The series of raids, have been labelled a desperate response as State forces struggle to contain public anger over percieved corruption and incompetence.
Three squat evictions in a week as Greek state ramps up attack on anarchist movement
Tag: Squatting
Barcelona: Mass resistance to eviction at Casa Orsola
Live-streamed mobilisation continues in latest battle against gentrification ~ Blade Runner ~ The planned eviction of tenants at Casa Orsola was temporarily halted this weekend after large-scale resistance by housing groups, residents, and local supporters.
Greece: Harsh sentencing for squatters
Matrozou 45 re-occupiers sentenced to 77 months together while 79 defenders of the Prosfygika community go on trial today ~ Kit Dimou ~ In Athens, the trial continues today of 79 defenders of the Prosfygika community who resisted a police raid in 2022.
On the practices of radical punk
From shows in squats to militant action, punk shows the convergence between class consciousness, psychedelic consciousness, and consciousness-raising (1/3) ~ Alex Ratcharge, from Audimat ~ For all intents and purposes, let us say that I am neither a theoretician, nor a philosopher, nor a specialist in political matters, but a humble 40-year-old reader, also a fanzine publisher and the author of a novel (Shortcut to Nowhere) exploring the world of punk and autonomous squats in France and Navarre – fictions inspired by my experience since, to quote NOFX, “I’ve been a punk- rocker for most of my life”
“Why we squatted Gordon Ramsay’s pub”
Freedom received this statement from the Camden Art Cafe squatters who have liberated Gordon Ramsay’s York and Albany Hotel restaurant in Camden:
Dear property guardians …
Print out and post.
New police intervention on the ZAD
A massive military intervention was once again underway in the early afternoon of the 15th of February in an attempt to evacuate the ZAD.
Crimean political prisoner needs support on release
Yevhen participated in environmental and protest actions, squatting and developing the squatted community centre “Autonomy” in Kharkiv.
New York: Defend the Skull Squat
In the legacy of 40 years of New York squat tradition, bowls of piss were emptied at them from the window.
Police install a spy camera at a Barcelona squat
As disseminated by the group Ègida -Defensa Collectiva Anarquista, the video surveillance team focused directly on the squat door, which is why they ruled out that it is the restaurant’s security system.
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Nantes: 4,000 on the streets for Bloquons Tout
French police directed the demonstration with flash grenades and tear gas ~ from Contre Attaque ~ Saturday, 13 September, a rainy day in Nantes.
Facing down the flagshaggers
To resist normalisation, we need enduring groundwork with attacked communities—and spaces for open strategising ~ Blade Runner ~ On Saturday 13 September, between 110,000 and 150,000 turned out in response to Tommy Robinson’s call, a mobilisation framed as a defence of “free speech” but saturated with white nationalist, Islamophobic and anti-migrant rhetoric.
London arms fair disruption: A stark contrast to mass arrests for Palestine
Well-coordinated direct action catches the police off guard, showing the power of secure and strategic organising ~ Kevin Blowe ~ On 9 September, at around 7.30 in the morning, an advance bloc of about 150 protesters, their faces covered, suddenly appeared by London City Hall in east London, near to where Britain’s largest arms fair,
Anarchist prisoner released from Belarus
The regime deported 52 political prisoners in exchange for sanctions relief ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ Anarchist Nikolai (Mikola) Dziadok was among 52 political prisoners released and deported from Belarus to Lithuania on 11 September, following negotiations between dictator Alexander Lukashenko and US envoy John Colae.
