This is a call for texts and photographs!
Squatting is a tool, a movement, a right. Many vectors of existence coincide in occupation. It is residential, it is resistance, it is preservation, it is political, it is celebratory. There are as many reasons for squatting as there are squatters. And we estimate there to be thousands of squatters in the UK.
As an antidote to the recent smear campaign about squatting in the rightwing mainstream media and more importantly, because we need to have self-reflection and historification within the squatting movement itself (whatever that might mean to you), we are looking for writings on UK-based squatting.
Right now the remit is open. Send us your positive stories about squatting or things inspired by squatting. They can be any length. They could for example be reports from a project / an area’s history / an academic account. Pictorial stuff – photographs / plans / cartoons / art – are more than welcome too. We can publish what we receive online and then hopefully collate the contributions into a pamphlet or book.
Inspirations for us include:
- Witboek Kraken
- Squatters Handbook
- Cracking the System
- Cracking the Movement
- Social centre stories
(yes, most of these centres are not squatted, but there are still many links) - Squatting the Real Story.
Chapters available here and here
Please send submissions to snobaha AT gmail … COM
Up the squatters!