|
Social Centres are community spaces. They are buildings which are used for a range of disparate activities, which can be linked only by virtue of being not-for-profit. They might be organizing centres for local activities or they might provide support networks for minority groups such as prisoners and refugees. Often they provide a base for initiatives such as cafes, free shops, public computer labs, graffiti murals, legal collectives and free housing for travellers. The services are determined by both the needs of the community in which the social centre is based and the skills which the participants have to offer. A community is a social group of organisms sharing an environment, normally with shared interests. ...
A nonprofit organization (sometimes abbreviated to not-for-profit, non-profit, or NPO) is an organization whose primary objective is to support some issue or matter of private interest or public concern for non-commercial purposes. ...
Give-away shops or freeshops are second-hand stores that are starting to appear in Northern European towns and cities, especially in the Netherlands and Germany. ...
This article is about the machine. ...
For other uses, see Graffiti (disambiguation). ...
Salle des illustres, ceiling painting, by Jean André Rixens. ...
Houses in Fishpool Street, St Albans, England For other meanings of the word house, see House (disambiguation). ...
Social centres tend to be in large buildings and thus can host activist meetings, concerts, bookshops, dance performances and art exhibitions. Social centres are common in many European cities, sometimes in squats, sometimes in rented buildings. Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change. ...
This article is about the philosophical concept of Art. ...
This article is about occupying land without permission. ...
Free spaces
Social centres provide a place to socialise in a bar, cafe or music venue. They also provide access to alternative, hard to access information through projects such as libraries, infoshops, film nights and talks. Socialization in the study of animal and human behavior (ethology, social psychology, and psychology) is the process by which human beings or animals learn to adopt the behavior patterns of the community in which they live. ...
An infoshop is a storefront or community space that serves as a node for the distribution of anarchist information, typically in the form of books, zines, stickers and posters. ...
Other activities organised might include events, meetings, exhibitions, classes and workshops on a range of topics.
The projects are run on an entirely voluntary basis by the people involved, who are neither charity workers nor social workers. The projects are run in the spirit of co-operation, solidarity and mutual aid. Other activities organised include events, meetings, exhibitions, classes and workshops on a range of topics. This group of political volunteers is working to promote voter turn-out. ...
In modern usage, the practice of charity means the giving of help to those in need. ...
A social worker is a person employed in the administration of charity, social service, welfare, and poverty agencies, advocacy, or religious outreach programs. ...
Co-operation refers to the practice of people or greater entities working in common with commonly agreed-upon goals and possibly methods, instead of working separately in competition. ...
Solidarity (Polish: ; full name: Independent Self-governing Trade Union Solidarity — Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy Solidarność) is a Polish trade union federation founded in September 1980 at the then Lenin Shipyards, and originally led by Lech Wałęsa. ...
The term mutual aid has multiple meanings: Mutual aid, a tenet of anarchist thought Mutual aid, an agreement between emergency responders Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution, a book by anarchist Peter Kropotkin Mutual aid, in social work with groups Category: ...
Whilst every individual case is different, most centres are run on the basis of non-hierarchical consensus decision-making. Politically most centres lean to the left, being anarchist, autonomist or communist in viewpoint. Centres tend to adopt an ethical vegan philosophy, whilst accepting that individuals involved may have differing personal lifestyles. Consensus decision-making is a decision-making process that not only seeks the agreement of most participants, but also to resolve or mitigate the objections of the minority to achieve the most agreeable decision. ...
Anarchism is a generic term describing various political philosophies and social movements that advocate the elimination of hierarchy and imposed authority. ...
Autonomism can refer to: Autonomism may refer to a bundle of left-wing movements historically bound-up with Italian Autonomist marxism. ...
This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ...
Hens kept in cramped conditions — the avoidance of animal suffering is the primary motivation of people who become vegans A vegan is a person who avoids the ingestion or use of animal products. ...
"Social centres are abandoned buildings - warehouses, factories, military forts, schools - that have been occupied by squatters and transformed into cultural and political hubs, explicitly free from both the market, and from state control... Though it may be hard to tell at first, the social centres aren't ghettos, they are windows — not only into another way to live, disengaged from the state, but also into a new politics of engagement. And yes, it's something maybe beautiful." (Klein, 2001).
