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(A-Radio) Eastern Europe 1: Struggles in Poland and the Rozbrat squat in Poznan

As part of a journey through Eastern Europe a member of the Anarchist Radio Berlin had the opportunity of talking to a comrade of the Anarchist Federation in Poznan in Poland in the Rozbrat squat. In the following interview we talk about the historical development of the squat, that celebrated its 21st anniversary on the weekend of September 18 and 19, and also about current struggles of FA Poznan, especially the workers' struggle of the Amazon workers in Germany and Poland.

video.squat.net back online

Hey squatters and friends,

Good news! The video archive at squat.net is back online. This means that a huge archive of squatting reports and movies is again available to download for free. We are also adding new films, both shorts and full-length items.

Check it at http://video.squat.net/

Some tips:

‘Tuin en huisbezet’ [NL]
Two houses squatted in Amsterdam Oost just one week ago (short)

http://video.squat.net/tuin-en-huisbezet-flv-1-7mb-2-0min-dutch/

‘Squat Wars’
An interesting half-hour long documentary on squatting in the Czech Republic (CZ with ENG and RU subtitles)

Interview with Pred, Predaor, Mike Carlton

Here is a working link to a video interview with Pred. I shot in his bedroom at Broadway in 2001.

There is also a clip of Pred bolting a poem that he wrote on a car hood onto a parking sign.

From Sydney Indymedia-

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The Netherlands: Squatting prohibition

We are squatters from the Netherlands. We are asking you to join us in our struggle against the squatting prohibition. We will have two demonstrations this week, on 1st October in Amsterdam and 2nd October in Nijmegen. This week mayor of Amsterdam said that in coming months 200 squats will be evicted in the city!!! If you can not come to the Netherlands please organize a protests or action in your place against the squatting prohibition that starts on 1st October 2010.

Demo in Amsterdam on 1st October:
http://indymedia.nl/nl/2010/09/69650.shtml

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Presenting the Prapopoulou squat in Athens, Greece

Prapopoulou Squat is located in a suburb of Athens, Greece that is called Halandri. The building is an old upper class house which is surrounded by a big garden. This private property had been abandoned for 34 years, until 2 years ago a group of people from different ages and political references decided to transform it into a space of creativity and resistance.

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