[Onthebarricades] Denmark: Ungdomhuset squat resistance coverage

[Andy]

NOTE:  A range of sources provided for reference/research purposes - some 
are more politically useful than others, some contain the usual mainstream 
nonsense.

Obviously I entirely support the need to negatively sanction the state when 
it commits an atrocity such as the violent occupation of Ungdomhuset.  There 
is a need to revolt in such circumstances, and it's shocking how liberals 
and media types either misunderstand or crudely condemn, while effectively 
condoning state violence.

VIDEOS HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=97565E62AFBFA97A

--------------------------------------------------------

http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20070305125948609&query=ungdomshuset

Copenhagen: We only just started!
Monday, March 05 2007 @ 12:59 PM PST
Contributed by: Anonymous
Views: 628
We only just started!

Thanks for a great weekend. Its been amazing taking to the streets with you 
all. None of us will ever be the same again.

Ritt (the mayor of Copenhagen), gathered all the Danish police in Copenhagen 
to prevent us from reacting, on the eviction of ungdomshuset. That didn’t 
stop us. We defied everything and created history. With millitary precision 
the police made a surgical incision. But the boil they thought that they 
were to remove in a flash, soon spread all over the city and to places such 
as Hamburg, Cologne, Berlin, Gothenburg, Trondheim, Malmo, Oslo, Stockholm, 
Istanbul, Vienna, Århus, Horsens, Umeå, Karlskrona and many more places. It 
was covered by all the Danish media and it was the top story with CNN, BCC 
and Al Jazeera.


This weekend we have proven once and for all, that we are not a marginalized 
subculture, but a large, and growing, group of young people. When people 
riot on a scale like this weekend, it is proof that something is totally 
wrong. In a democratic country, all the alarms should be ringing, when you 
send in the whole police force to fight down a social and cultural uprising. 
But a social and cultural uprising can take on many forms. One thing is 
burning cars, something else is taking the fight into our everyday lives.

Now it is Monday morning. And the weekdays are back. The kind of weekdays 
where you go to work and school, shop for dinner and take the bus. And maybe 
doubt is beginning to kick in. Will the system get the last word, if you get 
up this morning, and drink your coffee and go to work as usual? The 
capitalist society has got us by the throat, but we have shown them that it 
doesn’t have to be like that.

When doubt sticks its head out, that is when we have to learn form it. It is 
there for obvious reasons. Our friends have been unjustly imprisoned in huge 
numbers. We have been poisoned with gas, beaten with clubs, and had our 
homes raided. It’s all right to be afraid. But can we continue our lives 
like nothing happened? NO! Cause this Monday is not like the others. The 
creativity and energy that has been released can be used to keep the 
struggle going, and we are the ones who will decide how to carry on the 
fight. We will keep on coming back again and again. Time after time we break 
the systems frames of perception. We will keep on doing the unexplainable 
and selfexplanatory things. The unexpected and unpredictable. We want 
everything.

We took a big step and showed how important this social and cultural 
struggle is. A struggle where so many will risk so much to get the attention 
of the world around them. But the struggle for more free spaces, where we 
can show our resistance against a tendency of normalization that only wishes 
to make people more effective, docile and obedient, must be fought in the 
schools, at work and on the social security office.

The energy we exhibited in the weekend, is the core in a society, the holds 
more than cafe latte, nuclear families and pension funds. Its about much 
more than a house. Its about our lives and the future, about how society as 
a whole should develop.

We have drawn the eyes of the world to a fight, that is fought everywhere. 
We have created history, and history will not be forgotten in one day. Even 
though today is Monday, the struggle continues. Don’t push away the daily 
routine like it can’t be changed. Use it. Tell your fellow students and 
colleagues about our struggle. Remember that we are many.

Now we must stand together and look out for each other. We must make big 
plans, and on top of that it will be great fun too. Are you ready? This is 
bigger than Jagtvej 69.


--------------------------------------------------------------------

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2007/03/07/2003351306

Protests fail to stop demolition of historic Copenhagen building
100 YEARS OF HISTORY: Police protected workers as the community center was 
demolished, while a right-wing Christian sect was ready to take over the 
site

THE GUARDIAN, COPENHAGEN
Wednesday, Mar 07, 2007, Page 6
Hundreds of tearful and angry protesters gathered outside a youth community 
center in Copenhagen on Monday to watch as a hydraulic excavator tore into 
the building, bringing to an end more than 100 years of political history.
The Ungdomshuset (Youth House), which once hosted Vladimir Lenin, has been 
the focus of street riots in recent days following the eviction of squatters 
from the building which has been sold to a rightwing Christian sect.
On Monday demonstrators laid flowers at the end of Jagtvej Street in the 
workers' district of Noerrebro as dust from the demolition filled the air.
"This is a funeral," said Siggi Oddsson, 22, who laid a cloth banner reading 
"Loved and Missed."
"This is an absolute milestone of underground culture in Copenhagen and it's 
being destroyed," he said. "Forget the idea of `wonderful, wonderful 
Copenhagen.'"
Behind him, a silver crane -- the name of the company it belonged to 
concealed under a layer of paint -- hovered above the graffiti-covered 
structure of house number 69. Workers wore face masks under their helmets so 
as not to be identified as they worked under police guard, and even the 
trucks taking away the rubble were escorted through the city by armed 
police.
Many surrounding shops were either boarded up or had had their windows 
smashed following three nights of clashes between police and protesters.
The four-story red brick building has been a popular meeting point for 
leftwing anarchists, punk rockers and musicians since the local government 
allowed young people to use it in 1982. It quickly became a focal point for 
anti-capitalist activism.
But its importance as a place where political history was made goes back 
further. Built as a community theater for the labor movement in 1897, it was 
here that both Denmark's women's liberation and trade union movements were 
founded. Lenin paid a visit in 1910 during the Socialist International 
Congress and it has played host to modern musicians such as Bjork.
But it has been a point of contention between inhabitants and the local 
government since 1995 when a fire which damaged the building prompted the 
city to decide to sell it. A squat was formed whose occupants hung a banner 
from the windows which read: "For sale, including 500 violent-loving 
psychos."
In 2000 when it was sold to a religious group, the tension grew. Court 
orders for the squatters to leave were ignored. On Thursday 35 squatters 
were removed by riot police. The evictions triggered three nights of riots, 
with a handful of anarchists setting fire to cars, trash cans and shops.
---------------------------------------------------------
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/03/364522.html
We’re Heartbroken and Furious! A report from Copenhagen, and call-out for 
action
London Solidarios | 07.03.2007 16:15 | Free Spaces | Repression | London | 
World
Solidarity demonstration Saturday the 10th at 2 pm outside the Danish 
embassy, 55 Sloane Street, SW1X 9SR. Bring banners and ideas for further 
action!


As soon as the news of the eviction of Ungdomshuset broke out and once we 
managed to sort out our trip, a small group of us arrived in Copenhagen to 
actively support our friends and comrades here. While it might at first seem 
slightly irrational to come and support what already looked like a lost 
battle (i.e. the re-occupation of the building) we felt it was absolutely 
necessary to be here for a number of reasons. We do consider buildings like 
Ungdomshuset as our buildings, extending far beyond the borders of 
Copenhagen or Denmark. At a time when the last few remaining free spaces are 
viciously attacked across Europe, each new attack has to be defended by as 
many of us as possible. To be here, to learn from and interact with our 
comrades in Copenhagen, to see what this building meant for us is an 
excellent lesson – a step towards not allowing the next free space in London 
go without a fight.

Ungdomshuset has been at the core of radical political and cultural 
activities in Copenhagen, as well as internationally for 25 years. It was 
one of the only lasting free spaces outside Christiania, and its demolition 
is a devastating image of cultural mainstreaming and repression in an 
otherwise consensus seeking welfare society. But the Danish consensus has 
been demolished along with the building, and has given rise to energetic 
resistance that, although in a defensive state at the moment, could quickly 
turn to the offensive.

We arrived Tuesday in time for the Reclaim the Streets demonstration with 
over 2000 people participating. It ended in Christiania, wherefrom a smaller 
group gathered outside ‘Vestrefaengsel’ (the prison where most of the 
arrested activists are being held) for a solidarity demonstration. This was 
a moving experience, as many very young people defied the cold, distance and 
police to show active solidarity with their imprisoned friends and comrades.

Wednesday has been a day of relative regrouping and preparation for people 
here, with expectations running high for tomorrow’s demonstration – marking 
one week from the eviction, as well as International Women’s day. This 
evening there will be another solidarity demonstration outside the 
Vestrefaengsel prison.

Call-out:

We call out for a demonstration Saturday the 10th at 2 pm outside the Danish 
embassy, 55 Sloane Street, SW1X 9SR. Bring banners and ideas for further 
action!

London Solidarios
-------------------------------------------------------------

http://www.emoware.org/ungdomshuset.asp

Constant Ungdomshuset updates from Copenhagen (English translation from 
Modkraft.dk)
A new ABC-group supporting foreign prisoners in Denmark has been 
established.

ABC, Anarchist Black Cross, has split the work load into two groups in close 
cooperation. The group for foreign citizens is temporary and will only be 
active as long as needed.

Information about arrests of none Danish citizens, questions, and addresses 
can be given on the temporary email address ABCforforeigners at gmail.com, or 
phone (0045) 25609354.


Friday 9th March
Nothing from Modkraft yet today, but Politiken are reporting that Amnesty 
International are concerned over how authorities have handled the 
disturbances and are calling for an investigation (our main translator is 
taking a break, so any help translating this would be greatly appreciated). 
"Shit" Ritt (the mayor, head of council, of Copenhagen etc) has recieved 
over 700 angry emails and letters to which she has to reply (or her 
secretary does at least). Also, the young people have been allowed back to 
Jagtvej 69, now known as "ground 69", and people are placing flowers where 
Ungdomshuset used to stand
http://politiken.dk/indland/article261353.ece



Thursday 8th March
22:14
The concert with the two american bands, Graf Orlick and Comadre, has been 
postponed at the venue 1000fryd in Aalborg. The concert was scheduled for 
22:00, but because of the musicians arrest in Copenhagen today, they are to 
be expected on stage at 24:00.
Thursday, 8th of march, International Womens day, was the largest support 
demo for Ungdomshuset ever. Politiken estimates that there were 4000 people 
present. As known, it is not always the size that matters. Also outside 
copenhagen there have been support activities. Tuesday night local activist 
in Ringkobing raised a black flag with "69" on it. Behind the action was the 
"Iniative for free spaces in Jutland". Several street signs at Islands 
Brygge had their names changed to Jagtvej. The same happened in Nansensgade, 
Bredgade and Store Kongensgade.
Modkraft.dk has had a larger number of emails with tips of activities and 
actions today. We haven't been able to report all of it, and are asking for 
some patience about writing about what you are doing or responding to 
emails. We are doing as good as we can, and we'll like to do it better if we 
can. Tomorrow.
20:04
The band Ukrudt are playing. They and other bands are promising that they 
will come back and play loud music until there is another ungdomshus. There 
are still a lot of people present.
19:53
The demo reached Raadhuspladsen about 15 minutes ago. Slogans have been 
shouted. One of the new ones is "Ritt, you lice, you owe us a house". A 
hardcore punk concert has started. The demo is moving quietly through town. 
All side streets have been blocked by police.
18:59
The last part of the demo has left Blaagaardsgade. There are several 
thousands protesters.
18:49
The demo is moving down Blaagaardsgade and down Norrebrogade towards the 
centre of town. The women's banner in front says "Every day is a 
battle/fight day". A source present says it is difficult to estimate the 
number present, but that it is way over 1000 people.
18:39
The feminist demo has started moving. There will be women in the front of 
the demo because of International Womens Day. The demo is moving towards 
Raadhuspladsen in Copenhagen. A manifesto against trafficking women will be 
left, finishing their arrangment.
18:25
The women's demonstration has reached Blaagaards Plads with slogans and 
music. They are playing an old cover of "our house". The speeches have 
started.
18:16
There is a protest demo against the clearing and demolition of Ungdomshuset 
at Blaagaards Plads. There are about 200 to 300 people present. There is 
street theater and several banners. The demo is waiting for a feminist demo 
from Sankt Hans Torv to arrive
18:05
There have been made some serious mistakes in the danish courts in relation 
to arrested protesters. Two girls who had been arrested 1st of March were 
not going to be released based on previous convictions for violence. 
However, this was not the case and the two girls had not been convicted 
before. "It is deeply critical that this has happened. It shows that the 
judges had been in a very pressed situation" says the two girls' lawyer 
Stefan Reinel.
17:38
On wednesday 80 to 100 people occupied the Danish embassy in Athens, Greece, 
for about half an hour. Afterwards there was a demo in solidarity with the 
650 imprisoned activist in Denmark. 
http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=668322
14:36
The two American bands that were arrested in Copenhagen a short time ago 
were going to play at 1000fryd in Aalborg. They are two hardcore bands, Graf 
Orlock and Comadre, and are currently touring Europe. "I have talked to 
Copenhagen police and they were not very helpful. I am very frustrated and 
angry that we are going to have to cancel the concert" says Peter Baekke 
Olsen from 1000fryd to Modkraft.dk. He says that the concert will be 
cancelled, unless the two bands are released soon.
14:05
14:05 The group of Germans that Modkraft wrote about earlier were arrested 
around noon 8th march in Rantzausgade. The group consists of nine Americans 
and two Germans. The two germans, a woman and a man, are drivers for the two 
American bands that currently are touring denmark. An eyewitness tells 
Modkraft that the van was full of drums when the police opened the trunk.
13:49
The Finish, but Swedish language, school magazine "Elevbladet", which is 
printed in 5000 copies, has a solidarity page with Ungdomshuset in the next 
issue. The magazine is being distributed to all Swedish speaking schools in 
Finland. The magazine is on the street at the beginning of next week. The 
solidarity page contains, among other thing, a translation of the obituary, 
which has been on Modkraft's pages.
13:04
The graffit and wall paintings around Ungdomshuset are about to dissapear. 
An eyewitness says that Aldi's wall is being painted white. This means that 
Ungdomshusets two masterpieces "Ungdomshuset forever" and "Living the dream" 
will be gone.
12:56
The center for conflict resolution is again offering to be facillitator 
between Ungdomshuset and Ritt Bjerregaard. The centre has had this open 
offer since December. They are referring the negociation that took place 
between ungdomshuset Blitz in Oslo and the city council of Oslo in 2002 and 
its successfull.
12:11
The police are now searching a bus in Rantzausgade at Norrebro. The group 
consists of 10-15 people. There are also police dogs present.



Wednesday 7th March
There's no news from Modkraft.dk yet today so I'm going to give a quick 
round up from politiken.dk..

Ungdomhuset is no more, it's been completely raised to the ground. 
http://politiken.dk/indland/article259765.ece

There's chaos in the courts. Defense lawyers are getting angry at the judges 
because cases are being rushed and people are being convicted and imprisoned 
based on too little evidence (often no more than police testimonials). There 
will be something more formal in the pages of the Politiken from the lawyers 
tomorrow.
Ungdomshuset eviction - News throughout Monday 5th March (English 
translation from Modkraft.dk)
Monday 5th March
23:24
Modkraft is closing for today. Everything seems to be calm at Norrebro, even 
though the demolition work continues. A neighbour writes that he can finally 
see the night's sky directly over Ungdomshuset. New activites are planned 
for tomorrow and of course Modkraft will cover them. We have already 
mentioned a couple of the events. There will be a solidarty action tomorrow 
in New York at the Danish consulate at noon local time. If you can't get 
enough of Ungdomshuset this evening and tonight, Copenhagen's local tv 
station TV-TV will be talking about city gardens and environmental activism 
between 23:00 and 23:30. This was recorded in the Ungdomshuset garden last 
spring. At Aero on Sunday local activist took to the streets. They placed a 
banner up at the harbour in Sobe - "There will always be need for 
differences".
21:47
A street party is being planned for Tuesday. The organisers, calling 
themselves "Ungdomshus now", wrote in a press release that "since the 
clearing of ungdomshuset the public space has created a frame for well 
deserved anger and frustration". The group will now arrange "a musical and 
colourful street party in protest against the demolition of Ungdomshuset". 
It takes place Tuesday 6th of march at 16:00 at norreport station. The event 
has not been announced to the police because they believe that one should 
not have to ask for permission to be in your own town. They are expecting 
the police to keep a respectful distance.
21:17
The wide variety of inventive activities for Ungdomshuset has expanded to 
getting drunk today. A group that calles themselves "Drunk for Ungdomshuset" 
says that they will drink for a "just world". The group writes that they 
will drink with everyone because "the more drinking there is, the more it 
will help". More on their homepage http://drukforfred.nu/ungdomshuset/
21:05
Your support for ungdomshuset and free culture can now be shown via the 
internet. A group has taken the iniative to create an online petition where 
you can encourage Copenhagen council to "represent all young people and 
those that don't quite fit in". The petition is not condoning violence. You 
can sign the petition here - www.mangfoldighed.underskrifter.dk
20:45
The demolition is quick and continues into the dark hours, a neighbour to 
ungdomshuset informs us. The police are guarding all the roads that lead 
towards ungdomshuset and are checking everyone.
20:36
A solidarity demo in Aalborg today was threatened by rightwing hooligans. 
About 100 young people had gathered at 16:00 at Nytorv in Aalborg to 
demonstrate in solidarity with Ungdomshuset and to demand a user controlled 
autonomous ungdomshus in Aalborg. Half of the demonstrators seemed to be of 
highschool age. 50 meters from the demo a group of 10 to 15 people from a 
right wing hooligan group were watching the demo closely. When the demo 
passed the trainstation the hooligans began to act threateningly but were 
driven away by civilian police. When the demo finished at Gammeltorv the 
hooligans were waiting for them, creating worry amongst the younger 
protesters. The few police that were present stood between the demo and the 
hooligans. The demo slowly dissolved at around 17:00
20:26
A new iniative encourages demonstrators to show up at a demo Tuesday 6th of 
march with furniture: chairs, lamps, tables etc. The idea is the move out 
into the streets. The organisers write, "We are setting up, talking with 
passersby and packing up if we are being told to. Then we'll just move to 
another street". The demonstration will start at Raadhuspladsen at 15:00 
tomorrow.
20:23
Folket Hus at Norrebro is staying open 24 hours and they have established a 
"prison corner" where family and friends can write letters to the imprisoned 
activists. They are also encouraging people to come by with clothes, money 
and other offerings for the prisoners.
20:11
In Copenhagen people have put candles in their windows. In 
Kartofellraekkerne (where the mayor lives) there were candles in 7 of the 39 
houses. One of the residents there writes "just because the mayor lives here 
does not mean we sympathise with her".
19:48
Tonight's noise demo has finished at Norrebro Runddel. The demonstrators 
have joined the musical protest that ws already there. Cafe Maanefiskeren 
from Christiania provided food and several people have joined in the 
singing.
19:40
Several of the companies that are helping Faderhuset tear down Ungdomshuset 
have been recieving threats and their vehicles have already been attacked. 
Tyres have been slashed, windows broken and acid poured on seat. One of the 
companies has sent its workers home and are billing faderhuset for the 
damages -
http://politiken.dk/indland/article258425.ece
19:14
According to modkraft's sources Copenhagen police have been driving around 
town in an attempt to identify and arrest people who were involved in the 
ungdomshus riots. The police are carrying a photo album of suspects in one 
of their vans
19:06
The demo in Fredericia has finished. A participant informs that they are now 
on their way to the city's ungdomshus, where there will be a fundraising for 
the struggle for further houses.
18:59
The noise demo has stopped at Runddelen (the cross roads of Norrebrogade and 
Jagtvej where Ungdomhuset is/was) and they are in front of a massive police 
presence. They are shouting "those who don't jump, love Ruth" (Ruth Evensen 
is the leader of Faderhuset, the Christian sect responsible for the 
demolition of Ungdomhuset).
18:54
The noise demo has now grown to 200-250 people. It's at Norrebrogade heading 
towards Runddelen.
18:49
An SMS chain message is encouraging people who are upset about the eviction 
of Ungdomshuset to put candles in their windows tonight at 19:00.
18:45
Copenhagen's mayor, Ritt Bjerregaard (S), needed a police escort when she 
left the DR's TV studio at the Raadhuspladsen. She had been on the DR's 
"aftenshowet". Since Thursday there has been gatherings at Raadhuspladsen in 
protest against the clearing of Ungdomhuset.
18:31
Today's noise demo in Copenhagen has grown and there are now 150 
demonstrators present. They have reached H.C. Orstedsvej and are in both 
lanes of the road. The police have agreed a route for the march and no one 
has been arrested
18:29
At around 17:30 about 150 protesters tried to get past the police block 
around the Danish embassy in Oslo. Accoriding to an eyewitness there were 
clashes when some demonstrators threw rocks and fireworks. The police fired 
teargas but no one was arrested.
18:20
Activists in Fredericia are currently trying to block the traffic by sitting 
in the road. Police are present and have started to remove the protesters 
from the road. No one has been arrested yet.
18:09
The noise demo by Vestre Prison is now moving towards Norrebro. There are 
about 100 people. Before the demo moved on they managened to get in contact 
with one of the prisoners who responded by blinking a lamp from the cell.
17:50
The unannounced demo that started at the city hall square in Fredericia at 
17:00 has been dissolved by the police. 60 protesters are moving together 
away from the square, with a banner saying "Why tear down a historic 
landmark? We will fight to the last man".
17:54
According to the website jagtvej.dk, eyewitnesses were successful in 
identifying several of the companies that have taken part in the demolition 
of ungdomshuset. The companies are Chr. Guldhammer, Hetland, Kaj Guldborg 
Nielsen and CMP Nedrivning A/S.
17:50
The citizen group for Ungdomshuset has opened a bank account where you can 
donate money to support the struggle for a new Ungdomshuset. The money will 
be administered by activists from Ungdomshuset, and will not be used to buy 
another house, but will be used to make poster, flyers, etc - 
http://www.jagtvej69.dk/
17:38
7 to 8 police vans with dogs have arrived at Vestre Prison where there has 
been a noise demo since 17:00
17:19
100 people have showed up outside Vestre Prison this night to show their 
support for the activists in prison in connection with the eviction of 
Ungdomshuset. The demonstrators are making noise and shouting slogans. 
Several people are joining in.
17:12
A couple of hundred people met today at 16:00 at Runddelen and sang 
together, playing harmonica and guitar in protest against the demolition of 
Ungdomshuset.
16:51
Young activists have arranged a demonstration today in Fredericia at 17:30 
at the city hall square. The slogan is "culture is dead" and it's a protest 
against the demolition of Ungdomshuset.
16:36
There has been more actions in support of Ungdomshuset in Bergen in Norway. 
Twenty activists entered the danish consulate where they protested the 
demolition of Ungdomshuset.
15:55
Activists have started a new website with a debates in support of 
Ungdomshuset. The unknown group calles themselves "We only just started" and 
want to extend the battle for Ungdomshuset to a "social and cultural 
struggle". They handed out in copenhagen today writing about the weekend's 
events: "The energy we exhibited in the weekend, is the core in a society, 
the holds more than cafe latte, nuclear families and pension funds. Its 
about much more than a house. Its about our lives and the future, about how 
society as a whole should develop".
http://ligebegyndt.wikispaces.com/We+only+just+started
15:32
Byggefagenes Samvirke can not calm the worries of citizens at Norrebro that 
there wont be a spread of asbestos. Byggefagenes Samvirke tried to get 
permission to enter Jagtvej 69. In a press release they wrote "There is a 
serious danger that not just the house but the neighbour could have been 
polluted with asbestos".
15:15
Several cars have been seen in Amager with flowers on their roofs and a 
flagpole out of the window saying "Ungdomshuset Blir".
14:45
Christian Guldhammer Entreprise is stopping the work at Ungdomhuset, or 
they've never worked there. The company can't seem to make up there mind.
14:09
The atmoshphere at Ungdomshuset is patient, and people are standing in 
smaller groups. Several have brought banners and homemade signs to express 
their frustration over the demolition. A group has a banner saying 
"Aarhus-BZ symphati", while a man in sunglasses has written "Ruth loves 
Slayer" on a piece of cardboard. A guy is entertaining everyone with the 
song "El pueblo unido".
12:54
There is a noise demo for the activists in prison. It takes place today, 
Monday 17:00, outside Vestre Prison, and the slogan is "Culture should not 
be behind bars - realise the political prisoners". The participants are 
encouraged to bring music and noise.
12:51
Copenhagen's singers and musicians will meet today at Norrebro Rundel. This 
takes place to sing and play the danish protest songs "I kan ikke slaa oss 
ihjel" (you cannot kill us) and "Bliv vaek fra vores kvarter" (stay away 
from our neighbourhood). The organisers are encouranging people to come and 
sing.
12:39
On the homepage of politi.dk it is being reported that six people were 
arrested this morning. The police write that they were arrested under 
illegal entrance and weapon laws. Two of the arrested are under 15 years 
old. The police are still blocking traffic around Jagtvej, Stefansgade, 
Julius Bloms gade and Norrebrogade.
12:17
The demolition work continues. There has been several attempts at stopping 
traffic in Norrebrogade. The police spokesperson, Flemming Steen Munch, says 
that everything is calm. Sources at Runddelen says there are no longer many 
people looking at the demolition. The police have starting to search and 
control pedestrians heading towards the lakes.
12:17
Earlier today there were two arrests in connection with the demolition. 
Since sunday night, five people have been arrested. They are all being 
charged with minor crimes.
12:07
Monday afternoon at 16:00 there will be a demo from Nytorv in Aalborg, 
arranged by "Utilpassede Unge". The group is not only demonstrating in 
support of Ungdomshuset, but also because they want their own ungdomshus.
12:00
TV-avisen reports that police have acquired several more vans from abroad. 
They have recieved several "hollaender-vans" from Holland.
11:10
The demolition work has started again. An eyewitness says the work 
recommenced ten minutes ago. TV2 News shows pictures of the crane tearing 
down the house. They are spraying water on it to minimise the dust.
11:01
The "building control" in Copenhagen says that they will not come out to 
check that all the asbetos has been removed from Jagtvej 69. Jan Saron, the 
boss of "building control", says the the asbetos work should be finished by 
now. He says that they were informed March 2nd about the asbestos removal, 
and they have no reason to believe the work was not done properly.
..temporary untranslated gap


