Dijon (France): Land occupation

By: liberation - April 5th, 2010  Filed under: News

Dijon, March 28th 2010: Fast occupation of abandoned land

A meeting was given on Wilson square, calling to bring gardening tools, but no more details were known. From here, people walked to the occupation place: abandoned land on the side of a main road and some empty houses. City-dweller with their spades, budding gardeners or local truckers in struggle joigned that action.

Ten years ago, a couple of truckers have been evicted from these parcels due to town-planning pressure. Now they are occupied. In several hours, the area has been cleared of brushwood, and ready to be planted.

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Dijon (France): Let’s defend the autonomous space “Les Tanneries”

By: liberation - March 28th, 2007  Filed under: News

Let’s defend the autonomous space “Les Tanneries”

After nearly 9 years of existence, the squatted autonomous space “Les Tanneries” (in Dijon, France) is being threatened by a private medical pole, secretely planned by the city council.

Without any public consultation, but with the typical secrecy that goes with electoral periods when it comes to hot topics, the “socialist” city council of Dijon is taking decisions that could lead to the end of the autonomous space “Les Tanneries”, a self-managed political, social, cultural centre that was squatted in 1998, and has since become an important node for anarchist organizing and radical activism throughout France and Europe. Needless to mention that we won’t let the council carry out their plans!

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Dijon : 3 days of autonomy and freedom of movements against control and racist politics

By: liberation - June 18th, 2002  Filed under: News

 

  Dijon : 3 days of autonomy and freedom of movements against control and racist politics

 

— 21, 22 & 23rd of June 2002 —
3 DAYS OF AUTONOMY AND FREEDOM OF MOVEMENTS
AGAINST CONTROL AND RACIST POLITICS
smash patriarchy, crush capitalism !

– What’s this all about ?

This fest is generally organized to promote the squat and its different activities/aspects. This year, we decided to focus on the No Border Camp in Strasbourg.

 

L’Espace Autogéré des Tanneries is a political space as well as a house involved in social and cultural activities. This space which belongs originally to the Town Council has been squatted for 4 years. Since we always wanted to remain autonomous and to fight against both commercial structures and institutions we managed to keep the place safe and alive.

Since 98, there’s been a lot of gigs, actions, workshops, videos, meetings, exhibitions, graphittis, bike workshops, a veggie garden, a photo lab, a free clothes “shop” as well as a common will to develop alternatives to consumerism, work, etc. The whole project is based on the idea that anyone can get involved, bring new ideas, fight against domination and profit. Another aim is to change ourselves/the world and start to live differently. Eventually, there’s been quite a lot of experiment and there’s still a lot to do together.

Conferences/Discussions : Debates and workshops on Sat/Sun will be presented by Le Comité Anti Expulsion d’Ile de France (direct action against deportations of “illegal immigrants” and legal support), L’Observatoire des Libertés Publiques (report of police crimes and activities), Le Festival Permanent Contre les Lois Racistes (Permanent Festival Against Racist Laws), Le Mouvement de l’Immigration et des Banlieues (actions in the suburbs against colonial justice), La Cracoucasse (anarchist collective in Dijon), Print (squatted computer workshop), Rythms of Resistance (anticapitalist samba) and more !

 

 

– Introduction to the No Border Camp in Strasbourg (July 19-28th) :

We want to fight against the tools the state use to control and exploit peoples and immigrants. As a consequence, the No Border network (in which various autonomous collectives of immigrants, “illegal immigrants” from different countries are involved) will settle a camp against borders from the 19th to the 28th of July in Strasbourg. Different European institutions are located in Strasbourg (the European Parliament, the European Court of Human Rights as well as the SIS – information & control center). There will be different issues and aims such as freedom of movements, work, globalisation and immigration, patriarchy, antifascism, etc.)

 

Different actions will take place such as public demonstrations, theatre and street parties, actions in the suburbs, pirate radios, hacking, etc.). The aim of all these various events is to share and experiment our different forms of organization.

The capitalist system tear people apart, we want to unite in a world without borders. The demand of freedom of movement and settlement and the will to open borders imply as well to change the relationship between the North and the South and to fight consumerism and capitalism. As a consequence, we need to develop other political and social structures, a new economy based on sharing.

