Eskalera Karakola

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Eskalera Karakola is a squat in Madrid, which is held by feminists and works on autogestion principles. It was situated from 1996 to 2005 in Lavapiés barrio, and is now in Calle Embajador. The squat organizes activities focussing on domestic violence and women's precarity in post-industrial capitalism. In 2002, it created a Female Workers' Laboratory (Laboratorio de Trabajadoras), and also carries out anti-racist activities, in particular with female immigrants, since 1998. Eskalera Karakola also took part in the organization of the GLBT Pride and the forum "Women and Architecture". It participated in alter-globalization events such as the European Social Forum and is part of the European NextGenderation Network. It publishes a review, Mujeres Preokupando ("Concerned Women").