Squatters took over the former Royal Mint in London Tuesday, unfurling banners and voicing their concerns about global warming, homelessness and the alleged pay gap between the rich and the poor.
The squatters affixed placards and signs reading “system change not climate change” and “104,000 homeless children at Christmas” across the face of the Johnson Smirke building, the site of the U.K.’s nearly 220-year-old former Royal Mint.
“We all need to live in a more sustainable way,” one of the squatters, Pete Phoenix, said according to The Guardian. “The way financial systems work is not conducive to protecting the planet. There is a complex of four huge buildings here. They could be used to provide accommodation for hundreds of homeless people. We could turn this place into an environmental solutions centre.”
While another squatter said, “We want to highlight the fraudulent nature of the banks with this protest and find some solutions to homelessness. The state is not helping homeless people so we would urge those who need a roof over their heads to do what we did – find commercial buildings where the windows have been left open and walk in.”
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2015/12/29/activists-squat-at-site-of-londons-former-royal-mint-to-protest-global-warming/#ixzz3vv6dNY4a
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