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On a 14-square mile patch of western France known as Notre-Dame-des-Landes, a world is being constructed, a way of living, formed through common endeavour and a knowledge of and sensitivity to the landscape and its ecosystems. It’s a messy process that was started 10 years ago when climate activists started to squat the area to […]
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The Sofia Solidarity Centre Squat Exposed a Housing Crisis Past Breaking Point
Opened on Great Portland Street as London temperatures dropped to minus ten, the Sofia Solidarity Centre squat housed close to two hundred rough sleepers by the time it was evicted. In addition to providing shelter to some of the city's most vulnerable people, the Centre served as a vigorous embodiment of the housing crisis and showed just how easy it could be to get people off the streets.
A Network of Liberated Spaces: Visiting Barcelona’s Squats
Amidst the ongoing political stalemate in Spain, Catalonia's squatters are trying to carve out different ways of living together. Tomás Lynch visited to talk about 15M, Catalan independence, escapism and solidarity.
London Housing Crisis: Squatting Becomes More Precarious, While Guardianships Boom
As more people struggle to keep up with rising rents, squatting continues to be criminalised while London councils are turning towards the promotion of insecure property guardianships.
Rebel City: Dublin 1916-2016
Sunday Long Read: Remembering the Easter Rising should be done with the social context in mind, particularly if we want to draw inspiration to create positive change in cities today.
Can Masdeu: A Catalan Eco-Community Showing the Potential of Degrowth
Sunday Long Read: Outside the rat race of Barcelona, a squatted hospital shows how a politics of degrowth could show the way to collective and sustainable living.
6 Reasons to Support Your Local Squats
Negative changes in attitudes and the law combined with the gentrification of inner-city areas mean squatting is becoming much harder - precisely at a time when immediate housing is so desperately needed.
5 Things C4’s ‘Crashing’ Tells Us about Property Guardians and the Housing Crisis
Channel 4’s comedy series Crashing is halfway through and the laughs are a bit sparse. Nevertheless, Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s series breaks new territory by being the first fictional representation of property guardianship on our screens.