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The City Is Ours: Squatting and Autonomous Movements in Europe from the 1970s to the Present

by Bart van der Steen

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Squatters and autonomous movements have been at the forefront of radical politics in Europe for nearly a half-century-from struggles against urban renewal and gentrification, to large-scale peace and environmental campaigns, to spearheading the anti-austerity protests sweeping the continent. Through an examination of the local history of these movements in eight different cities-including Amsterdam, Berlin, and other famous centers of autonomous insurgence, along with under documented cities such as Poznan and Athens-The City Is Ours paints a broad and complex picture of Europe's squatting and a...… (more)
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Very clearly a collection of academic writings, either for post-doctoral programs or for publication in academic journals. The inclusion of a forward, a prologue, AND an introduction gives you an idea of the pomposity with which this topic is approached. If you are in academia then you are looking to this book for research purposes, and I'm sure it will fit your needs. If you are a regular person interested in the topic of squats and squatting, this book will bore you to tears.
  blueskygreentrees | Jul 30, 2023 |
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Squatters and autonomous movements have been at the forefront of radical politics in Europe for nearly a half-century-from struggles against urban renewal and gentrification, to large-scale peace and environmental campaigns, to spearheading the anti-austerity protests sweeping the continent. Through an examination of the local history of these movements in eight different cities-including Amsterdam, Berlin, and other famous centers of autonomous insurgence, along with under documented cities such as Poznan and Athens-The City Is Ours paints a broad and complex picture of Europe's squatting and a...

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