[hackerspaces] Abbenay Hackerspace - Call for Support

[Hellekin O. Wolf (/tmp/lab)]

On Tue 2009-09-29 at 17:32:36 +0200, Philippe Langlois wrote:
> Sebastien, I hope you'll be able to convince this person of the
> importance of hackerspace and independent technology projects.
> 
> Keep us informed!
> 
> PS: Am I the only one not to have understood at all the email from
> Friday "Demo" Demola?
>
*** No you're not :)

==
hk

> Best,
> Philippe.
> 
> On 29 Sep 2009, at 15:17, friday demola wrote:
> 
> >Hello,
> >         im Demo from HS please i need a help from you.
> >I want you to send me backtrack to this email (google_demo at yahoo.com)
> >and i will really appreciate your feedback.
> >
> >
> >Hack ON
> >Demo
> >
> >On 9/29/09, Sébastien Bourdeauducq
> ><sebastien.bourdeauducq at lekernel.net> wrote:
> >>The Abbenay hacklab [1] opened early this month in Stockholm
> >>[2], where a
> >>housing crisis is at full blow.
> >>
> >>We are set up in a place that was squatted downtown by Kommando
> >>Carl Bildt
> >>since late August, called AK4. The house was empty since June,
> >>and there was
> >>no plans to use it until one year and a half.
> >>
> >>Unfortunately, squats are very unusual in Sweden, and the
> >>discussions with
> >>the
> >>landlord and the city of Stockholm are extremely difficult, even
> >>though many
> >>newspapers speak positively about AK4. The place currently sets
> >>a record for
> >>the country, with a life time of one month (and counting) while
> >>most squats
> >>usually get raided by the police in a few days.
> >>
> >>We are however facing an imminent eviction threat and police
> >>pressure has
> >>been
> >>significantly increasing lately - with civil cops coming very
> >>often to take
> >>pictures of the house and sirens waking us up early in the morning.
> >>
> >>This call is asking you to contact the landlord to show support
> >>to the
> >>hacklab
> >>and the squat. So far, he has been very closed minded. He only
> >>proposed that
> >>we leave the place and talked about an expensive and abusive rental
> >>contract.
> >>It was about a much smaller office, and according to which we
> >>would not be
> >>allowed to sleep in the premises, we would not be allowed to
> >>host concerts,
> >>cafes or parties, etc.
> >>
> >>The landlord is Fredrik Winberg; he is the CEO of Cementa AB
> >>[3], part of
> >>HeidelbergCement Global with a revenue of 15 billion euros per
> >>year. He also
> >>runs the Biteam AB company [4].
> >>We do not believe that he or any of his fellows will turn poor
> >>should we
> >>definitely get the house in Stockholm, and we think that his
> >>behavior is
> >>basically motivated by the capitalist idea that the right to
> >>stay somewhere
> >>must always be paid for.
> >>
> >>We hereby ask you to contact him to expose your views on
> >>squatting and
> >>hackerspaces in order to give him a more comprehensive view on
> >>the subject
> >>than what he could have had as a capitalist entrepreneur. His
> >>contact email
> >>is
> >>fredrik.winberg at cementa.se and he can be reached by phone at
> >>+46 (0)708 25 68 04 (NB: this contact information is available
> >>from the
> >>WWW).
> >>
> >>We do not give a "copy and paste" email to send him, since mail
> >>bombing
> >>would
> >>probably not be effective and only increase tensions. Also,
> >>please do not be
> >>aggressive nor engage in any other activity (defacing etc.)
> >>which would not
> >>lead anywhere.
> >>
> >>You are also most welcome to join the AK4 Squat Support Group on
> >>Facebook:
> >>http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=146697601021
> >>
> >>Thank you,
> >>The Abbenay Hacklab
> >>
> >>PS. We are very grateful for any distribution of this call. Print it,
> >>forward
> >>it, post it on your blog, upload it to your favorite social
> >>network, etc.
> >>
> >>[1] http://www.abbenay.org/
> >>[2] http://lekernel.net/blog/?p=544
> >>[3] http://www.masterclub.se/konsulter.html (Swedish)
> >>[4] http://www.biteam.com/
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> >>
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> Philippe Langlois
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