resistting evictions in am*dam (english)
dagx2002 - 19.03.2002 10:35
3 hours before the start off the ´usual´ eviction circus in amsterdam
today , tuesday 19 march. a rather small number of squatting activist
managed to completely surprise the riotcops with a short standoff in front
of one of the houses to be evicted.
poster glued alover mcmurder next to vijzelstraat 5
although the amsterdam police had stationed a watercannon and a caterpillar
on dam square for almost the whole night, they still were not in state to
prevent the squatters from building burning barricades in front of their
house. the first wave of cops arriving was welcomed with a load of
paintbombs and stones. the police, completely confused, first made attemts
to stop them, but seen the rage and dedication of the activist , they
quickly refrained from the idea. several police cars and busses , as well
as their crew have been covered in paint.. rumors go, that it was even
possible to get one of the paintbombs thrown INSIDE a police van.
disturbing news is that cops have pulled out their GUNS at several
occasions. luckily no shot was fired. on a side line the windows of the
neighbouring mcmurder has been covered with the attached poster.
like in most non-non-violent actions the urban guerilla managed to
vanished into ´the void´ before daylight, also because the quite terrified
cops did not dare pursue them
PS: as we just heard, neither on martelaarsgracht (the second house in the
row), although there was fierce resistance (hundreds of paintbombs thrown
at the cops from inside). nobody got arrested because , also here the
partisans of housing rights had magically disapeared into nothing once the
cops finally made it into the house...
 Website: http://enough.squat.net
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