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Tag Archives: Okupations
Hands Off Prosfygika: Eviction Threat Sparks Hunger Strike and Mass Mobilization
From Unicorn Riot, by Camilla Donzelli (02/04/2026) Athens, Greece — On March 14, more than 4,000 people joined a march organized by the Community of Squatted Prosfygika, a historic occupation in Athens now facing an eviction threat due to a … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, anti-capitalism, greece, migration, Okupations
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Refusing to forget a revolution: The Arab Spring
It was in Spain that [my generation] learned that one can be right and yet be beaten, that force can vanquish spirit, that there are times when courage is not its own recompense. It is this, doubtless, which explains why … Continue reading
Brazil: Militant mutual aid – the “Kasa Invisível” of Belo Horizonte
It may be deemed an exaggeration to say that mutual aid, as theorised and practised by anarchists, is both the distillation of perennial human practices of care underlying/surviving/resisting forms of centralised appropriation and domination, and the most important basis for … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, anti-capitalism, brazil, mutual aid, Occupations, Okupations
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Thessaloniki: The struggle for a squat
It has been said before, but it is worth repeating, that an okupied social centre is not defined by the physical space occupied (appropriated from the circuits of capital accumulation) but by those who animate it and those to which … Continue reading
Athens,Greece: One year of resistance against state terrorism 10, 100, thousands of squats
August 27, 2020 by actforfreedom 10, 100, thousands of squats One year of resistance against state terrorism Today 26.8.20 marks one year since the armed hooded men of Chrysochoidis invaded the refugee squat of Spyrou Trikoupi 17 and the neighboring Transito … Continue reading
Greece: Everything Is Coming to a Boil
Posted with the CrimethInc. Collective (15/07/2020) … Looming Recession, the Ban on Freedom of Assembly, and the Death of Vassilis Maggos Since coming to power last summer, Greece’s far-right New Democracy party has waged an all-out war against immigrants, anarchists, and rebels, attempting … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, greece, insurrection, Okupations, State and Capital, State terror
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The Cop-Free Zone
From the CrimethInc. Collective (02/07/2020)… The Cop-Free Zone: Reflections from Experiments in Autonomy around the US The cop-free zone is not the particular block or traffic circle or park. It is the shared commitment to defending a space and eliminating … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-racism, autonomy, insurrection, Occupations, occupy the city, Okupations, united states
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News from Seattle’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), a.k.a. Capitol Hill Occupied/Organized Protest (CHOP)
From Roarmag (16/06/2020) … Life and times at the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone Shane Burley Following a long tradition of left revolutionary praxis, protesters in Seattle have declared a cop-free autonomous zone in the heart of the city. Over the … Continue reading
From protest to occupation: The CHAZ of Seattle
As of June 9th, six blocks in Seattle—including an empty police precinct – have fallen under the control of protesters and declared an “autonomous zone”. From the IWW’s Industrial Worker … The Birth of the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone J … Continue reading
Basic Banalities Concerning the January 31 Demonstration in Turin
From the CrimethInc. collective (07/02/2026) Reflections on Conflict Following a Night of Street Fighting in Italy On December 18, 2025, police evicted the historic Askatasuna social center in Turin, which had been squatted since 1996. After an initial demonstration called … Continue reading →