dailymail.co.uk — The £6million squatters: Artist gang flies the black flag of anarchy over Mayfair mansion - In its day it must have ranked among the most elegant residences in London. But a £6.25million Mayfair mansion – owned by the billionaire Duke of Westminster – was revealed as the latest address that a group of squatters (Da! Collective) calls home.
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macbookformeNov 8, 2008
This happens every day in London, these days...
omjeremyNov 9, 2008
Yup, it's just Bawg-na<a class="user" href="http://www.behindthename.com/name/bogna">http://www.behindthename.com/name/bogna</a>
leftyslamentNov 9, 2008
Anarchy without socialism is privilege and injustice. Socialism without anarchy is slavery and brutality.
isayre020888Nov 9, 2008
Anarchists had a good name?
understarNov 9, 2008
Hey, Peter, man! Check out Channel 9! Check out this chick!
jbondNov 9, 2008
Damn. Daily Mail on the front page of Digg! *AGAIN*oh, BTW. "Eat the rich"
Closed AccountNov 9, 2008
@BossKeyYeah, it's trespassing, but I'd have some sympathy for them if they didn't change the locks, kept everything as they found it or better, and left at the first request of the owner. It doesn't make sense for an empty house to be unused and decay, though easier to say when it doesn't belong to me. I don't think these kids are exactly in 'need' anyway.If this is some statement against the UK economy, or capitalism it's stupid and laughable.I do like the idea of them flying the back flag on a mansion, but I should probably take that in the context of people will see these stupid vandals and trespassers and say "That's what Anarchists do!" and most people still won't know about Anarcho-Capitalism.
folktheoryNov 9, 2008
if you can lose your property by not using it, then how exactly is it yours to begin with?maybe in an horrendous world where all property belongs to the state, your arguments would be right. but in a world where people have freedom and can do as they wish with their rightfully earned property, it is none of your business what they do with it.
down2earhNov 10, 2008
Dumpster diving is a result of over production for an overly consumptious culture. It is our right as conscious human beings to reclaim that which is deemed waste by the hoity toity. Although the ideal method of reclamation would be something similar to the people's potato in montreal where food that is going to be thrown out is collected and served on campus as nourishing meals, by donation.
down2earhNov 10, 2008
You know what's even classier? Dumpster diving in business suits accross from Starbucks' patio. Yea, that's right, we're not homeless bums, we work hard and live below the poverty line, and reclaim all the perfectly good food that the wealthy turn their nose up at.