Fierce austerity measures and economic crisis have had drastic effects on social and urban reproduction in Athens. However, the severe socio-economic situation has also led to the emergence of new forms of collective initiatives and spaces of commoning in which people not only express their anger and needs but also develop new forms of life in common. The realm of the common emerges, thus, in a constant confrontation with state controlled "authorized" public space in times of economic crisis and austerity programs.