On Monday, June 29, the “squat Lotta occupato” in Graz was evicted. The eviction was carried out by workers from a construction company, assisted by the police. The owner of the buildings and the land also arrived and behaved in a very arrogant and aggressive manner.

The squatters had boarded up the windows and doors, but the intruders managed to get inside anyway. No one was arrested or charged with any crimes. Shortly after the squat was cleared, demolition of the buildings began so that more luxury apartments could be built on the site.

They took our home away from us. They destroyed a place that served people fleeing the war. Now there will be more sterile apartments here, accessible only to the rich.

We lost one battle, but our struggle continues. We do not respect the bourgeois right to private property. We know that the bourgeoisie’s path to wealth is paved with the suffering of the working class. We are troublemakers who will make sure that the rich don’t have it easy. Every time they kick us out of our home and onto the street, we climb through a window into another empty house in the neighborhood.

• People, dogs, hedgehogs, and mice from the occupied house, July 2, 2026