Solidarity from Berlin to the Nederlands
While the actiondays in the Nederland we attacked in the night to Saturday (30th to 31th October 2009) the Nederland Embassy with colours and stones.
We show solidarity with all the squatters and activists who fight offensive against the new squatter laws in the Nederland. The strike of the Nederland State against selforganized autonomous spaces is an attack on us all and could not be tolerated. Fight for selforganized autonomous spaces – squat the world! Smash capitalism! We stay all!
Barcelona squatters demonstrate at dutch consulate
Barcelona squatters demonstrate at dutch consulate against new dutch anti-squat law:
Monday 26 oktober 2009
Barcelona squatters demonstrate at dutch consulate against new dutch anti- squat law:
today,a group of 60 squatters from Barcelona held a one hour demonstration in front of the dutch consulate to protest the new anti-squatting law
With slogans and banners in Spanish, English and dutch, short speeches and making noise, the barcelona squatters expressed their solidarity with dutch squatters and their stuggle for a dignified existence.
for the creation of freespaces such as social centers, squatbars,concertplaces,festivals ,freetekno,art and underground culture,theatre,workshops,and outerparliamentary actions for refugees,women, animal rights, the environment, etc. etc….
The law that was passed by dutch parliament on 15 oktober 2009 will make all squatting a criminal offense, punishable up to 2 jears and eight months in prison, turning thousands of people living in squats into criminals, and subject to immediate eviction
Even though the new law has yet to pass through the first house, it is to be expected to come in to effect on the first of januari 2010
The demonstration ended with the promise: well be back! And Kraken gaat door! (squatting will continue!)
Prague: Action in solidarity with Dutch squatters
Around twenty or thirty persons gathered in front of the Dutch Embassy in Prague on 30th October 2009 with a banner saying “One step back!”
Solidarity from Vienna about 30 people showed their solidarity with squatters in the netherlands at the dutch embassy in vienna.
Today, friday, about 30 people showed their solidarity with squatters in the netherlands and their opposition against the possibly upcoming kraakverbod at the dutch embassy in vienna. a petition which was handed out to the dutch representatives was faxed to the “minister voor wonen” and the “ministerie van algemene zaken”. a quote of one of the dutch representatives at the embassy was:”well i don´t really understand the thing with the kraakverbod since i thought that the thing with krakers and antikrakers works pretty good no?” well generally they didn´t mind to fax anything to anybody for us. after handing out flyers on the street and a short speech with the megaphon in front of the embassy, we left.
Kraken gaat door, everywhere
Solidarity demo in Estonia
On 29th of October around 15 people gathered in front of the Dutch embassy in Tallinn, to support the dutch squatters and to show their discontent with the possible law that would make squatting illegal in Holland.
Stop het kraakverbod! Stop het kraakverbod!
On 29th of October around 15 people gathered in front of the Dutch embassy in Tallinn, to support the dutch squatters and to show their discontent with the possible law that would make squatting illegal in Holland.
We held a banner reading “Stop het kraakverbod” and gave out leaflets. Also the following letter was given to the embassy worker who promised to foward it to the ambassador:
“To the Embassy of the Netherlands, to the Parliament of the Netherlands, and to anyone else concerned.
AN APPEAL TO REASON
It has come to our attention via our Dutch friends that the Government of the Netherlands has proposed a bill which – if passed – would make squatting empty buildings a felony, regardless of how long the building has stood empty.
If this bill should become law, it would threaten thousands of people with the loss of accommodatio, many social centers created out of squats would have to close, and thousands of new “criminals” would be created out of nothing.
In our opinion, squatting should remain legal, as it promotes efficient use of otherwise wasted land and property, by letting people (on the condition that they take good care of the premises) use and repair abandoned houses instead of letting them rot.
Out of solidarity with people like us in your country, we urge you to do everything within your capability to counteract this bill, since it is unjust, unproportional and wasteful at its core.
To inform you about the likely results of banning squatting, we would like to submit a series of illustrative photos from Estonia, where differently from the Netherlands, squatting is *not* clearly legal, and abandoned buildings often decay for tens of years – wasting all effort put into their construction.
Squatters can change this, maintaining life and activity in places which would otherwise decay and become hazardous to people.
Yours sincerely, squatters from Estonia.”
Source: Indy NL
