Friday 6 February 2015

Council returns to old Scorched Earth Tactic- Smash up Homes ..Southwark council and police smash up 8 empty homes trying to stop occupation spreading | Fight for the Aylesbury

Southwark council and police smash up 8 empty homes trying to stop occupation spreading | Fight for the Aylesbury

Southwark council and police smash up 8 empty homes trying to stop occupation spreading


On a freezing cold night, in a city of rocketing homelessness, Southwark Council and police smashed up 8 empty council homes.
Around 4.45 PM police and workers attacked one of the buildings we had reclaimed. It was not the main part of the occupation, but the building immediately adjoining. Cops blocked off the walkways while council workers smashed their way into the houses.
News had spread quickly and 60 or more people soon gathered outside the occupation to support those inside. Some people tried to block more council workers from entering the building with their tools. Though it was too late to stop them wreaking havoc on the block they had targeted. They used tools including angle grinders and other power tools. From outside, we could hear plenty of banging, smashing and other noises. They smashed the windows, then welded up the doors of the houses.
But, perhaps because of the strong show of solidarity, or perhaps because this was just a test run for the real thing, the vandals did not try to force their way into the main building. It seems they are content for now to try and make the next one uninhabitable. The idea, we imagine, is to stop the occupation from spreading further..........

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