Ολλανδια. Κατάληψη στέγης, μπορεί πολύ σύντομα να αποφέρει έως και δύο χρόνια στη φυλακή.

Ένα κάλεσμα από AMSTERDAM

Η απαγόρευση των καταλήψεων δεν είναι μια απειλή - είναι μια ευκαιρία και ένα εργαλείο.

... Και εμείς σαν εργαλεία.

Από 1 Οκτωβρίου οι καταλήψεις θα είναι παράνομες στην Ολλανδία. Αυτές είναι οι τελευταίες μέρες μας σε «νόμιμες» καταλήψεις και οι πρώτες μέρες της νέας ζωής μας ως εγκληματίες. Σε αντίθεση με τους ισχυρισμούς, ο νέος νόμος δεν παρέχει λύση για τις κενές κατοικίες, αλλά αντίθετα δίνει ακριβώς μεγαλύτερη προστασία στους ιδιοκτήτες σπιτιών που αγαπούν να κερδοσκοπούν με αυτή τους την ιδιότητά . Να συμετάσχεις, ή απλά να είναι σε κατάληψη στέγης, μπορεί πολύ σύντομα να σε οδηγήση έως και δύο χρόνια στη φυλακή.

Είναι καιρός να επαναστατήσουμε κατά της απαγόρευσης των καταλήψεων, του κράτος και την πολιτική της καταστολής εναντία σε κάθε τι που δεν είναι συμβατικό και εμπορικό. Θα κατέβουμε στους δρόμους - θα τους δείξουμε το θυμό μας και τη δύναμή μας. Πρέπει να καταστεί σαφές ότι ο νόμος αυτός δεν θα μας τρομάξει και δεν μπορεί να μας σταματήσει από το να ζούμε σε καταλήψεις. Με όλες τις δράσεις μας, ας δείξουμε ότι δεν φοβούμαστε τη νομοθεσία και τις απαγορεύσεις της. Αυτή τη φορά θα πρέπει να προτάξουμε πραγματική αντίσταση. Η ώρα για δράση είναι τώρα!

Από την 25η Σεπτεμβρίου και μετά, αρκετές δράσεις θα συμβούν στο Άμστερνταμ. Οι δράσεις θα αρχίσουν στις 25.(Http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2010/08/69094.shtml) Εκεί θα δείξουμε στο ευρύ κοινό όλα τα πράγματα που κάνουμε στις καταλήψεις: συλογικές κουζίνες, χαριστικά, αυτοδιευθηνόμενα καταστήματα, μουσική, χορό και θεατρικές παραστάσεις .
Εκείνη η ημέρα θα είναι ένα εναρκτήριο λάκτισμα για μια εβδομάδα ποικίλης δράσης στην πόλη. Κατά τη διάρκεια της εβδομάδας τρεις ημερες γεμάτες δραστηριότητες, εργαστήρια και συζητήσεις θα διεξαχθούν σε ένα κοινωνικό κέντρο. Θα υπάρχει φαγητό και μουσική, αλλά εκτός από ότι είναι επίσης μια ευκαιρία για όλους να συνεργαστούν και να σκεφτούν διαφορετικές μορφές ενεργειών που μπορούν να ληφθούν ενάντια στη δημιουργία και την εφαρμογή του νέου νόμου. Ας διαλέξουμε τους στόχους μας και να τους αφήσουμε να γνωρίζουν ότι είμαστε τσαντισμένοι!

Την 1η Οκτωβρίου θα υπάρξει μια διαδήλωση κατά της kraakverbod. Ελάτε στην πλατεία Spui στο Άμστερνταμ στις 17:00!

Αυτές οι μέρες είναι για όλους μας. Η παρουσία των ανθρώπων που στήριξαν τις καταλήψεις του παρόντος και του παρελθόντος είναι σημαντική. Όλες οι διαφορετικές προσεγγίσεις και τακτικές θα πρέπει να χρησιμοποιείται κατά τον επερχόμενο αγώνα. Αυτές τις μέρες θα πρέπει να αποτελούν πηγή έμπνευσης για όλα αυτά τα πράγματα που θα ακολουθήσουν . Ο Οκτώβριος είναι μόνο η αρχή.

