by Norman Spinrad ISBN: 978-1-60486-810-4 PP: 264 Publisher: The Merlin Press £16.99 After World War II, many people squatted empty properties, …
Book Review: Squatting in Britain 1945-1955
Tag: Squatting
Shock eviction of Cornerhouse centre puts 20 people on streets
Homeless people rounded on Andy Burnham’s Labour administation in Manchester today after 20 people were rousted out of the well-regarded Corn…
Hamburg mayor threatens radical sites as Berlin squat rallies against cop siege
Intense pressure is being put on German radical social centres in Hamburg and Berlin in the wake of last month’s G20 protests, with Hamburg&#…
The edge of precarity: Squatting in England and emergency crisis planning
In recent decades squatting has been under near constant assault from a variety of ruling class actors.
Eviction raises questions over Manchester Mayor’s homelessness campaign
New Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham’s pledge to help street homeless people as a major plank of his candidacy seems to have gone off the rails…
Manchester’s self-organised homeless challenge Andy Burnham to join them
Organisers at squatted former arts space Cornerhouse have called on new Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham to go a step further than si…
Italy: Six arrests in latest raid on Asilo anarchist squat
Heavily armed officers from the General Investigations and Special Operations Division of Italy (Digos) broke down the front door and invaded the…
Brighton land occupation evicted – so activists squat £100m development
A homeless camp set up in Brighton on April 5th to protest against a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) which has been imposed on the cityR…
Belgravia squatters occupy THIRD mansion
Squatting collective the Autonomous Nation of Anarchist Libertarians (ANAL) continue to underline exactly how much high-end housing is lying empt…
Greece: Refugee support centre squatters held in court limbo after eviction
A number of anarchists, including international militants Itziar and Iñak (pictured) have had their trial put off yet again in Greece following t…
ANAL Belgravia squatters fight off fascist thugs
Belgravia squatters the Autonomous Nation of Anarchist Libertarians (ANAL) report that they fought off an attack on the 28th from heavies wearing …
Slovenia: Squat crackdown hits UPI social centre
Activists at Creative Platform Inde (UPI), one of Slovenia’s most active squatter social centres, have refused to leave after being threatene…
Campaign squats hit Leicester and Oxford as Apollo House resists eviction
Campaigners against homelessness in Leicester have shifted from the city’s Jubilee Square to the grounds of its oldest medieval house as the…
Protests as Irish Housing Minister betrays squat deal
Protests were held across Ireland against Housing Minister Simon Coveney today after he backed out of pledges to provide accommodation for Dublin…
Milan crackdown threatens Torricelli St anarchist squat after 40 years
Supporters of Milan’s longest-running squatted social centre remain on high alert after a threatened eviction order slated for November 24…
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