Stand Up for the Elephant
Southwark Council Offices, London. Mon 7 Jan 2019
Tanya Murat of Southwark Defend Council Housing introduced the event
and the speakers
SOuthwark Greens Against Demolitions
'Homes for Londoners Not Assests for Investors - with a crossed out
image of the Strata tower at the Elephant
One of those whose work has uncovered and publicised much of the dodgy
deals made by Southwark in demolishing
council estates which could have been refurbished and lasted for another
50 years as council homes.
People shout for Southwark to build council homes - not give away
the estates for developers profits
A Labour Party activist opposed to the right-wing Labour councillors
who currently run Southwark
a woman speaks for the Latino community who have made the Elephant
a vibrant centre
which the council nad developers are gentrifying. No place for the
community in the proposed development
Legal action against the plans is being considered, and a woman form
the local law centre speaks
An elephant on a Green Party member's placard - Demolitions Wreck
Communities & Environment
Southwark is getting rid of organisations that repesent residents
of council estates and replacing them by fake bodies
A union rep for council workers speaks supporting the protest and
calling for development for the community
A leader of the market traders speaks about the plans and how the
council has produced fake figures for current
rents to argue for the much higher rents it wants to charge for the
temporary market, and about how it has failed
to consult properly and produce viable plans to allow the existing
traders to keep in business.
After the rally security were very cautious about letting the public
into the meeting
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