the popular areas , garbage containers were put on the street and transformed into small burning barricades , some cars were burned and cops were welcomed with stones . Or sometimes nice things happen like when a journalist tried to film in Anderlecht about insecurity and poverty : after some people made her clear she had to fuck off and when she just wouldn ’ t understand , somebody went to get a bb gun and gave her a shot in the knee .
6 . Like the smashing of the windows of the offices of CERAU , the architects who designed the new prison in Marche-en- Famenne or the dropping of shit in the offices of the architects Buro II & Archi + I who are designing the future maxiprison . We also recall the total sabotage of the two existing golf courses in Brussels where people went to dig out the holes and throw salt on the courses in September .
7 . Another example in this sense was the arson which took place on New Years Eve in Harmignies against the factory CBR , one of the world top producers of white cement . The arson sabotaged a vital part of the building industry .
8 . We have been able to verify the nervousness of the authorities concerning the new prison when they organized a “ information session ” in Haren . This session was protected by tens of uniformed and plainclothes cops , but this didn ’ t prevent some people of disturbing the session , with the media speaking the day after about a “ clash between anarchists and police ”. One week after the session , comrades organized a public discussion in Haren where the proposal of hostility towards the authorities and sabotage was put forward and defended . This discussion allowed us to understand that also in Haren , there are people who are willing to fight in a direct way against the building of the new prison .
Occupation against the maxi-prison from Hors Service , anarchist paper , n ° 42 , November 2013
Friday morning , 18th of October 2013 . In Anderlecht , on square Albert , a big banner “ Occupation against the maxi-prison . Let ’ s break our chains . Freedom for all .” appears on the former complex of the Renault car dealership . At the same time , thousands of people of the area around there find pamphlets in their letter boxes inviting them to a weekend of meeting and initiatives against the building of new prisons and against the urban development transforming the city in a big open air prison . In the afternoon , the first cops appear . And their ranks grow fast . From out the building , the occupiers scream “ Cops , fuck off ”; on the other side , on the street , many people from the neighbourhood are gathering . On the occupied building , more banners : “ Système carcéral , rage viscérale ” and “ Inside as well as outside , courage and strength to those who fight ”. Cops are now gathering their forces , they are greeted with insults , those who approach the building get wet , some stones and eggs are thrown from the gathering on the street , very hostile to the servants of order . When severals dozens of anti-riot police arrive , the occupiers decide to climb on the roof , launching fireworks and screaming out their rage against this world of prisons and power . In front of the building , the hostility towards the cops keeps growing . “ Death to the pigs ”. The occupiers manage to escape from what everybody predicted to become a butchery . The occupation was evicted , but the cops are seeing red ... made fun of , insulted and somewhat attacked , they didn ’ t manage to make even one arrest . Next day , the activities announced on the invitation continue , but giving the eviction in open air . Pamphlet spreading in the neighbourhood , informal discussions , a stall with books and publications and a banner against prison on square Albert . In the evening , a rap concert takes places at the foot of the buildings of the square . Several persons take the microphone to spit their words of revolt . Finally , on Sunday , it seems several dozens of persons crossed again the area : posters pasted , walls covered with spraypaints against prison and its world , pamphlets given out .
This weekend of initiative wanted to create an opening for all those who want to fight against the building of a maxi-prison in Brussels and against the transformation of Brussels in a city-prison , carved to satisfy the rich , the powerful , the eurocrats and the capitalists . Rebels of different horizons met each other in the street , stood strong against the police pressure , solidarised with the ongoing struggle , forged complicities in the tension of revolt . This weekend gave courage to numerous people , determinations were affirmed , wills were reinforced , smiles appeared on faces , the force of revolt is burning inside of us ... more than ever , we are ready for battle !
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