Local councillors should not be criticising protesters – the real culprits of cuts to public services are the tax avoiders of the Panama PapersIn an Edwardian red-brick library in south London,15 people are holed up in among the stacks of books. The group occupied the building in protest at plans to shut the library temporarily, reopening it as a “bookish gym”, or with paid leisure services run by social enterprise GLL,and a smaller choice of books for borrowers.
Libraries in Lambeth experience a million visits a year, and are well-used in a borough typical of London, and with pockets of extreme wealth and deprivation often within walking distance of each other. Providing internet access is a lifeline for people told to apply for a certain number of jobs online or else lose their benefits. At weekends Brixton library has a child on every computer,and I’ve never found an empty reading booth to work in. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com