From Anarchic Squatting to Mutual Housing

Tuesday, March 24 7:30-9:00

The Odd One Out

28 Mersea Road, Colchester

Neil Riley tells the fascinating story of late 60's anarchist and syndicalist direct-action organisation of squatting in empty West London properties, how this movement progressed to government funded, fully mutual housing co-operatives, and how in 1988 government funding for these cooperative was abruptly ended. Please join us for discussion of this fascinating case study of local and radical direct-action politics.

Neil Reily has been a Labour party member for many years and a sometime councillor in Ealing, West London. Neil, now 79 years old, worked in West London until his retirement to Colchester.

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