The owner of the Ghost Blocks ( Blokes Fantasma) has taken legal action to evict us. He wants to destroy a community life project that, since 1993, has been home to hundreds of people and a multitude of social projects.
On 15th January 2025 from @blokesfantasma instagram.com/reel/DExSMGat8CZ/ via thefreeonline at https://wp.me/pIJl9-FAZ Telegram https://t.me/thefreeonline.
‘By attacking one of us they ATTACK US ALL!‘
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We defend the Ghost Blocks- Blokes Fantasma
– translation from Catalan
From its beginnings, the Blokes Fantasma were committed to not only being a home, but to building an open space, where to generate and share counterculture away from the commodification of time and leisure.
We want the owners to withdraw the lawsuit and accept that Blokes is not theirs but belongs to those who live there!
It was built almost 40 years ago, and the owner, who belongs to a family of large landowners in the city, abandoned it before finishing the work, without paying the workers and endangering the lives of the neighbors, leaving a crane at the mercy of the wind.
After his death, his children have never claimed the inheritance; until now, when all the former debts have been prescribed.
One of the many reasons to defend the Blokes is that they are part of a struggle to conquer another model of life.
And in this struggle there are many of us, from different places, but with the same goal: to build a world free from oppression and material accumulation. A world that defends the right to housing above the right to private property.
Access to housing has become the slavery of the 21st century and is essential for the maintenance of capitalism.
How many people would leave their crappy jobs if they didn’t have to pay rent?
For us, just as the land belongs to those who work it, houses belong to those who live in them. Or, what is the same, we want for everyone what we want for ourselves: we want everything.
We want houses for everyone. For those who are in an irregular situation, for those who study, those who work, those who are unemployed; those who give birth and those who dedicate their time to getting involved in social causes without receiving anything in return.
We don’t want anyone to be able to speculate on housing. But, above all, we don’t want to leave anyone behind.
We don’t want to be accomplices in the commercialization of housing and, in this fight, our tool is the occupation.
But we won’t be satisfied with just that. We want to end the plunder of natural resources that this city model based on mass tourism entails. We want to stop satisfying the whims of the rich.
We want resources to be distributed according to needs, and to contribute according to our possibilities. We want no one to be able to accumulate wealth in order to, thus, put an end to poverty.
We want Blokes Fantasma for all. We want these Blokes and all those who will come
You won’t be able to defeat The Blocks, we are all ghosts!!
Against your greed, our love and our rage.
Barcelona is ours and we have the keys to all the houses.
Vídeo producido por Blokes Fantasma y Empatik Films. https://bsky.app/profile/blokesfantas…https://mastodon.social/@blokesfantasma / blokesfantasma https://bsky.app/profile/empatikfilms…https://mastodon.social/@empatikfilms / empatikfilms Música: Suicidas https://suicidas.bandcamp.com/
31 Comments on Video– with rough translations
@alexgarcia-jo7ni
1 day ago Good video!!!!!! good editing !!!! congratulations…HAPPY BIRTHDAY Blokes Fantasma Bon video!!!!!! bona edició !!!! felicitats…PER MOLTS ANYS BLOKES FANTASMA 8 Reply
@killerpandereta-rec
1 day ago Let’s go!! The Blocks must be defended tooth and nail!! Vamos!! Los Bloques hay que defenderlos con uñas y dientes!! 9 Reply
@lour903
5 hours agoCheers! Strength to the Bloks Fantasma! And thank you for the effort from which all of society receives the benefits 🙂 Ànims! força als Bloks Fantasma! I gràcies per l’esforç del qual tota la societat en rep les bondats 🙂 1 Reply
@ale_fluorycide1312
22 hours ago Lots of strength, welding and cool struts! Squat and resist Mucha fuerza, soldadura y puntales chikes! Okupa y resiste
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@jonaxmoreno3932
1 day ago Up the Blocks! before, now and always!!! Aupa blokes antes,ahora y siempre!!! 10 Reply
@HugoPerez-bt3yy
22 hours agoWith you. Thank you for being there. A big hug! Con vosotros. Gracias por estar ahí. Abrazo fuerte! 6 Reply
@Victor-dn6zv
1 day agoA benchmark of counterculture and self-management! SQUAT AND RESIST Referente de contracultura y autogestión! OKUPA Y RESISTE 9 Reply
@edurneesponagarcia9170
11 hours ago We have the keys to all the houses!! Tenim les claus de totes les cases!!!
Great video and great resistance!!! Up the Blocks!!! Bonissim video i bonissima resistència!!! Aúpa Blokes!!! #totessomfantasmes 2 Reply
@lolasanchezgomez8914
23 hours ago A true reference for self-managed TiVo art, very good video Todo un referente de arte TiVo de autogestión muy bueno el video okupa. Y resiste , ojalá si para delante aupa peñika
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@freskoalameda
23 hours ago A big hug from Madrid. To resist is to win!! Strength!! Un abrazo fuerte desde Madrid. Resistir es vencer!! Fuerza!! 4 Reply
@vittoriolanteri3779
21 hours agoTotal solidarity!!!! Solidarietà totale!!!! 4 Reply
@eusebioperezoca3415
23 hours ago Con vosotros. 5 Reply
@blancaloarteisabel8319
22 hours agoStrength, compass. From the houses of kollserolla Fuerza compas. Desde las casas de kollserolla 5 Reply
@populusalber8384
1 day agoGood luck, comrades! Força companys! 5 Reply
@polcasademunt4670
11 hours agoLong live the blocks! We will be attentive to your news Llarga vida als blokes! Estarem atentes a les vostres notícies ️ 2 Reply
@Kalokalaloka
16 hours ago A hug, guys Un abrazo peña 
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@cridasalvatge
7 hours agoLots of STRENGTH fans!!! Molta FORÇA penya!!! 
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@alexguiraljover6401
1 day ago Strength to the Blocks!! Força Bloques !! 5 Reply
@raulrobertonielfagigante4132
1 day agoResistance and squatting, cheer us all up together, Cheers and punk rock. Resistencia y okupacion, aúpa todos y todas a una, Salut y punk rock. 4 Reply
@Las_vecinasdevalencia
23 hours ago (edited) Wow, I love it Que pasada, me encanta 
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@vanessaantikasitodo306
11 minutes ago He who sows misery, reaps rage!!! Resistance blocks!!!!! Qui sembra miseria ,recull la rabia!!! Resistencia blokes!!!!!Reply
@Piojo-MM
18 hours ago Forward Palante. 3 Reply
@JosedeVal
2 hours ago I hope they follow your example in the rest, not only in Spain, but in the world. Ojalá sigan vuestro ejemplo en el resto, no ya de España, sino del mundo. Reply
@sla6833
2 hours ago (edited) Evictions are riots!!! Desalojos son disturbios!!! 1 Reply
@MisteryGo-gf3sm
@NuriaJovell
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@miguelviana2215
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@lejapeja
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@oliberbenjy1698
22 hours agoSQUATTER AND RESIST!!!! I HAVE BEEN LIVING AS A SQUATTER FOR 9 YEARS, SQUATTING ALONE, WITH A PAIR OF BALLS!!! I AM ALREADY ON THE THIRD CONSECUTIVELY OCCUPIED HOUSE, AND THE FINES ARE 360 EUROS OKUPA Y RESISTE!!!!! HACE 9 AÑOS QUE VIVO DE OKUPA, OKUPANDO SOLO, CON UN PAR DE COJONES!!! YA VOY POR LA TERCERA CASA OCUPADA CONSECUTIVAMENTE, Y LAS MULTAS SON DE 360 EUROS 4 .. Reply
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