The squatters' movement in Europe : commons and autonomy as alternatives to capitalism / edited by Claudio Cattaneo and Miguel A. Martínez ; Thomas Aguilera [and sixteen others], contributors.

"Squatting Europe Kollective"--Cover

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 23, 2014).

Box 0.1 Some Notes about Sqek's Activist-Research Perspective / Miguel A. Martinez -- Box 0.2 SqEK Processes as an Alternative to Capitalism / Elisabeth Lorenzi -- 1. Squatting as a Response to Social Needs, the Housing Question and the Crisis of Capitalism / Claudio Cattaneo -- Box 1.1 The Environmental Basis of the Political Economy of Squatting -- pt. I CASE STUDIES -- 2.̀The Fallow Lands of the Possible': An Enquiry into the Enacted Criticism of Capitalism in Geneva's Squats / Luca Pattaroni -- Box 2.1 Anti-Capitalist Communes Remaining Despite Legalisation: The Case of House Projects in Berlin / Lucrezia Lennert -- 3. The Right to Decent Housing and a Whole Lot More Besides: Examining the Modern English Squatters Movement / E.T.C. Dee -- Box 3.1 Criminalisation One Year On / Needle Collective -- 4. The Power of the Magic Key: The Scalability of Squatting in the Netherlands and the United States / Hans Pruijt -- Box 4.1 Provo / Alan Smart.

Box 4.2 My Personal Experience as a NYC Neighbour / Frank Morales -- 5.Ògni Sfratto Sara una Barricata': Squatting for Housing and Social Conflict in Rome / Pierpaolo Mudu -- Box 5.1 The French Housing Movement: Squatting as a Mode of Action Among Other Tools / Thomas Aguilera -- pt. II SPECIFIC ISSUES -- 6.Squats in Urban Ecosystems: Overcoming the Social and Ecological Catastrophes of the Capitalist City / Claudio Cattaneo -- 7.Squatting and Diversity: Gender and Patriarchy in Berlin, Madrid and Barcelona / Azozomox -- Box 7.1 Some Examples of the Great Variety and Diversity within the Berlin Squatting Environment -- 8.Unavoidable Dilemmas: Squatters Dealing with the Law / Javier Gil -- Box 8.1 The interaction between Spheres of Morality and of Legality / Claudio Cattaneo -- Box 8.2 Ỳour Laws are Not Ours': Squatting in Amsterdam / Deanna Dadusc.

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 withhigh unemployment, dwindling social housing and declining living standards, squatting has become an increasingly popular option. The book is written by an activist-scholar collective, whose members have direct experience of squatting: many are stillsquatters today. There are contributions from the Netherlands, Spain, the USA, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and the UK. In an age of austerity and precarity this book shows what has been achieved by this resilient social movement, which holdslessons for policy-makers, activists and academics alike.

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