Benefit for ‘We Are Here’

By: börek - September 1st, 2014  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku
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Monday September 8th 2014: Benefit for ‘We Are Here’, Volkseten Vegazulu, 7pm.

On Saturday August 23rd, a group of refugees squatted an empty office building on the Jan Tooropstraat. From the Vluchtopvang on the Linneaushof 4, they had squatted on August 16th the Vluchtschool on the Zuidelijke Wandelweg 30 in the Rivierenbuurt, their 10th location in 2 years. They stayed one week in this building before they take the Vlutchgebouw on the Jan Tooropstraat 649.
The death of a refugee from the Vluchtgarage is a tragedy. ‘Our grief is great. One of our brothers died yesterday evening. Naser Galid was 32 years old and a refugee from Somalia. He was wounded after a very unfortunate quarrel in the Vluchtgarage. In the coma for five days, he died in the AMC hospital. The refugees from the Vluchtgarage are living under great tension and very bad living conditions. There are no adequate basic services and the daily stress among the refugees, who have no residence status in Netherlands, is great. Their future is uncertain and the situation is hopeless. They have nowhere to go and have no ability to own something to improve their situation. NGO’s such as Amnesty International were alarmed on several occasions..’
A few days later, a volunteer from ‘We Are Here’ condemned in harsh words mayor Van der Laan in a public statment.

For more information about the ‘We Are Here’ refugees, look on: http://www.wijzijnhier.org

You can bring maintainable food (cans), juice, toilet articles, tea, coffee, etc… This evening at Joe’s Garage and it will be delivered at the refugees. Also you can go there yourself:
Vluchtgebouw: Jan Tooropstraat 649 (nieuw-west)
Vluchtgarage : Kralenbeek 100 (zuid-oost)

NOBODY IS ILLEGAL
FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT […Lees verder]

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Theaterstraat, rise from the ashes together!

By: börek - August 19th, 2014  Filed under: Benefiet, Solidarity, Volkseten/Voku

Monday August 25th 2014: Benefit for ‘Theaterstraat, rise from the ashes together!’, Volkseten Vegazulu, 7pm.

Another Theaterstraat Benefit dinner!

On December 2nd 2013 a big fire burned the warehouse of the TheaterStraat collective to the ground. TheaterStraat is well-known for their support during demonstrations and events with their iconic yellow-red stage truck, but also provides transportation with their coaches, logistical support and loads more for diy activist and cultural events.

The trucks and coaches were saved, but all the rest is gone (sound equipment, stage lighting, mixing desks, the tents, containers, tools, the ware-house, the office and so on and so forth. A big mess and an awfull damage and loss!

Thanks to the hands and donations of many, a part of the warehouse and some of the technical equipments is by now cleaned, recovered or replaced. People are still rebuilding, a 5th of the damage got covered by the transport insurance, and an alternative revolutionary crowd funding and other donations also brought in money, so that now half of is covered – but still more is needed.

Therefore, a comité “Help Theaterstraat uit de Brand” together with Paradiso organise a benefit party at Paradiso on Sunday 31st of August with acts of De Kift, The Ex, Kalio Gayo, Fanfare van de Eerste Liefdesnacht and DJ kollectief Kansloos & Schuifdicht, where also burned art and foto’s from the damage will be auctioned. Come all!

This dinner tonight at Joes hopefully makes a small contribution as well. Come and EAT!

Theaterstraat, rise from the ashes together! […Lees verder]

Benefit Voku – Interference Festival

By: ready - July 30th, 2014  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku

Monday August 4th 2014, Benefit Voku  – Interference Festival, Volkseten Vegazulu, 7pm.

Interference will be an event held 15th to the 17th of august as a critical approach to technology. It will be a self-organised event surrounding a diversity of topics around technology at the Binnenpret. We’ll be having art installations, discussions on surveillance, ethics, digital currencies, philosophy and much more. Check out the program page for details: https://interference.io/program

However in order to organise this donation-based event, there is need for some initial cash. So we will be offering food and ask for donations at Joe’s Garage on the 4th of august, starting from 19.00.

So come and have a bite and share.

