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 24 March 2008

Tuesday March 25th - Vegan Soup Kitchen and "Scenes of Resistance" Film Screenings!


6:30pm - Vegan Soupkitchen - pop up for a tasty vegan dinner!

And as always, every Tuesday we have films, short documentaries, and video clips organized around different themes. Our calendar for the next three weeks:


25th March: Segregation and Rage in the Suburbs

"La Haine" - a 1995 French film from Director M Kassovitz. From Wikipedia: "The film tells the story of three friends in a multi-ethnic housing project in the aftermath of a riot against the police."

1st April: State Surveillance and Repression

"Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion" - a 1970 Italian film from director Director E Petri. From Wikipedia: "a dramatic, psychological, black-humoured satire on corruption in high office, telling the story of a top police officer who kills his lover and then tests whether the police would accuse him for this."

8th April: The Ethic (of) Revolution

"A Fistful of Dynamite" - a 1971 Italian film from Director Sergio Leone. From Wikipedia: "Its plot is centered on two individuals, a poor Mexican bandit and an ex-Irish Republican Army revolutionary, who meet during the turbulent Mexican Revolution"


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UC.dev.null said...

Do you think we can arrange for the next film showing to also show "On the verge" as it's really topical now and the only way I'll get to see it is in a public screening.

CU

26 March 2008 at 20:28

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