AUT: International Action Alert for 121 Social Centre

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LONDON 121 SOCIAL CENTRE UNDER IMMINENT THREAT OF EVICTION. ACT NOW TO
PREVENT THE LOSS OF AN INTERNATIONAL RESOURCE.

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Dear Friends,
The 121 Social Centre, located in Brixton, London, UK is under direct
and immediate threat of eviction! Squatted for 18 years the centre has
asserted a radical prescence in London providing services to the
community and serving literally 1000s of people in its time. Groups who
have been housed or resourced by the centre at different points have
included Bad Attitude Feminist Magazine, Shocking Pink Magazine, Crowbar
magazine, Earth First!, Black Flag Magazine, London Food Not Bombs,
London Psychogeographical Society, Brixton Squatters Aid, Brixton
Against the JSA, Dead by Dawn, Direct Action Movement, Miners Support
Groups, Anti Criminal Justice Bill Group, Brixton Hunt Sabotoeurs,
Contraflow, Anarchist Black Cross, Fare Dodgers Alliance, Anarquist
Queer Group and others. Hundreds of meetings, concerts, benefits and
cafe nights have been held on the premises. Currently the center houses
a resource space, meeting space, radical bookshop, library, cafe and
printing facilities, all of which are used by local and London based
squatter, feminist, socialist, autonomist, queer and animal rights
groups.

All this is now threatened as the Lambeth Council sponsored =ECBrixton
Challenge=EE has seen a rise in gentrification in the area. Millions of
pounds have been poured into yuppie cafes, movie houses, markets and
wine bars whilst the council has auctioned off unused housing space due
to a =EClack of funds for renovations=EE. Rather than accepting that the 121
is a long standing and widely respected part of Brixton the council
would rather evict the space and sell it off to property developers.

The latest attack on 121 is nothing new. Under local and international
pressure in 1985 the council abandoned its attempts to evict the centre
and has only in the last two years dared come after it again. Although
the centre has been in continual use for 18 years and is thus under
British law the property of its users, the council has used a
technicality in the courts to secure an eviction notice. Given the huge
amount of favourable legal evidence that the 121 centre had accumulated
this decision has come as a shock. The space could be evicted by the end
of January. A court appeal and on the ground resistance is now being
organised with large turnouts at centre defence meetings.

International support is needed. As mentioned earlier such support was
instrumental in preventing the centre=EDs eviction during the 1980s. At
this time the Lambeth Council was threatened with boycotts and direct
action and actions were held internationally at embassies and British
businesses. If you have ever visited or been a user of the centre or
merely support its aim of providing a grass roots alternative for people
in London then now is the time to act. We need to bombard Brixton
Councillors and the Brixton Challenge with emails and faxes stating that
we oppose the eviction and that we support the centre. People should
also indicate that they will impose a tourism and industrial boycott on
Brixton and will continue to fax and email them until they relent in
their attack on the centre. Other forms of action are of course also
welcome. To send direct support to the center write to- 121 c/o121
Railton Rd, Brixton, SE24.
Email- carolyn121@xxxxxxxxxxx

Thankyou,
The International Friends of 121.
Email- friendsof121@xxxxxxxxxxx

Save 121 Hit List.

Lambeth Council- C/O London Borough of Lambeth, Town Hall, Brixton Hill,
London SW2 1RW.
Tel- 0171 926 1000

Lambeth New Labour.  Fax Number- 0171 926 2844. Email-
new.labour@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(New Labour are the party currently in control of the council and
therefore the ones most responsible for attacks on 121. Specify email
messages for New Labour- New Lambeth).

Brixton Challenge- brixchal@xxxxxxxxxx
(The organisation responsible for the increasing gentrification of
Brixton)

Lambeth Councillors.

Councillor David Griffiths, 35 Abbotswood Rd, SW16 1AJ
Telephone & FAX: 0181 769 2600 E-Mail:griffiths@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Councillor Hugh Jones, Room 123, Lambeth Town Hall, SW2 1RW
=46AX: 0171 926 2845 E-Mail:Hugh.Jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Steve Reed
0181 674 8316, Email sreed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Ty Goddard
0171 207 0580,  Email tgoddard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Jackie Meldrum
0181 671 5595,  Email jmelrdum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Johanna Sherrington
0171 737 3290,  Email jsherrington@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Alex McKenna
0181 677 6569,  Email amckenna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Kitty Ussher
0171 771 0202,  Email kussher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Michael Cruickshanks
0171 926 2123,  Email mcruickshanks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Obi Anyanwu
Email danyanwu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Ambrose Hogan
Email ahogan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Simon Stevens
Email sstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Leslie Boodram
Email lboodram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Steven Bourne
Email sbourne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 Cllr Ruth Ling
Email rling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Martin McEwan
Email mmcewan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Roland Doven
Email rdoven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Michael English
Email menglish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Chris Henley
Email chenley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Claudette Hewitt
Email chewitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Mohammed Abu-Bakr
Email mabu-bakr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Richard Jarman
rjarman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Paul McGlone
Email pmcglone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Jim Dickson
Email jdickson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Peter O'Connell
Email poconnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Kirsty McHugh
Email kmchugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Paul Connolly
Email pconnolly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Colin Crooks
ccrooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Kevin Craig
Email kcraig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Rupert Bawden
Email rbawden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Esther Green
Email egreen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Tom Franklin
Email tfranklin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Toren Smith
Email tjsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Judith Brodie
Email jbrodie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Hugh David
Email jbrodie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Abigail Melville
Email jbrodie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr John Kazantzis
Email jkasantsis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Tim Sargeant
Email tsargeant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Alan White
Email awhite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Paul Hewitt
Email phewitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Julie Minns
Email jminns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Nick Cattermole
Email ncattermole@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr Geraldine Curtis
Email gcurtis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cllr John & Clare Whelan. Email jwhelan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx



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