Advisory Service for Squatters
@assquattheworld.bsky.social
Helping squatters and other homeless and activists in England and Wales, and solidarity with elsewhere
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 19h ago#OtD 11 Oct 1946 the UK govt announced that 39,535 people were squatting in 1038 military camps across England and Wales. Many were ex-servicemen's families demanding housing after WWII, and eventually a forced the govt to build mass council housing stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8350...
Join us on the 25th! www.eventbrite.com/.../a-matter.... Haringey Welcome invites you to an evening of comedy, music and spoken word celebrating the stories that connect us. We've housed 27 people through our Solidarity Fund in partnership with the Museum of Homelessness Help us house 27 more! 🏡
1,720 people died while experiencing homelessness in the UK last year... 💔 That includes 50 children. Since 2017, over 10,000 people have died without a secure place to call home. This isn’t a housing statistic — it is a national scandal. www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
1,700 people died while homeless in 2025. It's a 'national scandal'
Museum of Homelessness’s annual homeless deaths count found a 6.8% increase in a year. It's a warning for Andy Burnham’s pledge to end rough sleeping
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we'll be at this on Saturday not a lot on antisocial media there's definitely a better poster somewhere
London Anarchist Bookfair@bookfairldn.bsky.social · 7mo ago2026 London Anarchist Bookfair is on Saturday 26th September at Rich Mix with a host of other venues in the area involved. We've got workshops, discussions, skillshares, campaign stalls, food, kids programme, and two after parties! There's even a warm up gig on Friday 25th! More info to come
'Alison', who was deceived into a sexual relationship with undercover policeman Mark Jenner says the Home Office has tied itself in knots with its ridiculous consultation into the #spycops inquiry & subsequent response.
like squatting, but not hackney.gov.uk/community-safety-and-environment/get-involved-your-community/turn-unused-land-community-garden
Turn unused land into a community garden | Hackney Council
Apply to turn a plot of unused council land into a garden for growing fruit and vegetables or encouraging biodiversity.
hackney.gov.uk
#OtD 15 Sep 1993 Ward 2/3 of UCH hospital in London was occupied by local residents and some nurses in protest at its closure, part of a series of struggles at hospitals around that time stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8746...
NATIONAL VIGIL Join us to remember with love everyone who died whilst homeless across the UK in 2025. 15th October 2026 6pm - 730pm We will read the names at 6.45pm All welcome. 💔🕯 museumofhomelessness.org/news/nationa...
National vigil to remember all who have died whilst homeless across the uk — Museum of Homelessness
Museum of Homelessness has announced the details for the national vigil 2026
museumofhomelessness.org
The internet and the news suck Come and hang out with us today and tomorrow irl 1230 - 430 Humans and other nature for win ✨️
#OtD 11 Sep 1946 the Abbey Lodge block of flats in Regents Park, London was squatted by homeless families of WWII ex-servicemen. It was part of a wave of similar occupations in the wake of WWII stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8359...
#OnThisDay in London housing history, 1946: mass squat of Duchess of Bedford House, Kensington wp.me/p74yfw-1ev
Today in London housing history, 1946: mass squat of Duchess of Bedford House, Kensington
At the end of WW2 there was massive homelessness around the country – a pre-war shortage of housing had been made worse by the destruction of houses through bombing and a total halt in the building…
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✂️ CALL-OUT: Volunteer barbers & hairdressers wanted for Streets Fest 2026! A fresh trim brings dignity and confidence. Can you offer a couple of hours this Wednesday, 2 Sept. in Finsbury Park? Chairs and power provided! 📩 DM us or email getinvolved@streetskitchen.org 💈💚
Prosecutors are considering whether to bring charges against Mark Kennedy & associated #spycops. The public inquiry hasn't even looked at Kennedy or his unit yet, yet the Home Office is seeking to curtail it before it gets that far.. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Prosecutors consider charges against officers involved in spycops scandal
More than 100 undercover officers spied on tens of thousands of mainly leftwing activists over decades
theguardian.com
wondering: over the years we've helped out various people who have been in commercial leases where everyone knows that it's actually residential. but it's not really our thing. Is there anyone dealing with this obviously big issue? Like Hackney/Haringey?
We have crunched some numbers for the last financial year and our crew smashed it. We are a small site and a tiny team. We build community not services. We get resources out where they are needed. Thank you to everyone who is supporting this our funders and partners. We love you.
#OnThisDay in London squatting history, 1978: mass eviction of squatted blocks in Huntley Street, Bloomsbury. At the time this was the biggest eviction in British history, involving a barricaded street and 100s of cops wp.me/p74yfw-vB
Today in London squatting history, 1978: mass eviction in Huntley Street, Bloomsbury.
In February 1977 5 blocks of 54 empty police flats, in Huntley Street, behind University College Hospital, which had lain empty for 4 years, were squatted; as an initiative of the Squatters Action …
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REQUISITION ALL EMPTIES!
Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 2mo ago#OtD 13 Aug 1946 13 homeless families moved into an empty US military camp on Burton Road in Dudley, England. It was part of a mass wave of squatting, primarily by former service members and their families in the wake of World War II stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8455...
This Saturday: Merchants of Death Tour On Saturday at 2pm, join us in London for a walking tour of the key arms companies and organisations involved in attacks on Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran. More info: caat.org.uk/events/merch...
£1 million to install squat toilets? we'd do it for a lot less!
In under a month, #StreetsFest is back in Finsbury Park! 🎊🎉🎵🎶 The UK's only festival specifically for people experiencing #homelessness or at risk, bringing key services and grassroots support directly to those in need. Stay tuned for updates! #Islington #Haringey #Hackney
squatters go gay!
Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 2mo ago#OtD 3 Aug 1945 a homeless ex-soldier in Sydney, Australia squatted an empty home on Marion Street, Auburn. "Forcible possession of homes will not solve the housing problem... But what other avenue is open to a man in desperate circumstances like me?" stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1016...
stuff their fake consultation help save the #spycops public inquiry so much more to be revealed ucpi.uk/consultation/
SAVE THE SPYCOPS INQUIRY | Stop The State Cover-Up
The Home Office is attempting to scrap or severely limit the Undercover Policing Inquiry. Join survivors and take action now.
ucpi.uk
📣 We need your help to save lives of people who are homeless across the UK Please read and share: museumofhomelessness.org/news/call-ou...
Call out for your help to save lives of people who are homeless — Museum of Homelessness
We need your help to prevent future deaths of people experiencing homelessness. We have been documenting this since 2019 through our Dying Homeless Project, to remember people with love and to preve...
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We're nowhere near the end of the public inquiry to find the truth about #spycops (it hasn't even mentioned Mark Kennedy yet), but the Home Office is looking to curtail it. We've just formally written to them demanding that the inquiry continues campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2026/07/22/s...
Spycops Victims Demand Home Office Scrap Consultation
People spied on by Britain's political secret police demand the Home Office cancels plans to curtail the public inquiry
campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com
SHAC Article: Over 100 Southwark Families Face Eviction from Former Notting Hill Genesis Homes 🚨 shaction.org/2026/07/08/a... Corporate landlord BMR Group Ltd bought the homes from social landlord NHG. Residents are fighting back, demanding action from Southwark Council. #NoEvictions
Social Housing Action CampaignA Community Under Threat: Southwark Families Fight Mass Evictions
Housing Campaigners Demand Council Action as Corporate Landlord BMR Group Targets More Than 100 Families Tenants on the St James Estate in the London Borough of Southwark are fighting mass eviction…
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