Help for Mohammed and his family in Palestine

Monday June 8, 2026, Voku, Help for Mohammed and his family in Palestine. Food served from 7pm, no reservation.

English description below.

Mohammed woont met zijn oom en tante, Ibtisam en Mustafa, ongeveer 15 kilometer ten noordoosten van Jeruzalem op een heuvel. Zij zijn Bedoeïenen, oorspronkelijk uit Hebron, en hebben in hun leven meerdere keren moeten vluchten voor koloniaal geweld. Ik heb hen drie keer ontmoet in Palestina.

Ze worden van verschillende kanten bedreigd. Ze kunnen hun erf nauwelijks verlaten, omdat ze op hun hoede moeten zijn voor kolonisten die hun dieren proberen te stelen of hen fysiek geweld aan willen doen. Aan de voet van hun erf wordt een enorme nieuwe weg gebouwd om nederzettingen met elkaar te verbinden , een weg waar zij zelf geen gebruik van mogen maken.

Daarnaast zijn Mohammeds werkvergunningen ingetrokken. Hij is onlangs opgepakt en enkele dagen vastgezet omdat hij achterloopt met het betalen van rekeningen.

Zo nu en dan zamel ik geld voor hen in, ook omdat zij daar zelf om vragen. En als iemand je om hulp vraagt die overduidelijk in erbarmelijke omstandigheden verkeert, dan vind ik zelf dat ik niet kan weigeren. Daarom haal ik geld op.

Vorige zomer hebben we met een groep vrijwilligers twee keer een Voku georganiseerd: we kookten in de Molli en buurthuis De Bol. Dat was een groot succes, en we hebben toen echt een mooi bedrag voor hen opgehaald.

We hebben veel contact en schrijven elkaar regelmatig. Ik ken hen, zij kennen mij, en ze kennen ook mijn partner, die uit Israël komt. Dit zijn mensen met de beste bedoelingen, met het hart op de juiste plek. Ze hebben het alleen ontzettend slecht getroffen door het geweld en de systematische onderdrukking die hen wordt aangedaan.

Ik probeer €1200 op te halen ,omgerekend ongeveer 4500 shekel. Daarmee kunnen ze hun rekeningen betalen en hopelijk uit een deel van de bureaucratische ellende komen. Misschien brengt dat op dat vlak wat rust. […Lees verder]

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Paper Cabaret & voku for the arrested comrades on May 11 in Greece

Saturday June 6, 2026, Paper Cabaret, monthly night of analog collage extravaganza, from 7pm. Free entrance, donations welcome. Vegan food is also served from 7pm, no reservation. A people’s kitchen to support the arrested comrades on May 11 in Greece.

Statement by the 8 arrested comrades regarding the May 11 case:

Today, May 12, we appeared before the prosecutor and were given a deadline to appear before the investigating judge on Friday, May 15, at 9 a.m. at the Evelpidon Building 9.

In the early hours of May 11, 2026, a group of comrades carried out a bank expropriation in Kato Tithorea. About 5 hours later, 5 of them were arrested following a coordinated police crackdown and house raids; 8 comrades, anarchists, found ourselves held hostage by the state.

We have been charged with a list of inflated charges, including bank robberies and weapons possession. The comrades are being held at GADA, and the comrades at the Vyronas Police Station. Today, May 12, we appeared before the prosecutor and were given a deadline to appear before the investigating judge on Friday, May 15, at 9 a.m. at Evelpidon Street, Building 9.

LONG LIVE ANARCHY

SPYROS DRAVILAS PRESENT

CHARIS TEMPEREKIDIS PRESENT

SEBASTIAN OVERSLUIJ PRESENT

The 8 comrades in the May 11 case

https://athens.indymedia.org/post/1641149/
https://athens.indymedia.org/feature/10621/

Paper Cabaret is a monthly event at Joe’s Garage, a night of analog collage extravaganza! From 19:00, free entrance, in collaboration with Paper Surgery https://papersurgery.noblogs.org/

Food Autonomy Festival Fundraiser

Thursday June 4, 2026, Food Autonomy Festival Fundraiser. Food served from 7pm, no reservation.

ASEED needs to raise funds to help organise the Food Autonomy Festival (FAF) #10: an activist gathering dedicated to celebrate and build food autonomous futures, on June 13th-14th at Natuurkamer (and some other events in other locations, within June), Amsterdam. FAF#10 will comprise various panels, skill shares, workshops and other activities to celebrate food autonomy, share knowledge and take back agency over the food we eat! […Lees verder]

Arab Spring class

Wednesday June 3rd, 2026, Arab Spring class, from 16:00 to 18:00. Donations welcome.

Arabic conversational class, to practice verbs, conjugation and learn from each other. Come whatever level you have, its an open class structure where you can ask questions and get feedback or talk.

Voku to support comrades, concert with James Bar Bowen and Jakob van Spike

Monday June 1st, 2026, Voku to support comrades and concert with James Bar Bowen and Jakob van Spike. Food served from 7pm, no reservation. Music on the stage between 20:30 and 22:00

The long-awaited come back of James Bar Bowen at Joe’s Garage. Original acoustic folk-punk singer songwriter from the north of England, James Bar Bowen is also a story-teller who performed for the last time at Joe’s in 2019. James Bar Bowen traveled with his guitar all around the the world. For this fourth appearance on our stage, James Bar Bowen has invited Jakob van Spike, punk from antiquity with flutes amd bagpipe, to join the dance. […Lees verder]

June 2026 at Joe’s Garage

Thirteen years Taksim Square Uprising, movie night: Times of the Marauders (Cem Uğur, Kenan Ağbulut, Ghetto Cinema Collective, 2014)

Sunday 31 May 2026, Thirteen years Taksim Square Uprising. Movie night: Times of the Marauders, 2014. Dir: Cem Uğur, Kenan Ağbulut (Ghetto Cinema Collective). 58 minutes, in Turkish with English subtitles. Door opens at 20:00, presentation and film start at 20:30. Free entrance.

This mid-length documentary, composed of footage shot by Cem Uğur, Emrah İlingi, and İmran Aydın who work at Etkin News Agency begins with the first moments of resistance at Gezi Park and concludes with a revolutionary lament for those who lost their lives during the resistance. We are gathering on May 31, 2026. Thirteen years ago, on May 31, Taksim Square was occupied and reclaimed by so-called “marauders” and “drunkards.” We knew how to drive the state’s fascist police forces out of the squares, but in doing so, a heavy price was paid. Salute to the people of Turkey and Kurdistan who took control of Taksim Square. In honor of the day we reclaimed the square, we invite you all to Joe’s Garage to discuss our Gezi Park Uprising.
A thousand greetings to those who fell and fought during the Gezi Park Uprising!
Everywhere is Taksim, everywhere is resistance!
Long live our Gezi Park Uprising!

Trans rights are human rights! Gender affirming care for our comrade

Thursday May 28, 2026, Voku, Trans rights are human rights! Gender affirming care for our comrade. Food served from 7pm, no reservation.

Come and help our friend and comrade Bashu who is in need of raising money for her gender affirming care
And join us for Bashu’s yummy food. Let’s help support this great initiative!
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