Chaos Kitchen Voku for Former Belarusian Political Prisoners

By: börek - April 22nd, 2026  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku

Thursday April 30, 2026, Chaos Kitchen Voku for Former Belarusian Political Prisoners. Food served from 7pm, no reservation.

Since the mass resistance to the illegitimate 2020 elections in Belarus, at least 4,594 people have been recognised as political prisoners. The arrests are still happening, and with the Russian occupation of Ukraine and Belarus’ involvement in the war continuing, we can expect more people detained for their anti-war positions.

Recently though, since December 2025, as part of a deal with the US for lifting sanctions, several hundred political prisoners were released. Some of them were released to neighbouring countries, Lithuania and Ukraine, without the possibility of coming back to Belarus. Urgent help is therefore needed for those brought into exile, as well as those who stayed in Belarus following their release.

While the sentiment behind the release deals is for sure questionable, and it is worrying that the release of a few hundred people may conceal the continuing force of repression, pushing for the freedom of all political prisoners stays a necessity, and so does supporting those who have been released.

To stand in solidarity with Belarusian political prisoners, Chaos Kitchen is raising money for Volnyja that supports those who recently regained their freedom. Donations will go towards clothing, foreign insurance, housing, medical needs, and psychological support for former political prisoners seeking help from Volnyja. […Lees verder]

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Arab Spring class

By: börek - April 22nd, 2026  Filed under: Workshop

Wednesday April 29, 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.

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Book Club & Zine Share

By: börek - April 22nd, 2026  Filed under: Workshop

Sunday April 26, 2026, School Without Masters, Book Club & Zine Share. 

Join School Without Masters for our first Book Club & Zine Share session! We start at 18:00, the doors open at 17:30.
Today will be our first of three book club sessions: 26 April, 24 May and 21 June. In this first session we will decide together what book we want to read and figure out how to make sure everyone has access to a (digital) copy of that book if they want to read it. Perhaps an anarchist book or political fiction. Everyone is welcome to join, even if you won’t read the book. After all this session is also a zine share, where we can share our zine collections and read each other’s (not take them though unless someone says you can have their copy).
Bring your zines, your book suggestions, or just yourself!
School Without Masters is an anarchist initiative to learn horizontally. None of us are the teachers or experts, we are all teaching each other.

School Without Masters
https://radar.squat.net/en/amsterdam/school-without-masters

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Bella Ciao dinner & party

By: börek - April 19th, 2026  Filed under: Muziek, Volkseten/Voku

Saturday April 25, 2026, Bella Ciao dinner & party. Door opens at 18:00, food served from 20:00. Cash only!

April 25th marks Italy’s National Liberation Day, a celebration of the country’s freedom from the nazi-fascist occupation.
81 years ago, on this very day, the partisans of the Italian Resistance regained control of Northern Italy, bringing an end to twenty years of fascist oppression and five years of war.
For two years, the partisans fought under the Italian tricolor flag, standing against the black flags of the fascists and the swastikas of the nazis.
Celebrating April 25th means remembering that struggle for freedom and democracy and defending the values of Italy’s anti-fascist Constitution that was born from that struggle.
To celebrate these ideals we’re hosting a Bella Ciao dinner and party. There will be great food, live music. […Lees verder]

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Benefit voku for Casa Zemstvei, docu screening “Consider a Tomato” (Marina Sulima, 2025)

By: börek - April 19th, 2026  Filed under: Benefiet, Filmavond, Volkseten/Voku

Thursday April 23, 2026, Benefit voku for Casa Zemstvei with a documentary screening “Consider a Tomato” by Marina Sulima * 2025 * 74 minutes * Romanian, Dutch, English with English Subtitles,

We will be hosting a voku to raise funds for Casa Zemstvei, an independent cultural space in Moldova which is being forced to relocate due to the government plans to renovate the building and turn it into a museum. We will be serving delicious Moldovan food, and then we will screen “Consider a Tomato”, which tracks the story of a tomato from Moldova to the Netherlands.
Synopsis: In this documentary, director Marina Sulima follows the journey of a single tomato, tracing its path from her mother’s kitchen in Moldova to the high-tech greenhouses of the Netherlands. Guided by a family recipe manuscript, she uncovers the lives and labour entwined with these tomatoes – connecting home kitchens, Moldovan fields, and industrial production lines. Crafted with care and a deeply personal perspective, the film mirrors the way tomatoes were once tended by hand. Through one humble fruit, this poignant, inquisitive, and richly observational documentary invites viewers to rethink the choices we make about what we eat, how it reaches our tables, and what the future of food might hold.

