Times Union, “Millennial survivalists share downtown squat, anarchist ideals”
David Gunn had just been released from the hospital after trying to kill himself when he met the fallen beauty who changed his life. It was a downtown Albany townhome painted ivory, abandoned years ago but with its elegant bones and tall glass windows intact. Gunn, 30, climbed the wooden stoop and turned the doorknob. […]
Al Jazeera, “Greek police arrest 12 amid raids on anarchist squats”
The evacuation of three squats in Athens comes after a spate of far-right attacks on anarchist and left-wing spaces. Greek police raided three anarchist squats in the capital and arrested at least 12 people, local media reported on Monday. Police officers carried out the evacuations of Gare and Zaimi, a pair of squats in the Exarchia […]
San Francisco Chronicle, “Richmond mayor describes ‘our own Ghost Ship’”
On 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 pictures a toilet splattered in blood or vomit. In the alley behind the house, there are circle-A anarchist symbols scrawled on the wall, and a wolf lopes and snarls in a […]
Vice, “Inside the Brief Occupation of the Luxury Squat Opposite Buckingham Palace,” April 8, 2015
Inside the Brief Occupation of the Luxury Squat Opposite Buckingham Palace by Nadira Amrani, Vice, April 8, 2015 People started gasping and taking photographs and I saw another girl, O, who I recognized from the Institute of Directors building cycling past. I asked her what she thought about all the commotion. “I think it’s really […]
Al Jazeera, “Exarchia: A space for urban resistance,” December 23, 2014
Exarchia: A space for urban resistance Yiannis Baboulias, Al Jazeera, December 23, 2014 After the restoration of democracy in 1974, Exarchia became home to the emerging left-wing movements, anarchist collectives, intellectuals, activists and, notoriously, urban guerrilla terrorist groups like “November 17”, which came straight out of the Exarchia far-left. READ MORE