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[squat!net] - Mainpage [squat!net] is an international internet magazine with main focus on squatted houses, car sites and other free spaces.

Different people, with different backgrounds (e.g. squatters, punks, hackers, etc.) try to work together and collect news and importent stuff on the squatter scene. Sure we're not able doing this alone - quite a lot of information is sent by our readers - yes, from YOU!

Have your say on … squatting | People's panel | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Have your say on … squatting | People's panel | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk: "Squatting is in the news again – in London, activists have been evicted from Guy Ritchie's mansion and portrayed by the tabloids as a 'gang' of criminal yobs. In France, squats made headlines as Jeudi Noir, a group aiming to put housing issues on the political agenda, set up camp in a prestigious Parisian building to alert the public to the high numbers of unoccupied buildings in the French capital."

Tick Tock Sheptock

Tick Tock SheptockI have advocated for Washington, DC's homeless since June 2006. I am part of the National Right-to-Housing Movement. I am a Theistic Marxist and part of a local social theory study group. My advocacy has now put me on the world stage, making it possible for me to fight for the human right to housing on a national and international level. Awesome!!!!!

Mitch Snyder Saved Many Lives but Finally Took His Own : People.com

Mitch Snyder Saved Many Lives but Finally Took His Own : People.com: "The fight for America's poorest will go on, but when Mitch Snyder wrapped an electrical cord around his neck and hanged himself, some of the fiery energy of the struggle died with him. During his 20-year campaign for social justice, Snyder, 46, proved part prophet and part pest, part saint and part stuntman"

Mitch Snyder, 46, Advocate of Homeless - New York Times

Mitch Snyder, 46, Advocate of Homeless - New York Times: "Mr. Snyder rose to national prominence in the Presidential campaign of 1984, when he began his long fast demanding that President Ronald Reagan intervene to give an abandoned Federal building in Washington to his group for a shelter.

Two days before the election, on the 51st day of the fast, the Government acceded to Mr. Snyder's demands. But Mr. Snyder fasted twice more, when $6 million in promised money for renovations failed to materialize on time.

His life and work became the subject of a CBS television movie in 1986 starring Martin Sheen, called ''Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story.'' A year later, Mr. Sheen, Dennis Quaid, Cicely Tyson and other celebrities joined Mr. Snyder sleeping on the street to protest Federal policies toward the homeless."

Mitch Snyder’s Ghost�|�American Way of Life Magazine

Mitch Snyder’s Ghost�|�American Way of Life Magazine: "“We need everyday, regular people, not another Mitch Snyder. We all need to be Gandhi, be Malcolm X, be Mitch Snyder. If we could do that, it wouldn’t be perfect or Utopian, but it would be better than doing nothing."

Mitch Snyder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mitch Snyder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Snyder ended up in Danbury Federal Correctional Institute in Danbury, Connecticut, where he served time with Philip and Daniel Berrigan. Following meetings with them and prolific reading, especially of the Bible, Snyder started participating in hunger strikes and work stoppages over prison rights issues."

The ardor of Snyder's beliefs sometimes led to encounters with law enforcement. He once claimed to have the longest arrest record in D.C. On one infamous occasion, after being arrested at the White House, Snyder walked out of his arraignment, went directly to the White House, climbed over the fence and was rearrested