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Days of Action for Squats & Autonomous Spaces

occupy! resist! create! | 10.09.2009 12:09 | Free Spaces | World

From the UK National Squatters Meet-up in Bristol way back in March a callout was released for people involved in squats and autonomous spaces. It encouraged 2 days of direct action on the 18th and 19th September 2009 around housing and the creation of more autonomous spaces at this time of crisis. Now we're in September and the days are approaching...

Bristol Co-Mutiny
Bristol Co-Mutiny

Squats & Autonomous Spaces
Squats & Autonomous Spaces

Key Party Front
Key Party Front

Key Party Back
Key Party Back


THE ORIGINAL CALLOUT...

As the global economy grinds to a halt so too do the big capital development projects, luxury apartment blocks and shopping complexes that have threatened us with displacement for so long. Meanwhile, this new round of crisis capitalism leaves thousands out of work, buried in debt and facing immanent home repossession. Instead of housing the homeless in these empties or canceling the debts of millions governments pump billions into the banks to save this rotten system and violently repress those that resist.

As a movement we have been on the back-foot for too long – now its time to start taking things back – to kick capitalism while its down and liberate the land from privatised enclosure; to take housing and create space where we can live outside of monetary exchange, share skills acquired through struggle thus far and reach out beyond our practiced modes of resistance to a proactive attack.

From Dijon to Berlin to the thousands of places where actions took place in defence of squats and autonomous spaces in April 2008 a process has begun, new groups have formed, networks grown, and more people have become involved. As a movement we recognise that power and domination must be contested at multiple sites – this is beauty of our mode of struggle and why we call for decentralised, coordinated and confrontational action on the on the 18th & 19th of September 2009.

ORGANISE YOUR RAGE – OCCUPY, RESIST, CREATE!


STUFF ANOUNCED SO FAR...

London;

Squats and Autonomous Spaces: An afternoon of film screenings, free vegan food, talk and information relating to squatting and Social Centres in London on Saturday 19th September. Location: as yet unannounced. Keep checking  http://london.indymedia.org.uk or email squats-and-autonomous-spaces...at...riseup.net (replace ...at... with the @ sign) to stay updated.

Key Party: 10pm onwards, Saturday 19th: Benefit party raising money to buy a key cutting machine for the squatting movement. Call 07534 523 430 on the day for location.


Bristol;

Co-Mutiny: 12th – 20th September: kicking off with the anarchist bookfair on the 12th co-mutiny brings an amazingly packed timetable of discussions, workshops, skillshares, actions and film screenings such as screen printing, subvertising, No Borders, Bristol Anarchist Games and Repossess the Banks! Call 077 900 73015 for Convergence Space details. For full timetable check  http://comutiny.wordpress.com/


More!

please add details of any more publicly announced events happening anywhere... also for those hush-hush activities reports of actions after they happen are also very lovely...

occupy! resist! create!
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  1. anyone know of anything ... — b