Background information about the Kalenderpanden http://www.kalenderpanden.nl/
The action days in Amsterdam against the planned evictions started already on thursday. Some people can’t wait… The main action will be on sunday 14.00h when a demonstration will go through Amsterdam. On tuesday the 3rd the president of the worldbank will visit Amsterdam. According to the Amsterdam squatters he is responsible for most evictions in the world so he will be welcomed by protesters. [Read More]
| Friday, 29.09.00 | Saturday, 30.09.00 | Sunday, 01.10.00 |
| Multiple Actions… Information available at the infopoint in the city – see address below. | 14:00 Meeting on Damsquare, have fun with bam | 13:00 Gothik-Picnic at Damsquare |
| about 7:30 pm Concert at Leidseplein | 2:00 pm Demonstration – “Kalenderpanden blijven” | |
| 9:00 pm Concert & Party at Kalenderpanden |
Of course this are not all actions, much more is going on, but by some reason not published on this page 😉
Infopoints for all the actions: [Read More]
Eviction possible from 3rd October
WEEKEND OF ACTION: Saturday 30th September and Sunday 1st October
DEMONSTRATION: Sunday 1st October, 2pm, Dam Square, Amsterdam
Luxury apartments in the Kalenderpanden, whatever next?! In these squatted warehouses in Amsterdam you can find concerts, performances, food, an infocafe and giveaway shop, information evenings, parties and many other activities – something happening almost every day. But if the city council get their way, in the very near future there will be, instead of all these cultural activities, 47 luxury apartments with private parking spaces… [Read More]
Next to our place (wETERINGSCHANS 2) city goes to build a bicycle underground garage. City council already rented the place – and after the building of the bicycle garage they will rent the place to Mac Bike -the “bestemingSplan” for next 10 years is: fietsenonderhoud en reparatie. (THEY PAID ALREADY 170 000 FL. TO THE OWNER!) Looks like we have no chance but: WE GO ON: TOMORROW 9. SEPT. 15 P.M. OPENING OF ROBODOCK EXPOSITION IN wEETWEE: ROBOTS, PHOTOS, OBJECTS, HISTORY OF FESTIVAL AND ADM SQUAT, LOGHT, PROJECTIONS, BIER… (STILL OPEN EVERY DAY 1 TILL 6 P.M. AND MORE. SO COME BEFORE WE ARE GONE (PROCESS AT THE COURT SOON – MORE INFO COMES – ALSO ABOUT THE LAST EXPO = 20 TIMES 99 THINGS = 1980 PIECES OF “ANTIART)…. 23. SEPT.)
DEMO FOLLOWS!!!
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On Monday 26th June 2000, the squatters of the Swammerdam neighbourhood in East Amsterdam were finally evicted by a massive police operation costing 600,000 guilders (180,000 British pounds). We can only presume this was necessary because 50 people living together communally, running a non-profit bar and infocafe, creating community garden space from derelict wasteland – in fact living together as a COMMUNITY – is nowadays considered just too dangerous and undesirable. [Read More]
On Friday 16th June 2000, the squatters of Swammerdam neighbourhood invited local neighbours and other Amsterdam squatters for a ‘breakfast on the square’ from 6 in the morning. This was to greet the police who were expected to come to “see if we were gone”. Of course we weren’t!! Only one local policeman turned up but sadly did not join us for breakfast (anyway, he was too late – he didn’t come until 2pm). [Read More]
We go to create two huge wheels and a frame of bicycle – made of hundreds and hundreds of people on bicycles, tricycles, bicycle sound systems, etc. COME TO AMSTERDAM, VONDEL PARK SUNDAY 18.00 P.M. than we cycle to Dam! (flyer-poster to see and download & COPY & PRINT & SPREAD at http://squat.net/art/weetwee
FOR better climate in all cities of this planet and for priorities of all bicycle people. [Read More]
SUBCULTURE NEEDS SUPPORT
FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO EVERYBODY YOU KNOW!
IMPORTANT: SEND A COPY (CC) OF THIS EMAIL TO THE RESPONSIBLE PERSONS OF THE CITY COUNCIL: Rob [dot] Sardeman [at] dwa [dot] amsterdam [dot] nl (Cultural Department) jraschew [at] bestuursdienst [dot] amsterdam [dot] nl (personal secretary of the mayor) [Read More]
Today, about 60 people squatted a part of the City Hall in Amsterdam. This part used to be a police office.
The squatters are going to use it as an informationpoint about the ‘Kalenderpanden’ at the Entrepotdok in Amsterdam.
The council threathens to evict the squatters and sell the site to a project developer.
More information about the ‘Kalenderpanden’: http://squat.net/kalenderpanden/
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Today 40 squatters barricaded the the mayor’s residence. They did this by screwing a big board on the door. On the board was a summary of a letter to the council. The council of Amsterdam wants to evict the squatted warehouses at the Entrepotdok and sell the land to ‘BAM’ building company. The buildingcompany has plans for making 47 luxury apartments.
On 29.1 there will be a demonstration against these plans. 14.00h Westermarkt square.
Sleepingplaces via entrepot [at] dds [dot] nl
At 29-1-00 there will be a squatters demonstration in Amsterdam.The demonstration will start at 14.00 at the Westermarkt.
Reason for this demonstration is the threath from the citycouncil of Amsterdam to evict the ‘Kalenderpanden’at the Entrepotdok. The council wants to sell the building to a project developer who wants to build luxury apartments. Research has shown before that plans for social housing in these buildings are well possible.
At this moment there are 15 people living in the squats and there is a concert hall, cinema, theatre, bar, gallery, voku, etc.
More information (for the moment only in Dutch but this will change) at http://squat.net/entrepotdok
entrepotdok [at] squat [dot] net
Please come and spread this information. More information will follow.
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In 1991 a big complex of old and rotten monuments were squatted between the Dam-square and Central Station. The squatters were thrown out in december 1993. ABN-AMRO-bank wanted to build a huge shoppingcenter, luxury appartments, parking, officebuilding and Hotel. They needed thousand riot-cops in two eviction-‘sessions’ to get the squatters out.
Although there was strong resistance against the plans from people in the neighbourhood and the squatters the bank wanted to continue with their ridiculous project.
As to be expected the shoppingcenter became a failure. Nowadays everything is empty including some renovated monuments. Also three not renovated monuments were empty because archeologists found an old castlewall under them. The council took over these houses and is preparing plans for a museum under the buildings. [Read More]
