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Squatters Movement

Staatsarchief - archive of the squatters' movement
'Staatsarchief' is a large collection of materials on the squatters movement in Amsterdam and the Netherlands. The Staatsarchief...
Still Homeless
The reconstruction following the war led to large housing projects being built in the Netherlands in the 50s and 60s. Yet, by the...
5 Years of Alternative Life
An article in the alternative newspaper Hovedbladet called "Emigrate with bus number 8" gave the inspiration for occupying the...
Intense Fighting in the Streets of Amsterdam
During the last week of March 1975 there was intense fighting in the streets of Amsterdam. Inhabitants of the Nieuwmarkt district...
Orange Free State Postal Services
An Orange Free State was proclaimed in Amsterdam on 5 February 1970 by the anarchist Kabouters. The Kabouters (Little People or...
Hans Kok Murdered?
Amsterdam squatter Hans Kok had a confrontation with the police during an eviction action. The circumstances of his death in a...
Amsterdam Precinct Against a Protected Zone
In 1995 residents of Amsterdam-West fiercely protested the mayor's plan to institute a protected zone for heroin addicted...
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