TOTW: Property
Are you an anarchist? Do you have things? Do you own them? If so, tell us how!
Are you an anarchist? Do you have things? Do you own them? If so, tell us how!
From Freedom News UK
Construction is not the cure for the housing crisis, no matter what election promises claim
From Squat!net
Print out and post.
We get it. You’re looking for cheap rent in an expensive world. A way to keep a roof over your head while having time and money to pursue your goals and desires. And hey, maybe you get to live in some quirky buildings and situations!
This is a letter to you all. To explain why we disagree with Property Guardianship and to propose something else.
From It's Going Down
Report from squatters in so-called Chicago, Illinois about reclaiming vacant properties which by been abandoned by the Chicago Housing Authority.
From fda-ifa
Anarchist groups in Poland support anarchist and antiauthoritarian comrades in Ukraine that need to flee and require a safe space to arrive to.
We as Federation of German-speaking Anarchists (FdA) support Polish structures by paying for the monthly rents. In order to cope with the amount needed, we ask for your support.
via It's Going Down
On the resurgence of housing struggle in the Netherlands
Our latest contribution comes from an anarchist in the Netherlands, and details the positions and possibilities of an exciting resurgence of housing struggle there after a decade of relative quiet. For those interested in the history of squatting in the Netherlands, we recommend this brief section (starting page 111) from The Subversion of Politics: European Autonomous Social Movements and the Decolonization of Everyday Life by Georgy Katsiaficas, published by AK Press.
from Indymedia NL via Enough 14
Housing protests in the Netherlands continue: Call for anarcho-block in Arnhem
We will meet beforehand with a number of people at Cafe Bosch (Apeldoornsestraat 4), from 09.30, for making banners and signs. Join there to good-spiritedly help making stuff, and then we move together to the demo from 11.30.
via Enough is enough!, originally published by Green Anticapitalist Front and Autonomies
The Green Anticapitalist Front translated an statement published by the Federación Anarquista Gran Canaria (Gran Canaria Anarquist Federation) where they detail the political persecution of their member Ruymán Rodríguez, who is facing false charges to cover up the brutal violence they inflicted upon him as part of a ploy to repress the radical housing movement in Gran Canaria. The FAGC he’s part of has been involved in a very successful social movement for housing in Gran Canaria and has helped hundreds of families left abandoned by the state. Like any other threat to its legitimacy, the state couldn’t allow this to continue unchallenged.
via A las barricadas, English translation by Anarchist News
ALB Noticias.- Today the FAGC has briefly reappeared on twitter to summarize its activity during these months of pandemic. We reproduce the tweets that you can see with their interactions here. We are happy to hear from this group which is so combative and indispensable.
from Liverpool Anarchist
Featured in Issue X – December 2020
Resisting evictions, rent strikes and squatting are all means of improving our lives in the present, building solidarity and exposing the injustice of the class divide. But these struggles can only bring partial and temporary victories until they escalate to the point of overturning the root cause: capitalism. Problems we face around housing are not simply due to callous landlords but are a product of an economic system based on private property and competition.