08:48
A truck filled with rubble is driving away from Ungdomshuset. There is a 
police officer accompanying the driver. Police are also escorting vans to 
Copenhagen to aid in the demolition.
08:29
The large silver crane has now destroyed about half of the upper floor of 
Ungdomshuset and has started to take down the walls of the third floor.
08:26
Parents For More Ungdomshus writes in a press release that "It is a great 
loss and inforgivable mistake by the politicians. It is a cultural murder 
and it is an insult to everyone who works for a cultural diversity, free 
spaces and alternative culture. It is shameful that this can take place in 
such a rich and so-called democratic society. This hasn't been about 
anything other than removing an alternative culture and making an inhuman 
fanatic cult many million Kroner richer". The press release ends with the 
words "the battle continues".
08:21
Ungdomshuset press group writes in a press release that they have constantly 
suggest that the council provide Faderhuset with an empty ground instead of 
tearing down Ungdomshuset, but the politicians have refused. This means the 
end for the 100 year old gathering place.
08:04
"Now the battles for Ungdomshuset are going to start again. Copenhagen 
council have sold the house but the young people and their wish for a house 
is still there" says Martin Sundbøll from the Fund for Jagtvej 69 on the 
programme Go'Morgen Danmark.
08:00
Ungdomshuset is now being torn down. A crane is about to rip the top floor 
off.
07:34
It looks like the police officers who were inside Ungdomshuset are leaving 
and more vehicles are arriving.
07:21
The Ungdomshuset garden is being bulldozed to make room for the crane.
06:54
Another large demolition crane has arrived at Jagtvej 69.
06:50
The truck has been painted silver all over and the numberplate hidden so the 
company can not be identified. The driver is also masked. According to 
TV2News several more vehicles are on their way.
06:46
A large demolition truck has arrived at Jagtvej 69. Frames around windows 
have been removed and the house looks ready to be knocked down.
06:38
There are no demolition machines by Ungdomshuset, but both Modkrafts sources 
and TV2News says it will happen soon.
06:15
According to reliable sources, the demolition of Ungdomshuset will happen 
any second.
Ungdomshuset eviction - News throughout the fourth day - Monday 4thMarch 
(English translation from Modkraft.dk)
Sunday 4th March
23:03
Modkraft thanks you for today. It is calm at Norrebro. Despite the lack of 
street lights, traffic is starting to return to normal. There is thick fog 
over most of central Copenhagen and Modkraft has not heard of any protest 
groups. We return tomorrow and cover among other things a "noise demo" 
outside Vestre Prison.
22:18
The danish consulate in Bergen, Norway, has been graffiti'd. "Ungdomshuset 
will never surrender. Free places everywhere" has been written in large 
letters and "69" has been sprayed over the consulate sign. This is the 
second the time the consulate has been painted on - in December "Ungern 
blir" was written on the wall of the building. There have been solidarity 
demos as far away as New Zealand, where a group of activists with roots in 
Denmark, Isreal, USA and New Zealand held a small action in a town called 
Nelson. They were also interviewed on the radio.
20:06
Sources from Ungdomshuset say the police are arresting people if they have 
SMS messages about new demonstrations on their mobile phones.
20:06
The demonstration has reached Folkets Park on Stengade. People have started 
to leave the park.
19:44
The demonstration has now moved down along Peblingesoen and is heading 
across Dronning Louise's Bridge towards Norrebro. The demonstration has been 
agreed with the police. There are about 200 people marching.
19:22
The work on Jagtvej 69 is continuing. A group called "The group against the 
demolition of Jagtvej 69" writes that there are trucks taking away garbage 
from the house. The group is encouraging activists to find out which 
companies working on the house
19:18
After a very pacifistic speech at Raadhuspladsen, the demonstration is 
moving towards Norrebro. The end destination is Folkets Park in Stengade at 
Inner Norrebro.
19:07
A new demonstration has begun in Raadhuspladsen in Copenhagen. The speeches 
have started and there's a banner saying "Flowers not cobblestones". There 
are about 100 people present. A lot of the participants from the former 
cycling demo seem to have gone home or are warming up elsewhere because 
they're cold.
19:03
Niels Folschack tells Politiken.dk that Fonden Jagtvej 69 (the fund that's 
been offering to buy a new building for Ungeren) will now take the initative 
to buy a new house. He says that this decision will not necessarily involve 
the young people from Ungdomshuset. "They had the key to the solution when 
they were still at Jagtvej 69. Now we have the key", he tells Politiken. He 
would like to consult the young people, but that their possibilities to set 
demands are significantly less now. "They need a place where they can 
control their own lives. Ours is a visionless society where there is no room 
for that", he continues. More in Politiken 
http://politiken.dk/indland/article257188.ece.
18:50
On Sunday morning the police searched the youth organisation Rod Ungdom's 
building in Norre Alle. According to Modkraft's sources, there was no one 
present when the police kicked the door in. Before they left the police 
screwed the door back on with only three screws.
18:41
The cycling demo has now reached Raadhuspladsen and the number of 
demonstrators has decreased. A source present says there are about 200 
people still there.
18:11
A demonstration at Raadhuspladsen starting at 19:00 has been announced via 
SMS. The SMS encourages people to meet up with "good mood and lovely 
flowers". The demonstartion is aimed at a peaceful solution and reminds 
people "flowers - not cobblestones".
18:05
An activist has announced over speakerphone that the cycling demonstration 
will now go to Raadhuspladsen, where it will join another demo that starts 
at 19:00. The police have left Fredensgade, and the demonstration is moving 
into town.
17:56
The critical mass is moving down Blegdamsvej. Three of the police vans were 
blocking the road, but when the demonstrators insisted on going that way, 
refusing to go elsewhere, the police vans moved. More demonstrators have 
joined. By Fredensgade/Tagensvej the police have blocked the demo with 
several police vans and officers. There are now police vans in front and at 
the back of the cyclists. It does not seem like the police are going to let 
the demonstrators continue to Norrebro.
17:50
Sources at Ungdomshuset informs us that workers have started to remove 
asbestos from Ungdomshuset at Jagtvej 69. They are wearing white protective 
suits. According to modkraft's source, the workers took a group picture 
infront of the building before the work started. The workers are apparently 
polish.
17:40
The cycling demo har reached Kartoffelraekkerne, where mayor Ritt 
Bjerregaard lives. The demonstration is moving slowly. It is clear that many 
people are aware this is where the mayor lives, and they are sure she can 
hear the demo if she is home.
17:25
The cycling demo has now reached Norreport and is continuing down 
Frederiksborggade. They are not going t Norrebro, but are turning down 
Osterbro. Protestors are shouting slogans such as "1 2 3 4 Ungdomhuset er og 
bli'r"
17:14
The critical mass is now moving down Aaboulevarden. The atmosphere is still 
good and people are shouting slogans. There are now around 400 people 
participating.
17:06
The demonstration from Vesterbro Torv started moving towards Raadhuspladsen. 
There's about 150 participents in the cycling demonstration and it is not 
clear where they're moving to. The tradition for critical mass is the 
cyclists infront decide the route.
16:59
The critical mass demo has gathered at Vesterbro Torv. There is around 100 
people. The police are visibly present with motorcycle officers. Sources 
there say the atmosphere is good.
16:58
70 to 80 protesters showed up in Trondheim to support Ungdomshuset this 
afternoon. The demonstration was arranged by Ungdom for Fri Aktivitet. UFFA 
and Svartlamo'n blocked traffic on Trondheim's streets but let through 
public transport. The demonstration went to the Danish consulate where there 
were speeches. There will be another demo next Saturday at 15:00, also at 
the Danish Consulate. More info at http://uffahus.org
15:53
Organised support for Ungdomshuset takes many forms and shapes. Saturday 
afternoon a group of "swingstormers" started dancing at Kultorbet close to 
Norreport station. They danced between 17:00 and 19:00. "We had a really 
good time but it was cold enough", one of the participants said. Swingstorm 
is a new invented word which describes dancing in the street. The 
swingstormers wrote in their press release that they dance in sympathy with 
Ungdomhuset, but not for the activists' methods. The swingstormers are an 
extension from the Swingpgattere from the second world war. See photos at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7157964@N05/?saved=1
15:25
The world press's eyes are resting on Copenhagen and Norrebro. BBC's 
homepage has several articles and are paying close attention to the 
situation. The German newspaper Der Spiegel are showing several pictures of 
the riots at Sankt Hans Torv on their homepage. There are photos of molotovs 
being thrown at police as they come out of their vans - 
http://www.spiegel.de/videoplayer/0,6298,16579,00.html On the home 
mediafront, ModKraft.dk had no less that 37,000 visitors during Saturday. 
Since the clearing of Ungdomshuset Modkraft has had 4.3 million hits.
14:46
The little mermarid was painting pink yesterday. The police did not know 
whether this was in connection with Ungdomhuset. See picture here - 
http://sydsvenskan.se/varlden/article222204.ece
14:39
Saturday night was calm compared to the first two nights after clearing 
Ungdomshuset, but riots spread last night and there were new fires in town. 
At the border between outer Norrebro and Frederiksberg, a car was set on 
fire under Bispeengbuen. Sources say the police turned up quickly and 
extinquished it. The activists got away. In Tingbjerg containers and bins 
were set on fire. Six police vans with officers in riot gear and a bulldozer 
appeared to put out the blaze.
13:44
There are several activities to support Ungdomshuset happening today. In 
Vesterbro Kulturhus' Cafe activists will make peaceful art and culture 
actions. The plan is to give the gift to Copenhagen council, because 
"Copenhagen council do not have enough, so it feels it needs to steal what 
is even given to the young people". They are encouraging street musicians, 
artists and peace lovers to gather and "react peacefully to the aburd 
situation that has been afflicted on the young and the culture". This starts 
at the cafe on Lyrskovsgade at 15:00.

