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CONTRAFLOW WINTER 93/94
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THOUSANDS OF EMPTIES
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According to the Empty Homes Agency there were 867300 empty homes in England in
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1993 (though this probably includes squats)
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The vast majority are private with a rise to 764000 followed by councils on
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70000 (down 39% in ten years - their total stock is down 23%) Housing
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Associations on 17500 and central government on 15800 (nearly 11000 being MoD
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married quarters).
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London councils have a higher rate of empties (up to 9.2%) than the average
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(1.9%). And all this is just what they consider homes ie not including
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cathedrals. Council recognised homeless households (the tip of the iceberg) were
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at 142000 in 92. Don't let the homeless rot, squat.
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SQUEEGEE LIBERATION
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John Major's rant against the homeless seems to have been picked up from the
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antics of the new pig regime in New York. The election of mayor Giuliani has a
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given a sgnal for Metro cops to start arrests on begars and peddlers giving out
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stupid leaflets to discourage people from handing over money and for the cops to
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lay into the squeegee people - homeless people washing car windscreens. ACT UP
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who tried handing in a list of demands to the new bossman on his first day (the
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pig thought it was more important to open the stock exchange) have been holding
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solidarity squeegee protests with some getting nicked for it. Another 5 got
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nicked on a memorial march for Terry Taylor homeless fighter who died in
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October..... the charge sheets go on and on. But the mayor doesn't think he
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needs an excuse to round up homeless people. When told that his closure of
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shelters would put more people on the streets he replied that it was OK as
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they'd be nicked for assault - Your definition of assault is different from
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mine.I consider it assault when someone feels threatened.
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Meanwhile also in New York following on from the repression of the homeless in
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the Lower East Side/Tompkins Square Park area that's been going on for a number
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of years police have now banned anyone selling anarchist books in the East
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Village. Local anarchists held an all-day protest demo with banners and music
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which was finally attacked by the opcs with clubs masks and teargas.The protests
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are set to continue. There are also moves to evict the ABC NO RIO anarcho-punk
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centre which has been going for years.
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