Archive for the ‘Autonomous Zones’ Category
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Building safe and inclusive spaces
04 Apr 2013
The question of safe spaces was brought to the fore last year in the Occupy movement where a number sexual assaults and rapes took place within communities which were designated and designed to be radical. The recent meltdown the in Socialist Workers Party in the UK, where a senior member …
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A Campaign against “Lawlessness”
11 Jan 2013
Earlier this week, the mayor of Athens announced a crackdown on "lawlessness". On Wednesday, a successful re-occupation of Villa Amalias was evicted within half an hour as police poured chemical weapons into the building, then raided an hour and a half later, arresting the 93 who were in the building. …
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Villa Amalias: A flashpoint in the Greek Struggle
01 Jan 2013
Villa Amalias is one of Athens oldest squats. On the 20th December, allegedly under direction from Samaras, the Greek Prime Minister, Nikos Dendias, Minister for Public Order, instructed the squat to be raided. Eight people - six Greek and two Germans - were arrested during the operation while others who had …
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In Solidarity with Villa Amalias
21 Dec 2012
Early this morning the Villa Amalias Squat in Athens was evicted by police. A centre for organising, socialising and social support has now been emptied - while eight of the people that maintained and ran the space for the public good have been arrested. Several others were also arrested at a …
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Rome: Forte Prentestino
08 Jun 2012
This squat is mucho impressive. First taking in 1968, it has been open for nearly 25 years, with some of the original occupiers still in residence. From the outside, a main gate leads into a corridor with music rooms on one side and the mess hall on the other, …
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Barcelona: The Squatting Movement
31 May 2012
There is a lively and vibrant squatting movement in Barcelona. Divided between two primary types, with a small cross over between, there are the social centres, which primarily which run political and cultural programmes, and the residential squats which house people. With over 200 squatted properties in Barcelona, approximately 15 …
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Athens: Exarchia by night
02 May 2012
Exarchia is the heart of the radical district in Athens. With the occupation on the corner and the polytechnic just down the road, its quite a little hub. For many years it has been the centre of the antagonistic movement of Greece and it was here that Alexis Grigoropoulous was …
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The Problem with Occupy
03 Nov 2011
Occupy Glasgow today voted at their General Assembly to move the camp from George Square to Kelvingrove park, where the council have agreed to provide them with facilities including lighting, toilets, heras fencing, CCTV, heaters and a water supply as well as transportation for all tents and materials. At one …
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De-occupy Glasgow
27 Oct 2011
Update - Open Letter from Glasgow Women's Activist Forum I can't honestly say that I was ever that enthused about the "Occupy Movement". After seeing a live link up from Occupy Wall Street earlier this month, I did feel a frisson of revolutionary excitement, but it faded by the time …