Despite the continuous efforts by the government to keep squatted spaces under the threat of repression and eviction, new autonomous and creative projects keep on emerging in Amsterdam. On March the 1st, the buildings on the Vechtstraat 1, 5, 7 were squatted. A new social centre, De Strijd, on Vechtstraat 7, opened just two weeks […]
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The year 2013 at Joe’s Garage in review
Here a list of events that took place at Joe’s Garage in 2013. There were various special events, workshops, bands performing, benefits, movie nights, info nights, next to the weekly events, which are the Kraakspreekuur, the Lonely Collective Day Cafe, the give away shop, the sunday movie night and the Vegazulu people’s kitchen. Monthly posters […]
October 2013 at Joe’s Garage
As a squatted social center, how do we communicate to the outside world? Where do you find us on-line and where do you NOT find us? We are not here to provide passive intelligence to state intelligence agencies, or to make their task easier. Making ourselves visible on a website hosted by a radical and […]
May 2013 Joe’s Garage Program
Welcome to post gentrification. Forget about affordable housing, these words are gone from the vocabulary. In Amsterdam, the price per meter square is higher in social housing than on the market price. Tenants are waiting in temporary housing for a proper one. These anti-squatters, also called “guardians” to preserve their image, haven’t been given the […]
April 2013 Joe’s Garage Program
‘There are still squatted houses in Amsterdam…”, that is the shocking gossip recently reported in the Dutch media. Is the zealous mayor of Amsterdam such an incompetent politician in matters of housing policy and in cracking down on squatters? These last years, the city of Amsterdam did evict numerous squats but failed in eradicating our […]
March 2013 Joe’s Garage Program
A deepening crisis, a social housing policy crushed, a constant precarisation of life and work, what a promising future. The masses aren’t dreaming any more. The glitter that has been fed to us by the government and the media won’t last for long. We are not done with protesting and taking action. Knowing your rights […]
February 2013 Joe’s Garage program
Squatted social center Joe’s Garage and its volunteers are bringing you another full month of events. As surprise appetiser, we serve an info night about rights in custody. Always useful when it comes to squatting empty buildings, demonstrating in the street and planing subversive activities. Further, you’ll be enjoying various benefits, for the SVZV (Support […]
February 2012 Joe’s Garage program
A squatted social center run by volunteers, D.I.Y., without subsidies, active with the neighborhood, open 6 days a week, since years… We still need your active participation. Time to join or to drop us a line. Lots of choice this month to participate, benefiets for X-Y, Calafou, Free Radio and Media, Soweto, ‘Reclaim The Seeds’ […]
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