Brixton Anti Cuts protest and town hall occupation!
A big crowd assembles outside Lambeth Town Hall to lobby council meeting
(© urban75, 23rd February, 2011)
On the 23rd February, Lambeth Council scheduled a meeting to vote on its proposed huge budget cuts and just like the meeting a couple of weeks before, a big crowd came out to voice their opposition.
Read the full background to the protest and occupation here.
Here's some photos from the protest.
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-01.jpg)
Another big crowd assembled outside Lambeth Town Hall.
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-02.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-03.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-04.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-05.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-07.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-08.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-09.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-10.jpg)
At times you couldn't hear the speakers because of the tremendous noise coming from cars and buses all around!
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-11.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-12.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-13.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-14.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-15.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-16.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-17.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-18.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-19.jpg)
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![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-21.jpg)
TV crew outside.
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-45.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-22.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-23.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-24.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-25.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-26.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-28.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-29.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-30.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-31.jpg)
The occupation starts!
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-32.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-33.jpg)
Rushing into the council chamber. Some scuffles followed as security tried to insist that everyone should sit in an adjacent room.
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-34.jpg)
The protesters had other plans and headed for the stairs!
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-35.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-36.jpg)
The first wave was unsuccessful, but at the second attempt, the protesters flooded in.
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-37.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-38.jpg)
Inside the council chamber which was resonating with chants from the now occupied upper galleries.
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-39.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-40.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-41.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-42.jpg)
As protestors kept flooding in (and eventually taking the floor) the public meeting was abandoned and the officials went off to make their cuts in secret.
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-46.jpg)
Protesters take over the council chamber. In his haste to depart the mayor left his speech on the table so every had a read!
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-48.jpg)
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-49.jpg)
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![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-43.jpg)
Downstairs, more protesters were held back in a hallway.
![Brixton Fight the Cuts protest outside Lambeth Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd Feb 2011](images/lambeth-council-cuts-vote-feb11-44.jpg)
Police blocking off the entrance.
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