St Paul's protest: Occupy London camp evicted - Polidicks

[img]http://puu.sh/iJ4P[/img] [QUOTE][B]Police and bailiffs have evicted anti-capitalist protesters and removed tents from the Occupy London camp at St Paul's Cathedral.[/B] The operation, which began just after midnight, was mostly peaceful but [B]there were 20 arrests[/B]. A St Paul's spokesman said: "We regret the camp had to be removed by bailiffs." The City of London Corporation said it "regretted" that it had become necessary to evict the protesters. Occupy London, which campaigns against corporate greed, set up the camp on 15 October. The campaigners were refused permission to appeal against a High Court decision to allow their eviction to proceed. The Rev Giles Fraser, who resigned as canon chancellor of St Paul's in support of the protesters, said: "This is a sad day for the Church. "Riot police clearing the steps of St Paul's Cathedral was a terrible sight." The St Paul's spokesman said: "In the past few months, we have all been made to re-examine important issues about social and economic justice and the role the cathedral can play. "We are fully committed to continuing to promote these issues through our worship, teaching and Institute." Protesters in the square outside the cathedral stressed their action was far from over, but most did not resist police and bailiffs as they removed tents and other equipment from the site. A handful defied police by erecting a temporary structure from wooden pallets in the square outside St Paul's but the platform was eventually dismantled. [B]The High Court decided last week that the City of London Corporation's move to evict the camp was "lawful and justified".[/B] The corporation was granted orders of possession and injunctions by the court.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17187180[/url]

About time too.

I don't see how you're allowed to just CAMP near a site of interest. They need to get their head sorted.

Why saint Paul's cathedral? I mean if they're anti-capitalists why not ''camp'' outside a governmental building,bank or Us embassy?

[QUOTE=znk666;34907350]Why saint Paul's cathedral? I mean if they're anti-capitalists why not ''camp'' outside a governmental building,bank or Us embassy?[/QUOTE] I think they did try to do that initially but where swiftly moved off by the police so they so camped outside the Cathedral, naturally.

[b]A promise from Occupy London: this is only the beginning[/b] [release] The last thing to go were the kitchen shelves. Around a dozen occupiers peacefully resisted to the last; a short distance away a vigil continued on the Cathedral steps as others observed, supported, prayed and remembered. The police cordons made the groups seem further apart than they actually were. On the steps, a mini GA discussed events as they were happening around it – and in particular the collusion of Saint Paul’s Cathedral in the eviction they had previously said that they did not want to see. At around 2am in the morning, the floodlights which illuminate the neoclassical edifice of that great building were turned off. When the lights returned, four policemen could be clearly seen on the balcony, in silhouette. Not long afterwards, police were given leave to clear the steps themselves, the site of former Canon Chancellor Giles Fraser’s famous intervention of 16 October, when he asked the police to leave and recognised our right to assemble. Giles Fraser, who is so much a part of this story, was prevented from crossing the police lines to reach the Occupy London Stock Exchange site tonight. We would have liked to see him there. This morning, the City of London Corporation and St Paul’s Cathedral have dismantled a camp and displaced a small community, but they will not derail a movement. The attention given to the final hours of the Occupy London Stock Exchange site is testament to that. We would like to thank all those who got the word out on social and traditional media overnight. We are deeply appreciative of the sustained attention we have received; it’s all the more precious at absurd hours of the morning. The natural question to rush to in these moments is “what next?” In the short term, there will be a GA at 7pm on Tuesday by the steps of St Paul’s. In the medium term, it is only right that people will need time to rest, reflect and recharge, to take stock and learn the lessons of the past four and a half months. But be assured that plans are already afoot: plans of some ambition, employing a diversity of tactics and delivered with the aplomb you would expect from us. All will be revealed in time. May is one of our favourite months. This morning also saw the eviction of the Occupy London School of Ideas in Islington in, to say the least, somewhat unorthodox circumstances, while their case was still progressing through the court system. We trust that occupiers will be able to fully retrieve their belongings before what sounds like a hastily brought forward demolition is enacted. What happens to Southern Housing Group’s planning application this week deserves careful examination, as do the views of local people living near Bunhill Row. We’ll miss Occupy London Stock Exchange but not because of the tents, or even the kitchen shelves: it was a makeshift, loosely cooperative, occasionally quarrelling and fiercely idealistic group of people who came together to achieve something extraordinary. The relationships forged during these strange and beautiful four and a half months still have much further to run. This is only the beginning. [/release] [url=http://occupylsx.org/?p=3786]Occupy London Press Team[/url]

