Party Vibe

http://www.ungdomshuset.dk/english.php

Sorry for the bad language..Its not me who have written it :groucho: :groucho:

Undgdomshuset is one of the longest running european squats / punk / anarchist house , it was given to the punks and anarchists of Copenhagen in the early 80s by the mayor at the time , and has been ever since an active as fuck place. It’s where the K-Town Festival (best diy punk fest in europe as far as im concerned ) is taking place , among shitload of other things. Its the place where the local bands practice and record , where there is meetings for demonstrations , workshops and various radical actions. It’s one of the most awesome places I’ve seen in my whole life. And K-Town Fest is one of the only places where I’ve seen a massive amount of punks attacking cops (not the opposite).

Since a few years the city has been trying to take it back from the punks and now it seems it’s getting closer to the end… Here are some articles that sum up the situation , more infos can be found on this site :
http://www.ungdomshuset.dk

Please forward the info to whoever might ne interested… This could be (and is) happening anywhere.

National court has spoken … but nobody listened 29 Aug 2006

Yesterday on Monday the 28th the national court decided to second the decision of Copenhagen City Court from 2003. This means that we have lost the right to use the house.

After the verdict we had a huge meeting with several hundred people where we discussed what to do.

We have of course decided not to follow the decision of the court. We have not spent the last 24 years developing a unique culture centre used by thousands of kids and youngsters from the whole city, – and the rest of the world just to throw it all away on the whim of a corrupt legal system.

Throughout this whole process we have tried to get the politicians to take responsibility for their mistakes and join the efforts to find a solution. They have not showed any interest in this.

Therefore we must underline that if a political solution is made impossible then confrontations will be inevitable.

What will happen now is uncertain but we will prepare ourselves for an eviction attempt from the police in the coming weeks and months. At the same time we are encouraging everybody everywhere to do actions in support of Ungdomshuset – and send their pictures and statements to info@ungeren.dk. By so doing, we will show Faderhuset and the politicians, that the only authority over Jagtvej 69 is Ungdomshuset’s assembly.

Show up in September!!!

We would also like to invite everybody for the weekend 22nd thtough 24th of September. There will be a lot of things going on. A large demonstration on the 23rd and a Reclaim the Streets action on the 24th amongst parties, exhibitions, debates and more. It is going be a blast – don’t miss it.

Status Tuesday – the politicians wish to negotiate 30 Aug 2006

The National Court spoke Monday. Since a lot has been happening. This is an attempt to summarize some of what has happened until late Tuesday.

Monday

We had call for an extraordinary assembly in the house after the court released its decision. Copenhagen was crawling with cops since noon. But the cops had forgotten that this fight is bigger than Nørrebro. Different groups in other cities carried out solidarity-actions and in Norway the Danish embassy in Oslo was occupied by friends of Ungdomshuset

Most of the evening was spend debating our next moves. The big concert hall was full of people eager to act.

We decided right away that in the case of an eviction attempt we would not set any limitations to how people should express their rage. We also decided to get as many actions as possible going to show how many we are who are ready to defend the house.

Tuesday

Under the cover of night the kids of Copenhagen had expressed their feelings about the courts decision. In spite of a massive police presence in the area most banks on Nørrebro had been attacked and new graffiti sprung up everywhere. The cops were extremely pissed that they did not catch anyone.

Before noon an old military island fort was occupied and the police had to use boats to stop the action and get the Ungdomshus-pirates. In the afternoon people started dropping by with materials for barricading and from the website support messages kept running in

Before it was dark the politicians decided to meet for negotiations Thursday. We welcome this initiative. In the meantime the barricading of the house continued.

At around 9 pm a party started on the bridge to the inner city. It was of course harassed by the police. People had to fight their way through heavy rain and aggressive police to escape mass arrests.

Late Tuesday Nørrebro was still crawling with anxious cops…

Status Thursday around noon 31 Aug 2006

Wednesday was mostly quiet during most of the day. People focused their energy on improving the barricades. In the inner city a smaller group was partying for Ungdomshuset when the marching band of the Copenhagen police showed up. People lined up behind the band and marched along with them chanting Ungdomshuset songs. After a few hundred meters the party was unfortunately interrupted by the real cops who couldn’t see the humor in the situation….

In the evening people relaxed in and around the house. We had concerts and soup kitchen as usual People got a chance to talk to all the new faces and get to know each other better. A lot of people has come to help in the fight and it was great for everybody to have some quality time.

During the night a lot of young people from the neighborhood carried through actions presumably showing their attitude towards the courts decision. Riot police had to respond to 11 times to smashed police cars, burning dumpsters and other things. Bank and chain stores were also attacked during the night.

Today Thursday the streets are quiet again. People seem to be awaiting what actions the politicians will take after today’s meeting…

I need a dictionary soon :hopeless: :hopeless:

Ill see what i can find:wink:

The police have 10 days to come up with evidence*If a judge don’t think the evidence is strong enougt the police have to let the person go..(but they can arrest him again later)
There are ofcource exceptions.Depends of what crime they have made.

its not bizarre at all – it is what is called a short term license and has occasionally happened in squatted buildings.

If you have an empty building and don’t want it to be broken into and vandalised or even burned to the ground, it needs to be protected.

This can either be done by physical security (barriers/fences) or by getting security guards. But this costs money. A building has to be maintained to stop it deteriorating due to the actions of the environment (wind/rain) etc. This also costs money.

A house 105 years old probably needs a lot of repair work on it… it is only worth millions because it is London.

I have seen squats in houses like this – and although the building often looks nice from the outside it is often falling apart inside.

The inhabitants will most likely have to sign a legal document providing their names and guarantee a certain amount of repair work – they probably need to do it just to live comfortably.

It is not trivial either; often you have to re-do plumbing, electrics, I have helped friends do this and often I am crawling about in roof spaces and fixing pipes, or we end up creeping around in the cellar with rats and mice to find the leaks etc…

If you got 20 people as security guards and builders it would cost as much to employ them in London as the potential rental income. They are not living rent free; they are being used as a resource to protect the building, which is probably in a state where it couldn’t be rented out anyway because it has not been modernised.

If they create anti-social behaviour they could still be evicted; if the housing association decides they have not done enough work they could still be evicted. I’m sure some of the neighbours will be watching them like hawks and calling the cops for the slightest problems they see there, or taking photos etc of any damage to show to the papers.

It is not a “squatters paradise” but could be very hard work for them; the decent people there will also have to guard themselves and the building from the following..

• people who would want to use it for drugs sales or overdo things with parties etc,
• wannabe gangsters who may try to “evict” them to take over the building
• the right-wing youths who think there are too many foreigners in the building.

They could end up defending “Fortress Londonistan”.