Black Flag 128 (18-3-1985) An issue of Black Flag published 18th March 1985. Topics covered include: riot after police attack miners' protest in London, miners strike…
Black Flag vol 07 7e #123 (1984) An issue of Black Flag magazine from 10th December 1984. Including: Miners' Strike, UK and international news, Birminghm Stop The City organisers…
In Place of a Concluding Chapter - Martin Griffin The poetic conclusion to Squatting In West Berlin published by Hooligan Press.
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).
Enchanted Isle - Martin Griffin An account of the conditions in West Berlin in the early 1980s by a visitor from Ireland. Originally published in Ekomedia's Squatting in West…
Women's Cafe A short article on the difficulties faced by Women's Cafe, a squatted social centre in Berlin in the early 1980s. Originally published in Frauenbewegung und Hauserkampf — unvorsohnlich? …
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…
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.
22.9.81 – Death On The Potsdamerstrasse An anonymous account of police violence during a protest against evictions in Berlin. 19 year old Klaus Rattay died during the demonstration,…
A Day In The Life An anonymous middle class English woman writes about her experiences during a brief stay in prison after being arrested at a demonstration against US Secretary of State Alexander Haig's 1981 visit to Berlin. An interesting article in the context of the counterculture of the time, though it is doubtful that this was representative of the experience of working class German prisoners then. Originally appeared in Bar…
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…
