"It reminds us of the time when it was still possible for free theatre to try out a loving anarchic social utopia . This is about saying goodbye to representation and is therefore the most radical form of theatre."
Frankfurter Rundschau
Join us in an intensive workshop merging performance, activism and the design science of Permaculture run by the infamous artivist collectiveThe Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination. Held as part of Kampnagels Summer Festival in Hamburg, the workshop is Act 1 of What is Enough? The Labofii's 16th experiment. At the end of the workshop, participants will have the chance to perform in a live piece of art activism (Act 2 Natural Revenge).
Against Nuclear Energy – For Energy Democracy
Lubiatowo, Poland July 23 - 29
Call-out for Participants
Application Deadline: June 1, 2012
This summer EYFA will be organising an international youth gathering aspart of a wider Anti-Nuclear Camp in Poland. The camp will take place from July 23-29, 2012 in the village of Lubiatowo on the Polish Baltic Coast.
Participants in the EYFA gathering will take part in general camp activities, workshops, and public events, as well as being part of a smaller international youth gathering with trainings on topics like campaigning and media-work and info-sessions on nuclear power and general energy issues. All participants will be expected to take part in the day-to-day running and decision-making of the camp.
We are very pleased to announce that registration for the biketour 2012 is open!
The Ecotopia Biketour is an eco-mobile do-it-yourself activist community which cycles through Europe each summer (see http://www.ecotopiabiketour.net/).
This year our journey takes us through Catalonia, the South of France and Northern Italy and our theme is *degrowth*, challenging the damaging mentality of growth which overlooks real social and environmental values (www.ecotopiabiketour.net/what-is-degrowth).
We will visit projects, collectives and people who are experimenting with alternatives to growth, learn from each other and live sustainably! And we also have the challenge to get to cross both the Pyrénées and the Alps with the help of our trusty bikes :-)
As the weather gets warmer and the crisis in Europe shows no signs of slowing down, resisting is heating up too. Days of Action and networking events are happening all over the place, so get involved!
Below is a sampling of stuff happening in May. Do you know about something else we should spread the word about? