CSO La Gordíssima (in catalan below).. On Tuesday, April 28 , for the fourth time since Nov 2008, they want to evict La Gordissima (The Fattest One) ! There will be resistance activities throughout the day :

See you all here !!

We stand in solidarity with these other free spaces now in danger of eviction:



CODA (Squatted Self-organized Sports center) CODA (Centre Okupat Deportiu Autogestionat)

CSOA La Llamborda (Occupied self-run social center)

CP Three Lilies (CP Tres Lliris)

Expropriated Bank of Gracia (Banc Expropiat de Gràcia)

CSOA La Indústria (Occupied self-run social center)

ELI La Clandestina



Manifesto against the eviction of CSO la Gordíssima

As you may know, on Monday, March 16 there was a threat of eviction against the Gordíssima squatted social center in the Barcelona barrio of Sant Andreu.

This eviction could not be carried out due to an act of popular resistance, keeping Gordíssima crowded all day with various activities.

The Gordíssima, has been part of the social and cultural life of the people of Sant Andreu for over 6 years. It was and is a place where various groups and organizations of St. Andreu and around Barcelona ​​have, met and self -managed, a place that to carry out and present various political campaigns.

It´s also been home to a craft beer workshop, various anti-repression theater groups and has hosted debates, meetings, book launches, campaigns, projects, groups and screenings of documentaries.

The Gordíssima is a place that has always opted for a model of alternative entertainment, art and culture, offered live and free and not as a commodity. In short, a place where you can enjoy multiple events, lectures, shows, concerts and a long list of activities that have filled with life a building that was unused and had been long abandoned.



The planned future of the building is a renovation and adaptation to transform it into a hostel to accommodate tourists, trying to transform the city into what the mayor Tries and previous spent years building… the perfidious ” Barcelona Brand.” Trying to include Sant Andreu into this cosmopolitan city-style “living Barcelona”… into the speculative mechanism that has transformed the city into a giant showcase focused on tourism, … into a giant amusement park for foreigners.

Where everything is bought and everything is sold, leaving people without homes in gentrified neighborhoods.

We are a thorn in their feet, … autonomous spaces springing up in the middle of their showxase city, with ideas and ways of working that collide head on with capitalist logic, we are the dirty stains on their ‘everything on-sale at a good price’, “Barcelona Brand,”

We are generating awareness and dissent, organizing from our roots against capital and patriarchy.

So we call for a city for its inhabitants and not just for the tourists, and we demand that La Gordíssima stay in the barrio. Because 6 years of cultural associations, mutual support and self-management can not be evicted just like that.

The Gordissima stays in town! No eviction!

We support other free spaces in danger of eviction to showcase the city of Barcelona: ELI La Clandestine, CSA paving, Bank expropriated, CP Three lilies, CSO Industry and others!

Health and Strength to you!

Timetable for Resistance

8: 30h – Breakfast

11am – Talk + debate: The need for social centers, gentrification and the history of squatting St. Andreu.

12h – Concert

14h – Paella popular vegan

15h – Concert

If evacuated, at 20pm in Plaza Orfila.

Full text: http://www.lahaine.org/aturem-el-desallotjament-del-cso-1

El dimarts 28 d’abril, per quarta vegada des del novembre del 2008, ens volen deallotjar! Hi haurà activitats durant tot el dia: 8:30h – Esmorzar

11h – Xerrada + debat: La necessitat dels centres socials, la gentrificació i la història de l’okupació a St. Andreu.

12h – Concert

14h – Paella popular vegana

15h – Concert

I si desallotgen, a les 20h a la plaça Orfila. Texto completo en: http://www.lahaine.org/aturem-el-desallotjament-del-cso-1 Aturem el desallotjament del CSO La Gordíssima! CSO La Gordíssima Texto completo en: http://www.lahaine.org/aturem-el-desallotjament-del-cso-1 original en Catalá

