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<P class=EC_EC_EC_style3 align=left><FONT color=#808080>Vladimir Us</FONT></P>
<P class=EC_EC_EC_style3 align=left><FONT color=#808080>artist & curator</FONT></P>
<P class=EC_EC_EC_style3 align=left><FONT color=#808080><A href="http://www.oberliht.org.md/" target=_blank>http://www.oberliht.org.md</A></FONT></P>
<BR><BR>> Message: 1<BR>> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:13:07 +0200<BR>> From: "Alex Foti" <alex.foti@gmail.com><BR>> Subject: [savenodesign] Fwd: [Euromayday] Call for solidarity!<BR>> Helsinki squat threatened with eviction<BR><BR>
> <BR>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<BR>> From: ak <aleksi@q-olio.net><BR>> Date: Oct 21, 2007 11:25 PM<BR>> Subject: [Euromayday] Call for solidarity! Helsinki squat threatened<BR>> with eviction<BR>> To: euromayday@euromayday.org<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Call for solidarity!<BR>> Helsinki squat threatened with eviction<BR>> <BR>> After seven years of actions and a summer of non-stop squatting the<BR>> radical movement in Helsinki managed for the first time to secure a<BR>> social<BR>> centre of it's own in August 2007. The old restaurant building that<BR>> became<BR>> our home has been perfect for hosting revolution – with peoples<BR>> kitchens,<BR>> gigs, discussions, knitting, movies and other activities taking place<BR>> everyday.<BR>> <BR>> The owner of the building, a private insurance company called Etera<BR>> (www.etera.fi), has agreed on renting the house to the City of Helsinki<BR>> who in turn would hand it over to the squatters. While some people<BR>> within<BR>> the administration of the city give us support the more bureaucratic<BR>> middle aged men at the health and construction agencies have come up<BR>> with<BR>> regulations that are totally self serving, have no contact to reality<BR>> and<BR>> are a purely political assault against us. These regulations have been<BR>> enough to scare of the people that support us and the Youth Department<BR>> has<BR>> backed of from the project. If we don't convince the owners of the house<BR>> that touching us is a very bad idea then eviction will only be a matter<BR>> of<BR>> time. Another possible solution would be for the city to find us another<BR>> house. But as we've seen the double crossings of politicians over and<BR>> over<BR>> again we refuse to leave this house until we have another house to move<BR>> into. We have all ready during this summer witnessed the police showing<BR>> up<BR>> in the hundreds to evict us without hesitations to use brute force. No<BR>> matter how the city chooses to solve this problem they need to realise<BR>> eviction is not the solution.<BR>> <BR>> We appeal to all of our friends across Europe to act in our support<BR>> against the shit head politics that are being pushed through by the<BR>> officials of the City of Helsinki. Find an embassy of Finland close to<BR>> you, arrange a Thursday demo, send us solidarity, do what ever you<BR>> please<BR>> but now is the moment we need your support.<BR>> <BR>> The struggles for free spaces continue in all spaces!<BR>> <BR>> With love and respect<BR>> Helsinki squatters<BR>> Social centre Elimäenkatu 15<BR>> valtaus.org<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Euromayday mailing list<BR>> Euromayday@euromayday.org<BR>> To unsubscribe: https://www5.autistici.org/mailman/listinfo/euromayday<BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> SaveNoDesign mailing list<BR>> SaveNoDesign@greenpeppermagazine.org<BR>> http://greenpeppermagazine.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/savenodesign<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> End of SaveNoDesign Digest, Vol 7, Issue 20<BR>> *******************************************<BR><BR><br /><hr />Connect to the next generation of MSN Messenger <a href='http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/default.aspx?locale=en-us&source=wlmailtagline' target='_new'>Get it now! </a></body>
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