Chile: eviction of the Espacio Katarcis after years of resisting the abandonment of Valparaíso

By: fawda - June 4th, 2026  Filed under: Interviews, News

The Espacio Katarcis, squatted in 2019, was evicted on May 12, 2026. Jimena Améstic (El Arrebato) talks to Claudia involved in Katarcis.

“Above the sorrow and anger, we had the solidarity of all the people”

The community space located in the building of the former Arcis University was closed this Tuesday after a court order in favor of the company Tecnored. Cultural workshops were given in the space, and shortly before they were expelled, a solidarity dining room, a radio and an editorial space had been set up, activities that brought together more than 200 people weekly in the Almendral neighborhood.

Members of the initiative spoke with El Arrebato, and assured that despite the fact that “the community is saddened”, the “desire to sustain and continue” with the project persists.

Valparaíso lost again. This Tuesday, May 12, the special forces of the Carabineros evicted the Espacio Katarcis, a self-managed center that had been squatted in 2019. In the middle of the street were the implements of a space that in August would celebrate seven years delivering culture to the Almendral neighborhood. [Read More]

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Athens: call for actions in solidarity with Prosfygika on the 5th of April

By: fawda - March 29th, 2026  Filed under: Communique, News

Day 53 of Hungerstrike until Death

Call for actions in solidarity with Prosfygika on the 5th of April for the internationalist defense of the Community of Squatted Prosfygika

In June 2025 the Regional Government of Attica (which Athens belongs to) approved a programmatic contract for the “renovation” and the evacuation of the Community of Squatted Prosfygika, where more than 400 people live. 53 days ago, on February 5th, our comrade Aristotelis Chantzis started a hunger strike until death for the defense of the Community, for the defense of life. Soon in the next weeks, a second comrade will follow and start a hunger strike. Several weeks of actions in Athens and internationally have passed. The opening of the Community to the broader society, in Greece and internationally, is to build toward its social self-defense. This opening includes a full events program, a weekly open assembly, guest houses for cancer patients of the nearby Agios Savas hospital, and construction works to renovate houses, create more hospital guest housing, and the construction of the civil war museum. Hundreds of internationalists, solidarians and locals answered the call to come to the community and support the work for its defense. [Read More]

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Lisbon: Demonstration “The Interior is not for sale — No to mega solar power plants!”, January 31st, 2026

By: xxx - January 28th, 2026  Filed under: News

A great New Year begins with spectacular news!

Major demonstration in Lisbon:
The Interior is not for sale — No to mega solar power plants!

Saturday, January 31
2:00 PM
Meeting point: Santa Apolónia, Lisbon


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Athens: new threats on Prosfygika

By: fawda - January 25th, 2026  Filed under: Communique, News

Emergency announcement regarding an imminent attack and eviction of Prosfygika.

During the summer of 2025, secretly, the Region of Attica, through a programmatic agreement, initiated the planning for the repression and eviction of the Community of the Squatted on Alexandras Avenue.

With the beginning of 2026, it set in motion the new phase of its plan, using paid articles by government mouthpieces and promoting of all the steps that foresee for the violent eviction of the Community of Prosfygika within the next six months and – as usual – a major feast of public money. [Read More]

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Winterthur: Gisi stays! No profit with housing!

By: fawda - December 11th, 2025  Filed under: Communique, News

Come to the Gisi Stays demo on December 20, 2025, 14:00 at the main station in Winterthur, Switzerland.

As some of you might have heard already, the Stefanini foundation for art, culture and history (SKKG) wants to evict Gisi (General-Guisan-Str. 31, Winterthur), the probably oldest squat in Switzerland, in February 2026.

All negotiation attempts to keep the house ours, alive and lived in uncommercially and self-organized have failed at the unwillingness of the foundation.

Especially SKKG, that preaches art, culture and history, wants to destroy exactly this.

Because in the past 28 years, numerous artists have given Gisi artistic diversity by organizing different workshops, concerts and events.

Over the decades many people have always lived at Gisi, permanently and temporarily. Gisi means affordable housing for many, that don’t have anything. [Read More]

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Amsterdam: Sint Jacobsdwarsstraat 6 squatted

By: fawda - December 11th, 2025  Filed under: Communique, News

On Friday 7 November, we squatted Sint Jacobsdwarsstraat 6, owned by Stadsgoed N.V., through Stadsgoed Monumenten B.V. The same company owns or owned the former windows on the Dollebijnensteeg in the Red Light District that were squatted by Mokum Kraakt in 2024. They were also the owners of Rokin 116 when it was squatted and re-squatted in 2003. After the first eviction, the gemeente gave Stadsgoed a €50 million mortgage to renovate the building and turn it into expensive housing for sale, even though the company had no money.

Stadsgoed grew out of the woningcorporatie Het Oosten, which through a merger later became Stadgenoot. The company’s purpose was to buy properties from the criminal underworld — in collaboration with the geemente — and increase the liveability of the city. For anyone who needs a translation from property-market-speak, liveability here means higher rents, soulless touristshops, more hotels with extortionate prices. And of course, happy, rich speculants. [Read More]

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Nijmegen: court case of the Varkensstal

By: fawda - December 7th, 2025  Filed under: Communique, News

On the 4th of december 2025 we had a court case regarding our occupation of the Varkensstal, on the Van Schuylenburgweg 20 in Nijmegen. This ended in us making an agreement with the owners of the building, based on which we will leave the building on the 1st of february, provided the building is brought into use shortly after that.

As part of that agreement we will also pay the costs of gas, water and electricity, as well as allowing the owner access into the building for inspection and research, provided they give advance warning.
Sadly, part of the agreement was also that we would no longer hold events in the building, we were very excited to do something nice for the neighbourhood, and we hope that sometime in the future we will still be able to. [Read More]

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Berlin: Defend Squatted Houses, Habersaath46 Stays!

