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9780745333960

The Squatters' Movement in Europe Everyday Commons and Autonomy as Alternatives to Capitalism

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  • ISBN13:

    9780745333960

  • ISBN10:

    0745333966

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2014-05-20
  • Publisher: UCP

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Summary

The Squatters' Movement in Europe is the first definitive guide to squatting as an alternative to capitalism. It offers a unique insider's view on the movement – its ideals, actions and ways of life. At a time of growing crisis in Europe of high unemployment, dwindling social housing and declining living standards squatting has become an increasingly popular option.

The book is written by an activist-scholar collective, of which all members have direct experience of squatting and many are still squatters today. There are contributions from Holland, Spain, the USA, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and the UK.

In an age of austerity and precarity this book contributes with in-depth reflections and practical examples of what has been achieved by this resilient social movement, which holds lessons for policy makers, activists and academics alike.

Author Biography

Squatting Europe Kollective (SqEK) is a network of activist-researchers which started to meet in 2009. It has held
meetings held in Madrid, Milan, London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, New
York and Paris. Find out more at: http://sqek.squat.net.

Claudio Cattaneo teaches ecological economics at the University of Edinburgh and the Università Carlo Cattaneo in Castellanza, Italy. He is a squatter, bicycle mechanic and olive farmer.

Miguel A. Martínez López has been an activist-researcher in the squatting movement for more than a decade. He is one of the founders of the SqEK (Squatting Europe Kollective) network.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: the Housing Question and the Crisis of Capitalism
PART I: SQUATTING AS AN ANTI-CAPITALIST ALTERNATIVE
2. Cultivating a Critique of Capitalism: Freiburg, Zurich and Geneva
3. The Environmental Dimension of Squatting: Urban Squatting and Urban Community Gardens
PART II: HISTORICAL ROOTS OF SQUATTING
4. Squatters and Society: London & Brighton
5. Past and Present of Squatting: Amsterdam
PART III: SOCIAL NETWORKS AND SOCIAL COMPOSITIONS
6. How Squatting Emerges and the Squatting Network
7. Squatting and Diversity: Berlin, Madrid, Barcelona
PART IV: LAW, REPRESSION AND RESISTANCE
8. Squatting and the Law: Berlin, Amsterdam, Athens & Madrid
9. Lived Alternatives: Rome
10. Conclusion

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