Social Centres

[mentalbunny]

Wow, it's been ages since I've posted here! Anyway enough of the nostalgia. Is anyone here involved in social centres? Can anyone give me the names of a few around Europe? I'm thinking of spending some of summer 2006 gong round social centres, see what's happening, getting involved and writing some articles on it. I might get started this summer in London, depends on how things are going. I need some funds first.

Anyway information would be much appreciated. I've got a little info, I've already found the ASS (Advisory service for squatters) website which is really useful. If people can give me general tips on getting into the squatting/social centre "scene" (can't think of a better word) I'd really appreciate that too.

much love.

[Djehuti]

Go to Italy. It is a quite a difference between the squats in for example Germany and the social center movement in Italy. And there is hundreds of them in Italy.

About:
http://www.altpr.org/apr14/social_centers.html

Some social centers in Italy:
http://ecocon.org/socialcenters/index.php?...playcat&catid=3 (http://ecocon.org/socialcenters/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=3)

[The Feral Underclass]

Djehuti beat me to it. There is a particulaly grand social centre in Milan. It maybe worth looking at the IAF website (in my sig) and contacting some of the groups to see if they can help you.

[The Feral Underclass]

I'd also like to add that these Social Centres aer becoming rather a big thing in England too. Dissent have contributed allot of time to this and there have been some specific grant funds set up to help start Social Centres. There is a new one in Leeds and a great one in Nottigham called the Sumac Centre: http://www.sumac.org.uk/

These new Social Centres may be able to help you also.

[Donnie]

I've been to the one in Leeds it took me and my mate ages to find :(. We had to take a short brake from finding the Leeds Social centre and go for a pint. We found it eventually. It was near the corner exchange.

Isn't Leeds social centre only a short term project?

[The Feral Underclass]

Originally posted by [email protected] 27 2005, 08:35 AM
Isn't Leeds social centre only a short term project?
Not to my knowledge.

[bolshevik butcher]

There's a dissent centre in edinburgh but i dunno if you can stay the night there. It's called an atonymous centre.

[mentalbunny]

Thanks for the info. I know about the big one in Milan already, it's on my list!

[rkn]

Check out http://libcom.org/britain where there are listed all the active SC's in Britain.

[Clarksist]

I've started hearing a lot about social centres. Apparently, its becoming all the rage.

My band is aided something like it, as we are guerilla gigging all around my town, but I was told about social centres from someone on this board, and am thinking of starting on.

[mentalbunny]

Good good. I'm particularly interested in social centres and the like in Germany, since I can actually (attempt to) speak german and I'd like to go there during my gap year. Anyone got any info?