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28 September 2015updated 06 Aug 2021 2:38pm

Cereal offenders: who are the anti-gentrification protesters and are they justified?

The Cereal Killer café has been attacked in a protest that turned violent. The activists have overshadowed their cause in more ways than one.

By Anoosh Chakelian

Over the weekend, a group of around 200 protesters campaigning against gentrification arrived at the Cereal Killer café. Its pricey cutesy bowls of cereal became a symbol of gentrification-gone-mad when it opened on Brick Lane, east London in December last year.

The protest turned violent.

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