Anarchy in the DK

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Demolition crews on Monday started tearing down a disputed youth center that was at the heart of recent street riots in Copenhagen.

Workers wore face masks under their helmets to conceal their identities as an excavator tore into the so-called Youth House, a graffiti-sprayed brick building in the Noerrebro district of the Danish capital.

A police anti-terror squad on Thursday evicted squatters from the building, triggering three nights of clashes with leftist youth that turned parts of the city into a battle zone.

More than 600 people were arrested and more than 20 injured as protesters hurled cobblestones at riot police and set fire to cars and trash bins in Copenhagen's worst riots in 14 years.

Punk Status

The Youth House for years served as a popular cultural center for anarchists, punk rockers and left-wing groups. The squatters considered it as free public housing, but courts ordered them out after the city sold the building to a Christian congregation.

The building, which has served among other things as a concert venue and featured performances by big stars like Icelandic pop artist Bjork and Australian musician Nick Cave, was recently sold to the Christian group Fadershuset, which requested the eviction of the youths.

An August 2006 court ruling ordered the occupants to be evicted from the centre, which they insist belongs to them. Riots have also been taking place around the Freetown Christiania area.

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Copenhagen's Hippie Haven - "Denmark's conservative government is gunning for Copenhagen's counterculture Christiania neighborhood, aka Freetown. But as history has shown, the challenge may just make that hippie haven a bit stronger."

That's a post from Oct 16, 2004 I wrote about Christiania, during the last uprising they had. The people in Christiania developed their own set of rules, completely independent of the Danish government and were founded in 1971, when a group of hippie squatters took over an area of abandoned military barracks in Copenhagen. Their main street is Pusher Street, which is self-explanatory.

Mooonna grew up in Christiania and has posted several pictures, including some of the Army of Clowns on her SU site.

Unused military land + squatter's rights = Christiana and I say why not? They're having way too much fun, so naturally somebody is trying to close them down yet again.

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Copenhagen's Hippie Haven - Denmark's conservative government is gunning for Copenhagen's counterculture Christiania neighborhood, aka Freetown. But as history has shown, the challenge may just make that hippie haven a bit stronger.

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saturday morning me//
sipping hot chocolate/heat is turned on/
jeans/black polarfleece top/houseshoes/
Listening: Unearthed by E S Posthumus
husband unit's twisting one up/
mulling over a new job offer/
another appt Monday/then I go back home/
so how about you?/

Just a little slice of damnit.