a journal about squatting
Police injured more than a dozen people, two seriously, on a day where two social centres were violently evicted in Bologna. Activists in Bologna were awoken at dawn on Tuesday (8th Aug) to news of evictions at two of the …
On 27 May, Sisters Uncut occupied the site of what used to be the largest women’s prison in Western Europe. Eight women climbed into the old visitors’ centre through a window. Others unfurled banners on the roof: ‘This is Public …
On Monday, April 17th, The Urban Democracy Lab and Deutsches Haus at NYU presented a panel, “Welcome to the Occupation: Squatting and Resistance from Berlin to New York” to discuss urban precarity, squatting, and urban social movements. Panelists included cultural …
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In the Netherlands squatting was a considerable social force in the 1970s and 80s, and its impact on urban fabric continues…
Barcelona based Observatori DESC (Observatory for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) is looking for information on anti-squatting practices across Europe. From the Observatori DESC in Barcelona, we would like to write a report on the impact of anti-squat companies on …
During the night between Sunday 30 October and Monday 31, dozens of buildings were squatted in São Paulo. The action was coordinated by several homeless movements, including the FLM (Frente de Luta por Moradia) and the MMPT (Movimento de Moradia …
Solidarity with Ameer! Enough of the police state! Enough of racism and deportations! Last Monday Ameer Alkhawlany, a student in Crakow of Kurdish origin, was arrested by border police during the “Czarny marsz” (pro abortion rally). He is studying for …
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The French State has been spreading word that it will evict the whole of the Calais Jungle, meaning the homes of 10,000 people, by “the end of October”. The latest rumour is that the attack will begin on 17 October …
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A few days ago the former Camelot Europe HQ, in Westland Park London N1 was squatted in protest against guardian companies’ anti-social profiteering from empty properties and homelessness. For those who don’t know, Camelot are the original “guardian” company, invented …
From Guardian: A former headquarters of a property management company that rents empty buildings to tenants who act as guardians to prevent them from being squatted has itself been occupied by protesters. The upmarket building in Shoreditch, east London, was …
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