“Everyone who is needs housing should occupy empty buildings, but as Anne Keene voted in favour of the war in Iraq, displacing and killing millions of people, we demand she gets in touch with refugee centres to make reparations. In the meantime, the house will hopefully become a refugee centre and home to some of the people she made homeless through poverty and war.”
The group are asking for solidarity.
Donations of food and water, bedding, hinges and screws are to be taken to:
38 Brook Rd South,
Brentford,
TW8 0NN
http://libcom.org/forums/news/housing-activists-seize-mps-home-28062009
COMMENT
" Every day I visit my friends at a London day centre for the homeless ; some are rough street sleepers or vulnerably housed, so I can testify on how bad things are beginning to grow worse for the many, not just under the sun but under the stars every night.
Food handouts are the lifeline that most rely upon along with some day centres, and it's quite a sight to see up to 200 men and women queue, line up for food sometimes, I joke not, even fight for it.
In London as we move closer to the 2012 Olympics the authority's are beginning to harass and beset rough sleepers in attempt to clear the streets, this will get worse over the next year or so I guess! What I would like to see is the setting up of a tent city as near to the Olympic Park as possible and would be interested to learn what others think about this idea! "
more:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8124763.stm
