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Appeal to save Prosfygika - March 2026
Support the restoration and defense of the Community
The Community of Squatted Prosfygika (Athens)
Day 53 of Hungerstrike until Death
Call for actions in solidarity with Prosfygika on the 5th of April for the internationalist defense of the Community of Squatted Prosfygika.
In June 2025 the Regional Government of Attica (which Athens belongs to) approved a programmatic contract for the "renovation" and the evacuation of the Community of Squatted Prosfygika, where more than 400 people live. 53 days ago, on February 5th, our comrade Aristotelis Chantzis started a hunger strike until death for the defense of the Community, for the defense of life. Soon in the next weeks, a second comrade will follow and start a hunger strike. Several weeks of actions in Athens and internationally have passed. The opening of the Community to the broader society, in Greece and internationally, is to build toward its social self-defense. This opening includes a full events program, a weekly open assembly, guest houses for cancer patients of the nearby Agios Savas hospital, and construction works to renovate houses, create more hospital guest housing, and the construction of the civil war museum. Hundreds of internationalists, solidarians and locals answered the call to come to the community and support the work for its defense.
On March 14th, thousands of people took in Athens the street for the defense of Prosfygika. Solidarity actions also took place in Poland, Serbia, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Colombia.
Although large parts of the movement and the society have been mobilized, the Greek state and the regional government of Attica remain silent and haven’t canceled their ongoing plan. This puts the life of our comrade Aristotelis Chantzis in danger, together with the lives of so many members of the Community who will face extreme life-threatening conditions without the support of the Community and its 22 self-organized social structures.
We call all people who are for the defense of life to initiate or participate in solidarity actions to promote the panhellenic and international actions on the 5th of April in solidarity with the Community of Squatted Prosfygika.
We call for -
1. Participation in the circular 1-3 days of hungerstrike from now on.
2. Mobilizations in solidarity for the big demonstration on the 5th of April in Athens and internationally.
3. Press and media to come to Athens, to be there on this day with our comrades.
4. Supporting or building solidarity networks with anyone who is willing to contribute to the campaign #Saveprosfygika
5. Supporting or sharing the firefund fundraiser campaign: https://www.firefund.net/saveprosfygika
6. Sign the text with the demands of the Community and of the hunger strike:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8T48_gwpjHAIFwz5tAaS3ctqZ0s9fqCgAredKNnCQYSZWig/viewform
We call all comrades to support however they can, whether through the proposed actions or your own initiatives. We're aware that each national and local political context imposes different challenges, and trust your ability to act and react accordingly. Contact us to build resistance together against the plans of the Greek state and of the regional government of Attica.
The attack on the Community of Squatted Prosfygika is not an isolated fight. The community resists as one of the last remaining projects of social struggle that builds a proposal against regimes globally shifting to the far right, militarized societies and colonial mindsets. We ask for all comrades who are expressing their solidarity to connect the struggle also to their social, geographical and political context.
This is the 5th major attack of the state against the Community during the last decades. Although this attack appears to be the most serious of all, they will still fail.
Hands off Prosfygika!
Either we will win or we will win!
recent & current
Joyce Edwards: A Story of Squatters - photo exhibition (Mar 2026)
London Baker Street Cornwall Terrace squat (1975) - excellent page, recently updated (Feb 2025)
When hippy squatters took over a multi-million pound Piccadilly mansion (Metro, Sep 2024)
Liberation Square and squatting Sherry's Wharf (Hackney, 1981)
Urban Communal Living in Britain (Diggers & Dreamers, 2023) - co-ops, squats, house-shares and cohousing