A critical mass will leave Vesterbros Torv on bikes at 16:45.
13:05
In northern Germany, specifically Kiel, there were solidarity demos for 
Ungdomshuset last night. Late at night about 120 people walked through town 
and there were speeches in the city's shopping street and at the station. 
Activists at the city say there is a larger demonstration planned for 
Monday.
12:52
Officers that were searching activists and the painting studio Spetakel 14 
had an opportunity for an art experience yesterday. A user of the studio 
says that the police openly looked through poems and broke into a cupboard 
containing paintings - but the police didn't find anything. Two to three 
locks have been broken and all cupboards have been searched through. 
Spetakel 14 is an activists and art space on Nyropsgade in inner Copenhagen, 
close to the lakes.
12:25
Ungdomhuset Blitz in Oslo had a concert in support with its sister house 
Ungdomshuset. A source in the house says there are a lot of appeals and 
massive support for Ungdomshuset. 2000kr was raised for the ABC (Anarchist 
Black Cross).
12:22
Sources say that Ritt Bjerregaard and Klaus Bondam have been observed at 
Elmegade at inner Norrebro.
12:21
The two neighbour groups Sammenslutningen Norrebro and Neighbours at 
Norrebro have combined. Both groups are very critical of Ungdomshuset. 
Sammenslutningen Norrebro came together to prevent Ungdomshuset from moving 
to Stevnsgade School, and Neighbours at Norrebro started because of 
conflicts with Ungdomshuset. The groups had formerly been divided due to 
internal disagreements. They are now joining together "in protest against 
the last days destruction at Norrebro", they're saying in a press release.
12:07
Anarchist Black Cross (ABC) write in an email that they're continuing their 
work. The group says they have a view over who's been arrested, but have 
tough working conditions. "None of the arrested will be forgotten". ABC 
encourage families and friends to write letters to those arrested. The 
persons full name and birthdate needs to be on the letter and send to 
Postboks 701, 2450 Kobenhavn SV. "We're completely overworked but are 
continuing". More information can be found on their homepage - 
http://www.blackcross.dk
11:55
The demonstration for Ungdomshuset in Trondheim starts at 15:00.
11:52
Ungdomshuset shall be torn down. The decision has been made but will be 
publicly announced at a press conference on Tuesday, reports Politiken. 
Workers have started moving asbestos from the building in preparation.
10:44
Modkraft are again following the events of Ungdomhuset at JagtVej 69 minute 
for minute.
Ungdomshuset eviction - News throughout the third day - Saturday 3rd March 
(English translation from Modkraft.dk)
Saturday 3rd March
01:52
The street lights have gone in certain parts of Norrebrogade. The police are 
patrolling intensely in the capital. The only trouble so far has been a 
small group of aggressive hooligans who were observed in the centre of town 
and Norrebro around 01:01.
01:01
An unannounced mini-demo in Copenhagen centre has now split up into three 
smaller groups. At Dronnings Louises bridge the police have chosen to break 
up a gathering of about 30 young people shouting slogans. The group is 
moving down Norrebrogade. Another group stayed in the centre of town while 
another group went down towards Christianshavn.
00:32
150 people are moving from Storkespringvandet in the centre of Copenhagen to 
Norrebro. Infront there's a Christiania bike playing music and the 
atmosphere is good.
23:54
The police are searching and arresting people in and around Norrebros 
Rundde, Modkraft's reporter reports.
23:20
The demonstration has dissolved and people are walking quietly towards town.
23:06
The rest of the demonstration is now about 50 people. They're walking on 
Meinungsgade in the direction of Norrebrogade. By Norrebrogade and 
Stefensgade there's another group of demonstrators, about 70 to 80 people. 
Bragesgade is no longer blocked by the police.
22:57
Demonstrators walk at Bragesgade and at Mimersgade. The police have blocked 
it so the demonstrators can only walk in the direction of inner norrebro 
down Mimersgade. The police are blocking all the sidestreets with their 
vehicles.
22:52
The police are getting closer to the 150-200 demonstrators that are left at 
the corner of Bragesgade and Norrebrogade. The police are getting out of 
their vans and walking towards the demonstrators.
22:49
The police have announced the demonstration is over. People must now leave 
the area of Norrebrogade. Some demonstrators are moving away, the rest are 
remaining.
22:45
The atmosphere is tense at Norrebrogade between police and demonstrators. 
The police have sent their vehicle containing police dogs to this area, and 
have blocked the traffic at norrebrogade.
22:43
There was thrown a firework at Norrebrogade during the street party. 300 
people are moving towards Norrebros Runddel, where there is a massive police 
presence trying to keep the people back. The atmosphere is tense.
22:19
There's about 200 people outside cafe Castro and Norrebrogade, close to 
Norrebrohallen, where there's going to be a street party tonight. The police 
are present in large numbers and are searching people and looking through 
their bags.
22:18
At Norrebrogade by Stefanskirken two young girls are walking around handing 
out green leaves flyers (?) - possibly celery - with the words "thank you 
for supporting Ungdomshuset, it's not everyone who is throwing rocks".
22:17
Sources who are present at the court tell Modcraft that some of the arrested 
people have not had food for over 20 hours. Despite this, family and friends 
are having difficulties in giving them their homemade sandwiches.
22:16
Tomorrow, Sunday 4th March, there is a demonstation to support Ungdomhuset 
in Norway, Trondheim. This takes place outside the Danish Consulate on 
Munkegaten.
22:06
Another five people are being held for 27 days. These are five high school 
students who were all arrested last night under suspicion of having thrown 
car tyres into the street.
21:36
There is a street party tonight at 22:00 at Norrebrohallen. They're saying 
"the fight has just started, we're taking Ungdomshuset back and participants 
are being encouraged to bring noisey stuff".
21:34
35 to 40 German activists have blocked highway A7. The highway is from 
Jutland to Hamburg. They blocked the road for half an hour before police 
showed up. All activists disappeared and escaped the police.
21:28
A citizens group has been created at Christianshavn to prevent more of the 
destruction and violence that hit the area last night. The initiative is in 
cooperation between Christiania and a citizen groups at Christianshaven. 
Tonight at 24:00 citizens will patrol the area with white flags and try to 
disuade trouble makers from starting riots.
21:17
Information work (infoshop?) for activists and travellers to Copenhagen have 
been hard hit by arrests and searches throughout saturday. There is still an 
info point and cafe in Kafa-X in Korsgade and during the evening an info 
point will reopen in Sankt Hans-Torv. Searches and arrests of many members 
of Anarchist Black Cross means that the info point in Vestergrog at 
Vesterbro and the info cafe at Christiania are closed temporarily. Info 
phones are still working and the info group can still help travellers to 
find places to sleep. They also say there is a community kitchen at Folkets 
Hus in Griffenfeldsgade tonight.
21:07
Activists in Aalborg and Svendborg expressed their solidarity with 
Ungdomhuset on friday night. In Vestbyen in Aalborg barricades were built, 
whilst in Svendborg windows were smashed at Dansk Bank, the local police 
station and Arbejdsformidlinger.
21:06
Another four people were help in custody for 27 days and a single person has 
been released in connection with the nights riots. People who were arrested 
Friday night will get to court this evening. The arrested people are being 
going in groups of 4 to 7 people. Right now the City Court is looking in the 
possibly of opening more court rooms
20:30
There have also been solidarity demos in Goteburg. 40 people gathered at 
Jarntorget and enjoyed themselves with Swedish hardcore punk and soul from 
the wildwest. "The attack on Ungdomshuset is an attack on everyone who wants 
there to be spaces for alternative politics and culture", writes one of the 
participants in an email to Modkraft.dk
20:22
The people's radio are giving Ungdomshuset activists airtime. This happens 
tomorrow between 12:00 and 14:00 at 106.3fm. The initiative is completely 
legal and this is not a new pirate radio (as wrongly reported earlier). The 
people behind the radio encourage activists to send in information about the 
protests. This can happen via their website or on phone no. 27 97 12 55. 
These days the peoples radio are looking into the possibility to provide 
further airtime but they first need to coordinate the initiative with 
Norrebro radio who are using the same frequency.
20:00
At 19:56 the police stopped five young men at the corner of Norrebrogade and 
Faelledvej. The young men had their identity checked, were searched and then 
were allowed to leave. This type of "routine" check has been common at 
Norrebro after the police cleared Ungdomhuset on Thursday morning.
19:36
In Vienna a demo in solidarity with Ungdomshuset took place at about the 
same time as the citizen's group for Ungdomshuset had a similar demo in 
Copenhagen. The demonstration in Austria started in one of the city's large 
shopping streets and went to the Danish embassey in the centre of town. 
Infront of the embassey speeches were held and paint bombs were thrown. 
There were about 100 protesters and 20 dogs. It was closely followed by the 
Austrian police. The demonstrators were shouting "Ungdomshuset bleibt". The 
demo finished at 18:00. In Norway's second largest town Bergen there has 
been demos for Ungdomshuset, there were about 100 participents. The demo 
went from the trainstation to the Danish Consulate and then down to the 
centre of town. A participent reported that demonstrators stopped traffic.
19:15
114 people were released at about 17:15. They were all arrested Friday night 
in connection with the riots at Sankt Hans Torv. Currently a 113 people are 
in custody and 13 people have been expelled from Denmark. 130 people have 
been arrested today during the police action against a number of addresses 
against the capital, of the people arrested half of them are foreigners.
18:23
According to sources close to those arrested several of the people in 
custody are in Sandholmslejren. According to the source these are some of 
those arrested in the evening of the 1st of March.
17:56
The police are currently doing thorough checks of people at Norrebrogade. 
According to an eye witness police are doing bag and pocket checks of random 
people. The witness says that police are in the side streets and are chosing 
suspicious looking people or people with suspicious looking bags.
17:40
The Citizens Group for Ungdomshuset's demonstration is over. The demo 
leaders encouraged as a final ending the participents enjoy themselves and 
give each other a hug. After this the demonstration dissolved. Sources at 
the place said that people are still hanging out and enjoying themselves in 
groups. There's still music playing from large speakers.
17:31
Modkraft.dk is currently one of Denmark's largest media. The clearing of 
Ungdomhuset has not only made the number of visitors increase, but also made 
Modkraft one of the largest news portals. None less than 67,867 unique 
visitors have visited Modkraft.dk since the 1st March. The daily average for 
unique visitors in March is around 26,222.
17:23
The demonstration has now reacher Norrebroparken. It has been peaceful so 
far. The demonstrators have shouted slogans such as "hands off ungeren". The 
police have kept their distance. There was a massive police presence when 
the demostration passed Jagtvej to make sure the demostration didn't 
suddenly turn towards Jagtvej69.
17:06
A person is being held in custody for 27 days for having participating for 
having participated in the riots at Norrebro on Friday night. 10 to 15 
people who have been arrested in connection with the riots have arrived at 
the City Court. They will be questioned within the next couple of hours.
17:04
Friday, about midnight, 100 people participated in a protest in Aarhus. The 
activists tell Modkraft.dk that afterwards there were small fires in the 
streets and they burned containers in solidarity with Ungdomshuset.
16:56
Activists protested today in Horsens in protest against the clearing of 
Ungdomshuset. There were about 30 people at the demonstration and it 
remained peaceful. They carried a coffin with the words "cultural murder" 
through town at aroud midday.
16:49
A demonstration is now on the corner of Blaagaardsgade. At one of the houses 
on Aaboulevarde there is a banner with the text "defend ungdomshuset". 
Everything is calm.
16:42
The demonstration has now reached the Norrebro part of Aaboulevarde. It is 
being closely followed by police as well as a helicopter.
16:20
The demonstration at Raadhuspladsen has just started moving. At the front 
there is a banner with the text "Save the Freespaces" and with very small 
letters "If you can read this, cop, you're too close". The demonstration 
continued to grow during the hour it was at Raadhuspladsen. So far it's been 
peaceful with a good atmosphere. A spokesperson for Ungdomshuset encouraged 
in their speech to continue in the fight for a Ungdomshus and to think of 
all those arrested. This was a great joy for the protesters. Johan Olsen 
from the band Magtens Korridorer protested against that the police had 
encouraged people to stay away from the legal demonstration. "This is not 
okay", he said. The demonstration route has been changed by the police. It 
is now going at Aaboulevarden out to Lundtofegade, up Stefansgade and into 
Norrebroparken.
16:20
Approximately 20 people were arrested at noon from the Gaderummet commune in 
Norrebro in connection with the police's hunt for Ungdomshuset activists, 
which started at nine this morning. The police have destroyed five doors at 
the commune. According to eye witnesses at the house, the arrested, who were 
all foreigners, were taken away at 13:30. Before the police left they took 
pictures of people and filmed them. The citizens were asked to wear hoodies 
and hats before being photographed (?).
16:06
The activists have taken the initiative to bombard Ritt Bjerregaard with 
letters. The organisers encouraged people to send letters and emails to 
Copenhagen's major. "It is now that it should be clear to her that we all 
support Ungdomshusets existence and we want a political solution", the 
organisers wrote in a press release.
15:33
The demonstration at Raadhuspladsen is getting bigger. There's now about 
2000 people there.
15:20
The demonstration at Raadhuspladsen has started. There's about 1500 people 
present. The police are visible but they're keeping their distance.
15:00
About 100 people have been arrested today during police action. Copenhagen 
police announced that the action took place because they knew those people 
participated in planning riots. Ungdomhuset's calling the action fear 
propaganda.
14:20
The association Opror has suspended their annual meeting to participate in 
the protest this afternoon to support Ungdomshuset. The meeting in 3F Lage 
Post and Service has stopped so they can take part in the demonstration at 
Raadhuspladsen in Copenhagen at 15:00. "We do this to support the idea for 
more free spaces".
13:26
There's a star demonstration in Copenhagen today at 15:00 at Raadhuspladsen 
arranged by the Citizen Group for Ungdomshuset. The demonstration is legal 
and there's a possibility to participate from 14:00 from Enghaveplads and 
Christiania. At Raadhuspladsen there will speeches, music and party. After 
that the demonstration shall go towards Sankt Hans Torv. Up there there will 
be soup, coffee and cakes. The slogan for today is "This is some shit ritt!" 
and the organisers want to hold the politicians responsible and to keep 
their promise. They had seven years to find a solution and it is shameful 
that they're reducing the young people to troublemakers. "It is the council 
that has declared the youth war, not the other way around", says the 
spokesperson for Citizen Group for Ungdomhuset, Esben Olsen, to Modkraft.dk. 
He says he thinks the demonstration will gather more than 1000 people. 
Originally the demonstration should have gone to Ungdomshuset but the police 
would not allow it.
13:05
Despite last days violent riots, the support for Citizens Group for 
Ungdomshuset is growing. An increasing number of people have contacted the 
group to support the right for a self-controlled Ungdomhuset in Copenhagen. 
"There are new people joining every day. There is a steady stream even the 
last couple of days", says spokesperson Esben Olsen to Modcraft.dk. He 
estimates that there are 670 people connected to the Citizen group.
12:12
The Anarchist Black Cross, announces to Modkraft, that they have a new info 
telephone. The group encourages people who know activists who have been 
arrested or hurt to call this phone number - 26 56 31 06
11:47
A neighbour to the commune Bumzen in Balders tells Modkraft that the police 
has arrested 42 people at the address. They are searching the place at this 
time. During the search the police have used tear gas and broken doors and 
windows. The police does not want to comment on these arrests, but according 
to Politiken six to eight places have been searched and Nyhedsavisen reports 
that 80 and 90 people have been arrested during these searches. The police 
announces that they're trying to arrest and expell as many foreign people as 
possible. It is still not clear what they are being charged with.
11:36
Part of the group ABC (Anarchist Black Cross) who help activists who have 
been arrested have been arrested themselves. The group's papers and phone 
has been confiscated.
11:17
According to sources the police have been at Det Fri Gymnasium, in 
Solidaritethuset in Griffenfeldsgade. In Folks Hus in Folkets Park and in 
the commune Bumzen in Baldersgade. The same sources report the police are 
now gone from both Det Fri Gymnasium and Folks Hus. In Solidaritethuset 
where there's a shop and a number of businesses there have been arrests.
10:15
The police are about to search a number of places in Copenhagen. The police 
have been seen at Folks Hus and Det Fri Gymnasium



Friday 2nd March
04:10
Modkraft.dk thanks for the coverings of today. There is still battling, the 
stench of burnt containers is hanging over the streets and the inner city. 
There are burnt out cars in many streets and the police still can't get the 
activists off the streets. They show up, build baricades and are gone when 
the police appear - or throw rocks, molotovs or bottles. Modkraft will start 
covering events later today.
03:02
Sources reports to Modkraft that there has bee fighting with police at 
Norrebros Rundde, but the activists have been forced away.
02:38
The police seem frustrated says Modkraft's reporter. The situation is 
looking like a repeat of yesterdays scenario where the police are clearing 
away burning barricades but can't get the activists off the streets. The 
police's frustration is shown when they shout to the demonstrators "go home 
for fucks sake". They have succeeded in keeping them away from Ungdomhuset 
but not off the street.
02:18
The police's strategy is to stress the activists in the streets by driving 
at them with their sirens on. The police are driving their vans in groups of 
two to twenty. They are trying to get people off the pavements (?) by 
driving quickly towards them. By Blaagaardsgade and Norrebrogade the young 
people have to squeeze together against the walls when the police vans come 
to close at speed. This strategy has meant that the activists are spread 
across Norrebro but they're not gone
02:13
The activists are gathering at several different places on Norrebrogade and 
they're building barricades and setting fire to them. There's small groups 
of police vans everywhere. Three of these vans have just driven down 
Blaagaardsgade where there's still a large fire in the street.
02:07
The police spokesperson Flemming Steen Munch has told Politiken that they 
attacked the demonstrations because the people leading it had "given up" 
after demonstrators had starting digging up cobble stones. "When the people 
leading the demonstration gave up we told everyone to back off and after 
that we fired tear gas" says Flemming Steen Munch. This can not be confirmed 
by any of the Modkraft reporters or eye witnesses. Eight people that were 
present that Modkraft has spoken to says that the police attacked 
immediately after the protest dissolved and no one had a chance to get away.
02:06
A person has been hurt by a tear gas canister, says TV2/News
01:58
Several containers have been set on fire in the following places, 
Norrebrogade, Blaagaardsgade, Sjaellandsgade and Mollegade. The street 
lights have been cut off along Norrebrogade. There are small groups of 
demonstrators all over the place. Some of the protestors are only a few 
hundred meters away from Ungdomshuset.
01:56
Police have started using the Swedish vans that they had to borrow when 
their own vans were damaged during clashes.
01:52
There are burning containers in Blaagaardsgade.
01:42
The police and firemen are present at Norre Alle. Demonstrators are spread 
over Norrebro.
01:37
The demonstrators are spread over large parts of inner Norrebro. There are 
burning barricades in several places, one of them being in the crossing of 
Guldbergsgade and Mollegade.
01:34
The police are chasing several protesters on foot down Blaagaardsgade.
01:33
A group of officers are on their way on foot towards the burning barricades 
on Norre Alle
the following is taken from indymedia.dk


01:33
A group of officers are on their way on foot towards the burning barricades 
on Norre Alle

01:27
2 more witnesses are telling Modkraft that the police shot with gas and 
drove towards the demonstrators while they told people to leave. There was 
no pause between the two actions. The two eyewitnesses, whose identities 
Modkraft is aware of, have furthermore seen an officer throwing rocks at the 
demonstrators.

The office was by the corner Elmegade/Guldbergsgade. He was in combat 
uniform. Witnesses saw him pick up a rock and throw it towards an 
un-indentified target

01:20
The earlier mentioned unconscious demonstrator is now carried into an 
ambulance. He is now conscious but is bleeding from a wound in the head, 
says Modkrafts reporter

01:15
The demonstrators are gathering on and around Norre Allé. They have build 
barricades with among other things car and set them on fire. There are a lot 
of people in the area as it is not possible to leave it because of the 
police surrounding it.

Politiken.dk writes that the police attacked because they wanted to stop the 
demonstration from getting to Ungdomshuset. Three of Modkrafts reporters 
agree that the police didn't give the demonstrators a chance to leave the 
place.

01:04
Modkrafts reporter saw the earlier mentioned demonstrator lie unconscious un 
the road. He says that so much tear gas has been thrown that it was 
impossible to see what had happened to the person. »It was impossible to 
breathe and to see« he says. The police fired tear gas within a minute after 
telling the demonstrators to leave, so no one had a chance to move.

01:00
The police attacked very quickly. The demonstrators were told to leave and 
the police moved in from all streets leading up to Skt. Hans Torv at the 
same time and apparently intended to push the demonstration down Faelledvej. 
The demonstrators replied with molotovcocktails and rocks.
The police has thrown large amounts of gas in the area

00:58
The demonstrators are fleeing in all direction from Skt. Hans Torv that has 
been covered in gas. A witness tells Modkraft that by Elmegade a unconscious 
demonstrator is lying on the street while one of the policevans are burning

00:54
There has been thrown tear gas. The demonstrators are replying with rocks. 
There was panic when the demonstrators tried to get out of there.

00:53
The police has attacked the demonstration. Molotovcocktails have been thrown 
and the police attack from all sides at the same time

00:46
The police is staying out of reach by the demonstration on Skt. Hans Torv. 
There are a lot of masked demonstrators. The police guesses that around 1500 
to 2000 activists are out on the streets, writes politiken.dk

00:40
There is a video on YouTube from the on going demonstration by Norreport 
Station. The video is from around 23.50

00:23
There is party mood on Skt. Hans Torv where people are daning. The 
demonstration doesn't seem like it will move on. The police has reopened 
Norrebrogade for trafic.

00.32
Norwegian activists will demonstrate again tomorrow - this time in Bergen

00:11
The demonstration from Gammeltorv is a mobile piratradio-party to honour the 
illegal radio which was send from Ungdomshuset since 16. december. People 
were dancing and even through the mood is very intense it isn't as agressive 
as yesterday. The police is staying a bit away from the demonstration

23:57
The demonstration is now on Norrebrogade only a short way from Skt. Hans 
Torv where a demonstration starts at midnigth under the concept - follow the 
green color - the demonstration has grown to 1500 people and the mood is 
very intense.

23:32
The trafic is blocked by police by Norrebros Runddel. The trafic is lead 
away from Norrebrogade.

23:21
Around 1000 demonstrators are on Israels Square moving toward Norrebro. The 
mood is positive and full of energy, say Modkrafts reporter

22:45
Around 800 demonstrators are moving along Norregade in the inner part of the 
city,

23:37
The danish department for foreign affairs says that there has been at least 
50 actions abroad to support Ungdomshuset. Most of them have happened in 
Europe but a few have been located outside of europe

23:15
Polish activists have demonstrated in Poznan, Warsaw and Wroclaw in solidary 
with Ungdomshuset and the activists in prison. At least 2 polish activists 
are in prison in Denmark. The activists delivered a letter of protest to the 
danish embassy saying "Something is rotten in the state of denmark"

22:29
The demonstration on gammel torv in inner part of the city has between 500 
and 1000 participants at this time and more is coming. There is a lot of 
energy People are yelling and dancing to the music, says Modkrafts reporter

21:10
The news program on DR guesses that the riots so far have costed society 7,4 
mio. kr (around 1 million euro) in lost workforce, salary to police, 
cleaning and destroyed things

21:05
At 13.00 today there was a solidary demonstration in Dublin, Ireland outside 
the danish embassy. The demonstrators brought music with the danish punkband 
§119, that came from the musicstage in Ungdomshuset. The embassy locked the 
doors and called the police

20:51
The arrests in Malmö is critised on the swedish newspage motkraft.net. They 
write, that the arrests of the three activists are based on materiale for 
photographing, presented to the media as flammable materiale that they 
intended to use in Copenhagen.

20:40
The left wing environment in Svendborg (fyn) is planning actions. To local 
TV2 the activists say that the eviction of Ungdomshuset has made a big 
impression »People are frustrated, angry and sad. There are kinds of mixed 
emotions«

20:32
Several danish medias write, that three swedish men have been arrested in 
Malm. According to Ritzau they are suspected to have broken the law 
regarding explosives and flammable materiales. Danish media writes that they 
had planned to participate in the riots in Copenhagen

20:25
Officers from other parts of Denmark are staying in Copenhagen as long as it 
is needed, says inspetor. But the extra work creates problems with vacation 
and such

The day before the eviction of Ungdomshuset, 28th of february, officers were 
send to Copenhagen from other parts of the country. At the many riots after 
the eviction the polie realised they needed reinforcement, so there was send 
officers again thursday night. And they will stay as long as needed, says a 
police inspector from Jutland.

20:18
The meeting that was suppose to have started at 19.00 in Folkets Hus (House 
of the People) in Stengade has now started

The house is completely filled with people and outside is several hundred 
people who couldn't get inside. They are playing music outside and no police 
is visible in the area

19:47
In the finish capital Helsinki 70 activists have made speeches and put up 
banners on the city's big trainstation protesting the eviction of 
Ungdomshuset. The banners are among other things with a danish flag and the 
word "Fuck" in front of it

18:58
Swedish police has stormed a house in Malmö. They wont explain it but a 
source says that it most likely has a connection with the riots in 
copenhagen.
There are around 20 activists outside the house but no one but police in the 
house itself
The house is used for recording punkmusic and for social and political 
activities

18:49
According to DR the danish police is borrowing 20 vehicles from their 
swedish colleagues. The cars do however get danish license plates and 
officers before being used in Copenhagen, writes Politiken.dk

The decision is acording to the police made beause the situation is serious 
and out of the ordinary but they deny that is a crisis

18:37
There has been happenings and actions in several locations in Europe to 
support Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen. In Istanbul 20 activists have protested 
outside the danish consulate.

17:22
After the police stopped a parade moving toward the "West Prison" (main 
prison in Copenhagen) the demonstrators have left the parade. It had also 
become smaller since it started
Now people are instead gathering on Blågårds Plads. A source says that there 
are around a 100 persons

On the webpage for Ungdomshuset following activities are announced for 
friday:
#19.00: Public meeting for activists in Folkets Park
#22.00: Streetparty from Gammeltorv to Sankt Hans Torv with DJ's and live 
music
#24.00: Demonstration from Sankt Hans Torv. The concept is "Follow the green 
flag"

17:00
The little parade from Blågårdsgade is moving towards "West Prison".
The police has followed the demonstration and has now stopped it. Officers 
are checking identities of demonstrators

16:45
While yelling different sentence about peace, a little gathering of around 
30 demonstrators followed by 3 policevans are moving down Blågårdsgade 
towards Åboulevarden

16:25
Around 50 demonstrators have gathered in front of Blegdamsvejens prison 
where several arrested from yesterday are located.
Everything is calm and the police has apparently stopped checking people on 
Sankt Hans Torv next to the prison

16:17
Ungdomshuset is resurrected - in Second Life on the internet. The new 
virtuel house is placed next to the virtuel TV2 News - because Ungdomshuset 
is the main source of the tv stations news anyway.

15:57
Solidary action where activists removed advertisements from busstops in 
Århus last night and replaced them with posters for Ungdomshuset can now be 
seen on youtube.

15:52
Even though much of every day life has returned to Norrebro, the police is 
still very present in the area. Sources inform us, that officers are 
checking people on Sankt Hans Torv

The demonstrators in the main office of the social democrats have left the 
house under completely calm circumstances and without any interference from 
the police

14:46
The social democrats have welcome the activists occupying their party 
office. They haven't asked the police to throw them out.
There is still around 10 activists in the house and 20 outside
Helle Thorning Schmidt, the national leader of the party, who was shortly by 
the office earlier, should apparently have expressed that she thought the 
activists should be thrown out

Nonetheless the activists are willing to negotiate.
- "We have offered that we will negotiate with both the social democrats and 
the city council regarding finding a new house, says the spokesperson

14:30
Masked constructionworkers are emptying Ungdomshuset, writes Politiken.dk 
The reason for the mask is that the workers don't want to be recognized.
At the same time several sms's are being send around with names of companies 
that is thought to be working in the house

The work is being surveilled by the police. Curious people are asked to 
leave the area
A big truck is parked in front of the house and there are several cars with 
cranes
The constructionworkers are throwing out boxes, paint, furnitures and 
barricades

The things that have been left in the house is also removed. Politiken.dk 
writes that the owners must demand them from the owner of the house, 
Faderhuset

– We have only taken the things having a value as evidence, says the 
spokesperson for the Copenhagen Police to Politiken.dk

14:03
the citizen group supporting Ungdomshuset is maintaining the plan of a 
demonstration on saturday (tomorrow). It is starting from two different 
locations, Christiania and Enghave Plads at 14.00, and meeting on the 
Townhall square at 15. It is a peaceful demonstration
12:41
»We aren't leaving the building before they come up with a solution« says 
the group that has occupied the Social Democrats main office in copenhagen 
and now demand a ungdomshuset in Copenhagen, according to DR

12:19
Per Larsen from Copenhagen Police says to the media that 75 of the so far 
217 arrested yesterday will be presented for a judge during today. 34 
persons who all were in Ungdomshuset when th police entered has been 
detained for 27 days

12:09
The office of the party The Social Democrats (second biggest in Denmark, 
biggest in Copenhagen) has been "squatted" by activists. The office is the 
party's main office in Copenhagen. A spokesperson for the activists says the 
reason for the occupation is that the politicians apparently havent 
understood that the problems with ungdomshuset are political.

