reclaiming spaces: news

Chronicles of the Olympic Tent Village
by Harsha Walia for The Dominion Paper
Published on the 28th February 2010 on Vancouver Media Coop
[Written with the memories of Laurie P. in the minds and hearts of many of us at the Olympic Tent Village– Laurie was an active member of the DTES Power of Women Group [...]

Posted on March 5th, 2010 under Canada, Olympics, Right to the City, Vancouver, movements, action, homless action. Tags: Capitalism, housing, Resistance. Comments: None

The “Dignified” Destruction of Calais Refugee “Jungle”

22/09/2009: At 8am in the morning some 600 CRS riot police moved on the Calais refugee “Jungle”, under the orders of French immigration minister Eric Besson, to destroy the camp and arrest all the remaining refugees.
The camp usually held up to 1500 people, but many had fled and [...]

Posted on September 25th, 2009 under Right to the City, Uncategorized, France, UK, repression, evictions & demolitions, action. Tags: calais, Capitalism, immigration, repression. Comments: None

http://bashne.net/
Petition against the Construction of the Okhta Center Tower (Saint Petersburg)
We, the undersigned, would like to express our opposition to the planned construction of the 396-meter-tall Okhta Center skyscraper in Saint Petersburg.
We believe that construction cannot be allowed to go ahead. Erecting a building of this height would irreversibly ruin the Petersburg cityscape, which is [...]

Posted on September 14th, 2009 under Uncategorized, Urgent calls and petitions, Russia. Tags: Capitalism, Right to the City, urban speculation. Comments: 4

Line in front of the business-centre “Karelia”, where the the public hearing over the planed “Gazprom city” took place
See more photos:
Photo reportage part 1
Photo reportage part 2
The pubic hearing on “Gazprom city” in St. Petersburg was scheduled on Sept. 1st, the traditional begining of the russian school year. But neither this important day for Russian [...]

Posted on September 14th, 2009 under Right to the City, Russia, transactions & privatisations. Tags: Capitalism, Right to the City, urban speculation. Comments: None

European Coordination Via Campesina
Reclaim the Fields
European Camp To Cultivate Alternatives
30th of September - 4th of October 2009, Minerve (France)
The young people of European Coordination of Via Campesina are organizing an European camp to gather people who wish to settle in agriculture, who are young peasants, landless peasants and/or who want to recover food sovereignty.
The [...]

Posted on August 27th, 2009 under Uncategorized, Urgent calls and petitions, movements, France, action, transactions & privatisations. Tags: Access to Land, call for solidarity, Capitalism, reclaiming spaces, Resistance. Comments: None

Climate Camp Site Taken at Blackheath, Greenwich in London.
http://qik.com/climatecamp
http://twitpic.com/photos/climatecamp
http://www.youtube.com/user/climatelife

http://london.indymedia.org/articles/1978
On the 26 August 2009 hundreds of Climate activists converge on Blackheath in Greenwich for the set up of the 2009 London Climate Camp. Groups gathered at locations across the city for midday, awaiting instructions to be sent by SMS which led them in stages towards the [...]

Posted on August 27th, 2009 under Climate Camp, Right to the City, movements, UK, repression, action, squats. Tags: Access to Land, Capitalism, G20, reclaiming spaces, Resistance, Right to the City. Comments: None

Copy below is the text for the callout from London about the G20 Meltdown on April 1st 2009.

Posted on February 28th, 2009 under movements, UK, action. Tags: Capitalism, G20, housing, land, London, meltdown, Right to the City. Comments: 1