99% Invisible, “Squatters of the Lower East Side”
byThese evictions provoked the biggest showdown yet between the city and the squatters. On May 30, 1995, the city sent a small battalion of…
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New Republic, “Urban Squatting’s History is More Radical Than You Imagined”
byWhile crackdowns have always taken place, the possibility of squatting as a means to usher in a better world seems to have dimmed. By…
Quartz, “Co-living startups are selling millennials the hippie dream—minus the hard work and revolution”
byIndividual communities may also grow out of a shared commitment to a given political cause—anarchists working together to participate as little as possible in…
Forbes, “Yimby Nation: The Rise of America’s Pro-Housing Political Coalition”
bySan Francisco’s Yimby figurehead is Sonja Trauss, a self-described anarchist who runs the San Francisco Bay Area Renters Federation (SFBarf). Trauss has been covered…
SF Weekly, “Whore Next Door: This Is War”
byHere in the Bay Area, we’ve already been in mourning since the news of the Ghost Ship fire solidified the notion that the very…
San Francisco Chronicle, “Richmond mayor describes ‘our own Ghost Ship’”
byOn the surface, it’s easy to see why the city would not take kindly to Burnt Ramen’s presence. The landing page for its website…
The Oregonian, “Small-town mayor to anarchists: ‘We don’t put up with this crap,'” June 9, 2015
bySmall-town mayor to anarchists: ‘We don’t put up with this crap’ by Jeff Manning, The Oregonian, June 9, 2015 The activists dogged Hales much…
The Times-Picayne, “‘New Marigny’ newcomers and poor squatters give St. Roch a split personality,” June 9, 2015
by‘New Marigny’ newcomers and poor squatters give St. Roch a split personality by Richard A. Webster, The Times-Picayne, June 9, 2015 As for the…