A campaign to fund a legal battle to fight the closure of iconic nightclub Fabric has raised more than £200,000 in under a week.
Using the hashtag #saveourculture, thecrowdfunding drive hopes to challenge the decision to revoke its licence.
The influential club had to shut after Islington Council in London found it had a "culture of drug use" which staff were "incapable of controlling".
Police applied to the council for the licence to be reviewed following the deaths of two teenagers from suspected overdoses.
It followed a previous review in 2014 after four deaths, the council said.
The decision to revoke its licence was made a week ago despite a petition of more than 150,000 signatures calling for it to be saved.
The appeal asks supporters to "stand with us and contribute to the campaign fund" to prepare "a legal battle to re-open and stop this police oppression".
"The last time we took the police on in court, we won," the campaign says.
"It will be an expensive battle and we need you to stand with us and contribute to the campaign fund to help retain a small fabric team."
Addressing the recent deaths at the venue, the club said: "We want to learn, we will try harder. We always have. We started this to create a safe place, a home - not a 'superclub'.
"It's about the fabric that unites us all, that stitches together race, gender, age and sexual preference into a brilliant tapestry.
"We invest in the best music, technology, interior and visual design and our staff and safety are industry leading."
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