 

 

– Program : discussions, workshops, gigs, theatre, videos…

[ fri 21 ]

 

6 PM – Les Tanneries : Everyone can be involved in the organization of the fest. Feel free to participate to this meeting !

8 PM – 1 AM : videos will be shown in Le Local Libertaire (No Border Camp in Frankfurt 2001, El Ejido, etc.)

Same time, in the street, gig with local punkers (Ataxia, 20 Minutes de Chaos & more).

+ info & exhibitions.

[ sat 22 ]

11 AM – Les Tanneries : Meeting and preparation of the actions.

3 PM – Place du Bareuzai : Funny and interactive actions against borders + theatre show against security laws. Please come with your ideas, costumes and anything to inform or make noize.

7 – 10 PM – Les Tanneries : Debates about social control, Fortress Europe and security laws (who are they aimed at ?) with activists from L’Observatoire des Libertés Publiques, “Que Fait La Police ?” and Longo Maï.

10 PM – Late – Les Tanneries : DJs (Disco, Jungle, Punk) all night long + gig with : – Fistfuck Produxion (funny trash hi8 short movies / Paris) – Blackfire (Punk & Navajo Dances / u$a) – Flamingo 50s (Riot grrrlz garage Punk / UK) – Lack Of Reason (Emo Noisy Hardcore / St Etienne) – Unlogistic (Old School Hardcore / Paris)

+ videos oustide : “Que Vaut La Vie de Youssef ?”, “Justice Pour Zamani”, “Les Chateaux du Capitalisme”, etc.

Cyber-squat-café and free internet access powered by PRINT (https://squat.net/print)all night long !

[ sun 23 ]

1 PM – Les Tanneries : Vegan food. The more food you bring the more we can share !

Exhibitions about Palestine, Le Syndicat Potentiel.

3 PM – Les Tanneries : Introduction to the No Border Camp After that, there will be various workshops and discussion groups : – immigration, freedom of movements and capitalist globalisation – organization and autonomy experiences – temporary autonomous zones, direct action (what means of action ?) – pink bloc : entertaining resistance – activist use of technology

7 – 9 PM – Les Tanneries : Theatre performance. The Turis Family will show you the new machines of their incredible circus – A trip across the atrocities of our world through a tremendously contagious laughter. Les Almaritas (2 womyn, accordeon and poetry)

[ mon 24 ]

Unite and clean !

 

 

– Plus…

You’re welcome to add new workshops, discussions, performance, etc.

 

It’s possible to sleep in Les Tanneries and other squats (please get in touch with us well in advance so we can organize everything) or to bring tents ! Please also bring some food, there’ll be a lot of people to feed !

No dogs no masters : it’d be a chaotic hell if everyone brings her/his dog

Donations / come & participate !

Espace autogéré des Tanneries –

 

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Les Tanneries in Dijon needs support

By: liberation - December 18th, 1999  Filed under: News

 

  Les Tanneries in Dijon needs support

 

Maloka Anarcho Collective -URGENT- french squatted social center facing destruction -URGENT-

‘Les Tanneries’ -squat in Dijon, France- is facing eviction. We need your support !

Hi everyone ! Here’s a little text about ‘Les Tanneries’ which is a squattted building in Dijon, France where we -Maloka mostly and other collectives- organise gigs, conferences, theatre performances and various workshops. This place used to be a slaughterhouse and had been empty for 5 years. We’ve been using the space (actually not all the buildings but the offices, the housekeeper’s flat and a barrack) for almost 2 years and really been living here for 8 months. We’re a diy-anarchist collective of people running an infoshop and a non profit mailorder. We’re also putting out a newsletter every 2 months or so about different struggles worldwide (It’ll be in English some day hopefully…) and we’re into several activities such as demonstrations and what’s mentioned above.

‘Les Tanneries’ is about to be evicted. The Council officialy informed us that they wanted our leaving the place really soon so they can destroy all the area. This obviouslly includes our house/centre. This squat is run according to certain principles based upon autonomy and a rejection of consumerism. We just want to get rid of profit, power and domination in people’s relationships. Well that sounds a bit like utopia but we’re trying to have a creative space for all. One can be involved in any activity or contribution to the squat if s/he cares.

