Squatters out in the cold
A Residents of the Ladronka squat had been living in the building for the
past seven years. But city authorities gave them a rude awakening in the early
morning of November 9. Police kicked down the door of the century-old farm complex
in Prague 6 and
ordered the 15 people living there to leave immediately. Five arrests resulted
when police learned the squat had been tapping the city’s electric lines.
B City council member Filip Dvořák, who ordered the eviction, cited a
July petition calling for the removal of the squatters and a recent call from
Senator Jan Ruml urging action. “There was concern among citizens that the city
wasn’t doing enough to protect their rights,” said Dvořák. “We’ve had numerous
complaints over the years of vandalism and noise in the area of Ladronka; of
things being stolen from peoples’ gardens.”
C The squat had gained international renown
over the years, hosting guests from across Europe
and serving as an occasional venue for punk concerts and house parties. “This
was our home,” said a 21-year-old resident who identified herself only as
Gabina. “We really did a lot of work on this place over the years. We’re all
homeless now, freezing out here. Why couldn’t they have done this in the
summer?” Asked why the squatters weren’t warned, Dvořák replied tersely, “This
was a normal working day. Does the postman warn you before he delivers a
letter?”
D Violence erupted the same afternoon as squatters formed a human roadblock to stop a moving van filled
with their belongings from leaving the premises.
The scene turned almost comical as the van repeatedly turned around and the
squatters scrambled to stop it – until riot
police put a stop to their efforts with clubs, routing the squatters and allowing the van to make a speedy escape.
“They took everything,” said Petr Dydovič, a six-year resident of the squat. “Food,
clothes, and furniture – they even took our dogs to the pound. Luckily, two got
away.” Police gave residents a week to reclaim
their belongings.
E As the weak afternoon light began to
wane, the squatters gathered on the grass around a tub of soup and an iron pot filled with tea. Lines of police
monitored the building, and three defiant
youths looked down from the rooftop – Ladronka’s last residents. They held out
against the cold until 8 p.m. “We lived here as part of an ideology,” Gabina
said. “To live communally, to build our own culture. That’s definitely over
now.”
defiant – vzdorující
premises – prostory
renown – renomé
riot – výtržnost
roadblock – zátaras, bariéra
to reclaim – opět nabýt
to rout – rozprášit
to wane – slábnout
tub – nádoba
1) Read the article and match each of the headings to a paragraph.
1 Concert and parties
organizers have become homeless
2 Ladronka’s last residents
3 Rude awakening of Ladronka’s
residents
4 Introduction
5 Fighting with the police
2) Read the article and answer the questions.
1 What is the article about?
2 What is Ladronka?
Describe the residents and their life there.
3 Who is Filip Dvořák? What
is his opinion?
4 What happened on November
9?
5 Describe the present
situation in Ladronka.
3) Explain the following words.
1 squat
2 arrest
3 belongings
4 iron pot
5 to live communally
4) Answer the following questions.
Who are squatters? What is
their lifestyle like? What kind of people become squatters? What problems do
they have with police? What are typical places to squat?
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ReplyDelete2. This article is about squatters and their life.
Landorka is name of the squatters group. They live in old building
He is a city council member. He thinks abd things about squatters becouse they are noisy and ,,stealing,,
Police kicked down the door of the century-old farm complex in Prague 6 and ordered the 15 people living there to leave immediately.
As the weak afternoon light began to wane, the squatters gathered on the grass around a tub of soup and an iron pot filled with tea.
3. squat- Is place where squatters live and mostly is it abandoned and old building.
arrest- It is situation when police lock up peolpe. Who did dangerous and bad thing like stole things.
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1- This article is about the residents of the Ladronka. It also explains the way these people were kicked out of the building.
2- Ladronka is a building where there lived a lot of young people. These people were squatters.
3- Filip Dvořák is a city council member who ordered the eviction. His opinion is that they had to protect the city and stop the vandalism and noises.
4- November 9 was the day that city authorities gave the squatters a rude awakening.
5-There are few young people who refuse to leave the building.
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1-squat- it’s a noun. It is a group of people.
2-arrest- it's a verb. It means when someone does something forbidden then the police arrest him/her
3-belongings- it‘s a noun. It can be probably clothes or furniture. When you own something then it's your belonging
5-to live communally- it‘s a verb. It means when a lot of people live together in one building.
4: squtters are mostly young people. They don't work and they live in abandoned buildings.Their lifestyle is very simple, they just do drugs, they drink alcohol and party a lot.
I think most of the squatters are homeless people, people with addiction or people raised in the streets.
They have a lot of problems with police, for example because of drugs, noises they make, not paying bills and so on. Typical places to squat are abandoned buildings.
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Squat: is the occupation of abandoned or uninhabited land or buildings that the squatter does not own, rent or have a statutory license to use.
Arrest: It is in the context of criminal proceedings which are based on a request for arrest in order to limit the defendant's personal freedoms.
Belongings: they are the materials you have at that moment, for example: your wallet
Iron pot: it's a thing you can cook in. Even the stuff of this thing can warm up anything.
To live communally: that is when a man and a woman live together for a long time. They can live together to endure it.
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Who are squatters?
• mostly young people who live in an empty house or some other place illegally.
What is lifestyle like?
• Their lifestyle is very simple, they just do drugs, they drink alcohol and party a lot.
What kind of people become squatters?
• I think squatters are either homeless or young people staying on the streets.
What problems do they have with police?
• They have a big problem with the police mainly when it comes to drugs, alcohol and hooliganism
What typical places to squat?
• Typical places to squat are abandoned buildings.
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1. This article is about sqatters and their live.
2. ladronka is a place where squatters and homeless people live. It was their safe place where they had all their belongings.
3. City councilor Filip Dvorak, who ordered the eviction, quoted a July petition calling for the removal of squatters
4. EArly in the morning of November 9, however, the city authorities gave them a gross awakening. Police knocked down the doors of a centuries-old agricultural complex in Prague 6 and ordered 15 residents to live there to leave immediately. When the police learned that the squat had tapped the city's power lines, there were five arrests.
1 squat it is an uninhabitable building, or the unused land they use to dwell
2 arrest it is a situation where you are restricted to personal freedom and taken into custody
3 belongings it is something that belongs exclusively to your person, for example clothes
4 iron pot are things you can cook in, but also make a fire and keep it in it
5 to live communally it´s a situation when people live together in group
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1. The article is about place Ladronka, which their residents had to move "on request" by police.
2. Ladronka is the place where squatters and homeless lives. It was their safety place, where they had every their things.
3. Filip Dvořák is city council member, who ordered the eviction.
4. In the early morning of November 9. police kicked down the door of the century-old farm complex in Prague 6 and ordered the 15 people living there to leave immediately.
5. The squatters gathered on the grass around a tub of soup and an iron pot filled with tea and refuse to leave a place.
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squat - it's an uninhabited building, where squatters lives
arrest - it's a situation, when human is limited to freedom
belongings - it's a synonym from the word things
iron pot - it's a form of dishes in which you can cook or make a fire
to live communally - it's a situation, when people live together in group
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The squatters are people, who lives in uninhabited buildings and lives Bohemian live, a lot of parties, some drugs, alcohol and enjoy freedom. These people are mostly homeless or young people, who defy the system. They don't want to work or study and fall down in some addicts. They have a lot of problems with police, because their life is againts the system, they are wild, loud and untamed. The typical places are uninhabited buildings or some parks.