squatting (almost) prohibited in Holland
Today the second chamber in the dutch parliament voted for a law that bans squatting. A controversial law because not only squatters but also organisations taking care of monuments, local governments and allot of civilians oppose the prohibition of squatting.
After the vote in the second chamber the first chamber in parliament has to vote, they have a veto. Chances that they will decline the law are very slim.
After the vote in the second chamber the first chamber in parliament has to vote, they have a veto. Chances that they will decline the law are very slim.
Today about 300 squaters occupied the square in front of the parliament in The Hague with tents, foodstalls, street theater, games, info and way more while waiting for the voting. When the voring in the second chamber eventually took place there was an uproar in the public section of the section chamber, the meeting was stopped and the police cleared the second chamber building of all public.
Even though it doesn't look good for squatting in Holland there is no doubt that squatting will continue. The mayors of all of the Netherland major city's said that they are not planning on sticking to a law that bans squatting. Even they know taht squatting is the solution, not the problem. It is a solution to major housingneed in Holland while people have to wait on a waitinglist for years before they can get a decent house for an affordable price (12 years in Amsterdam and 4 years in most smaller cities). Even though there aren't enough houses there are allot of empty buildings owned by real estate maffia, corporate builders, real estate investors, speculants etc. etc.
Squatting in Holland will continue, there is a Dutch saying that says "nood breekt wet" which roughly translates as "a need breaks the law" and so we will.
Check the sites below for pictures of todays action.
They can evict us but they can never evict our ideals!
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2009/10/62290.shtml
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2009/10/62251.shtml
Even though it doesn't look good for squatting in Holland there is no doubt that squatting will continue. The mayors of all of the Netherland major city's said that they are not planning on sticking to a law that bans squatting. Even they know taht squatting is the solution, not the problem. It is a solution to major housingneed in Holland while people have to wait on a waitinglist for years before they can get a decent house for an affordable price (12 years in Amsterdam and 4 years in most smaller cities). Even though there aren't enough houses there are allot of empty buildings owned by real estate maffia, corporate builders, real estate investors, speculants etc. etc.
Squatting in Holland will continue, there is a Dutch saying that says "nood breekt wet" which roughly translates as "a need breaks the law" and so we will.
Check the sites below for pictures of todays action.
They can evict us but they can never evict our ideals!
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2009/10/62290.shtml
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2009/10/62251.shtml
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Ergänzungen
Video
Klick auf: http://indymedia.nl/nl/2009/10/62245.shtml
Direkter Link:
http://ourmediaindymedia.blogspot.com/2009/10/kraken-gaat-door-demo-in-utrecht-part.html
NL: KRAKEN IST GANZ VERBOTEN JETZT!
EIN jahre haft für bezetzen eines Haus. ZWEI jahre haft für gewält gebrauch beim hausbezetzen.
Donnerstagabond sind vor dem Niederländische Parlements Gebäude etwa 80 activisten verhaftet vom Polizei.
(Ich hoffe jemand kann eine bessere nachricht auf Deutsch machen, solidäre grüsse aus ein 'neues' Holland...)
Bilder vom donnerstag:
http://indymedia.nl/en/2009/10/62308.shtml
http://indymedia.nl/en/2009/10/62290.shtml
autonomous actions through holland
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2009/10/62340.shtml (english)
There also were fires and blockades in the hague
http://www.indymedia.nl/nl/2009/10/62308.shtml (foto's of the eviction and info in dutch)
the 31st of october is a squatting action day, we can not be beat! squatting wil continue!
New squats erected in Amsterdam
http://www.ravagedigitaal.org/index.htm?2009nieuws/oktober/15/nws.php~mainFrame
A few days before that people in Nijmegen took matters into their own hands and occupied a huge old school for children of sailors with at least 50 rooms. In the next years kraken will continue as it always had. See http://indymedia.nl/nl/2009/10/62129.shtml for pictures of the huge squatted building in Nijmegen
Ideeën ontruim je niet, kraken gaat door!
@krakerchjen
hier zitiere ich einfach mal die vorige situation in den niederlanden von wikipedia. den text müsste bei zeiten mal jemand ändern:
"Nach dem niederländischen Gesetz ist es unter bestimmten Voraussetzungen nicht verboten, ein Haus zu besetzen. Dazu gehört der Leerstand des Hauses über mindestens ein Jahr und der Besitzer kann nicht beweisen, dass er das Haus in Kürze wieder in Gebrauch nimmt oder vermietet. Illegal ist die Besetzung, wenn das Haus aufgebrochen ist. Anzeige erstatten hat allerdings nur dann Sinn, wenn der oder die Täter auf frischer Tat erwischt wurden. Hausbesetzer in den Niederlanden schalten schon mal die Polizei ein bevor sie ein Haus besetzen. Die Polizei kann dann offiziell den Leerstand bestätigen und die Hausbesetzer zeigen „guten Willen“ um häuslich darin zu wohnen. Der Beweis hierfür kann bereits ein Stuhl, Tisch und ein Schlafplatz sein. Hausbesetzung ist kein Hausfriedensbruch solange nicht eingebrochen wurde und das Haus nicht durch jemand anders in Gebrauch ist [10]. Die Besetzung eines Hauses das weniger als ein Jahr leer steht, ist strafbar."
so WAR es also leider. nieder mit geert wilders
Die Tagesschau berichtet:
Sollten Hausbesetzer mit Einschüchterungen oder gar Gewalt vorgehen, sollen die Gerichte die Strafe auf zwei Jahre verdoppeln. Bei Gewaltanwendung ganzer Gruppen ist eine Höchststrafe von zwei Jahren und acht Monaten möglich.
