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Portugal: Squatting an Empty School in Porto

Categories: Western Europe, Portugal, Development, Governance

A group of citizens called ES.COL.A (school) [an acronymn for self-managed collective space] has occupied a Portuguese public school [1] that had been abandoned by the municipality of Porto 5 years ago. Read the manifesto for the creation of a community center on their blog [2] [pt], and find out about the legal framework applied.