M11: Out Of Their Trees?

Reliance Security Ltd. showed themselves to be the lawless, spineless bastards that they really are on 13th June, when at 7.30am, 50-60 of them illegally evicted the bender site at Leytonstonia. The guards, generally a social mixture of BNP members and hippie-bashers, worked out their mutual hatred on the semi-sleeping tree-sitters. One bender inhabitant was stabbed in the hand by a guard. So much for reasonable force.

The site had been permanently occupied for over 5 months, with several tree houses and other dwellings constructed. There had been 2 false alarms prior to the eviction. Third time unlucky.

There were several arrests, including that of a 14 year old girl, and one person charged with indecent exposure after he was forcefully removed from his sleeping bag minus trousers.

Police and bailiffs later surrounded the site, which was semi-wild woodland, including a 200 year old Yew, before the tree ‘surgeons’ trashed it.

Irate Leytonstonians attempted to reclaim their land, and eventually there was a stand-off between the two sides, but not before many of the trees were lost.

This is the latest in a growing number of illegal evictions, a matter clearly of concern to those genuinely concerned with the rule of law in this country.

Reliance have breached Section 6 of the 1977 Criminal Law Act. Where are the legal consequences of this? Could the Director of Public Prosecutions tell us?

Another aspect of the M11 campaign is the Claremont road site, which includes the home of 93 year old Dolly, who has asked to be barricaded in the house she was born in. The fortification of this street really is quite superb, with trenches, drawbridges, and plenty of sleeping dragons (basically holes in the walls), plus lots of tricks up their sleeves that we cannot disclose. To show everyone that these are real houses with real people inside with real lives, the contents of many of the houses have been reassembled out in the street. The sofa may be a bit soggy now but what the hell. So as you walk down the street, (which has been shut off to traffic) you can see a kitchen, living room etc. Perhaps a contender for Britain’s weirdest street, unless you know different.

Operation Snowball is still going on. This consists of direct actions every Monday morning, and is the fore-runner to Operation Roadblock II. There is more than enough going on at all other times so please get involved.