Squatters take on the "creative class" in Germany.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Hamburg has been trying to woo the much-coveted "creative class" for years in a bid to secure its future. Now the city has become the front line in a bitter conflict over gentrification, with artists squatting buildings in protest against investment plans and members of the far-left scene attacking private property -- and even police.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,670600,00.html

(A long but very interesting article IMO about urban theories and resistance to "gentrification".)

[Francesco]

Hey do you want to read good articles? then check out the nrhz. (neue rheinische zeitung)
ive been told that spiegel used to be left. now its just another tool of the powers that be. gouvernemnt and corporation friendly centrism media.
if you read the spiegel for a long enough time you know what i mean.
nrhz.de