Netherlands: A report on the eviction of Ubica squat

Utrecht, Holland: 24 May 2013, night time…

Suddenly they came storming out. They were ten or fifteen. Black clothes, hooded. They had a fire extinguisher, a ladder, paint and some tires with them. And gasoline. The great final act of the sad drama of the Fall of Ubica had started.

The tensions were high [...]

Cyprus: Action in solidarity with the 6 prosecuted anarchists of Delta squat

On Monday, April 8th, 2013, at around 1pm, comrades made a surprise intervention outside the Greek Embassy in Nicosia, which lasted about an hour. A solidarity banner was placed at the entrance of the building and many slogans were chanted.

The banner reads: “Solidarity to the 6 fighters of Delta squat, to all squats [...]

Thessaloniki: New trial against 6 comrades of Delta squat, that was evicted in September 2012

Delta squat, in Thessaloniki, was violently evicted on the 12th of September 2012. In the subsequent trial-farce, ten arrested comrades received suspended sentences and were ordered to pay fines (7,950 euros in total). One of the arrestees, anarchist immigrant Gustavo Quiroga, remained incarcerated and was even deported to Colombia on the 4th of November. That [...]

France: Message of solidarity from some rageous people from the ZAD and elsewhere

Zone A Défendre is an occupied zone against the construction of an international airport and metropolization

Click on photo to read their full English communiqué.

With much pleasure, we have heard of the solidarity actions that took place in several countries against the evictions in Athens during December and January: in the United States, [...]

Greece: A brief chronology of the state and parastatal attacks against squats and self-organized spaces during 2012 and the beginning of 2013

Hands off the self-organized spaces. Solidarity with the squats!

March 25, 2012: Mass detentions and police raid of the autonomous hangout Baruti in the city of Veria (northern Greece)

April 20, 2012: Cops raid on the squatted social centre VOX and Valtetsiou 60 living squat, both spaces in the neighbourhood of Exarchia, Athens

April [...]

Darmstadt, Germany: Solidarity demo for anarchists and squatters in Greece

For many people in Greece the living conditions are dramatic, with high unemployment rate, massive austerity measures, cuts in pensions, forced evictions, along with the privatization of important infrastructure. The social and healthcare system has collapsed, while many people can no longer afford to buy food, let alone essential medicines.

Social centres – houses [...]

Basel, Switzerland: Half of Villa Rosenau squat burnt down

In the night to Sunday, February 3rd, half of the last squat in Basel was burnt down. All residents of the building, which is squatted since 2004, were able to escape unhurt. The fire was possibly caused by a technical malfunction. At present it is unclear whether the Villa will ever be inhabitable again.

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Buenos Aires, Argentina: Solidarity mural for a Black February

Liberated spaces in the war against Power! We are germinating life from within your gray plague!

In Buenos Aires streets, we painted a mural in solidarity with the squats in Greece and the world, in the context of the call for a Black February.

This action is symbolic; we do not believe [...]

Zaragoza, Spain: Solidarity banner with the struggle in Greece from the assembly of Kike Mur squatted social centre

read their text by clicking on the image

in Spanish, also here

Paris: Solidarity action with the squats attacked by the Greek State

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 a banner before the public which read: ‘In Greece like elsewhere, solidarity with squats, down [...]

France: Solidarity from Lille to Athens

Ideas cannot be evicted – Solidarity with Villa Amalias squat, Rotta printing collective and free radio 98FM

Against the capitalist offensive they call crisis, we organize resistance beyond borders!

Germany: Benefit gig for squats in Athens

On January 25th, 2013 in Witzenhausen, Germany, we organized a concert featuring the band Guts Pie Earshot in solidarity with squats under attack across Greece. We placed a banner in our self-managed student club which read: You can’t evict an idea. Hands off all squats. Solidarity to Villa Amalias, Skaramaga [...]

Amsterdam: Solidarity actions with anarchist spaces

The lower banner reads a message against the redevelopment plans in a community of squatted buildings: ‘Tabakspanden stays in our hands!’

In January several actions took place in solidarity with the evicted and threatened spaces in Greece:

• On five houses and social centres banners were placed with solidarity messages for Villa Amalias and [...]

