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An anarchist analysis of the squatting movement in Barcelona

Monday, 15 February 2010
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Most of us have heard stories about (or experienced firsthand) the squatting movement in Spain. But we frequently fail to stop and think about the effect that this network of squatted & autonomous spaces has on the social activist movement in Europe, generally, and Barcelona, specifically. How does the prevalence of squatted spaces affect the activist/anarchist world in ways that are structurally different from the activist/manachist world in the United States? What do we stand to learn from each other?

Red Emma's is thrilled to welcome back author and activist Peter Gelderloos, perhaps best-known for his phenomenal South End Press book, How Non-Violence Protects the State, for a discussion on the squatting movement in Barcelona. Gelderloos made headlines in 2007, when he was arrested in conjunction with a squatters protest in Barcelona; Spanish comrades helped Peter raise the 30,000 euro bail, but the Spanish government refused to allow him to leave Spain for more than two years while he was awaiting trial. Join us on February 15 as we welcome Peter home, as a part of his first US tour since his arrest in 2007, and hear about the squatting movement in Barcelona from am anarchist perspective!

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URL: http://redemmas.org/event/1853