One of London's largest and most active social centres was evicted Friday morning by around 100 TSG units. According to reports, occupants were rudely awakened by an unruly mob of riot police breaking the inner door to their sleeping area. As no legal process had been initiated, an old warrant for the building was used as a pretext for the eviction. Occupants were in shock with the latest move by …

On Thursday evening Anti-deportation campaigners rallied in Peckham to condemn the mass deportation of Nigerians scheduled later that night (26 January 2012). The demonstration was a small tribute to a man on an 8-day hunger strike in protest against his deportation. Protesters from the "No Borders" network brandished a banner demanding "Stop Deportations To Nigeria" and played music as they marc…

News is coming in from the crew at the Peckham Social Centre that a raid has just happened there. Tooled up riot police broke their way in to the space without a warrant or court papers to attempt to justify the action and no reason has yet been given. The Peckham Social Centre has been going for two months now and has held fundraisers and community events. It's a squatted space with attempts …

On the third day of the unrest in London people started to report clashes with the police in Hackney and Lewisham, around 6pm clashes with police were reported from Peckham Rye area. In Hackney people started to smash windows along Mare Street. There have also been running skirmishes and large fires reported in Croydon this evening. At 9pm there are also reports from, Catford, Ilford, and Clapham…

About 150 people gathered outside Southwark Town Hall to protest against the cuts on Tuesday 22nd. Several people gave speeches highlighting the different areas where the cuts will have devastating effects on the borough. Many others used the demo to mobilise for the 26 of March demonstration, calling for that demo to be the beginning of the biggest protest movement in the UK for more than a …

About 100 people gathered outside the Southwark Council Meeting this afternoon to protest the planned Cuts. Speakers demanded from the Council to defend them against the plans of the government to cut social services and education. They also demanded to stop privatisation and stressed that outsourcing and improving "efficiency" is not an answer to the problems. See video.

Because of the current practical media blackout and misinformation surrounding the events aboard BA Flight 77 where Jimmy Mubenga was murdered, anti deportation activists have taken it upon themselves to inform people about these tragic and disgusting events.

London's independent art spaces are closing down at a worrying rate, and Peckham's Area10 could be the latest victim. Over just two weeks following the closure of The Foundry, Shunt, and Barden's Boudoir, Southwark Council is now threatening Area10 with closure. The Save Area10 Campaign attempts to start a creative protest, calling to arms all South London artists to stop Southwark Council's plans…

Families flock to the Livesey Museum for the re-opening of the former children's museum to mark two years since Southwark Council shut the building down. It was a wet Sunday morning in South London as community activists scurried round the beautiful Livesey museum on the Old Kent Rd, putting the final touches to the space for a free family funday.



Police had called the occupiers the day before sta…

Dateline: London & Brighton pub, Peckham, London, UK, 22:00 Fri 05 Jun 09 – On the day of Gordon Brown’s forced emergency cabinet reshuffle, Mr Mayhem, Teenage Man, Saddam & the Look-Alikes, Bloco de Louco and other left field luminaries were celebrating “The Death and Astonishing Resurrection of THE Labour Party” in a superb squatted pub in Peckham. For twelve long years, the war criminals,…

The Spike surplus scheme of 39B Consort Road, Peckham is being evicted as we speak. Bailiffs, cops, PCSOs and "community wardens" are on site.

After a ten year project in the building which has been in community use for 150 years, the property division of Southwark Council have decided to end the project. Though they promised to give notice to clear the project's equipment before eviction, Southw…