Tag Archives: Eviction

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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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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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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Budapest: Thirty housing rights activists arrested

Posted on 21/01/2013 by squat

On the 19th January 2013, homeless activists and their allies squatted an empty building in the 7th district of Budapest. The squatters demanded the institutionalization of a right to housing and an extensive system of social housing instead of punitive … Continue reading →

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London: 491 Gallery Closes

Posted on 18/01/2013 by squat

On January 14th, 2013, the 491 Gallery closed its doors for the final time. It is now in the possession of its new owners, who intend to demolish it and build a generic block of flats. Its sister building, Vertigo, … Continue reading →

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London (UK): Eviction resistance in Pimlico and Camden to kick off 2013

Posted on 09/01/2013 by squat

January 4th: Pimlico  Well, well, well. 2013 arrived and with what style! The first week of the year kicked off with an EPIC 8 hour standoff between the forces of darkness and the resistance. A building owned by the crown … Continue reading →

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Greece: Villa Amalias re-squatted and re-evicted – biggest number of anarchists detained in 15 years

Posted on 09/01/2013 by squat

At approximately 07:30 on January 9, dozens of people re-squatted Villa Amalias this morning, hanging a banner writing: “Squat for Ever – Villa Amalias”. Almost immediately, riot police that encircled the building threw tear gas inside. At approximately 09:20, the … Continue reading →

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Algeria: Riot after a wave of evictions of squats in Oran leaves hundreds of families homeless

Posted on 08/01/2013 by squat

Yesterday morning in downtown Oran dozens of police vans, riot squads completed evictions of squats in several districts. No less than eight abandoned buildings, located in the street Cavaignac, Saint-Pierre in the street or near Gandhi market of the Bastille, … Continue reading →

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Athens (Greece): Villa Amalias, “We are, and we shall remain here”

Posted on 21/12/2012 by squat

Statement released on Friday, December 21, 2012 Today, on December 20th, 2012, the police raided Villa Amalias. Under the pretext of a complaint for drug dealing, they searched the building in the presence of a district attorney. Their findings are … Continue reading →

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Athens (Greece): Anarchist squat Villa Amalias raided by riot police today

Posted on 20/12/2012 by squat

via eagainst.com (texts in En | It | Tr | De | Fr): Once again, the State is trying to terrorise by means of sudden raids against occupied self-organized spaces. Villa Amalias squat is housed in the building of Heyden … Continue reading →

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Bristol (UK): Update on the Everything Is Not OK Cafe from the Cut the Crap crew

Posted on 17/12/2012 by squat

As you may be aware, our plans to host a temporary community cafe run on anarchist principles in Bristol this weekend, have been scarpered after Avon & Somerset Police decided to raid Everything Is Not OK Cafe on Friday morning; … Continue reading →

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Egypt: Deadly clashes in Qorsaya

Posted on 22/11/2012 by squat

Mainstream media reports: At least four people are dead and more are suspected missing after the army attacked a group of protesters who had blocked roads in the latest development of a longstanding land dispute in Giza. The clashes started … Continue reading →

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Hambach Forest: Day 3 of Eviction

Posted on 15/11/2012 by squat

Today is the third day of the eviction at the Hambach Forest, which is occupied against the biggest climate killer in Europe, the Rhenish brown coal-mining district (Rheinisches Braunkohlerevier). After three days of eviction one activist is left, who’s inside … Continue reading →

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Notre-Dame-des-Landes (France): Yet Another Forest Eviction, 5th November 2012

Posted on 07/11/2012 by squat

We live in the Rohanne Forest. Over the last two years the many people who lived and passed by here built seven high tree houses and a beautiful three storey collective house. On Thursday 19th October the police came with … Continue reading →

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Notre-Dame-des-Landes (France): Operation Obelix, a menhir in your face, Ayrault!

Posted on 07/11/2012 by squat

Story of the assaults and looting by the forces of capitalist destruction. Written thanks to the testimony of many friends. *Le Sabot* –  Tuesday, We woke up at 5:00am and had coffee together. The cops showed up by the Paquelais … Continue reading →

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Notre-Dame-des-Landes (France): About evictions and current resistance

Posted on 05/11/2012 by squat

From tuesday morning (16th of october), the ZAD has been invaded and occupied 24 hours a day by hundreds of policemen. They are putting down, step by step, the occupied houses and huts. They destroy and take them away, brick … Continue reading →

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Athens (Greece): Eviction of the housing squat on Spyridonos Trikoupi street in Exarchia

Posted on 30/10/2012 by squat

On October 30th, at around 10am, anti-riot squadrons stormed the streets surrounding Exarchia square and violently evicted the housing squat on Spyridonos Trikoupi street. According to the initial information, approximately ten people were taken to the Exarchia police station, while … Continue reading →

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Notre-Dame-des-Landes (France): Call out for actions during the moment of eviction of the ZAD

Posted on 27/10/2012 by squat

In this autumn of 2012, the opposition to the Notre-Dame-des-Landes airport project is entering a delicate phase. The response which it may elicit from outside the area directly affected will be the deciding factor for the future of this battle. … Continue reading →

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France: Communique from the ZAD

Posted on 17/10/2012 by squat

Press release sent October 17th at 23:30 We live here, we’ll stay here! After two days of resistance and solidarity, only seven houses and one plot were evicted at the ZAD, a threatened area meant to make place to an … Continue reading →

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France: ZAD eviction, news from the front line

Posted on 16/10/2012 by squat

Events happening in the ZAD, in Notre Dames des Landes, near Nantes, can be followed minute to minute on the ZAD website. Barricades are still holding on after 2 days of a huge military style operation in an attempt to … Continue reading →

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