Berlin: Again an auction of Koepi squat

By: xxx - October 1st, 1999  Filed under: News

After the first attempt to auction the Koepi did not succeed in february, because nobody wanted to by it, the Koepi will be again put up for public sale on november 2nd.

In february the Commerzbank made a first attempt to sell the building. The building is owned by Petersen and Partner, who went bankrupt. At the first auction the Commerzbank wanted to sell the building for 5,4 million DM. The eviction costs were already calculated on 100.000 DM. A succesfull auction would probably end in an eviction.

Actions of the Squatters and a big demonstration on 13 february with nearly 2000 people frightened of potential buyers of the house.

The next attempt to sell the house will be on tuesday, november 2nd, in the courthouse at Littenstrasse 12-17, room 152 at 10 AM.

Expropriate the Commerzbank – Defend free spaces!

Lotta continua – Køpi forever

[squat!net]

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Amsterdam: Entrepotdok lost important courtcase

By: xxx - September 30th, 1999  Filed under: News

On september 28th The court in Amsterdam decided in the courtcase wich was startet to get permission for demolition of parts of the building. The courtcase was started by Aquartis bv. who wants to turn the building into so-called loft appartments.

Although the building is a protected monument the company got permission to tear one third of the building down. The judge did not listen to the several complaints made by the squatters. The city has to give Aquartis bv. within 2 weeks a building permission. The Entepotdok, a squat where 20 people live and work is now under direct threat of an eviction. [Read More]

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Nottingham: Estate agency for squatters opens for business

By: xxx - September 6th, 1999  Filed under: News

Big Issue, August 1999 nr. 346.

*Housing By Max Daly

ESTATE AGENCY FOR SQUATTERS OPENS FOR BUSINESS

An estate agency for squatters has been launched as part of a summer action across the coountry to highlight the near 1 million empty homes left to rot without tenants. The squatters’ Estate Agency, which opened its doors to prospective clients last week, expects to have around 30 empty flats and buildings on its list within a month. [Read More]

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Squat-action in Oslo

By: xxx - September 6th, 1999  Filed under: News

More information in Norwegian:
http://www.angelfire.com/ok2/boligaksjonen/

Selmer A.S. owns the area around Hausmannsgate 28-42, Vestre Elvebakke 10-14 and Brenneriveien 1. They made a plan to build a parkinggarage, officespace and a road in this area in 1984. Up until now this plan is not executed. People in need for housing squatted the place at 4.9.99. Oslo has got a shortage of housing because of bad housingpolitics. [Read More]

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Prague (Czech republic): Ladronka threathened by eviction

By: xxx - August 25th, 1999  Filed under: News

A call for ACTION: After six year of occupying the most famous and oldest squat in Czech Republic – LADRONKA, there is serious danger of eviction.The city of Prague sold the squat Ladronka to company Sante s.r.o., who wants to rebuild this house to luxury hospital for elite. Last chance to save this place is to do interational actions of solidarity
Squatters are calling for actions at Czech embassy all over the Globe. There is growing represion in Prague, becouse of meeting of IMF and World Bank next year (2000) in Prague. Please support our struggle. [Read More]

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121 Social Center in Brixton Evicted…

By: xxx - August 13th, 1999  Filed under: News

Hello friends and supporters, This morning at 6-30am 150 riot police backed by an armed squad and a helicopter sealed off Railton Rd and adjoining streets before bursting into 121 through the first floor window. Within minutes the 8 occupiers had been removed and the council went about trashing and barricading the building. A van of police continue to guard the building 16 hours later. Another van load have been stationed at the Town Hall building to guard against anti-council action. Protests and other actions against the eviction and planned auction of the building are currently being put together. [Read More]

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Balearic Islands (Spain): Some news from Mallorca

By: xxx - July 27th, 1999  Filed under: Interviews

Last Sunday I made a little and very short interview with someone from a squatted house in Palma de Mallorca – I ‘ve heard already, that Mallorca has a quite good antifascist movement and so I wasn’t so wondered to meet a squatter from there. [Read More]

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Amsterdam (NL): Squatters of the Horse at the Amstel convicted

By: xxx - July 24th, 1999  Filed under: News

On Friday the 23rd [July 1999] the arrestants of the eviction of the Paard van Amstel on july 13th were trialed at the court in Amsterdam. Because there were a lot of testimonies of policemen (some of them where clearly false) the squatters where convicted to 4 weeks in prison.

