Indigenous Movement benefit. Columbus Day, nothing to celebrate, a lot to reflect, decolonize!

By: börek - October 1st, 2013  Filed under: Benefiet, Infoavond, Volkseten/Voku
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Monday October 7th 2013, Columbus Day, nothing to celebrate, a lot to reflect, decolonize! Volkseten Vegazulu, 7pm

Indigenous Movement is cooking for a Benefit day, October 12th. A group of indigenous groups wants to make an event that will be named “Columbus day, nothing to celebrate but a lot to reflect DECOLONIZATION!” We will do a ceremony for all the Indigenous Peoples who died with the came of Columbus, also we will show a movie about the Kogi people (Colombia) the gathering of Indigenous peoples will be from 15.00 till 20.00 at the Buurtboerderij Ons Genoegen, Amsterdam on October 12th 2013.
Indigenous Movement http://www.indigenous-movement.org/ […Lees verder]

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Free West Papua Campaign Infonight/Benefit, Volkseten Vegazulu

By: börek - September 1st, 2013  Filed under: Benefiet, Infoavond, Muziek, Solidarity, Volkseten/Voku
Free West Papua Campaign Infonight Benefit

Monday September 30th 2013, Free West Papua Campaign Infonight/Benefit, Volkseten Vegazulu, 7pm

Jeremy Bally is a man on a mission. He is Pedalling for Papua on a Storytelling Biketour accross 7 countries: Canada, U.S.A, Ireland, U.K., the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand (12.000 km). Like the old troubadours, accompanied by his ukelele/hip-hop base songs, he will bring us stories and testimonies of a little know conflict: the occupation and repression in West Papua by the Indonesian government.
Official estimates range from 100,000 to 500,000 West Papuans having died as a result of the Indonesian government’s policies in this illegally annexed region (an ongoing media ban makes this figure impossible to verify). The slow-burning conflict is fueled by one of the highest military to civilian ratios in the world, while legal and illegal logging, mining and fishing uproot one of the world’s most diverse and valuable ecosystems. Profits from resource extraction trickle down in meager amounts to West Papuans, whose home regularly ranks last out of Indonesia’s 33 provinces on markers for development like access to healthcare and education. Poverty is rampant. […Lees verder]

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Movie night: Black Block

By: börek - September 1st, 2013  Filed under: Filmavond, Infoavond
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Sunday September 22nd, Movie night: Black Block (Carlo Bachschmidt, 2011, Italy, 75′, documentary) with info about the 10×100 Campaign. Door opens at 20:00, film and discussion begin at 21:00.

In July 2012, 11 years after the protests against the G8 summit in Genoa, 10 people have been convicted for taking part in the demonstrations, the sentences vary from 6-14 years. Following the recent Benefit Voku for the activists convicted after the G8 protests, we are screening the documentary film Black Block from Carlo Bachschmidt.
The law that allowed this insane sentence is named “Devastation and Looting”: this law was included in the Italian Penal Code in 1935, to protect the so called “public order” under the fascist regime. In the last decade this law has been used multiple times to convict political activists.
In 2004 SupportoLegale (LegalSupport) started a campaign to raise money to support the people involved in the trials connected to the demonstrations of Genova2001 and now, after all these years, SupportoLegale launched the 10×100 campaign. One of the aims of this campaign is the abolition of this fascist law, that is being used more and more often to convict political activists. […Lees verder]

Presentation about the occupation of the Hambacher forest and call for mobilization!

By: börek - September 1st, 2013  Filed under: Benefiet, Infoavond, Volkseten/Voku

Thursday September 19th 2013, Presentation about the occupation of the Hambacher Forest and call for mobilization! The same evening at Joe’s Garage, Cardiff Squatters Network Infonight. With the Volkseten Vegazulu, 7pm.

The Hambacher forest close to Cologne in Germany is now again occupied since a few weeks, wherefore the resistance movement against the clearing of the forest goes on. The new squatted area is now threatened by eviction, so that support in occupying the forest, infrastructural matters (e.g. cooking), presswork, etc. is needed. Furthermore the Hambacher forest represents a nice place to connect political activism with spending a good time with nice people!

