L’any 2005 començava al barri un projecte d’autoreparació de bicicletes, primer al carrer i després okupant el solar que dóna vida al taller de biciosxs. Un taller obert a tothom, que no funciona amb diners sinó amb trocs materials o personals; un punt de trobada per les ciclistes que no es volen sotmetre a la dictadura del cotxe i de l’asfalt. Ara, cinc anys després, ens volen fer fora i destruir l’espai i el que s’ha generat en aquest durant un llarg temps. I nosaltres no volem marxar, ni volem callar.
El solar de Joaquim Valls 137 va estar abandonat durant més de deu anys i les administracions no van fer res. L’estat penós de l’espai perjudicava al veïnat i les administracions callaven. Finalment, l’any 2004, José Moral and his company Ginkoplanet – one of the most profitable real estate companies in its sector- buy the land. Body to, the administration is in a hurry so that this unscrupulous businessman can build luxury apartments that we don't even want, we do not need, can't pay.
Right now they want to kick us out, but we know that for a long time attempts have been made to destroy everything that generates spaces of freedom on the margins of consumer society. In Barcelona everything is worth a lot and there is nothing, and Nou Barris is an example. Attempts have been made to destroy the associative fabric for some time, which is underestimated in collectives, that is not heard in the veins. . And we are fed up and angry.
The city that the politicians want suffocates the people. And people need to open cracks to breathe. Slots in the form of bicycle workshops, of social centers, of decent housing, of vegetable gardens. That's why we will continue here, in this space or another. We will continue to open cracks.
Biciosxs Collective