Solidarity Voku for squatted Prosfygika in Athens

By: börek - November 27th, 2024  Filed under: Volkseten/Voku

Thursday November 28, 2024, Solidarity Voku for squatted Prosfygika in Athens. Food served from 7pm, no reservation.

Fundraiser for the community of squatted Prosfygika in Athens
The Community – The building complex of Prosfygika was built in 1933 to accommodate refugees from Asia Minor. Thus, in these circumstances, a lively neighbourhood with community characteristics was established, consisting mostly of working class people. In 1944, the anti-fascist partisans used Prosfygika as a shelter against the Greek and British state army; the bullet marks can be seen on the facades of the buildings to this day, as well as the guerrilla monument which has been erected on the front of Prosfygika and reminds us daily of the history of the place. Today, it is one of the largest building complexes in the centre of Athens, which has not yet accepted the gentrification and exploitation that comes from big capital and the state apparatus. It is a place of strategic importance since it is located between two pillars of power – on one side the Supreme Court and on the other the General Police Directorate of Attica.
Find more info on their website: https://sykaprosquat.noblogs.org/english/the-community/

Volkseten Vegazulu is a people’s kitchens existing since the very beginning of Joe’s Garage, June 2005. Your donations are welcome. Food is vegan, no reservation. All benefits go to social & political struggles. Joe’s Garage is a space run by volunteers. Without a collective effort, without your active participation, we’re remaining closed. Get in touch in you feel like giving a hand. We’re always looking for cooks. Any help is welcome in the kitchen. Experience not required. If you want to know which days are still available, mail us.

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SKRAPS solidarity kitchen: benefit voku for a Trans Queer Refugee’s Legal Expenses

By: börek - November 25th, 2024  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku

Monday November 25, 2024, SKRAPS solidarity kitchen: benefit voku for a Trans Queer Refugee’s Legal Expenses. Food served from 7pm, no reservation.

This Voku is brought to you by SKRAPS (Soup Kitchen for Radical Actions and Political Solidarity). On this Monday, we will cook a vegan three-course meal from rescued ingredients and raise money for the legal expenses of a trans queer refugee in the Netherlands.
R. is a 21 year-old immigrant trans woman from Azerbaijan, currently facing a terrible situation of systemic injustice and she’s in urgent need of help! She’s been living in the Netherlands from 3 years, where she’s been finally free to express her gender identity, but her Visa to stay in the EU is about to expire and she needs to face very high legal expenses in order to not get deported, risking her life back home. Her situation back home is extremely terrifying and unsafe: that’s why she needs to try her best to stay safe here in EU, navigating tons of bureaucracy and paperwork with the help of skilled lawyers. Our goal is to raise money to be able to pay immigration lawyers and for applying to the paperwork needed to not get her deported.
Azerbaijan is an extremely unsafe place for queer and trans individuals: ILGA-Europe has ranked the country as the worst state (49 out of 49) in Europe for LGBTQ+ folks, not only for its total absence of legal protection, but also for the active violence enforced by the state on trans people, which targets and persecutes and blackmails queer folks. Beside the terrible state repression, queer and trans people face every single day high rates of physical violence, harassment and discrimination.
The system we live in makes refugees’ and trans people’s lives impossible: no one should go through this just because they’re born in a certain country, or they’re queer.
SKRAPS ((Soup Kitchen for Radical Actions and Political Solidarity) : https://radar.squat.net/en/amsterdam/skraps-solidarity-kitchen […Lees verder]

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Book presentation: “Squats & Pirates, chronicles of occupations in Barcelona and elsewhere”

By: börek - November 23rd, 2024  Filed under: Book presentation

Sunday November 24, 2024, Book presentation: “Squats & Pirates, chronicles of occupations in Barcelona and elsewhere”. Doors open from 8 p.m., with food & cakes.

We met with Trash, the author of the book published by Seitan con Bravas. The Squats & Pirates book brings together some forty articles and interviews recounting illegal occupations of empty buildings. From Barcelona to London, from the Canary Islands to Dublin, from Brest to Saint-Etienne via Lyon, Marseille or Amsterdam, we read anecdotes, advice, memories and other comments from people who have all been, for two weeks or for life, “occupants without rights or titles”. A great reminder that other ways of living exist, and that in a country like France, where millions of vacant homes are listed every year, they are more legitimate than ever. “All these squat adventures, as dramatic, individualistic and hardcore as they may have been, are above all strong human stories; absurd, intense and violent at times, but often beautiful. As long as there are developers, there will be squatters and as long as there are squatters there will be hope. Big up to all those who don’t give up.”
Seitan con Bravas: https://radar.squat.net/en/seitan-con-bravas

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Radical Sunday School: Autonomy, Authority, Anarchism, and Abuse: What does (un)freedom feel like?

By: börek - November 23rd, 2024  Filed under: Workshop

Sunday November 24, 2024, Radical Sunday School: Autonomy, Authority, Anarchism, and Abuse: What does (un)freedom feel like? From 18:00 till 20:00.What does it feel like to be controlled? Why would a person seemingly “let” someone else, or an entire group of people, make decisions for them?

In this week’s session of Radical Sunday School, we’re going to talk about a difficult topic: controlling relationships. So-called “partner abuse”, “high-control groups” (aka cults), and even totalitarian states are all examples of a dangerous kind of social control that is unfortunately common in our world. We’ll discuss some of the common signs of this kind of abuse, the psychology that seems to be behind it, and the ways that anarchist principles might help us fight against it. As we learn together about what’s been called “the killing of the self”, we’ll try to support each other with insights from diverse anarchists and antifascists, philosophers and therapists. Most importantly, we want to hear from anyone who has ever lived through an experience like this: how have you learned to get away from this kind of social control, and how can we help each other to live free?

Radical Sunday School
radicalsundayschool [at] riseup [dot] net
https://radar.squat.net/en/amsterdam/radical-sunday-school
https://radicalsundayschool.noblogs.org/

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Dutch Language Class

By: börek - November 23rd, 2024  Filed under: Workshop

Sunday November 24, 2024, Dutch Language Class: little “gezellig”. from 15:00 to 17:00.

Dutch belitteling. How do the dutch make words cuter?
By adding a suffix like -je, -tje, -kje and -pje.
How cosy! = “Gezellig”
We teach a bit of rules and there lots of time for questions and discussing learning methods.
Come to joe’s at three o’clock to find out more.

SKRAPS solidarity kitchen: benefit Voku supporting Colectivo las Abejas

By: börek - November 17th, 2024  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku

Monday November 18, 2024, benefit Voku supporting Colectivo las Abejas. Food served from 7pm, no reservation.

This Voku is brought to you by SKRAPS (Soup Kitchen for Radical Actions and Political Solidarity). On this Monday, we will cook a vegan three-course meal from rescued ingredients and raise money for the “Colectivo las Abejas”.
The “Colectivo las Abejas” is a small non-profit organization based in San Cristobal de las Casas which works with agroecology and bioconstructions. Las Abejas works predominantly in local schools, where they organize workshops, and introduce small agroecological systems such as vegetable beds, vermicompost, filters for cleaning grey waters, and gardens with medicinal herbs. In this way, they aim at inspiring children, teachers, and their parents to implement similar systems in their homes, in a context where access to water is scarce (especially to clean water).
Las Abejas works in both private and public schools. The work in public schools is all volunteer based and they lack resources to keep the project going. They need support to be able to organize a set of workshops in a secondary school this year and to create educational material.
If you believe in the need of re-appropriating our food production and in the right for everyone to have access to water, please come and eat a delicious vegan meal to support the project!
SKRAPS ((Soup Kitchen for Radical Actions and Political Solidarity) : https://radar.squat.net/en/amsterdam/skraps-solidarity-kitchen […Lees verder]

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Cinema Italia: Many Years Ago (Francesco Rosi, 1970)

By: börek - November 17th, 2024  Filed under: Filmavond

Sunday November 17, 2024, Many Years Ago (1970) * Directed by Francesco Rosi * 101 min * In Italian with English subtitles * doors open at 20:00, film starts at 20:30. After the film, please engage in sharing comments, ideas, and inspiration with the host(s) of the evening!

Set in the First World War for its pacifist and anti-militarist message, it was boycotted from cinemas on its release. The general’s orders ridicule the high command and show the inhumanity of the conflict, while soldiers represent the ideal types of conflicting political and social ideas such as monarchy and socialism, which have to coexist at the front. The film’s dramatic tone, which distances it from the book on which it was inspired, was harshly criticised at the time of its release. Looking at it through today’s lenses — more than 50 years later — it is more relevant than ever. In fact, over a century has passed since the events recounted, in the year 1916 on the Asiago Plateau; however, the contrast between the war of generals and the war of simple soldiers sweeps away the false myth of the war hero because the enemy is not the enemy soldiers but their own commanders.

Film night at Joe’s Garage, cozy cinema! Free entrance. You want to screen a movie, let us know: joe [at] lists [dot] squat [dot] net

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Radical Sunday School, Anarchism 101: Everything you’ve always wanted to know about anti-authoritarian socialism (but were too afraid to ask)

By: börek - November 17th, 2024  Filed under: Workshop

Sunday November 17, 2024, Radical Sunday School, Anarchism 101: Everything you’ve always wanted to know about anti-authoritarian socialism (but were too afraid to ask) . From 18:00 till 20:00.Anarchism comes in as many varieties as there are and have been anarchists. Yet, we do have some concepts in common, even if not all of us do use the same words. – P.S.

Have you been hearing about anarchism in the news, but you don’t know where to start? Curious about the “circle-A” or the cool red-and-black aesthetic? Maybe you’ve seen some famous names, but don’t feel like worshipping some old dead white guy? Well, lucky for you, Radical Sunday School is here to help. In this week’s session, we’ll talk with an experienced comrade about some of the basic ideas of anarchism and try to tease out what some of this “libertarian socialism” is all about. We’ll learn about things like:

– Authority and hierarchy
– Capitalism and the state
– Freedom and autonomy
– Mutual aid and free association
– Federation and decentralization

Whether you’re a seasoned revolutionary, a complete newbie, or just a little anarcho-curious, we’re happy to have you as we learn together about our favorite political practice!

Radical Sunday School
radicalsundayschool [at] riseup [dot] net
https://radar.squat.net/en/amsterdam/radical-sunday-school
https://radicalsundayschool.noblogs.org/

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