Was refering to the ligitimised sort in east Berlin where the government gave disused buildings to people/projects, and they were expected to repair and upkeep them etc in return.
I do not condone squatting.
Do you mean the Autonomes? I got the impression that they moved into the vast number of empty buildings in E Berlin, and then simply couldn't be shifted out. Everyone was terrified of the Black Block in the early 1990s.
As for squatters, I haven't got a problem with the principal of political squatting, particualrly as utilisiation of housing stock in London is so shockingly poor. I find however that often, there are problems with behaving considerately of others, which I find weird as one would expect anarchists to be good neighbours - 'think locally, fuck globally' and all that. However when I was lviing at my last flat, the old dear next door got carted off due to dementia, and within a few days the most reprehensible pack of eastern european scum had broken into the place and were beating the shit out of each other at 3am every night. Once the police finally went to check it out, they cleared off and we thought the issue was over. However they conned a lovely polish couple into moving in and paying them rent (they told them that they were the agents of the owner), the council then evicted the couple (3 weeks after the woman gave birth) and then lost interest, so some of the scummers moved back in, and it was more of the same, only they now appeared to have some south american prostitutes in tow too who they beat regularly. Last time I checked the house had finally been boarded up (I now live around the corner). So yes, I would be interested in experiencing alternative versions of squatting as my current experience has been poor.
Do you mean the Autonomes? I got the impression that they moved into the vast number of empty buildings in E Berlin, and then simply couldn't be shifted out. Everyone was terrified of the Black Block in the early 1990s.
As for squatters, I haven't got a problem with the principal of political squatting, particualrly as utilisiation of housing stock in London is so shockingly poor. I find however that often, there are problems with behaving considerately of others, which I find weird as one would expect anarchists to be good neighbours - 'think locally, fuck globally' and all that. However when I was lviing at my last flat, the old dear next door got carted off due to dementia, and within a few days the most reprehensible pack of eastern european scum had broken into the place and were beating the shit out of each other at 3am every night. Once the police finally went to check it out, they cleared off and we thought the issue was over. However they conned a lovely polish couple into moving in and paying them rent (they told them that they were the agents of the owner), the council then evicted the couple (3 weeks after the woman gave birth) and then lost interest, so some of the scummers moved back in, and it was more of the same, only they now appeared to have some south american prostitutes in tow too who they beat regularly. Last time I checked the house had finally been boarded up (I now live around the corner). So yes, I would be interested in experiencing alternative versions of squatting as my current experience has been poor.