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14th Meeting on the 26th of August: “Bizim Kiez Stories”
Dear neighbours and interested parties, we invite you to the 14th Bizim Kiez meeting on Wednesday, the 26th of August at 7.00 PM on Wrangelstraße in front of „Bizim Bakkal“ Kiez stories past and...
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The Bizim Beatz night was brilliant – now it’s time to carry on!
It was one big party down at the Lido on Friday, as anyone who was there will tell you. Everybody contributed in so many fitting ways to make the evening a truly memorable one and everyone’s gain....
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Invitation to the 16th Bizim Kiez Meeting „Bizim Autumn
What a summer! Would you believe it – it’s a good three months ago that we first met up because our greengrocer’s „Bizim Bakal“ had been given notice of termination of their rental contract, and we...
View ArticlePreparatory meeting for “open plenary session”
Invitation to the preparatory meeting for the planned „open plenary session“ on 23/9/2015, 7.00 PM, Kantine des Kerngehäuses For practical reasons we have decided to reschedule the „open plenary...
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Open Plenary Meeting on the 30th of September, 2015 at 7.00 PM in the...
The protest for Bizim Bakkal has made it clear: we have an influence! Not only did the building management company responsible for number 77 Wrangelstraße (Bizim Bakkal) withdraw their termination of...
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Bizim Kiez October Meeting: Wednesday, 14th October
We must not go on tolerating displacement! Displacement often happens quietly, and without attracting attention to itself, since those threatened are not always strong enough to fight back. Each of us...
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Bizim Kiez Winterfest on 9th December
All are welcome at the Bizim Kiez Winter Party on Wednesday, 9th December, from 7PM in front of Bizim Bakkal We are all set for winter and will be using this cold season to cast out the shady...
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Berlin social housing winning the residential race
As house and rent prices soar out of the reach of many in Australia, Berlin provides an illustration of how things can be done differently. Reading the Australian news from Berlin earlier this year, I...
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THE DISTRICT HAS TAKEN UP ITS PRE-EMPTIVE RIGHT OF PURCHASE!
JUST AS IT NO LONGER SEEMED POSSIBLE, THE RIGHT RESULT CAME THROUGH AT THE LAST MINUTE It was literally at the last minute yesterday that, over several sittings during the day, the stops were finally...
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People marched in protest against the eviction of the famous M99 store
People marched in protest against the eviction of the famous M99 store in Berlin Kreuzberg. Protesters confronted police, who made a few arrests....
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theguardian: Is the gentrification of cities inevitable – and inevitably bad?
Jeanne Haffner / 16th of january / theguardian Since the term was first coined in 1960s London, gentrification has come to be regarded like a law of nature or scientific fact – but now some...
View ArticleWir haben genügend Revolutionsbedarf | HG und M99 bleiben! OmeU
Der Beitrag Wir haben genügend Revolutionsbedarf | HG und M99 bleiben! OmeU erschien zuerst auf Bizim Kiez English.
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Offshore investment funds exploit Berlin’s housing shortage
British offshore investment fund Taliesin has told tenants in one of its Berlin buildings it is raising rents via energy-saving renovation. Critics say Berlin property has become an “Eldorado” for...
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One-stop shop for urban revolutionaries battles closure
M99 sells things like pepper spray (‘antifascism deodorant’) and books on how to free animals from labs The Financial Times published an article about HG/M99: »M99 is a one-stop shop for the urban...
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Sticking up for Hans Georg – why we really need M99 to stay
7 August, 4PM, Heinrichplatz, Kreuzberg In case you’re wondering what all the fuss is about, meet Hans Georg Lindenau, proprietor of the “revolutionary supplies“ shop M99, named after its address at...
View ArticleSticking up for Hans Georg – Eviction Update
All together with H.G. – we won’t be forced out This week saw a significant development in H.G.’s eviction case – in an eleventh hour move pre-empting a court decision on whether Hans Georg’s...
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culture legend fighting eviction
Hans-Georg Lindenau’s ‘corner shop for revolutionary needs’ has evaded attempts to close it for 30 years – now gentrification could succeed where the senate failed For more than 30 years, M99,...
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On the Ground: Local Demonstration in Solidarity with H.G. Lindenau and M99...
Lindenau can often be seen in his Prussian spiked helmet around the streets of Kreuzberg. Photograph: Philip Oltermann for the Guardian On 7th August a large number of people gathered in support of...
View ArticleWhy does Bizim Kiez look like SPD Berlin?
The Social Democrats want their election posters to make us believe that, in future, they will stand up to keep Berlin as it is. In view of what the SPD with the help of the CDU have done to Berlin in...
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European Action Coalition for the Right to Housing and to the City
Cities across Europe are crumbling and being reconstructed to suit the vision of our elites. Banks and private finance are reaping profits from buildings in every context, whether because they are old...
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