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@hakan_geijer now I’m imagining a commune growing around an occupied medieval castle. If the cops come we simply barricade ourselves inside. What can they even do at that point? (Except a siege I guess, I suppose we should keep large amounts of canned food and water and stuff inside, and some solar panels and batteries and stuff… we could even build a wind turbine)
@hakan_geijer i love how anachronistic this is. I suppose the threat is, as it was back then, ladders.
@hakan_geijer I think it’s kind of funny how with cops not (usually) using stuff like heavy artillery, tactics of activists in some ways resemble medieval warfare. I mean an eviction attempt is a kind of siege, and so occupations use tactics against a siege, somewhat like in a time of history when sieges were very common.
@enby_of_the_apocalypse yeah but those laying siege have helicopters. See the eviction of Ungdomshuset for example
@hakan_geijer true, i haven’t thought of that
@hakan_geijer I guess having one place surrounded by one rigid wall is not a good tactic for activists in general as well, as it also prevents outside support from coming in and doesn’t spread out cop forces enough. The strength of forest occupations for example is that it’s very flexible, climbers can just come and climb into the trees and so become a new obstacle preventing an eviction in process. People can come in from the outside bringing food and water and other needed ressources and perhaps join the occupation, which is why the first thing cops try to do is try to prevent people from coming. (These are all just some random thoughts, I don’t have that much knowledge on the topic)