London, UK. 24th September 2016. Jasmine Stone of Focus E15 takes a plastic cup of champagne at the weekly street stall on Stratford Broadway to celebrate the third anniversary of the fight against Newham Council. She was on 29 young mothers who stood together to fight against their eviction from the Focus E15 hostel, refusing to accept being moved out of London away from families and communities and demanded to be allowed to continue to live in the area they knew as home. Their lively campaign forced Newham to rehouse them locally, but they continue to campaign for others, bringing issues o
London, UK. 24th September 2016. Jasmine Stone of Focus E15 takes a plastic cup of champagne at the weekly street stall on Stratford Broadway to celebrate the third anniversary of the fight against Newham Council. She was on 29 young mothers who stood together to fight against their eviction from the Focus E15 hostel, refusing to accept being moved out of London away from families and communities and demanded to be allowed to continue to live in the area they knew as home. Their lively campaign forced Newham to rehouse them locally, but they continue to campaign for others, bringing issues of social cleansing and unjust housing in Newham and elsewhere to public attention, recently setting up Sylvia's Corner, a radical hub for East London. Peter Marshall/Alamy Live News
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