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

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9781604866834: The City Is Ours: Squatting and Autonomous Movements in Europe from the 1970s to the Present

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ISBN 10: 1604866837 ISBN 13: 9781604866834

Verlag: PM Press, 2014

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Cr�ticas:

"One of the best books on squatting in the English language. An immensely useful, wide-ranging, and insightful book about a fascinating part of radical history." Andrej Grubacic, coauthor, "Wobblies and Zapatistas: Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism and Radical History""

"The collection is valuable both for the information it provides on this important social-political movement from the late 1960s to the present day and as an example of 'committed scholarship' no attempt is made to understand or justify the legal (or moral) claims of property owners and developers." T.R. Weeks, "CHOICE""

"This is a wonderful and important book. It makes key contributions to how we should think about squatting as well as how we should think about the best way to study social movements. Insightful, provocative, and educational, it provides a broad spectrum of cases and perspectives on squatter movements in Europe." Lynn Owens, author, "Cracking under Pressure: Narrating the Decline of the Amsterdam Squatters' Movement""

"The women and men who organized and occupied the squats in this movement believed that one could change the greater world by intentionally changing the nature of their own daily lives to lives that emphasized anti-capitalist and communitarian values." Ron Jacobs, counterpunch.org"

"A fascinating mosaic of urban squatting and autonomous politics in Europe since the 1970s." Geoff Eley, networks.h-net.org"

Rese�a del editor:

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 antiausterity 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 underdocumented cities such as Poznan and Athens—The City Is Ours paints a broad and complex picture of Europe’s squatting and autonomous movements. Each chapter focuses on one city and provides a clear chronological narrative and analysis accompanied by photographs and illustrations. The sections center on the most important events and developments in the history of these movements, identifying the specificities of the local movements and dealing with issues such as the relation between politics and subculture, generational shifts, the role of confrontation and violence, and changes in political tactics. The contributors are all politically engaged authors who combine academic scrutiny with accessible writing, providing a clear and engaging view of important contemporary social movements.

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