– "The reason for this occupation is that the politician apparently haven't 
understood that this is a political problem. We are trying to focus on this 
by squatting a political party's office" an activist says to TV2 News

12:03
There were demonstrations and actions in 20 german cities yesterday in 
solidarity with Ungdomshusets. See more on indymedia.dk

11:02
The police in Copenhagen has asked for more officers from around the 
country. From nothern Jutland 2 busses full of policemen were sent to 
Copenhagen around 22 yesterday night. Also the south-eastern part of Jutland 
has send officers: "To help them now when they are in need" says inspector 
Jørgen Hoxer to local DR


Ungdomshuset eviction - News throughout the first day (English translation 
from Modkraft.dk)
The following translation was taken from http://www.indymedia.dk
Thursday 1st March
23:41
A house in Blågårdsgade has been occupied. The area is filled with police 
forces so it is unlikely that it will last for long. On the other hand the 
police is still busy with fighting and barricades in other areas of this 
part of town. There is right now fire in Bragesgade, on Blågårds Plads and 
on Nørrebrogade. Police protected from tear gas with masks has just now 
chased a group of demonstrators away who kept adding materiale to the 
barricade fire by Blågårdsgade
23:23
The parade has reached Folkets Park, where the demonstrators have got the 
opportunity of putting flowers next to the cuffins. The demonstrators are 
slowly leaving but a source informs us that this might lead to more activity 
The building of barricades and setting containers on fire has started again 
on Nørrebrogade by Blågårdsgade - for 6-7 ... maybe 8. time tonight. 
Modkraft.dk is now closing up it's live coverage of the activities after the 
eviction. However as extra information it can be said that it is not only in 
Aalborg but also in Århus, where 200 people showed up, that there has been 
demonstrations in favor of Ungdomshuset.
23:22
There are still burning cars in several places on Christianshavn
23:21
Fires are started and rocks are being picked up around Folkets Park where 
the organisers have cancelled the rest of the demonstration, according to 
Politiken.dk.
23:02
Police blocking every street is apparently deciding where the parade is 
going. It has now gone down Griffenfeldsgade and is approaching Folkets Park 
which in advance was chosen as the final destination for the demonstration.
22:52
The parade has by policevans been forced to turn away from jagtvej which 
they had arrived at from Ågade and they have now turned towards the city 
again. It is unknown where the demonstration will ned. A larger number of 
police is now visible by the demonstration
22:40
The "mourning parade" is getting closer to Jagtvej by Ranzausgade. The 
demonstration is filling up the entire road and contains around 1000 people 
according to a source in the demonstration
22:15
The parade has grown on it way towards Nørrebro. A source which earlier 
states the numbers to 200 is now saying 700. The demonstration is moving on 
Åboulevarden.
22:11
Around a couple of hundred people have gathered for a "mourning parade" 
which have just left the Townhall Square (Rådhuspladsen). A lot of 
demonstrators have torches and there are 3 cuffins in the parade. The 
demonstration is moving towards Nørrebro. There isn't much visible police 
around the demonstration which is also declared non-violent. On Nørrebro the 
police is still clearing the barricades that keep being rebuild around the 
area. Right now the police is removing bikes from the trafficlight by 
Blågårdsgade and Nørrebrogade.
21:56
Guests at the bar Café Blågårds Apotek on Blågårds Plads is reporting, that 
the police is still forcing the guests to stay in the cafe. Some minutes ago 
a couple of officers entered the bar and dragged a couple of random guests 
out - apparently for no reason at all
21:53
The police is removing burning cars and containers in streets next to 
Torvegade on Christianshavn (Cristiania area)
21:51
A larger policeforce has arrived to Christianshavn where there are several 
fires on the streets
21:49
TV2 (major danish tv channel) reports that representatives from the right 
wing fundamentalistic sect Faderhuset has visited and inspected Ungdomshuset 
today. The leader Ruth Evensen is now to decide if the building should be 
demolish. She expresses to DR: I think it's scary that it can happen in 
Denmark.
21:48
Street fighting is still happening around Nørrebro. Not as intensive now but 
in small mobile groups around the neighbourhood. They are making fires and 
throw rocks at the policecars when they appear. When the police try to catch 
the groups they withdraw and start new actions in new places. It is not only 
flammable material that has been used for building barricades. Also bikes 
has been put on the streets to prevent the police from moving freely. 
According to DR 5 people have been detained for 27 days.
21:43
Torvegade is blocked by prinsessegade. There are burning cars by 
Christiania.
21:38
Solidarity demonstration for Ungdomshuset in Aalborg (Jutland)
21:32
According to DR a 18 year old woman and a 36 year old man has been detained 
for among other things violence towards the police The police reports that 
so far 160 persons are arrested in total
20:45
Flames are still appearing several places on Nørrebro. Right now there is 
action in the area around Sankt Hansgade and Ravnsborggade (close to 
Blågårdsplads). It is small groups that creates small bonfires and use 
fireworks The police has left several of the places where there has been 
fires earlier. New fires are created in several of these places On Blågårds 
Plads the guests at Café Blågårds Apotek has been forced to stay inside by 
the police. Guests trying to leave have been ordered back inside. In this 
area there is large amounts of tear gas in the air. The guests are 
complaining about the effects from this
20:14
The fighting on Nørrebro seem to die out. The police has in several places 
begun to clear up after bonfires and barricades with bulldozers. There is 
however burning barricades at several places - among others on Blågårdsgade 
(next to the square) where there might be starting fighting again. There is 
also new fires at Jagtvej og Nørrebrogade. There is however not a large 
amount of people these places Cars have in several locations been dragged 
out on the roads.
19:28
Policevans are now gathering in streets next to Nørrebrogade around 
Griffenfeldsgade. The police's request to leave the streets have to be 
understood as a curfew a representative from Ungdomshuset says The police is 
announcing from speakers that throwned stones will be answered with tear 
gas. Ungdomshuset has on it's webpage a guide to how to protect yourself if 
exposed to tear gas There is now developing new fighting Nørrebrogade by 
Blågårdsgade. The police has let their dogs out from the vans and look ready 
to release them. They are trying to force the demonstrators down 
Blågårdsgade with tear gas.
19:10
Policecars are now driving around requesting people to leave the streets by 
refering to the constitution. They are saying that the area will be cleared. 
Trashcans Blågårdsgade has been set on fire and dragged down to 
Nørrebrogade, where they are used to creating a barricade There is street 
fighting around Griffenfeldsgade and Nørrebrogade. The police is using tear 
gas in both places
18:57
Activists have created barricades on Nørrebrogade next to Griffenfeldsgade. 
Rocks are being thrown at the police. Demonstrators under pressure from the 
police is fleeing down Griffenfeldsgade. A couple of hundred meters further 
down demonstrators have also gathered around smaller barricades with fires.
18:43
There are burning barricades on Stengade. There is however only very few 
people. They have apparently left the street. Three armored policevans have 
just arrived. There are also burning barricades on Nørrebrogade between 
Kapelvej and Stengade. Demonstrators seem to be spread around the area. And 
sources are reporting that the police is chasing small groups of 
demonstrators towards Nørre Alle. They are also gathering what is left 
behind by the demonstrators. On Nørrebrogade the police's armored vans are 
again blocking the road towards the city and the access to Blågårdsgade.
18:32
Activists have after fleeing the main demonstration build barricades on 
Fælledvej. They have attacked the police with bottles and stones Afther this 
they have been pushed up towards Sankt Hans Torv, where they have continued 
down Nørre Allè.
18:22
Sources by Ungdomshuset report that a couple of hundred demonstrators have 
gathered in front of the police here. Everything is peaceful. Demonstrators 
from the demonstration has been trapped on Nørrebrogade a couple of hundred 
meters toward the city
18:16
The big demonstration has according to sources been split in at least 3 
groups. The group nearest Ungdomshuset contains around 200 activists who has 
apparently been trapped by the police.
18:10
Demonstrators have spread around the neighbourhood. Several groups are 
wandering around diff. streets Armored police vans are also driving around 
the areas and have been attacked in different locations by activists. A 
street is reported blocked with police dogs
18:05
The police has split the demonstration in two on Nørrebrogade next Assistens 
kirkegård (cementary/park along the street running up to Jagtvej and 
Ungdomshuset). Cops have put themselves between the two parts. In megaphones 
the police is asking the demonstrators to stand still and they are saying 
they are going to give the one part a new destination and way there. 
Fireworks are being thrown at the police
17:55
The demonstration from Blågårds Plads has developed into fighting. Sources 
by the demonstration is saying, that the demonstrators have thrown paint and 
bottles on the street. The newspaper "Politiken" writes that the police has 
thrown tear gas
17:32
Several thousand demonstrators are moving towards Jagtvej and Ungdomshuset 
on Nørrebrogade
17:22
The demonstration is moving down Nørrebrogade. The police has blocked the 
street in the direction of the city. (some sources talk about 1500 people)
17:04
Shortly after the announcement police-vans are ready to block the street 
leading from the square in both directions. The demonstration will then be 
trapped. At the same time the square is completely filled with 
demonstrators - there is even people standing down the streets (The square 
is pretty big compared to others in Copenhagen - There can probably be up to 
2000 people if not more - It is also completely closed up by apartment 
buildings with no cover at all)
16:59
A smaller group of policemen have by megaphones annouced that the 
demonstration at Blågårds Plads isn't allowed and people are to leave. At 
the same time a demonstration from Christiania has just arrived at the 
square
16:37
A demonstration is moving down through Gothersgade. The demonstration is 
coming from Christiania where activists have made happenings/actions several 
times during the day. The demonstration contain around 500 people and is 
headed for Blågårds Plads where a larger demonstration is starting at 17.00. 
A big amount of demonstrators have already gathered at the square.
16:14
Solidarity demonstrations are being prepared in several places. For example 
Germany.
16:06
»The eviction went completely as planned and therefor I don't think, that it 
is very pleasent to see the media make it into some violent fight«. says 
minister of justice Lene Espersen to the danish newspaper Politiken. She 
thinks that both the media, activists and citizens should stay calm
16:02
The Reclaim The Streets-demonstration has now arrived at Blågårds Plads on 
Nørrebro.
15:40
Around 200 demonstrators are moving down through Vester Voldgade in the 
inner city towards Nørrebro. They are coming from the Town Hall Square 
(Rådhuspladsen) and were a part of the Reclaim The Streets-demonstration
15:11
Demonstrations protesting the eviction are being planned in Aalborg and 
other major cities at 17.00
15:10
At around 14.00 the spokesperson for the police tells the newspaper 
Politiken that around 90 persons have been arrested during the day.
15:06
The police is still checking people by Dronning Louises Bridge on Nørrebro. 
People, the police find suspicious has to document that they have a reason 
for being on Nørrebro to enter that part of town
15:03
A demonstration protesting the eviction is moving from Christiania at 16.00 
to Blågårds Plads where there has already been called for a 
protest-demonstration at 17.00
15:02
The Reclaim The Streets demonstration is now at Storkespringvandet on 
Strøget (the main walking street) in inner city
14:59
The Mourning Group is arranging a Torch Demonstration tonight at 22.00
14:43
The Reclaim The Streets demonstration is now with around 300 people who are 
running towards Strøget (main walking street)'
14:42
It is rumoured that VUC (adult education centers) in Hvidovre and on Amager 
(suburbs) the students have stopped their work in protest of the eviction
14:30
The announced Reclaim the streets demonstration that left Israels Plads at 
14.00 has just blocked the traffic lights by Nørreport Station (the biggest 
trainstation in copenhagen). There is around 100 activists who are sitting 
on the road awaiting the arrival of the police
14:25
According to an anonymous engine-driver with DSB city trains, all of them 
have been told by the police to notify them if they see people looking like 
activists on the trains. The engine-driver contacted Modkraft.dk becuase he 
didn't consider it a fair demand.
14:19
30 activists from »Feminister for flere fristeder« has blocked Amagerbrogade 
(main street on Amager), where they have been making noise and speeches to 
support Ungdomshuset
13:58
At 14.00 there is a reclaim the streets demonstration from israels plads
13:49
In Stengade on Nørrebro the concertplace Stengade 30 has set up a tent from 
where they hand out tea, coffee and juice. They have put up a sign saying: 
"Police! You have a choice"
13:33
According to newspapers, Ruth Evensen, the leader of the "buyer" of 
Ungdomshuset, faderhuset, is going to look at Ungdomshuset later today to 
decide if the building should be demolish. The police is preparing for a 
longer stay since they are setting mobile toilets up for the cops on 
jagtvej.
13:25
On Dronning Louises bridge (access point from inner copenhagen to nörrebro) 
reports say the police has extended their control of access to also include 
cars. Furthermore people walking and biking is stopped, body-searched and 
denied access to the area without further explanation. When Modkrafts 
photographer tried to get back to Modkraft he was denied access despite his 
ability to provide a valid media-id card. When the photographer insisted on 
his right to walk through he was asked to leave. The policeman refused to 
reveal his name. This is clearly against the law which gives the media the 
right to pass a police controlpoint unless it is a riot situation. 
Furthermore the police is always obligied to reveal name and number on 
demand to the media if they are denied access. The responsible policeman on 
the spot can be required but as the photographer was asked to leave 
immediately he chose to do so.
13:18
Demand for emergency meeting in the city council of Copenhagen
12:50
Sources inform us that activists on their way to Copenhagen from Jutland is 
stopped by the police. This has happened for both activists on trains and in 
personal cars.
12:31
It is said by witnesses that the police is now stopping and body-searching 
people walking or on bike on their way over Dronning louises bridge towards 
Nørrebro. On Nørrebros Runddel it is said that it is now relatively calm but 
that the area is still being heavily controlled by the police
12:08
The police has blocked Dronning Louises Bro for all trafic towards Nørrebro. 
Trafic is still possible towards the city to some extend. Also the public 
trafic has been disturbed by the riots. In many places activists have been 
met by furious and aggresive drivers when they have blocked the traffic. 
Latest at a blockade near Åboulevarden (close to jagtvej) where several 
drivers threw things at the demonstrators At forum subway station the police 
has just cleared a blockade of containers by chasing away 30 activists
11:32
The police has entered "Folkets Hus" (alternative house governed by the 
users themselves) by Folkets Park on Nørrebro. Despite the police wasn't in 
poccesion of any allowance to enter the house 8 combat uniformed cops 
entered the house. They however disappeared again when all doors in the 
house were locked
11:00
Following is an eyewitness report from a journalist on DR (main danish tv 
channel): "About 20 meters from McDonalds on runddelen activists had build 
barricades across the streets. At around 9.25 the police is driving through 
the street with 3-4 armored vans to clear the barricades. One of the vans 
directly hit a demonstrator who falls and stays lying with his legs under 
the car. After this he is arrested - it is unknown what happened to him. The 
police didn't succeed in clearing the street. Shortly afterwards the 
barricades were rebuild and containers and garbage were set on fire". 
Witnesses in the area say there is around 1500 activists out in protest 
again the eviction
10:38
15 activists have been arrested in Folkets Park on Nørrebro.
10:20
There are burning containers blocking Torvegade at Christiania
10:16
Police is getting ready to clear barricades on Nørrebrogade
10:05
There are events/happenings different places. Activists have spread out. 
Before the eviction it was said that there would be events everywhere. Among 
others "Feminists for more "fristeder"" have made blockades 12 different 
places in town
09:49
Around 100 to 150 activists are trying to build barricades across 
Nørrebrogade. The Police is removing the barricades by driving into them 
with their cars. The activists there are angry and frustrated
09:33
Nørrebros Runddel has been cleared for activists. There is reasonable 
peaceful but there are a lot of activists in the neighbourhood. The 
athmosphere is tense. So far there has been made around 20 arrests according 
to Modkrafts reporters
08:41
The police is arresting persons on Runddelen. Activists and the police are 
pushing against each other
08:34
The Police is clearing Nørrebros Runddel (a few meters from Ungdomshuset) 
and is starting to arrest people who refuse to move.
08:31
Spokespersons for Ungdomshusets maintain, that the plan when evicted is that 
the supporters of the house are going to show up in the local areas. 
Tomorrow there is a protest demonstration at 17.00 from Blågårds Plads and 
the day after there is a day of different happenings
08:19
Around 100 of Ungdomshusets supporters are trying to break through the 
barricades the police have made on Jagtvej by Runddelen There are around 25 
of different kind of bigger police vans. And the gathering of people has now 
officially been asked to leave.
08:15
Assistens Kirkegården (the graveyard/park across from Ungdomshuset) is 
cleared by the police
08:10
According to sources from Ungdomshusets the police has entered the house 
around 7.00 It has happened very quickly. It's guessed that it has taken the 
police around 5 minutes to enter the house through a container on the side 
of the house from where they have entered through a vindow or the wall and 
also by deploying cops on the roof. From Ungdomshuset it is said that: "As 
long as there isn't a Ungdomshus, there is a fight for a Ungdomshus" Two 
ambulances have left Ungdomshuset. (New information: From Ungdomshuset it is 
said that the police wasn't that fast this morning as it has earlier been 
explained to the media. According to sources, that were by the house this 
morning, it took several attempts before the police succeeded in entering 
the building. A crane had to lift a container up to the house several times 
before the police could enter the house. It started a 7.00 this morning but 
at 8.00 there was still coming loud sounds out from the house which can mean 
that the police didn't have full controle over the building yet.)
----------------------------------------------------------------

http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20070303173857687&query=ungdomshuset

Danish police search homes amid clashes
Saturday, March 03 2007 @ 05:38 PM PST
Contributed by: Admin
Views: 582

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Police searched homes in the Danish capital on 
Saturday for activists involved in street clashes that began when police 
evicted squatters from an abandoned building that has served as a center for 
anarchists, leftists and punk rockers.
A Danish police officer arrests an activist during protests near the youth 
house ungdomshuset in Copenhagen March 3, 2007. Danish police detained about 
100 people during fresh violence in Copenhagen early on Saturday, two days 
after the eviction of left-wing squatters from a youth centre sparked a wave 
of protests. REUTERS/Christian Charisius (DENMARK)


Danish police search homes amid clashes
By JAN M. OLSEN, Associated Press Writer
March 3, 2007
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Police searched homes in the Danish capital on 
Saturday for activists involved in street clashes that began when police 
evicted squatters from an abandoned building that has served as a center for 
anarchists, leftists and punk rockers.
Two nights of violence between police and youths protesting the eviction 
have turned parts of the Danish capital into a battlefield strewn with 
burning cars and shattered glass.
Two new demonstrations started Saturday afternoon, with hundreds of people 
marching peacefully toward Copenhagen's main square, Danish media reported.
As the smoke and tear gas cleared Saturday morning, police said 188 people 
were arrested overnight, bringing the total number of arrests to about 400 
since the riots started on Thursday.
"In the last 10 years we haven't had riots like we've seen in the past two 
days," police spokesman Flemming Steen Munch said. He said police performed 
house searches early Saturday in "many places" in Copenhagen to track down 
activists, but declined to give details.
Vandals covered Copenhagen's famed Little Mermaid statue with pink paint. It 
was not clear whether the riots were linked with the defacement of the 
statue, which in the past has been beheaded and doused in paint and been 
blown off her perch by vandals who used explosives.
Police said foreign activists from Sweden, Norway and Germany joined 
hundreds of Danish youth, hurling cobblestones at riot police and setting 
cars on fire. In a sign the Danish youth expected foreign help, the Web page 
of "ungdomshuset," or the youth house, posted a warning in English that 
Danish police had increased border controls.
"This is a display of anger and rage after more than seven years of struggle 
to keep what is ours," Jan, a 22-year-old activist who said he has been 
coming to the building for the last 10 years, told The Associated Press by 
telephone. He declined to give his last name, saying that was the norm among 
the people frequenting the building.
The eviction had been planned since last year, when courts ordered the 
squatters to hand the building over to a Christian congregation that bought 
it six years ago.
The squatters refused to leave, saying the city had no right to sell the 
building, which has hosted concerts with performers like Australian Nick 
Cave and Icelandic singer Bjork. They have demanded another building for 
free as a replacement.
Authorities say it has also been a staging point for numerous left-wing 
demonstrations that turned violent in recent years.
The clashes were Denmark's worst since May 18, 1993, when police fired into 
a crowd of rioters protesting the outcome of a European Union referendum. 
Ten of the protesters were wounded.
Justice Minister Lene Espersen urged the protesters "to regain their 
composure."
Sympathy protests were held in Hamburg, northern Germany, and in Norway, 
Sweden and Finland.