Cologne: Solidarity with Villa Amalias, Skaramaga, radio 98FM (Greece), SJZ, LIZ (Germany), the ZAD (France) and the Assentamento Milton Santos (Brazil)

Recent banner drop from squatters, comrades and solidarian residents in Petralona, Athens: ‘SQUATS WILL STAY! FOCI OF RESISTANCE EVERYWHERE!’

Click on photo to read the message of some people from the autonomous space cologne (az köln), in germany, who also call for solidarity with the families threatened with eviction in the milton santos land [...]

Athens: Responsibility claim for three-day arson barrage

January 15th, 2013

Every time you assault us, we shall strike back.

You evict our buildings, imprison our comrades, and attack our demonstrations. We set fire to your offices, your banks and your service branches. You repress the subversive, radical movement in order to ‘sell’ peace, order and security. You launch attacks [...]

Chania, Crete: Preparations towards a demo in solidarity with squats

‘SOLIDARITY WITH VILLA AMALIAS SQUAT’ (banner placed at Rosa Nera squat in December 2012)

On January 12th, after a PA’s gathering which was held in the city of Chania in solidarity with squats and self-organized centres across Greece, comrades took the time to discuss and decided to organize a solidarity demonstration on Tuesday, January [...]

Athens: Comrades attacked the local offices of the Greek government’s main party in Kamatero

In the night of Wednesday, January 9th, the windows of the offices of Nea Dimokratia party (‘New Democracy’) were smashed and paint bombed in the area of Kamatero.

Ger your hands off the squats and self-organized spaces. Solidarity with the 92 captive comrades, who humiliated the plan which dictated that Villa Amalias must remain [...]

Ioannina, Greece: Solidarity action for Villa Amalias and Skaramaga squats

HANDS OFF THE SQUATS! (banner at Skaramaga squat)

In the afternoon of January 9th, amid harsh repressive operations in Athens, nearly 100 comrades in Ioannina decided to give a first enraged response in the face of these events, and attacked the city’s courthouse with paint bombs in solidarity with both squats in Athens that [...]

Mexico City: Solidarity knows no borders

The banner reads: ‘From Mexico to Greece: Skaramaga, Villa Amalias and every other squat are not alone! Solidarity is one of our weapons. Do not expect us… we are your worst nightmare, flesh and bone, and we’re already here!’

In the afternoon of January 10th, compas from Contra Info placed a banner [...]

San Francisco: Greek consulate paint bombed in solidarity with the anarchist squats Villa Amalias and Skaramaga in Athens

Click on photo to read the responsibility claim and call-out for action.

Athens: About Skaramaga squat (evicted by police on January 9th)

A total of 8 arrestees from the Skaramaga squat raid (of whom four declared they were residents of the squat, while one is a minor) were released on January 10th. Below is a text of the Assembly for the Antispeciesist Action (a group of participants in the squatting project) as well as an update by [...]

Vyronas, Athens: Burning barricades and attack against the municipal building in solidarity with Villa Amalias

The state dogs invaded the squats anew; we’ll set Athens on fire, that’s what we’ll do.

In the early morning hours of January 10th, we interrupted the traffic flow at the intersection of Karaoli and Dimitriou streets, in the district of Vyronas, we put garbage cans in the middle of [...]

Athens: Police raid in Skaramaga squat

Following the eviction and arrests in Villa Amalias squat during the morning of January 9th, a police raid in the Patission 61 & Skaramaga squat is underway. At about 15.00pm, anti-riot squadrons smashed the door and stormed in the building.

Short announcement by the collective of Skaramaga squat about the raid:

15.56pm: A police [...]

Athens: Villa Amalias re-squatted and re-evicted; mass detentions

Early in the morning of Wednesday, January 9th, 2013 dozens of people re-squatted Villa Amalias.

Heavy anti-riot police forces that encircled the building threw repeatedly tear gas inside. At approximately 9.20am, anti-riot squadrons (MAT, YMET) along with the EKAM special suppressive antiterrorist unit were deployed in the area, smashed the building’s windows and raided [...]

Strasbourg, France: Action in solidarity with the prosecuted in the ZAD

Compost and dung against tear gas and stun grenades

In the morning of November 30th, an action was carried out against the Strasbourg gendarmerie recruitment branch (these are in fact cops, who are also deployed across the ZAD with their helicopters, their tear gas and stun grenades).

Individuals screwed the place up [...]