Fwd: [democracy now] Occupy Local Communities

[Mark Barrett]

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  Greetings all,

This is to notify you of a meeting scheduled for next Wednesday 25th from 4
- 5 p.m in Tent City University, entitled: 'Occupy Local Communities'. The
purpose of the meeting is to continue the discussion about actions that
Occupy London can take in the near future to join with local communities in
the movement towards an equal, just and free society for all.
Ideas for actions that have been discussed in meetings and GA's
include: FLASH MOB OCCUPATIONS that
would arrive in London neighbourhoods for set durations, and an 'OCCUPY
LOCAL COMMUNITIES' LONDON WALK which could visit local communities in all
33 boroughs of London.  Clearly there is a lot of scope for ideas.

See you on Wednesday,

Simon

Some info about London.

In July 2010 Greater London had an official population of 7,825,200, making
it the most populous municipality in the European
Union<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_cities_of_the_European_Union_by_population_within_city_limits>
, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London#cite_note-2010_ONS_Population-1> and
accounting for 12.5% of the UK
population.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London#cite_note-24>

>From London's Poverty Profile <http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/>:


   - The poorest 50% have less than 5% of financial or property
wealth<http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/inequality/>
   . <http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/inequality/>The
richest 10% have 40% of income wealth, 45% of property wealth and 65%
   of financial wealth.



   - Housing costs are a critical factor in explaining why London has the
   highest poverty rates of all England's
regions<http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/income-poverty/poverty-before-and-after-housing-costs/>.
   Taking account of housing costs, the poverty rate in London is 28%,
   compared to 22% in the rest of England, and the gap has grown in the last
   decade.


   - 220,000 households live in overcrowded
accommodation<http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/housing-and-homelessness/overcrowded-households-by-tenure-over-time/>,
   60,000 more than a decade ago with most of this increase in the private
   rented sector.
   - Housing benefit
changes<http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/housing-and-homelessness/changes-to-housing-benefit/>
   <http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/housing-and-homelessness/changes-to-housing-benefit/>mean
   that many parts of Inner London, particularly the Inner West, may become
   unaffordable for low-income families renting privately. Outer London
   boroughs, where housing is cheaper, often have lower levels of public
   services per head: 8 of the 10 primary care trusts with the fewest GPs
   per population are in Outer
London<http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/11-services/gp-services-by-borough/>and
35%
   of Outer London primary schools are full or overcrowded, compared to 19% in
   Inner London<http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/11-services/primary-school-availability-by-borough/>
   .<http://www.londonspovertyprofile.org.uk/indicators/topics/11-services/primary-school-availability-by-borough/>

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