-----------------------------------------------------------------

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2027233,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12

Tearful protesters fail to save historic centre


· Police protect workers as building is demolished
· Christian sect to take over site of Copenhagen riots

Kate Connolly in Copenhagen
Tuesday March 6, 2007
The Guardian


A demolition machine starts tearing down Youth House. Photograph: Jens 
Panduro/AP

Hundreds of tearful and angry protesters gathered outside a youth community 
centre in Copenhagen yesterday to watch as a hydraulic excavator tore into 
the building, bringing to an end more than 100 years of political history.
The "Ungdomshuset" or Youth House which once hosted Vladimir Lenin, has been 
the focus of street riots in recent days following the eviction of squatters 
from the building which has been sold to a rightwing Christian sect.
Yesterday demonstrators laid flowers at the end of Jagtvej Street in the 
workers' district of Noerrebro as dust from the demolition filled the air.
"This is a funeral," said Siggi Oddsson, 22, who laid a cloth banner reading 
"Loved and Missed". "This is an absolute milestone of underground culture in 
Copenhagen and it's being destroyed," he said. "Forget the idea of 
'wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen'."
Behind him, a silver crane - the name of the company it belonged to 
concealed under a layer of paint - hovered above the graffiti-covered 
structure of house number 69. Workers wore face masks under their helmets so 
as not to be identified as they worked under police guard, and even the 
trucks taking away the rubble were escorted through the city by armed 
police.
Many surrounding shops were either boarded up or had had their windows 
smashed following three nights of clashes between police and protesters. 
Graffiti read "69 Blir" - or "number 69 stay" and "Revenge!".
The four-storey red brick building has been a popular meeting point for 
leftwing anarchists, punk rockers, and musicians since the local government 
allowed young people to use it in 1982. It quickly became a focal point for 
anti-capitalist activism.
But its importance as a place where political history was made goes back 
further. Built as a community theatre for the labour movement in 1897, it 
was here that both Denmark's women's liberation and trade union movements 
were founded. Lenin paid a visit in 1910 during the Socialist International 
Congress and it has played host to modern musicians such as Bjork and Nick 
Cave.
But it has been a point of contention between inhabitants and the local 
government since 1995 when a fire which damaged the building prompted the 
city to decide to sell it. A squat was formed whose occupants hung a banner 
from the windows which read: "For sale, including 500 violent-loving 
psychos."
In 2000 when it was sold to a religious group, the tension grew. Court 
orders for the squatters to leave were ignored, with occupants saying the 
authorities had no right to sell the building. Then on Thursday 35 squatters 
were removed by riot police who swooped onto the building's roof in 
helicopters in a surprise operation.
The evictions triggered three nights of riots, with a handful of anarchists 
setting fire to cars, rubbish bins and shops, leading to justice minister 
Lene Espersen's call to remain calm.
Sympathy protests have been held around Europe, including Germany, and 
Finland, while activists from the US have flown to the Danish capital to 
offer support. Danish police have increased border controls as a result. 
Extra police vehicles have been lent by Sweden and Holland and the prisons 
director reported that the prisons were "bulging" following more than 650 
arrests.
British accident and emergency nurse Naja Brooks, 34, from London, said she 
was "in mourning" for a building where she said she had grown up. "I started 
coming to the house when I was 14 or 15," she said. "There was music, art, 
photo studios - it was a place where you could really express yourself and 
you were aware of its fantastic history as well."
Thea, 25, a tailor, said the house's destruction was a consequence of 
Denmark's drift to the political right and the erosion of the welfare 
system. The protests were as much a demonstration against the government of 
prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen as an attempt to save the centre, she 
said.
"We used to be tolerant as a nation, but we have become very intolerant 
towards anyone who doesn't want to toe the line," she said.
Ruth Evensen, leader of the Faderhuset Christian sect which has bought the 
site, insisted yesterday the house had to be torn down as it was "a total 
wreck" and a potential fire hazard. "It would cost us a fortune to have it 
fixed," she said, refusing to divulge how the congregation would use the 
site.
Three bad days
· Three nights of clashes with youths ended with more than 650 arrests
· At least 25 were injured as protesters hurled cobblestones at riot police
· Those arrested in the riots included more than 140 foreign activists
· 189 people were remanded in custody, while 26 were released
· Danish police said yesterday they had borrowed 16 lightly-armoured vans 
from Dutch authorities and 20 police vehicles from Sweden
· The riots were the worst since May 1993 when police fired into a crowd 
protesting at the result of a EU referendum. Ten people were wounded
Source: AP


-------------------------------------------------------------------
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20070301-104826-3037r.htm

Squatter advocates clash with police
By Slim Allagui
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
March 2, 2007


COPENHAGEN -- Danish police clashed yesterday with hundreds of activists 
protesting the forced eviction of squatters from a radical cultural center 
in a notoriously rough neighborhood of Copenhagen.
    More than 150 people, including minors and foreigners, were arrested 
during riots that erupted after a dawn raid on the Ungdomshuset youth center 
in the Noerrebro district.
    Clashes continued throughout the day and reached a crescendo in the 
evening when up to 1,000 youths attacked police with stones, bottles, pots 
of paint and firecrackers, and set up barricades, lighted fires and 
overturned vehicles.
    Riot police used tear gas in an attempt to disperse the demonstrators, 
some of whom were masked.
    By late yesterday, the violence had spread from Noerrebro to the nearby 
Christianshavn district.
    Christianshavn is next to the so-called "free city" of Christiania, an 
autonomous community in the city set up more than 30 years ago.
    The four-story Ungdomshuset at the center of the violence has been a 
haven for rebels, punks and squatters since the 1980s, when it was given to 
them by the city of Copenhagen.
    The building was recently sold to a fundamentalist Christian sect, which 
has demanded the eviction of the youths. The sect plans to tear down the 
building.
    An August court ruling ordered an eviction, but the occupants insist the 
center belongs to them.
    The Ungdomshuset Web site says the group operates under five simple 
guidelines: no sexism, no "heterosexism" -- prejudice in favor of 
heterosexuals -- no racism, no hard drugs and no violence.
    It was not known how many people were injured yesterday. Danish 
television TV2 reported that a man who was taken to a hospital for head 
injuries he sustained during the morning riots was a German citizen.
    Some banks and stores barricaded their entrances to protect their 
businesses from the riots.
Police said they were re-establishing border controls to prevent an influx 
of the youths' supporters from other countries, in particular Germany.
    The Noerrebro neighborhood is home to a large population of young 
radicals and squatters and is the scene of regular altercations with police. 
In May 1993, bloody clashes erupted in the district after Denmark's "yes" 
vote to the European Union Maastricht Treaty.
    In recent weeks, some parents had stood guard outside the building day 
and night to protect their children against any police offensive.
    "Why can't we have an alternative building for young people?" asked 
Sophie, an 18-year-old punk who watched from afar as police cleaned up a 
smoldering barricade during a lull in the clashes.
    She and her 17-year-old friend Kyra said they frequented Ungdomshuset to 
"attend underground concerts and plays," or when they were angry with their 
parents.

-----------------------------------------------------
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/1CA54EE7-9570-4BF7-9DDB-BB495EE72675.htm

Danish clashes: More than 100 held



Danish police clash with squatters





Protesters gathered behind police lines [EPA]



Danish police have arrested at least 75 people after violent clashes over 
the forced eviction of squatters from a building in Copenhagen.

Three people were injured, including a German citizen, on Thursday after 
police in anti-riot gear sealed off streets surrounding the building and 
began bringing squatters out of the house.




Per Larsen, a police spokesman, said: "The morning action happened with 
military precision. It went by the book."

Over 30 of those arrested had barricaded themselves inside the house.






It was unclear how many people were inside the house when police began the 
eviction, shortly after 7am (0600 GMT), by hoisting down members of 
Denmark's anti-terror police from a helicopter on to the building's roof.

Protesters gathered behind police lines shouting "stop police brutality", 
while a number of shop-owners boarded the windows of their premises in 
anticipation of violence.

Barricades erected

Activists also erected barricades with garbage containers in several places 
in downtown Copenhagen and threw stones at the police.

Larsen said police officers from across the country were on their way to 
Copenhagen to help in the coming days.

Squatters have been using the building since 1982, but in 1999 Copenhagen 
city council sold the property to a group called Human A/S which then sold 
it to the Faderhuset Christian group.

The eviction has been planned since last year, after two courts ordered the 
squatters to leave the house and hand it over to the Christian organisation.

But the squatters refused to leave, saying the city had no right to sell the 
four-story building while it was still in use.

They have demanded another building as a replacement, and a foundation 
backing the squatters has offered to pay 12m kroner ($2.1m) for another 
facility.

Foreign activists

Danish police were also reported to be monitoring border crossings with 
Sweden and Germany after squatters used a website to called for foreign 
activists to come and help.

In the southwestern Swedish city of Malmo, three men were arrested, 
suspected of heading to Copenhagen to join the protests, Merima Lulic, a 
spokeswoman for the Swedish police, said.

She said the men were in possession of explosive materials, but that it was 
not immediately clear what kind of explosive material they were carrying.

"You could tell they were on their way to start riots," Lulic said.

Police in Stockholm, Sweden's capital, said they were also bracing for a 
counter demonstration in a downtown park.




--------------------------------------------------------

http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20070301040831528&query=ungdomshuset

Eviction protesters fight Danish police
Thursday, March 01 2007 @ 04:08 AM PST
Contributed by: Anonymous
Views: 392
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Dozens were arrested after angry protesters 
threw cobblestones at police Thursday when an anti-terror squad started a 
disputed eviction of squatters from a downtown building, police said.

ungdomshuset Eviction!!!

Wednesday, February 28 2007 @ 11:49 PM PST
Contributed by: jimbob

EuropeThe police started to evict the Danish autonomous centre ungdomshuset 
Jagtvej 69 Coppenhagen at 7:00 this morning.

They entered the building after gaining accsess to the roof with a 
heliocopter. Teargas and waterhoses were fired at a the building.

Until now there has been no reports of injuries but two ambulances were 
spotted leaving the scene.

Solidarity actions across the globe are needed for this attack on 
anti-capitalist, autonomous spaces.

-------------------

Eviction protesters fight Danish police

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Dozens were arrested after angry protesters 
threw cobblestones at police Thursday when an anti-terror squad started a 
disputed eviction of squatters from a downtown building, police said.

A German citizen was hospitalized after being hit in the head with an 
object, according to a hospital spokeswoman. His condition was not serious.

The highly publicized eviction has drawn ire from the squatters and other 
youth, who have viewed the former theater as free public housing for years.

Dozens of onlookers clashed with hundreds of police officers who took part 
in the eviction, which began shortly after 7 a.m. when a helicopter hoisted 
down members of Denmark's anti-terror police on the building's roof.

Officers with anti-riot gear then sealed off the surrounding streets as 
police began bringing out squatters.

Police said at least 35 people had been arrested inside the house while 
dozens were detained outside for trying to cross police lines. Police 
spokesman Per Larsen said foreign citizens were likely among those arrested, 
but had no details on nationalities.

"The morning action happened with military precision," Larsen said. "It went 
by the book."

It was unclear how many people were inside the house when the eviction 
began.

Dozens of protesters quickly gathered behind police lines shouting "stop 
police brutality." Nearby shops, fearing riots, began boarding their 
windows.

Copenhagen University Hospital spokeswoman Lisbeth Westergaard said the 
injured German was in his 20s, but did not reveal his identity.

"He is doing fine and he will soon be discharged," she said.

The eviction has been planned since last year, when two courts ordered the 
squatters to leave the house and hand it over to a Christian congregation 
that bought it six years ago.

The squatters refused to leave, saying the city had no right to sell the 
four-story building while it was still in use.

In December, a rally to protest the eviction turned violent. Some of the 
around 1,000 protesters threw cobblestones, iron bars and fireworks at 
police, who detained some 300 people.


------------------------------------------


http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/03/363973.html

Eviction of Danish Social Centre Fuels Anger Across Europe
imc-uk-features | 01.03.2007 23:33 | Free Spaces | Globalisation | 
Repression | World
The occupied house in Copenhagen, Denmark named 'Ungdomshuset' has 
functioned as a very important political and social cultural centre since 
1982. It had been involved in a long political and legal battle for its 
existance. But yesterday morning at around 7am Danish police made an end to 
this by entering the roof of the building using a helicopter and start an 
unannouced full scale eviction. Riot-police sealed off nearby streets 
quickly and attacked the building using teargas. As the whole area was 
closed off, so documenting the action and police-behaviour was difficult. 
Some witnesses say that teargas and police violence was plentiful, although 
the eviction happened swiftly and according to police in a "relatively calm 
manner".
At the moment everything is but calm. Over 1000 people are reported to be 
back onto the streets last night and (burning) barricades blocked off some 
major roads in the city. Some people have been admitted to hospital. Riots 
have continued throughout the day and night and solidarity actions 
spontaniosly broke out in cities across europe: Berlin (300+), Köln, Hamburg 
(700+), München, Karlsruhe, Göttingen, Frankfurt, Bremen (300+), Magdeburg, 
Hannover, Vienna, Heidelberg, Gothenburg, Oslo, Helsinki, Stockholm (100+), 
Flensburg, Marburg, Potsdam and Leipzig. Over the next few days many more 
demonstrations and actions are planned and Danish activists have called for 
people to make Saturday 3rd March an international day of action. Danish 
police have started to draft in re-inforcements from all over the country 
and many more activists are set to arrive in the capital in the coming days. 
Total arrested: 600+
The basis-democratic, alternative political and cultural centre 
'Ungdomshuset' was forcefully evicted by riot police and airborne 
anti-terror squads this morning. Ensuing demonstrations have seen 
large-scale confrontations between protestors and heavy-handed police, here 
is the full story from Copenhagen.
After serious social conflicts and uprisings by the autonomist and squatting 
movements in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the subsequent 'Ungdomshuset' 
was offered as part of a political compromise to the activists. The mainly 
young activists dubbed it "Ungdomshuset" ("The Youth House"), and started 
running various cultural and political activities out of there. It has for 
many years served as one of the only multicultural, basis-democratic 
collectives/community centres in Copenhagen, with the exception of the 
Freetown Christiania. Property rights remained in the hands of the local 
council, which in 1999 decided to disregard the previous political 
compromise and sell the house to the highest bidder.
In 2003 the fundamentalist Christian sect "Faderhuset", which had bought the 
property in 2001 prompted the authorities to evict the "Ungdomshuset" and 
its users. Despite many demonstrations in support of "Ungdomshuset" 
Faderhuset won the ensuing courtcase and the politicians avoided serious 
involvement in the conflict, despite the political nature of the case. Many 
domestic demonstrations saw alleged police brutality and in December an 
"Ungdomshuset" demonstration turned into a major confrontation between 
activists from all over Europe and the police. Subsequently the 
"Ungdomshuset" was fortified in order to avoid an eviction and return the 
issue to the political arena.
This morning at 7:00 AM the anti-terror squad landed on the roof of the 
"Ungdomshuset" via helicopters, while later in the day activists from all 
over Copenhagen rushed to protest the eviction of "Ungdomshuset", they were 
met by aggressive policemen in riot gear blocking the street arresting 
suspected troublemakers with many resulting injuries. The demonstrators 
fought back and tried to reclaim the "Ungdomshuset", but were repelled and 
activists took to the nearby streets and started building barricades, while 
engaging police in skirmishes.
The neighbourhoods has been entirely shut down by local residents and 
activists: actions and demonstrations have taken place all over Copenhagen 
with more planned for the following days and weeks. While sympathisers from 
all over Europe have been rushing in, although police are attempting to 
detain suspected activists at the borders. Furthermore solidarity 
demonstrations are under way in Germany, Norway and Sweden.
The house has functioned as a political and cultural centre, home to 
political demonstrations, political debates, concerts and many more cultural 
events since 1982. It has served as a basis-democratic remainder that 
'another world is possible' until this morning. The actions of solidarity 
taking place all over Europe, as well as Russia and Australia are greatly 
appreciated. Please join in and support the struggle for autonomous commons 
and the resistance against the neoliberal repression. The homepage of 
"Ungdomshuset" has been shot down but a mirror has been set up (in English). 
Also there is a short video-introduction produced before the eviction.
latest updates
03.03.2007 00:09
some videos of last nights confrontations on the following list 
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=97565E62AFBFA97A
Last night confrontation continued way into the night, with much of the 
activities being centred around Freetown Christiania.
Danish media (www.dr.dk - danish language) reports strong support in the 
local area despite the damage caused in the riots yesterday.
More than two hundred activists and protestors were arrested last night and 
most have faced judges today and are detained for a minimum of two weeks.
There has been acts of solidarity in poland, germany, finland, turkey and 
england today (please add any further information)
Danish police are coming in from all over the country to defend the 
Christian sect 'Faderhuset' (not related to the Danish Church) and their 
newly acquired Ungdomshus.
Today there has been minor skirmishes leading up to the major meeting at 
'Folkets Hus' (the people's house'), which was closed to press and police. 
Tactics, actions, demonstrations and so forth were discussed, the rest you 
will have to figure out on your own.
Currently a number of activists as well as at least one major demonstration, 
potentially containing a couple of thousands of people is nearing the area 
of 'Ungdomshuset' ( see  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGvtpgm12Rg).
The demonstration has just seen the first cobblestones and molotows thrown 
as the police attempt to disperse the demonstration, teargas fired... more 
information to follow.

international




update 3.3 4 am.
03.03.2007 02:59
There has been several fires and barricades all over Copenhagen, but mainly 
concentrated in the burrough called Nørrebro. Though actual fights have been 
limited, it seems that "task teams" of protesters are starting fires all 
over the city to keep the police occupied. As soon one fire is put out, 
another is started somewhere else. The fires are mainly comprimised of cars 
drawn out on the streets, large garbage containers, bicycles and 
construction parts such as wood.
At 4 am, around 400 people had been arrested over the last couple of days, 
including people from Norway, Germany, New Zealand, Canada, USA, Sweden, 
Poland and more.
Lasse



-----
Youth House vs. Father House
04.03.2007 00:02
David sent this out back in January '07, thought i'd repost it for people to 
put this into some context from a US musician's perspective.
-------------------------------------------------------------- 
Youth House vs. Father House

David Rovics

There are certain things that jump out at you as soon as you arrive in 
Denmark. One thing you’ll notice, especially if you come from a place within 
that large mass of the world that is at least a bit closer to the equator, 
is that there is rarely anything you’d call direct sunlight. It’s twilight 
most of the time. In the summer it’s only really dark for an hour or so, but 
it’s never completely light, either. In the winter it’s dark most of the 
time, and the darkness is often accompanied by a cold, light rain.

You’ll also quickly notice that there are far more people with blond hair 
and blue eyes per capita than just about anywhere else you’re likely to have 
been, and at any given time, a vast number of them are riding bicycles. All 
the cities feature elegant networks of bike paths and lots of 
pedestrian-only streets. The country is largely designed for use by bicycle, 
train and foot, and most people think this is as it should be. There is 
universal health care and higher education, and every Dane I’ve ever met 
thinks that this is self-evidently a good thing.

While Denmark may be an easy place to be a social democrat, it’s different 
if you’re an anarchist squatter. If you reject the notion of private 
property you are outside of the social contract. If you think that when a 
building is abandoned and empty, people have the right to move into it and 
make use of it regardless of what individual or corporate entity officially 
owns it, you are a pariah to be vilified, violently opposed, or bought off, 
whatever works.

It’s early December, 2006, and along with the scant sunlight and the blonds 
on bicycles, another thing becomes quickly apparent. Some people have been 
hard at work with large posters and cans of wheatpaste, and the city of 
Copenhagen has been blanketed with a picture of somebody’s fist and the 
words “Ungdomshuset – the Final Battle.” Below that are more specific bits 
of information – the Final Battle is taking place between December 
13th-17th, and so on. Tattooed on the fist are the numbers “69” for 69 
Jagtvej, the address of Ungdomshuset. Ungdomshuset means Youth House – using 
really literal names like this is very common in Scandinavia.

The Final Battle may not make the news in most of the world, but in Denmark 
it will be material for headlines. Ungomshuset is the last anarchist-run, 
squatted social center in Denmark outside of Christiania, and an institute 
of iconic significance throughout Scandinavia. I’m on a tour of Sweden, 
Norway and Denmark, and in every city I visit it’s easy to find posters 
alerting people to the Final Battle, encouraging everybody to get on the 
buses that will be headed to Ungdomshuset from Oslo, Trondheim and even as 
far away as Moscow, rumor has it.

The 1980’s was the heyday of the autonomous movement in Denmark, Germany and 
elsewhere in Europe. Thousands of mostly young people squatted hundreds of 
abandoned buildings in dozens of urban centers, creating alternative 
societies that embraced community, art, music, and a culture of resistance 
that rejected consumerism and empire. A community was formed that rejected 
the domination of the world by multinational corporations and the 
governments that supported them, whether they be outright militarist states 
like the US or more watered-down NATO members like Denmark. They defended 
their squats in pitched battles with police, and at the same time debated 
sexism within their movement and organized protests in support of refugees 
and against nuclear power. The movement existed in a near-constant state of 
siege. Many squats were ultimately taken by force by the police, and others 
were legalized.

Not far from Ungdomshuset is Bumzen, one of the now-legal former squats, 
which still has the dynamic atmosphere of a squat, with residents constantly 
making artistic and structural improvements to the 5-story building in which 
they live. Most of the residents are actively involved with day-to-day life 
in Ungdomshuset. They run Ungomshuset’s infoshop, sell beer behind the bar, 
organize concerts in one of several performance spaces, use one of the many 
rooms on the upper floors as rehearsal spaces for bands or rooms for holding 
workshops, meetings, film screenings. They cook vegan meals for the 
community using the massive pots and pans in the kitchen.

I remember one of the first times I played a concert at Ungdomshuset. There 
I was in the bar surrounded by black flags with skulls and crossbones, and 
people of all ages, but mostly in their 20’s, mostly dressed in black, 
except for the glittering silver of nose rings, lip rings, eyebrow rings and 
other various facial piercings. There were probably a hundred people in the 
room, most of whom listened to a lot more punk rock than acoustic folk. It 
was a standing room-only situation, but when I started playing there was 
silence in the room, and everybody was listening to every word.

Everybody in Denmark learns English in school from an early age, but there 
are still various levels of English fluency. Nearly all the anarchists of 
Copenhagen speak English extremely well, and often a couple other languages 
to boot. They are a highly educated, well-traveled bunch, as accustomed to 
discussing World Bank policy or the history of Spain as they are to 
defending themselves against marauding police. The peak moment of the 
autonomous movement in Denmark may be in the past, but to hang around 
Ungdomshuset you get the distinct feeling that you are in the center of a 
movement that is far from waning. You get the feeling you are in the midst 
of a force of nature, a militant but thoughtful phenomenon with a collective 
sense of itself.

I played that show years ago, and some of the folks from behind the bar took 
me to Bumzen a few blocks away, where they put me up for several days. They 
showed me to my penthouse suite, a sort of attic space with a little porch 
overlooking much of the Norrebro neighborhood. Before I climbed the ladder 
that led to my little room I was handed a clean duvet for my bed, a lamp, an 
alarm clock and a bag of pot. (They had ascertained I was a hippie and 
correctly surmised I would appreciate such a thing.) Looking around my attic 
apartment, on the little porch overlooking the street far below, lit up by 
the moon there was a large box full of empty bottles. Bumzen may at that 
point have become legal, but there was still the problem of the occasional 
gang of Nazis, who don’t like immigrants or anarchists, and it’s important 
to be prepared.

Now in the last month of 2006 and back at Ungdomshuset, I’m about to play 
another concert. The place is bustling even more than usual. Adam, a member 
of the collective, asks me if I want a tour of the place. I’m tired from 
hours of driving and not thinking clearly, and I ask him if anything’s new 
since the last time I was there. “The barricade-builders have been hard at 
work,” he replies.

