---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [transversal] Fw: Have you ever squatted the heart of the beast? From: "Lina Dokuzovic" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, July 13, 2011 1:25 pm To: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- On Tue, 7/12/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: <edu-factory> Have you ever squatted the heart of the beast? > To: "international_students_movement-owner" <[email protected]>, "edufactory list" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2011, 6:02 AM > from: http://at.indymedia.org/node/20911 > > In the past couple of days, a group of people in Vienna, > fed up of the > increasing daily repression of life and the lack of free > social space, > have taken over an abandoned building in the Ottakring part > of the city. > Ottrakring is ground zero of Real Estate speculation in > Vienna. The people > are also fed up of rising rents and abusive landlords in > Vienna. We are > also fed up with how the city government not only > unconditionally supports > the landlords but also how the city is doing less and less > to help tenants > and other social layers who find life in Vienna more and > more unbearable. > We're comprised of Austrians, immigrants, women, men, > youth, middle aged, > students, workers and unemployed. We are artists, > intellectuals, and free > thinkers. We represent a true microcosm of Vienna and > Austria. > > Vienna is one of the few capitals of Western Europe with a > significant > lack of Free House Projects / Squats and Community Centres. > London, Paris, > Amsterdam and Berlin, just to name a few cities, all have > these spaces. > Therefore we call for all those that have Free House > Projects/Squats and > Free Community Centres to come to Vienna to support us and > to help us keep > the house. Vienna is one of the most important cities of > the world. It is > the 3rd Seat of UNO. Vienna also serves as the headquarters > of OPEC and > the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Austria is > the second > richest Euro Zone country and the 6th richest country in > the world. With > all this wealth, the Austrian State and City of Vienna says > there is no > money for social housing. Yet Vienna can spend millions of > Euros to host > the World Economic Forum, where in June, leading European > banks discussed > the carve up of markets in Southeastern Europe. Vienna > plays a key role in > the neo-colonisation of Central and Eastern Europe. While > Austria serves > as a junior partner and helps to conceal the role of > Germany's planned > domination of Eastern and Southeastern Europe by finally > achieving the > Nazi objective of Lebensraum, Austria uses the EU as a > mechanism to > re-establish the Habsburg Empire which was defeated and > destroyed at the > conclusion of the First World War. The impoverishment of > the masses in > Hungary, Roumania, Bulgaria and the Republics of former > Yugoslavia is a > direct result of political and economic decisions made in > Austria. > > Yet. there is no money for community centres for youth, > women and other > oppressed groups. There is no money for media education. > The few places > which exist are too small and too weak. The rules and > regulations to > become an officially recognised "Association" (Verein in > German) are > complex, bureaucratic and forces a dependency upon the > official structures > of the state. > > Until a decade ago Ottakring was one of the least desirable > parts of the > city to live in. It's the historical district of the > proletariat and > lumpen-proletariat. In recent decades, Ottakring has become > one of the > largest immigrant districts of Vienna with migrants mostly > from the former > Yugoslavia and other Balkan lands. Since the past decade, > Ottrakring has > become the centre of a Real Estate speculative frenzy. The > poor and the > migrants are slowly being priced out of the district. > > We want a truly free, independent and autonomous space in > Vienna. We are > actually doing a community and public service which the > Austrian State and > City of Vienna should be doing in the first place, of > course don't expect > anything from the city or the state! We are people > dedicated into > remodelling the building using our own resources and labour > to create a > space for living, working, education and food for the > community and > society at large. We do not support capitalism nor do we > have the illusion > of reforming capitalism. The era of reformism is past. All > across Europe, > Finance Capital is using the state to take away all of our > social and > economic rights which our parents, grand parents and > ancestors fought and > died for. We are taking what is rightfully ours. Housing is > a human right. > Food is a human right. We are not begging for what belongs > to us > naturally. We are asserting our fundamental human rights. > We are not > criminals nor are we terrorists. We simply want to live as > social human > beings and to take the first step of creating a new > society. The same > struggles and day to day oppression which take place in > Athens, Madrid, > Dublin occur here in Vienna. Vienna is also caught in the > web of > totalitarian capitalism under the Neo-Feudal Corporate > Fascist State. The > financial aristocracy (oligarchy) is the same everywhere. > Every country > and every city in Europe is under occupation by Finance > Capital. Like most > countries in Europe, Austria confronts the ever growing > support for the > far right and neo-fascist parties. This house is actively > anti-racist and > anti-fascist. It is also a zone of anti-sexism, a space > where women can be > free and comfortable. This is also a house where human > sexuality is free > regardless of sexual orientation. Therefore, we send this > call to all > groups across Europe to come to Vienna immediately. We call > on all > Squatters, Autonomous, Women's Collectives, LGBT, > Syndicalists , Antifa, > etc. groups to travel to Vienna and support our House! We > have plenty of > space for hundreds of people to sleep. We also need tools, > food, supplies, > ideas, strategies and above all numbers to help us keep > this building. In > short, we are calling for active physical solidarity. This > is an urgent > call as by the next couple of days the city will begin > moves to evict us. > If we have more than 200 people, we will be able to repel > the city from > evicting us by force. WE HAVE STRENGTH IN NUMBERS! Vienna > does not have a > history of violent confrontations with the state. Riots > seldom happen > here. This is why we urgently need large numbers as the > Austrian police > have no experience with dealing with large organised > resistance. We need > help from comrades in Berlin and France who have experience > in defence in > the face of police intimidation. > > One Advantage of the legal situation in vienna is that to > be inside a > squatted house is not a crime, only the failure to comply > with the order > to leave is a misdemeanor, fines normally don't exceed > around 100 Euros. > The House is located at Roseggergasse 1 in the 16th > District of Vienna. It > is easily reachable by the U3 Metro station Kendlergasse. > > > > For more information visit: http://autonomizethecity.blogsport.eu > > House information phone +43 699 144 56 187 > > email: autonomeszentrum[a]riseup.net > > > >>> some more information <<< > > The first introductory flyer text, in german and english: > http://at.indymedia.org/node/20866 > > For those that can read German, there's an > indymedia-feature with links to > many articles: > Hausbesetzungen in Wien und Linz > http://at.indymedia.org/node/20901 > > or in the newswire: > http://at.indymedia.org/newswire > > (use https instead of http for the links above, for more > safety) > Hausbesetzungen in Wien und Linz > > > _______________________________________________ > edufactory mailing list > [email protected] > http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/edufactory_listcultures.org > _______________________________________________ transversal mailing list | info: http://lists.servus.at/mailman/listinfo/transversal -- Moldova Young Artists Association "Oberliht" http://oberliht.com . . . . . . . . . . . https://lists.idash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oberlist portal informational pentru arta si cultura din Moldova information gateway for arts and culture from Moldova _______________________________________________ Oberlist mailing list [email protected] https://lists.idash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oberlist
