Occupy and resist! Examining the European Social Center tradition

Submitted by john on Thu, 02/12/2009 - 15:49.
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03/28/2009 - 14:00
03/28/2009 - 15:00
Etc/GMT
Participants: 
Alan W. Moore
Lynn Owens
Location: 
VLP: Downstairs

Recent research describes the European network of squatted social centers, their intentions, politics and operations and the current wave of repression. Americans visit and tour these places and bring back tales. As the new wave of European social centers strive to strengthen their ties, what lessons does this major underground movement have for activists in the U.S.?

Key readings for EU social centers

Submitted by alanmoore on Mon, 03/16/2009 - 17:48.

This group of texts edited by the Universidad Nómada, while generally very theoretically "spicy," contain a great deal of useful perspectives and information, much of it from the SCs themselves, including ESC of Rome and Rog in Slovenia. "Mental Prototypes and Monster Institutions. Some Notes by Way of an Introduction" is the lead text, just reblogged onto Chto Delat.
http://eipcp.net/transversal/0508

Alan W. Moore
blogging this project: http://occuprop.blogspot.com/

film about squatted spaces in spain

Submitted by lotu5 on Sun, 03/22/2009 - 06:55.

hi,

i saw your workshop, sounds great. i made this film a few years back, perhaps it might be useful to people to see it. i never finished the subtitles, so there are some parts in spanish not translated, but you can skip ahead to other parts that are... i think its about 30 minutes long. enjoy! if you want to screen it, please do!

The film is licensed under a Creative Commons, By Attribution - Non-commercial - Share Alike 3.0 license.

low quality mp4, right click and download to view (i can view this one on my desktop but it doesn't work in browser for some reason):
http://sdhacklab.org/okupa-rough-v1.2-smallermov.mp4

high quality mov for screening, 1.04 Gig:
http://sdhacklab.org/okupa-rough-v1.2-smallermov.mov

a bit more about that film

Submitted by lotu5 on Sun, 03/22/2009 - 06:57.

here:
http://deletetheborder.org/node/2239

Excellent overview article on European squatting online

Submitted by alanmoore on Sun, 03/15/2009 - 17:53.

i hope i can figure this website out enough to get this into the main readings, but if not -- here it is
"Squatting in Europe," by Hans Pruijt (2004)
http://www.eur.nl/fsw/staff/homepages/pruijt/publications/sq_eur/

Alan W. Moore
blogging this project: http://occuprop.blogspot.com/