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October 1st The first day of the squatting ban. Head of the police and a public prosecutor known for his hatred towards squatters are placed under 24-hour surveillance and protection after threatening texts (for example “an accident is just around the corner”) are supposedly painted outside their houses the previous night. In Amsterdam 1000 people take part in a demonstration against the squatting ban. During the demonstration a house is squatted, and slightly later a riot breaks out when the cops charge the crowd. The police uses tear gas for the first time in years. 2 cops, 3 cop horses and several squatters are injured. One squatter is beaten severely and ends up in hospital with a fractured skull. 11 people get arrested. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AmpWee9jtA&feature=youtu.be Photos: http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2010/10/69874.shtml October 2nd Around 600 people demonstrate in Nijmegen against the squatting ban. Confrontations with the police. 13 people get arrested. Photos: http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2010/10/70033.shtml October 4th The house squatted on the 1st of October gets evicted. Massive amounts of riot police, vans and horses present but nobody was found inside the house. October 5th Squatters in Ede bring furniture and thus make a living room in the main entrance of a housing corporation in order to raise awareness of housing shortage in the area. October 7th A former hospital squatted two weeks earlier is evicted in Bloemendaal. The cops state they evict the building based on the new law making squatting illegal. In Amsterdam a large office building inhabited only by a few anti-squatters is attacked. Windows of rooms where nobody lives in, and that have posters of the anti-squat agency on them, are thrown in. October 13th Five of the eleven people arrested during the riot on the 1st of October are trialled. Four of them get sentenced for public violence. The sentences range from 40 to 80 hours of community service. October 14th The inhabitants of two squats take the state to court, challenging evictions under the squatting ban. They argue that evicting under the new law is not in accordance with the European Treaty for Human Rights. The verdict is delivered a few days later; the squatters lose the case. October 20th A squat in Tilburg is evicted because the owner, the city of Tilburg, wants to place anti-squatters in the building. The occupants are given half an hour to remove their belongings from the house. October 30th A building is squatted in Zaandam. October 31st A huge office building is squatted in Utrecht. November 1st A small house is squatted in Amsterdam to celebrate the one month anniversary of the squatting ban. The day-old squat in Utrecht gets evicted. 17 people are arrested in a brutal manner. Two of them refuse to tell the police their identities and will have to wait for their court case, which will take place in the end of November, in jail. During the night the office of the housing corporation that owns the building gets paint bombed. Several windows are also smashed. November 3rd The city of Amsterdam announces the list of houses to be evicted in the first “eviction wave” since the new law. According to the calculations over 100 people would become homeless in one day. The city decides to evict even the houses that have a pending court case to challenge the eviction. The squatters start a fast court procedure. November 4th Police station in Amsterdam West gets attacked with molotov's. Unfortunately the station doesn't catch fire. November 6th A terrain is squatted in Den Haag. The terrain had been standing empty for seven years, ever since the demolition of a house that was squatted for 23 years. 12 buses of riot police show up and order the occupiers to leave, which they in the end do. Photos: http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2010/11/70990.shtml November 7th Approximately 300 people demonstrate in The Hague against the squatting ban and against housing shortage. The march is forced to start earlier than planned after city and the police announce that demonstrating is not allowed after five o'clock in the afternoon. One person gets arrested on suspicion of sedition, refuses to tell the police his identity and will have to wait in jail for his court case that takes place in mid-November. November 8th Verdict from a higher court in The Hague states that evicting houses solely under the new squatting ban is illegal. Most houses planned to be evicted the following day get off the eviction list. 700 people demonstrate in Amsterdam for cultural free spaces. During the night the office of the political party PvdA, which the current mayor is a member of, gets attacked. Paint bombs are thrown, windows smashed and wooden pallets piled against the door are set on fire. November 9th Eviction wave in Amsterdam. Two big blocks of houses get evicted; both had lost a civil court case before the squatting ban. Five people are arrested. Photos: http://indymedia.nl/nl/2010/11/71104.shtml During the evictions a quick noise demo takes place inside the city hall. Squatters run around the building chanting slogans, throwing fireworks and making noise. November 10th During the night four anti-squat agencies get attacked. Windows are smashed and paint bombs thrown. A letter is left behind: “This is the first course. Are you ready for the whole menu? Do not put anti-squatters in evicted houses. Squatting goes on!” Windows of Rabobank get smashed as a symbolic action against the evictions. November 12th A huge banner is hung on scaffolding in the center of Amsterdam to advertise a demonstration on the following day. Photos: http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2010/11/71263.shtml November 13th Demonstration with the slogan “space for everyone – against the deconstruction policy” gathers around 200 people: squatters, renters and neighbourhood activists. In reaction to the verdict of the higher court on the 8th of November, the Het Openbaar Ministerie, The Public Prosecution Service, announces that it will try to patch up the holes in the hastily prepared squatting ban. Until there is a new policy for evictions, no squats will be evicted, they say. November 14th A house is squatted in Utrecht, from the same owner as the previously evicted house. A former office of the city district of Amsterdam South, where an antisquatter now lives, gets paint bombed. more information you can find mainly in dutch under: www.indymedia.nl and soon in english under: kraakverbod.squat.net