This Sat evening saw what may well be the first of many new daring Hijacker parties. As part of Talk Like A Pirate weekend we hosted a party for a scurvy ridden mob of pirates in the greenwich foot tunnel, underneath the Thames.
With a big sound system, booming samba bands and rum galore, the Hijackers partied on till about 4am!
They can ban us from the tube trains, but we'll find more tunnels to go play in.
arrrrrrr!
The Space Hijackers continued their unbeaten record in the Anarchist Vs Capitalist midnight cricket cup this year. With a new pitch at Paternoster Square the anarchist team overcame a strong start from the capitalists and several pitch invasions by police and security teams.
The match went on until the early hours of the morning, however eventually Anarchism was proclaimed the victor and the trophy made it's way safely back to the Hijackers tropy cabinet.
Three cheers for the hijackers
Time Out magazine have done a feature on our guerrilla benching project in this week's issue TO1991. It even features our very own Special Agent Ladybird's photos.
For full details on the project see our write up here Guerilla Benching
Full reports are coming soon,
However in the mean time, here is a taster. We had a very successful weekend's Hijacking this weekend with both an "East end Knees up" against our new starbucks in Whitechapel, and then Operation Ivy League on the Sunday.
EAST END KNEES UP:
In response to a new Starbucks opening up in Whitechapel, we organised a FREE tea and cake stall outside the store, handing out leaflets and information about local alternatives and encouraging people to steer clear of Starbucks.
There is a report and video on the BBC London website here:
and a report with pics from urban 75 here:
OPERATION IVY LEAGUE
On Sunday agent Ladybird organised Operation Ivy League! Our mission was to head into the city (after a trip to columbia road flower market) and plant climbing plants all over the soulless corporate facades of the city buildings.
The plan went by without a hitch and we planted dozens of ivy, honeysuckle, rasberry and red current plants in and around the city.
Pics can be found here:
full reports of both projects will be coming soon...
The Space Hijackers invite you to a proper east-end knees up
Starbucks, everyone’s favourite nipple-less mermaid merchants, have decided to move into the east end with a new store in Whitechapel. It’s an area with a vibrant community of local cafés and small coffee shops, as well as being an area local to many Space Hijacker agents. As you can probably guess, we are less than pleased about our new neighbour…
We are worried about an oncoming blanding of local culture, as other multinational chains follow Starbucks into the area and attempt to gentrify it with their bland corporate décor, homogenous facades and tasteless products. In defence of our area, and to show off the lovely culture we have, we are putting on a tea party outside the new Starbucks!
We will be setting up a stall and giving out free fair trade teas, home made sandwiches, and all manner of other goodies to our neighbours, in an attempt to show what the area will be missing if Starbucks and their ilk are allowed to settle in.
Bring along tea, biscuits, home-made cakes, jams, and scones to share. Bring your dining room furniture out into the street, bring bunting, music and of course bring friends.
1pm
Sat 24th March
Outside the new Starbucks
Whitechapel High St
London
Opposite Altab Ali Park
Tube - Aldgate east or Whitechapel
Bus – 25, 205, 106 or 254
The Clown Army made a visit to Hijacker HQ this weekend to train us up in their own special way. Agent Bananas (Dog's Body) took the lead in teaching rebel clown skills to a motley crew of Hijacker troublemakers.
www.clownarmy.org
Spanning two days we learnt all manner of skills, everything from tactical manoeuvres through to mind games and upside down parachuting. We are going to form an elite Special Farces rebel clown unit with an aim to possibly head up to Faslane to cause trident clown chaos
http://www.faslane365.org
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In other Hijacker news, we were glad to see that a very cold welcome is being given to the new Starbucks opening near Whitechapel in east London. This sign was found pasted to the hoardings this morning:
A big thumbs up from the Hijackers to the mystery poster, we hope to see more of the same soon…
A new Starbucks restaurant is opening up Whitechapel in East London. Aside from the docklands area, this represents the first foray into the east end of the nippleless mermaid. To be honest we have all expected the beast to be arriving at our doorstep for a while now, with the gradual gentrification of the area making the ground safe for Starbucks and their ilk.
That said we don't intend to let one of the most destructive elements to local character move in smoothly. Starbucks represent pretty much everything that's wrong with the current world order. A bland homogenous corporation, with a sanitised brand image which wipes out local character and replaces it with cut and paste mock individuality to buy in a variety of spuriously named sizes. All this funded by ruthless business, raping the third world for their labour and money, and strangling local small businesses with their power. Starbucks are not nice.
It seems we are not the only ones who think this, only this morning we found this pasted up on the hoardings where they are building the new store.
If you wish to add your voice to a growing dissent against the evil green giant, the new store can be found just opposite altab ali park in Whitechapel, East London.
Happy New Year from the Hijackers!
Last year was a great year for our trouble making little monsters, we started to learn to weild weapons for the revolution in our sword fighting finishing schools. We re installed public benches the council had removed, we played golf from brighton to London, we caused police havoc on mayday, we found the limit to freedom in the SOCPA zone and travelled to Leipzig to spread the word and disrupt the CCTV schemes.
This year we have many many more tricks up our naughty sleeves. The first meeting of the year takes place on the 18th Jan at our Secret HQ. If you have not joined yet, or have done so but never been to a meeting, now is the time to pull your finger out.
The world is fucked. Lets have some fun trying to set things straight.
We are writing this from our accomodation in Leipzig, after having just had a lovely meal with the people from Leipziger Kamera.
The Hijackers met up at 6:30 am outside Liverpool St Station in London, on a rainy cold Friday morning. A coach journey, flight and mini bus ride later we found ourselves holed up in a hostel where we have been given free accomodation.
We have been very impressed with the organisation of the Leipziger Kamera people. We have stickers, and slick posters advertising
"THE SPACE HIJACKERS MAKING TROUBLE IN LEIPZIG"
Agent Cupcake has been making a video of the adventure so far. Later tonight Bicycle Girl and Bristly Pioneer are going to be giving talks at a local art gallery, then it will probably be on for beer and dancing.
More reports and pics to follow soon.
Sat 25th November is BUY NOTHING DAY
A day for us to think about the rampant consumerism which runs our lives.
For this we have a couple of tricks up our sleeves.
First a second "HALF PRICE SALE" where we will be causing instore chaos, and after this "NEXUS CHAINSTORE MASSACRE 06" where the aim of the game is to collect as many logo's as possible without spending a penny.
Meet 2pm
Sat 25th Nov
The Red Lion Pub
Kingly Street
London
(just off carnaby street)
