{"id":9549,"date":"2026-04-08T13:04:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/9549\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:04:06","slug":"support-the-fight-to-save-market-in-east-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/9549\/","title":{"rendered":"Support the fight to save market in east London"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Campaigners blocked private security from shutting the indoor Shopping Village on 31 March<\/p>\n

By Judy Cox<\/p>\n

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Wednesday 08 April 2026<\/p>\n

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Save Ridley Road (Pic: Save Ridley Road on facebook)<\/p>\n

The fight is on to save Ridley Road Market in Dalston, east London.<\/p>\n

Campaigners blocked private security from shutting the indoor Shopping Village on 31 March.<\/p>\n

They faced down the security for an hour, then occupied the building. Security had to leave as the crowd celebrated. Police were called to the confrontation but dismissed it as a civil matter.<\/p>\n

Campaigners are determined to keep the occupation going. Local MP Diane Abbott joined them on Saturday to give them her support.<\/p>\n

She told Socialist Worker, \u201cIt is important to support the campaign. \u201cThese people are fighting not just for their livelihoods but against the gentrification of Hackney and the driving out of the original residents.\u201d<\/p>\n

Green Party mayoral candidate Zoe Garbett has been involved in the fight to save the market for years. She told Socialist Worker, \u201cThe shopping village is important to the market.
\u201cThere\u2019s an eco-system in the market between the shopping village, the shops and the street market.\u201d<\/p>\n

The north end of Ridley Road Shopping Village has been labelled as a \u201cdevelopment opportunity site\u201d in a Hackney Council report.<\/p>\n

Danny, who has been an active member of the campaign for eight years, told Socialist Worker about the next steps.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cWe are making sure that the building is secure, so people can come down and support the campaign. You can come for a few hours, or stay overnight.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are putting pressure on the landlord to meet the traders\u2019 demands for secure tenancies and to recognise existing tenancies. And we want affordable rent.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe other dimension is Hackney Council. The council offered to take over the lease in 2022 and refurbish the building.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe landlord wants to kick everyone out and have a \u2018reset\u2019. Any regeneration has to be in the interests of people who are already here.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want the community to own its own assets.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Shopping Village is owned by Larochette Real Estate, an offshore private developer based in the British Virgin Islands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News Campaigners blocked private security from shutting the indoor Shopping Village on 31 March By Judy Cox Downloading…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[3859,4664,27],"class_list":{"0":"post-9549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-gentrification","9":"tag-local-government","10":"tag-london"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116369231881589801","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}