Re: 63 Arrested in Copenhagen Clashes
As the article says, they are commemorating the clearing of Ungdomshuset, which took place six months ago. The week has been announced as "Protest Week," so there will be a lot more of this.
Honestly I can't imagine the issue being solved in the near future. The local authorities went out of their way to find a solution to the problem around the time of the clearing of the House, offering the group that ran the place another house for a price that they knew the group had collected from sympathizers. The kids weren't willing to pay more than one krone for a new house, and now they are sobbing over the mayor's alleged lack of will to solve the problem "politically." Since the first wave of demonstrations back in March, they are effectively killing all support for their cause in the Nørrebro area by burning down everything.
edit: Also worth mentioning is that I have a lot of friends who used to go to concerts and parties at Ungdomshuset, and apart from one of them, they were not a part of the demonstrations back in March, and are not a part of those that are taking place now. Those who were in charge of the House, and that's perhaps the greatest obstacle in the way of a solution, were the most radical ones, who weren't willing, unlike many of the non-extreme users of the place, to accept a different house.
Either way, their protests are getting completely insane, their demands only increase, and the political and public support for them is shrinking at an enormous pace.
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Last edited by Sergius; Monday, September 3rd, 2007 at 07:38.
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