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London: Another Eviction Resistance at the squatted Hope and Anchor

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Squatters in Mornington Crescent successfully resisted a second eviction attempt on Wednesday [previously on S!N]. In another show of strength and solidarity by London squatters, thirty to forty people turned out against the bailiffs. Banners were dropped opposing the Housing Bill and evictions ‘from London to Calais’ after the recent squat eviction in the French city. Security contractors Clearway Services arrived prematurely to secure the building but were quickly forced back into their van. ‘There’s who-knows how many of them here,’ a contractor reported to his manager, before driving off with the pigs not so far behind.

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Verona, caricato il corteo contro lo sgombero di “Urlo”

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È stato caricato violentemente ancora sul luogo di ritrovo il corteo del collettivo giovanile Anomala, lanciato per oggi contro il terzo sgombero dello s.o.a Urlo del 24 marzo. Nonostante il rifiuto della questura di autorizzare il corteo, circa 200 manifestanti si sono riuniti nel piazzale della stazione di Porta Nuova.
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News from Calais

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On Friday,  when the judge at Boulogne-sur-mer announced, three times that the trial of 8 friends was irregular the court room erupted into applause and cheering. Waiting outside were a brace of Police de l’Air et des Frontières (PAF) waiting to take 5 of them (the foreigners) to detention after they had been served with Obligation de Quitter la Territoire Français (OQTF). But these had already escaped and were not present to appreciate the announcement of their victory.
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