tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9738873.post116890738778250716..comments2023-10-03T01:04:14.553-04:00Comments on squattercity: Dutch squatters face anti-liberal backlash : Mail & Guardian Onlinernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01115499862681364911noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9738873.post-1169058528451947272007-01-17T13:28:00.000-05:002007-01-17T13:28:00.000-05:00insurgent greetings back at you, Sikes.insurgent greetings back at you, Sikes.rnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01115499862681364911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9738873.post-1169047359887362742007-01-17T10:22:00.000-05:002007-01-17T10:22:00.000-05:00After the fall of the last (conservative rightwing...After the fall of the last (conservative rightwing-liberal) gevernement the issue of a law against squatting (luckily) vanished in a drawer. Nevertheless, it gave the squatters movement a healthy impulse to once again state its motives and goals.<BR/><BR/>A number of spectacular actions were staged, including a big sleep in at amsterdams central square in july 2005 and squatting various big and small empty buildings all around the country.<BR/><BR/>Suprisingly, there was support not only from the 'usual suspects' as renters organisation and leftwing parties but also from the housing department heads of the major cities, who wrote a letter to the housing minister stating that a squatting ban was senseless and counterproductive because of rampant speculation and the general housing crisis in urban areas. <BR/><BR/>As for defiant, it is needless to say that squatters do not really require a legal situation at all to do their thing. Definitely not the dutch squatters who are a well organized and quite millitant movement.<BR/><BR/>social-revolutionary greetz from<BR/>insurgent amsterdam, fortress europe<BR/><BR/>PS: Roland, I lost your mail address, please mail me at ksuoost@squat.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com