The Anarchist Federation of Gran Canaria has become a reference. They promoted
eleven communities of self-managed housing in the neighborhood and numerousprojects for the relocation of people at risk: La Marisma. We spoke with one of
their spokespersons, Ruymán Rodríguez, who is immersed in a lawsuit for his
militancy in these projects. ---- Such as? At what point is this process? ----
The case has been ongoing for six years. The trial[against him for the attack and
against three civil guards for torture]was on March 24, but after the campaign
was organized, the civil guards asked that they be considered a special forum,
which implies that they try another higher court.
The Anarchist Federation of Gran Canaria has transcended borders. Tell us what
you do.
The Federation appears at the beginning of 15M in a very spontaneous way. We were
a small anarchist group in the Plaza de San Telmo and we were seeing that our
speech echoed and there were more and more anarchists and more people interested
in anarchism. In the beginning it was a very conventional anarchism. We realized
that it was a very combative line that was doing very well, but very far removed
from the Canarian social situation, which was very alarming. We have the highest
child poverty rate in Europe, 35% of Canarian children are poor. More than 45% of
the Canary population is at risk of social exclusion. In the last five years the
rental price has risen 56%. We are the poorest region with one of the highest
consumptions. This is unsustainable and has thrown many people into destitution.
And we went there. We started with housing, stopping evictions, but we realized
that we lacked Plan B. So we started doing the first resettlement projects and
that's how the first communities emerged. We are talking about self-managed
communities run by the residents themselves. In some, such as the Community of La
Esperanza, more than 210 people live. 76 families living in self-management.
Others are projects dedicated to migrants in situations of police persecution and
take place in a more reserved way to avoid deportations. These are communities in
which there are currently more than 270 people. In the end, the example is
spreading and people assume that a cohabitation model in the collective, in
community, is much better than individuals. more than 210 people live. 76
families living in self-management. Others are projects dedicated to migrants in
situations of police persecution and take place in a more reserved way to avoid
deportations. These are communities in which there are currently more than 270
people. In the end, the example is spreading and people assume that a
cohabitation model in the collective, in community, is much better than
individuals. more than 210 people live. 76 families living in self-management.
Others are projects dedicated to migrants in situations of police persecution and
take place in a more reserved way to avoid deportations. These are communities in
which there are currently more than 270 people. In the end, the example is
spreading and people assume that a cohabitation model in the collective, in
community, is much better than individuals.
How do you access these spaces?
In many of these communities, such as La Esperanza, an agreement is reached with
the bankrupt prosecutor who was seized by Bankia. We reached an agreement to
relocate the families and in the end we hurt the bank, and it will be much more
difficult to evict these families and for these people to lose property. Other
times we occupy it after doing an ownership study. They are always from legal
entities, banks, companies, laSareb.
There are currently eleven communities, but between communities and single-family
homes, we estimate that there are more than 1,000 people living in
self-management in Gran Canaria, which for an island as small as ours is a milestone.
In 2017, a somewhat paradoxical situation occurs. The more we get involved in
this type of neighborhood anarchism, as we call it, there are more residents who
want to participate in the Anarchist Federation. The problem is that they are
often people who like the tools, but don't have to define themselves as
anarchists. Then came the idea of forming a broader, mass organization and that's
where the Tenants' Union was born.
And what happens to La Marisma?
