the island

Early on Thursday 12th in the morning there was a minor fire in the derelict part of the block on Rampart Street. After the fire had been put out, several men knocked on the door at RampARTS, claiming to be from the fire brigade. After they had gained entry under this false pretense, they were revealed to be agents of the owner of the building. The proceeded to call the police and evicted the person inside. Without bothering to ascertain that there were no more people in the house, they started to board up the building, placing security personnel at the doors. In the meantime some people managed to climb back into the building, carrying on with the successful occupation. About 30 people are outside and are asking for everyone to join them and show their support for this community.

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London & Brighton pub

139 Queens Road, Peckham SE15

52 Knatchbull road (entrance on Burton rd, behind Minet library) SE5 9QY.
Nearest tubes : Brixton, Oval, Kennington.
Nearest train : Loughborough junction.
Nearest buses : P5 or Brixton road (3/N3, 59, 133/N133, 159/N159, 415. stop: loughborough road)

InfoUsurpa and Offline continue to be an attempt to build relationships between the different social centres in london.

the streets of london

52 Knatchbull road (entrance on Burton rd, behind Minet library) SE5 9QY.
Nearest tubes : Brixton, Oval, Kennington.
Nearest train : Loughborough junction.
Nearest buses : P5 or Brixton road (3/N3, 59, 133/N133, 159/N159, 415. stop: loughborough road)

12PM MEET AT PORTMAN SQUARE, W1
(Nearest Tubes: Bond St, Marble Arch and Baker St)

MARCH ROUTE: OXFORD ST, REGENTS ST, PICCADILLY!

RALLY AND CELEBRATION WATERLOO PLACE  (2.30 - 5pm)
(Nearest Tube: Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square, Charing Cross)

Bishopsgate entrance to Liverpool Street Station

The Ship Pub (Upstairs), 12 Gate Street, Holborn, WC2A 3HP

at The Library House - 52 Knatchbull road (entrance on Burton rd, behind Minet library) SE5

Events from the 2nd to the 8th of March 2009

http://thelibraryhouse.wordpress.com

52 Knatchbull road (entrance on Burton rd, behind Minet library) SE5 9QY.
Nearest tubes : Brixton, Oval, Kennington.
Nearest train : Loughborough junction.
Nearest buses : P5 or Brixton road (3/N3, 59, 133/N133, 159/N159, 415. stop: loughborough road)

London College of Communication

Elephant and Castle (Northern and Bakerloo Line)

follow the subway signs to London College of Printing

The occupation of the London College for Communication has ended tonight, after the students reaseived a letter by the University, accepting most of the demands. During the day the students had dropped a banner from a tree in front of the main entrance opposite the shopping centre.

Come and celebrate Friday, Feb 25th, 2:15pm outside LCC.

In the wake of recent successwul demands to Universities, UAL students have asked their University to meet similar demands. Following a positive meeting with Rob Imeson, dean of students, alongside two equality and diversity officers on 11th of Feburary, the response received on February 18th reads very ambiguous, vague and inconsistent. After an event on Monday, 23rd, speakers Organised by the UAL Palestine Solidarity Network and the UAL Stop the War Society including Tony Bann and Mark Howell, students of the College of Communication occupied the Podium lecture theatre until their demands have been met by the University.

THE LIBRARY HOUSE
52 Knatchbull road (entrance on Burton rd, behind Minet library) SE5 9QY.
Nearest tubes : Brixton, Oval, Kennington.
Nearest train : Loughborough junction.
Nearest buses : P5 or Brixton road (3/N3, 59, 133/N133, 159/N159, 415. stop: loughborough road)

Check The Library House Website : http://thelibraryhouse.wordpress.com
The Library House is a social center in Brixton Camberwell

THE LIBRARY HOUSE
52 Knatchbull road (entrance on Burton rd, behind Minet library) SE5 9QY.
Nearest tubes : Brixton, Oval, Kennington.
Nearest train : Loughborough junction.
Nearest buses : P5 or Brixton road (3/N3, 59, 133/N133, 159/N159, 415. stop: loughborough road)

Check The Library House Website : http://thelibraryhouse.wordpress.com
The Library House is a social center in Brixton Camberwell

This page is an attempt to gather links to the pages where OffLines and InfoUsurpas have been uploaded over the years.

We hope we can just edit this page and dump all the links in one place.