Different from Community Centres Social Centres are distinguished from Community centers in the particular relationship social centres have toward the state and governmental institutions. While "community centre" is a term used to describe any center of "public" activity, occasionally sanctioned by the state or private interests such as a corporation, social centres are characterized by their quasi-legal and sometimes illegal existence, their direct subsistence on the community that supports it and their political vision vis-a-vis the state. Community centres are public locations where members of a community may gather for group activities, social support, public information, and other purposes. ...
Italy The social centre concept has taken root most successfully in Italy, beginning in the 1970s. Large factories and even abandoned military barracks have been "appropriated" for use as social centers. There are today dozens of social centers in Italy, often denoted by the initials CSOA (Centro Sociale Occupato Autogestito). Examples include, Pedro in Padova, Spartaco in Ravenna, Officina 99 in Naples and Forte Prenestino, Corto Circuito and Villagio Globale in Rome and Leoncavallo in Milan. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ...
The historic relationship between the Italian social centers and the Autonomia movement (specifically Lotta Continua) has been described briefly in Storming Heaven, Class Composition and Struggle in Italian Autonomous Marxism, by Steve Wright. ...
Lotta Continua was a far left political party in Italy, involved in the autonomism movement. ...
Social centres in Italy continue to be centres of political / social dissent. Notably the Tute Bianche and Ya Basta Association developed directly out of the social center movement, and many social forums take place in social centers. Tute Bianche was a militant Italian social movement based on the idea of covering ones body with padding so as to resist the blows of police, to push through police lines, and to march together in large blocks for mutual protection during demonstrations. ...
The Ya Basta Association was a loose network of Italian anti-capitalist and pro-immigrants rights organizations and groups, fueled by the Italian social center movement, active between 1994 and 2001, and known for the authorship of the Tute Bianche, and later disobbedienti phenomena. ...
This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
The Netherlands Since the Sixties there is a long and continuous tradition of squatted social centres in the Netherlands, particularly in the capital, Amsterdam.
In Leiden the Eurodusnie Collective provide a service to the community by running a free shop and a cafe/bar. Leyden redirects here. ...
The Eurodusnie Collective is an anarchist collective based in Leiden (The Netherlands). ...
Give-away shops or freeshops are second-hand stores that are starting to appear in Northern European towns and cities, especially in the Netherlands and Germany. ...
In Den Haag there was the De Blauwe Aanslag, which was used for 23 years. This article is about the city in the Netherlands; there is also a region known as (the) Hague in France. ...
De Blauwe Aanslag is a squat in the Dutch city of The Hague. ...
In Amsterdam, the ASCII centre has been providing free internet to all its 'customers' since 1997 and is now mutating into a hacklab. The Overtoom301 squat has a cafe, a non-profit printshop and a music venue. Vrankrijk is open seven days a week, hosting a range of projects including a kraakspreekuur (squatters' advice hour), a bar, a queer night and benefit events. The Occii is a busy music venue and children's theatre. For other uses, see Amsterdam (disambiguation). ...
ASCII is a squatted communication laboratory in the Dutch city of Amsterdam. ...
OT301 is a squat in the Dutch city of Amsterdam which is located on Overtoom 301. ...
The word queer has traditionally meant strange or unusual, but it is also currently often used in reference to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and asexual communities. ...
In Rotterdam, the Poortgebouw hosts a twice weekly cafe on Wednesdays and Sundays and there is also the Groene Voltage. Nickname: Motto: Sterker door strijd (Stronger through Struggle) Location of Rotterdam Coordinates: , Country Netherlands Province South Holland Government - Mayor Ivo Opstelten - Aldermen Jeannette Baljeu Hamit Karakus Orhan Kaya Lucas Bolsius Jantine Kriens Dominic Schrijer Roelf de Boer Leonard Geluk Area [1] - City 319 km² (123. ...
The Poortgebouw is a national monument located by the River Maas in the Kop van Zuid area of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. ...