Billiger Wohnraum für meist junge Leute
Hausbesetzungen waren in den Niederlanden auch vorher schon verboten. Seit den 1960er-Jahren wurde es von den Behörden aber meist geduldet, wenn mehr als zwölf Monate leerstehende Wohnungen ohne großes Aufsehen besetzt wurden. Dadurch entstand eine organisierte Szene von "Krakern", wie Hausbesetzer im Niederländischen heißen. In Amsterdam und anderen Großstädten sorgten die "Kraker" für viele Studenten und andere junge Leute für billigen Wohnraum. Zudem verhinderten sie mit ihren Aktionen beispielsweise den geplanten Abriss von Teilen des historischen Amsterdams.
Allerdings kam es auch zu gewalttätigen Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Hausbesetzern und Polizisten, wenn Investoren beispielsweise per Gerichtsverfahren die Zwangsräumung besetzter Immobilien erstritten hatten.
Proteste und zahlreiche Festnahmen
Bei der Annahme des Gesetzes brachen auf der Zuschauertribüne im Parlament lautstarke Proteste Hunderter "Kraker" los. Sie wurden von Sicherheitskräften aus dem Saal gedrängt. Später löste die Polizei im Zentrum der Stadt Protestdemonstrationen und Sitzstreiks von Hausbesetzern auf. Etliche der Teilnehmer wurden von Einsatzkräften weggeschleppt. Rund 100 Demonstranten wurden vorläufig festgenommen. Die meisten "Kraker" hätten sich aber friedlich verhalten und keinen Widerstand geleistet, sagte ein Polizeisprecher.
Link: http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/niederlande142.html
Bilder
Bilder 2
Call out to all squatters
This is a request to participate in Demonstration against squatting prohibition in Utrecht(24.10.2009) and Squatting Action Days in the Netherlands (30.10-01.11.2009).
To all the people who are against squatting prohibition,
to all the squatters living in the Netherlands and abroad,
special request to all spanish, polish and italian squatters living in the Netherlands (you are many, but few of you are active),
to all ex-squatters,
to all young people who would like to become squatters in the future,
to all the friends of the squatters,
to all political activists,
to all antifascist activists,
to all artists who create art and/or perform in the squats,
to all bandmembers and DJ's that play in the squats,
to all partypeople and teknofreaks who enjoy parties and concerts in the squats,
to all travellers who visit and stay in the squats,
to all of you who are not mentioned above.
As you probably know dark days are coming for the squatting movement in the Netherlands. On 15.10.2009 the Tweede Kamer (Second Chamber of the dutch parliament) voted for a squatting prohibition. Please remember this would not have happened without the support of racist and xenophobic politicians as Rita Verdonk and Geert Wilders. From 1st January 2010 squatting will be illegal in the Netherlands. If you would like to try to occupy an empty building, you will be considered a criminal and punished by dutch authorities. Penalties are very high and range from one year up to two years of prison!
This is very serious threat! Don't let politicians destroy our squatting movement! We can't wait! We must act now!
The future of the dutch squatting movement is in our hands. It is a big responsibility as well. We should show respect to those previous squatting generations who made squatting possible in the Netherlands. They sacrified a lot of time and energy for us. We should think about all the youth who would like to have the possibility to live in squats in the future.
It is possible that we have very nice neighbours, but please remember that most of them won't struggle for our houses.
Mass media and politicians say that we are few, but our spirit is stronger then this rotten and unhumane law that politicians have created! We should show politicians and police forces our determination in the defence of our rights for housing.
Mass media and politicains say that we are violent, but those christians from CDU (Christian Democratic Party), CU (Christian Union) and SGP (Orthodox Protestant Party) are violent. For them empty buildings are more important than human beings searching for a house. Those christians decided that police will come to arrest us, if we try to occupy a house after 31st December 2009.
We hear some of the squatters say "we will move out of the Netherlands". others say "we are afraid to participate in actions and demonstrations, because it is not pleasant to be arrested". Please don't give this satisfaction to politicians, they are very glad to hear it. Especially our "favourites" like Rita Verdonk and Geert Wilders.
We should be proud of who we are and defend our rights to occupy empty buildings. Don't give up without struggle! Some of you remember those proud and angry youth from Kopenhagen who were fighting for Ungdomshuset and dignity. Some of you probably have joined the struggle. We should bring the spirit of youth from Denmark and Greece to the streets of the Netherlands!
Politicians did not leave us another choice! From 1st January we have to choose between being homeless or criminals. This choice is not suitable for us! We won't live on the streets or in the prison! We are human beings and we deserve respect!
For many of us to be a squatter is way of life. A lot of us spent the best times living in the squats. We had unforgettable adventures together. We have plenty of invaluable experiences, like living in self-organized communities or housing collectives. Many of us met their boyfriends, girlfriends and their best friends in the squats. Others had a lot of fun on countless squat parties. Yet another reason to struggle against squatting prohibition.
Don't ignore serious threats for our squatting movement! Use your imagination, open your eyes, stand up and act!
Our struggle is for a world without capitalism, race and gender differences, poverty and war!
See you on the streets!
"Spirit of the eighties" collective.
Request:
-to polish, spanish, italian and others translate this pamphlet to your language,
-to everybody send this pamphlet to your friends,
-print this pamphlet and give away to people.
All this in order to mobilize our squatting movement, friends and countless supporters.
Our days are coming...
Saturday, october 24th, a demonstration is planned in Utrecht, followed by decentralised action days from october 30th till november 1st [2009]. We call upon your solidarity, be it at the demonstration or at the many Dutch embassies and consulates. Show them we are everywhere, be creative, show your dissent!
For sleeping places during the demonstration and action days, mail:
kraakverbodAAApuscii.nl
Sorry for the wrong E-Mail...
kraakverbod@puscii.nl
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