was published.
Its publication was prefaced by numerous give coverage and will certainly lead to vast droves of lords and ladies coming into the area with their hand-outs, good advice and, above all, requests for patience.
The message of the report is simple:
area especially attractive to speculative builders. Like general poverty and balance of payment DroDIems, one big push by local council, GLC and Government and the problem of housing can be solved - or so the report says.
It is, of course, no accident, that the facts outlined in the report should be interpreted in undreds of local people and students and it flats, then neither shall they waş quickly taken over by a director, George information on particular tenancies from the only people, two tenants organisations, who were prepared to use the information to the advantage of the people in the community. A hack from Sussex (who is now taking up a On May 5 a report on housing in Notting Hill building a fourth for $3 million). At the Council's request publication was delayed to Inem time to prepare a defence. press leaks, was followed by extensive press criticism of Council activity was subsequently In fact, of course, typifies the conditions which exist in many urban areas. Since these conditions are integral to a society ordered under monopoly capital, conditions in Notting Hill are appalling but no remedy for them can be expected from the they are the result of a quite exceptional present councils and central Government. The circumstance - a high influx of immigrants into people of Notting Hill know this and they will receive promises from the council and from Westminster with a suitable contempt.
Along with general support for the work of Peoples' Associations on rents and the creation of play-spaces, there is an almost universal sympathy for the actions of squatters. Many members of the community seem ready to go beyond simple occupation of empty property his way. The survey began as a project of and to say, 'If we can't have all these empt It is in this context that the Notting Hill Clarke. For 18 months this man has withheld Squatters and Peoples Associations have called for a militant demonstration on bad housing on May 17. Its aim is to bring together large numbers from inside and outside the area. beginning the broadest possible discussion or strategy ne place of squatting, and of planning job with the GLC was employed to harrassment of empty luxury flats and their no owners). Links will he ioined with the strugeles
YOUTH SECTION SPECIAL YOUTH SECTION COMPILED AND DESIGNED BY JOHN HOYLAND AND SHEILA ROWBOTHAM Those without a start, those who took longer to learn than the others, and those who were absent-minded, felt privileged. They were treated in the same way as you treat the top of your class. It was said that the school could not exist without them. As long as they did not understand, no one could go any further. ON THE PEASANTS You say that kids hate school and prefer about it. But we're 1,700 million strong. playing about. You never asked us peasants Your entire culture is made just like that. As if you were the entire world.
THE VILLAGE BOYS After they started the secondary school at Vicchio other peasant boys came to Barbiana. Only the failures, of course To them the school teacher was on the othe side of a barrier: hence some wanted to do him and others to copy him. It took them time to lea. 1 that here we don't have marking books.
About sex, too, they had their ways. They thought you spoke about it in secret. As soon as they saw a cock mount a hen they nudged caca other as if they caught two fucking.
However, at the beginning it was only part anatomy book. They locked themselves in the of the course that woke them up. We had an As far back as I can remember people have been telling me to do things that there seems to be no reason for. Headmasters, when they aren't hitting you, tell you what job you will get if you do as badly as your teacher says you will. Cops tell you to halt and to stop hanging about and get your exhaust pipe fixed and cut your lip. Postgraduate lady social workers tell you that you are going down hill but it's not too late. They all tell you that you are irresponsible and that you must get adjusted.
Nork helps the Export Drive and will put Parliament, or the forthcoming economic collapse.
with the Ford Popular who wanted an Anglia will find himself back on a Lambretta. In this world of harsh reality, the Fleet Street agencies of misinformation are obliged to cheer us up with Eurovision Song Contests, Resignation Threats and Trans-Atlantic Air Races.
Torpor Political change does not exist so social change must be invented; the manufacture of banality has to be transformed from a cottage What they mean is this. School is where you thousands of over-educated graduates. They industry to a national empire employing learn to hate books and long for a job. A job is must keep the clouds over our heads, whether where you learn to hate work and long for it's the clouds of Jimmy Hendrix, the betting money. Money is what you spend so you can shop or the freak-out university. That we Britain back on her feet again. Money should be classroom. Cathy can't come home bu the editorial offices or saved for your marriage or the Second Coming Twiggy's in her heaven. There may be revolt in It's not really extremely surprising that we believe in the Queen, The Cenotaph and the France, Italy, even Ireland, but here in Britain
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