Spain In Barcelona, there is a tight network of squatted social centres which publishes a weekly newspaper InfoUsurpa detailing activities and news. The paper is fly-posted on the doors of the squats themselves. As a result of the relaxed attitude of shop-owners towards dumpster diving there are free food cafes every night, often vegan. Other squats offer free music or free internet. The Eskalera Karakola is a feminist social center in Madrid many or most of towns. The Ayuntamiento and Comunidad are many Social center and Public Libraries in all Districts. Infousurpa is a free weekly newsletter in Catalan which provides news related to the squat movement and lists activities in the more than 50 squatted social centers in Barcelona. ...
Dumpster diving is the practice of rummaging through trash, whether commercial or residential, to find items of use that have been discarded. ...
Hens kept in cramped conditions — the avoidance of animal suffering is the primary motivation of people who become vegans A vegan is a person who avoids the ingestion or use of animal products. ...
Eskalera Karakola is a squat in Madrid, which is held by feminists and works on autogestion principles. ...
Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ...
The United Kingdom
 Camberwell Squatted Centre ran from March to August 2007 The UK Social Centre Network aims to link up "the growing number of autonomous spaces to share resources, ideas and information" [1]. This network draws a very clear distinction between the many autonomous social centres around the country on one side and the state or large NGO-sponsored community centres on the other. Despite there being a tradition of large squats, the recent upsurge in social centres has come about in the last five years. Antecedents of the social center concept include projects such as the Roseberry Avenue Autonomy Centre, the Centro Iberico and the Wapping Autonomy Centre. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2272 × 1704 pixel, file size: 1. ...
Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2272 × 1704 pixel, file size: 1. ...
The UK Social Centre Network is a network of independent social and community centres in the United Kingdom whose aim is to link up the growing number of autonomous spaces to share resources, ideas and information [1] The network draws a very clear distinction between the many independent social and...
NGO is an abbreviation or code for: Non-governmental organization Nagoya Airport (IATA code) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
The Autonomy Centre was a loosely organised squatters collective that opened in 1980 on Roseberry Avenue in Northeast London. ...
Crass lead singer Steve Ignorant performing at the Autonomy Centre in 1981 DIRT pictured at the Wapping Autonomy Centre, December 1981 Wapping Autonomy Centre (also known as The Anarchist Centre) was a social centre set up in a rented former warehouse space in the Wapping area of London Docklands from...
In London, places include the RampART social centre, the London Action Resource Centre, the Freedom Club and the 56a Crampton Street infoshop. 'The Square' was active during 2006 and is now closed [1]. On January 20, 2007, a new social centre opened in London, in the old Vortex Jazz Club on Stoke Newington Church Street. It continued the ideals of the free space project, and ran a cafe, cinema nights and benefits. It was evicted in March 2007.[2] A new space opened up in Camberwell in March 2007 and was evicted in August.[3] RampART is a radical squatted social centre in the Whitechapel area of East London. ...
The London Action Resource Centre(LARC) is run by a private limited company, offering space and resources including; offices, computer and internet facilities, roof garden, library, banner-making space, and meeting rooms for certain individuals and groups taking direct action on social and ecological issues, or enagaging in other radical...
An infoshop is a storefront or community space that serves as a node for the distribution of anarchist information, typically in the form of books, zines, stickers and posters. ...
January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
Elsewhere in the United Kingdom, there are centres in Oxford (the OARC), Leeds (the Common Place) , Bristol (Kebele), Nottingham (Sumac), Bradford (the 1 in 12), Manchester (the Basement), Brighton (the Cowley Club) and Birmingham (the Cottage of Content Social Centre). Belfast's social centre, Giros, has now closed as has Sheffield's Matilda. CambridgeBayWeather 09:58, 3 September 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ...
Sydney Works or Sidney Works is a building on Matilda Street in Sheffield, England. ...
Many social centres are squats, and as such have a very short life span.
References - ^ http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/06/343297.html
- ^ http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/03/364596.html
- ^ http://www.56a.org.uk/warham.html
Notes - Klein, N. Fences and Windows, Picador USA , 2001 ISBN 0-312-30799-3.
- "The Social Centre Network" as described by the London Action Resource Centre.
External links
See also |
Feeds |
Contact