Ah yes, it’s the beginning of the month, and for some weeks now the 
community has been in high gear. The battles in and out of court have 
apparently been lost, and this squat that has been a flourishing social 
center for 25 years is facing it’s biggest challenge. In a bizarre twist, a 
rightwing Christian sect called Faderhuset (Father House) has bought the 
historic building with the intention of destroying it. The leadership of 
this sect seems as intent on levelling this well-known anarchist center as 
it is intent on making money in the real estate market.

The 5-story building that is now Ungdomshuset was built in 1897 by the 
Danish labor movement, and was for many decades known as Folkets Huset 
(People’s House). VI Lenin spoke there before he launched the Russian 
Revolution. The Second International took place there. From that house the 
first International Women’s Day was declared. It fell into disrepair in the 
late 70’s. A supermarket chain bought it, wanted to level it and turn it 
into another supermarket, but the city wouldn’t allow the destruction of the 
historic building. When it was squatted by the anarchist youth and declared 
Ungdomshuset in 1982, the city eventually decided to let them keep it, but 
there has always been contention over this, and over who was the official 
owner of the building.

For the first time since the building was squatted, a majority of the 
Copenhagen city council is in favor of the house staying, but they say there’s 
nothing that they can do, it’s owned now by Faderhuset and property law is 
property law. Half the well-known bands in Denmark, it seems, are playing 
shows in the house during the first half of December, and lots of prominent 
artists and other public figures are speaking out in support of the Youth 
House. “Ungdomshuset blir” – Ungdomshuset stays – has become the rallying 
cry for all self-respecting leftwingers in Denmark. Anarchist youth have 
organized many protests in recent months that have been met with wanton 
police brutality. Some of the brutality has made national news, but the 
protests and the brutality continue unabated.

Politicians have tried to negotiate with Faderhuset to sell the building to 
a leftwing foundation that would then give it to the youth, but there is no 
negotiating with this Christian sect. At the same time as the negotiations 
are happening, the government is preparing it’s armed assault on 
Ungdomshuset. Rumors are flying, and one of them is that the police force 
that will attack the house will be comprised entirely of volunteers – cops 
who really like the idea of beating up punk kids.

Inside Ungdomshuset, preparations for the defense of the building are making 
it look more like a medieval castle with each passing day. Two of the most 
talented barricade-builders were arrested at the last protest at the 
headquarters of Faderhuset, and are both facing deportation to North 
America. Massive beams of wood reinforced by steel are blocking doorways and 
windows, and if one defense is breached there is another beyond it. I’m 
reminded of other heavily-armored buildings I’ve been to, like when I had to 
go to the US embassy in London to get a new passport, or when I visited Sinn 
Fein’s headquarters in Dublin.

In past assaults, the police have gone onto the roof or, using cranes, 
through the second-floor windows, rather than attempting to ram through the 
formidable barricades on the ground floor. There are too many windows to 
turn the entire building into the kind of fortress the ground floor has 
become, but no effort is being spared to do just that. The upper-story 
windows from which you could once look out at the neighborhood are now 
completely barricaded, and the only light that shines within Ungdomshuset 
now is artificial.

The most famous rock band in Danish history, a leftwing band that has been 
putting out great music since the 60’s, Savage Rose, played at Ungdomshuset 
on December 13th. Over the following weekend, thousands of Danish supporters 
of the Youth House, along with thousands more from all over Scandinavia, 
Germany and elsewhere in Europe took part in protests and other actions that 
the press was generally describing as the worst riots in Copenhagen since 
1993 (during the battle over whether Denmark should join the European 
Union). That weekend had been set by the city as the day the youth had to 
vacate the premises. But with posters all over Scandinavia alerting all to 
the Final Battle, the city changed it’s mind, and is now saying that they 
will set the date when the house must be vacated later.

Later, after the Youth House’s supporters have long since gone back to their 
countries of origin. Later, probably later at night, probably at 4 o’clock 
on a Monday morning, after the previous evening’s activities are long over, 
when the only people up are the few dedicated collective members on guard 
duty. Perhaps the barricades will hold off the police long enough for a call 
to go out to supporters across the city, in time for them to watch the 
building get stormed by 300 heavily-armed riot police backed by battering 
rams, cranes and helicopters.

But history has not been written yet, last-minute compromises have been made 
in the past, and support for the Youth House within Danish society is 
steadily growing as the days go on. The unions have said that they will not 
work under conditions that call for police protection. Without them 
Faderhuset would have to try to find sufficient scab labor to demolish the 
house and build something new in it’s place. No small feat in a country 
where the vast majority of workers are unionized.

The Final Battle for Ungdomshuset will probably come in one form or another. 
Many people are predicting late January. But how the dance between the 
autonomous youth, the authorities, and civil society will play out is yet to 
be seen. Whatever happens, though, the Danish media will be covering it, and 
the international media will ignore it. For the rest of the world, there is 
no Danish autonomous youth movement. For the rest of the world, Denmark will 
continue to be the mild-mannered social democracy with blonds on bicycles 
who all have cradle-to-grave health insurance, where it is always twilight. 
Not a country where state-sponsored vigilantes smash through the windows of 
community centers to go and systematically pulverize children with clubs.

David Rovics is a singer-songwriter who tours regularly throughout North 
America, Europe, and occasionally elsewhere. His website is 
www.davidrovics.com.
Rovics repost




article from danish indymedia
08.03.2007 11:31
Thanks for a great weekend. Its been amazing taking to the streets with you 
all. None of us will ever be the same again.
Ritt (the mayor of Copenhagen), gathered all the Danish police in Copenhagen 
to prevent us from reacting, on the eviction of Ungdomshuset. That didn’t 
stop us. We defied everything and created history. With millitary precision 
the police made a surgical incision. But the boil they thought that they 
were to remove in a flash, soon spread all over the city and to places such 
as Hamburg, Cologne, Berlin, Gothenburg, Trondheim, Malmo, Oslo, Stockholm, 
Istanbul, Vienna, Århus, Horsens, Umeå, Karlskrona and many more places. It 
was covered by all the Danish media and it was the top story with CNN, BCC 
and Al Jazeera.





This weekend we have proven once and for all, that we are not a marginalized 
subculture, but a large, and growing, group of young people. When people 
riot on a scale like this weekend, it is proof that something is totally 
wrong. In a democratic country, all the alarms should be ringing, when you 
send in the whole police force to fight down a social and cultural uprising. 
But a social and cultural uprising can take on many forms. One thing is 
burning cars, something else is taking the fight into our everyday lives.
Now it is Monday morning. And the weekdays are back. The kind of weekdays 
where you go to work and school, shop for dinner and take the bus. And maybe 
doubt is beginning to kick in. Will the system get the last word, if you get 
up this morning, and drink your coffee and go to work as usual? The 
capitalist society has got us by the throat, but we have shown them that it 
doesn’t have to be like that.
When doubt sticks its head out, that is when we have to learn form it. It is 
there for obvious reasons. Our friends have been unjustly imprisoned in huge 
numbers. We have been poisoned with gas, beaten with clubs, and had our 
homes raided. It’s all right to be afraid. But can we continue our lives 
like nothing happened? NO! Cause this Monday is not like the others. The 
creativity and energy that has been released can be used to keep the 
struggle going, and we are the ones who will decide how to carry on the 
fight. We will keep on coming back again and again. Time after time we break 
the systems frames of perception. We will keep on doing the unexplainable 
and selfexplanatory things. The unexpected and unpredictable. We want 
everything.
We took a big step and showed how important this social and cultural 
struggle is. A struggle where so many will risk so much to get the attention 
of the world around them. But the struggle for more free spaces, where we 
can show our resistance against a tendency of normalization that only wishes 
to make people more effective, docile and obedient, must be fought in the 
schools, at work and on the social security office.
The energy we exhibited in the weekend, is the core in a society, the holds 
more than cafe latte, nuclear families and pension funds. Its about much 
more than a house. Its about our lives and the future, about how society as 
a whole should develop.
We have drawn the eyes of the world to a fight, that is fought everywhere. 
We have created history, and history will not be forgotten in one day. Even 
though today is Monday, the struggle continues. Don’t push away the daily 
routine like it can’t be changed. Use it. Tell your fellow students and 
colleagues about our struggle. Remember that we are many.

Now we must stand together and look out for each other. We must make big 
plans, and on top of that it will be great fun too. Are you ready? This is 
bigger than Jagtvej 69.


article snatched from danish indymedia



------------------------------------------------------------

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6408525.stm

Clashes erupt at Danish eviction

Police were anticipating that trouble might spread across the capital
Dozens of people have been arrested in Denmark after violence erupted amid a 
police operation to evict squatters.
Protesters threw cobblestones at police and set makeshift barricades on fire 
outside the Copenhagen building, which has become a cause celebre in 
Denmark.
Police in riot gear blocked the streets while an anti-terror squad dropped 
from helicopters onto the building's roof.
Squatters have occupied the building since 1982, but it was sold by the 
local council in 2000.
The buyers, a Christian group, have a court order to have the squatters 
evicted - but they have vowed not to leave.
The building has been used as a base for left-wing activists for more than 
two decades. They say the council had no right to sell the building while it 
was still in use.
A protest against the eviction plans in December turned violent, and more 
than 300 people were arrested.
Reinforcements
Shop owners in the Noerrebro district began boarding up windows after the 
operation began at about 0700 (0600 GMT).


Youths gathered behind protest lines yelling at police and throwing 
missiles.
"We have arrested 30 people who were in the building and some 40 others in 
surrounding streets," police spokesman Flemming Steen Munch told the AFP 
news agency.
He said the operation had gone to plan but that police had called in 
reinforcements, fearing that clashes could spread.
"We are in control of the situation and we are prepared for fresh trouble," 
he said.


------------------------------------------------------------

http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20070308111107493
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6422345.stm
Squatter riot polarises Danes
Thursday, March 08 2007 @ 11:11 AM PST
Contributed by: Anonymous
Views: 340

As Danes view the drab rubble of what was once a vibrant youth centre few 
applaud the decision to demolish a hotbed of creative youth culture.
But even fewer condone the organised outrage of youths that left parts of 
Copenhagen resembling a war zone.


Danish anger smoulders over squat
By Julian Isherwood BBC News, Copenhagen
As Danes view the drab rubble of what was once a vibrant youth centre few 
applaud the decision to demolish a hotbed of creative youth culture.
But even fewer condone the organised outrage of youths that left parts of 
Copenhagen resembling a war zone.
"This was our refuge," said 17-year-old Mette, as she tearfully watched a 
giant crane tear down the final stones of concert rooms at the Ungdomshuset 
that she visited and slept in each week.
"Shame on you," screamed the red-and-white banner held by youngsters 
incensed by their powerlessness in the face of adult decision-making.
Copenhagen's Social Democratic Mayor Ritt Bjerregaard remained adamant on 
Tuesday. "I will not negotiate with people responsible for this violence," 
she said.
National debate
It is the latest shock to hit Denmark - a nation whose self-confidence was 
shaken by the violent Muslim protests worldwide over Danish cartoons that 
satirised the Prophet Muhammad.
Other Danish politicians have been attempting to reach agreement with young 
activists to stop further violence and find a new home for the capital's 
alternative youth scene.
"Our citizens have been left in the lurch by the irresponsibility of the 
mayor," said Unity List's Morten Kabell.
The task is not easy. Neighbours of the empty school premises suggested as a 
new Ungdomshuset have already vehemently rejected the plans to house the 
youth centre - just as neighbours of the now demolished building breathe a 
sigh of relief.
"It was noisy, but in general we had few problems - when things were going 
right. When they went wrong, and it did on several occasions, it was 
terrible," said one couple, whose apartment overlooks a now empty lot.
To the small shopkeepers on Jagtvejen (Hunter's Road) and the hundreds of 
neighbours the marked police presence in the Noerrebro area and the running 
battles and destruction were unwelcome intrusions in one of Copenhagen's 
most distinctive quarters.
Culture of tolerance
In many ways, the outbursts of unconventional youngsters were easy to 
understand in a city priding itself on tolerance of alternative lifestyles.
>From the hippies of Christiania to the youths of Ungdomshuset, Copenhagen 
has been a city of indulgence.
But if there is one thing that Danes cannot tolerate, it is outside 
interference and a blatant refusal to accept compromise.
The Ungdomshuset case also suggests troubling undercurrents of violence in a 
society that is otherwise relaxed, broad-minded, committed to compromise.
The intransigence of both sides, with Mayor Bjerregaard refusing further 
talks and the Ungdomshuset organisation refusing to find a middle ground, 
contains the seeds of further unrest.
Seen from a Danish perspective, it is difficult to apportion blame for the 
violence.
Was it the fault of the youths who started the squat in the early 1980s? Or 
was it the authorities who allowed the squat to continue for so many years 
because the building was empty?
Was it the politicians who suggested the building would remain a youth 
centre and then changed their minds? Or was it the increasingly anarchic 
youths who in the latter stages refused to accept any other buildings?
In the event, the council's sale of the run-down building to the Faderhuset 
(Father's House) religious sect was like holding up a red rag to inflame 
young anarchists. For them any religious mission is anathema.
A court decision to order the building emptied, quashing the hopes of 
increasingly powerless and vehement young people, was the last straw.
Of the 650 people detained by police during the disturbances, about half 
came from what seems to be a network of European youth anarchist movements 
that promptly answered the call-to-arms of its Danish brethren.
Judging from the well-organised battle plans and the cases of prepared 
projectiles and petrol bombs found in Ungdomshuset, Europe would do well not 
to underestimate the anti-establishment resolve of some of its more 
politicised youths.
=================================================
http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,469509,00.html
Danes Clash With Cops After Youth Center Eviction
Burning cars, barricades, hails of cobblestones: Protests against the 
eviction of a youth center in Copenhagen turned nasty on Thursday. With more 
demonstrators expected from near and far, the Danish police are bracing 
themselves for fresh trouble.
Danish police arrested up to 250 people on Thursday after violent street 
clashes broke out in Copenhagen over the eviction of squatters from a 
left-wing youth center. The highly publicized case brought sympathizers from 
other countries to the Danish capital to take part in the protests, and 
there were also protests in Germany and Norway.
Photo Gallery: Street Clashes in Copenhagen




At 7 a.m. local time on Thursday, anti-terror police dropped onto the roof 
of the building from helicopters while riot police secured the surrounding 
streets. Police officers perched on a crane and aimed water cannon through 
the windows while other officers dragged the squatters out of the building.
Hundreds of demonstrators reacted by setting cars, trashcans and makeshift 
barricades on fire and throwing bottles and cobblestones at the police. 
Police vans smashed through the barricades and officers chased the 
demonstrators down the street.
Violence flared up again on Thursday evening after the youth center's Web 
site called for supporters to gather near the house. More than 1,000 
protesters threw bricks and bottles at hundreds of riot police -- who 
responded with teargas.
The authorities said that at least three people had been injured, including 
one protester who blew off his hand trying to hurl firecrackers in the 
direction of the police. At least 17 of those arrested are reported to be 
foreigners, nine of them German. Now the Danish authorities have tightened 
border restrictions with Germany and Sweden in order to prevent more 
sympathizers from arriving in Copenhagen.
The "Ungdomshuset" center in the multi-ethnic working class district of 
Norrebo had been occupied by young squatters since 1982 and had been used as 
a base for left-wing activists. It was sold to a Christian group by the 
state in 2000 but the occupants refused to leave and the new owners got a 
court order to have them evicted. The conflict over the center has been 
simmering ever since, with the youths living in the house refusing a 
proposal to move to another building.


The center has become something of a cause célèbre for the far-left 
anarchist scene across Europe and the squatters had asked people to come to 
support them in their hour of need. Last December, protests by around 1,000 
people against the eviction plans turned into street clashes, and more than 
300 people were arrested.
In Germany there were spontaneous demonstrations on Thursday evening to 
protest the Danish eviction. In Hamburg, around 800 people demonstrated 
against police, and threw bottles and street signs. The youths also dragged 
construction material onto the road and set bins alight. Police prevented 
around 100 people from demonstrating outside the Danish consulate in the 
city. In Hanover around 20 demonstrators clashed with police, while another 
120 peacefully marched in the city center.
In Oslo, Norway, around 150 demonstrators threw snowballs and paintbombs at 
the Danish embassy. And three men were arrested in the southern Swedish city 
of Malmö for carrying flammable material and explosives -- they are 
suspected of wanting to go to join the protests in Copenhagen.
Police spokesman Per Larsen told the Associated Press that officers from 
around the country were on their way to the capital to reinforce their 
colleagues over the coming days. Fresh trouble is expected.
smd/spiegel/reuters/ap

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=1320&sectionid=3510206
Danish protestors clash with police
Sat, 03 Mar 2007 09:44:19
 Hundreds of protestors took to the streets, setting at least four cars on 
fire early Saturday as a new round of violent street clashes hit the Danish 
capital, sparked by the eviction of squatters from a downtown building.

According to AFP, hundreds of police officers in riot gear used tear gas to 
disperse the crowd, pushing away demonstrators and onlookers in order to 
allow firefighters to put out the blazes which sent smoke billowing into the 
night sky.

Copenhagen police spokesman Flemming Steen Munch said at least 100 people 
were arrested, adding that "one of the arrested was injured and taken to a 
hospital."

Steen said that police officers had been out in force all day Friday, 
patrolling the troubled neighborhoods of Noerrebro and Christianshavn where 
217 people were arrested on Thursday after the activists clashed with 
police.

Two authorized demonstrations were expected to be held in Copenhagen on 
Saturday, Steen said earlier, adding that he feared further violence would 
flare up during the weekend. "Police reinforcements were called in from 
across the country to prevent any escalation in violence."

Demonstrators, many of them in their teens, were angry at Thursday's dawn 
raid to evict the squatters from the Ungdomshuset, which has served as free 
public housing for years. It has also been a popular cultural center for 
anarchists, punk rockers and left-wing groups, where performers have 
included Australian musician Nick Cave and Icelandic singer Bjork.

Meanwhile, sympathy protests were also held in Hamburg in northern Germany 
and in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
In the southwestern Swedish city Malmo, police arrested three people Friday 
in connection with the Copenhagen clashes, the Swedish news agency TT said. 
They were held on suspicion of planning to participate in violent protests 
and possession of explosives and flammable material.

The eviction had been planned since last year, when courts ordered the 
squatters to hand the building over to a Christian congregation that had 
bought it six years ago. The squatters refused, saying the city had no right 
to sell the building while it was still in use.

http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=international%20news&subclass=general&story_id=562753&category=General

Monday, 5 March 2007View all news  |  Send to a friend  |  Print



Danish protests fire up again
Mattias Karen


Protesters threw rocks at police and set fire to rubbish bins in Copenhagen 
last night, raising fears the Danish capital would see a third night of 
rioting.
Police said 16 people had been arrested as scuffles were reported in 
different parts of the city after a day of relative calm.
But the incidents appeared minor compared with the clashes between riot 
police and leftist youths that turned parts of the city into a battle zone 
for two consecutive nights.
More than 500 people, including scores of foreigners, have been arrested in 
riots that began on Thursday after an anti-terrorism squad evicted squatters 
from a disputed youth centre in the Noerrebro district.
More than 200 protesters were arrested early yesterday after overnight 
clashes in which hundreds of protesters hurled cobblestones at riot police 
who responded with tear gas, authorities said.
A school was vandalised and several buildings were damaged by fire as flames 
spread from burning cars and rubbish bins. One protester was reportedly 
wounded in the violence early on Saturday, while 25 were injured in riots 
the night before in what police called Denmark's worst riots in a decade.
City jails were filling up, with 115 people remanded into custody, including 
25 foreigners, the head of Copenhagen Prisons, Peter Vesterheden, said.
"This is a display of anger and rage after more than seven years of struggle 
to keep what is ours," 22-year-old activist Jan said, adding that he had 
been coming to the building for 10 years.
Hundreds of officers in riot gear patrolled the area near the building late 
on Saturday. There were isolated reports of small bands of protesters 
pelting officers with firecrackers and rocks. Police also said some 
protesters were pulling rubbish bins into the street, and in some cases 
setting them on fire.
Dozens of police vans were patrolling the Noerrebro district with flashing 
blue lights, breaking up gatherings of protesters to prevent a larger mob 
from forming.
Police said several of those arrested were carrying Molotov cocktails or 
firecrackers, but that no significant violence was reported.
The protesters see their fight to keep the "Youth House", a four-story 
building used by young squatters since the 1980s, as symbolic of a wider 
struggle against a capitalist establishment.
Built in 1897, it was a community theatre for the labour movement and a 
culture and conference centre. Vladimir Lenin was among its visitors.
In recent years, it has hosted concerts with performers like Australian 
musician Nick Cave and Icelandic singer Bjork.
The eviction had been planned since last year, when courts ordered the 
squatters to hand the building over to a Christian congregation that bought 
it six years ago.
The squatters refused to leave, saying the city had no right to sell the 
building.
They have demanded another building for free as a replacement.
As news of the riots spread, sympathisers around Europe rallied support for 
the protesters.
In a sign that the Danish youth expected foreign help, the web page of 
Ungdomshuset, or the Youth House, posted a warning in English that Danish 
police had increased border controls.
The clashes were Denmark's worst since May 18, 1993, when police fired into 
a crowd of rioters protesting the outcome of a European Union referendum.
Ten of the protesters were wounded.
AP


http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20070301064026461&query=ungdomshuset
Copenhagen Youths Riot Over Plan to Tear Down Culture Center
Thursday, March 01 2007 @ 06:40 AM PST
Contributed by: Anonymous
Views: 586
March 1 (Bloomberg) -- Hundreds of youths in Copenhagen disrupted traffic 
with roadblocks and bonfires and clashed with police to protest the planned 
demolition of a culture center.

Copenhagen Youths Riot Over Plan to Tear Down Culture Center

By Christian Wienberg

March 1 (Bloomberg) -- Hundreds of youths in Copenhagen disrupted traffic 
with roadblocks and bonfires and clashed with police to protest the planned 
demolition of a culture center.

