Benefit No Border Kitchen and Announcement Documentary Screening by ZZW & friends

By: börek - December 15th, 2024  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku

Monday December 16, 2024, Benefit No Border Kitchen and announcement documentary screening by ZZW & friends. Food served from 7pm, no reservation!

This Voku was initiated as a supporting event for the Sunday screening of the documentary “De Zinkende Rafelrand” by Mirte Jepma, Alberto Morbelli, Benjamin Vanderveen, and Marijn van der Eyden, which will be shown at Joe’s on Sunday December the 29th. The film deals with the pending eviction of the Neighborhood “Baaibuurt West” in Amsterdam, an undefined space that has naturally grown and developed over the past 40 years and is home to several individual communities, big and small, many plant and animal species, and plenty of free birds. The purpose of the Voku is to get together, have some good food, and possibly tell some stories about our part of this city which we’ll have to leave behind on December 31st. All profits will be donated to No Border Kitchen.

Zuiderzeeweg Rafelrand https://radar.squat.net/en/amsterdam/zzw-rafelrand […Lees verder]

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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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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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Benefit voku to support a political prisoner & letter writing

By: börek - November 12th, 2024  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku

Thursday November 14, 2024, Benefit voku to support a political prisoner & letter writing. Food served from 7pm, no reservation.

Come along for this voku, where we’ll be cooking to raise money for a political prisoner in the U.S. We will also provide the opportunity to write letters to them and other political prisoners.

We will share information on the so-called Budapest Antifascists, who are facing charges in relation to the ‘Ehretag’ (translation. honour day), the largest yearly gathering of neo-nazis in Europe, that took place in Budapest in February 2023. One of the arrestees has been extradited from Germany to Hungary, and the other person is facing extradition.

Our benefit will support Casey Goonan, an American anarchist facing 5-20 years in federal prison for the alleged firebombing of a UC Berkeley police vehicle. A campaign has been set up to support Casey, spread the word about their case and raise money for legal costs. An anonymous communique posted to Indybay took credit for the action in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance and university occupations throughout California. Casey was arrested in June, more than two weeks after the alleged arson. They are being held in federal custody in Santa Rita jail in California and are facing the highest federal charges in relation to the pro-Palestine movement in the U.S. so far.

Casey has a long history of organizing mutual aid in Chicago and supporting prisoners throughout the so called United States. They continue to study and organize behind bars and have already engaged in a hunger strike to demand better conditions for their cellmates.

Updates from the Casey Support Committee
– update from July 13, 2024 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/07/16/18868038.php
– update from August 12, 2024 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/08/13/18868663.php

Come eat to show solidarity, write letters and learn more about these cases.
[…Lees verder]

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Benefit voku for Help 4 Dunkerque (H4D)

By: börek - November 4th, 2024  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku

Thursday November 7, 2024, Benefit voku for Help4Dunkirk (H4D). Food served from 7pm, no reservation.

Help 4 Dunkerque (H4D) is an autonomous collective of international activists who work with people on the move from France to the UK during the winter months. First organized in 2020, the group goes from December to March in order to provide essentials during a cold winter where hundreds of folks wait to cross the dangerous channel with the slim hopes of a better life by way of legalizing papers.
Each day, a group of 15 to 20 people work together to bring these necessities to the ‘Jungle’ – a Kurdish term meaning woods — where people on the move live in a number of tents. H4D offers tea, coffee, hot chocolate, and music (because it universally warms hearts and unites people). We also collect and distribute wood for heating and cooking. We collaborate with other organizations on a daily basis to ensure there is food; we also distribute clothes and blankets, provide charging stations for phones and power banks, and we explain important information about the dangers of crossing the channel. Furthermore, twice per week we run a shower truck to provide 80-100 showers and a mini-barber shop. We also provide activities for children and board games for the adults.

The winters are extremely harsh, and we attempt to provide some humanity and minor ‘comfort’ (if such a thing can be said in this situation) to those who are constantly facing a multitude of violences from Europe. This year we are very low on funds as an organization (costs about $2000 to run the orga for one month), and are hoping you can help donate. You can do so at Joe’s Garage this Thursday (7-11-2024) and also on this website. There will be a short info-talk after the dinner about the organization if you are interested to hear more. Thank you for your help!

Help 4 Dunkerque
help4dunkerque [at] riseup [dot] net
https://help4dunkerque.wordpress.com/ […Lees verder]

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Falasteen Fundraiser, voku for a family in Gaza

By: börek - November 4th, 2024  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku

Monday November 4, 2024, Falasteen Fundraiser, voku for a family in Gaza. Food served from 7pm, no reservation.

Cozy night of warm autumn food, fuzzy socks, and candles. All donations for the three-course meal will go to mutual aid for a family in Gaza. Our aims for the space are to foster solidarity, build community and comfort, and foster action and resistance!
It’ll also be the birthday of two people from the collective!! Bring your keffiyeh, your cutest outfit, and your comfiest sweater + cash!!

Broken Collarbone Collective
brokencollarbone [at] riseup [dot] net
https://radar.squat.net/en/amsterdam/broken-collarbone-collective […Lees verder]

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Grasugga solidarity kitchen: Three Dishes inspired on the horrors of Dutch migration policies

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

Thursday November 31, 2024, Grasugga solidarity kitchen: Three Dishes inspired on the horrors of Dutch migration policies. Food served from 7pm, no reservation.

Benefit dinner for two refugee families* We are a new squat in Utrecht since October 5th, st. Gråsugga (Woodlouse), a little chaotic international collective of radical mischief enthusiasts. This VoKu is dedicated to two refugee families (from Burkina Faso and Somalia). We want to aid covering the health expenses after a traffic accident of one of the families. The other family is currently facing financial insecurity as immigration procedures in the Netherlands are ridiculously slow and not very helpful (fuck IND). The Netherlands is pushing increasingly hostile immigration policies systematically disabling people without documents from access to housing, education, healthcare, or labour rights. This is deliberate exploitation forcing people into situations in which they have to accept jobs far below minimum wage without (legal) security or protection. We are collectively responsible for responding to this with radical action and mutual aid alike. We hope to support these families by cooking a delicious dumpsterdived vegan dinner!! It will be halloween themed (as if the Dutch bureaucracy machine wasn’t enough of a scare), come by! […Lees verder]

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No Border Kitchen Benefit VoKu

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

Monday November 28, 2024, No Border Kitchen Benefit VoKu. Food served from 7pm, no reservation.

Vegan food on donation in support of No Border Kitchen, a collective supporting migrants on the island of Lesvos (Greece) providing food, clothing and various forms of aid and advice.

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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