EKH squat (vienna) update 3rd of July

international | housing | news report Sunday July 03, 2005 19:20 by finn37

At friday evening there was the decision in the house to make public pressure through direct actions to sell the house and for support of the demand to keep the house with a selfformed organisation and contracts.
(see: http://www.nl.indymedia.org/nl/2005/07/29057.shtml)

On saturday the 2nd of July, the EKH participated with around 100 people at the commercial lesbiangaytransgender pride with transparents like “if you steal our house, we will take the city” , “space invaders against homophobia” and “we stay queer”. Also there was a birthday-cake with written on it “15 years of EKH” . This cake was opening for a surprise and a paintbattle began in the middle of the parade. After this the parade was left, nobody was harmed by police or organisators of the parade, the public was mostly friendly about the action.
(For pictures see: http://at.indymedia.org/newswire/display/54190/index.php)

The second action which took place on saturday was the squatting of one art-project in the center of vienna.
The “tower of living styles” was squatted with banners which said “EKH will stay” and “no eviction never”. Also a street theatre took place, around 50 people participated and spread flyers about the situation of the house.
The theatre was about fascist and EKH fighting and struggeling
(For pictures see: http://at.indymedia.org/newswire/display/54192/index.php)

In the nigth, a techno party took place in the squat.

Today, at the 3rd of July, a reclaim the streets took place in the inner city with around 80 people.
Streets were blockaded, the people changed the place after a while with the metro and loud shoutings and music instruments. The transparent “EKH will stay” was involved. Some car drivers reacted very agressive, some even tried to pass through. In the central place of the city finally the police occured and tried to stop the people. They arrested 2 people brutally and were using the sticks, also they robbed the transparent. The arrested people were all from austria and some media activists. Around 40 people ran in a smaller street nearby and were surrounded by special force WEGA, who controlled their id’s and let them go later. To show their power, they had also dogs with them, tourists passed and some conservative passing by attacked us also not only verbal.
One (or even more?) was stressed because the police wrote that he was masked, what is forbidden in austria for some years. Later we got the information that all together 3 persons were arrested. Some people are now going to police station to go with them when they are released.

To be continued the next days…