The Danish capital's police made at least 80 arrests while clearing 
squatters from the center that's known as ungdomshuset. The operation began 
at 7 a.m. local time and involved the use of a helicopter to land riot-squad 
officers on the roof, police spokesman Flemming Steen Munch said in a 
telephone interview. One protester received injuries requiring 
hospitalization, he said.

Youths have used the center in the Noerrebro district since the city turned 
it over to squatters in 1982. In 2000, the city sold the center, a forum for 
alternative music and art, to a Christian group that plans to tear it down 
and build a church. Patrons lost suits in which they claimed ownership of 
the building, and held protests in an effort to block the plan. Protesters 
have barricaded the center since early December.

``I advise the young people to remain calm and not to become too 
aggressive,'' Justice Minister Lene Espersen said in an interview with the 
broadcaster TV2.

Traffic remained disrupted by early afternoon in the city, as hundreds of 
youths continued to protest in the streets, Munch said. Police controlled 
the interior of the building, he said.

Among those under arrest are youths who punched police officers and threw 
rocks, as well as those who refused to leave the center when police stormed 
it, Munch said.

To contact the reporter on this story: Christian Wienberg in Copenhagen 
cwienberg at bloomberg.net .
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid=aTGNke.EOpFM&refer=europe


------------------------------------------------------------------
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_6410000/newsid_6418500/6418565.stm
Denmark rioters' squat demolished

Activists watched the building's demolition from a distance
Bulldozers have begun the demolition of a building at the centre of rioting 
in the Danish capital Copenhagen, after the eviction of squatters last week.
About 650 people have been arrested following three nights of clashes 
between protesters and police.
The unrest has been some of the worst seen in the Danish capital for 
decades.
The trouble began after an anti-terror squad raided the Ungdomshuset 
building, which had been occupied by left-wing activists since the 1980s.
The local government sold the building to a Christian group in 2000, which 
then obtained a court order to have the squatters evicted.

Mechanical diggers bring the Ungdomshuset crashing to earth


Enlarge Image

But the activists vowed not to leave, saying the council had no right to 
sell the building while it was still in use.
They feared the Ungdomshuset, or Youth House, which had become an 
international cause celebre, would be knocked down if they were turned out.
And so it turned out on Monday morning, when at 0800 (0700 GMT) the 
demolition began.
Workmen wore masks and the company names on their vehicles were blacked out, 
apparently as a precaution against any reprisals.
The scene was watched over by large numbers of police and a small number of 
young people.
"They are breaking my heart. I cannot stand it," said Birgitte, a black-clad 
21-year-old woman with dreadlocks.
'Ringleaders' held'
The capital had been relatively quiet for the previous 24 hours, though 
earlier the confrontation over the house provoked some of the worst unrest 
in decades.
The districts of Noerrebro and Christiania were left looking like a war zone 
after barricades and cars were set on fire.
Protesters tore up cobble stones and hurled them at police, who had 
responded with organised charges, the BBC's Julian Isherwood reported.
Police said they had many of the ringleaders of the rioting in cells by 
Monday, after making a large number of arrests over the weekend.
Many have been remanded in custody for up to two weeks, and some of the 
foreign nationals involved - predominantly from Germany and Sweden - are 
being deported.
The weekend also saw peaceful demonstrations taking place in support of the 
protesters.
Around 1,000 bicyclists staged a mounted protest on Sunday, while banners 
proclaiming "Long live Ungdomshuset!" and "Stop police violence!" were held 
aloft.


------------------------------------------------------------------
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6411559.stm
Danish police expect more clashes

Protesters set fire to makeshift barricades on Thursday
Police in Denmark are braced for more violence after the eviction of 
squatters from a youth centre in the capital Copenhagen.
At least 217 people were arrested on Thursday after clashes around the Youth 
House (Ungdomshuset) building in the Noerrebro district.
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has condemned the rioters.
Left-wing activists have occupied the building since 1982 but it was sold by 
the local council in 2000.
Large numbers of police officers are patrolling the districts of Noerrebro 
and the famous hippy enclave of Christiania. Reinforcements from other parts 
of Denmark have been called in, as the authorities anticipate more violence.
The prime minister told the Danish news agency Ritzau: "It is utterly 
reprehensible that a few trouble-makers continue to create disorder."

A Christian group called Faderhuset bought the Ungdomshuset, now a cause 
celebre in Denmark, in 2001.
It had a court order to have the squatters evicted but they vowed not to 
leave saying the council had no right to sell the building while it was 
still in use.
Thursday's operation to evict the squatters began at about 0700 (0600 GMT) 
and ended in scenes described by Danish media as a war zone.
Police in riot gear blocked the streets as an anti-terror squad dropped from 
helicopters onto the building's roof in a dawn raid.
Youths then gathered behind protest lines, yelling at police and throwing 
missiles.
Riots spread
The violence later spread to towards Christiania.
About 25 people were injured following the eviction of the 35 squatters.
Among those arrested were foreigners from France, Germany, Norway, Poland, 
Lithuania, New Zealand and the US.
There were further protests by sympathisers of the activists outside Danish 
diplomatic missions in Germany, Sweden, Norway and Austria.
Last December, a protest in Copenhagen against the eviction plans turned 
violent, and more than 300 people were arrested.
-------------------------------------------------


http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20070222135636138&query=ungdomshuset

Update on the Struggle of Ungdomshuset (Youth House) in Copenhagen, Denmark
Thursday, February 22 2007 @ 01:56 PM PST
Contributed by: Anonymous
Views: 654
While representatives of ungdomshuset met with the head mayor of Copenhagen 
French activists occupied the Danish consulate in Lyon. Also Berlin and 
Moscow activists have carried through support actions within the last week.

A meeting in Copenhagen and actions in France, Germany and Russia
from http://ungdomshuset.dk

While representatives of ungdomshuset met with the head mayor of Copenhagen 
French activists occupied the Danish consulate in Lyon. Also Berlin and 
Moscow activists have carried through support actions within the last week.

At a meeting at city hall today people from the house met with politicians 
of the Social Democratic Party to re-present the four demands from the 
house. Stating that a new house has to be in our local area, has to be as 
big or bigger than ungdomshuset, has to be self governed and has to be given 
to us.

The politicians still refuse to give us a house despite the fact that they 
have sold the one we have today. So the meeting did not lead to a solution 
to the ongoing conflict. But the politicians and the foundation supporting 
us will look at one more unexplored option. Still nobody is getting there 
hopes up. Never trust a politician.

While the meeting was being held at city hall the local government got a fax 
from France stating that the Danish consulate was occupied in solidarity 
with ungdomshuset. 15 had made there way into the consulate and 50 others 
handed out leaflets on the street.

Just a week ago activist in Berlin demonstrated in front of the Danish 
embassy and handed over a letter of support to the Danish delegates.

The day after the action in Germany activist in Moscow did street theater at 
the Danish embassy there.

Read more about the action in Berlin, Germany
http://indymedia.dk/article/854

See the video from the action in Moscow
http://indyvideo.ru/video/2006/20061216_daniya.wmv

20. februar 2007
------------------

To all friends of ungdomshuset
ungdomshuset has said no to buying another house but has left a door open 
for the politicians. We will not pay to solve a problem they have created. 
If they want us to move they can try offering us a house for free, But since 
they are not willing to do so we expect an eviction soon.

The present situation of the house is as follows: The mayor of Copenhagen, 
Ritt Bjerregaard, has last week put up a ridiculous 'solution' to the 
conflict. She has suggested that the foundation 'Jagtvej 69', which was 
originally established by supporters of the house to attempt to buy back the 
ungdomshuset, should just buy another house for us who use the house.

We have answered: 'NO fucking way!' and and have explained this answer by 
saying that there�s no way that the city council can escape the 
trouble they themselves have started by offering to sell us a house. 
Secondly, more importantly, the existence of self governed free spaces must 
never depend on having enough money to buy them.

ungdomshuset has put out one simple re-demand to the mayor: If she presents 
a house (of same or larger size, with the same facilities as the present 
one) under the exact same terms as those under which ungdomshuset was given 
to the squatter movement in 1982, then we�ll talk to her, not before. 
The '82 terms were simple: An unbreakable contract from the city, giving the 
usage of the house to the squatters for free, forever.

As we write this, rumors of an upcoming eviction attempt are swirling. Some 
are no doubt born from stirred up paranoia, but some are not. What we know 
is this: A large number of cops have been called from other cities to 
Copenhagen, and they are preparing a larger action. This could very well be 
a sign that eviction is near at hand. We hope that our comrades far and wide 
will be ready to react when the time comes. If you have the possibility to 
go to Copenhagen in the days before and following an eviction, there will be 
arranged sleeping places and accommodation around the city.

It's a time for action and no matter what happens; ungdomshuset will not go 
quietly into the night.

See you on the barricades!

ungdomshuset February 9th 2007

9. februar 2007


http://www.cphpost.dk/get/100706.html
Mayor loses patience with protestorsNew user?
Login

Password:



Search articles







 05.03.2007Print article (IE & NS 4+)

Communication between city officials and young people is strained after a 
weekend of continued violent protests in the wake of the closing down of an 
illegal youth centre

Under the banner, 'Flowers not bricks', over 1000 demonstrators made their 
way on bicycle to City Hall Square Sunday in a peaceful show of support for 
a youth centre closed down by police late last week.
The demonstration marked one of the few peaceful episodes during a weekend 
of violent clashes between police and protestors after residents of the 
Ungdomshuset youth collective were evicted Thursday.
Nearly 700 people have been arrested and dozens of cars and a school have 
been torched in one of the largest demonstrations of social unrest ever seen 
in the capital.
Rioters were expressing their dissatisfaction that the Faderhuset Christian 
congregation was now the rightful owner of the youth centre that had served 
as a gathering place, concert hall and halfway home for alternative youths 
since 1982.
Their aggressive tactics had alienated much of the Nørrebro district where 
the collective was located, however. Residents had grown weary of smashed 
car windows and store windows, as well as burnt bicycles and rubbish bins.
Lord Mayor Ritt Bjerregaard admitted that she had had enough, too. She said 
the protests, which caused DKK 14 million in damages, had drained her 
patience.
'I think they are completely out of line with what we can accept,' she told 
Politiken newspaper. 'Violence isn't a viable means in a society like ours.'
Although Bjerregaard stated she would not spend any more time trying to find 
a new building for the displaced young people, supporters are urging the 
council to keep the lines of communications open. They point out that the 
sheer size of the protests demand political action.
'Even though there were 500 people sitting in jail after two days of 
fighting in the streets, 2000 people took part in peaceful demonstration,' 
said Tommy Hansen, a representative for the group More Youth Centres. 
'That's proof that we are no small group.'


http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=3c804b28-9b5c-4436-ba70-249f53ad1854

Bicycle bells replace blazes in protest
Cyclists in support of the youth house Ungdomshuset protest peacefully in 
Copenhagen, Denmark, after nights of violence.
Photograph by : CHRISTIAN CHARISIUS, REUTERS


SLIM ALLAGUI, AFP
Published: Monday, March 05, 2007
About 1,000 cyclists rode through Copenhagen yesterday, replacing days of 
violent protests with the peaceful chiming of bike bells, while a separate 
group urged protesters to throw flowers at police instead of rocks.
Ringing their way through the Danish capital, the demonstrators carried 
banners in support of Ungdomshuset, a building famed as a centre of 
underground culture that was shut last week.
"Long live Ungdomshuset!" and "Stop police violence!" read some of the signs 
passing under the watchful gaze of a huge police presence, still on high 
alert after days of violent clashes.
"The situation has improved considerably, but we remain on alert," police 
spokesperson Lars Borg said.
Police arrested 196 people "on different charges" overnight to Sunday, Borg 
said, pointing out the latest protests had been "much calmer, with only very 
few incidents involving rubbish bins set on fire, large firecrackers and the 
burning of a single car." Large police forces remained posted in the 
Noerrebro and Christiania neighbourhoods where the violence first ignited on 
Thursday, when police evicted squatters from Ungdomshuset, or "the youth 
house." The building has acquired a cult reputation in Copenhagen as a haven 
for rebels, punks and squatters since the 1980s when the Danish capital gave 
the groups permission to move into the centre.
The building, which has served among other things as a concert venue and 
featured shows by big stars like Icelandic pop artist Bjoerk and Australian 
musician Nick Cave, was recently sold to the Christian group Fadershuset, 
which requested the eviction of the youths.
An August 2006 court ruling ordered the occupants to be evicted from the 
centre, which they insist belongs to them.
Since the beginning of the protests, which have included rioters hurling 
petrol bombs and stones, 647 people have been arrested, including 140 
foreigners, mainly Germans and Scandinavians, suspected of involvement in 
the disturbances.
Although less violent, yesterday's protesters were adamant that Ungdomshuset 
should be spared.
"It is a great place where everyone is welcome except for racists, and where 
there are lots of activities that you can't find elsewhere," said 
13-year-old Anders Lemvig, who with his brand new punk outfit and haircut 
marched on foot in the bicycle demonstration.
When the bicycle demonstration arrived at city hall, followed by dozens of 
police vans, it was joined by another group of protesters marching under the 
banner "flowers not cobblestones."


http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20070307102930726&query=ungdomshuset

Sabotage against company working on demolition of Ungdomshuset squat
Wednesday, March 07 2007 @ 10:29 AM PST
Contributed by: Anonymous
Views: 284
Tuesday, 6th March, 14:23 -- Two lorries was set ablaze last night in the 
parking lot of 3x34 Transport's main office. The fire was started 
deliberately and the police have been informed. The company writes on their 
homepage, that friday 2nd of march they had a transport from Jagtvej 69. The 
company has since received threaths against their vans, materials and 
personel. The company writes that "3x34 Transport is a political neutral 
company and works that way, and as a starting point, will transport any 
order no matter political, religious or ethnic ground". Despite this, they 
have chosen to stop the work around ungdomshuset. "3x34 Transport will at 
any time choose to not do work that will pose a threat to the people working 
in the company, and has, with this in mind, chosen to not take any more 
orderes in connection with the clearing of ungdomshuset at Norrebro".

Sabotage against company working on demolition of ungdomshuset squat

by Modkraft.dk

Tuesday, 6th March, 14:23 -- Two lorries was set ablaze last night in the 
parking lot of 3x34 Transport's main office. The fire was started 
deliberately and the police have been informed. The company writes on their 
homepage, that friday 2nd of march they had a transport from Jagtvej 69. The 
company has since received threaths against their vans, materials and 
personel. The company writes that "3x34 Transport is a political neutral 
company and works that way, and as a starting point, will transport any 
order no matter political, religious or ethnic ground". Despite this, they 
have chosen to stop the work around ungdomshuset. "3x34 Transport will at 
any time choose to not do work that will pose a threat to the people working 
in the company, and has, with this in mind, chosen to not take any more 
orderes in connection with the clearing of ungdomshuset at Norrebro".

-----------------------

Monday, March 05, 2007

Copenhagen, Denmark - After days of rioting demolition crews began 
demolishing the ungdomshuset (Youth House.) Workers wore masks to hide their 
identities and were required to work under a heavy police guard. Tearful 
crowds of youths and their supporters shouted obscenities at the workers and 
the police.

The building has been home to an autonomous youth community center since 
1982, but it's radical history goes back much further. It was built as a 
community theatre for the labour movement in 1897. Both Denmark's women's 
liberation and trade union movements were founded under it's roof and the 
building even hosted Vladimir Lenin when he visited Copenhagen in 1910.

Riot police used helicopters to storm the building Thursday and arrested the 
35 occupants setting off three nights of violent clashes between police and 
protesters. The riots have mellowed out but demonstrators claim that they 
have "only just started!"

posted by bombs and shields at 11:51 PM

----------------------------------------

Constant ungdomshuset updates from Copenhagen (English translation from 
Modkraft.dk):
http://www.emoware.org/ungdomshuset.asp


http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2371664,00.html

Police Fear New Riots in Copenhagen After Street Clashes
 Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:  Demonstrators set 
barricades on fire in the Norrebro neighborhood of Copenhagen

Police in Copenhagen were gearing up Friday for a second day of riots as 
radical activists protested against the eviction of squatters from an 
underground cultural youth centre.
Police officers were out in full force on Friday, patrolling the troubled 
Copenhagen neighborhoods of Noerrebro and Christianshavn where 217 people 
were arrested on Thursday after left-wing activists clashed with police.

"We will be on the streets as long as it takes and with as many men as it 
takes to keep the peace," police spokesman Flemming Steen Munch told AFP, 
adding that police reinforcements had been called in from across the 
country.

A group of 18 demonstrators entered the headquarters of the Social 
Democratic Party on Friday around midday, unfurling a banner reading: "You 
stole the youths' building, now we're taking yours", but the situation 
remained calm, protestors said.

Demonstrators clash with police

The group, calling itself the Action Group for Frustrated Copenhagen 
Residents, demanded a political solution to the conflict which erupted when 
thousands of youths attacked police after a dawn raid to evict squatters 
from the Ungdomshuset, a four-storey haven for rebels, punks and squatters 
in the Norrebro district.

The building has been a favorite haunt for left-wingers since the 1980s when 
the city of Copenhagen gave the group permission to move into the building.

Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:  Scuffles 
broke out between police and demonstratorsOn Thursday activists threw 
stones, bottles, pots of paint, firecrackers, Molotov cocktails, and set up 
barricades, lit fires and overturned vehicles to protest the eviction.

Riot police used tear gas in an attempt to disperse the emonstrators, some 
of whom were masked.

"We were surprised by the extent of the conflict and the demonstrators' wild 
violence," Steen Munch said. The Noerrebro neighborhood is home to a large 
population of young radicals and squatters and is the scene of regular 
flare-ups with police.

In May 1993, bloody clashes erupted following Denmark's "yes" vote to the 
Maastricht treaty that led to the creation of the European Union and the 
euro single currency.

By late Thursday the violence had spread out from Noerrebro to the nearby 
district of Christianshavn. Christianshavn is next to the so-called "free 
city" of Christiania, an autonomous community in the city set up more than 
30 years ago.

"Utterly reprehensible"

Danish politicians reacted with shock to the events. Danish Prime Minister 
Anders Fogh Rasmussen "vigorously condemned" Thursday's riots.

Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:  Danish 
Prime Minister Rasmussen condemened the outbreak of violence"It is utterly 
reprehensible that a few trouble-makers continue to create disorder," he 
told Danish news agency Ritzau.

Justice Minister Lene Espersen told Danish television channel TV2 she was 
shocked by protestors' violence.

"We have freedom of expression in Denmark and it is shocking to see the use 
of violence and cobble stones to show what one thinks," Espersen said.

The Ungdomshuset was recently sold to the fundamental Christian group 
Fadershuset, which has demanded the eviction of the youths. An August 2006 
court ruling ordered the occupants to be evicted from the centre, which they 
insist belongs to them.

The building has been a popular hang-out for Copenhagen's alternative crowd, 
offering concerts, plays and debates. Big stars such as Icelandic pop artist 
Björk have performed at the venue.

The Ungdomshuset Web site says the group is run along five simple 
guidelines: no sexism, no "heterosexism" -- prejudice in favor of 
heterosexuals -- no racism, no hard drugs and no violence.

Some onlookers at the scene on Thursday were critical of the Danish police 
action.

One Noerrebro resident described the operation as something resembling "the 
dismantling of a terrorist network."

Kristina Ilsoe, a Roskilde University professor who watched the events with 
her three-year-old son at her side, said she was "sad, like most of the 
neighbors, to see so-called tolerant Denmark not leave room for those who 
don't fit the norm."

Some banks and stores in the area barricaded their entrances to protect 
their businesses.

Foreigners arrested

Police meanwhile said they were re-establishing border controls o prevent an 
influx of supporters from other countries, in particular southern neighbor 
Germany.

Among the 217 arrested on Thursday were 17 foreigners from France, Germany, 
Norway, Poland, Lithuania, New Zealand and the United States. The German 
foreign ministry confirmed that nine Germans were among those held.
Three police officers and three demonstrators were injured during the 
clashes, police said.

Meanwhile, German police said on Friday they had detained 16 people after 
demonstrations broke out in the cities of Hamburg and Hanover in solidarity 
with the squatters evicted in Denmark.

On Friday the majority of Danish politicians, with the exception of the 
extreme-left, hailed the police action and denounced the activists' 
violence.

The press meanwhile unanimously condemned the "street wars" and "chaos."

