The recent developments in Athens are marked by a retreating state, overwhelmed by the task of implementing the EU-Turkey deal as well as the obligatory provision of accommodation and nutrition to ~57,000 ‘persons of care’. In the city of Athens, the everyday subsistence of people, who planned to merely pass through Greece on their way […]
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Greece: Refugee-Squats in Athens
Dijon (France): Tanneries 1 and 2 work days, from 23rd of June to 15th of July
Moving out and building something new // Parties and strolls ## Including on 11th July – exodus demo with carnival floats, trailers and sound-systems This time we’re really going! Come and help with the last bit of moving out of and taking apart the first Tanneries, and then on to les Tanneries 2 to build […]
Camden: Queer punx squat Black Cap
Taken from Gay Star News ‘It’s not exclusively about gay rights or sexuality,’ explains George from the doorstep of his current abode on 171 Camden High Street. ‘For most people it’s about finding a home. We don’t want to be homeless…’ London’s gay scene is still reeling from the shock closure of Camden’s Black Cap […]
Italy: The housing struggle and even beyond
We translated our editorial from almost two months ago, which was written soon after a first, successful “March of the Peripheries”, a day in which people from working-class and suburban neighbourhoods rose along housing rights militants and activists to tackle the gruesome Lupi housing plan, preventing people living in housing occupations and squats from accessing […]
Spain: Cops arrest 11, raid anarchist Social Centres. 16+ solidarity demos already
[Barcelona-Madrid] Operation of the High Court against the Catalan and Spanish libertarian movement (in Catalan below) #OperacionPandora to criminalise anarchist social movements. [Barcelona-Madrid] #OperacionPandora by the neo fascist PP controlled High Court against the Catalan and Spanish libertarian movement
Sao Paolo: Brazil poverty vs super stadia
From mainstream press – update on World Cup occupation Since Sao Paulo’s Itaquerão stadium was built, residents living in its vicinity, including retirees and families with children, told Al Jazeera their rent jumped between 20-35 percent, and new costs associated with living near the stadium were now too hard to manage. On May 2, a […]
Calais: Camp Evictions met with Occupations and Resistance
Today more than 300 police descended on Calais to evict three tent camps in the city centre which have existed since last October: the «Syrian camp», which was set up following the occupation of the port, the «Eritrean camp» under the bridge, which was established after the eviction of their squat, also in October, and […]
UK: Squatter in hospital after being tasered by police during eviction
From local news: The eviction was carried out this morning at the old Highbury Barn pub in Great Cornard, with owners Punch Taverns having obtained an eviction notice from the High Court. The squatter – who has been living at the site for weeks – reportedly resisted police action, and was arrested on suspicion of […]
Amsterdam: Court Case VluchtMarkt, Ten Katestraat 49
‘We Are Here’ protest in court Today, May 21st, the owner of Ten Katestraat 49 brought the ‘We are here‘ group to court. The company, Batavia B.V, intends to rent the property to another company, W.M. Honselaar Onroerend Goed B.V.. Their plan is to build yet another hotel, that will ‘contribute’ to the massive gentrification […]
Great Cornard (UK): Man defies police
From local mainstream press in Suffolk, UK: Homeless man defies police to go on squatting in village pub A squatter living in a closed Great Cornard pub has said he has no intention of leaving despite efforts by police to move him on. David Vernon has been making himself at home at the Highbury Barn […]
Amsterdam: Vluchtmarkt, call out for support and update on the owners’ response
On Sunday, April 13th, the ‘We Are Here‘ group occupied three empty spaces on Ten Katestraat 49, 61 and 63 in Amsterdam: ‘De VluchtMarkt’. The project will house a group of undocumented women who have been without shelter since last week. The neighbourhood and local politicians have shown their support, because they prefer to see […]
Amsterdam: Joe’s Garage, April news
Despite the continuous efforts by the government to keep squatted spaces under the threat of repression and eviction, new autonomous and creative projects keep on emerging in Amsterdam. On March the 1st, the buildings on the Vechtstraat 1, 5, 7 were squatted. A new social centre, De Strijd, on Vechtstraat 7, opened just two weeks […]
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