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'''Eskalera Karakola''' is a [[squatting|squat]] in [[Madrid]], [[Spain]], which is held by [[feminist]]s and works on [[Workers' self-management|autogestion]] principles. It was situated in the [[Lavapiés]] barrio from 1996 to 2005,<ref>{{cite news|title=Las integrantes del centro Eskalera Karakola serán desalojadas mañana|url=http://elpais.com/diario/2005/05/09/madrid/1115637867_850215.html|newspaper=El País|date=9 May 2005}}</ref> and is now in Calle Embajador. Eskalera Karakola organizes activities focussing on [[domestic violence]] and women's [[precarity]] in [[post-industrial capitalism]].<ref>{{cite news|title=La Eskalera Karakola: Un espacio deliberado|url=http://www.sindominio.net/karakola/antigua_casa/textos/articulomolo.htm|newspaper=El Molotov|date=March 2003}}</ref> In 2002, it created a ''Female Workers' Laboratory'' (''Laboratorio de Trabajadoras''), and has carried out [[anti-racist]] activities, in particular with female [[Immigration to Spain|immigrants]], since 1998. Eskalera Karakola also took part in the organization of the [[Gay Pride|GLBT Pride]] and the forum "Women and Architecture". It participated in [[alter-globalization]] events such as the [[European Social Forum]] and is part of the European nextGENDERation network.<ref>[http://www.nextgenderation.net/ nextgenderation.net]</ref> It publishes a review, ''Mujeres Preokupando'' ("Concerned Women").<ref>{{cite book|first=Javier Alcalde |last=Villacampa |first2= Ramón Adell |last2=Argilés |first3= Miguel Martínez |last3= López|title=¿ Dónde están las llaves? El movimiento okupa: Prácticas y contextos sociales|year=2004|publisher=Los Libros de la Catarata|location=Madrid|isbn=9788483191828|pages=220–226|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4cEozFIcYssC&lpg=PA220&ots=ZLbWk4W7xo&dq=Eskalera%20Karakola%20Mujeres%20Preokupando&pg=PA220#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref>
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'''Eskalera Karakola''' is a [[feminist]] [[self-managed social centre]] in [[Madrid]], Spain. Women [[Squatting in Spain|squatted]] a bakery on Calle de Embajadores 40 from 1996 until 2005, whereupon they were given a building at Calle de Embajadores 52.

== History ==
Eskalera Karakola (EKKA) emerged from a [[Squatting in Spain|squat]] on Lavapiés 15, in the [[Lavapiés]] district, in 1996.<ref name="EP-081096">{{cite news |last1=Aguirre |first1=Begoña |title=Cien agentes y un helicóptero para echar a cinco 'okupas' |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1996/10/09/madrid/844860277_850215.html |access-date=23 September 2020 |work=El País |date=8 October 1996 |language=es}}</ref> Staying in Lavapiés, several female participants decided to make a women-only occupation in a former bakery at Calle Embajadores 40. The project was eventually legalised in 2005, when it moved to its present location at Calle de Embajadores 52.<ref name="OKD">{{cite news |last1=Sanz |first1=Segundo |last2=Tejero |first2=Raquel |title=Huelga 8 de marzo: Un centro de 'okupas' feministas financiado por ediles de Carmena está detrás de la huelga del 8M |url=https://okdiario.com/espana/centro-okupas-feministas-financiado-ediles-carmena-esta-detras-huelga-del-8m-3789534 |access-date=23 September 2020 |work=okdiario |date=7 March 2019 |language=es}}</ref> The bakery was evicted in 2005 and subsequently demolished.<ref name="EP-090505">{{cite news|title=Las integrantes del centro Eskalera Karakola serán desalojadas mañana|url=http://elpais.com/diario/2005/05/09/madrid/1115637867_850215.html|newspaper=El País|date=9 May 2005}}</ref>

== Activities ==
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[[File:Eskalera Caracola (361936623).jpg|thumb|right|Eskalera Karakola at Calle de Embajadores 40|alt=exterior of building]]
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Eskalera Karakola works on the principles of [[Workers' self-management|autogestion]] and organizes activities focusing on [[domestic violence]] and women's [[precarity]] in [[post-industrial capitalism]].<ref>{{cite news|title=La Eskalera Karakola: Un espacio deliberado|url=http://www.sindominio.net/karakola/antigua_casa/textos/articulomolo.htm|newspaper=El Molotov|date=March 2003}}</ref> In 2002, it created a ''Female Workers' Laboratory'' (''Laboratorio de Trabajadoras''), and has carried out [[anti-racist]] activities, in particular with female [[Immigration to Spain|immigrants]], since 1998. Eskalera Karakola also took part in the organization of the [[Gay Pride|LGBT Pride]] and the forum "Women and Architecture". It participated in [[alter-globalization]] events such as the [[European Social Forum]] and is part of the European nextGENDERation network.<ref>[http://www.nextgenderation.net/ nextgenderation.net]</ref> It publishes a review, ''Mujeres Preokupando'' (a pun between "Concerned Women" and "Pre-Squatting Women").<ref>{{cite book|first1=Javier Alcalde |last1=Villacampa |first2= Ramón Adell |last2=Argilés |first3= Miguel Martínez |last3= López|title=¿ Dónde están las llaves? El movimiento okupa: Prácticas y contextos sociales|year=2004|publisher=Los Libros de la Catarata|location=Madrid|isbn=9788483191828|pages=220–226|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4cEozFIcYssC&q=Eskalera%20Karakola%20Mujeres%20Preokupando&pg=PA220}}</ref>