[QUOTE=AK'z;34907109]I don't see how you're allowed to just CAMP near a site of interest. They need to get their head sorted.[/QUOTE] Protesting against the crimes of the oligarchic power structure; get your head checked. ...ok?

[QUOTE=muesli23;34907601][b]A promise from Occupy London: this is only the beginning[/b] [release] The last thing to go were the kitchen shelves. Around a dozen occupiers peacefully resisted to the last; a short distance away a vigil continued on the Cathedral steps as others observed, supported, prayed and remembered. The police cordons made the groups seem further apart than they actually were. On the steps, a mini GA discussed events as they were happening around it – and in particular the collusion of Saint Paul’s Cathedral in the eviction they had previously said that they did not want to see. At around 2am in the morning, the floodlights which illuminate the neoclassical edifice of that great building were turned off. When the lights returned, four policemen could be clearly seen on the balcony, in silhouette. Not long afterwards, police were given leave to clear the steps themselves, the site of former Canon Chancellor Giles Fraser’s famous intervention of 16 October, when he asked the police to leave and recognised our right to assemble. Giles Fraser, who is so much a part of this story, was prevented from crossing the police lines to reach the Occupy London Stock Exchange site tonight. We would have liked to see him there. This morning, the City of London Corporation and St Paul’s Cathedral have dismantled a camp and displaced a small community, but they will not derail a movement. The attention given to the final hours of the Occupy London Stock Exchange site is testament to that. We would like to thank all those who got the word out on social and traditional media overnight. We are deeply appreciative of the sustained attention we have received; it’s all the more precious at absurd hours of the morning. The natural question to rush to in these moments is “what next?” In the short term, there will be a GA at 7pm on Tuesday by the steps of St Paul’s. In the medium term, it is only right that people will need time to rest, reflect and recharge, to take stock and learn the lessons of the past four and a half months. But be assured that plans are already afoot: plans of some ambition, employing a diversity of tactics and delivered with the aplomb you would expect from us. All will be revealed in time. May is one of our favourite months. This morning also saw the eviction of the Occupy London School of Ideas in Islington in, to say the least, somewhat unorthodox circumstances, while their case was still progressing through the court system. We trust that occupiers will be able to fully retrieve their belongings before what sounds like a hastily brought forward demolition is enacted. What happens to Southern Housing Group’s planning application this week deserves careful examination, as do the views of local people living near Bunhill Row. We’ll miss Occupy London Stock Exchange but not because of the tents, or even the kitchen shelves: it was a makeshift, loosely cooperative, occasionally quarrelling and fiercely idealistic group of people who came together to achieve something extraordinary. The relationships forged during these strange and beautiful four and a half months still have much further to run. This is only the beginning. [/release] [url=http://occupylsx.org/?p=3786]Occupy London Press Team[/url][/QUOTE] They have a press team!?

[QUOTE=znk666;34907350]Why saint Paul's cathedral? I mean if they're anti-capitalists why not ''camp'' outside a governmental building,bank or Us embassy?[/QUOTE] because the city of london corporation owns pretty much all the land in the city of london - the small area outside st pauls is one of the few more public areas [editline]28th February 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Chrisordie;34907732]They have a press team!?[/QUOTE] It was actually a quite well organised camp despite being an absolute eyesore and making the whole area around St Pauls much less pleasant than normal

[QUOTE=Chrisordie;34907732]They have a press team!?[/QUOTE] We're British, our occupies have structure to them, some class, some zazz!

