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Riots in Amsterdam against the squatting ban

ACAB | 02.10.2010 12:43 | Repression | Social Struggles

Mass demo, a squatted house and street battles. Fuck the Krakverbod!







The day started with a mass demo of more than 800 people of all ages and backgrounds protesting through the main streets, a house was squatted along the route to show the powers that be that squatting will continue even with these attempted repression, there was music and food.

Shortly after the mass moved off and was attacked by riot cops, horses also charged from behind and separated the masses. With bricks and sticks peoples moved to the side streets to set up barricades and continued to batter the riot cops who didn't know what hit them. Tear gas was used and groups of undercover and riot cops were held back with bricks as the protesters turned cars and set fire to barricades as they moved off along the canals towards the center, a bank was attacked and shortly after when snatch squads were seen around the area people fell into the shadows ready for another day.

All together 11 confirmed arrests, reported 2 cops and horses injured and several protesters in hospital.

video here  http://www.at5.nl/artikelen/49319/extra-uitzending-at5-nieuws-om-22-55-uur

Whatever they say squatting will stay!

ACAB

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02.10.2010 14:08

Why do you support squatting?

Does it matter?

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02.10.2010 15:40

I am a muppet.

I know fuck all.

I cannot use google.

If I did I would be able to find more left-wing websites to troll, but I can't because I'm thick as fuck.

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Does it matter....?

02.10.2010 19:44

Does it matter? Yeah, this is our world, our communities being torn apart, our societies, our friends, our spaces and our right to be free and create a positive environment for everyone. Not a place where corporations take over everything and our streets become drab and lifeless duplicates of everywhere else.

I say this and I don't squat myself, but I respect those who do. They use those spaces for positive and useful activities rather than money-making.. but I suppose most people don't understand anything that doesn't make a quick £££!

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animal liberation front

02.10.2010 20:33

in all ways the system enslaves us, all animals held under its might and horror, so we support our comrades fighting all over the world these days and expecially in europe very recently...but we must say, please do not attack the horses if you can avoid it, they are slaves, not combatants...

soldiarity to all strugglers, but dont forget the horses need liberation as much as we...

and trolls fuck off!

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stupid article

03.10.2010 00:27

>> say this and I don't squat myself, but I respect those who do. They use those spaces for positive and useful activities rather than money-making.. but I suppose most people don't understand anything that doesn't make a quick £££!

And who build those buildings on the spaces?

So if I built a house or office you think you have the right to use it as you see fit do you!?
Even though it isn't your property?

So lets get this straight.
If i see your laptop sat on the side, I have the right to use it for non-money making use regardless of what you think and the fact that you worked and paid for it.

You are a tit. Theres no such thing as a free lunch and theres no such thing as a free building. Someone, somewhere paid for it to use as they wish in the same well you paid for your balaclava.

And all these people dressed in black are professional protestors who do it for a living. If they werent protesting about this, they would be traveling around the country protesting about something else. Should fucking flamethrower the lot of them in a chicken wire fence.

Max

this is not just about squatting

04.10.2010 11:26

this is not jsut about squatting.

in the netherlands people are angry, the anger of the squatters has been tempered for the last years through legaity now this is gone and nothing more is left to lose in terms of legality.

besides the squatting ban, a new government is forming and basing itself around geert wilders, despite wilders "freedom party" only receiving a small percentage of the vote.
with wilders involved the new government is seeking to push through many new right wing measures; the cutting back of the parliament to only a hundred seats. making not having the correct papers also acriminal offence. illegalising muslim head scarves. tougher immigration laws. harder sentencing. the list goes on.
the netherlands is either already or quickly falling into the hands of right wing popularism.

we will beat this law, then we will beat them and then we will erase all laws

nn

You have our support!

08.10.2010 08:26

We are reading what is going with you from the Balkans. You have our support.
NO BORDERS NO NATIONS!
FREEDOM!

K

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