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The '''Can Masdeu Uprising''' was an [[List of Libertarian Socialist Revolutions|anti-eviction uprising]] near the [[Can Masdeu]] [[Squatting|squat]], [[Barcelona Squat's|Barcelona]], [[Kingdom of Spain|Spain]] in [[Timeline of Libertarian Socialism|2002]].
The '''Battle of Can Masdeu''' was an [[List of Libertarian Socialist Revolutions|anti-eviction uprising]] near the [[Can Masdeu]] [[Squatting|squat]], [[Barcelona Squat's|Barcelona]], [[Spain]] in [[Timeline of Anarchism|2002]].


== Events ==
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== Result ==
== Result ==
The eviction was stopped and the squatted social center survives to this day.
The eviction was stopped and the squatted social center survives to this day.<ref>[[Peter Gelderloos]] (2015) [[The Failure of Nonviolence]]</ref>


== See Also ==
== See Also ==
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== References ==
== References ==
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The Battle of Can Masdeu was an anti-eviction uprising near the Can Masdeu squat, Barcelona, Spain in 2002.

Events

In April of 2002, over 100 police came to evict 11 squatters, and they held of police efforts to remove them by locking themselves in rooms, hanging off harnesses on the building and balancing of seesaws which no occupant could be removed without dropping or killing the other. The police attempted to starve them out over three days, and a solidarity movement formed.[1] They argued with and attacked the police, blocked traffic and attacked banks, real estate offices and a McDonalds.[2]

Result

The eviction was stopped and the squatted social center survives to this day.[3]

See Also

References