Dear Friekfriends. We are very sorry but we have decided to cancel Paint&Beer coming Saturday. We didn’t get the permit and if we let it happen anyway, the city council will enforce the law and stop all negotiations considering new places. The graffiti jam will happen behind closed doors. PLEASE don’t show up coz you think there will be something anyway, it will put us in great trouble. We will try to document, film, register the whole “making of”, and we hope there will be a moment we can still show the results to you all for real, we’re working on it. Please spread this message as much as you can to help us. Luv Villa Friekens
Amsterdam: New squat Amstelkade 43h
Today [14/6/15], we are putting Amstelkade 43h back in use!
The building has stood empty for over a year. The owner is the famous notorious Libra BV. For more information about Libra check out www.speculanten.nl
The property was purchased for 18 million euros. This is for the whole house .
Law or no law squatting continues!
Residents Amstelkade 43h
Translated from Dutch Indymedia
Runnymede Ecovillage (UK): Callout for eviction resistance
Runnymede Eco Village lost the appeal in court yesterday, so now we’re waiting for papers to tell us our eviction date. This site of 24 acres (approx) has been squatted for 3 years [2012 update] and is home to around 40 permanent residents, including families with young children and vulnerable people.
We need your ideas for eviction resistance! We are in a forest, so lots of trees. There is a fence around the site with only three points of entry for us, so expect these to be blocked as soon as we’re off. (security can, sadly, still access the site at the top by the old buildings, and it would be impossible to fence them out).
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Stockholm: Högdalens Folketshus evicted
Ongoing eviction of the squat Högdalens Folketshus in Stockholm. Police has surrounded the building (9000 sqm) and the decision is going against civil rights of the people residing in the building (legal right to reside after 2 weeks).
Dublin: Eviction stopped
An attempted violent eviction was successfully halted in Dublin’s North Inner city this morning when residents used mattresses to prevent two men armed with sledge hammers smashing their way through their front door. Although the two men continued to attack the door they halted when Garda arrived on the scene.
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Brighton: Radical Bank communique2
So today [open day june 15] was a roaring success!
We hosted various workshops throughout the day from first-aid to digital security. We curated various film exhibitions from local artists and activists. We were able to provide free vegan food all day, and all manner of artwork was created to adorn the space. All in all we received overwhelming support for our ongoing project and with much respect and gratitude we would like to thank everybody for the time and energy devoted, it was truly beautiful to see so many people interacting with the space we have worked so hard to make safe, available and free for everybody to enjoy!
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Madrid Drama: Patio Maravillas 2 EVICTED… Patio Maravillas 3 OCCUPIED
adapted from Diagonal, (original en castellano abajo)
Patio Maravillas (the Wonder-Full Patio) is a famous occupied and self-run social centre in Madrid .
Just twelve hours after the brutal eviction of its occupied centre in Madrid, the Patio Maravillas has seized another property to continue their amazing leaderless project in the city.
The eviction came just before the extreme reactionary PP have to hand over power in Madrid Council to a left wing ‘citizens coalition’ led by Manuela Carmena, ( of the Ahora Madrid popular movement), and is seen as a revenge attack.
continues here *photos + español : https://thefreeonline.wordpress.com/2015/06/13/wonder-full-patio/
397,954 Evictions: Anti Eviction Movement Demands Spanish Govt Quit
The PAH requires the government to resign en bloc
By Platform of those Affected by Mortgages PAH
Once again, data from the General Council of the Judiciary show the stark reality: that of the thousands of families subjected to the suffering of the implementation process and mortgage evictions and rent.
Data from the first quarter of 2015 confirm the trend of the last seven years, that do not stop evictions which increase quarter over quarter and confirms the trend that are now more evictions for rent than mortgage. In Spain, despite the opacity and the precariousness of the available data, there have been more than 397 954 evictions since the ”crisis” began in 2008. [Read More]
Emmen (NL): 10 years Huize Spoorloos
It all started 10 years ago.
The first building was squatted in 2005 by ‘squatgroup Emmen’; an industrial building at the railway platform.
Various initiatives arose spontaneously, amongst others the giveaway store, and an open jam-session on Saturday evenings.
After 1.5 years we had to move away from the railway tracks and ‘moved around’ until in 2007 we came to the ING bank building where we still are now. [Read More]
Brighton: Radical Bank
I am writing on behalf of The Radical Bank of Brighton & Hove. We are a diverse group of people who have come together partly in response to the deprivations of the austerity measures enacted by European governments. We refuse to accept their claims that austerity is necessary, indeed, we understand that it has done nothing to improve economic health. Instead, we recognise that this current economic regime has only resulted in impoverishment and misery; it is a means of weakening the public infrastructures relied on by so many, for the purposes of privatization and profit. We refuse to watch as our future is sold to the highest bidder. In response, we have recently reclaimed an abandoned building on 1 Preston Road, in Brighton, previously used as a bank.
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Camden: Queer punx squat Black Cap
Taken from Gay Star News
‘It’s not exclusively about gay rights or sexuality,’ explains George from the doorstep of his current abode on 171 Camden High Street. ‘For most people it’s about finding a home. We don’t want to be homeless…’
London’s gay scene is still reeling from the shock closure of Camden’s Black Cap – one of the capital’s most iconic gay taverns – in April. So much so, protestors are still holding vigils outside it every Saturday. But the latest chapter in the building’s colorful history could prove the most compelling yet.
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Liège, Belgium: Opening of new squat, La Boucanière
Because we need spaces to exist and as numerous empty buildings are subject to property speculation, we decided to occupy La Boucanière.
La Boucanière is a space self-managed, anarchist, feminist and queer, organised in an affinity manner.
A space where we would especially like to de-construct and revolutionize our relationships to animals, genders, the environment, and towards others… [Read More]
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