Reclaim the Seeds benefit/infonight

By: Joe McCarthy - November 19th, 2011  Filed under: Benefiet, Infoavond, Volkseten/Voku
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On Thursday 24th there will be a benefiet voku for the Reclaim the Seeds event. Sunday after, 27th at 8pm there will be an infonight on this topic with film.

During the infonight we will give you more details on the seed exchange and info fair coming spring and how to get involved. We will show the film “A personal story on Seed Saving, made by Bart Van Baardwijk in Pun Pun, an organic farm and seed saving center of selfreliance in Thailand. Afterwards we will talk about the recent developments in the Dutch and international seed market which have lead to monopolisation of seeds and  the decline of bio- and seeddiversity.  European legislation forces farmers to give up their independency  while  on the same time patents are given  to common fruit and vegetable varieties. What does this mean for food sovereignity? And what means food sovereignity to us? [...Lees verder]

Infonight and film about Dale Farm

By: Joe McCarthy - November 18th, 2011  Filed under: Filmavond, Infoavond, Woonstrijd
Dale Farm eviction

Zo./Su. 20 Nov. 2011, 20:00: Infonight and film about Dale Farm A group of people will talk about their experiences on the travellers site Dale Farm in the UK, resisting the eviction plan that had been a threat to them for many years. The eviction took place one month ago. There will be footage of the eviction as an extension of their talk. It´s a BBC-documentary made by a a trusted filmmaker who spent a lot of time at Dale Farm for many years. [...Lees verder]

Solidariteit met laatste arrestant ontruimingsgolf

By: Joe McCarthy - November 14th, 2011  Filed under: Infoavond, Protest, Solidarity, Volkseten/Voku, Woonstrijd

Update: Laatste arrestant ontruimingsgolf inmiddels vrijgelaten (14nov), rechtzaak uitgesteld.

De eerder aangekondigde rechtzaak op 16 november van de laatste arrestant van de recente ontruimingsgolf in Amsterdam is afgelast. Het Openbaar Ministerie heeft de dagvaarding ingetrokken, dit betekende echter niet zijn vrijheid. Wanneer een nieuwe zitting zal plaatsvinden is vooralsnog onbekend. Het lijkt er op dat ze hem langer willen vasthouden. Maandag 14 november 2011 kwam hij voor de raadkamer. Dit leidde uiteindelijk tot een schorsing. [...Lees verder]

Benefit, infonight and mobilisation Castor 2011

By: Joe McCarthy - October 29th, 2011  Filed under: Benefiet, Infoavond, Solidarity, Volkseten/Voku
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Ma. 21 november –Kitchenpunxxx benefit voku for the Castor 2011 [http://www.castor2011.org/] 19uur, no reservation, donations welcome. Each year, nuclear waste is transferred from La Hague to the German town Gorleben. Gorleben is a symbol of resistance against nuclear energy and tens of thousands of people resist, block, sabotage  in many different and creative ways in order to stop, delay the transport, but more importantly they put the debate about nuclear energy back in the spotlight. [...Lees verder]

Infoavond Antifa-activisten UK / Filmavond met ‘Antifa, Skinhead Hunters’ and ‘The 43 Group’

By: Joe McCarthy - October 9th, 2011  Filed under: Events, Filmavond, Infoavond
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Zondag 9 oktober: vanaf 20u, infoavond met twee documentaires (‘The 43 Group’ en ‘Antifa: Skinhead Hunters’) over de strijd tegen opkomend fascisme in Londen vlak na de Tweede Wereldoorlog en het Parijs van de jaren tachtig. De avond staat in het teken van de recentelijk veroordeelde Britse antifascisten.Recentelijk werden in Groot-Britannië zeven antifascisten veroordeeld voor ‘samenzwering tot openlijke geweldpleging’ (conspiracy to cause violent disorder). Vier personen werden onmiddellijk tot 21 maanden celstraf veroordeeld, twee anderen tot 18 en 15 maanden. Vier anderen werden vrijgesproken, terwijl voor elf andere personen voor dezelfde aanklachten later dit jaar een rechtszaak wordt verwacht. Er is een solidariteitsfonds, The Cable Street Society, opgezet om de gevangenen in de bak, en ter bevordering van hun vrijlating, te ondersteunen. De opbrengst van deze avond gaat naar het solidariteitsfonds. [...Lees verder]