squatting in London (England) from 1969
The Dilly Dossers and the London Street Commune (1968-1969)
memories of 144 Piccadilly, Endell Street, & The London Street Commune - Sep 69
144 Piccadilly - Julia's Story - Sep 69
144 Piccadilly Squat - Chris Feares - Sep 69
personal accounts of the notorious London squat during its final days
memories of 220 Camden High Street (Lizzie) - 1970-76
pics & info from Grosvenor Road Squat, Twickenham - 1972-76
postcard, warehouse, graffiti, galleries, treehouse, old message board, new message board
If I only had time (Ken Elmes) - (1972-76)
excerpts from biography re his involvement with Twickenham squatters
A Survey of Squatters in Central Twickenham (Chris Whitehouse) - Sep 73
Personal View (Pat Day) - BMJ, 9 Nov 74
radical doctor's account of living in a squatting community
Squat (James Saunders) - Aug 76
superb documentary/play re Grosvenor Road, Twickenham
Squats in Hammersmith, Putney and Fulham (Sharon) - 1986/87
Portman Street Squat - 2004
All London Squatters Meeting, 9 Nov 73 (minutes)
All London Squatters Meeting, 9 Dec 73 (minutes)
All London Squatters Meeting, 6 Jan 74 (minutes)
All London Squatters Meeting, 27 Jan 74 (minutes)
All London Squatters Meeting, 3 Feb 74 (minutes)
All London Squatters Meeting, 17 Feb 74 (minutes)
All London Squatters / Reclaim The City (Birmingham) etc - Jan 86 (flyer)
All London Squatters Gathering - 13 Apr 86 (flyer)
All London Squatters Meeting - 17 Sep 89 (flyer)
All London Squatters Comic No 1 - 16 Feb 90 - Page 1 - zip file - Pages 1-12 (2MB)
All London Squatters Comic No 1 - 16 Feb 90 - Page 2
All London Squatters Comic No 1 - 16 Feb 90 - Page 3
All London Squatters Comic No 1 - 16 Feb 90 - Page 4
All London Squatters Comic No 1 - 16 Feb 90 - Page 5
All London Squatters Comic No 1 - 16 Feb 90 - Page 6
All London Squatters Comic No 1 - 16 Feb 90 - Page 7
All London Squatters Comic No 1 - 16 Feb 90 - Page 8
All London Squatters Comic No 1 - 16 Feb 90 - Page 9
All London Squatters Comic No 1 - 16 Feb 90 - Page 10
All London Squatters Comic No 1 - 16 Feb 90 - Page 11
All London Squatters Comic No 1 - 16 Feb 90 - Page 12
Haringey Squatters Newsheet No 1 - 13 Mar 86 - Page 1 - zip file - Pages 1-4 (750KB)
Haringey Squatters Newsheet No 1 - 13 Mar 86 - Page 2
Haringey Squatters Newsheet No 1 - 13 Mar 86 - Page 3
Haringey Squatters Newsheet No 1 - 13 Mar 86 - Page 4
Squatters Network Of Walworth & Southwark (SNOW) Party - 20 Dec 85 (flyer)
Notes For New Squatters - SNOW - May 86 - Page 1 - zip file - Pages 1-4 (650KB)
Notes For New Squatters - SNOW - May 86 - Page 2
Notes For New Squatters - SNOW - May 86 - Page 3
Notes For New Squatters - SNOW - May 86 - Page 4
SNOW Benefit - 16 May 86 (flyer)
other stuff
Fighting for spaces, Fighting for our lives: Squatting Movements Today - pdf download (Squatting Europe Kollective, Oct 2018)
Zad of Notre Dame des Landes - urgent call for action (France, Apr '18)
144 Piccadilly And All That - film & talk by Phil Cohen ("Dr John") (Jun '15)
Unfinished Histories - "Agit-Squat: Squatting and the Alternative Theatre Movement" (Jul '13)
WHATEVER THEY SAY, SQUATTING WILL STAY! - Brighton demo, Sussex (Oct '12)
2012 International Squatter's Convergence - Brighton, Sussex (May '12)
Brighton Bank Squatters - eviction attempt foiled (Mar '12)
Camberwell Spike Surplus - eviction and appeal - London, England (Feb '09)
the Da! Collective resquats in Mayfair - London, England (Jan '09)
Mill Road Social Centre continues - Cambridge, England (Nov '08)
Councillor John Lines Homeless Village moves to new site - Birmingham, England (Nov '08)
Ladysquat, Audacious Space and Valley House Squat - Leeds, England (Nov '08)
Christiana eviction - resistance and streetrage - Copenhagan, Denmark (Oct '08)
Wet Paint survives threatened eviction - Worcester, England (Oct '08)
anti-mining farmhouse squat - Derbyshire, England (Jul/Aug '08)
88 London Road Squat evicted - Brighton, England (Jul '08)
English squatting round-up - June 2008 - Brighton / Cambridge / London, England (Jun '08)
'Siege of London Road' withstands bailiffs - Brighton, England (May '08)
spoof squatting paper MESHO now available - England (Apr '08)
Decentralized Action for Squats and Autonomous Spaces - England (Apr '08)
Call For Decentralized Days of Action for Squats and Autonomous Spaces - Brighton, England (Mar '08)
squatted TAA benefit gig under siege - Brighton, England (Mar '08)
