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A radical solution to Europe’s housing crisisThe Squatters'Movement in EuropeEveryday Commons and Autonomy asAlternatives to CapitalismSquatting Europe Kollective, edited by ClaudioCattaneo and Miguel A. MartínezThe Squatters' Movement in Europe is the first definitive guide tosquatting as an alternative to capitalism. It offers a unique insider'sview on the movement – its ideals, actions and ways of life. At a timeof growing crisis in Europe with high unemployment, dwindling socialhousing and declining living standards, squatting has become anincreasingly popular option.The book is written by an activist-scholar collective, whose membershave direct experience of squatting: many are still squatters today.There are contributions from the Netherlands, Spain, the USA, France,Italy, Germany, Switzerland and the UK.In an age of austerity and precarity this book shows what has beenachieved by this resilient social movement, which holds lessons forpolicy-makers, activists and academics alike.claudio cattaneo teaches ecological economics at the University ofEdinburgh and the Università Carlo Cattaneo in Castellanza, Italy. He is asquatter, bicycle mechanic and olive farmer.April 2014272pp 215mm x 135mm 2-5 imagesPb 978-0-7453-3395-3 £18.99Hb 978-0-7453-3396-0 £60Epub 978-1-7837-1041-6 £18.99Kindle 978-1-7837-1042-3 £18.99MIGUEL a. MARTINEZ has been an activist-researcher in the squattingmovement for more than a decade. He is one of the founders of the SqEK(Squatting Europe Kollective) network.NEXT READLife Without MoneyBuilding Fair and Sustainable EconomiesEdited by Anitra Nelson and Frans TimmermanPb 978-0-7453-3165-2 £17.99EPUB 978-1-7837-1100-0 £17.99Kindle 978-1-7837-1101-7 £17.99Where the Other Half LivesLower Income Housing in a Neoliberal WorldEdited by Sarah GlynnPb 978-0-7453-2857-7 £17.99www.plutobooks.com PlutoPress 15