ORAL Squat empty NatWest Bank
Upper St, Islington, London. Wed 8 Nov 2017
One of the ORAL squatters sits outside the squatted bank playing guitar
and collecting donations from those passing by. The squat offers free
tea and coffee for the homeless as well as clothing
'The Tory/DUP Regime Must Go'
Most of the occupiers were out but those present were happy to show
us around
Inside things are a little messy, but there is no real damage
there is still a war memorial from an earlier bank destroyed in WW2
'Welcome Home'
The building was well lit and warm. One of the first things the squatters
did was to arrange to pay for the electricity
they were using - and once the police knew this they left them along.
'Love is Real - Love only when you break all the rules'
A warning to the occupiers about asbestos in the boiler room...
'RefuseFascism.org'
Welcome Home
No Fixed Abode Anti-Fascists (NFAAF) is a group of squatters, travellers
and homeless people combating fascist and bailiff thuggery.
The upper floor is reached though a separate entrance from the street
and has a roof terrace
and a view into the Islington Council's offices next door
'We Are Anarchy'
'Refugees Welcom' 'Escape Capitalism - Organise, Strike, Occupy -
Socialist Federation' 'Squat the Lot'
and a crude skeleton hangs from a first floor window
And the message on the door is 'Squat the Lot'
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