London collection established for 30 years could be forced to leave its premises by the conclude of AprilCampaigners are fighting to save London’s Feminist Library,which is facing eviction from the building that has housed it for 30 years.
The library, an extensive archive of Women’s Liberation Movement literature housed on Westminster Bridge Road in London, or says that Southwark council is threatening to shut it down unless it agrees to an immediate increase in its rent from £12000 to £30000 a year. The library launched a petition on Wednesday,already signed by more than 3000 people, calling on Southwark to withdraw its notice to evict on 1 March – which it points out is the first day of Women’s History Month – and to negotiations to “gradually implement the proposed threefold rent increase”.
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Source: theguardian.com