[OccupySheffield] [OccupySheffieldPrivate] Fwd: [info at occupysheffield.org.uk: Occupy Sheffield Statement – 28th December 2011]

[Nicole Occupy]

Cheers x

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From: "Chris" <chrisc at indymedia.org.uk>
To: <occupysheffield at email-lists.org>
Subject: [OccupySheffieldPrivate] [OccupySheffield] Fwd: [info at occupysheffield.org.uk: Occupy Sheffield Statement – 28th December 2011]
Date: Thu, Dec 29, 2011 00:23




Hi

Passing on the following statement for info, it's also up
here:

- Occupy Sheffield Statement – 28th December 2011
  https://occupysheffield.org/2011/12/29/statement-28th-december-2011/

All the best

Chris

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From: Occupy Sheffield <info at occupysheffield.org.uk>
Organization: Occupy Sheffield
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:46:37 +0000
Subject: Occupy Sheffield Statement – 28th December 2011

Occupy Sheffield has taken possession of the former Salvation Army
Citadel (at Cross Burgess Street, Sheffield) on the basis of a so-called
'Section 6' notice[1]. The building has lain idle since 1999, and has
been open and unsecured for over two months. Occupy Sheffield will make
the building safe and secure and will then open it for public use.
Occupy Sheffield will be inviting any community groups that have lost
the ability to pay for a space due to funding cuts to come and make use
of the building. The building has been renamed 'The Citadel of Hope'.

The original Occupy Sheffield encampment outside Sheffield Cathedral
will remain in situ. 'The Citadel of Hope' will not be an open
residential occupation, but will be crewed at all times. People wishing
to join the residential encampment at Sheffield Cathedral should
continue to do so. Until such time as the building has been made safe,
Occupy Sheffield will make all decisions relating to the building
through the General Assembly meeting held daily at 6.30pm on the
Cathedral forecourt. All are welcome.

The Citadel of Hope will operate the same 'Safer Spaces' policy[2] that
is in place at the main encampment - among other things, the Citadel
will be alcohol and drug free, and those who transgress this policy will
be asked to leave.

In addition to facilitating community groups suffering at the hands of
government cuts, The Citadel of Hope will provide a further platform the
Occupy movement in Britain to campaign for economic justice, and will be
host to the National Occupy Conference on the 21st and 22nd of January
2012.

Occupy Sheffield would like to make clear that it is protesting against
the casino capitalism that has laid the real economy low; it is
protesting that those who created this crisis have so far got away
without legal sanction and continue to do so; it is protesting that this
same tiny minority ('the 1%') are continuing to enrich themselves while
the rest of the population ('the 99%') are made to suffer their
failures[3]. Occupy Sheffield would like to make clear, that it is not
protesting against any Church or Church group.

We believe that there is an alternative to the tired mantras of
Thatcherism, and that the evidence for the need to change is playing out
in front of our eyes.

The Citadel of Hope is a place where you can come and be informed, be
inspired and be involved in a global movement[4] which is advocating for
a more just society, run for the benefit of all.

Occupy Sheffield is a transparent, non-hierarchical, volunteer
organisation which is made possible by people giving their time and
energy in support of a cause in which they believe. Most people have
jobs, and most people are not able to be involved all the time.

If you believe that it is time to articulate an alternative to this
destructive turbo-charged capitalism then The Citadel of Hope needs you.

Occupy Sheffield / The Citadel of Hope

[1] A section 6 notice governs the legal status and civil proceedings
that an unoccupied building is subject to. These are civil matters. No
act of criminality has occurred in possessing this building.

[2] Safer spaces policy
https://occupywiki.org.uk/wiki/Sheffield/Safer_Spaces_Policy

[3]
http://www.publicfinance.co.uk/news/2011/12/child-poverty-to-increase-following-autumn-statement-warns-ifs/
and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10604117

[4] www.occupybritain.org  www.occupytogether.org  www.occupylsx.com
www.occupywallstreet.org


www.occupysheffield.org.uk
www.facebook.com/OccupySheffield
www.twitter.com/OccupySheffield
www.twitter.com/Citadel_Of_Hope
www.facebook.com/pages/Citadel-of-Hope/265723403482084

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