The older archives (>10 years old) have been substantially recovered -- more than 23,800 files' worth -- and are now reachable through the search engine and via file download. Email here if you have any questions.
Your support is essential if the service is to continue, there are bandwidth bills to pay every month and failing disk drives to replace. Volunteers do the work, but disk drives and bandwidth are not free. We encourage you to contribute financially, even a dollar helps. Click here to donate.
Welcome to the new Radio4all website! If you cannot log in, you may need to reset your password. Email here if you need additional support.
 
Program Information
Bristol Broadband Co-operative
Bristol squatters Land rights, empty buildings & criminalisation of squatting
Weekly Program
Irina Bondariuk, Henry, Martin Summers, Tony Gosling
 Bristol Broadband Co-operative  Contact Contributor
Oct. 9, 2012, 3:39 p.m.
Discussion with Henry, the first person in Bristol to be evicted under the new criminalisation of squatting laws in the UK.
Henry explains why he objecs to the paying of rent as extortion and Old Labour Oxford economist Martin Summers agrees it is a kind of racket. The Duke of Westminster, one of Britains biggest landowners, does no work for his income whatever.
Discussion about nationalisation of land which may be necessary because of hoarding of land by the rich that they have no intention of using. Idea of squatters as a relief valve which taxes the rich if they leave their properties empty for long periods of time.
The fact that Scandinavian governments have to house their people because of the cold climate or they will die.
One motive for the criminalisation of squatting being private profits made by privatised prison firms such as G4S and Wackenhut in this war on the poor.

Download Program Podcast
01:00:00 1 Jan. 1, 1
  View Script
    
 01:00:00  128Kbps mp3
(58MB) Stereo
571 Download File...