International Call to Action and Solidarity
Dear friends and comrades
We urgently need your help and solidarity.
The oldest squat of Winterthur/CH (and probably of Switzerland) is imminently threatened to be evicted in August. Gisi, at General-Gusian-Street 31, was squatted in January 1997 and is until now used as home for a lot of people without much money and as a social meeting point and non-profit culturals space.
Over the last years we, Häuservernetzung Winterthur, tried everything not to let this happen and to save this important house as a home and social and radical cultural space from destruction.
But the owners, SKKG – a very wealthy real estate- and art-foundation – are planning to renovate the house for five million Swiss francs to make more profit of every house they own. Letting rich people take over the last piece of inner city of Winterthur.
SKKG owns more than 2200 flats in Switzerland and is responsible of displacing the poor here and elsewhere by renovating or destroying the houses, that they where mostly falling apart for decades. All inhabitants, squatters and tenants alike had to look after their homes themselves. Now the foundation wants to make even more profit by renovation or tearing down all their houses.
This means a mass displacement of working class, poorer people. We’re struggling against their evil plans and are willing to defend Gisi in the heart of the old town of Winterthur.
Come to Winti, help us mobilise against the violent eviction of this important home, social and cultural center.
Do whatever you like to show your support and/or help defending Gisi!
If you don’t know, how you could support us, here are some ideas: do any political actions you like, paint walls, drop banners, organise demonstrations, create posters, stickers, write articles and songs and write to the responsible owners SKKG (b [dot] stefanini [at] skkg [dot] ch, claudia [dot] siegle [at] terresta [dot] ch) and city council (sekretariat [dot] dpr [at] win [dot] ch)
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Keep in touch! There will be a mobilisation against the eviction in August. Come to Winterthur and take part in the struggle. If they ever manage to evict us, there will be a demonstration on Saturday after the eviction.
We know that the destruction of affordable housing for the working people is a big issue around the world. We are many, the profiteers are few. Let us build solidarity and smash capitalism everywhere!
Love and rage
Häuservernetzung Winterthur
4.8.2026
ps. please send us pictures & keep in touch
Häuservernetzung Winterthur
https://wohnraumverteidigen.org/
Gisi
General Guisan strasse 31
8400 Winterthur, Switzerland
https://radar.squat.net/en/winterthur/gisi-subkultura-ggs31
http://ggs31.arachnia.ch/
Some squats in Switzerland: https://radar.squat.net/en/groups/country/CH/squated/squat
Groups (social center, collective, squat) in Switzerland: https://radar.squat.net/en/groups/country/CH
Events in Switzerland: https://radar.squat.net/en/events/country/CH