In order to excavate coal, the energy company RWE clears the originally more than 4500 hectars big and 12000 years old forest, damages agricultural land and relocates villages Some of the effects of the excavation of coal are the destruction of living space for plants, animals and humans, air and fine dust pollution, release of radioactive substances and the lowering of ground water. The coal excavation in the rhine area is responsible for 13% of the CO2 emissions in whole Germany.

More informations: http://hambachforest.blogsport.de/ […Lees verder]

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Cardiff Squatters Network Infonight

By: börek - September 1st, 2013  Filed under: Benefiet, Infoavond, Volkseten/Voku
Cardiff Canton Police Station squatted

Thursday September 19th 2013, Cardiff Squatters Network Infonight. The same evening at Joe’s Garage, Presentation about the occupation of the Hambacher forest and call for mobilization! With the Volkseten Vegazulu, 7pm.

Squatters from Cardiff, Wales http://cardiff.squat.net/ are dropping by for an infonight about squatting in Cardiff over the last few years. Last month, Canton police station was squatted by the Antagonistic Collective Against Boredom (ACAB) and evicted a few weeks later, costing the police thousands of pounds through the courts and use of high court bailiffs.

They’ll also tell us about the recent ABC-based squat opposite the prison that successfully resisted eviction, Ty-Pwll Coch, the Municipal Club, as well as squats from 2011 and 2012; Gremlin Alley Social Centre, Red & Black Umbrella and the Tax Invasion occupation.

They will also give updates on squatting in London; Made Possible By Squatting project, 195 Mare Street, County Street, London Queer Social Centre, Self-Organised London, Library Street Social Centre, and the Glasshouse, as well as ongoing repression against squatting in Bristol. […Lees verder]

Get legalised or get evicted! Valreep Infonight & Volkseten Vegazulu

By: börek - September 1st, 2013  Filed under: Infoavond, Volkseten/Voku
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Thursday September 5th 2013, Get legalised or get evicted! Valreep Infonight & Volkseten Vegazulu, 7pm

In the two years that Valreep has been squatted, it has become an important center of activism, creativity, political ideas, neighbourhood connections, cultural activities, gardening, concerts and parties. Since day one the squatters collective made it clear that our intention is to stay and find a legal solution to be able to run this place into the future. Now, the time has come to make it happen. Within the next two month the Valreep gets legalized or most likely will be evicted next spring. A hot autumn is coming up and we want you to get involved. We will present to you our ideas and intentions. Check our website on previous actions and for our program: http://valreep.org/ […Lees verder]

Uprisings in Turkey, Info night & Benefit

By: börek - July 1st, 2013  Filed under: Benefiet, Infoavond, Volkseten/Voku

Monday July 8th 2013, Uprisings in Turkey, Info night & Benefit, Volkseten Vegazulu, 7pm.
Taksim Everywhere, Resistance Everywhere. Info night about the uprisings in Turkey. Who is raising the flag, which flag, these days in Turkey? What has changed after recent uprisings all around Turkey? Video activists from Global Uprisings recently returning from Istanbul will present and discuss the current situation. Money raised with this benefit will go to juridical expenses for our comrades in Turkey. […Lees verder]

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Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Campaign Benefit

By: börek - June 1st, 2013  Filed under: Benefiet, Infoavond, Solidarity, Volkseten/Voku
Demo Free Mumia Abu-Jamal

Monday June 10th 2013: Volkseten Vegazulu, Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Campaign Benefit, 19:00 pm.

Mumia got a lot of birthdaycards in april; thanks to all of you.
In Philedelphia,Mexico and France were demonstrations at his birthday and benefits at many places. However the prisonindustrie continues, spreading her dirty wings out over europe (even holland)
Let us write more cards to mumia to show him and the state,which keeps him and many others in prison, that we didn’t forget what’s happening in these ugly buidings. It’s also usefull to write to the american consulat,to demand mumiaas freedom. There is a petition going round to demand mumia’s release,please help him by signing the petition.

http://www.change.org/petitions/release-mumia-abu-jamalh

to: Mr. Randy W.Berry
Amerikaans Consulaat
Museumplein 19
1071 DJ Amsterdam […Lees verder]

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