It will be taking place tomorrow, the 5th July. The freeshop will open at midday and we will be having food / film from 5:30pm...

The Library House
http://thelibraryhouse.wordpress.com/

52 Knatchbull road (entrance on Burton rd, go in gate entrance and 
follow little path, it is right behind the Minet library)
SE5 9QY.
Nearest tube: Brixton, Oval, Kennington.
Nearest train: Loughborough junction.
Nearest bus: P5 or Brixton road (3/N3, 59, 133/N133, 159/N159, 415. 
stop: loughborough road)
full access code here: http://thelibraryhouse.wordpress.com/access-
code-building-accessibility-for-disabled-people/

The squat that was formerly the home of Mr & Mrs Expenses, Anne and Alan Keene

38 Brook Rd South

Brentford

TW8 0NN

Meeting at Portman Square, at the south end of Baker Street

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Here there are links to two reports and first hand accounts published in IMC-UK of the Calais No Border Camp 2009, and the Transnational Demonstration for The Freedom of Movement, that took place in Calais city on Satuday 27 June.

Elmira Street
London
SE13 7BN

2 mins from Lewisham Station (overland from London Bridge, or DLR)

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The London FreeSchool began occupying 161 Commercial Street. There will be various workshops and discussions held there over this weekend on 'Squatting, Housing & Gentrification'. The event begins at 10am Friday 19th June so feel free to pop in anytime from then onwards. For more information see the website http://londonfreeschool.wordpress.com.

Dateline: Housemans Bookshop, Kings Cross, London, UK, 17:00-18:30, Sat 13 Jun 09 – The International School for Bottom-up Organising stages an uplifting, engaging and inspiring book launch for it’s excellent debut publication: “The Bottom Will Rise and Create a New World”, featuring Latin American Polyphonic Singing, a Live Excerpt from the book, why we need A Maloka in Every Community, and Freedom Singing to finish off with. In a nutshell – Best. Book. Launch. EVER!!!

Kennedy Road was the settlement where the Abahlali baseMjondolo was founded in 2005. The movement now has members in around 50 settlements but Kennedy Road is in some respects the head quarters. The settlement burt 9 times last year and has now burnt again.

This statement from Abahlali baseMjondolo lays out very clearly the politics of fire - a critically important issue in most of the world.

"On June 6th 2009, nearly a hundred activists
converged on a piece of derelict land at Kew Bridge in south west London to create an eco-village community based entirely on sustainable technology and construction techniques."

From the Eco Village facebook group

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Still a long way to go, but the Eco Camp at Kew Bridge is making progress.

Saturday's going to be a big push to help build the camp. Get down there and help if you can - nearest station is Kew Bridge.

Around 70 protesters have occupied an empty plot of land next to Kew Bridge in Brentford, London (TW8 0EW). They've set up an eco-village.  This will showcase community based sustainable methods of living such as vegetable growing, compost toilets. They in the process of setting up tents and are cleaning the site of rubbish.

Here's film from Day One.

They've clearly a lot of work ahead of them but it's a chance, if they pull it off, to showcase another way of living on a more permanent basis. Climate Camp squared, if you like.

More footage to come, later in the week.

The following notes are an attempt to capture the spirit of the discussion of one of the groups at the Anarchist Conference 09.  The format of the conference was novel and worked very well - everyone who joined was taken away from their "normal" affinity group and placed in a discussion group with a selection of other people who weren't in the same organization, so that each group became to some extent a cross-section of the anarchist movement in the UK.

Each paragraph below represents a different person speaking, so the perspective shifts quite a bit, but it is interesting to observe how strangely coherent the whole discussion proved to be.

Around 70 protesters occupied an empty plot of land next to Kew Bridge in Brentford, London (NR TW8 0EW). They plan to setup an eco-village. This will showcase community based sustainable methods of living such as vegetable growing, compost toilets. They in the process of setting up tents and are cleaning the site of rubbish.

This eco-village occupation is inspired by campaigns like The Land is Ours which campaigns peacefully for access to the land, its resources, and the decision-making processes affecting them, for everyone, irrespective of race,gender or age.

For more information, please visit:
http://ecocamp.info

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In the style of nineties protest camps and 'The Land Is Ours' land rights occupations, a group of people have squatted a brown field site next to the Thames by Kew Bridge in West London. The site has apparently been empty for over ten years. 

With the economic crisis hitting people hard, there's no need any longer to explain to people that capitalism is a crazy and destructive way to run the economy - people are talking about it all over the country. Against this backdrop, 300 people met for the Anarchist Conference '09 at Queen Mary, University of London during the weekend. People shared their ideas about fighting repossessions and evictions, ecological issues (and their co-optation), militant squatting for housing, workplace and school occupations, and hundreds of other tactics for self-organized trouble-making during a time of crisis. 

There was a major intervention by a group of anarcha-feminists during the conference plenary, featuring a video (on youtube) projection calling out the sexists in the movement for the hypocrisy and stupidity of their political attitudes.

Conference: Read more | Callout | Interview with organisers | Conference Website | Short Report | Anarcha-feminists take action

Issues:  Two days of discussion | Does your mum know you're an anarchist? | A Critique of Anarcho-sexism | Why Indymedia Sucks

Around 70 protesters occupied an empty plot of land next to Kew Bridge in Brentford, London (NR TW8 0EW). They plan to setup an eco-village. This will showcase community based sustainable methods of living such as vegetable growing, compost toilets. They are now in the process of setting up tents and are cleaning the site of rubbish. See an aerial map of the location, and the KewEcoVillage twitter.

More photos 1 and 2 | Videos 1 |  2 | 3

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/fixing squats, housing rights and gentrification.

Location to be confirmed...

Location to be confirmed...

Reverend Billy and The Church of Life after Shopping Come to the UK. www.revbilly.com

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London & Brighton pub, 139 Queens Road, Peckham, London SE15 2ND
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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)