On this show we've got all sorts of stuff and things from here there and

everywhere. We'll be hearing from La Quadrature du Net about ACTA, censorship

and the enclosure of the internet commons.



We'll be hearing from a member of the drive cooperative, discussing London's

newest housing coop. A person from No Borders will be in tonight too, talking

to us about the No Borders Convergence from 13-18…

Greedy landlords are pushing tenants out of their homes in time for the London 2012 Olympics in favour of highly profitable short term rentals.

9am - Outside Westminster Housing Options Service, 101 Orchardson Street,

LONDON NW8.

On our coop special (episode 91) we had noises from:



- Karola at the well-known and loved Cowley Club, a cooperative social centre in Brighton.



- James from Redfield, an intentional community, giving us the lowdown on his travels around and observations of the UK cooperative housing scene.



- Heavy D, discussing cooperative social care provision.



- Jo, on the ins and outs of being part of the actor's c…

LARC - and pumpin' out your stereo...

The meeting will be held at Marcon Court and Apsland Estates Community Hall. Tuesday 25th October, 7-9pm.

This is an update on the Land & Freedom Camp: a 7 day open exhibition and demonstration taking place on Clapham Common from Sat 17th Sept til Sun 25th Sept.

LARC - and pumpin' out your stereo

Hand in Hand pub, Meadow Road, off New Kent Road, Elephant and Castle (first left off the roundabout).

The Basildon Centre, St Martin's Square, Basildon, SS14 1DL

All Saints Church

Carnegie Street

London

N1 9QW

pumpin out yer stereo...

Food and drink were provided to the homeless outside Westminster Catherdral as the council is looking at introducing a byelaw in Central London and Victoria which would banning rough sleeping and giving to the homeless. London, UK, 20/03/2011.

Romany Gypsies demonstrated opposite Parliament against government plans to make the Gypsy way of life harder. London, UK. 26/02/2011.

Over a dozen of us bailed in to Wood Green NatWest today, protesting at cuts to public services, and in particular the cuts to housing benefit and social housing which will lead to more people being homeless.

Wood Green tube (for NatWest bank, High Road, N22)

OFFMARKET

111 Lower Clapton rd, E5 0NP

offmarket@riseup.net / 07706279299

Opening hours: Sunday 12-6pm, Monday 12-6pm, tuesday 12-8pm

Open meetings are on monday 7pm if you want to meet us, check the space out or have any proposal to use the space!

Accessibility info for folks with different abilities, see the AccessCodes

OFFMARKET

111 Lower Clapton rd, E5 0NP

offmarket@riseup.net / 07706279299

Opening hours: Sunday 12-6pm, Monday 12-6pm, tuesday 12-8pm

Open meetings are on monday 7pm if you want to meet us, check the space out or have any proposal to use the space!

Accessibility info for folks with different abilities, see the AccessCodes

Police serve the eviction of Guy Ritchie's £6m property, 34 Fitzroy Square. The 'Really Free School' collective moved in lat weekend and turned the space into a free education centre in response to rising tuition fees. London, UK, 18/02/2011.

12-4pm, Methodist

Central Hall, Westminster, 

Storey’s Gate, SW1H 9N

Police arrived in Friedrichshain at Liebig 14 from 4:00am to begin the eviction of a former squat, now a housing project. The eviction began just before 8:00am and riots ensued in the surrounding area afterwards. Berlin, Germany, 02/02/2011.

Police turned up in force at 4am, as well as protesters - mainly residents from other housing projects on Rigaer strasse in a show of solidarity against …

This morning the squatters of 144 Mayall road had their second eviction notice. The first eviction date saw friends and neighbours turn out en masse to a lovely street breakfast with no bailiffs even trying to show their faces. This time they did show up, supported by the cops. While the first attempt at repossessing the council property was again unsuccessful, they did make a couple of arrests. A…

For this show the dissidents scoured the world selecting the finest information to put inside your head (through your ears)

- we talked to an Ad Hoc Properties resident about his experiences living in an 'anti-squat' and how seeing Leegstand Zonder Zorgen has affected his outlook

- all the way from 'down under' we had a member of the City is Ours group in Melbourne about squatting and housing ri…

compare the lines:

Lambeth          26,421 council homes | 1,090 empty | 100 squatted

Tower Hamlets 21,612 council homes |    326 empty | 121 squatted

With Lambeth having about three times as many empty homes than the average borough, can't help to wonder why squatters haven't taken over the borough yet...

EastLondonLines.co.uk report on empty homes in Hackney. Includes a map of empty homes in the borough. Part of EastLondonLines' Housing Week.

A blog by "local people who aren’t particularly happy about what is going on in the name of ‘regeneration’ in Southwark Borough" taking a critical and in depth look at look at an area that is often dealt with, by government councils, on quite a superficial level, resulting in less council housing and further errosion of community, local economy and public space.

19th - 21st June 2009

A weekend of free workshops, discussions and skillsharing focusing on issues relating to housing and squatting is being planned for mid-June. The London FreeSchool will be occupying an empty building for the weekend. This is an open project for people to come and get involved in creating a new space from the beginning. It will hopefully include workshops relating to opening…

Location to be confirmed...

Location to be confirmed...