Amazing thing about parts of inner city London is how many places were squatted for good use. A few streets like this one around Camberwell Church St can count 7 squatted centres (80s / 90s):
Dickie Dirts / Muesli Factory / Camberwell Grove / Area 7 / Labour Club & Dole House
@56aInfoshop hand-made map of radical struggles, places, vibes and so on in Southwark (Oct 1998)
They have a big golden box of handmade maps called 'YOU ARE HERE BUT WHY?'. Awesome bespoke collection! Check it out!
Big Peckham win! 💥
Planning permission refused for this overdevelopment of unaffordable housing scheme demolising Aylesham Centre
Community mobilisation was very strong. Whatever is planned next needs to serve the actual community and not developer profits
💥MASSIVE GOOD NEWS
💥Berkeley Homes have lost their appeal and been refused planning permission.
💥They can still mount a legal challenge - let's see
💥Thank you to everyone who has supported our campaign for so long
💥More to follow
The Southwark libraries Festival of Words is back with a variety of free events for all ages, on the 4th, 5th and 6th June. Location for events will be at various Southwark libraries.
https://t.co/vLB2E2VhNR
@gamecounsel@CamberwellSoc ooh, thanks, i had found the map they (camberwell society) did of all of the trees in camberwell green but hadn't seen this document, super helpful, thank you!
question for #camberwell and #southwark people: there are two absolutely stunning trees in camberwell green, a massive london plane & an amazing horse chestnut, in full flower, both of them seem to have been there for a while - would anyone know how old they are?
(1/3) Garden Court North members express solidarity with Rajiv Menon KC, a highly respected silk and member of @gardencourtlaw, who faces prosecution for contempt of court following his closing speech in a high-profile and politically sensitive criminal trial.
Results are now confirmed for all 63 seats in the Southwark local elections.
Turnout across the borough was 40.38%.
The breakdown is as follows:
29 Labour Councillors
22 Green Councillors
12 Liberal Democrat Councillors
"CITY
Is there one?
And how to survive on what
junk is left.
The burly queen and her ax-
man's music. No aerial views,
Blue-
prints of polis
Photographs and collages"
Announcement in Boston 'occult poetry scene' small mag 'Measure', No3, March 1958
"The history of London's squat cafes: Chaos in the Streets. Order in the Kitchen" !
Chris @56aInfoshop on squat cafes and their discontents 😍: https://t.co/2UwyJN21bV in @vittlesmagazine
Green Lions Community Archive Launch!
Co-creating and building a community archive & library focused on grassroots organising & social movements around decolonial climate justice
Archive seeks to represent East & South East Asian communities as well as their diasporic homelands
Fire on the 'regenerated' Elmington estate in Camberwell. Looks like the small number of homes that weren't demolished have been wrapped in flammable cladding.