<DIV><B>Contents</B><p>Introduction<br>Chapter One: Homes Not Jails:The Secret Success of a Squatting Movement to House the Homeless<br>Chapter Two: Battling the Banana Baron: Rural Hondurans Fight Chiquita Brands<br>Chapter Three: Arguments to Squat By: The Challenge to Property<br>Chapter Four: Direct Action and the Law<br>Chapter Five: Repression, Violent Resistance, and Reform<br>Chapter Six: Tactics and Mobilization: The Primacy of Power<br>Conclusion: The Future of Land and Housing Movements<p><B>An Excerpt from <I>No Trespassing!</I> By Anders Corr</B><p>Draft Version: Please do not quote<p>Chapter 1<p>Homes Not Jails:<p>The Secret Success of a Squatting Movement to House the Homeless<p>Benjamin volunteered to open the vacant building on Shotwell and 22nd, and said I could follow. He had squatted it before the landlord kicked him out, but now lived in a sleazy downtown hotel. We walked up to the alley door, and just as Benjamin produced his crowbar, a very large guy (much smaller than Benjamin and much bigger than me) walked up to his own door just a few feet away. Benjamin thought quick and pretended legitimacy by knocking. "Whatcha knockin for?" the neighbor asked. His eyes narrowed. "Nobody lives there."<p>Benjamin has broken into hundreds of buildings with Homes Not Jails and knew when to lead a tactical retreat. But undaunted, he circled the building and easily lifted his seven-foot frame over a fence and into the backyard. From my cowardly vantage I could see a weak flashlight flickering at us from a window in the second story of the next-door flat. Was it the neighbor who confronted us? Did he have a gun? Again, Benjamin either failed to notice the flashlight-wielding neighbor or cared little. He climbed the back stairs, jimmied the door, walked out the alley and returned with two homeless people who needed a place to stay. After letting the two into the squat, Benjamin promised to help change the lock if they stayed for a week. Afterwards I skipped to keep pace as, with a crowbar dangling from his pinkie, Benjamin lumbered about the neighborhood in search of more squats.<p><I>Homelessness and the Growth of U.S. Squatting</I><p>Homes Not Jails began with the wave of other homeless activist gro</DIV>