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

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Berlin: Charges Against ‘Interim’ Magazine Have Been Dropped

By: xxx - March 10th, 1999  Filed under: News

German authorities have suffered an embarrassing failure in their attempts to criminalize the Berlin autonomist periodical ‘Interim’. All charges against 14 individuals targeted in a series of highly-publicized raids in Berlin last year have been dropped. It seems the state’s intelligence agency could not find anything useful in the massive amounts of confiscated materials. Last June, 500 police raided a total of nine houses and workplaces in Berlin, looking for the alleged editors of Interim magazine. [Read More]

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Berlin: Eviction on Pfarrstraße (February 24th, 1998)

By: xxx - February 27th, 1998  Filed under: News

 Squat Evicted, Dog Shot And Killed

Police Fired Shots During Squat Eviction In Berlin

On Tuesday morning, February 24, a masked special police unit with automatic pistols burst into the squatted house at Pfarrstrasse 104 in the Lichtenberg district of East Berlin. One squatter watched as his bull terrier dog was shot three times and killed. Local authorities said the eviction proceeded “with few incidents”. 260 police were called in to evict 15 people from the house. Berlin’s right-wing Interior Minister, Jorg Schonbohm, commented: “With our action, we have made it clear that illegal conditions will not be tolerated in the capital. As Interior Minister, I will see to it that there are no more squats in the future.” [Read More]

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Berlin: Rigaerstrasse burned out

By: xxx - November 15th, 1997  Filed under: News

 FIRE IN EX SQUATTED HOUSE.

In the ex squatted house in the Rigaerstrasse 80 in Friedrichshain a fire started at around 5.30pm on 20th October 1997! The house was squatted for 7 years and evicted on the 29.july 1997. The owner had yesterday done some cleanup work. The reason for the fire was not yet established! Witnesses spoke about lots of smoke and traffic chaos on the nearby main road!

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Berlin: Fire and flames…

By: xxx - October 23rd, 1997  Filed under: News

October 3, 1997, the seventh anniversary of the annexation of East Germany by the West, the reunification of “Great” Germany. A day of “celebration” for the political and social elite, October 3rd has become an annual day of protest for Germany’s radical-left. Although there were no major demonstrations or clashes this year as there have been in years past, there were outbursts of militancy in Berlin. The night before the October 3rd celebrations in Germany’s former and soon-to-be-again capital city, small riots broke out in the neighborhoods of Kreuzberg and Mitte. And on October 3rd itself, a group of militants carried out a well-planned action against the German capitalist establishment and in solidarity with refugees and immigrants living in Germany. [Read More]

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Berlin: News on evictions

By: xxx - July 30th, 1997  Filed under: News

On July 29, 1997, three squats in East Berlin were evicted during a massive police operation. The three houses, all of which had been squatted for seven years, were the Rigaerstrasse 80 and the Scharnweberstrasse 28 in Friedrichshain, and the Pfarrstrasse 88 in Lichtenberg. Around 500 riot cops took part in the evictions, which began at 6:30 in the morning when the squatters were all still asleep. Some SEK special police units with machine guns were dropped by helicopter onto the roofs of the houses. You would have thought the squats were home to Red Army Fraction (RAF) or something! Most of the squatters were released from custody after their identities were checked, but 5 people were detained, 3 because they weren’t privileged enough to carry German passports. The houses were all sealed up shortly after the evictions to prevent renewed squatting attempts. [Read More]

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