Far-right social centre

A far-right social centre is a space inspired by neo-fascist and Third Position ideas, typically in the 21st century.

In Italy, a social centre called Il Bartolo was squatted in Rome, and was burnt down after one year.

[3][4][5] In 2017, members of the far-right Forza Nuova squatted commercial premises in Rome[6] and created a food kitchen only for Italian nationals, in breach of the Constitution of Italy.

[7] In 2003, Italian neo-fascists squatted in a building on Via Napoleone III on the Esquiline Hill and founded the CasaPound (the Ezra Pound's home) social centre.

[9][10][11] Other CasaPound squats are in Latina (Lazio region) (legalised)[12][13] and Area 19 at via dei Monti della Farnesina 80 in Rome (evicted 2015).

The centre played the role as a political HQ, a living community and party space for young nationalists.

[24] In 2019, political party The Third Path owned the building in Plauen[25] and created legal social centre P130.

Linking social issues with xenophobic ideas they named the housing shortage for ‘native families’ as their motivation for squatting.

Because of these exceptional conditions the Berlin districts Friedrichshain and Prenzlauer Berg became places for many left-wing squats.

They chose Weitlingstraße 22 and founded ‘Bürgerinitiative Wohnraumsanierung e.V.’, (Citizens' Initiative for Housing Restoration, Incorporated Association) making the squatting seem like a project for common good.

[34] The occupied building served as a headquarter, a space for communal living, planning actions, partying, propaganda production, a meeting point for (international) neo-Nazi groups, a place to stay for leading figures in neo-Nazi parties and terrorist groups.

To the media it was communicated that the goal was to realise communal living and include right-wing practices in everyday life.

They emphasized traditional values like order and tidiness in their communal living, which can also be interpreted as a façade of discipline presented to the outside.