The false testimonies of the policemen where for a part about one of the squatters wearing glasses. The policemen sayed that they had recognised one of the defenders wearing them, defense made clear that at that point the squatter had contaclenses in. [Read More]

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Squattersdays in Utrecht (NL)

By: xxx - July 22nd, 1999  Filed under: News

This year it wil be for the second time that in Utrecht the so called Kraakdagen (squattersdays) are organised. The emphasis will be on squatting in Utrecht. As in last year there will be a lot squatting actions and other events. During the squatters days an informationpoint is opened 24 ours a day, where you can alo find legal help and first aid men. Adres of the infopoint: Ganzenmarkt 26, Utrecht. Soon there will be an telephonnumber where people can get information. [Read More]

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‘Paard’ in Amsterdam re-squatted friday night

By: xxx - July 16th, 1999  Filed under: News

Friday night the Paard van Amstel at Amstel 134 was re-squatted by a group of about hundred people. The neighbours were surprised the squatters were back so soon. They didn’t expect them before some days and wished the squatters luck. The squat has been emty for some decades and the owner tried to demolish the national monument illegally. He also terrorised the last tenants in the seventies. After that the building got squatted a few times and evicted. At one of the evictions in the eighties some squatters went on hungerstrike. The last squat-action ended last tuesday. The squat was evicted and four people got arrested. They will be in jail untill their proces on 23rd july. The resquat-action on friday night was succesfull. The police said they wouldn’t do anything. The squat is too close to the cafe and disco area and they are afraid for riots. As you can read on the previous message there are more evicted buildings still empty.

The Paard has got a virtual stable at http://squat.net/paard

squamb

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Eviction day in Amsterdam

By: xxx - July 16th, 1999  Filed under: News

On tuesday the riot-police evicted 5 squats. This happenes a few times a year to get rid of the squatters who don’t want to leave voluntirely after eviction orders from the justice-department or the court.

This tuesday they evicted the ‘Flex’ a squatted complex of luxury appartments in an expensive neighbourhood. The inhabitants defended themselves with paint-bombs. Just a while before there was a burning barricade a few streets further where there was another squat which was going to be evicted. The 7 inhabitants which were left at the ‘Flex’ were arrested and released a few days later. After this action the police-circus moved on to the center to evict the ‘Paard van Amstel’ opposite of the city-hall. Here the four inhabitants threw stones against the container with riot-cops. The riot-cops had to be put on the roof to enter the barricaded building. Because of all the stones, the container started swinging and they had to try over and over again. The riot-cops were probably sea-sick. According to the policespokesman the watercanon was severely damaged. The four people who were left in the ‘Paard’ were arrested and are still in jail awaiting a trial on 23rd of july. Both the ‘Flex’ and the ‘Paard’ were squatted before and evicted after which it was left empty. At http://squat.net/paard you’ll find some pictures of the building. [Read More]

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Copenhagen: Some news from the Ungdomshuset

By: xxx - July 14th, 1999  Filed under: News

As you probably know the authorities are trying to close Ungdomshuset.

Therefore Ungdomshuset has been the main strugle for most of the movement the last 5 months. The strugle is going quite good. The goverment decided to close us 2 months ago and we still havn’t received the eviction notice (it has to be send 3 moths before eviction).

The threat from outside has united the movement in Copenhagen so that everybody work together and respect eachother more. There is no new squats since 1998.

As you know the thing in DK is different than from Germany. Due to goverment repression it is impossible to keep the squats.

We still got a couple of autonomonous centres (Ungdomshuset, Bxrnehuset and Folkets hus), and some info shops. Ungdomshusets webpage is http://ungdomshuset.punk-ska.com, there is also a mailing list.

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