IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

Lambeth Council's solution: LESS HOUSES = LESS PEOPLE

Red Weekly No. 183, 20 January 1977 · p. 4 of the scan · 409 words

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HIDING behind a curtain of 11,000 pages of High Court summonses and atticavis served on squatters in Villa Road on 8 January, Lam side-stepped the for and won by the labour movement.

Last year, faced with a local building workers' ban empty DoroUeT. Ine ov brincine in umo wreckers to co ICal London Council declining Lambetr waiting list and countless homeless single people in the area If demolishing houses to make sure oureaucrane red cuons utiled sounes Tar-ercnee. latest threatened demolition in Villa Road prove the point. Backing Council, Cary justified the plans thus:

practices fought on demol properties in council respondec work of making Greater predictions of a population right before the eyes eviction and the Labour local Tory leader Peter "To popula mem stand empty.

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able to bring OnCE the production of the SLICated weapons o technological then of can only be welcomed, ana capitahsils capabily technoloGical Tor celebration. floundered in the Lucas Aerospace DO HONO ceve ot olans become known sprees begin technology useful products' threat of acrosuact concrete and corrugated iron. Last COUnCI actions enquiry into the plan made clear provided an alternative plan wind in Villa Hoad intact and provide an area accepted this Come are Council to havé Taking a meant accepune une whore mustory cuts ang racisin, ot their own wasteru bannine Accordingly the report was rejectpressure which the Villa Road Street Group and Council, meir suoponers in une area were bear -INE Council through a series of direct negotiations for the rehousing of aaret Active in the Angell ward of the Constituency Labour Party, Koao souarters were instrumenta in ne selection or ine candleate in council by-election. i stand the Street Group campaioned toran electon Diat form which would take up these Alderman Stimpson, leader of publicly olamned about me transient Dog ulation' in the borough taking part in local activities; that is, people Labour Party doesn't WILl wuhe forced negotiate with ine street Group Division Court in order to wield The Die sucK or torced evicTon shoule ine councis case suc ceed, they will have taken care o two problems one blow Road Houses and the Angell ward wil be re or campaionine activists Meanwhile the cuts ensure that no open space with amenities will be built and more families will go Tonto the wartine list

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