Lambeth Town Hall Occupied by People's Assembly

Lambeth town hall in Brixton was taken over and occupied by protestors as the council met to vote through budget cuts of tens of millions of pounds. Hundreds of people gathered outside the town hall (as they'd done previously two weeks ago) and at around 7pm took over the chamber chanting "This is what democracy looks like" and "No ifs, no buts, no public services cuts!", before holding a people's assembly. See Videos  [ 1 | 2 | 3 ] | Pictures and Reports [ 1 | 2 | 3 ] Tumblewire | Urban 75 pics | Cuts newswire

After withdrawing the council members met under a police guard to vote through the cuts. The occupation ended at around 9pm as people marched out after 2 hours of discussions and speeches at the 'people's council'.

occupied! (pic by http://twitpic.com/photos/aaronjohnpeters)

earlier (http://yfrog.com/h4dsxlj)

start of occupation (pic: goltopgirl http://twitpic.com/42zls2)

See also youtube Videos 1, 2

Audio outside before storming - audioboo

LINKS:

http://lambethsaveourservices.org 

http://laca.org.uk/