AUT: (Fwd) urgent! 121 centre in danger!!!

[Patrick Gun_Cuninghame <P.Gun-Cuninghame@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Date:          Sun, 17 Jan 1999 13:55:47 +0000 (GMT)
From:          sarit M <saritm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:       urgent! 121 centre in danger!!!
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dear friends,
this is an urgent message regarding the 121 centre in Brixton, London England.
a few days ago, Lambeth council (the local council) was granted a court order
allowing it to evict
the centre, which has been squatted for 18 years.

there is a possibility that the council will attempt to evict the building
very soon, and in order to resist that threat, we are organizing, and we need
as much help as possible.

WHAT TO DO
the first thing happening is a meeting to get together plans for defending the
centre.
the meeting is happening on: Monday, the 18th of Jan.  (that's in two days) at
the 121 centre, 121 Railton rd, Brixton. at 19:00 sharp (no tea and chatting -
this is serious!)

we will keep the centre occupied in order to prevent Lambeth council from
catching us unprepared. other stuff will come up at the meeting.

please inform anyone you know who is prepared to defend squatted, autonomous
centres against a greedy council. The 121 centre has been squatted for 18
years. according to English law, that means the current occupiers have a right
to own it, but the courts who care only about defending property owners are
obviously not going to do that gladly.

****please**** forward this e-mail to as many people as possible, and post it
on relevant mailing lists. success depends on building a massive movement to
resist eviction. anyone who has ever used the centre should have a good reason
to want it to stay there.

stay in touch - the 121 phone no is: 0171 978 8214. (ansaphone message with
info and updates) there will also be a webpage very soon, with regular updates.
help in any way possible - we will need food, money, building material and
people to build barricades, plus all the other things needed for an
occupation. also, if you are willing to make phone calls (and own a mobile
phone with free calls) anyway, we all know what to do.

Sarit M, For the 121 collective
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121 centre is a world famous squatted centre, which has been a home for
anarchist activists for years. it has a bookshop, cafe and performance space,
and housed many radical groups over the years, including squatters groups,
feminist magazine collectives, musicians, artists and environmental activists.
last summer it hosted "queeruption", London's first anarco-queer gathering. It
is located in 121 Railton Rd, Brixton, South London, England.  for post: PO
Box 9384, Brixton SW9 7ZB, London.
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My So-Called Site *updated 16-5*
http://www.saritm.dircon.co.uk/index.html



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