Even geduld, deze straat is gekraakt

Black-and-white photographs, drawings and text document the Vondelstraat squat conflict in Amsterdam in February and March 1980. In February 1980 an attempt to evict squatters from Vondelstraat 72 was resisted: the squatters fought off the police, built barricades and held the street for a weekend. On 3 March 1980 the city sent in tanks and more than 1,000 riot police to clear it. The book follows these events in the street. Its photographs are reportage by Amsterdam photographers including Leo Divendal and Peter Elenbaas, with others also contributing, and illustrations by Paul Bodoni. It is a collective documentation of the housing struggle, issued by Uitgeverij Lont, a publisher linked to the squatters' movement, as a paperback of 82 pages. The cover gives only the street name and the dates, February and March 1980.