Sat, 21/02/2015
The Redfern tent embassy in Sydney has received an eviction notice from the Aboriginal Housing Company. It claims the owners of the tent embassy do not have “permission to be on this site” and are “trespassing”.
The tent embassy was set up in May last year to stop land being taken from the Block and redeveloped for commercial space and private housing.
Their eviction is expected to take place on February 23. Jenny Munro, one of the founders of the tent embassy, is calling on people to gather at the Block to help make sure the embassy remains on Aboriginal-owned land.
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This article by originally appeared on socialismonline.net on February 21, 2015 at 09:38AM
