Klinika

The building was first occupied in 2014 as part of a housing rights demonstration. It was quickly evicted. A campaign then began which resulted in the Finance Minister offering a one year rent-free contract, which began on March 2, 2015. When the contract was not prolonged, the centre simply reverted to being squatted again after a solidarity demonstration of 2,000 people.

In 2016 the owner, the Office for Government Representation in Property Affairs (Úřad pro zastupování státu ve věcech majetkových – ÚZSVM), claimed the centre needed to be evicted because it was required for a different use, although no permits had been issued.{{cite news |last = Jandakova

|first= Lenka |date= 2016-03-11 |title = Czech activists file report of suspected crime after officials fail to produce permit used as pretext for denying them access to facility |url= http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-activists-file-report-of-suspected-crime-after-officials-fail-to-produce-permit-used-as-pretext-for-denying-them|url-status = live |work = Romea |access-date = 2019-03-21 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20190324125640/http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-activists-file-report-of-suspected-crime-after-officials-fail-to-produce-permit-used-as-pretext-for-denying-them |archive-date = 2019-03-24}}

Klinika was used by many different groups. It had a concert space, infoshop, library, bar and a large garden. Regular events included a community laundry, a creche, language lessons and solidarity events.{{cite news |last= Jůn |first = Dominik |date = 2016-10-11 |title= Uncertainty as Klinika "Cultural Centre" site sold to railway administration |url= https://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/uncertainty-as-klinika-cultural-centre-site-sold-to-railway-administration |url-status= live |work = Radio Praha in English |location = Prague |access-date = 2019-03-25 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190324114515/https://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/uncertainty-as-klinika-cultural-centre-site-sold-to-railway-administration

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After demonstrations both for and against migration on February 6 2016, Klinika was attacked by a group of neo-Nazis. The next day there was a solidarity demonstration attended by 400 people.{{cite news |date = 2016-02-07 |title= Autonomous social center Klinika attacked by Nazis |url= https://libcom.org/news/autonomous-social-center-klinika-attacked-nazis-07022016 |url-status = live |work= Libcom |access-date = 2019-03-21

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190324121103/https://libcom.org/news/autonomous-social-center-klinika-attacked-nazis-07022016 |archive-date = 2019-03-24}} A spokesperson for the project said “We sent 150 carloads of clothes and other things to Hungary, Croatia, Serbia – wherever we could help. We don’t have many refugees in the Czech Republic, so Klinika acts as a lightning rod for the anger in Czech society towards them.”{{cite news |last = McLaughlin |first = Daniel |date = 2016-03-09 |title = Czechs diverge as anti-Islam bloc taps fear of refugees |url = https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/prague-letter-czechs-diverge-as-anti-islam-bloc-taps-fear-of-refugees-1.2564854 |url-status = live |work= Irish Times |access-date = 2019-03-21 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090947/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/prague-letter-czechs-diverge-as-anti-islam-bloc-taps-fear-of-refugees-1.2564854 |archive-date = 2019-03-27}}

A court ruling then closed the centre but on appeal it was reopened again after a few weeks.{{cite news |last = Fraňková |first = Ruth |date = 2016-07-07 |title = Prague's Klinika Social Centre Reopens on Thursday |url=https://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/pragues-klinika-social-centre-reopens-on-thursday |url-status = live |work= Radio Praha in English |access-date = 2019-03-25 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190326114500/https://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/pragues-klinika-social-centre-reopens-on-thursday |archive-date = 2019-03-26}}

The centre was evicted in January 2019, despite the political support of Czech Young Greens and

Democracy in Europe Movement 2025.{{cite news| date= 2019| title= Solidarity with Klinika!| url= https://fyeg.org/news/solidarity-klinika| url-status = live| work = Federation of Young European Greens|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709085538/https://fyeg.org/news/solidarity-klinika|archive-date=2019-07-09| access-date = 2019-03-21}}{{cite news| last= Stritesky| first = Lukas | date= 2018| title= How can we join the fight against gentrification?| url= https://diem25.org/how-can-we-join-the-fight-against-gentrification/| url-status= live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190709085450/https://diem25.org/how-can-we-join-the-fight-against-gentrification/|archive-date=2019-07-09| work= Diem25

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Unlike previous evictions, this time the building was then secured and not resquatted.{{cite news |publisher= Česká Televize |date= 2019 |title= Část Kliniky už je vyklizená, exekutor bude pokračovat v pátek. Aktivisté stále odmítají dům opustit |url= https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/regiony/2701643-kvuli-demonstraci-za-lachtany-jde-vyklizeni-kliniky-kratce-odlozit-rika-jeji |url-status = live |access-date = 2019-03-25 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190326111129/https://ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/regiony/2701643-kvuli-demonstraci-za-lachtany-jde-vyklizeni-kliniky-kratce-odlozit-rika-jeji

|archive-date = 2019-03-26}}{{cite news| date = 2019| title= Notes from the eviction of Klinika| url = https://enoughisenough14.org/2019/01/13/prague-notes-from-the-eviction-of-klinika/| work = Enough is Enough| access-date= 2019-03-25| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190324121113/https://enoughisenough14.org/2019/01/13/prague-notes-from-the-eviction-of-klinika/| archive-date= 2019-03-24| url-status = live}}

The authorities calculated the cost of the eviction as 1,640,000 Czech crowns (64,400 euros) and are attempting to recover the money from a member of the collective.{{cite journal |last1=Novák |first1=Arnošt |title=Every city needs a Klinika: The struggle for autonomy in the post-political city |journal=Social Movement Studies |date=28 May 2020 |volume=20 |issue=3 |pages=276–291 |doi=10.1080/14742837.2020.1770070|s2cid=219746673 }}

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