This study explains the role of Anarchism in the Athens during the Financial and
Social Crisis. Through the definition of Direct Action as anarchism amalgams of tactics and
strategies, the research tries to underlines the alternatives of anarchism in the society. I will
try drawing a picture of the above, through the description of Lela K. 37 squat, as a case
study. It’s one of the oldest housing squats in Greece, and its role throughout the last 30
years of anarchists’ movement, is crucial. The city center of Athens is the physical and
political center of Greece. As long as anarchism doesn’t belong to any kind of State or
Nation, the squat is part of a global anarchists’ movement. The thesis underlines the
challenges of anarchists’ movement face before and during the crisis, from the State but also
from the rising of the Far-Right ideologies.M-D