squatting news from Ungdomhuset / Christiana - Denmark (Feb '08)
newly occupied social centre opens in Hackney - London, England (Feb '08)
RampArt appeal eviction decision - London, England (Jan '08)
eviction of Common Ground Community Garden - Reading, England (Oct '07)
Camberwell Squatted Centre Under Threat - London, England (Jul '07)
Victory for The Tanneris in Fight Against Eviction - Dijon, France (May '07)
The Tanneries Under Threat - Dijon, France (Apr '07)
Good Food Cafe Reclaimed, Camberwell - London, England (Mar '07)
Riots Follow Ungdomshuset Eviction - Copenhagen, Denmark (Mar '07)
The Rise and Fall of The Vortex, Stoke Newington - London, England (Mar '07)
list of social and action centres - England (Jan '07)
November / December 2006 events at Mooreen - Sheffield, England (Nov '06)
squatting advisors legal training day - London, England (Nov '06)
Dalston Theatre squat evicted - London, England (Nov '06)
Dalston Theatre squat eviction looms - London, England (Oct '06)
Hornsey Hospital Squat eviction notice - London, England (Sep '06)
The Square facing imminent eviction - London, England (Jun '06)
RampART Street Party - London, England (May '06)
Buckingham Road Nursery Squat - Leeds, England (May '06)
Upper Lewes Road Squat Evicted - Brighton, England (May '06)
Ray Tindle Centre squatted - Brighton, England (May '06)
Broadway Market and Dalston Theatre squats - London, England (Feb '06)
Suttongrad Social Centre facing eviction - London, England (Jan '06)
Bristol North Swimming Pool eviction - Bristol, England (Jan '06)
Hackney Broadway Cafe resquatted - London, England (Jan '06)
St Agnes Place evicted after 30 years - London, England (Dec '05)
Advisory Service For Squatters 30th birthday - England (Dec '05)
St Agnes Place under threat of eviction - London, England (Nov '05)
Nursery Social Centre Squat - Birmingham, England (Mar '05)
Arbour Square survives eviction - London, England (Feb '05)
Maelstrom info shop - Leeds, England (Nov '04)
Old Bournbrook Nursery - Birmingham, England (Sep '04)
Ex Grand Banks eviction - London, England (Sep '04)
St Agnes Street Party - London, England (Aug '04)
Squatting - The Surreal Story - stories wanted for UK book on squatting (Jul '04)
RampART events - squatted social centre - London, England (Jul '04)
Ex-Grand Banks - squatted social centre - London, England (Jul '04)
Old Bingo Hall occupied - Brighton, East Sussex, England (Jun '04)
23TOPIA - autonomous social centre - Worthing, West Sussex, England (Jun '04)
Rampart Squatters opening social centre - London, England (May '04)
Hebdon Bridge open community space - Yorkshire, England (Apr '04)
Fortess Road Squat appealing eviction - London, England (Apr '04)
Cowley Road Social Centre - Oxford, England (Apr '04)
Colliers Road Eviction - London, England (Apr '04)
occupied social centre planned - Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England (Mar '04)
new social centre opens on Fortess Road - London, England (Mar '04)
Fortress Road Social Centre threatened with eviction - London, England (Feb '04)
Harland First School squatted, Colliers Wood - London, England (Feb '04)
Aspire plans for December 2003 - Leeds, England (Nov '03)
St Agnes Place Under Eviction Threat - London, England (Oct '03)
new squatted social centre - Newtown, Wales (Aug '03)
Terra Audio eviction weekend events - Brighton, England (Jun '03)
help prevent illegal squat eviction - New Cross, London, England (Jun '03)
Ossory Road Yard - Southwark, London, England (Feb '03)
Radical Dairy and White Post Lane - Hackney, London, England (Jan '03)
Riot Police attack A-Spire squat - Leeds, England (Nov '02)
Radical Social Centre - Colchester, England (Aug '02)
new squats in Hackney - London, England (Aug '02)
help needed at La Vielle Vallette - Nimes-Ales, France (Jul '02)
Chalk Circle Community Centre opens 15th June - Hove, England (Jun '02)
Can Masdeu blockaded by police - Barcelona, Spain (May '02)
Forest Lodge Collective facing eviction - Nottingham, England (May '02)
Locomotive Works facing eviction - Brighton, England (May '02)
Aspire reopening - Leeds, England (Apr '02)
Radical Dairy raided - computers taken, electric cut - London, England (Apr '02)
Okasional Cafe squats The Pack Horse - Manchester, England (Mar '02)
Radical Dairy Social Centre - update - London, England (Feb '02)
Aspire events - March 2002 - Leeds, England (Feb '02)
