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SPCC A Casa Amarela
  • Introduction
  • Intro
  • Macieira
  • 001 opening story
  • 002 first weeks of SPCC
  • 003 first informal group meeting
  • 004 SPCC - the start
  • 005 another day, another floor
  • 007 it lives!
  • 006 Rainbow Rooms
  • 008 didn't do shit
  • 009 no water again
  • 010 More work done!
  • 011 waterworks
  • 012 a third of a wall
  • 013 First room
  • 014 One wood wall up and Fuchsia room up!
  • 015 yes officer
  • 016 red room
  • 017 shower
  • 018 hydrant fixed
  • 019 decor
  • 020 orange room
  • 021 Latest News
  • 022 Windows and etc.
  • 023 Electricity!
  • Hydro Pole
  • 024 ARRRRRRRRRRRR
  • 026 squats, social centres, free spaces...
  • 025 squats, social centres, free spaces...
  • 027 Personalitty issues
  • 029 new website look
  • 030 S's Birthday Party!
  • 031 spoils of war
  • 032 water and doors
  • 033 entropy of partying
  • 035 work
  • 034 house meeting
  • 036 yellow room
  • 037 pics
  • 038 visitors
  • 028 an emphasis on exuberance
  • 040 builder gathering
  • 039 progress?
  • 042 Update
  • 043 barbecue
  • 044 tiki bar
  • 045 a valued location
  • 046 teste
  • 047 Gallery
  • 048 first CS guests
  • 049 Chill Out progress
  • 050 tipping point
  • 051 swimming pool
  • 053 the reality of good and evil in all of us
  • 054 Uff
  • 052 Harald's birthday
  • 055 positive derivative
  • 056 Free Shop
  • 057 New era?
  • 058 helpex approved!
  • 060 another party another breakthrough
  • 062 back to basics
  • 063 sunshine AC
  • 064 our DIY photovoltaic system
  • 065 ghetto techno
  • 066 churrasco anti nacionalista + kawak kay sound system
  • 067 dug up roots
  • 068 Christian Louboutin
  • 069 we did it!
  • 070 First RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVE!
  • 072 our first humanure factory
  • 073 blue thursday
  • 074 short stop
  • 075 indulge
  • 076 thank you
  • 077 Kat's account of her stay (and their trip)
  • 078 first request study results
  • 079 humanure
  • 080 Chill Out bar progress
  • 081 low tech hiatus
  • 082 mini rave + kawak kay sound system + free food + free booze
  • 083 free means fun
  • 084 dinner + kawak kay sound system + R's birthday party
  • 085 heat wave hangover
  • 086 Dry toilets, humanure, and closing the sewage loop
  • 087 mild frustration
  • 088 never there when shit happens
  • 089 Enough is enough!
  • 091 good times are back
  • 092 Naked man, pushing shopping cart with a shot gun?
  • 093 Solar panel photos
  • 094 best registry cleaner
  • 095 3ꠁniversᲩo Associa磯 Musical INDUSTRIAL PT / 3rd anniversary of the INDUSTRIAL PT non-profit musi
  • 096 new BFB (Big Fucking Battery)
  • 097 new subwoofer, extra hands
  • 098 hitchhiker gathering craze
  • 099 hitchhiker gathering flash rave + KKSS
  • 100 new work ethics thanks to... work ethics
  • 101 Hitch hikers invasion, part 2, can it be?
  • 102 windmills, swimming pools, cane constructions, gardens and anarcho-syndicalism
  • 059 Nomad Base
  • 103 power struggles, again
  • 104 Big issues, and big decisions to be made
  • 105 solar workshop
  • 106 Today's game
  • 108 parties, philosophies and cultural exchange
  • 107 Flash workshop day + communal dinner + debate
  • 109 fire sculptures and bunker tracks
  • 110 solar energy shortcomings
  • 090 cane frames
  • 111 Hitchhiking gathering and issues gone
  • 112 plumbing fire
  • 113 big brother okupa
  • 114 power
  • 116 holidays and post boomers
  • 117 Return to the squat
  • 118 first google guest
  • 119 on planning
  • 120 Two weeks at SPCC
  • 121 Demolishing is coming!!
  • 122 paintathon
  • 123 A journey
  • 124 why i choose to celebrate the demolition
  • 126 More signs of demolition
  • 127 Baile da Contra Cultura
  • 128 what works, what doesn't work
  • 129 Topographers on site, and kids.
  • 130 the demolition crew and the freeloader crew
  • 131 2 weeks to close the squat!
  • 132 impromptu meeting, couriers and our deadline
  • 134 another paintathon
  • 135 facts, stories and politics
  • 133 THE BIG DEMOLITION PARTY - PAINT THE FUCK UP
  • 136 party people
  • 137 dear spcc
  • 138 Last words
  • 139 How to make a solar panel
  • 141 demolition on its way, but not today
  • 061 About
  • 142 follow up on our characters
  • 143 can't trust a contractor
  • 144 the big demolition party short video
  • 145 new dates for the demolition
  • 146 moving on digitally
  • 147 all gone! SPCC has been cleared!
  • 115 thanks and more
  • 148 SPCC featured in the german Jungle World
  • 150 where you can find me
  • 151 Acts change Facts: Nicolas's movie about SPCC
  • medo e ignorância no controlo policial
  • 152 SPCC featured in the travel comic compilation "Boring Europa"
  • 153 my experience at SPCC featured in an interview about my experience as an engineering student
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From: starstuffharvestingstarlight Date: 2010-04-05 08:54:38 Title: squats, social centres, free spaces...

