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New Rainbow eco community centre arts and healing project space has been just opened up at the Old Priory,58 The high st Thames Ditton corner of Boyle Farm rd KT7 OTT,

Its a mansion by the river with church and 200ft garden,come to help as soon as u can bring what u expect to find: food,paint tools skills,etc Project meetings mon 7 pm talking circle weds 7pm,come share skills and workshops network it.Please enter and leave quietly respect our neighbours. Love phoenix

Democracy Rally meet Trafalgarsq. 12 noon Sat Oct 9th

There will be the following speakers and there will be many mini peoples assemblies an circles for discussion feedback and creating action/projects for a better future.

Milan Rai <—– from Justice Not Vengeance
Peter Tatchell <—— human rights campaigner
…Ben Curtis <———- from Positive Money
Lindsey German, <—– Stop The War Coalition
Phil Thornhill, <——— Campaign Against Climate Change
Dan O’Neill, <———– Transition Town Wandsworth
Vivien Lichenstein, <— Jews for Justice for Palestinians
Kevin Cahill, <———– author of ”Who Owns Britain”
Camilla Power, <——– from the Government of the Dead.
Pennie Quinton, <—— artist and human rights campaigner
Maria Gallestegui, <—– Peacestrike
Corina Lotz, <—– A World To Win
Paul Feldman, <—- ” ”
Paul Brandon, <—- Right To Work Campaign
Vivienne Westwood TBC fashion designer & campaigner
Toby Osmond, <———from Climate Alliance
Nafeez Ahmed, <———Institute for Policy Research & Development
Les Levidow. <———–CAMPACC
info / enquiries:
o785 439 o4o8

http://www.democracyrally.org/

We are helping with the chill out area at the www.tranceform-london.co.uk party this Sat Oct 2nd. 2010.
its gona be an amazing party with festival favourites Eat Static playing, and an avin it DJ line up.
Hope
you can come or
If you or your project/campaign community group is intrested in doing
…something on a networking stall about your project or campaign then get
in touch as soon as possible best to text phoenix on 07769 791387 as time short.
We are also creating a stage area with performers and poets,get in touch if u ona performance tip.
Keep networking
One Love Phoenix

Following the eviction of the Democracy village, more info www.democracyvillage.org or www.democracyvillage.blogspot.com

There have been Regular Peoples Assemblies on Saturdays 1-4pm ish at Victoria Tower Gardens,the park next to Parliament.This discusses many issues,political,environmental and social.The Main focus at the moment is organising a Democracy Rally In Trafalgar square on Sat Oct 9th.Help is needed with this more info www.democracyrally.org or Join facebook groups democracyvillage or Peoples assembly of democracy village.

Peoples Assembly/Democracy Village call out and update.

GREEN VILLAGE PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Democracy Village and the camp which has occupied Parliament Square since Mayday is into the second week of the High Court battle – Democracy Village vs Boris Johnson (who wrongly assumed he had default power over the square – see SchNEWS 727). The judge will decide next Tuesday whether to issue a possession order to the GLA London council and, if that goes ahead, bailiffs could arrive for an eviction within days. In the 6-8 weeks there’s been over 20 arrests including those for direct action rooftop banner drops and three arrests for climbing parliament.

The village are arguing on various fronts to win the case, including the need to have a public space and forum to discuss unlawful govt actions, such as illegal military adventures. Then there’s four European human rights convention laws about freedom of expression, free assembly, religion and the right to legally question govt activites; Also the fact that traditionally, the land around Westminster Abbey was a mound which was the site of the Gorsedd of Tothill, a place of free speech,discussion, bardery, and festivities, enshrined by the statute of Richard I “Lionheart” in 1189, ratified by parliament in 1858 (Mostyn Manuscript) and never repealed.

There is still a call out to come to the square, and there will continue to be the regular events, including the talking circle on Wednesdays at 7pm, poetry and music from 5pm on Fridays, and the Peoples’ Assembly on Saturdays at 5pm. The whole camp is in fact a peoples’ assembly – a discussion forum – which became known as Democracy Village. It has side-stepped SOCPA laws (see SchNEWS 612) by saying it is a discussion not a protest. Even if there is an eviction, nothing can stop the continuation of peoples’ assemblies if it’s new people or those not named on injunctions.

The court case which began on June 14th has been a lopsided battle between an unsympathetic judge – backed of course by extreme political weight – versus 19 uppity and up-for-it defendants aided by some top human rights lawyers and supporters. The judge got so pissed off with the defendants after being vigorously questioned about common law , and being reminded of state war crimes, he declared that the public would no longer be allowed in, only the defendants and the press.

He also disallowed an expert on war legalities Chris Coverdale – because he’s not a lawyer, even though he has spoken on government committees (War and the Law) for up to 7 years. But Monday (21st) saw star witness Tony Benn, who came out for the village and their right to hold the government to account, saying it was ‘an integral part of the democratic process’.

As an interim measure the GLA have allowed tents at the Great George Street corner on the paving – on a license for an undefined period – so this could go on for some time yet.
So it’s not over yet: it needs new people – bring food, tea, tents, climbing gear, cake, skills to share and good vibes. If a possession order is issued next Tuesday, look out for call-outs to help defend the village, and make plans for the future.

* See www.democracyvillage.blogspot.com and www.democracyvillage.org or see Facebook site. Site mobs 07981877462, 07722444146

* This Tuesday (22nd) saw a day of actions at the square against the austerity measures which will effect the poor not the war effort, and Ed Milliband was confronted about whether he voted for the Iraq War – which he refused to respond to, as he was whisked off by a minder to avoid some activists who wanted to citizens arrest him for war crimes.