491 Squat Gallery - activities Feb/Mar - London, England (Feb '02)
Mr Gluck's Radical Dairy - London, England (Jan '02)
squat to host underground art explosion - London, England (Jan '02)
WOMBLES - Building Liberation meetings - London, England (Jan '02)
Tyneside Radical Film Festival "Squatting" - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England (Jan '02)
Goblins Invade Euston! Squat Cafe - London, England (Nov '01)
squatting eviction forms changed - UK (Nov '01)
OKasional Cafe evicted - Manchester, England (Nov '01)
Eclectic City 3 Community Centre - Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England (Nov '01)
news from Montreal - Canada (Aug '01)
De Centrum squat raided by police - Bialystok, Poland (Aug '01)
Okasional Cafe update - Manchester, England (May '01)
squatting news round up - UK (Apr '01)
Atherden Road calender of events - London, England (Apr '01)
Eclectic City II - Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England (Apr '01)
Atherdon Road update - Hackney, London, England (Mar '01)
Atherdon Road Community Centre - Hackney, London, England (Mar '01)
Exhibition of Squatting - 10-13th May 2001 - Navarro (Basque Country), Spain (Mar '01)
Eclectic City - resquat - Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England (Nov '00)
Eclectic City - Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England (Oct '00)
Brickhurst Farm court case won - Tunbridge Wells, England (Jun '00)
Cultures of Persistance [sic] - London, England (Jan '00)
Squatters of Loisaida - New York City, US (Nov '99)
Platform 6 squat - Southampton, England (Nov '99)
Les Tanneries squat facing eviction - Dijon, France (Jun '99)
Bishopston Community Centre squatted - Bristol, England (Jun '99)
OKasional Cafe - new site on Oxford Road - Manchester, England (Apr '99)
Brixton 121 Centre - Eviction Imminent - London, England (Mar '99)
Hackney Evictions Continue - London, England (Mar '99)
Equality Housing Collective - Oxford, England (Feb '99)
Citizen Smith squat - Kensal Green - London, England (Feb '99)
Brixton 121 Centre eviction - London, England (Feb '99)
Ernie Mattocks - brief obituary - London, England (Jan '99)
Hackney Anti-Squatting Campaign - London, England (Dec '98)
OKasional squat cafe II - Manchester, England (Nov '98)
Empty Homes Agency - stats - England (Apr '98)
Pfarrstrasse Eviction - Berlin, Germany (Feb '98)
Flamingo Hotel - Santa Monica, USA (Nov '97)
Empty Homes Agency - hotline - England (Nov '97)
Berlin Evictions - Berlin, Germany (Apr '97)
links
international
Squat!net - Planet Squat - multilingual squatting news + videos
Australia
SUWA Show - Squatters and Un-Waged Airwaves (Melbourne)
Brazil
Invazio - Punk Squat From Brasil
England
Advisory Service for Squatters - lots of excellent stuff here
email: advice@squatter.org.uk
if you want to phone, office hours are 2-6 Monday to Friday -
tel +44 (0)020 3216 0099 (or 0845 644 5814 land lines outside of London)
giving out advice to squatters and potential squatters for over 20 years
(insufficient resources to provide info to academics or journalists)
alt.uk.squat - Google newsgroup / archive
Bowl Court Social Centre - Shoreditch, London
Grosvenor Road Squat, Twickenham - & other SW London 1970's squats - Facebook group
Justice Not Crisis - activist squatting group, Birmingham (2008-2010)
Library Street - South London community squatting group
London 70's squats and squatters - Facebook group
MADA! The DA! Collective - arts squat, London 2008
Made Possible by Squatting - exhibition (Sept 2013) + activism - Facebook page
SNOB(AHA) Squatters Network Of Brighton - (And Hove Actually)
SQUASH - Squatters' Actions For Secure Homes - opposing UK anti-squatting legislation
Squatters Legal Network - squatting news & support
Squatting London - Southwark archive 1986-88 - incl "The Wire" (Multiply group)
Urban75 - notes for new squatters (last updated 2010)
Wombles - notorious cuddly activist group
France
Constable RIT, Forcalquier - squat in SE France, facing eviction
Maloka - Dijon anarchist collective living in squatted social centre
Zad Forever - (Zone to Defend) dispatches from la zad of Notre Dame de Landes
Germany
reclaim the streets (Berlin)
US
Homes Not Jails - Washington DC - all-volunteer, direct action housing organization
tel: 202-297-4430 - fax: 202-546-1824
Riverview Road Squat - Highway 55 threat to Minnehaha Park (Minneapolis, USA)