Infousurpa out now, covering from the 22nd of February to the 1st of March 09

15 -17 Rampart Street, London E1 2LA (near Whitechapel, off Commercial Rd)

7-10pm

Weekly infosheet on happenings and events.

While the National Union of Journalists was teaming up with comedian media activst Mark Thomas , Chris Atkins (the BAFTA nominated director and writer of the feature film documentary Taking Liberties), Marc Vallée (photojournalist blogger), The British Journal of Photography and others for a “media event” outside New Scotland Yard, I was busy trying to take photos useful for all my terrorist buddies.

I was a little unsure at exactly what would be useful but I just pointed my camera at whatever all the photographers outside New Scotland Yard were shooting. Apparently these photographers are well known for providing photos to terrorists so I assumed they knew what they were doing. They must be a terrible threat to security as a new law was came into power today which gives the cops the power to arrest photographers in order to prevent just this type of thing from happening. See video [1] [2] of the protest.

'reclaim love' is an annual happening in piccadilly circus held on the saturday nearest valentine's day, and offering a conscious and non-corporate alternative to the commercialisation of valentine's day, putting the heart back into love.

this was the 6th year of the amazing pavement party organised by venus, and this year (with saturday falling ON the 14th) there were similar gatherings in 14 other countries round the world inspired by the london events. venus is hoping that by 2015 (the next time valentine's falls on saturday) the event will be global.

as well as being a fantastic and different party, the afternoon also includes a consciousness-raising exercise which involves getting londoners, tourists, passers-by and party-people to form a huge circle, holding hands around the statue of anteros (god of selfless love).

each year has seen bigger and bigger circles forming, and this year nearly a thousand people joined hands and encircled the whole of the south pavement sometimes several deep,  sending out love to the planet, and chanting the words "may all the beings in all the worlds be happy and at peace". this was happening at exactly the same time in various locations around the world.

the magic was obvious and for the rest of the day, people shared food, art, music, hugs, and love, with strangers and an array of musicians, including some turkish opera singers, and some amazing a cappellas.

although there has never been a formal arrangement with the authorities, the event passed without hassle, and the area was left in a beautiful state (with the addition of many chalk pictures and words) by about 9pm, after another final huge circle of people joined spontaneously to sing 'all you need is love'.

Occupying Goldsmiths Students win total victory in 29 hours.

http://thelibraryhouse.wordpress.com

52 Knatchbull road (entrance on Burton rd, behind Minet library) SE5 9QY.
Nearest tubes : Brixton, Oval, Kennington.
Nearest train : Loughborough junction.
Nearest buses : P5 or Brixton road (3/N3, 59, 133/N133, 159/N159, 415. stop: loughborough road)

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http://thelibraryhouse.wordpress.com

52 Knatchbull road (entrance on Burton rd, behind Minet library) SE5 9QY.
Nearest tubes : Brixton, Oval, Kennington.
Nearest train : Loughborough junction.
Nearest buses : P5 or Brixton road (3/N3, 59, 133/N133, 159/N159, 415. stop: loughborough road)

libraryhouse..at..list.riseup.net

http://thelibraryhouse.wordpress.com

52 Knatchbull road (entrance on Burton rd, behind Minet library) SE5 9QY.
Nearest tubes : Brixton, Oval, Kennington.
Nearest train : Loughborough junction.
Nearest buses : P5 or Brixton road (3/N3, 59, 133/N133, 159/N159, 415. stop: loughborough road)

libraryhouse..at..list.riseup.net

http://thelibraryhouse.wordpress.com

52 Knatchbull road (entrance on Burton rd, behind Minet library) SE5 9QY.
Nearest tubes : Brixton, Oval, Kennington.
Nearest train : Loughborough junction.
Nearest buses : P5 or Brixton road (3/N3, 59, 133/N133, 159/N159, 415. stop: loughborough road)

libraryhouse..at..list.riseup.net

http://thelibraryhouse.wordpress.com

52 Knatchbull road (entrance on Burton rd, behind Minet library) SE5 9QY.
Nearest tubes : Brixton, Oval, Kennington.
Nearest train : Loughborough junction.
Nearest buses : P5 or Brixton road (3/N3, 59, 133/N133, 159/N159, 415. stop: loughborough road)

libraryhouse..at..list.riseup.net