More info on Interference: https://interference.io/

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Benefit for ‘ WE ARE HERE ‘ 28. juli

By: börek - July 27th, 2014  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku

demo-geen-mens-is-illegaal-084Monday July 28th 2014: Benefit for ‘We Are Here’, Volkseten Vegazulu, 7pm.

The refugees from ‘We Are Here’ had to leave the building (former prison) at the Havenstraat. In a demonstration they walked to the Oosterpark, where they put a tent camp. There were many neighbours coming to bring food and mental support. People from Rampenplan came to bring hot soup as it started to rain. Police came to tell, that they would have to leave before 11 o.clock. Luckely not everybody was watching football, as a church in the neighbourhood offered shelter for the night. A new building is squatted by the refugees (Linneaushof 4) where the around 100 refugees stay now. ( the owner will probably start a procedure to get them out…..); they call it Vluchtopvang. And then there is still the place in south-east, de Vluchtgarage, (Kralenbeek 100) where over 100 refugees live in bad conditions. And this happening all in Amsterdam, where freedom should be the magic word!

SOLIDARITÉ AVEC LES SANS PAPIERS !
NO NATIONS – NO BORDERS !

For latest info look at: http://wijzijnhier.org/ […Lees verder]

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Benefit Info-night for “Needle & Bitch”, Indonesia

By: börek - July 18th, 2014  Filed under: Benefiet, Infoavond, Volkseten/Voku

Monday July 21st, 2014: Benefit Info-night for “Needle & Bitch”, Indonesia, Volkseten Vegazulu, 7pm.

Mita, a member of the Indonesian Collective “Needle & Bitch” is visiting us for an info-night about their work.

Needle n Bitch is a safe space for wmyn/men/trans or what ever your sex and sex orientation is. It’s not only a physical space, but also a place, situation, and condition they create to provide safe, secure, and comfort feeling for anyone who are not able to access it in this sexist, patriarchy, and homophobic society. It is part of Institut-a- Infohouse and Community Center, an anarchist project. Needle n’ Bitch focuses more on wmyn, personal and sexuality issues. […Lees verder]

Benefit for ‘We Are Here’

By: börek - June 1st, 2014  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku
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Thursday June 26th 2014: Benefit for ‘We Are Here’, Volkseten Vegazulu, 7pm.

The European union and its member states make the life of refugees in the union as well as at its frontiers unbearable. The maintenance of the Dublin agreements, obliges asylum-seekers to pose their asylum-demand in the first country they enter. Many people are trapped in countries that are not able to offer protection for individuals. Also in Holland (thanks Teeven..), the situation is bad. Basic services to refugees are mostly not given, they don’t have access to shelter, food, education, medical care and clothes. […Lees verder]

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Não vai ter Copa, só revolta. ABC Rio de Janeiro benefit. Brazil Uprising info night

By: börek - June 1st, 2014  Filed under: Benefiet, Infoavond, Volkseten/Voku
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Monday June 23th 2014: Não vai ter Copa, só revolta. ABC Rio de Janeiro benefit. Brazil Uprising info night, Volkseten Vegazulu, 7pm.

In the last few years, and specially after the riots in june 2013, a big social movement wants to say no to the world cup in Brazil. In a country know as the “Country of football” this seems surprising, but the re-arrangement of the cities to enter in the model wanted by the FIFA and a “touristic model” made the poor people even more excluded, cause of that many riot movements happened in the country in these last few years. These movements only got visibility in the international media when in june 2013 massive riots exploded in the whole country.

In spite of the image the Brazilian government tries to create of a country that is economically successful and incredible growing, the social gap between classes is still really big. The 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil are one of the visible results of this economical success for the government. So, the authorities really try to create an image of a country that is modern, where the quality of life grows, and where there’s a kind of “social peace”. […Lees verder]

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ASEED Benefit

By: börek - June 1st, 2014  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku

Monday June 16th 2014: ASEED Benefit, Volkseten Vegazulu, 7pm.

ASEED Europe (Action for Solidarity, Equality, Environment and Diversity Europe) is an international campaigning organisation which targets the structural causes of environmental destruction and social injustice. The organisation consists of mainly volunteers and is always in need of support. […Lees verder]

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