I was at the Occupy London protests for a while, more to document it than anything else. They were a very well organised and dedicated group. Contrary to popular belief, the group were actually invited to camp there after the LSX kicked up a big stink about not wanting the 'dirty hippies' near their places of work. Big love to them all for standing up for what they believed in. I've not been to a protest like that before where I've felt more welcome and at home with a bunch of strangers camped out on the street like that. We had a library and everything.

My friends were there last night, one of them got kettled in while filming, said it was pretty damn scary. They're just going to move to another spot now and good luck to them, some really nice people down there.

[QUOTE=PulpedFiction;34909934]I was at the Occupy London protests for a while, more to document it than anything else. They were a very well organised and dedicated group. Contrary to popular belief, the group were actually invited to camp there after the LSX kicked up a big stink about not wanting the 'dirty hippies' near their places of work. Big love to them all for standing up for what they believed in. I've not been to a protest like that before where I've felt more welcome and at home with a bunch of strangers camped out on the street like that. We had a library and everything.[/QUOTE] Agree with this totally, one of the only protests i've been to where I felt that there was a great sense of community and group discussion, this does not end here.

[QUOTE=PulpedFiction;34909934]I was at the Occupy London protests for a while, more to document it than anything else. They were a very well organised and dedicated group. Contrary to popular belief, the group were actually invited to camp there after the LSX kicked up a big stink about not wanting the 'dirty hippies' near their places of work. Big love to them all for standing up for what they believed in. I've not been to a protest like that before where I've felt more welcome and at home with a bunch of strangers camped out on the street like that. We had a library and everything.[/QUOTE] Doesn't sound like Occupy London is going to be kept down for long then. If they can find somewhere better to stay, the movement should avoid being stopped prematurely.

I hope the Occupy Nottingham lot get moved on soon. It's just 5-10 tents in a corner of the square but it is uglying up the place and one of them tried trading my earphones for a small mirror.

At least the shops and stuff in that area can actually get customers again. The protesters really only thought about themselves and not the ripple effect they causes.

[QUOTE=squids_eye;34913021]I hope the Occupy Nottingham lot get moved on soon. It's just 5-10 tents in a corner of the square but it is uglying up the place and one of them tried trading my earphones for a small mirror.[/QUOTE] You poor thing! [QUOTE=Sicojnr;34913258]At least the shops and stuff in that area can actually get customers again. The protesters really only thought about themselves and not the ripple effect they causes.[/QUOTE] Shops around St.pauls didn't loose customers, if anything the protest drew more people to that area so they could see what was going on. They didn't occupy so much space that no one could get around anywhere.

At least they did it through the courts and there was an appeal and stuff, unlike in America where the police just burst in one night and threw everybody the fuck out

[QUOTE=Sicojnr;34913258]At least the shops and stuff in that area can actually get customers again. The protesters really only thought about themselves and not the ripple effect they causes.[/QUOTE] Yeah, right! Not like they were protesting capitalism or anything!

[QUOTE=smurfy;34913937]At least they did it through the courts and there was an appeal and stuff, unlike in America where the police just burst in one night and threw everybody the fuck out[/QUOTE] And destroyed evidence and property, you can't forget that.

[QUOTE=Sicojnr;34913258]At least the shops and stuff in that area can actually get customers again. The protesters really only thought about themselves and not the ripple effect they causes.[/QUOTE] My mum walks past it every day and near the beginning she went to the M&S next to it and they said they were flooded. In a visit to London i walked past it and it was totally civilized, well structured and some of the posters on the tents were amusing and informative. They were not that much of an eyesore and I think they were the ideal model of protest movements, being civilised. They had signs up instructing the people there to respect the church, banning megaphone usage during services and making sure the cathedral and nearby businesses were accessible. They were brilliant, and I for one hope they continue.

[QUOTE=squids_eye;34913021]I hope the Occupy Nottingham lot get moved on soon. It's just 5-10 tents in a corner of the square but it is uglying up the place and one of them tried trading my earphones for a small mirror.[/QUOTE] Haven't been to Notts city center for a while now, had no idea that there was an 'occupy nottingham'. Shows how effective it is I guess.

filthy hippies capitalism always wins!!!!!!!!!!