Tag Archives: Occupy

Cops riot, 300 nicked as Occupy Oakland tries to Occupy Social Centre

Posted on January 30, 2012 by squat

Yesterday, Occupy Oakland moved to convert a vacant building into a community center to provide education, medical, and housing services for the 99%. Police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets, beanbag rounds and mass arrests. The state has compounded its … Continue reading →

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Occupy London publicly repossesses empty nine-storey building in the Barbican

Posted on January 24, 2012 by squat

Occupy London this morning (21/01/12) publicly repossessed Roman House, an abandoned nine-storey office building in the Barbican in the City of London which previously housed companies from the financial service industries. [1] The Occupy London campaigners – part of the … Continue reading →

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Sydney: Workshop about squatting movements in Europe, at Occupy Sydney

Posted on January 12, 2012 by squat

Next saturday, January 14th, from 4:00pm to 5:00pm, let’s go to Occupy Sydney’s free school, there’s gonna be a workshop about squatting movements in Europe! Location: Occupy Sydney Martin Place CBD, Sydney (In the case of heavy rain on Saturday, … Continue reading →

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UK – Police Raids on Occupy Squats

Posted on January 11, 2012 by squat

As UK occupations squat more buildings the police, many of whom have criminal records are flouting the law to harass protesters, the Lords are debating making squatting residential buildings illegal, the government plans to make hundreds of thousands homeless and … Continue reading →

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Watching the value of property melt away – The increase in squatting across the U$A

Posted on January 11, 2012 by squat

Although it is hard to hear what is really happening on the ground in U$A, it appears that recently there has been an increase in squatting in cities across the United States. Obviously, squatting is often a covert activity, but … Continue reading →

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Police Harass Occupy Liverpool at Legal Squat

Posted on January 10, 2012 by squat

The “new location” is a squat in a derelict office block on Preston Street and until the above message was posted its location was kept secret. I always thought the decision not to tell anyone the new location was odd … Continue reading →

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Occupying housing from the Pope Squat to Occupy Toronto

Posted on December 27, 2011 by squat

It was a sweltering afternoon in late July 2002 when the armoured vehicles of the Toronto Police Emergency Task Force pulled up in front of our building. Quickly we started barricading the door with an old desk, if they were … Continue reading →

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