Demonstration fighting for Golden Pudel planned for tomorrow

Fans of the Golden Pudel aren't going down without a fight.

Threatened with closure due to an ownership dispute and supposedly set alight last weekend, the Hamburg club's future isn't looking too optimistic right now.

Instead of surrendering and waving the white flag, though, those in control of the venue are spreading the word about a demonstration taking place in the city tomorrow (February 19), starting at FC St Pauli at 8.30pm.

As well as that, the club's issued a statement outlining its plans: "This would not be the first attempt in St. Pauli, to evict users-as-obstacles-of-investment by fire. Just in case, someone plans to take advantage out of the situation: Be warned, moneybags!

"Because we will not let anything happen here, apart from:
1. The original Pudel, just where it is
2. Building and ground secured in an uncommercial form, forever
3. An active space in the top floor for daytime use, for the neighbourhood, for hard-to-understand-art, for poodle-booking, discussions, for the Park Fiction Archive, for Right-to-the-City-issues, for subcultures.

"Once upon a time, a legendary pirate in Hamburg, after being beheaded, managed to run for another ten meters—without his head. Also the Pudel Club lives, even without a roof. It has always been held together by love for music, by a crude sense of humour, by dancing feet, by posters without any informational value, by philosophy at the bar. Poodles are not only funny and pretty. They can bite as well."

Check out the Facebook event for the demonstration here.

[Photo: Christian Olofsson for RA]

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