La Marisma appears in another way. They get into this situation because they
contact a supposed real estate developer who offered them houses that had been
abandoned for ten years. The prosecutor tells them that he will deduct the
repairs to the house from the rent and that he will formalize a lease. They ask
for 100 euros as a "good will" in exchange for the keys and in the coming weeks
the contract would be formalized. Residents, 28 families, do it; the type pockets
2,800 euros, gives them the keys and disappears. Families are left without this
money and enter homes that are destroyed. For six months they were recycling
garbage, helping each other and creating real homes. And now that they are
attractive in real estate, they are contacted by the bank, which informs them
that it wants to evict them. It is a Caixabank investment fund and they are
dedicated to pursuing them. The residents contact us and from there this campaign
starts. We first draft legal remedies for each and everyone to appeal to the
courts. We know it will only save time, but it is necessary. Then we do what we
call the "ink war": contact with all possible means, we start putting pressure on
property and we get them to feel to negotiate. Then it is necessary to put
pressure on the Municipality because it refused to facilitate the vulnerability
reports required by the property. The result was that on June 15, eight of these
families were exposed to a trial for usurpation and the property withdrew its
criminal demand. The civil demand is still in progress, but it is a big step. The
residents contact us and from there this campaign starts. We first draft legal
remedies for each and everyone to appeal to the courts. We know it will only save
time, but it is necessary. Then we do what we call the "ink war": contact with
all possible means, we start putting pressure on property and we get them to feel
to negotiate. Then it is necessary to put pressure on the Municipality because it
refused to facilitate the vulnerability reports required by the property. The
result was that on June 15, eight of these families were exposed to a trial for
usurpation and the property withdrew its criminal demand. The civil demand is
still in progress, but it is a big step. The residents contact us and from there
this campaign starts. We first draft legal remedies for each and everyone to
appeal to the courts. We know it will only save time, but it is necessary. Then
we do what we call the "ink war": contact with all possible means, we start
putting pressure on property and we get them to feel to negotiate. Then it is
necessary to put pressure on the Municipality because it refused to facilitate
the vulnerability reports required by the property. The result was that on June
15, eight of these families were exposed to a trial for usurpation and the
property withdrew its criminal demand. The civil demand is still in progress, but
it is a big step. We know it will only save time, but it is necessary. Then we do
what we call the "ink war": contact with all possible means, we start putting
pressure on property and we get them to feel to negotiate. Then it is necessary
to put pressure on the Municipality because it refused to facilitate the
vulnerability reports required by the property. The result was that on June 15,
eight of these families were exposed to a trial for usurpation and the property
withdrew its criminal demand. The civil demand is still in progress, but it is a
big step. We know it will only save time, but it is necessary. Then we do what we
call the "ink war": contact with all possible means, we start putting pressure on
property and we get them to feel to negotiate. Then it is necessary to put
pressure on the Municipality because it refused to facilitate the vulnerability
reports required by the property. The result was that on June 15, eight of these
families were exposed to a trial for usurpation and the property withdrew its
criminal demand. The civil demand is still in progress, but it is a big step.
Then it is necessary to put pressure on the Municipality because it refused to
facilitate the vulnerability reports required by the property. The result was
that on June 15, eight of these families were exposed to a trial for usurpation
and the property withdrew its criminal demand. The civil demand is still in
progress, but it is a big step. Then it is necessary to put pressure on the
Municipality because it refused to facilitate the vulnerability reports required
by the property. The result was that on June 15, eight of these families were
exposed to a trial for usurpation and the property withdrew its criminal demand.
The civil demand is still in progress, but it is a big step.
Why is it so difficult for these experiences to take place in other militant
anarchist spaces?
In the end, everything becomes a contest of anarchist purity, as if it were a
matter of degrees. That's not the reality. If we continue to empower this
anarchism, we will end up converting it into a club of intellectuals. And in
reality, anarchism is useful to the person they are going to evict and is afraid
that social services will take their children away from them or to the migrant
person who has to look for a refuge to hide. However, they do not use anarchist
ideas because they have read them in a book and are very brilliant, nor can they
devote six hours to participating in an endless assembly. They need it to
survive. In reality, anarchism is eminently practical and we forget about it.
And it is true that there are other vectors: racism, machismo, ferocious
capitalism. But it's just that either we turn it over to the enemy and surrender
and turn around, or we get involved and change it. There are those who criticize
that there are people who are very needy but spend money on tattoos. Galeano
already said: "In homes that lack milk, Coca-Cola is left over". Because
consumption laws are mandatory for everyone. The place of anarchism is there and
we have to be clear that, if we are not there, then fascism will be there. What
do you want, fascist neighborhoods or anarchist neighborhoods? I have it clear.
Mar Pino
El Topo Team
Source: https://eltopo.org/anarquismo-de-barrio/
Translation > April Sun
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