Wednesday, 7 March 2012

Harvey addiction

watch this from about 59 minutes in.. bloody good

http://media.sas.upenn.edu/Humanities/harvey.mov

Thursday, 1 March 2012

Occupation , Expropriation, Demolition

As well as the St Paul's eviction on Monday night Ken Clark and his bailiffs also altered the urban fabric of the City of London. A former School building had been expropriated by the movement as a school of ideas (see images below). However after the illegal eviction of the occupiers, bulldozers were moved into demolish the building. This does not only show the disregard for the notion of squatting but also of architecture. It suggests that a pile of rubble is more suitable that a school.




http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/gallery/2012/mar/01/occupy-london-finsbury-square-in-pictures#/?picture=386743926&index=17

http://occupyLSX.org/?p=3815


On a related note an activist in Lewisham has expropriated an empty council house for the homeless (see image and link below)



http://londonist.com/2012/02/lewisham-activists-reclaim-council-houses-for-homeless-families.php