Living Resistance: Experiences from Refugee Housing Squats in Athens

Loukia Kotronaki is a postdoctoral researcher in the department of political science and history at Panteion University (Athens, Greece). She has conducted extensive research on transnational collective action, social movements, party politics, and democratization processes in Europe. Having published several academic articles and book chapters, she is presently completing a monograph, titled “Another World is Possible: Social Movements and Political Parties in Neoliberal Times.” Her current research focuses on forms of protest and cultures of solidarity during the financial and refugee crisis in Greece.

Olga Lafazani is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Geography in Harokopion University, Athens. She currently holds a scholarship from State’s Scholarship Foundation (IKY). Her research interests revolve around issues of borders, migration, urban space, and everyday life. She has published in several academic journals and collective volumes. She has been an active member of antiracist collectives for more than fifteen years.

Giorgos Maniatis is a social anthropologist and has been active in the antiracist movement in Greece for the last twenty years.