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Rough Music Issue 18 - May-June 2008

What's In This Issue:
Crunch Time - The credit crunch has hit Brighton as a brace of developments are dropped due to the economic climate.
Factory Finish - EDO MDM have closed down their premises at Fishergate, as protests against them in Brighton continue with a Carnival against the arms trade on June 8th.
Mazzive Attack - As father and son double act are arrested at a protest against the Sealife Centre.
London Rd Calling - Tescos buy the co-op building on London Rd and have plans for a big development
High Trees-On - The Anston House development debacle goes on as developers Bridgetown Properties are up in court for illegally chopping down trees on the site.
Vestried Interests - Brighton squatters have occupied the ex-Methodist Church on London Road.
High On Trees - The financial crunch in affecting plans to trash Titnore Woods near Worthing, as companies rethink their finances.
Squat's The Difference? - Local squatters have art squat at a warehouse in Shoreham
Wanker's Corner - Step up Mr Goeffrey Theobold, Tory councillor.
The Gripes Of Froth - Locals are up in arms about plans for a Starbucks on St James St, Kemptown.
Wheels Of Fortune - Mark Lynch's Guardian security moves into the lucrative market of parking fines and clamping.
Big Bus' Up - Bus drivers have voted to strike after being screwed by Govia, the private company running Brighton buses.
Fo' Shoreham - Companies building the new airport at Shoreham hit the financial skids.
Get Yer Rocks Off - Newsquest, the media corporation which owns the Argus, and The Rocks, have closed down The Rocks.
What Is Rough Music

ROUGHIN’ IT UP ON THE STREETS OF BRIGHTON

You're going... what the hell is "rough music"? Who the hell are we and what do we want?

Rough music is a Sussex tradition dating back centuries. It was a form of punishment for those who had offended their communities; people like profi teering landlords, wife-beaters or kiddie-fi ddlers. In the past lovely people like these were a lot harder to prosecute using the law. So people took matters into their own hands. Taking what ever they could to make some noise with them, they would stand outside the miscreant's house and make as much noise as possible. If they were successful the offender was often driven out completely. Although such gatherings were illegal they happened throughout Sussex with the last ones recorded as happening as late as the 1950's.

Now we want to bring back this tradition with a vengeance!!!

We want to show how the people of Brighton are making plenty of Rough Music of their own. How people are making Rough Music against City Council and big business profi teering feeding frenzies. How they are making Rough Music for those who treat their employees like dirt. How they are making Rough Music for businesses that think that the environment and the quality of people's lives is a secondary consideration to the important task of making mega-profi ts. From EDO/MBM the bomb makers to Brighton and Hove City Council, from the Shoreham Airport stitch-up to the sneaking encroachment of the supermarkets into every corner of the city; we say, bring on the music!

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