Greetings from Ungdomshuset

international | housing | news report Wednesday December 27, 2006 03:30 by Ungdomshuset kontakt at ungeren dot dk Jagtvej 69, 2200 Copenhagen N.

To the international brigades

Ungdomshuset Demo 16/12-06

To the international brigades:

Thank you for being here in our time of need, we find ourselves extremely privileged to have such an awesome extended family as you. We have, for a very long time now, tried to negotiate with the politicians, start dialogs and arrange peaceful demonstrations. We have been met with lies, ignorance, police violence, unlawful arrests, imprisonment and impending eviction.

You have helped us show the politicians that, contrary to them; we do not talk bullshit and issue false promises. It has been said that we are willing to fight for this house and now it seems that it is finally starting to seep through their thick skulls that the upcoming eviction will not be a peaceful affair.

The police have learned that our kind cannot be beaten into submission; no amount of brutality from their side will make us loose our will to fight. Not for a moment.

We are sorry that some of you got hurt, locked up and face deportation. The imprisonment of people, who actually are aware of the value of freedom, is a high price to pay indeed. But you have, with your strength, your blood and your defiance made Ungdomshuset your house, and every time you come back here, you will be welcomed home.

To those of you who have arranged solidarity actions, demo’s and concerts in your own communities; thank you, you’re giving us more strength to keep fighting. We are proud to be part of a network which still has the courage to stand up against the power-elite.

See you on the barricades!

Ungdomshuset will never surrender!