The State's Revenge – Arnim Stauth
Article on the revenge prosecution of squatters by the West German state in the 1980s.
Originally published in Die Tageszeitung (4 January 1985).
New Life In An Old Factory - Corliss Anderson and Eddie Roberts
Overview of the squatted Kerngehäuse in Berlin, a former factory which hosted a number of collectives when occupied.
Originally appeared in Bar Fax.
New Chauvinism?
A problematic account of violence against women and macho behaviour in the squatting movement of West Berlin in the early 1980s.
The original article is followed by some letters in response, some of which seem to excuse violence against women and other sexist behaviour.
A difficult read, which is presented here as an insight into the downsides of subcultural political scenes and not because we agree with it.
Five Houses - Dora Schemme and Barbara Rosenberg
Profiles of five squatted houses in West Berlin in the early 1980s, including quotes from the female occupants.
Interviews by Dora Schemme and Barbara Rosenberg. Originally published in German feminist magazine Courage (#4 April 1981): "Frauen Besetzer Hausen"
Love & Rage Vol. 2 No. 4, April 1991
Vol 2, Issue 4 of Love & Rage, with articles on the Gulf War, letters, a report from an invasion of a Minneapolis TV station, a Queer Nation position paper setting out the "bash back" position, a hunger strike among women prisoners in Canada, the treatment of anarchist prisoner John Perotti, a beating in the Mansfield, Ohio control unit, the On Gogol Boulevard column with a report from an international syndicalist conference organised by the SAC, the Bulgarian Federation of Anarchistic Youth, a letter from the Berlin squats, Chris Day on building local anarchist groups, and notes of revolt with anti-gentrification resistance in New Orleans and more.
And One With No Answers - Udo Renkes
As part of our feature on squatting we had reserved space for an interview with the Berlin Police. However, our numerous attempts to get this interview were unsuccessful.
Originally appeared in Bar Fax, August 1981.
Interview With A Squatter - Frank Jackson
Interview with a participant in the West Berlin squatters' movement in the early 1980s.
Originally published in Bar Fax August 1981. Interview by Frank Jackson
Introduction - Frank Jackson
Introduction to Squatting in West Berlin, published by Hooligan Press in 1987.
A Short History Of The Berlin Squatting Movement December 1980 - July 1982 - Frank Jackson
An overview of the militant squatters' movement in West Berlin in the early 1980s - and the state's attempts to clamp down on it.
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