim Love 5'
'Oil and Gas are not the most important resourceas on the planet, the most important resource is love.'
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/london/2008/02/392220.html

DJs:
Resonance Radio
SmallMoney

Live music from:
Oystar Band 
Milly Moonstone - "World Pop"
Rhythms of Resistance Samba Band
http://www.myspace.com/oystar
http://www.myspace.com/millimoonstone
http://www.rhythmsofresistance.co.uk/

Vegan Food

8pm 'till you leave or we kick you out!
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