ACCORDING TO THE JUDGE’S VERDICT, SOCIAL CENTRE DE VLOEK CAN BE EVICTED
AS EARLY AS THIS MONDAY. FOR THIS REASON, WE FIND IT NECESSARY TO
DECLARE OUR INDEPENDENCE ON THIS DAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2015! AN AUTONOMOUS
ZONE WHERE EQUALITY RULES, WHERE REFUGEES ARE WELCOME AND WHERE
CAPITALISM IS A THING OF THE PAST.

We are calling on everyone to come to the autonomous zone, join us! Read
our declaration of independence below, completely in the style of the US
Declaration of Independence, written in 1776. This declaration will also
be sent to King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands, President Mark
Rutte, all members of the Dutch parliament, and all of The Hague city
council members.

Viva la Independencia y la Libertad, Viva el Lokal Pirata, Viva De
Vloek!

_DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: DE VLOEK, A FREE SPACE, A FREE COMMUNITY_

_ When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for a
community of people to dissolve the political bands which have connected
them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the
separate and equal station to which they are entitled, a decent respect
to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes
which impel them to the separation._

_ We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all people are born
equal; that they are by this fact endowed with inalienable rights; that
among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness._

_ That to secure these rights, political institutions are created,
deriving their just powers from the consent of those for whom the
institutions make decisions._

_ That whenever any political institution becomes destructive of these
ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to
institute new form of governance, laying its foundation on such
principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem
most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness._

_ But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably
the same object of profit and power, evinces a design to reduce them
under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw
off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future
security._

_ That is the painful situation of social center De Vloek. Herein lies
the root of the necessity which is now forcing the occupants of De Vloek
to change the political system. The history of the present and
consecutive government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is a history of
repeated injustices and usurpations, all having in direct object the
establishment of an absolute Tyranny over our social centers and
communities, in particular against De Vloek. To prove this, let Facts be
submitted to a candid world._

_ De Vloek is a place where people found living space. The right to
shelter, even if continually threatened by landlords, speculators and
commerce, was provided here. Court rulings, blackmail and forced
evictions by police are a fundamental violation of this right to
shelter, a violation that is not insignificant, but fundamental._

_ De Vloek is a place where people can find an outlet for their
creativity, and where other people can learn from these expressions. A
society that values freedom encourages these kinds of places. It is not
without reason that these places are known as “free spaces”. A system
that denies this is not worthy of being called a free society. No free
space owes its loyalty and obedience to such a despotic political
system._

_ De Vloek is a place where people actively strive for precisely the
world of equality, freedom, and the pursuit of happiness that even the
Kingdom of the Netherlands considers to be inalienable and fundamental
rights. By attempting to put an end to this free space, it is in
violation of its professed fundamental principles._

_ For these reasons, De Vloek wishes to no longer in any manner be
connected to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which answers its call for
freedom with despotism, extortion, and tyranny. De Vloek hereby declares
itself to be an independent free space, and extends a hand to all those
who share her goals._

_ De Vloek will regulate her relations with other political entities on
the basis of equality, including with the Kingdom of The Netherlands. To
begin, we offer the aforementioned Kingdom mutual diplomatic
recognition, including an exchange of ambassadors. De Vloek is not
looking for a fight. But her members – equal and free citizens of an
autonomous community based on solidarity – will defend their
independence, by any means necessary. We are calling on every freedom
and solidarity loving person to support us in this struggle._

_ Signed,_

_ De Vloek Independent and Autonomous zone_

www.devloek.nl [1]
devloek@riseup.net
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[1] http://www.devloek.nl