An occupation of sorts has been set up outside the Kensal Rise Library in northwest London -- opened by Mark Twain in 1900 and padlocked by the local council Oct. 13 in a ghastly attempt to modernize (i.e. close) neighborhood libraries in line with the Cameron government's austerity measures, though it's a Labour council that's doing it. (Paul Krugman deftly calls the British under these measures "fashion victims.") Read about it here: http://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/news/campaigners_vow_to_continue_vigil_to_save_kensal_rise_library_1_1091628

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