The letter below is a cute response to a report in the last edition of Private Eye No. 1403 about the goings on at the Freedom Press office and bookshop in Angel Alley, next to the Whitechapel Art Gallery in east London.
Freedom Liberties
Sir,
As a subscriber to
Private Eye and an occupier of the building mentioned. I was surprised at the unresearched article
“Letting it all hang out...” (Street of Shame Eye 1403).
The Freedom building
includes many active organisations, including mine, the Advisory Service for
Squatters. Between us we have kept the
building going despite problems like the fascist firebombing two years
ago. Freedom is still published online
and occasionally in in print, and the decision to change was taken after long
and open discussion.
Your informant has
clearly not bee near the building for many years, and bears a grudge. The apoparent importance of the value of the
building suggests monetary motivation.
You should not allow yourself to be used to print abuse.
We are not expecting
“impromptu performance-art” in Angel Alley, but there are joint plans with the
art gallery and local homeless hostel to improve the alley with furniture
building, a library and plant growing.
Maybe you can send David Ziggy Greene to cover the opening.
MYK ZEITLIN
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