Barcelona: 3 early morning raids on 3 squats, including MAKABRA

international | housing | news report

Monday November 20, 2006 14:47

by dunk

fuspey at yahoo dot co dot uk

streets, Barcelona

¿what reaction will follow?

3 Barcelona squats under attack in 3 seperate early morning raids by police, riot squad and security guards.
Pouble Nou barrio: Makabra eviction began at 8.20am lasted 3 hours for processing, people with no papers taken away. no resistance, no violence, street party shaping up outside squat which is still held by armed cops with helicopter support

191 Pillars: squatters attacked by security guards, women beaten with metal bars and knives, much trouble, things calmed now, lawyer tried to stay there, squatter won, court case upcoming. 3rd squat somewhere in Raval area in city centre, no more news as yet

Squats in Barcelona under threat

In an unprecedented upping of the states crackdown of Barcelona's squats, these 3 early morning raids were a shock to most people. People were preparing to support the resistance to eviction of the 191 Pillars squat and were asleep when their home; the anarchist circus, theatre, clown space, art space squatted social centre Makabra, when it was entered by about 50 armed riot cops at 8.20am, people were held for 3 hours, documentation processed and faces videod. everyone is out now but the cops have said that the building will soon by torn down. Makabra has been occupied for 5 years and 4 times seen eviction and re-entry, perhaps today will be its last day? There is a street party forming outside the old squat as more people come to support and show solidarity with the squatters.

In 191, when we finally got down to the them there had been a fight only 15 minutes previous as they resisted eviction. Security guards / higherer thugs beat the squatters and used knives and iron bars to attempt to force entry to the squat. The squatters successfully resisted and the police came, they will go to court to seek to challenge the eviction order. This part of Barcelona is seeing huge speculation and profit from the construction industry, locals are being pushed out as their homes become eaten up by business interests. the squats are zones of resistance to this city speculation.

No news from third squat, we will keep you informed

Perhaps there will be a reaction to this state crackdown, there are a lot of angry people

infos
------====== CeNtRo SoCiAl OkUpA MaKaBrA ======------CSO LA MAKABRA.
www.makabrapark.tk/

Estan desallotjant la Makabra!
http://barcelona.indymedia.org/?category=especulacio

Comunicado desde el Centro Social ReOkupado La Makabra (24 feb 2004 )
http://barcelona.indymedia.org/newswire/display/72378/i...x.php

Cities, radical urbanism, sqatting, social centres
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