+comunity+ Autonomous factory Rog: Call for support - spread the info and take action!

[Jogi Hofmüller]

Hallo miteinander,

In Ljubljana geht's rund.  Einige von uns waren ja schon dort.  Auf
jeden Fall ist Support angesagt :)


Public statement of the assembly of the autonomous Rog Factory users
On Monday, 6th of June at 03:15, the security company Valina stormed to
Rog Factory in order to secure the place and turn it into a building
ground according to the instructions of the mayor of Ljubljana, Zoran
Janković. Despite their violent and brutal approachthe community of Rog
Factory managed to defend the place and after a half a day of struggle,
which was channelled through a few hundred people they left. We have
built barricades around the area, as we are expecting them or the police
to come and try to evict us again. So we are gathered at the abandoned
Rog Factory.
Artists, activists, philosophers, as well as members of various
collectives and groups that have been active here for more than 10
years, are joint in the struggle. Rog Factory is filled with cultural,
music, sport, social and other activities. Rog is the first space in
Ljubljana which opened its doors for refugees and migrants. In autumn in
Rog supplies were gathered for aid on the borders, today here a variety
of activities takes place: Slovenian, English and Farsi language
courses, creative workshops, socialising events with people living in
asylum homes in Ljubljana, workshops for repairing bikes... Factory Rog
is the only space open for refugees and migrants to use it as they want,
here they aren't just passive consumers of formal integration programs,
here we are together day by day and together we create an open society
for all.
Our work is based on autonomy, solidarity and mutual help. Despite
trying to achieve a compromise, the municipality of Ljubljana is
ignoring the activities held in the factory. Their goal is to stop the
rich abundance of activities held in Rog opposing the capitalist ideas
of gentrification of the centre of the town and adjusting it to the
tourists and the established art scene. In short, their goal is the
eviction of the current users and demolishing of all the buildings
except the main one, which is supposed to be renewed. (Factory Rog is a
complex of five buildings plus the main building and all of these are
constantly housing activities). There is a constant presence of 100
people supporting our cause at the area of the factory all the time
these days.
Every support is more than welcome. You can show your support by sharing
the information, think of possible ways of solving the situation and THE
MOST IMPORTANT – COME TO THE FACTORY! TOGETHER WE WILL PROTECT ROG !!!
*_Following is the official statement of the Rog Factory users:_*
The question of the Rog Factory is a political question. After Monday’s
morning, it is in our interest, as well as in the interest of the
municipality of Ljubljana, to calm the situation down. However, in
contrast to the municipality, we are in full control of the situation.
The Rog Factory is today a de facto autonomous area and we, the people
of Rog, are also controlling the entry. Before Monday’s aggression by
the security sent by the municipality, the entry was under the control
of the security company Valina. After Monday’s brutality, Valina is not
welcome in the Rog Factory anymore. We will be protecting the entry by
ourselves.
The municipality was the one who provoked the tensions by sending payed
violent securities upon us. The mayor is personally choosing the violent
means, we are only responding defensively. On Monday we proved that we
are successful in doing so. It is of most perversion that the mayor,
Zoran Janković, is now avoiding taking responsibility for the acts of
his own securities. No one will carry out violence against us and we
hope that Mr. Janković knows that. Every arbitrary step taken by the
municipality made us stronger, and the farce that they performed on
Monday forced us into full action. The movement is alive and well
organized; it includes new and organized structures and is composed of
more than one hundred individuals. We are prepared for new attempts of
interventions into our community and we are convinced that we will ward
them off successfully.
We are insisting on dialogue, which hasn’t yet been present, since the
municipality is insisting on their ultimatum, which is demolishing and
continuing with the project that is unacceptable for us. We see the
possibility of dialogue only when the space for it will be open, and
that is when the municipality will withdraw from the planned project. If
they insist on the project, then everything has already been agreed upon
and according to such an agreement, we cease to exist. The dialogue will
begin when the municipality will acknowledge its partner in dialogue –
the assembly of the autonomous Rog Factory users. This assembly is the
only acceptable partner in dialogue, since it de facto controls the
autonomous area of Rog Factory as well as has the power to normalize the
tense situation.
Our demands are clear. The municipality should withdraw from the
demolition plans and the project of the new Rog Centre. Without
accepting this demand, which is of vital importance to us and from which
we will not resign, anything is possible. We do want a cooperative
relation with the municipality. The Rog Factory has an enormous
potential and the flourishing of this potential is in public interest,
and most importantly, in the interest of the city. Some contents, that
the municipality is planning to implement in the new Rog Centre, are
already being carried out by us and in the last few years we have been
intensively including new users and opening new spaces. We suggest the
municipality to rather focus on establishing contents in the ex-squats,
such as the Cukrarna factory, which has been emptied almost two decades
ago yet it still remains empty and in a critical condition. We will
continue to defend the principles of our practice, which are making the
Rog Factory a unique and an indispensable place of non-formal social,
cultural and political production, which as such enables the cooperation
of a wide range of users as well as experiments on the crossroads of
activities which on first sight might seem foreign or incompatible among
each other.
We demand for the municipality to come clear on how many bones they are
still willing to break in order to appease to the mayor’s ego. How far
are they willing to go to please the interest of the capital? We are
calling for opening a common place for a true dialogue instead of
escaping to violence. We hope that the municipality will see through
that and avoid further use of force. You can find us in the autonomous
Rog Factory. We are willing to talk to anyone, however, they cannot
demand for us to agree to our own demise.
The assembly of the autonomous Rog Factory users
For more info check the FB https://www.facebook.com/ohranimorog page or
just write us back.

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J.Hofmüller

Fakten verschwinden nicht, nur weil eins sie ignoriert.
  - nach Aldous Huxley

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