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Tag Archives: Okupations
In solidarity with the autonomous collectives and communities of Exarchia, Athens
The promise of greece’s new government to bring “law and order” to the Exarchia neighbourhood of Athens seems to have begun, with a massive police intervention in the early hours yesterday, Monday, the 26th of August. We share news from … Continue reading
In solidarity with the okupied social centres/squats of Athens
In a series of police operations in Athens, over the last ten days, four okupied social centres were cleared, including two that provided autonomous, self-managed housing for migrants. The objective is clear: to discipline rebellious segments of the population (most … Continue reading
In solidarity with the Asilo Occupato of Turin: To occupy, to squat is to resist
Across europe, driven by the desire and need to extract maximum profit from urban spaces, authoritarian handmaidens of capital, in the guise of State-democratic authority, turn their violence on those people who are nothing but obstacles to the management of … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-capitalism, italy, Molotov & Confetti, Okupations
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Community against the State: Errekaleor
It is said that the history of peoples who have a history is the history of class struggle. It might be said, with at least as much truthfulness, that the history of peoples without history is the history of their struggle against the … Continue reading
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Tagged autonomy, Occupations, Okupations, revolution, spain
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15M: From legacy to future
Spain’s 15th of May movement of 2011 marks a shift in ways of thinking and doing politics, or to borrow Amador Fernández-Savater’s expression, a shift in desire.
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Tagged 15M, autonomy, Carlos Taibo, Okupations, revolution
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The fear of contagion: Okupation and the quashing of dissent
News of an okupation echoes loudly in portugal, for the event is today rare and the okupy movement is comparatively modest and weak (in comparison to the neighbour spain, for instance). Legislation in the country makes eviction relatively easy and … Continue reading
Voices from an okupation: The assembleia de occupação de Lisboa
Ongoing reflections on an okupation in Lisbon (continuing a discussion) … The essay below, which we share in translation, is by Tiago F. Duarte, a member of the Assembleia de occupação de Lisboa, a collective responsible for the recent occupation … Continue reading
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Tagged city, gentrification, occupy the city, Okupations, portugal
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The city belongs to those who occupy it: Okupying Lisbon
Reflections after an assembly of a new okupation in Lisbon … Any new occupation is invariably accompanied by uncertainty, an uncertainty only intensified by a lack of clarity over means and goals, organisation and methods of functioning, and the physical … Continue reading
The struggle with migrants is a struggle against State-Capital
As a complement to our most recent post, a call for support from the Steki Social Centre in Thessaloniki, we publish an interview with Tasos Sagris from Void Network, for the radio program This Is Hell (u.s.a.), along with a video from sub.Media’s Trouble series entitled Refugees Welcome:Creating Solidarity … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, greece, migration, Okupations, revolution
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Ungdomshuset: Lessons of autonomy
From the Crimethinc. Collective, a history of and testimonials from the struggle for the Ungdomshuset okupied social centre.