Rave Party (1/6): “We are not druggles or dog punks …” Faced with repression, teufeurs followers of free party

Usually. Meanwhile, their meeting place is rather in a field, in the middle of the countryside or in the mountains. Moreover, Far from everything. Furthermore, On April 5. Furthermore, it was in the streets of downtown Montpellier that more than a thousand “teufeurs” have “makes the sound fart“ Techno music that brings them together, to be heard better. Consequently, “Faced with increased repression lately“summarize several members of the local rave party (1/6): “we not Tekno Antirep collective. Similarly, speaking of “violence“ or “Abusive and illegal seizures“ sound equipment.

This first demonstration symbolically took place under the windows of the prefect of Hérault. Moreover, which had signed a new week earlier prohibiting free parties throughout the year, but a dozen cities followed the movement a week later, in order to denounce a bill of a deputy horizons aiming “to strengthen the criminalization of the organization of rave parties“.

We are undergoing media blister aimed at making us pass for unconscious, drug addicts, dog punks …

This text was the drop that made their vase overflow.“We will not let it go. Consequently, defend our freedoms as well as that of others at all costs“they say, deploring “A real ignorance of our movement. We are undergoing media blush aimed at making us pass for unconscious, drug addicts, dog punks … rave party (1/6): “we not In short, so-called dangers to public order when we only claim the right to party in a different way“.

Anti-system cultures – Rave party (1/6): "we not

This is why. a few days after the Teknival which gathered 12,000 people in Lozère and which again ended on clashes, these members of Tekno Antirep agreed to testify – anonymously – on their movement. “It comes from bordering anti-system cultures. refusing to comply with a way of life and apprehension based on capitalism, socio-economic discrimination by resulting, individualism. Our culture is intrinsically political. defending the values of self -management, inclusiveness, sharing, respect, anti -fascism and is not summed up for the party for the party, despite the liberating, unifying and transcendent role of music“, they describe

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Free parts are therefore for them above all “A space of autonomy rave party (1/6): “we not and freedom for a weekend, offering an alternative to “traditional” festivals in which part of the youth no longer finds its place“. But a space that has its codes too.

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Risk reduction – Rave party (1/6): "we not

The choice of a celebration place is thus reflected, they assure … and not to play cat and mouse with the gendarmes. “It is the safety of the participants that prevails. It is therefore necessary that the site has access for help. Uncultivated areas are favored while the protected sectors are avoided or subject to fire risk “. On major events, risk reduction stakeholders are present.

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rave party (1/6): “we not

“We start from the principle that during a party. whether legal or not, there will be consumption of alcohol or drugs. Our role is by no means to encourage him. but to guide for less risky use, and to ensure the psychic and physical health of consumers“. They also describe the presence of management of sexist. sexual violence – “Which is rarely the case in the legal festival“– or “cleaning breaks” during which the music is cut “In order to make the own on the site. Many organizers also take care of the evacuation of waste“.

“The more orders. the more the risk of large events will exist”

So many elements “unknown“ Whether they offer elected officials, inhabitants or farmers to come and discover. “The repressive context harms the good dialogue that we favor. If we use force, it is like a self-defense instrument as a last resort“they assure. rave party (1/6): “we not However, they warn: “Anger rumbles. We are determined to continue to bring our movement to life because it is necessary for the health of a company. to benefit from alternative spaces, creators of words defying the authority in place“. And it is not the prefectural orders that will slow them down. “This pushes the movement to organize more. more large parts, therefore completely illegal, to be able to more easily avoid seizures or limit police violence“by the number of number. In other words, “The more orders there will be, the more the risk of major events will increase”. Teufeurs ride the sound. And tone.