87 Ashley Road Eviction Happening NOW!! and Kebele’s 13th Birthday Party 28th November — invite

Novem­ber 12, 2008
The inhab­i­tants of 87 Ash­ley Road woke up this morn­ing to a gar­den full of cops and bail­liffs here to evict them from the house that is a home to around 15 peo­ple, and make them home­less.

As I arrived on the scene(around 10.30 am), Ash­ley Rd was cor­doned off both sides of the house, and there was also police pres­ence behind the house. The bailiffs were already in the build­ing at this point, and all inhab­i­tants had left, apart from 2 that man­aged to get onto the roof. They even called a heli­copter in to ‘check that there were 2 peo­ple on the roof’ (I thought that’s what eyes were for!) As I was leav­ing to come and write this (12.30pm), 3 more heads popped up over the roof! Hope­ful­ly, by the time i’m back, that roof will see a num­ber more occu­py­ing it. A bailiff appar­ent­ly told one squat­ter, that there are plans to turn the build­ing into offices — so not social hous­ing for those in need at all!!

If you would like to come and sup­port, or just know more about what is going on, please come along to 87 Ash­ley Rd. We won’t leave qui­et­ly while they’re mak­ing peo­ple home­less and turn­ing our com­mu­ni­ty into a busi­ness park!!

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23:36 — 5 peo­ple still on roof

not much else to say, except they seem to be in good spir­its, have plen­ty of peo­ple giv­ing them sup­port on the ground . we have our own mobile inci­dent sup­port unit on the scene. no police at the moment, but secu­ri­ty with a cou­ple of dogs inside the house.

be good if peo­ple could be their as ear­ly as they can tomor­row morn­ing.

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On Fri­day 28h of Novem­ber Kebele Sound brings you:

The Destroy­ers — 15 strong East­ern Euro­pean Folk Riot (http://www.thedestroyers.co.uk)

The Glitzy BagHags — Kitchen sink skif­fle (http://www.myspace.com/glitzybaghags)

Cir­cus of Inven­tion — Jelly­bean Punk-Hop (http://www.myspace.com/circusofinvention)

DJs: Nat­ty Bear­face — Jungle/Dubstep
Black Rain­bow — Global/Bass
B.O.C. — ska

plus late Anar­coustic Lounge with: Clay­ton Bliz­zard, Cos­mo, Anar­co Folko, and Bones at the Bot­tom of the Bar­rel

@ The Trin­i­ty Cen­tre, 9pm-3am

Tick­ets £7 Avail­able in advance for Kebele Infos­hop, Sat­ur­days 11am till 2pm

All pro­ceeds to Kebele. Need some back­ground?

For 13 years Kebele has pro­vid­ed a wide range of ser­vices, events and activ­i­ties, and a place for peo­ple to meet, share ideas and organ­ise for a bet­ter world. From squat­ted begin­nings and resist­ed evic­tion to hous­ing co-op, through to com­mu­ni­ty co-op and vol­un­teer-run anar­chist social cen­tre, it’s a long sto­ry with plen­ty of ups and downs along the way.

Most recent­ly, there’s been rev­o­lu­tion­ary reor­gan­is­ing and ren­o­va­tions and we’re not fin­ished yet…! There’s so much to learn from col­lec­tive­ly organ­is­ing and sus­tain­ing a street lev­el com­mu­ni­ty project with­out lead­ers or prof­it motives.

Our prin­ci­ples of equal­i­ty, inclu­sion, shared respon­si­bil­i­ty, co-oper­a­tion, sol­i­dar­i­ty, not for prof­it, and direct action remain at the heart of this autonomous space and we hope Kebele con­tin­ues to help keep Bris­tol’s thriv­ing counter cul­ture alive and kick­ing.

Part of a wider, expand­ing net­work of social cen­tres, Kebele aims to be a reflec­tion of the world we want to see in our every­day actions and organ­is­ing; a liv­ing, work­ing exam­ple of what we’re told is unre­al­is­tic and impos­si­ble…

Do you have ideas for Kebele events or activ­i­ties?
There’s lots of ways to get stuck in! Drop in and say hel­lo!
For more info and a cal­en­dar of events see http://www.kebelecoop.org
Con­tact Kebele on 0117 9399469 or kebelesocialcentre@riseup.net
Kebele is at 14 Robert­son Road, Eas­t­on. BS5 6JY.
http://www.kebelecoop.org