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Rough Music Issue 19 - July-August 2008

What's In This Issue:
Spare The Rod, Save The Child - Councillors vote to close Falmer High School and open a privatised City Academy.
Martial Law - Ex-Police adviser in Iraq, Dick Barton, is to lead the police battle against Smash EDO.
Double Decked - Brighton bus drivers win pay dispute with B & H Bus Co.
Gehry Contrary - More Brighton developments shelved as credit crunch hits.
Saw Point - The Anston House development debacle goes on as Brighton Council comes down harshly on developers Bridgetown Properties who illegally chopped down trees on the site.
Fraca-ccino - Plans to open a Starbucks on St James St, Kemptown sees more protests.
Wanker's Corner - This month's gong goes to Argus photographer Simon Dack.
Spooked Out - Brighton and Hove council ups the surveillance on alleged benefits cheats.
Another London Rd Is Possible - Another London Road is possible - one that isn't at the mercy of property speculators.
Rough Music Gig List - Mark Lynch's Guardian security moves into the lucrative market of parking fines and clamping.
Chuch In The Lurch - The church at 88 London Rd is evicted after three months.
Car-A-Bunga! - Council caves into car lobby by relaxing inner-city parking restrictions.
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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