We met with Trash, the author of the book "Squats & Pirates, chronicles of occupations in Barcelona and elsewhere" published by Seitan con Bravas. This book presentation tour is a marathon through France and Belgium with a small detour to Amsterdam, we appreciate. Doors open from 8 p.m., with food, then discussion in French, Spanish, English. The whole thing will be translated into English.

Published this summer in complete discretion, the Squats & Pirates book brings together some forty articles and interviews recounting illegal occupations of empty buildings. From Barcelona to London, from the Canary Islands to Dublin, from Brest to Saint-Etienne via Lyon, Marseille or Amsterdam, we read anecdotes, advice, memories and other comments from people who have all been, for two weeks or for life, "occupants without rights or titles". A great reminder that other ways of living exist, and that in a country like France, where millions of vacant homes are listed every year, they are more legitimate than ever.

Published by a publishing house created for the occasion, "Seitan Con Bravas", Squats & Pirates is 420 pages without barcodes, ISBNs, distributors, or real names of authors. The book can be ordered by email, directly from the publisher, unless you come across it in one of the places that had the good idea to store a few copies.

"All these squat adventures, as dramatic, individualistic and hardcore as they may have been, are above all strong human stories; absurd, intense and violent at times, but often beautiful. I obviously don't include cops and bailiffs in this story because with all due respect to the hippies we kiss hard, two legs and two arms don't necessarily make us human beings. As long as there are developers, there will be squatters and as long as there are squatters there will be hope. Big up to all those who don't give up. »