Diggers 350: Landless Peasants Wanted

Plans to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Diggers' uprising are progresssing apace, with over 150 people attending the gathering in London on the 17th of January to plan actions.

The first event will be a non-confrontational march on April 1st to St. George's Hill with the intention of laying a carved commemorative stone at the site of the Diggers' original settlement.

Later in April, a land squat will be organised, on a piece of land with either a particularly nasty landlord or plans for development. This event will almost certainly be temporary, as eviction proceedings are likely, but it will also be the base for setting up more permanent land occupations. The Land is Ours have compiled a register of several pieces of unregistered land, and they are looking for groups of people who are interested in long term land-based projects who they can be given away to.

Proposals should be written down and sent to The Land is Ours office by the end of February, or if that's not possible then taken to the first occupation. At that event the land for permanent camps will be allocated, and hopefully a network set up to ensure their continuation and development.