[hackerspaces] [Eviction] Call for Support for les Hauts Lieux

[John Duksta]

If I read this right, it sounds like le localhost/Les Hauts Lieux was 
squatting in the space. Is that correct or were there arrangements/a lease in place?



On Jun 8, 2010, at 7:13 AM, dermiste wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> At the beginning of April, a small but determined group of hackers found a big
> unused space in the heart of Lille, a french city located at the crossroads of
> Brussels, Paris, London and Amsterdam, and the 4th biggest urban agglomeration
> in France. Following the Grace Hopper Pattern, they have formed a collective
> called Les Hauts Lieux, requisitioned the place and have opened a hackerspace
> called le Localhost, putting the place back to use after nearly 3 years of
> disuse. Many other projects have joined the effort, like a coworking space or a
> collective restaurant based on organic food and fair-trade.
> 
> On June 2nd, the police and the landlords found out the space was occupied. On
> June 5th, a handful of members from the collective and the Droit Au Logement
> Association (association helping and defending people without decent housing)
> met the heads of Zara France (which is renting the space), to discuss the
> future course of the actions. So far, Zara executives promised to involve les
> Hauts Lieux onto the projects for the 3 000 sq. meters, if the space was
> emptied by June 10th, 12:00pm.
> 
> Les Hauts Lieux is clearly at a disadvantage here, facing a huge corporate road
> roller, having nothing but a promise to hang onto, and now without a place to
> gather, work and share. We need every bit of support we can get, to show to
> Zara France that we are not just a handful of hippies glued to their computers,
> to show officials that people all around the world trust our goals, abilities
> and determination. Publish this call on your weblogs, relay it on other mailing
> lists, tweet it, so that the Zara heads can see the true dimension of what they
> are dealing with.
> 
> le Localhost website:
> http://www.le-localhost.org/wiki/index.php/Accueil
> 
> Online petition to support les Hauts Lieux:
> 
> http://www.mesopinions.com/Soutien-au-projet-des-Hauts-Lieux-petition-petitions-a109331c3c91cabe3c488e9a9bfaca40.html
> 
> Press review (only fr-FR, sorry folks):
> 
> http://nord-pas-de-calais-picardie.france3.fr/info/nord-pas-de-calais/un-squat-alternatif-pres-de-la-grand-place-63394395.html
> http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2010/06/03/97001-20100603FILWWW00672-lille-un-squat-au-dessus-d-un-magasin.php
> http://www.nordeclair.fr/Actualite/Depeches/2010/06/02/lille-requisition-dal-police.shtml
> http://www.nordeclair.fr/Locales/Lille/2010/06/03/eurodif-requisitionne-pour-un-autre-aven.shtml
> http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/Locales/Lille/actualite/Secteur_Lille/2010/06/03/article_un-collectif-alternatif-requisitionne-un.shtml
> http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/Audio-Video/Audio/2010/06/03/article_audio-deja-des-tas-de-cultures-qui-se-melangent.shtml
> http://revolf.free.fr/france3npdc_requisition_dal_20100603.mpg
> http://www.lille-21eme-siecle.fr/index.php?2010/06/03/319-telescopage
> http://lille.lesverts.fr/soutien-au-collectif-Les-Hauts
> http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdjpva_un-centre-commercial-abandonne-recu_newsundefined
> http://lille.ville.orange.fr/direct/index.html?direct/listeactu/100603161454.dla7mfdj
> http://pdf.20minutes.fr.s3-external-3.amazonaws.com/20100604_LIL.pdf
> http://84.14.254.45:8080/erez4/editions/lille/Lille.pdf
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> --
> dermiste, on behalf of ::1's team.
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