[Onthebarricades] Fw: [anarchist.academics] Fear not God, Fear the X-tians who take away the young people's house.

Sat Dec 16 16:21:36 PST 2006

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From: "jmp" <m.pedersen at lancaster.ac.uk>
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Subject: [anarchist.academics] Fear not God,Fear the X-tians who take away 
the young people's house.


> <sry for x posting>
>
> Mobilisation video:  http://video.indymedia.org/en/2006/12/633.shtml
>
> Help save the house which for more than a hundred years has been
> instrumental in political organising on the left. From the Youth House
> to the Father's House - need we say more?
>
> From: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/12/358297.html
>
>
> The climate is rapidly changing for social centres and other community
> projects in Copenhagen.
>
> Led by a X-tian sect, the Danish authorities and thought police (in riot
> gear), are evicting a house that been host to organising on the left for
> more than a hundred years.
>
> The battle is by many considered pivotal in the struggling Danish
> resistance to a government that systematically has been eradicating
> anyting that does not conform to their right-right wing perception of
> market mechanisms and an ultra-conservative (well, racist) attitude to
> migration.
>
> With Christiania on its way to destruction, the once liberal Copenhagen
> is now finally becoming the little duck pond, where those who are
> different are feared and demonised, that H.C. Andersen so famously wrote
> about in the Ugly Duckling.
>
> The occupants and users of the social centre Ungdomshuset is calling for
> solidarity action anywhere and everywhere - so make your way to the
> nearest Danish Embassy and take the power back! Let the world know what
> is happening, because the final battle for Ungdomshuset is coming up.
>
> The relations between police and activists is tense. Mainstream media is
> full of stories of catastrophees, guides and films are circulating on
> the Internet, encouraging people to defend Ungdomshuset by any means
> necessary.
>
> The church "Faderhuset" (the Father's House) have turned down the last
> offer for Jagtvej 69, and so have turned down the last offer for a
> peaceful solution to the conflict. Is Ungdomshuset going to be
>
> preserved? That is the question on everyone's lips.
>
> All we want for Christmas.
> Since the weekend in September, which resulted in over 200 arrests, the
> situation has been very tense. The house is barricaded. Politicians,
> police, people living in Nørrebro [the part of Copenhagen
> where Ungdomshuset is located], artists and thousands of users have all
> expressed their hopes that the church would agree to sell the house, but
> to no avail.
>
> As a symbolic gesture the house is now covered in giftwrapping.
> Unfortunately, now only a swift change in attitude by the politicans can
> stop the police from going in and deploying aggressive force against the
> activists of Ungdomshuset.
>
> The role of the church Faderhuset.
> The sectarian church, that bought the house in the beginning of 2000,
> has had a rough time in the mainstream media. The Danish tabloid
> Ekstrabladet (like the Daily Mail, a filthy rag) have published numerous
> articles about the sect and its methods. The leader of the sect, Ruth
> Evensen, has changed her views a lot in just three years. Once Ruth
> Evensen was very much against homosexuals, Muslims and abortion. Just a
> few years back she denounced those people as supporters of the
> anti-christ. That was in collaboration with the ex-pedophile and known
> right-winger, outspoken zionist, anti-muslim activist "Moses" (Mogens)
> Hansen. Together they, wanted to cleanse Nørrebro of what they
> considered weed. But apparently she has now changed her mind. On
> national television she recently wished for a Nørrebro where everyone
> can speak to one another, where everyone is tolerant. However, she
> didn’t mention how that fits in with trying to
> eradicate a cultural oasis used by thousands.
>
> The church Faderhuset has been the “victims” of multiple protests since
> September that have resulted in some of the best documented cases of
> police brutality in recent history.
>
> Ungdomshuset: The politicians are to blame!
> The users and activists of Ungdomshuset have no doubt about whom to
> blame. It was in the City Council of Copenhagen that the former Mayor
> Jens Kramer Mikkelsen in 1999 decided to sell the house to the limited
> company Human A/S that quickly sold on the house to "Faderhuset".
>
> The arguments used back then were that the house was only used by 25
> people, that it was a wreck and that it fostered crime on Nørrebro. The
> only argument remotely consistent with reality was the physical state of
> the building. That was, however, fixed by the occupying activists
> themselves. The house wasn’t always this popular, but there has always
> been a lot more than 25 people sharing the workload. When it comes to
> crime, not even the Danish police considers the house any more liable to
> generate criminal behaviour than the Copenhagen nightlife in general.
>
> After the mainstream media picked up on the case, the City Council has
> suddenly become in favour of preserving Ungdomshuset and they have
> lobbied extensively to bring Faderhuset to sell the house to an
> independent fund, whose aim it is to preserve Ungdomshuset in its
> current form. The fund reflects the broad alliance that is supporting
> the social centre, including cultural celebrities, artists and
> organisation, as well as labour unions.
>
> However, the politicians aren't going to take any real steps to prohibit
> Faderhuset from destroying Ungdomshuset. The building on Jagtvej 69,
> today housing Ungdomshuset, was the first meeting hall for the workers
> of Copenhagen at the end of the 19th century, and it was in that
> building that the foundation for what later became the celebrations of
> March the 8th was laid. So the building has historical value as a
> vibrant centre for organising on the left for more than a hundred years.
>
> If the politicians want to stop a war on Nørrebro from breaking out,
> they need to act fast, we all saw what happened in September and if
> Ungdomshuset is evicted, it will most certainly happen again.
>
> The fight is imminent.
> On Thursday the 14th of December Ungdomshuset will start a weekend of
> activities. The 14th of December is also the day of the last meeting in
> the City Council this year. Groups supporting Ungdomshuset have planned
> demonstrations. There are also international days of solidarity actions
> Wednesday evening, Dec. 13 and right through to Sunday, Dec. 17.
>
> In Ungdomshuset there are going to be concerts, workshops, parties and
> yet another demonstration is planned for the coming Saturday. A lot of
> foreign activists are expected this weekend and the media has have of
> course reacted to this in a scare-mongering fashion, primarily scaring
> readers and viewers of German activists, who are suspected and accused
> of helping their Danish friends to create as much chaos as possible.
>
> Everyone's seemingly ready for a battle. Only time can tell what will
> happen!
>
> Links for more information:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ungdomshuset
> http://www.indymedia.ie/article/78161
> http://www.indymedia.ie/article/79884
> http://www.ungeren.dk/english.php
> http://www.squat.net/en/news/kopenhagen_august_2006310806.html
> http://ungdomshuset.info/spip.php?article48
> http://blog.tv2.dk/matthias81/entry21949.html
> http://a-manila.org/newswire/display/466/index.php
> http://www.digg.com/videos_educational/The_fight_for_Ungdomshuset
> http://ie.indymedia.org/article/78102
>
> http://www.anarchistyouth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2241&sid=d7e534c7e97e5b424d233dc636d0b383
>
> Ungeren
> - e-mail: fuckthedanishstate at anychancegiven.now
> - Homepage: http://www.ungeren.dk
>
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