After 8 months we believe that a lot of projects came true. Lots of people have been involved in all the workshops (painting, reharseal room, bike repairshop, djembe, photo lab, etc.) and it’s been a rather refreshing experience, mostly at a personal level with everyone’s own initiative. No apathetic consumers like commercial or institutional culture would encourage us to be.

The council wants the building to be destroyed in 3-4 months time just because it’s squatted. There’s no project behind all that, they just prefer it to be a wasteland. And because we owe them nothing for our right to live (because we’re so radical that we use fun sentences !!), because we just need this place to develop our project, and simply because it’d be a major obstacle to our activities in general, we’re ready to defend ‘Les tanneries’ against the Evil Empire.

IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT US :

you can send the following mail to the mayor (fax 0033+3 80 74 52 94 or go to their website at

http://www.ville-dijon.fr/contact/index.htm-

write your name, e-mail address and, cut and paste the letter below) to hassle them a bit and also send a letter to us saying that you (or your collective) give your support to our centre at Les Tanneries, 15 bd de Chicago, 21000 Dijon, France.

For any info about the squat, maloka, whatever you want, get in touch with us at maloka, bp 536, 21014 dijon cedex, france or email Thanks a lot, we love you all !!!

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A l’attention de Mr le Maire de Dijon,

J’ai appris les menaces de destruction que la municipalité fait peser sur l’espace autogéré des Tanneries. Je souhaite par cette lettre exprimer mon soutien à ce centre culturel et social établi depuis le octobre, 13 et 15 boulevard de Chicago. Il me semble important que les nombreuses activités associatives, manifestations culturelles et ateliers artistiques qui y prennent place puissent se poursuivre. Je désire donc marquer mon opposition à ce que le projet de démolition des Tanneries englobe les locaux administratifs et remette ainsi en cause l’existence de ce lieu de vie alternatif, pôle dynamique de création et de communication La concrétisation de ce projet me semble d’autant plus criticable qu’elle signifierait aussi l’expulsion de 10 personnes qui habitent les locaux depuis 8 mois. D’autre part, il semble que le terrain ainsi libéré sera laissé en friche pendant une période indéterminée puisqu’il n’existe pas de projet de reconstructio à court-terme.

J’espère que vous saurez prendre en compte l’importance de cette expérience unique, soutenue par de nombreux/ses dijonnais/es et visiteurs extérieurs, et renoncerez à mettre en oeuvre sa disparition.

I have heard of the council’s will to destroy the autonous space ‘Les Tanneries’. With this letter I want to give my support to this social and cultural centre located at 13/15 boulevard de Chicago. It has been opened since the 30th of October and it used to be the offices of the former slaughterhouse It seems important to me that all the associative, cultural and artistic activities should still take place there. I want to express refusal to this demolition plan as long as it concerns all the premises which includes the administrative part of them. It would imply the end of this alternative and dynamic place of creation and communication. The realisation of this plan is to be extremely criticised since it would also mean the eviction of 10 people who have been living in this place for 8 months. Moreover, it appears that the land would remain a junkyard for an undefinite period since there is no plan to rebuild anything in the short-term. It hope you will take into account the importance of this unique experience, supported by many people from Dijon or international visitors, and I hope you will think again before making it disappear.

name : address : country :

squamb

 

 

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Maloka in Dijon (France)

By: liberation - December 18th, 1999  Filed under: News

Maloka is a french anarchist collective based in Dijon. We organize concerts (mostly punk/hardcore/ska bands but also tekno and raggae sound-systems, or anything independent and political), weekly vegan restaurants, a mailorder catalogue (records, books, fanzines…), some lectures/debates and some demonstrations from time to time. We also run an infoshop, along with the mailorder thing, and a small alternative library. We own a place in Dijon’s city center, which is fairly small, but which hosts most of the activities listed. We’ve been having this place for more than 10 years now, and it has become a nice anarchist center, which we share with other collectives: the CNT, le “Collectif pour des villes sans voitures” (Reclaim The Streets), “La Strumpetoj Ridegas” (an Esperanto group), both a feminist group and a pro-feminist male group.

From these different groups came the idea of squatting a place that would be bigger than the one we already had, in order to do more activities… That’s why the social center “Les Tanneries” was created. Here’s a brief summary of how it all happened… [Read More]

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