On Wednesday 30 June, it came in Essen to protest against the announced closure of the Youth Centre Essen (JZE). About 20 youths forced their way to a rally in front of City Hall in the meeting room one of the city council and disturbed the meeting by chanting: "With the banks, they are fixed for the youth, they do nothing!"
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Jan Roeder, Food
The town Essen with its SPD Mayor Reinhard passport will pull against the background of local failures an austerity program in unbelievable amount of 110 million €. Cost music lessons at the Folkwang Music School now five euros per hour in future apply probably only relatively wealthy parents to € 26.50, which provides for the savings package. Two primary schools are faced with the immediate closure. Parking fees, community college fees, dog tax should increase sharply. The cultural center as well as the Zeche Carl JZE stands before Off.
because of JZE-closure is a municipal rent guarantee for the western city hall in downtown. Contractors miscalculated in the construction of this prestigious building, the city, however, committed itself to pay for years the rent for the empty hall. Against this background, no need to reorganize the JZE and the youth of the city are relocated to the western city hall. The Green City Councillor Marion Busch King to move: "This hall is empty and the city pays strong rent, so it is a good solution."
cultural clear-cutting
The JZE serves numerous seminar rooms, a hall for up to 900 people , media and music practice rooms as a multicultural meeting place for various groups, projects out against racism by and is thus an important social and cultural factor in food.
"In the western city hall is central youth work can not be implemented as varied as the youth center Pape road. In particular, non-urban users in the future will be little more events can do. "(WAZ, 06.05.2010) The possibilities for the people of the city to organize themselves independently, to make political and cultural work to be further destroyed.
protest
An initiative by users of the JZE led last weekend by a cultural festival with 600 visitors and pointed to the cultural and social damage, mean the closure of the JZE would be out. Today she conducted with about 20 people a demonstration with banners outside the town hall, while inside the City Council began with the debate about the savings program. The youngsters were then
inconspicuous in small groups on security personnel by the visiting room in the Council Chamber, which was largely filled by parents and children who watched the debate on the upcoming social and educational breakdown. At a prearranged signal, they called several times: "In the banks, they are fixed, they do nothing for the youth," and "youth center get food!" While the security people surprised activists pushed out of the room, there was applause and even some spectators inside the intake-checker at the entrance nodded to them sympathetic. After another short speech to the City Hall agreed to meet the participants of the action, after a few days to an event come together in order to account for the (still unknown at press time) and results of the Council to adopt further protest action. The days before the meeting will be used to attract employees and other users of the JZE for the joint fight. Some activists have expressed the project, unlike the present action in the future with broader leaflets and posters to mobilize for protests.
Participation of youth and links SAV ['solid]
SAV members who meet weekly in JZE and youth in links [' solid] active, took part in the action. They asked her megaphone available and brought their proposals - failure of the Council meeting and further networking to extend the protest - a.
