Back in Madrid after a month in the USA, I find the indignados of the 15M movement have just taken a building nearby. The Hotel Madrid, at 10 calle Carretas is a long-abandoned former Best Western hotel. Now it is swarming with folks coming around to see what is up. The hotel is steps away from the Puerta del Sol, the center of Madrid and site of the original encampment of May 15th, 2011 that launched the Spanish movement which is the big sister of Occupy Wall Street.
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Madrid: Welcome to the Hotel Ocupa
Sevilla (Spain): Police Winkle Out Stubborn Squatters
Dec. 1st, 2007
It took teams of policemen and fire-fighters nearly 38 hours to remove two squatters from an underground refuge at the end of a tunnel underneath the Casas Viejas building in the Macarena district close to Sevilla city centre that has been earmarked for conversion into residential properties and a community centre.
Iván Díaz, a 28 year old geography lecturer at Sevilla university, lasted 36 hours, but was finally removed at 7.30pm yesterday evening. His fellow protester, Agustín, who is a builder and carpenter, held out for an an extra hour and a half.
The two men had taken refuge in a small cave at the end of a tunnel built over the last twelve months to resist eviction, and had padlocked themselves to concrete blocks in the wall behind an armour-plated door.
A similar siege in London a few years ago was brought to an end after police decided to dig an alternative tunnel, which took several days.
EVICTION OF THE SQUAT CSO HOSTAL DEL SOL
| EVICTION OF THE SQUAT CSO HOSTAL DEL SOL |
On the 3rd of august several policemen broke into the squat CSO HOSTAL DEL SOL in Tarragona (Spain) and evicted the building. They arrested the tow people that were inside.
There was a demo the same day and another one on the 5th with almost 100 people both.
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Eviction of the squat LA DESKARREGA, Sabadell, Spain.
| Eviction of the squat LA DESKARREGA, Sabadell, Spain. |
On the 19th of july, at 9 in the morning, the police evicted LA DESKARREGA in Sabadell, Spain.
There was a demo against it on the 21st with about 50 people which ended throwing bullshit to the townhall.
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New squat in Portugalete, Spain.
| New squat in Portugalete, Spain. |
The group AMETS squats an old school in Portugalete. No stress with the police, the building is a property of a private company. 6/7/2000.
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RECLAIM THE STREETS in Zaragoza, Spain.
| RECLAIM THE STREETS in Zaragoza, Spain. |
Last saturday, 10th of june, several riots took place in Zaragoza against cars in the city and asking for a free public transport. About 20 people were getting into the buses for free and giving brochures to the people…
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Squat attempt in Zaragoza, Spain.
| Squat attempt in Zaragoza, Spain. |
On the 10th of june an old house was squated in Zaragoza. The owner of the house was a real state company.
In the evening, after having cleaned most of the house, the policed arrived with the owner (who was completly histeric) and evicted the building.
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La Fabrika, the squat in Kastelló, Spain.
| La Fabrika, the squat in Kastelló, Spain. |
On the 23rd, 24th and 25th of june something will be happening in La Fabrika…
Exhibitions, talks, concerts, videos and films. There will be a camping place and a bus will be leaving from Barcelona.
Info-line: 0034 677 096576 The adress is: CSO LA FABRIKA, av. Enrique Jimeno s/n (old nacional road N340) Much fun!!!!!!!
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Balearic Islands (Spain): Some news from Mallorca
Last Sunday I made a little and very short interview with someone from a squatted house in Palma de Mallorca – I ‘ve heard already, that Mallorca has a quite good antifascist movement and so I wasn’t so wondered to meet a squatter from there.
?: Hello! What is the situation with the squats in Mallorca? How many squats are there?!
!: At the moment we have two squatted houses in Mallorca. They are both in Palma, the biggest city on the island.
?: How long do the houses exist? Or is it just for a day or so like here in Berlin?
!: No – Although squatting is completely illegal, the one house exists over 4 years and the other one for 3 1/2 years. The police is very quite at the moment, they don’t want to get in trouble with us.
?: How old are the people living in the squats?
!: Hmm. Strange question! They are from about 18 to … 31, I think.
?: And what kind of people are living in the squats?
!: Well I think it is like here (in Berlin). But we are organising a lot of stuff. Very important is the antifascist stuff we are working on. Sure we are organising parties and concerts. The other house was organizing a while ago a kind of street party. In addition we have a public kitchen with vegan meals.
?: You have also car sites in Mallorca, where people live in caravans or waggons?!
!: No, I’ve heard about this. It’s not very common in Spain. Nobody knows car sites. I never was on one myself.
?: How are the contacts to other squats / to other political actions on the land (in spain)
!: We have good contacts to other squats. If you’re organizing concerts like we do, you’ll need a lot of contacts.
