squattens: they Firemen in North London have refused to holp police in an attempt to evict squatters in 220 Camden Fligh Street.
Superintendent Lockycar, of Kentiah Town police station, asked the local fire brigade on Wednesday for the use of their ladders to put policemen on the roof of a house in adjoining Hawkey Crescent. From there they hoped to break in and cust the plans The response was short, and to Le point. Said fireman Dave Challoner afterwirus: The laus relused to do it Tbineis a great fear among firemen that they will be used in this way. But we just don't want to know, The next step would be getting us to use water chenons for crowd The Carden High Street squatters are not the caly ones in London defying High Court eviction orders. Squatters at the Dover Street luxury flats in Mayfair are also defying the legalised right of specalators to make people homeless. Instead, are demanding "Decent Homes for They have set about arganising them selves tor tosistance, barncaus Doe poc! crected, a rota of supporters from other squatters and tenants groups will stay in ON AUSTSAOOVERON SINTE picket has been organised.
If an artack occurs, support will he drawn in through a netwock of phonca Any attempt to evict the squatters will be tumed into a demonstration against the speculators.
The squatters took this stand and in the case of Dover St., they include inmilies- despite advice from socie supportees to lavoid a confrontation,' Their defiance has already patd off- Levy Asiciates and Co., who own the building, scen to have postponed their started seem to have oustponed their sisted plat to impose the High Court order on Dover St. on 1 Aptil. They obviously want to keep a low profile Camden Tenants Federation is sup portine the call for a public enquiry into the activitier of Leny and Associates. Ma reported last week, this demand has woe support framvarious sections of the labour mencient. They will press Carden Trades Council to take up the demand.
CANDIDATE As another way of winning support for the campaign, Maida 15ll squatleraactively an volved in Dover Si. -Are to put up a candidate for Westinster City Council, The candidate is to be ING member Piers Corben, Ho wil demand that the Laboor Government reimpose the statutory obligation on Councils to house the hoine Jess, and will pur forward ways in which the labour movement con richt against speculatom, and local councils, to achieve housing for all.
with the support of the Nationa