According to the Danish foreign ministry, demonstrations supporting the 
activists were held in front of Denmark's diplomatic missions in Stockholm, 
Oslo, Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover, Flensburg and Vienna.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------


http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8815186
Danish demonstrations
Of riots and righteousness
Mar 8th 2007 | COPENHAGEN
>From The Economist print edition
Rioting squatters v the missionary position


COPENHAGEN'S image is one of a peaceful Nordic oasis. Yet last weekend it 
erupted in a frenzy of violence, with masked demonstrators battling police, 
bonfires lit in the streets and local burghers left spluttering amid the 
teargas. Shop windows were smashed, cars set ablaze, a school ransacked—and 
almost 700 people were arrested. The riots came after the eviction of 
left-wing activists squatting in a youth centre called Ungdomshuset. The 
police, acting on a court order, staged a flamboyant dawn raid to secure the 
building, prompting its erstwhile squatting tenants to vent their anger in 
the streets.
There is more to this tale than a mere squabble over tenancy rights, 
however. The ousted youths, a motley lot of anarchists, autonomists, punks, 
Marxists, and vegans, had occupied the building since 1982, when the city 
let them in to keep them off the streets. Ungdomshuset evolved into a music 
venue and a hub of leftist activism. Locals grumbled about loud music and 
graffiti, but the police were happy. Then the council decided to sell. The 
buyer was Faderhuset, a conservative Christian sect led by Ruth Eversen, a 
firebrand evangelist preacher.
Ms Eversen says that God told her to buy the house. “God often tells me to 
do things,” she claims. Her mission is to return Denmark to the Christian 
path, starting in Norrebro, the district that houses not just the 
Ungdomshuset but also many Muslims. Ms Eversen has not revealed if she was 
also acting on God's orders when she decided to demolish the building within 
hours of gaining vacant possession.
The protesters suspect that the city may have deliberately sold their home 
to their ideological antithesis. A small crowd with studs in their noses and 
tears in their eyes watched unhappily as bulldozers demolished it. “I feel 
I'm being squeezed out. There's no room for my culture any more,” said one 
teenager.
The government has stayed well clear of the row. But there are echoes from 
the past, even so. One of Anders Fogh Rasmussen's first moves when he became 
centre-right prime minister in 2001 was to shut down various agencies whose 
opinions he disliked. He also tried to “normalise” Christiania, a 
freewheeling Copenhagen district that favours soft drugs and alternative 
lifestyles. Ungdomshuset has a history of left-wing agitation: International 
Women's Day was proclaimed there in 1910 and visitors included Lenin and 
Rosa Luxembourg. Whatever Mr Fogh Rasmussen's views of Ms Eversen's crusade, 
he will not shed any tears over the house's razing.
-----------------------------------------------------
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/jakob_illeborg/2007/03/copenhagen_is_burning_for_four.html

Anarchy in the DK
Rioting between police and Denmark's youth has erupted on the normally 
peaceful streets of Copenhagen. But what is behind the aggression?
Jakob Illeborg
Articles
Latest
Show all
Profile

All Jakob Illeborg articles
About Webfeeds
March 5, 2007 11:52 AM | Printable version
Copenhagen is burning. For four days the downtown area of the Danish capital 
has looked like a war zone. At least 690 people have been arrested, many of 
them younger than 18. As I write, Copenhagen is still trying to recover from 
a most violent confrontation between supporters of Ungdomshuset (the Youth 
House) - a Danish squat that has been at the heart of the Danish youth 
subculture since 1980 - and the police who had just evicted the squatters.
Such was the ferocity when the conflict culminated Friday and Saturday night 
that several parts of Copenhagen were rioting simultaneously. From Nørrebro, 
where Ungdomshuset is situated, to Christianshavn, where the free town of 
Christiania is, sleepy Copenhagen was transformed into something reminiscent 
of Belfast in the bad old days. International riot supporters from Sweden, 
Germany and Holland arrived by their hundreds and Danish police had to 
borrow vehicles from neighbouring Sweden to cope with the ever-increasing 
numbers of arrests. Police officers have been wounded, as have many 
protesters, members of the press have been beaten up and cars and houses set 
on fire. Something rather un-Danish is going on in Denmark it seems, but 
everybody knew the conflict was coming.
The squatters, who have resided in Ungdomshuset since 1982, follow a Danish 
squatting tradition. In the 1970s and at the start of the 80s, when 
Ungdomshuset came into existence, The BZ-movement was active. The 
BZ-squatters were predominantly peaceful and enjoyed a lot of support from 
the locals. Their greatest victory was the standoff with the police at a 
squat called Alotria, where the squatters famously dug an underground tunnel 
out of the house. When the police finally stormed the premises, the youths 
had escaped through the underground tunnel.
How things have changed. Back then, Denmark was going through a rough spell 
with unemployment and the youths had every reason to take a "no future" 
stance. Political tension was in the air, recurring anti-nuclear 
demonstrations and massive disarmament rallies created a feeling of 
togetherness on the political left, and the radical youth was merely the 
extreme part of this togetherness.
Today Copenhagen is one of Europe's most affluent cities, a place focusing 
on its commercial success and materialism, which creates a strong tendency 
to political apathy - much like in Britain. From being a social democratic 
stronghold Demark is today libertarian to a large degree. The material 
middle-classes have little understanding for young wild bloods, and maybe 
this in part explains the protesters' increasingly aggressive and 
confrontational stance.
It's far from the first time that the "autonome" (the autonomous), as the 
protest movement is known today, and the police clash. Back in December 2006 
when it was announced that the Christian organisation that actually owns 
Ungdomshuset had the right to evict the squatters, they clashed with the 
police and more than 200 were arrested.
>From then on it's been a waiting game. Everybody knew that sooner or later 
the police would strike and the squatters were making plans to defend 
themselves. When the police struck in the early hours of Thursday - air 
lifting special units unto the roof of the house - the squatters were taken 
by surprise. But their intentions were clear. The place was littered with 
barbed wire, Molotov cocktails and stones. They did not intend to give in 
without a fight and, when evicted, the fight was taken to the streets where 
it has been ongoing for days now.
The fighting is meaningless and deplorable. What makes the whole thing even 
more ridiculous is that the squatters were offered an old school nearby as a 
replacement for Ungdomshuset. This offer was refused by the youths on 
grounds that it is the symbolic value of the original house that matters. It 
does, however, look like the protesters wanted the confrontation. With their 
skilful orchestration the protesters at times looked more like a trained and 
experienced fighting machine than a group of kids wanting a place to hang 
out; or a disenfranchised revolutionary movement. This was underlined by the 
continuing stream of European anarchists moving towards Copenhagen, eager 
and ready to fight.
The police's adaptation of a zero tolerance with an unprecedented 690 
arrests, including the detention in custody of hundreds of minors - some in 
isolation - plus the police's apparent joy of beating up the unruly 
adolescents, may have won the day for the law and its enforcers, but it 
hardly leads the way towards a greater mutual understanding. It is difficult 
to call a winner, but easy to identify the losers.
But why all this aggression in such a peaceful society? That is the question 
that the Danes will have to ask themselves when the last fires have died 
out. The truth is that the ongoing violence is about far more than just a 
squatted house. It is notable that a lot of the tension was situated around 
Christiania - the old hippy commune that has become a major tourist 
attraction, a cultural hubbub and a thorn in the flesh of the Danish 
political establishment.
The current centre-right government remains a staunch enemy of the social 
experiment, and protagonists on both parts see the eviction of Ungdomshuset 
as phase one in an ongoing process to rid Copenhagen of Christiania. The 
free town still divides the nation, 36 years after it came into existence. 
The alternative way of living, the cannabis smoking and the non-adaptation 
to the bourgeois lifestyle of modern Copenhagen is a red cloth in the face 
of many ordinary citizens, who sympathise with the government's desire to 
normalise the free town (read: demolish it). This tension has been ongoing 
for more than 30 years, and the current conflict will not ease the tensions 
between the advocates of tolerance and those who feel that enough is enough. 
However many citizens of Copenhagen are fed up with having the shop windows 
in their neighbourhood smashed in on a regular basis and recurring clashes 
in the streets that frighten their children. The tolerance has been 
stretched too far they claim, and it is now time to crack down on the 
antisocial behaviour.
But it also merits the question why such an affluent society has failed in 
offering its youths something meaningful to do. It may be that sheer boredom 
and apathy are the biggest triggers of the conflict. The Danish political 
system has failed in communicating with the youth. Society's apparent lack 
of interest in looking after the drop-outs seems to be a European problem. 
>From the disintegrated North Africans of Paris to the youth gangs of London 
and the sub cultures of Copenhagen, there seems to be a serious problem of 
communication and understanding between the generations - a responsibility 
that surely lies with the grownups.
Being young in Copenhagen should not, however, be compared to the tough 
conditions of life on the outskirts of Paris or in parts of east London. The 
biggest problem the squatters have to deal with is probably boredom. The 
protesters in Copenhagen may think that they are rebelling against the 
political right - against capitalism and lack of tolerance. But in fact the 
use of violence as a means to further their cause is only helping the forces 
that want to crack down on subcultures, and close down Christiania, simply 
because it is very difficult to defend the havoc that is being raised in 
Copenhagen right now. In a curious attempt to eradicate the immediate past, 
Ungdomshuset, the object of all the fighting, is being demolished right now. 
As if that would make the problem go away.
suitone

Comment No. 460458
March 5 23:27
GBR
Riots in Copenhagen are nothing new. 1968 they appeared to be happening 
every week. 1970 there were three nights of rioting with the IMF in the 
city. 1980 there was a week or so of trouble when the authorities tried to 
close the kids adventure playground on Blagardsgade. People then compared it 
to Belfast.
As for Christiania nothing came out of the blue.
In the winter before Christiania's first winter, 1970/1971, Projekt Hus had 
housed hundreds of squatters. The people in the house openly encouraged 
acid, mescaline, hash, speed, and banned alcohol and the opiates. These 
drugs destroy each and every attempt to create an environment.
Project Hus was central Copenhagen - a place where you couldn't get alcohol, 
couldn't get smack.
It was obvious to anyone with half a brain cell Copenhagen had a huge 
problem with disaffected young people who were automatically falling out of 
the holes in the safety net. None of the institutions worked.
Consequently, early December 1971, the Christiania squat a few weeks old, 
more or less the same week Arthur Brown played a benefit on the 3rd floor of 
the MultiMedie Hus, the only place open for live music in Christiania then, 
three people from the Social Services Directorate took the trouble to come 
into Christiania and speak with the thirty odd people living there.
It was explained to them it was far more economic for the Danish state to 
allow people to create their own environment in Christiania than shunt them 
from programme to programme. The costs for the Danish state of running 
Christiania were negligible compared with the benefits. In Christiania the 
disturbed kid who had been through every institution going had the chance to 
build and create their own life.
Simultaneously, from day one, people recognised that art, the ability to 
create something out of the environment, to transmute the disused army 
garrison, offered a possibility the young would never get anywhere else in 
Danish society.
The contrast between how the army had left the garrison -smashed, glass 
everywhere underfoot, forbidding stone walls - and the metropolis people 
created is a profound commentary on the knowledge and insight available at 
that time.
The Social Demokratic government would listen, would respect the art, those 
creating the Christiania experience had the experience from years of drug 
culture.
What ties together UngdomsHus to Christiania is the Norrebro of the 1960s, 
that particular stretch from the corner of Ryesgade/Fredensgade and over to 
the end of Stengade. People were literate, opened the door to strangers, 
experimented, learnt.
A great album which captures that period of Norrebro, where people were 
treated with respect, is the first volume of Hyldemor Live, 1979 to 1981
A good person to interview would be Erik Bork. He was the parish priest for 
the area, which includes the cemetary where Kierkegaard and Ben Webster are 
buried. He had long fights with the church fathers over religious 
interpretation, they eventually threw him out of his church because he 
refused to marry his common-law wife.
Once they had thrown him out his wife said she would marry him on the 3rd 
floor in the Multimedie Hus in Christiania, they were then married in 
Christiania.
The present riots are no surprise.
Ieuan

Comment No. 460166
March 5 19:46
MAR
SeerTaak said ".....the professions.....And which of these do you think was 
involved in the rioting?"
Can't speak for now, though 'pilsner' above says that '...amongst the 
arrested are high level civil servants, retired schoolteachers, university 
and secondary school students and their parents, all of whom had gone to 
demonstrate their support for [ungdoms]house" and when I was 'on the 
barricades' (actually a bit of a singsong directed at very stern looking 
police, more a party than a revolution) defending Christiania I was with a 
civil servant, a teacher, a nurse, a lorry driver and an antiques dealer. 
You don't have to be a druggy or a full time welfare recipient to support an 
alternative lifestyle.
Ungdomshuset and Christiania (and there are some other, similar places 
scattered throughout DK) represented - certainly to me - something very 
special and precious about Danish culture. The UK had something of the same, 
the explosion of 'alternative' creativity and politics around the West 
London squats from the late '60's and on. It self-destructed on hard drugs 
and was crushed by 'The Establishment' in the end but it could be argued 
that it was the beginning of much of the Green movement, the whole food 
movement, 'bedroom' magazine publishing and music making in the UK and that 
when the last of the squats were closed down by police action then a 
valuable incubator for new ideas was lost.
What is happening in Kbh. today is part of what seems to be a world wide 
closing down of real choice. To explain on a simpler level, It's like there 
used to be a 'choice' about what 'restaurant' you could eat in, but now 
there is only one 'restaurant'....though the menu is long, if that makes 
sense.
The most frightening political change I have seen in my lifetime is that, 
many years ago (when I was a young lad), quite a high percentage of the 
world's population lived outside the money economy...as subsistence farmers, 
hunting tribes etc. etc. 'Primitive' maybe, but if you don't need money then 
it is all the harder to control you. Now, I believe, nearly everyone is 
involved in the money economy. As the tribes in the Amazon have been cleared 
away, the Gypsies in Europe forced into houses...and even that bit of 
anarchist creativity called 'Ungdomshuset' is closed, then that limits 
everyone more and more to just play the commercial/money game. Perhaps that 
is the only way that a world as crowded as ours can survive, but it is 
nullifying an important part of the human spirit - play! And that is what a 
place like ungdomshuset was all about, playing around and having fun.
(and perhaps it is in societies where play is no longer valued that riots 
become more common?)
kateket

Comment No. 464379
March 7 23:15
DNK
I don't know where you live Jakob Illeborg, but for sure it's not within 
spitting distance of Ungdomshuset. Somewhere in 'The Whiskey Belt' I would 
imagine.
I have only just seen this thread and haven't had the time to really read 
what you say - a quick scanread was good enough to be honest pal, nor have I 
read the comments, so apologies are required and given ...but I'll chuck in 
my two pennys worth anyways.
I live just 5 minutes walk or 60 seconds of windblown tear gas - burning car 
stink away from the youth centre in question. (or should I use your hotbed 
of autonomism pejorative Jacob?)
I have neither the erudition nor the whit to handle a cif rap about the 
why's and wherefore's of just how this 'battle' happened - esp as I just got 
home from a gallery opening where the red flowed rather more copiously than 
it did during the 3 days of the riots you talk about.
All I want to say right now is just how impressed I was and still am by the 
Danish idea of a street fight. (The story might no longer be newsworthy, but 
it's still going on as I type)
What I saw from the safety of my double glazing,'live'tv and the occasional 
foray out into danger land - were a few hundred (sometimes 4000+ so I'm 
told) overeducated, very politically aware children, hurrying up and down 
the streets with supermarket trollies full of kilo heavy granite cobble 
stones and Pepsi bottle Molotov Cocktails.
These are not the same creatures one sees fighting for fun in the UK of a 
weekend night.
No, these ones knew exactly what they were doing and just why they were 
doing it. So anything but mindless aggression was on their agenda - a 
million miles away from the anger and frustration that led to the riots in 
France last Summer, or even the 'hoi paloy' Brixton riots of Scarman report 
fame.
I have never seen such solidarity in a 'Western' town before. Local's 
invited strangely pierced kids to sleep on their sofa's and floors; a 24/7 
kitchen was opened and is still running; young doctors and nurses came from 
the nearby teaching hospital (Rigshospitalet) to offer help and or 
counselling - neighbours came by with duvets & warm clothing, a pat on the 
head or just a smile - NO not just young folks, anything but.
Well ...I'm kind of turning this into some kind of romantic ballad I see, 
but how about the idea that on these so called Anarchist's; 'Autonome's' 
(your word) web site they asked K?avners to burn a candle in their windows' 
as a show of support,
Well many many did, yes, even those who had had their cars or bikes 
trashed - funnily enough on the street where Ritt Bjerregaard lives 
(Copenhagen's Overborgmester - the Mayor of CPH) - which is only 15 minutes 
walk from Ungdomshuset, ...at least a third of the houses on her street had 
those candles burning - and I think she would have been pleased to see it - 
ironic as that might sound.
Back to me being deeply impressed - Thousands of kids run amok in this 
capitol city - absolute anarchy happens; towers of red-black smoke rise all 
over town (no exaggeration) - 600+ extra Police brought in from the 
provinces - 20+ wagons loaned from Sweden to augment the 30+ what they call 
here 'Holland Wagons' the same 'war-trucks the Dutch riot police use.
Around 700 kids arrested - seriously damaged ego's happened perhaps. Huge 
policefolk in full riot gear do not like being defeated by a gaggle of 
screaming 16 year old's :)
But no one got hurt, whatever Jacob says, the only 2 who had to be 
hospitalised, happened on the first day of the story - Thursday the 1st 
March - and only accidentally.
The Police captured all those very very scary kids, not with truncheons, but 
with cunning and patience. They out fought them in the end of course - it 
really was a battle of wits - Lord of The Flies v Judge Dread's army hehe
Yes of course the kids were going to lose, the battle but they lost well and 
the chief of Police here in Copenhagen: Per Larsen has become the hero of 
the decade - he was just so cool, I don't mean that in a slick way, I mean 
he kept his cool and has now become one of Denmark's most respected 'public' 
figures' - on everyone's party list for f嫳 sake.
If this battle had happened in London - the hospitals would be full of 
broken heads and a few body bags would have been needed too.
As yet, the idea of being a teenager or simply an individual here in 
Denmark, has not become a scare word and I really do hope it stays this way. 
I find The UK so scary these days ...yes of course this is an over 
simplification, but I am 3 parts pissed after all.
PS. just an addendum: The Youth Centre in question was sold by Copenhagen's 
council; for a very cheap price, to a very right wing fundamentalist 
Christian sect called Faderhuset (lit.The House of The Father) 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faderhuset
Just today they announced in the Danish papers that after cleaning up 
Ungdomshuset (the youth centre) their next project includes ridding 
Copenhagen of: Homosexuals; porn; drugs and other impure thoughts
kateket

Comment No. 464575
March 8 4:03
DNK
Look, all I really wanted to say was that I have been deeply impressed by 
Copenhagen's Police who handled the rather crazy event without breaking any 
heads.
And also the way most all of the 'locals' were fairly sympathetic too, NO, 
not with the organised violence of course - but with the protest.
I shouldn't be so surprised really, as DK rarely fails to amaze me.
Just today I read a report from Politiken: A story of the local Police 
handing over lumps of the building to the grieving kids. Yes hints of Berlin 
1989, hints of 'Diana' too perhaps - not an exaggeration for the young ones 
who used the house as a 'home'- the latchkey kids that used Jagtvej 69 - 
Ungdomeshuset as a primary home more often than the place their parents 
lived in.
This is a land of single parent families after all - kids grow up here in 
Kindergartens, often home means crap food of an evening - and not a lot 
more.
So here in Copenhagen they made their own place - these kids made themselves 
a real fine society, with enough Mums & Dad's to go around.
We could have learned a lot, instead we fucked it - the bill is ways larger 
than the estimated 2 million dollars - and I don't mean cash money.
If only British kids had the same kind of solidarity I have seen happen 
here, I really do think UK would be a much better place to grow up in.
Children are our future, our vicarious hopes & dreams - just where does this 
idea fit in with the Brit paradigm? where teenagers and preteens too, are 
the enemy? - just how does this work ...please?
The way things go today, I wouldn't dream of bringing my 2 kids over to some 
Comprehensive school in TB's CCTV acronym ASBOS land - not in my worst 
dreams would I do that.
Anyhow, I can't really sing Danish praises any louder without sounding like 
some very creepy sycophant (a fine land is the truth tho') so I'll shut up 
and bugger off.
Back to Anarchy in DK - I leave you with this sweet note:
Every night outside Vestre F殧sel (Copenhagen's largest and 'heaviest' 
prison, where some good few hundred of the protesters have been 
incarcerated) there are at least 100 -150 of these tattooed children 
standing outside the walls in the cold rain, singing songs - bashing oil 
drums, anything noisy really to let their comrades know they are not 
forgotten - the inside kids: some as young as 15, blink their cell lights in 
reply, like lost fireflies on speed.
It's simply so moving to see - It brought a real lump to my throat that's 
for sure
http://manila.indymedia.org/index.php?action=default&featureview=186

Defend All Squat Communities from Manila to Denmark
by Abigail Garcia and Jong Pairez (for Manila Indymedia)

--------------------------------------------------------------------

The Tale of Ungdomshuset in Denmark

ONCE UPON A TIME, there was an abandoned house located somewhere up north 
the equator. The house, with its dilapidated look and old furnishings, rests 
itself under a twilight world where direct sunlight is only occasional. It 
is where her foundation is anchored, a cold place, but the streets and 
common spots that lead to her niche has been very familiar and intimate to 
everyone who has grown watching her from the out side. Until a number of 
people from different walks of life, searching for meaning to their 
existence found her and made her their sanctuary. They decided to dwell in 
her available comfort. They gave her their warm loving hearts in exchange 
for a place to stay. From then on she has been taken care of, the new 
inhabitants fixed her up, and was given her a name thereafter. UNGDOMSHUSET 
is what they call her- a simple name that signifies the exuberance of 
wonderful life, which is why her name translates literally as “The Youth 
House”.

UNGDOMSHUSET who was once before shivering during cold lonely nights of 
winter has now become a home to a community of loving people. Her kitchen 
was used to serve animal-friendly food for everyone to share. Her dining 
table provided a banquet for precarious Migrants and Refugees. Her living 
room cuddled creative people and artists alike. Her bedrooms provided the 
dreamers to lay their tired bodies. Everyday is a momentary happiness 
between her and her nameless inhabitants.

Everyone loved her and she loves them back, for they kept each other warm 
with the reverberation of their lively beating hearts. They became 
inseparable to each other, until suddenly a frightening Beast who was hungry 
for money came in. The Beast who has forked tongues and big red ugly eyes, 
with funny tiny horns on his head, wanted to sell her. UNGDOMSHUSET, is a 
potential pot of gold for the Beast, she was terrorized and had her adopted 
children forced out from her comfort. They were sprayed with poison as if 
they were insects being extinguished from their hives. and while they were 
sleeping soundly on the dead of night they were beaten up until they all 
bleed.

The Beast, who wanted to sell her out, is aimed to crush whatever it is that 
binds UNGDOMSHUSET and her inhabitants only to pursue his evil interest. But 
it was the love in itself, which binds them, that will fuel her inhabitants 
to enrage and burn until the Beast is reduced into ashes. “Because we know 
how to love, and that love is been taken away from us, it is time for us to 
Break the Law!”, protests’ one of her inhabitants as the molotov bombs keep 
on flying beyond the barricades, hitting the Beast.

Help reclaim back UNGDOMSHUSET to her loved ones!
Start your own affinity group for UNGDOMSHUSET Solidarity and together let’s 
attack the Embassy of Denmark.

DEFEND THE SQUAT COMMUNITIES FROM MANILA TO DENMARK!


------------------------------------------------------