here are few that i've been inspired by along the way

red rattler - sydney cultural centre in a sydney warehouse, used primarily for music, theatre, art exhibitions and activism. run by unpaid artists and activists, they ask for an 'eco tax' of 50c per head for non-profit functions to cover the cost of running the venue on mainly renewable energy and water. if someone wants to have a commercial event there, they charge an additional $2 per head. their 5-year eco plan includes rain water catchment (reused for toilets), solar energy, no air conditioners, 2nd hand furniture only, local products at the bar and maximising recycling. i've been to a bunch of free parties and political meetings here, the girls running it are great and it attracts a really creative, motivated crowd.

fabrika yfanet - thessaloniki 20,000 square metre factory that was squatted in 2004. mission: make space for creativity and the promotion of individual and collective expression by all available means. factory is used by a number of different groups, mainly political activists promoting anarchist lifestyles and education, other anti-capitalists, feminists, antifascists, several newspapers, a pirate radio station, solidarity movements and political film-makers. it also contains a free lending library specialising in history, politics, sociology and banned antiauthoritarian texts, a skate park, a 'people's kitchen' and art studios. i didn't stay in this squat, but visited a few times and the sheer size of it is amazing. it's like a small city in itself. i liked that there's enough space that anybody with an idea or a need for space can come in and just start without any issues or consultation.

villa amalia - athens an anarchist squat first occupied in 1990. they have regular discussion and film nights, and also store most of the activism gear for the exarhia squats as those ones are raided by police and damaged fairly often. the squat and it's residents have been subjected to a bunch of attacks over the years, and in june 2009 a local neo-nazi group tried to burn it down, but were unsuccessful. since then it has been used primarily for activism, with only a couple of people sleeping there at any time. it's in the suburbs of athens, in a very rich area, but the anarchists have a good relationship with most of the neighbourhood. when i visited in december 09, they were busy building a community vegetable garden for the whole neighbourhood to use. on the outside gate there is a banner reading "I want neither to rule nor to be ruled" - Herodotus Histories 3:83

