Rockaway Park is hosting a talk by international counterculture photo-journalist Franke Decoodt
Saturday 25th September 3pm The Chapel Rockaway Park
“The gentrification in Berlin continues incessantly and with it displacement. Not only people but also spaces are affected: spaces that are open, for the radical movement, safe for people affected by discrimination, non-commercial, places of subculture, of political networking and where people try to live concrete utopias.

In recent years, vital spaces such as the Liebig14 house project, the youth centre Drugstore, the community centre Friedel54, the house project Liebig34, the bar collectives Syndikat and Meuterei, the trailer parks DieselA & Sabot Garden, the Oranien-Platz occupation and the occupied school in Ohlauer Straße have already disappeared, just to name a few

But it does not stop there. Many others are currently under threat such as the youth centre Potse, the house project Rigaer94, Køpi and Køpi Wagenplatz , Wagenplatz Mollies and Ratibor the community house Lause10/11 and the community garden Prachttomate face a similar threat in the near future.”

web https://koepi137.net/ and https://fraukedecoodt.org/english/about/
How you can help… Keep the topic of Køpiplatz open and visible! Spread the word in your communities, cities, streets! Follow Køpiplatz via twitter, website, telegram, blog…
Donate… vie paypal – koepisupport@koepi137.net

Køpi has been occupied for more than 30 years and It has been and still is a symbol of the radical left counterculture in Berlin and the rest of Europe. Now the Køpi trailerpark has been notified with an eviction order and it means that police can show up anytime and destroy the homes of people and communities that keep Køpi alive.

The Wagenplatz is home to over 70 people and it’s a place for many collectives to organise, meet and create.

The Køpi struggles is not just about Køpi or gentrification in Berlin, but it is about all of us and about the constant state of attack working class communities and vulnerable people are in, wince they cannot serve capitalism. Your worth is measured in how much you can buy and how much money you dispose of.

That is why we are honoured to host our comrades from Køpi to share with us their story. Let this be an occasion to think about what it is happening in Brighton and how gentrification is changing our lives.

There will be food from 6pm and the talk will start from 7pm. The proceeds from the meal will be used to contribute to the travel expenses of our comrades from Berlin. Please attend and share this widely. Solidarity is our strongest weapon and we need tonight back as hard as we can.

United we stand, divided we fall!

website: https://koepi137.net/ https://fraukedecoodt.org/english/about/

How you can help? attend this event and keep the topic of Køpiplatz open and visible! Spread the word in your communities, cities, streets! Follow Køpiplatz via twitter, website, telegram, blog.

Donate… vie paypal – koepisupport@koepi137.net