Anarchist Group Amsterdam
https://radar.squat.net/en/amsterdam/aga
http://www.agamsterdam.org/ […Lees verder]

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Poster Design Workshop!

By: börek - April 19th, 2026  Filed under: Workshop

Wednesday April 22, 2026, Poster Design Workshop!, from 19:00 to 22:00.

Want to make your own posters and stickers for the good cause? Poster Group Amsterdam is an activist collective that spreads messages of equality and justice all around the city. We will gather at Joe’s Garage to work on new designs. Let your creativity flow and maybe you will be able to put your own poster/sticker in the city!
We have our own printers, so all material produced can be used. Bring crayons and paint if you have em, we will provide some supplies.

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Benefit Voku for imprisoned comrade Akis. D

By: börek - April 15th, 2026  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku

Monday April 20, 2026, Benefit Voku for imprisoned comrade Akis. D. Food served from 7pm, no reservation.

A few words from Akis. D about his persecution and imprisonment in Greece:

At the same time when the domestic neoliberal road-roller of modern totalitarianism flattens any resistance on all fronts, displaces people from their first homes on behalf of foreign funds and banks, fragments our personal and comradely relationships, crushes any labour gains that have been won through struggles and blood, beats and tortures fighters and activists who participate in class and social struggles, slashes salaries and pensions so that the money does not even reach half of the month, actively participates in the genocide being carried out against the Palestinian people by providing military bases and logistical equipment, covers up the state crime with the 57 dead in Tempi and eliminating any scandal that appears in the spotlight.
Amidst all this mess of events, today, 20/11/2025, I was sentenced by the three-member judicial panel to 5 years in prison and a fine of 2,100 euros. In a sham trial, I was faced with a rotten and fabricated indictment, cut and sewn by the state garbage of the Hellenic Police, which concerns my alleged involvement in the attack that took place on 14/02/2025 in the Western Attica Region.
The charges against me are the following: damage to buildings and public property, violence against employees, attempt to cause serious bodily harm, illegal carrying of a weapon, use of a weapon.
From the state’s perspective, walking a random night within a short distance of your home is a criminal offense to the extent that you are now tried, convicted and end up in a domestic penitentiary institution. Obviously, the reason I was targeted and am currently locked up in state cages is my uncompromising and continuous participation in workers’ and people’s struggles, always having as my life stance the just struggle against a rotten and corrupt capitalist system. From the first moment of my arrest, I denied the accusations they are making against me. Accusations that in no case are based on reality. Accusations that create a fabricated truth based on distortion and lies. At the same time, websites and television stations known for their “ethics” and “validity” were trumpeting inaccuracies with the sole purpose of targeting and persecuting me in those days, as well as the police’s invasion of my home a few hours later, even confiscating political printed matter and posters.

THE PASSION FOR FREEDOM IS STRONGER THAN ALL CELLS
IN THE END WE WILL WIN
SOUL DEEP
AKIS D. […Lees verder]

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Raising Radicals

By: börek - April 15th, 2026  Filed under: children's activity, Meeting

Sunday April 19, 2026, Raising Radicals, een (soort van) maandelijks op een zondag om 14.00 in Joe’s Garage, Amsterdam-Oost

Een (soort van) maandelijks ouder-verzorger-kind-cafe maar dan een beetje anders. Misschien komt er af en toe een specifiek thema aan bod zoals; welke acties zijn veilig met kinderen en welke niet? Alternatieve gezinsvormen vieren of misschien is er soms een leuke activiteit voor kids, of misschien is het gewoon al leuk genoeg om te kletsen met politieke activistische ouders en kunnen kids lekker met elkaar spelen, klagen over hun hippy-ouders whatever. Alle input en ideeen zijn super welkom.
Stuur graag door naar alle ouders/verzorgers die zich thuis voelen op een plek als Joe’s Garage!

A monthly-ish parent-child cafe, but a little different. Perhaps a specific theme is discussed occasionally, such as; which actions are safe with children and which are not? Or maybe there is a fun activity for kids, or maybe it’s just fun enough to chat with political activist parents and kids can play with each other, complain about their hippy parents, whatever. All input and ideas are super welcome, Please forward to all parents/ caretakers who feel at home in a place like Joe’s Garage.

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