prison squat – Cardiff Squatters Network

Amsterdam: Cardiff Squatters Network Infonight @ Joe’s Garage

cardiff — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 16:59:21 +0000

Thursday September 19th 2013, Cardiff Squatters Network Infonight & People’s Kitchen, 7pm @ Joe’s Garage, Pretoriusstraat 43, 1092 EZ, Amsterdam

Squatters from Cardiff, Wales http://cardiff.squat.net/ are dropping by for an infonight about squatting in Cardiff over the last few years. Last month, Canton police station was squatted by the Antagonistic Collective Against Boredom (ACAB) and evicted a few weeks later, costing the police thousands of pounds through the courts and use of high court bailiffs.

They’ll also tell us about the recent ABC-based squat opposite the prison that successfully resisted eviction, Ty-Pwll Coch, the Municipal Club, as well as squats from 2011 and 2012; Gremlin Alley Social Centre, Red & Black Umbrella and the Tax Invasion occupation.

They will also give updates on squatting in London; Made Possible By Squatting project, 195 Mare Street, County Street, London Queer Social Centre, Self-Organised London, Library Street Social Centre, and the Glasshouse, as well as ongoing repression against squatting in Bristol.

Volkseten Vegazulu is a people’s kitchen, every Monday during July and August, at 7pm, vegan food for 4€ or donation. All benefits go for social & political struggles. No reservation.

We’re always looking for cooks. Any help is welcome in the kitchen. Experience not required. Enjoying it is a must. If you want to know which days are still available in the schedule, send an email to joe[at]squat.net and book yourself the night. You can, of course, also participate by rolling up your sleeves and doing the dishes.

A belated report of the prison squat eviction in Adamsdown, Cardiff

cardiff — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 16:39:53 +0000

By 07:00 on wednesday 14th august, the roof of the squat had been occupied by a lone squatter who played hide and seek with CCTV in the area for over an hour to pass the time. At approximately 08:30 United Welsh representative Barry James along with police, bailiffs, members of the fire crime unit and workers from Celtic Horizons (approx 20-30 total bodies) arrived and began attacking the frame of a back door. At this point the lone squatter climbed down to seek support from locals (no phone calls could be made). By 09:10 the fuckers had gained access and begun applying sitex to several windows, no support had arrived in time.

Why Barry?! Why!?!

Prison squat resists eviction from High Court bailiffs, Adamsdown

cardiff — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 19:35:35 +0000

On Thursday 8^th August, at approximately 10am, High Court bailiffs showed up to join United Welsh representatives, police and contractors booked to secure buildings, in an attempt to evict Rumpoles, Moira Terrace, Cardiff, CF24 0NE (aka: prison squat / 0ne squat). By 12pm, without even attempting to enter, they left the occupiers in possession of the building.

At 9:30am the first few supporters started arriving outside, while some squatters took to the peak of the roof. The outside had been barricaded with furniture, gas bottles, compressed air canisters and a piano, while the inside was well secured. A ‘Fire 2 the prisons’ banner had also been dropped from the windows the night before, during significant disturbances within Cardiff prison over the road.

Four police officers from Roath arrived warning the resisters that possessions used to barricade would be cleared away by the council, stating ‘Your rubbish makes Roath look poor’, even though the squat is in Adamsdown, but otherwise ignored the situation and promptly left. At this point neighbouring prisoners began shouting in support of the squatters and against the cops.

The rest of the day was spent receiving strong support from, passersby and locals, particularly in the neighbouring Adamscourt, also owned by United Welsh Housing Association. While supporters continued to play piano and eat the skipped bakery goods from the night before.

Prison squat has been lived in for 3 weeks, and has hosted an anti-fascist benefit gig, No Borders film screening, prisoner letter writing, as well as other events. United Welsh plan to demolish the building. This work is to start no sooner than February 2014, in order to build 49 1 to 2 bedroom flats for ‘vulnerable people’, whilst denying the Adamscourt residents access to communal greenland in the process. Attempts from squatters to negotiate with owners have repeatedly failed.

South Wales Echo article – http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/masked-squatters-barricade-themselves-inside-5680263

Noson Afiach @ One Squat

cardiff — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 20:11:13 +0000

AFIACH yn cyflwyno / presents:

PISS ON AUTHORITY
Raging Anti Fascist Anarcho Punk Band from Birmingham/Bristol
https://soundcloud.com/piss-on-authority

PUBLIC ORDER ACT
Dub/Punk/Ska
Bristol

Friday 26th of July, 7pm-11pm

NEW VENUE – ONE SQUAT – Moria Terrace, opposite the Prison, Adamsdown

Vegan Snacks for Donation. Refreshment available.

Bwyd Fegan am Gyfraniad. Diodydd ar gael.

Suggested donation £3-5
Awgrymir gyfraniad o £3-5

Piss on Authority are on tour, so please donate kindly so they can get to their next destination.
Mae Piss on Authority ar daith, felly plis cyfranwch yn hael fel fedra nhw gyradd y lle nesaf!

PLEASE RESPECT THE VENUE – 11pm END TIME – AS IT IS PEOPLE’S HOMES.
OS GWELWCH YN DDA, PARCHWCH Y ADEILAD GAN MAI POBOL YN BYW YNA.

No Borders info-night at new squat

cardiff — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 20:06:52 +0000

No Borders Morocco :-

Solidarity with the self-organised resistance of migrants in Morocco to the EU Border control regime by European anarchists staying in Tangiers, a city on the Morocco-Spain/Africa-EUborder.

We’re unable to host the talk tonight as no-one from No Borders Morocco can make it due to an ongoing issue in another city…

…but we’re happy instead to show the film 14 Kilómetros, by Gerardo Olivares, about the situation there. One of the activists plans to come to Cardiff to share some of the info-talk prepared, and the music that’s been written there, another time soon.

The location has also changed…

New details:

Tonight (17th July) at Cardiff’s newest squat – on Moira Terrace, opposite the prison.
There will be a film screening of Gerardo Olivares’ movie “14 Kilometros”

8pm to 11pm.

More info about the group – http://beatingborders.wordpress.com/