Archive for November, 2008
FIREBIRD PUB BECOMES SOCIAL CENTRE.
The squat at the Firebird Pub, Bellevue, Edgbaston, opens as a social centre.
Campaigners and supporters have spent the last week, clearing rubbish from inside and out the former derelict pub. One local resident commented “it looks much better with the litter and weeds moved”
A painting party will be held on Saturday evening 29/11/08 to brighten [...]
MIDLAND HEART HOUSING ASSOCIATION OFFERED JUST £1 PER ACRE
Information has reached JUSTICE NOT CRISIS that Midland Heart Housing Association offered a derisory £1.00 per acre to Birmingham City Council for council owned land and couldn’t understand why the offer was refused.
While we are campaigning for the council to sell land at affordable process to housing associations in the city to allow them to draw [...]
LIB DEM COUNCILLORS TAKE THE LEAD
AT last Socially rented homes will be debated in Birmingham, no thanks to Councillor John Lines, who we thought was the Cabinet member for Housing !!
Housing and Urban Regeneration Overview and Scrutiny Committee (HUROS) Chair, Councillor Emily Cox (Lib-Dem Moseley and Kings Heath) yesterday stated that the Scrutiny Committee will hold an investigation into the provision of socially [...]
JNC CAMPAIGNER STABBED IN THROAT
At 9.30pm on Friday JUSTICE NOT CRISIS campaigner Lee Moore was stabbed in the throat and had to be rushed to hospital.
On Friday a gang of around 15 youths who have been plaguing the Benmore estate for several months turned their attention to the former Firebird pub which JNC is squatting. The gang started to [...]
JUSTICE NOT CRISIS SUPPORT STRENGTHENS
We are now into our third day at the Firebird Pub, Bellevue, Edgbaston. Feliciy Norman, Green Party European Candidate, has visited the site and given her support to our campaign. Our resolve to contiue our campaign is strong and morale is high as we continue to gather support from local residents and organisations and residents from [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )HOUSING DEMO MOVES TO A THIRD SITE
Having moves to a new site just yards from the original site we have now been told to move again. We didn’t want to cost the council any money be refusing and making the council pay for a bailiff so we have left the site.
Our new location is at the old Firebird Pub in Bellevue. [...]
THE JOHN LINES HOMELESS VILLAGE FINDS NEW LOCATION
Following the granting of an eviction by Birmingham’s county court The Councillor john Lines Homeless Village has moved to a new site.
Following our live interview on BBC1’s The Politics Show campaigners form JUSTICE NOT CRISIS moved tents and belongings to a new site just 50m away. The old site has been cleaned up and the [...]
THE JOHN LINES HOMELESS VILLAGE TO BE EVICTED
The council have been given permission to evict The John Line Homeless Village from their camp on the Pershore Road.
JUSTICE NOT CRISIS campaigners contested the court hearing earlier today but were unsuccessful. However, we have been advised to seek legal advise to see if there are grounds for an appeal and we will be doing [...]
IT’S JOHN LINES THAT’S THE THUG
Councillor John Lines has been in the press recently with statements that he will set his dogs on protesters.
For all those who know us you will know that we have NEVER been violent towards anyone and have never caused any criminal damage.
However, lets take a look at the upstanding gentleman from Bartley Green and his [...]
COURT DATE SET
On Friday council officials visited The John lines Homeless Village with a notice to quit the land and gave until Monday for us to do so.
Yesterday morning (Tuesday) the officers returned to find we were still there and so went to court to get a hearing date.
This will take place in Birmingham County Court, Bull Street, Birmingham on [...]
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