Reading Grassroots Action

Over the last two weeks local activists have been busy quietly tidying up the garden, building new furniture and fixing a new lock on the gate ready for re-opening. However, a few days ago, RBC changed the locks and re-secured the gate with barricades. No worries though...

Spring re-energises squatting gardeners to dig-in and continue the struggle!

1. Common Ground Squatted Community Garden Re-Opening, 1pm, 12th April!

Time: Open from 1pm, Community BBQ (traditional & vegan) from 3pm, live acoustic music from 6pm.

Date: Saturday 12th April

Venue: Common Ground Community Garden, entrance through alleyway next to (Ex)
Womens Information Centre, Silver Street, Reading, RG2.

Contact: Telephone 07774023475 on the day for latest information.
Email katesgrovegarden@yahoo.co.uk any other time.

2. ‘Plan B’...

Friday 11th April
12pm at Watford station.

http://iwwnbs.wordpress.com/

"Fellow Workers,

PUBLIC MEETING

THURSDAY 7TH FEBRUARY, 7.30PM.

RISING SUN ARTS CENTRE, 30 SILVER STREET, READING, RG2.

(Hosted by Common Ground Collective and Reading Grassroots Action)
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* Common Ground Community Garden destroyed for profit?

* A huge development of luxury student accomodation for over 300 students, with no parking, but PRIVATE gardens?

* Low-waged families priced out as rents and house-prices rise?

* Working-class kids excluded from education as student-rents rise?

Common Ground Community Garden Collective

Email: katesgrovegarden@yahoo.co.uk

Dear Mr. Sutton,

Re. Wrongful allegations made against Common Ground Community Garden Collective.

Firstly, in the interests of transparency and honesty regarding all concerned, we would like to inform you that this letter is being sent as an 'open' letter and therefore has also been sent to local Reading media contacts.

At 11am on Monday 5th November, three people were stopped by police in an unmarked police car whilst removing boarding from the entrance of the Common Ground Community Garden in Katesgrove. Carl, one of the arrestees, explained that he told the police officer he was "removing the boarding of the community garden so that the community could use the garden". "The police officer then called the council," said carl, and "I overheard that the council official wanted the police to arrest us so that they could have a photo of our faces".

It seems it was “fourth time lucky” for Reading Borough Council bailiffs today, when they finally realised that it’s not a good idea to inform anarcho-commies (and other assorted revolutionary reprobates) 2 weeks in advance if you want to evict them from council land. Arriving unannounced at 9.00am this morning, they began by evicting our squatting neighbours, giving us enough time to form an impromptu resistance of 3 people.

See attached poster.

Thames Valley Economic Partnership (TVEP) is a collaboration of organisations that represent business and authorities in the South East of England. It includes the British Airport Authority, Microsoft, local Councils, BT, Cisco...lots of nasty corporations and organisations. They are behind the runaway growth that is swallowing up the lives of ordinary people across the South.