The trouble is that once you see it, you can't unsee it. And once you've seen it, keeping quiet, saying nothing, becomes as political an act as speaking out. - Arundhati Roy

Press Release: Labitzke is Occupied!

Posted: Januar 4th, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: Autonome Räume, English, Press Release, Recht auf Stadt, Zürich | Tags: , , , , , | Kommentare deaktiviert für Press Release: Labitzke is Occupied!

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Since 10pm yesterday, the as yet unused factory buildings of the Labitzke Complex in Zurich have been occupied. And not a moment too soon: at 7:30 this morning, per the real estate firm Mobimo’s plan, the remaining tenants of the Complex were to hand in their keys. Read the rest of this entry »


Across Europe, Squatter communities are strenghtening

Posted: Dezember 28th, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Autonome Räume, English, Zürich | Tags: , , , , | Kommentare deaktiviert für Across Europe, Squatter communities are strenghtening

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By Antidote’s Ed Sutton

We can all stop wringing our hands about „the next Occupy.“ Whatever our reasons for doing so—worrying that it might sweep the globe with irresistible force, or worrying that it won’t—we can rest assured that it is coming, just in a form we haven’t imagined yet.

We must remind ourselves that the global phenomenon we called „Occupy“ was the (far from spontaneous) coalescence of various currents and codes based in self-organization that had already been around for decades—and are still around. This anarchistic ethos burst into the broader public consciousness in a new way, and though it was beaten back underground by astonishing state repression on a global scale, it will emerge again. Read the rest of this entry »


Mitteilung BinzBleibtBinzBleibtBinz – Die Show fällt aus

Posted: Dezember 28th, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: Autonome Räume, Zürich | Tags: , , , , | Kommentare deaktiviert für Mitteilung BinzBleibtBinzBleibtBinz – Die Show fällt aus

Die Show fällt aus.
Wir sind gegangen.

Für alle, die schon beim Helikoptertraining waren, Titelseiten reserviert haben, sich seit Tagen und Wochen die Zungen wetzen, für die nächste baugenossenschaftliche Sitzung oder den Stammtisch, hier ein paar Stichworte:

– An diejenigen, die uns an die Wand stellen und abknallen oder mit Gülle bewerfen wollen:
Es freut uns zu wissen wer unsere Feinde sind. Nein, wir wollen es nicht allen recht machen. Wir besetzen Häuser und schaffen selbstbestimmte Freiräume genauso für alle, die das gut finden, wie für alle, die das nicht gut finden. Read the rest of this entry »