exarcheia - athens exarcheia is a suburb in central athens and has been home to anarchists,the left-wing intellectual scene and political activism since the fall of the greek dictatorship in the 70s. in december 08, and again on the first anniversary last december, exarcheia blew up after a policeman shot and killed 15 year old alexis grigoropoulos (see ). exarcheia is primarily squatted, with very few residents paying rent or utilities. most businesses are run as collectives and there's a very stong antiauthoritarian and anticapitalist culture. the squats and the anarchists in exarcheia are very militant and radical, unlike anything i've ever seen. i was there for a few weeks, and there were serious clashes with the police at least 5 nights a week - tear gas, beatings, molotovs and riot police aren't just an occurence, they're part of the scenery. the intense activism is a lifestyle for exarcheians, and it was interesting to see that most people i met in other parts of athens, even those who were self-labelled political conservatives, had a lot of respect for what these people were fighting against. exarcheia holds assemblies twice a week where all residents are invited to discuss issues and ideas, and i saw direct democracy working very efficiently here. although, i think this had a lot to do with the fact that exarcheia attracts a very specific type of activist, so the moral and political code among residents is very uniform. my favourite part of the area was a beautiful park in the centre. the athens council destroyed a children's playground to make way for paid parking lots. every night when the construction was finished, residents would go to the park and pull up the concrete, planting trees. this went on for months, and eventually the council gave up. now, the park is a big green space with a kiosk for free tea and coffee, a couple of kid's playgrounds, free wifi, and a meeting space for the assemblies (and a knee-high stone wall right around it to keep the dirt-bike mounted riot police out). the park has been labelled a peace zone for the residents, so when exarcheia is burning (as it often does) the residents have agreed not to use any kind of violence against the police while they're in the park. it's a place where the kids and peaceful activists can be without worrying about flying molotovs and rocks.

kunsthaus tacheles - berlin an ex-department store in central berlin which was squatted by a self-organised collective of artists in 1990. it's a beautiful old building, built in the early 1900s. the whole inside is covered in brightly coloured paint and there are galleries and studios on every floor. the building also houses a cafe, cinema, performance space, bar and free workshops.

there are a bunch of other squats in east berlin, mainly in kreuzberg and friedrichshain areas. the scene in berlin is mostly far less intensely political than in athens (although there are a few exceptions, like the squatted red army faction headquarters). many of the squats i saw combine political activism with artists collectives and social centres providing free 'voku' (people's dinner). a lot of these places have government approval, and some even receive funding for maintenance and utilities, which i think is part of what keeps the scene so strong in berlin.

freetown christiania - copenhagen a large commune of about 850 people, on an old military base which was squatted in 1971. the mission statement of christiana is: The objective of Christiania is to create a self-governing society whereby each and every individual holds themselves responsible over the wellbeing of the entire community. Our society is to be economically self-sustaining and, as such, our aspiration is to be steadfast in our conviction that psychological and physical destitution can be averted. their is a strong hippie movement, with a lot of focus on meditation, sustainable living and anti-war activism. there is also a strong squatter and anarchist movement. christianites developed their own set of laws to combat the severe drug and gang problems in the 80s, these rules forbid stealing, violence, guns, knives, bulletproof vests, hard drugs (understood to include cocaine, speed, ecstacy and heroin) and biker's colours. these rules were introduced by absolute consensus by all residents, and this decision making model still stands. i attended a couple of town meetings, but couldn't understand the danish so can't comment on that. because of it's recognised 'freetown' status, other danish laws do not apply inside christiania. christiania has their own flag, a red background with three yellow circles representing liberty, equality and fraternity. i spent one of my happiest christmases in christiana last year. christmas eve was celebrated with a huge, free dinner open to everybody. an old aircraft hangar was filled with long tables and chairs, seating over a thousand people who then spilled over on to the floor when the seats were full. local danish businesses donated all of the food and drinks, and there was music and entertainment all night. it was amazing to see everybody there mixing and laughing - from the young family, to the old hippies, to the homeless, the drunks, the businessmen and the teenagers.

Comments: From: starstuffharvestingstarlight Date: 2010-04-05 22:25:13 Subject: fucking good one sister ash!

fucking good one sister ash!

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http://www.redrattler.org/sydney/about+us
http://www.yfanet.net/
http://villa-amalias.blogspot.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRc_i_tGjOU
http://super.tacheles.de/cms/
http://www.christiania.org/
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