The research collective Precarias a la Deriva formed out of discussions at the social centre.<ref name="CI">{{cite book |last1=Shukaitis |first1=Stevphen |last2=Graeber |first2=David |last3=Biddle |first3=Erika |title=Constituent Imagination: Militant Investigations//collective Theorization |year=2007 |publisher=AK Press |isbn=978-1-904859-35-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fcl8T_gmU4wC&pg=PA116 |access-date=23 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Spain]], its activities went online.<ref name="EP-290720">{{cite news |last1=Tseng |first1=Chenta Tsai |title=¿Cuándo fue la última vez que te aburriste? |url=https://elpais.com/espana/madrid/2020-07-29/cuando-fue-la-ultima-vez-que-te-aburriste.html |access-date=23 September 2020 |work=EL PAÍS |date=29 July 2020 |language=es}}</ref>


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== Further reading ==
* {{cite journal |last1=González García |first1=Robert |last2=Araiza Díaz |first2=Alejandra |title=Feminismo y okupación en España: El caso de la Eskalera Karakola |journal=Sociológica (México) |date=April 2016 |volume=31 |issue=87 |pages=207–236 |url=http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?pid=S0187-01732016000100007&script=sci_arttext |language=es |issn=0187-0173}}


== External links ==
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*{{Official website|http://www.sindominio.net/karakola/ }}
*{{Official website|https://eskalerakarakola.org }}
*[http://www.nextgenderation.net/ nextGENDERation network]


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Latest revision as of 10:57, 20 May 2024

Eskalera Karakola
Exterior of building
EKKA at Calle de Embajadores 52
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General information
AddressCalle de Embajadores 52
Town or cityMadrid
LandSpanien
Website
eskalerakarakola.org

Eskalera Karakola is a feminist self-managed social centre in Madrid, Spain. Women squatted a bakery on Calle de Embajadores 40 from 1996 until 2005, whereupon they were given a building at Calle de Embajadores 52.

History

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Eskalera Karakola (EKKA) emerged from a squat on Lavapiés 15, in the Lavapiés district, in 1996.[1] Staying in Lavapiés, several female participants decided to make a women-only occupation in a former bakery at Calle Embajadores 40. The project was eventually legalised in 2005, when it moved to its present location at Calle de Embajadores 52.[2] The bakery was evicted in 2005 and subsequently demolished.[3]

Activities

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exterior of building
Eskalera Karakola at Calle de Embajadores 40

Eskalera Karakola works on the principles of autogestion and organizes activities focusing on domestic violence and women's precarity in post-industrial capitalism.[4] In 2002, it created a Female Workers' Laboratory (Laboratorio de Trabajadoras), and has carried out anti-racist activities, in particular with female immigrants, since 1998. Eskalera Karakola also took part in the organization of the LGBT Pride and the forum "Women and Architecture". It participated in alter-globalization events such as the European Social Forum and is part of the European nextGENDERation network.[5] It publishes a review, Mujeres Preokupando (a pun between "Concerned Women" and "Pre-Squatting Women").[6]

The research collective Precarias a la Deriva formed out of discussions at the social centre.[7] During the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, its activities went online.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Aguirre, Begoña (8 October 1996). "Cien agentes y un helicóptero para echar a cinco 'okupas'". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  2. ^ Sanz, Segundo; Tejero, Raquel (7 March 2019). "Huelga 8 de marzo: Un centro de 'okupas' feministas financiado por ediles de Carmena está detrás de la huelga del 8M". okdiario (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Las integrantes del centro Eskalera Karakola serán desalojadas mañana". El País. 9 May 2005.
  4. ^ "La Eskalera Karakola: Un espacio deliberado". El Molotov. March 2003.
  5. ^ nextgenderation.net
  6. ^ Villacampa, Javier Alcalde; Argilés, Ramón Adell; López, Miguel Martínez (2004). ¿ Dónde están las llaves? El movimiento okupa: Prácticas y contextos sociales. Madrid: Los Libros de la Catarata. pp. 220–226. ISBN 9788483191828.
  7. ^ Shukaitis, Stevphen; Graeber, David; Biddle, Erika (2007). Constituent Imagination: Militant Investigations//collective Theorization. AK Press. ISBN 978-1-904859-35-2. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  8. ^ Tseng, Chenta Tsai (29 July 2020). "¿Cuándo fue la última vez que te aburriste?". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 September 2020.

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