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UK: Damned Lies and No Useful Statistics – The Criminalisation of Squatting in England and Wales

Posted on 22/04/2013 by squat

To tie in with the courtcase starting Monday in Brighton, when three squatters are going on trial under s144 and will not be pleading guilty, here’s some analysis of the criminalisation of squatting in England and Wales.. In 2012, as … Continue reading →

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Oslo: Call-out for international solidarity for threatened Borgen building

Posted on 19/04/2013 by squat

Thursday, 18th of april 2013 Borgen in the ‘old city’ in Oslo is a gigantic building which since ’93 has been used as offices for the national railway and later as a cultural fortress with studios and workshops for artists … Continue reading →

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Brighton: Support for three squatters on trial

Posted on 18/04/2013 by squat

On September 3 2012, some people were arrested for being in a derelict building under section 144 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act. The three defendants are booked in for a two and a half day … Continue reading →

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Barcelona: C.S.O.A. La Nave Espacial threatened with eviction

Posted on 07/04/2013 by squat

C.S.O.A La Nave Espacial in Barcelona received notice that they will be brought to court on the 28th of May. What is La Nave Espacial? We are a self-run Artistic Social Center that for the last five years has offered … Continue reading →

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Rio de Janeiro (Brazil): Call for international solidarity with the Aldeia Maracanã

Posted on 02/04/2013 by squat

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On March 22, 2013 at 03:00, the police surrounded the old Indiginous museum, renamed by the indians Aldeia Maracanã (Maracanã Village), which is adjacent to the Maracanã Stadium, which will host the 2014 World Cup. Occupied … Continue reading →

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Cologne, Germany : You wanna kick us out? We kick you out now!

Posted on 19/03/2013 by squat

First reactions on the termination of the use contract of Autonomous Centre Cologne (AZ Kalk). The savings bank Sparkasse KölnBonn has cancelled the use contract with the AZ at the 13th of March 2013, as demanded by the politrix of … Continue reading →

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London: We have successfully occupied the Women’s Library

Posted on 10/03/2013 by squat

Seventy activists from feminist groups, Occupy, UK Uncut, Solidarity Federation and Disabled People Against Cuts have today occupied London’s historic Women’s Library in a daring bid to save it from closure. In a secret action, a small group of women … Continue reading →

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Heavy Riots rocked Zurich, Switzerland. BINZ squat under eviction threat.

Posted on 04/03/2013 by squat

Last night, as 2.500 – 4.000 people took the streets for a “Reclaim the Streets” parade in solidarity with the biggest squat of the city, BINZ, which exists since 2006 and shall be evicted in April! Colourful dressed and with … Continue reading →

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London: Library Street, court adjourned for at least 21 more days!!!!

Posted on 09/02/2013 by squat

Today 6th of Feb at 12pm Colorama buildings went to Court. The judge deemed not worth the time going on with the procedure in a case where not enough evidence was provided by Claimants and didn’t even want to hear … Continue reading →

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Athens: ‘Thirty years of squats: The social and political projectuality of squatting, yesterday, today, tomorrow’

Posted on 09/02/2013 by squat

On Thursday evening, February 7th, an event-discussion took place in the occupied social centre VOX in Exarchia with participants in squatting projects of the past and the present in Athens, such as Valtetsiou (1981), Charilaou Trikoupi (1985), Lelas Karagianni 37 … Continue reading →

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London : Friern Barnet Library saved by Squatters,Occupy activists and Local Library Campaign groups.2 year lease to be given.

Posted on 09/02/2013 by squat

On Tuesday 5th February, at midday, exactly five months since the occupation began, the community will take possession of the Friern Barnet Library. The local community – represented by the trustees of the library – are on the verge of … Continue reading →

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UPDATE on the detained squatters in St Petersburg

Posted on 09/02/2013 by squat

All but one of the activists have been released on condition they appear in court to be charged with an administrative offence. This is a less serious offence and normally results in a formal warning or a fine. The last … Continue reading →

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Situation in Anna Haava squat, Estonia

Posted on 09/02/2013 by squat

Squatting is a relatively new phenomenon in Estonia, as is the movement itself. So far we have had three attempts at creating a squat. The fourth, located in Anna Haava 7A, the most successful squat in Estonia so far and … Continue reading →

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Catalonia: For the extension of the Black February campaign to Barcelona

Posted on 06/02/2013 by squat

To all who desire to stand in solidarity in a coordinated or spontaneous fashion when combative squatting and its self-organized methods are in danger; to all who see clearly the parallels of repressive logic between what is happening in Greece … Continue reading →

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Violent Squat Eviction in St Petersburg: Three Activists Face 10 Years in Prison

Posted on 05/02/2013 by squat

On 4th February, at around 10pm local time, riot police brutally evicted a group of anarchists, community activists and local history enthusiasts who had been occupying a disused railway station, Warsaw station, in St Petersburg, Russia. Hearing that the site … Continue reading →

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Basel (Switzerland): Half of Villa Rosenau squat burned down

Posted on 05/02/2013 by squat

In the night to Sunday, February 3rd, half of the last squat in Basel was burnt down. All residents of the building, which is squatted since 2004, were able to escape unhurt. The fire was possibly caused by a technical … Continue reading →

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Buenos Aires (Argentina): Solidarity mural for a Black February

Posted on 05/02/2013 by squat

In Buenos Aires streets, we painted a mural in solidarity with the squats in Greece and the world, in the context of the call for a Black February. This action is symbolic; we do not believe that by painting a … Continue reading →

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Crete (Greece): Video by Candia Alternativa in solidarity with squats and fighters

Posted on 04/02/2013 by squat
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Zaragoza (Spain): Solidarity banner with the struggle in Greece from the assembly of Kike Mur squatted social centre

Posted on 04/02/2013 by squat

in Spanish, also here – Contra Info

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Lima (Peru): Anarchist collective Marea Rebelde joins in the worldwide campaign of direct actions, from the 2nd to the 12th of February 2013

Posted on 04/02/2013 by squat

From Lima, we join in the international solidarity campaign, even though we believe in it on a daily basis. So, we prepare an informative activity on squats and liberated spaces that resist the authority’s blows in Greece and the world. … Continue reading →

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