Attempted eviction of Barcelona occupied space
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During the encounter the council announced
they intended to evict one of the squats that was being used
to hold meetings in. All the international delegates along
with many people from Barcelona took part in a protest march
against this and the council announced it was backing down,
for the moment
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Squatting is one of the forms the fight against the neoliberalism
adopts in Europe, attacking a pillar of the imperant basic order:
private property. It consists in getting in houses and locals that
are abandoned, to obtain housing and free self-managed spaces to
developped activities (talks, reunions, workshops,...) outside the
political order, and also to resist in front of the uniform political
order and to carry out an alternative political and cultural project,
as an alternative way of life.
La Vakeria (The Cowshed) is a squatter-house and at the same time
a group of people who's activities (cultural, political, personal
relationship...) take place in this space. It is located in the
outskirts of Barcelona, in L'Hospitalet, a city in the industrial
belt, which grew in the 60s-70s in a wild way. The Vakeria has been
occupied the first of February of 1992, more than 5 years ago.During
this time the activities have been countless, and the relations with
other rebel groups (solidarity groups, groups of support for
imigrants, of self-management, neo-rurals, other squatter- houses,
groups for persons who refuse to do the military or community
service) have been intensive and enrichening, forming a little ring
of support that has consolidated itself along this five years.
La Vakeria participates in the II Encounter for the humanity and
against neoliberalism, specifically takes part in the organising
assembly of the Baix Llobregat, and some acts at this head-assembly
will take place in it. But the 23rd of July we received a judicial
notification, which communicadted us that the police will clear the
house in a week, this means the 30th of July.
The disloding is expected for the days we will be celebrating the
II Encounter, the neoliberism through his political-judicial
instruments attacks in a moment of great simbolism, that's why we ask
for your solidarity and your support to manage to stop the dislodging
by means of a popular mobilization.
If you want to colaborate, you can send your protest-fax to the
Juzgado de Primera Instancia nš 3 in L'Hospitalet, Barcelona: Fax Nr.
++3-337-53-13 or ++3-337-55-52 (please send a fax to both numbers)
For protest-faxes to the Town Hall of L'Hospitalet, dial Fax Nr.
++3-337-61-77 and ++3-261-23-13 e.mail: ajhospi@l-h.es
We call you to a celebration - demonstration on the 29th at 20:30
hours in the Casa de la ReconciliaciÛn and will end in the
VakerÌa with a party-concert. The day after, the 30th of July
at 8:00 am we will bring us together in La VakerÌa to stop the
dislodging.
THEY WILL TAKE OUR HOUSES, BUT NOT OUR CONSCIENCES.
A set of
photographs
of the demonstration
A
second set of photographs of the demonstration