The Hoberman Squat is a plan of action for the eve of the revolution to establish a fully functional shelter for human beings, literally overnight. Any attempt to build permanent housing on public land is always quashed by the enforcement apparatus of the ruling class, the police. It takes a good while to build a house, especially to build one on the cheap, and it only takes a demolition team a minute to tear it down. But what if an entire housing complex could secretly be built in an alternate location, then transported to the site of the squat? And how would a huge skeletal structure be transported? Several years ago, an American inventor, Chuck Hoberman, discovered a method for creating structural mechanisms that can collapse in upon themselves in three dimensions, and expand once again to their full size, retaining their original shape. But typically, the only applications he developed from the technology were toys to amuse the masses -- if for only fifteen minutes -- and massive and impractical public works projects, like retractible roofs for sports stadiums. See Hoberman.com. Instead of Hoberman Spheres, I say... let's build Hoberman Squats! STEP 1: Create a mold for the joints of the Hoberman Dome. All of the joints are absolutely identical, so only one mold need be made. STEP 2: Make lots of the joints in some factory somewhere. Make them from metal, or from paper adobe, the ecological alternative. STEP 3: Assemble the joints into a dome that is ten feet wide when contracted. That way it can be transported on the back of an easily acquired flatbed truck. STEP 4: Build a second dome, this one should be four feet wide when contracted. This smaller dome will be opened within the larger dome to break up the space. STEP 5: Get a permit for a weekend party in a public space. You can't legally be denied a permit -- the streets belong to the people. STEP 6: Assemble the dome on location the night before the party. If anyone asks, it's just a temporary tent structure for the party. STEP 7: Bring the small dome into the expanded big dome through a gap. Even a dome of identical size will fit into a gap in the expanded dome. STEP 8: Cover the dome with burlap, then spray it with a plaster. Then cover it with more burlap so no one will know its been plastered. STEP 9: Have a big party! The party will keep the pigs at bay long enough for the dome to dry. STEP 10: While the party is ongoing, move into the new digs. Use light and strong paper adobe bricks to build rooms for everyone. STEP 11: Bunker down. That's it, the war is on. Get ready to defend your new home from invaders!