The legal case against 8 squatters in Calais who attempted the first occupation since the destruction of most of the jungle (see here and here for previous reporting), was thrown out of court on Friday for procedural irregularities amid a roar of applause. These technical irregularities included the fact that … Continue reading
An update on the court case of the 8 friends arrested for squatting an empty homeless shelter in Calais, from Calais Migrant Solidarity. Today, the trial scheduled to take place at the court in Boulogne-sur-Mer was postponed until Friday, April 1. All 8 had accepted to be tried today, under … Continue reading
From Calais Migrant Solidarity. Today [Tuesday 28 March 2016], 8 friends who squatted a building in Calais are still under arrest and are in prison, their crime, daring to defy the ‘zero-tolerence of squats’ in this overtly segregated city. The charges against them are : violation of domicile and voluntary degradation. … Continue reading
UPDATE: The squat was evicted this afternoon by 12 vans of riot police, a few hours after being announced in the morning. See report on the eviction here. 8 people have been arrested. The Calais authorities clearly intend to enforce their “zero tolerance” clampdown on migrant and other autonomous spaces … Continue reading
LATEST UPDATE 17TH MARCH: The eviction of the southern half of the Calais ‘jungle’ has now been going on for two and half weeks, in a process the authorities have said will take 3 weeks to complete. Here’s some of the acts of resistance that have been happening in & … Continue reading
Anonymous submission Following the recent evictions in Calais, a week of action in solidarity with the resistance of the ’’jungle’’ took place in Marseille. The various actions contained in this communique were anonymously contributed by numerous individuals and groups. All the targets chosen collaborate in the repression, subjugation and deportation … Continue reading
Translated from Greek by Act for Freedom Now! On the night of Wednesday March 2nd, we attacked the French Institute in Athens with Molotovs. With this act we send a message of class solidarity to the persecuted militants who fight against the terrorism of the French state. The French Institute … Continue reading
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There will be a solidarity demo for the Calais jungle in London on Saturday at 1PM, called by London2Calais and also publicised by Calais Migrant Solidarity. The location will be announced nearer the time, see the fakebook event page for updates. See call-out below. There are also Calais solidarity demos … Continue reading
From Calais Migrant Solidarity Today the French government began its threatened eviction of 3,500 people living in the south half of the Calais Jungle. They came in hard with 50 vans of CRS riot police, water cannon and tear gas, followed by a demolition crew with crowbars and bulldozers. By … Continue reading