Self-managed social centers are community spaces which often feature music venues, infoshops, bicycle workshops and free schools. In French, they are termed espace autogéré and in Italian Centro Sociale Autogestito (CSA), or Centro Sociale Occupato Autogestito (CSOA) if squatted. These projects are concrete examples of Temporary Autonomous Zones.

Centers

+Name ImageCityStateDurationStatusReference 1 in 12 Club Bradford England 1988– Ongoing 121 Centre London England 1980s–1999 Former 491 Gallery London England 2001–2013 Former 56a Infoshop LondonEngland 1991– Ongoing ABC No Rio New York City United States 1980– Ongoing ACU Utrecht Netherlands 1976– Ongoing ADM Amsterdam Netherlands 1997–2019 Former Albert Street Autonomous Zone Winnipeg Canada 1995– Ongoing ASCII Amsterdam Netherlands 1999–2006 Former Au Frankfurt Germany 1983– Ongoing Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh Edinburgh Scotland 1997– Ongoing Bank of Ideas London England 2011–2012 Former BASE Bristol England 1995– Ongoing BIT London England 1968–1979 Former Binz Zürich Switzerland 2006–2013 Former Blauwe Aanslag The Hague Netherlands 1980–2003 Former Blitz OsloNorway 1982– Ongoing Bloomsbury Social Centre London England 2011–2011 Former Bluestockings New York City United States 1999–2025 Former Boxcar Books Bloomington United States 2001–2017 Former Brian MacKenzie Infoshop Washington D.C. United States 2003–2008 Former The Brick House Louisville United States 1999–2008 Former Buridda Genoa Italy 2003–2014, 2014–2024 Former https://www.rainews.it/tgr/liguria/articoli/2024/07/buridda-genova-cominciato-lo-sgombero-del-centro-sociale-occupato-corso-montegrappa-30-luglio-2024--5419e715-33fc-46fc-95f5-e210de332334.html Camas Bookstore and Infoshop Victoria Canada 2007– Ongoing Can Masdeu Barcelona Catalonia 2001– Ongoing Can Vies BarcelonaCatalonia 1997– Ongoing Cascina Torchiera Milan Italy 1992– Ongoing Catalyst Infoshop Prescott United States 2004–2010 Former Centre International de Recherches sur l'Anarchisme Lausanne Switzerland 1957– Ongoing Centro 73 Chişinău Moldova 2010–2010 Former Centro Iberico London England 1970s–1982 Former Chanti Ollin Mexico City Mexico 2003–2017 Former Ché Café San Diego United States 1980– Ongoing Civic Media Center Gainsville United States 1992– Ongoing Coffee Strong Lakewood United States 2008–2012 Former Common Ground Collective New Orleans United States 2005– Ongoing Conne Island Leipzig Germany 1991– Ongoing Cowley Club BrightonEngland 2002– Ongoing Cox 18 Milan Italy 1976– Ongoing CSOA Forte Prenestino Rome Italy 1986– Ongoing C-Squat New York United States 1989– Ongoing DIY Space for London London England 2015–2020 Closed EKH Vienna Austria 1990– Ongoing Eskalera Karakola Madrid Spain 1996– Ongoing Extrapool Nijmegen Netherlands 1991– Ongoing Firestorm Books & Coffee Asheville United States 2008– Ongoing Forest Café Edinburgh Scotland 2000–2022 Former Fort Thunder Providence United States 1995–2001 Former Freedom Press London England 1886– Ongoing Rooum, Donald (Summer 2008). "A short history of Freedom Press" (PDF). Information for Social Change (27). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2024. Freedom Shop Wellington New Zealand 1995– Ongoing Grote Broek Nijmegen Netherlands 1984– Ongoing Hausmania Oslo Norway 2000– Ongoing Hirvitalo Tampere Finland 2006– Ongoing Ingobernable Madrid Spain 2017–2019, 2020–2020 Former Internationalist Books Carrboro United States 1981–2016 Former Iron Rail Book Collective New Orleans United States 2003–2012 Former Jura Books Sydney Australia 1977– Ongoing Kafé 44 Stockholm Sweden 1976– Ongoing Kasa de la Muntanya Barcelona Catalonia 1989– Ongoing Klinika Prague Czech Republic 2014–2019 Former Køpi Berlin Germany 1990– Ongoing Kulturzentrum Bremgarten Bremgarten Switzerland 1990– Ongoing Kulturzentrum Reitschule Bern Switzerland 1980s– Ongoing Kukutza Bilbao Basque Country 1996–1996, 1998–1998, 1998–2011 Former Ladronka Prague Czech Republic 1993–2000 Former Landbouwbelang Maastricht Netherlands 2002– Ongoing Leoncavallo Milan Italy 1975–2025 Former https://www.lastampa.it/milano/2025/10/16/news/il_leoncavallo_acquisiremo_gli_spazi_della_ex_sede_di_via_watteau-15354501/ Lepakko Helsinki Finland 1979-1999 Evicted London Action Resource Centre London England 1999- Ongoing London Queer Social Centre London England 2012–2014 (four locations) Evicted Lucy Parsons Center Boston United States 1992– Ongoing Metelkova LjubljanaSlovenia 1993– Ongoing Milada Prague Czech Republic 1997–2009 Former Noisebridge San Francisco United States 2007– Ongoing OCCII Amsterdam Netherlands 1984– Ongoing Okupa Che Mexico City Mexico 2000– Ongoing OT301 Amsterdam Netherlands 1999– Ongoing Patio Maravillas Madrid Spain 2007–2010, 2010–2015, 2015–2015 Former Poortgebouw Rotterdam Netherlands 1980– Ongoing Qilombo West Oakland, California United States 2011–2019 Former rampART London England 2004–2009 Former Really Free School London England 2011 Former Lyndsey (February 15, 2011). "Really Free School Squat Guy Ritchie's Fitzrovia Pad". Londonist. Archived from the original on April 22, 2019. Red and Black Cafe Portland United States 2000–2015 Former Red Emma's Baltimore United States 2004– Ongoing RHINO Geneva Switzerland 1988–2007 Former Rog LjubljanaSlovenia 2006–2021 Former Rote Flora Hamburg Germany 1989– Ongoing Rozbrat Poznań Poland 1994– Ongoing Salon Mazal Tel Aviv Israel 2000s Former Seomra Spraoi Dublin Ireland 2004–2015 Former Spartacus Books Vancouver Canada 1973– Ongoing Spike Surplus Scheme London England 1999–2009 Former St Agnes Place London England 1969–2005 Former Sumac Centre Nottingham England 1984– Ongoing Syndikalistiskt Forum Gothenburg Sweden 1980– Ongoing Tabacalera de Lavapiés Madrid Spain 2010– Ongoing Trotz Allem Witten Germany 1999–2005, 2006–2006, 2010– Ongoing Turku Finland 1981– Ongoing Ubica Utrecht Netherlands 1992–2013 Former UFFA Trondheim Norway 1981– Ongoing Ungdomshuset Copenhagen Denmark 1982–2007, 2008– Ongoing Valreep Amsterdam Netherlands 2011–2014 Former Villa Amalia Athens Greece 1990–2012 Former Vloek The Hague Netherlands 2002–2015 Former Vrankrijk Amsterdam Netherlands 1982– Ongoing Vrijplaats Koppenhinksteeg LeidenNetherlands 1968–2010 Former Wapping Autonomy Centre London England 1981–1982 Former Warzone Centre Belfast Northern Ireland 1986–2003, 2011-2018 Former

See also Self-managed social centers in Italy Self-managed social centers in the United Kingdom

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