Benefiet Voices of Women Media (VOW Media)

By: Joe McCarthy - September 24th, 2011  Filed under: Benefiet, Filmavond, Infoavond, Volkseten/Voku
VOW Media Benefit

Donderdag 20 oktober: VOW Media Benefit – Voku, plus info and short-films “A Day In Her Life”. From 19pm, no reservation, donations welcome.
“Voices of Women Media (VOW Media) [http://voicesofwomenmedia.org/] is an emerging organization that aims to provide a way for marginalized communities of women to educate and express themselves through different forms of media. [...Lees verder]

Squatting, part of the social capital that everyone agrees that is needed in society or oppositional movement? A debate.

By: Joe McCarthy - June 8th, 2011  Filed under: Debat, Events, Infoavond, Woonstrijd
Squattastic

Wo./We. 08 Jun. 2011: Squatting, part of the social capital that everyone agrees that is needed in society or oppositional movement? A debate. 20uur, free entrance.
It seems that squatting has a dual face. One face is that it represents things that many people left and right find valuable. These are mainstream goals such as self-help, participation, creativity, support for vulnerable people, conservation of neighborhoods, preservation of social housing. The second face is that of an oppositional movement. The dual face leads to tensions and confusion. The debate will be started off by short presentations by researchers/activists from the SQuatting Europe Kollective (SQEK). One presentation will cover the tensions and opportunities present in the Spanish crisis and movement scene, one will be a critique on the idea that squatting was a precursor of neo-liberalism and one presentation will take us into re-generations/ regeneration of self. Also the link between art(ists) and squatting will be discussed and the continuities between the sixties/seventies and now. http://www.acme-journal.org/vol9/SQEKeng2010.pdf

Revolting Minds: Infonight on current situation Zapatista in Chiapas

By: Joe McCarthy - May 15th, 2011  Filed under: Events, Infoavond
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Zo. 15 Mei 2011, 21uur, Revolting Minds: Infonight on current situation with film fragments. Land evictions in relation to REDD.

Vrankrijk Infonight, Kitchen Punx voku

By: Joe McCarthy - April 11th, 2011  Filed under: Events, Infoavond, Volkseten/Voku
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Ma. 11 April 2011, Vrankrijk Infonight, Kitchen Punx voku. 19uur, vegan food, no reservations, donations welcome.
During this info evening we’d like to inform you about the current state and the reopening of the Vrankrijk. We will talk about some of the difficulties we’ve encountered and shortly present our plans so far. Further we’d like to discuss possible strategies for reopening despite the uncooperativeness of the city of Amsterdam. http://www.vrankrijk.org

Info-avond over De Karavaan en vertoning van ‘Come Un Uomo Sulla Terra’

By: Joe McCarthy - April 10th, 2011  Filed under: Events, Filmavond, Infoavond
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Zo. 10 april 2011: Info-avond over De Karavaan en vertoning van ‘Come Un Uomo Sulla Terra’/Like A Man On Earth (documentary by Riccardo Biadene, Andrea Segre, Dagmawi Yimer. Italy, 2008, 61′, english subtitles). 20uur, donations welcome.
De film portreteert drie Ethiopische migranten die Libië doorkruisten om zo in Italie aan te komen. De film gaat ook over de deals gemaakt tussen Italie en Libië aangaande migratiestop, financiering van detentiecentra, externalisatie van EU-grenzen. The film is a journey of pain and dignity, through which Dagmawi Yimer voices his memories of unthinkable human suffering to denounce what appears to be a tragic political and humanitarian situation . In this respect both Italy and Europe share responsibilities for this situation and should be made accountable for it.
More about the Caravan-Tour here: http://www.allincluded.nl/index.php/actie/caravane-bamako-dakar-11
Trailer of the documentary: http://comeunuomosullaterra.blogspot.com/2008/01/since-2003-italy-and-eu…