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Home | Friday 27th March 2009 | Issue 670

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RAVEN MAD

The squatted ECO-conference community centre on Raven’s Ait, a disused island in the Thames (See SchNEWS 669) faces imminent eviction after the squatters lost their legal appeal this week.

The superb building they have occupied is perfect for their plans to develop ‘sustainability, education, community, workshops, direct action, environmental cinema and study actions to find a stable platform for a more unified environmental and social justice movement’ - things which are obviously sorely needed. Get down there and help them repel any unthinking invaders...

* See www.ravensait.org.uk

Keywords: climate change, direct action, eco-centre, kingston, ravens ait, squatting, surbiton


 

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