[...] Thousands of people were out onto the streets in Brixton on Saturday for one of London’s biggest ever anti-gentrification protests. At one point hundreds of people mobbed the town hall with many fighting past police lines to gain entrance to the building. Traffic was brought to a standstill as people danced in the streets to a soundsystem taking over the road for several hours. A march through Brixton led by London Black Revs was received with cheers and applause as it passed the railway arches where long standing local businesses have just been told they face closure. Brixton Village, once a well loved part of Brixton Market and now an ethnically cleansed yuppy dominated enclave of over-priced bars and restaurants, was briefly occupied. Even the police station was attacked. And the Jobcentre got their window broken.
The mood was angry and defiant, but positive. Reclaim Brixton followed the hugely successful March for the Homeless just two weeks ago and the mass action at the vile Property Developer’s awards last week. At every housing protest the number of people attending is growing. London has had enough...
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