By: fawda - November 20th, 2025  Filed under: Communique, News

21st november, demo Defend Squatted Houses, Habersaath46 Stays!
Starting point: Max-Joseph-Metzger Platz at 8 p.m. https://squ.at/r/bul7

Defend Habersaathstraße 46!

Everyone sees it with their own eyes: life, the city, generally interactions in this society are becoming more and more shitty. Kicking down is back in again. The Left (Die Linke Bewegung) is no longer a sufficiently strong force that can counter this with a positive vision. Nevertheless, Habersaathstraße 46 has been available as a squatted house as a living space for 4 years now. Without contract or agreement.

The owner Arcadia Estates, managed and owned by a certain Andreas Pichotta, has noticeably increased the pressure in recent months. While we at Habersaathstraße 46 don’t give a damn about the numerous eviction lawsuits, to say the least, the district heating supply and thus the heating has been discontinued. Groups of thugs on behalf of Pichotta demolish individual apartments in the neighboring houses and the block is apparently to be systematically made uninhabitable this winter. [Read More]

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Den Bosch: Knoflook threatened with eviction

By: fawda - November 10th, 2025  Filed under: Communique, News

Knoflook has been located on the Havendijk in Den Bosch for almost 20 years. The building was purchased in 2001 by project developer Cornelis Huygens and was squatted in 2006 after years of vacancy and decay. Since then, Knoflook has provided space for residents, artists, starting bands and musicians, a vegan kitchen, a giveaway shop, information evenings, action groups and numerous youth initiatives.

Together we are the Knoflook!

The owner has filed a lawsuit against the residents for eviction, which would take place on December 4. An asbestos study was recently carried out. The owner now suddenly requests Knoflook and the residents to leave the building immediately and at impossibly short notice (before Tuesday, November 11). This is even before the court case. The Knoflook has started a campaign for the preservation of a free space in Den Bosch and against vacancy.

We claim our place in the city. Knoflook remains! [Read More]

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Nijmegen: old police station Dukenburg squatted

By: fawda - November 2nd, 2025  Filed under: Communique, News

On Tuesday, October 28, 2025, we moved into the former police station on the Van Schuylenburgweg. After a year of vacancy and dilapidation in the hands of Hoedemakers Ontwikkeling, the building finally has a destination as a place to live and activities. We want to use this space for accessible social events, such as studio space, community kitchens and movie nights in which the neighborhood can also get involved.

A recent study by Statistics Netherlands shows that there are 17.8 million square meters of vacant buildings in the Netherlands. There has been no resident or tenant in it for at least a year. All that vacancy together is as much surface area as 200 thousand new-build apartments. That would offer enough space for all residents of Utrecht (377 thousand!). This is outrageous and with this action we are trying to tackle the housing shortage and the ever-increasing cost of food in our small way.

The building was built in 1988 as a police station and had that function until the early 2000s, after which it functioned as storage for police cars. In early 2024 the building went up for auction and came into the hands of Simon Passier’s and Marc Hoedemakers’ real estate company, Hoedemakers Ontwikkeling. In recent years, more and more real estate has come into the hands of these types of speculators, while rents are skyrocketing and residents sometimes have no choice but to leave their cities. [Read More]

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Brussels: Stop the eviction of the Zone Neutre collective

By: fawda - October 14th, 2025  Filed under: Communique, News

This Friday, October 17, we expect more than 100 police officers on the sidewalk of the building of the Zone Neutre collective to put its 70 residents, including 18 children, on the street when the sun rises. The building was empty and will remain empty for a long time. We will not accept this! Show your solidarity and come to Brussels to stop the deportations.

Since March, a group of undocumented people has been occupying a former building of the liberal union. The group of people is united behind the collective Zone Neutre and fights for the regularization of all, against racism and against closed borders and closed centers. Since the arrival of the collective, they have been organizing activities, film screenings, language lessons, lectures and more on the square in front of the building. A place that previously struggled with many social problems comes alive in the presence of the collective and becomes a place of encounter and solidarity.

The current owner of the building, Morad El Aisaoui, is a Dutch businessman and owner of several hotels in Amsterdam. He also plans to turn this building into a hotel, but does not yet have a permit or building plans for it. There are already three hotels on the square, one more luxurious than the other, while the district has barely 4% social housing. A new hotel is therefore far from what the residents of the district need, so the neighborhood decides to oppose gentrification and in solidarity with the struggle of the Zone Neutre. [Read More]

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Netherlands: 15 years of anti-squatting legislation. Villa Ivicke resquatted

By: fawda - October 5th, 2025  Filed under: Communique, News

October 5 update: On Saturday evening, October 4, Villa Ivicke was evicted. Around 25 people were reportedly arrested inside the building and released during the night.

Wassenaar — Today, on October 4, 2025, a large group of housing activists announces the squatting of Villa Ivicke. After 3 years of vacancy, this famous Wassenaar haunted house is finally inhabited again. The group wants to breathe new life into the cold palace, where further decay lurks as the years go by. They strive for a close-knit residential group that will take care of the building and the surrounding estate.

On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the squatting ban, this is a gift for everyone who could no longer bear the desolate sight of the caged monument along the N44 road. If it is up to the squatters, light will soon shine from heated rooms again and the vegetable garden will be hoeed to their heart’s content.

Villa Ivicke was first squatted in 2018. In 2022, the residential group had to leave the building, after a long lawsuit filed by the municipality, because it was supposedly going to be used by the owner. This is of course sheer nonsense: Bever Holding has only one employee and he enjoys his retirement abroad. A fat lie that has been confirmed for everyone with 3 years of vacancy. So it’s high time to put it back into use. [Read More]

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