Tag Archives: France

Paris (France): Solidarity action with the squats attacked by the Greek State

Posted on 04/02/2013 by squat

On Monday, January 28th, 2013 around 50 people went to the Hellenic Foundation (Jourdain Boulevard, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris) to give a talk at the beginning of an evening dedicated to ‘the destiny of modern Greece.’ They unfurled … Continue reading →

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Notre-Dame-des-Landes (France): More information about the re-occupation of the ZAD, the new buildings and the threats from the Prefecture

Posted on 19/11/2012 by squat

On Saturday, after 3 weeks of evictions, we were more than 30000 to re-occupy the ZAD. As soon as the demonstration arrived, 5 pre-assembled structures started to get built: a meeting-room of 80m², a kitchen house, 2 dorms, a toilet … Continue reading →

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France: Rural Rebels and Useless Airports. La ZAD, Europe’s largest Postcapitalist land occupation

Posted on 17/11/2012 by squat

October 2012, Notre dames des Landes, France. Chris leans forward, her long fingers play with the dial of the car radio “I’m trying to find 107.7 FM“ … a burst of Classical music, a fragment of cheesy pop. “ Ah … Continue reading →

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Notre-Dame-des-Landes (France): Reoccupy the ZAD! Demonstration 17 November 2012

Posted on 07/11/2012 by squat

Here we go, we’re on!! The reoccupation demo will be on the 17 November! We are already appealing for communal kitchens, marquees, musicians, batucudas, hut kits, materials, tools, tractors… looking forward for the reoccupation. All enquiries to: reclaimthezad@@@riseup…net Some occupants … 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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Notre-Dames-Des-Landes: The struggle continues against the airport project

Posted on 27/10/2012 by squat

The ZAD is an aeroport protest site in the west of France about 15 miles north of Nantes. The aeroport project was first proposed over forty years ago and has faced constant local resistance ever since. The project is in … 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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France: Highest risks of eviction in the ZAD

Posted on 12/10/2012 by squat

Several sources let us believe that evictions are imminent. We got wind of a first wave of evictions on Tuesday the 16th of October at dawn. We received precise informations about where troops will be staying, the planned route to … Continue reading →

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Friends, allies, freaks, comrades, Sweep over Toulouse (France)

Posted on 28/09/2012 by squat

We are a hundred of people (with 25 children) and more than a hundred of people committed in the workshops and activities of the Toulouse Self-Organized Social Center. We are threatened by a close eviction. In a few days, the … Continue reading →

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France: Call for a three day actions against evictions, October 13th till 15th

Posted on 27/09/2012 by squat

This year, numerous collectives all around France have been struggling against all kind of misery: children living in the street, precarious housing conditions, people going to be evicted, precarious working conditions, undocumented people… and to deal in an autonomous way … Continue reading →

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Calais: After the jungles

Posted on 23/09/2012 by squat

Three years ago the Pashto jungle was evicted and razed to the ground, under the eyes and camera lenses of the world media. 276 Afghans, almost half of them underage boys, were arrested. Some No Borders activists and charity volunteers, … Continue reading →

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Calais: Another African squat threatened with eviction

Posted on 10/09/2012 by squat

The latest ‘Africa House’ is now at constant risk of eviction. About 40 people from Northern Africa, mainly Sudan, stay here. If evicted they will be made homeless and forced to live on the streets again. A formal notice of … Continue reading →

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France: Rumors of upcoming eviction in the ZAD

Posted on 04/09/2012 by squat

UPDATE (Sept 9. 2012): Calm end of the week. It was a false alert. Journalists sources claim that CRS (anti-riot police) are gahering around Nantes. They claim that might be linked to evictions for the airoprt project. Since monday the … Continue reading →

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Calais: Olympics cleansing

Posted on 26/07/2012 by squat

People needed on the ground over the summer, many evictions are happening constantly… ‘Olympic cleansing’ is driving people out of Calais making it very difficult for ‘migrants’ to exist here. We have an exciting new space: a large warehouse for … Continue reading →

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Calais: Olympic Evictions of Migrant Squats

Posted on 26/06/2012 by squat

The lead up to the Olympics has seen a rapid increase of police brutality against migrant communities in Calais and their supporters. Calais is an ‘Olympic village’ during the Games and in preparation the authorities have begun cleaning up the … Continue reading →

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France: Baliff’s visit on occupied land in the ZAD

Posted on 05/04/2012 by squat

For some time already, the expropriation judge has been coming under military escort to evaluate the agrigultural land which AGO-Vinci still have to expropriate. This morning (5th of april), a new step has been taken in their attempt to empty … Continue reading →

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