Holding Space: Eviction Resistance at the squatted Hope and Anchor
Squatters in Mornington Crescent successfully resisted a second eviction attempt on Wednesday. In another show of strength and solidarity by London squatters, thirty to forty people turned out against the bailiffs. Banners were dropped opposing the Housing Bill and evictions ‘from London to Calais’ after the recent squat eviction in the French city. Security contractors Clearway Services arrived prematurely to secure the building but were quickly forced back into… Continue reading
From Dover to Calais to Brussels, the border regime is in violent panic
Tear-gas attack by riot cops in Calais
The recent anti-migrant demonstration by the National Front and other assorted fascist backwash is among a rising tide of violence against migrants. People asserting their freedom to move across borders are met with a mix of state and fascist aggression. Around fortress Europe, borders are institutions of crisis and conflict. As the force of migration clashes with a border regime in panic, the… Continue reading
December 14th: Call for Solidarity from Calais
From Calais Migrant Solidarity
‘They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds’
Gas attack by police on the jungle
In recent months, from Ventimiglia to Calais, state violence has increased against those who travel without papers. We see this in the re-introduction of border controls in various states in the Schengen zone that (among other things) resulted in new jungles in places like Ventimiglia, to the… Continue reading
