The houses which they use! found in Esslingen on 26 June 2010, a demonstration for a autonomous center instead. At the demo, led by the pedestrian zone of the city, took part in several dozen people. One goal of the demonstration was to make the population aware of the demand for a selbsverwalteten space. In a leaflet distributed in advance noted:
• A space is for us a place where we can develop freely without pressure to consume.
• A place where we confront racism / sexism / homophobia.
• A place with no boss. A place of mutual respect rather than control.
• A place for all kinds of events, art, culture and mutual exchange of experience.
The demonstration began with a short rally at the station and continued after a rally on Schelztorturm towards cooper street. After the dissolution of the demonstration by the applicant, there was a spontaneous demonstration station on the Neckar and gravel road to the railway station where the crowd then dispersed.
the margins of the demonstration, there were always favorable comments from passers-by. In Esslingen, in recent years repeatedly attempted to self-managed and non-commercial culture and open spaces allow. The "many non-commercial offers" as the town hall spokesman Karpentier the youth clubs and youth home-like facilities calls in the city, do not accept the demonstrators: "There is the support clubs who are in consequence always patronize" said one of the participants.
The squatters, the city of Esslingen first put off with empty promises and then with the argument, being fobbed "We will not be blackmailed" . They want to "take over and over again into the open." Their claim Among other planned an open letter.
addition could call Karpentier been no concrete examples: "It would be nice if he would give concrete examples of this, as they possibly in sparsely distributed and are in no way satisfy the many different interests of young people but also older people in the city. Apart from that, it would satisfy only the first of the two items listed in our imagination, because a "strong organization" is in the form of social workers and teachers actually in all such cases known to us "offers". Instances and supervision, in problem situations to have the last word to create (close) Framework for program operations and often work in close cooperation with the police, but we want to do without. Through dialogue and solidarity, we want an alternative to these existing hierarchical and authoritarian forms of organization building. " (Declaration of the occupiers of 12 June 2010)
on premises for such projects it has in Esslingen because never been lacking, but the political will of those responsible, as the years back and forth shows in terms Dieselstraße . This was in his early days in the other in connection with the fight for a Culture and Communication Centre early 1980s resulting project. with which the city is decorated like being here. However, without pointing out that in the run-up also had a home occupation: in the street .. 4 Plochinger
A short excursion into history: The 17th
January 1981
occupy
This Saturday over 300 young people earlier in the school Plochinger Str 4 in Esslingen. The well-preserved buildings should be repaired for an autonomous reception center and living quarters. After a concert in the former youth center "In Heppächer" - a former synagogue - we decided to end an unbearable state: Only in pubs, discos or even not then self-managed youth clubs to be able to spend time together - not the left. centers were uncommercial and self-determined culture there - especially the alternative "Factory" in Esslingen - High Cross and also quite a large residential community - "scene". The latter was, however, in the wake of the closure of the then Pedagogical University (PH) the year before the erosion. Housing was also scarce and hardly affordable - especially for apprentices and students. The shortest path, we moved from "Heppächer" in the Plochinger street, where was entered through a basement window in the building. Immediately began cleaning up and Herichten of the premises, next to the rubbish disposal allerei had electricity and water supplies are secured.
A few days after the occupation of the house was cleared, despite the commitment of the city, to negotiate a temporary lease. In subsequent protest on the following Wednesday, 21 January, in the City Hall of Mayor Klapproth beaten one of the occupiers of the police hospital. This provoked some protest demonstrations, such as on 23 Achtundert January with the participants.
The association Culture and Communication Centre was founded in the summer of 1981 as various groups and initiatives Zusammeschluss Esslinger. The first own room 1982 in the then-site rented Quist and rebuilt until 1983. In the cellars in the building were at the time then practice rooms of local bands. The rooms of the "Culture and Communication Centre" burned but after a short time. The site Dieselstraße was found in 1985 and rebuilt and renovated the building to 1986.
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