Class War's Lambeth Walk for housing
Southwark, London, Sat 24 Feb 2018
Class War meet up on Potter's Fields, next to City Hall
And Martin Wright speaks about the housing problem in London
and the many empty properties owned as investments by overseas investors
There are enough homes in London - but increasingly only the ultra-rich
can afford to live in them - but many
leave them empty all or most of the time, watching their value increase
The RCG - Revolutionary Communist Group came to support Class War,
bringing their banner with its message
'Housing is a Right - Not A privilege'
Class War's banner had a quototation from US anarchist Lucy Parsons
"We must devastate the avenues where the wealthy live"
although now the wealthy own many avenues they don't even live in
- such as the flats in the Shard.
Aysen had been campaigning to save the Aylesbury council estate from
Southwark Council for years
A speaker from the RCG
Ian Bone of Class War speaks
and some of the protesters pose with Tower Bridge in the background
for some of the photographers
and I take a few snaps too, including my shadow
then the protesters move on to CIty Hall
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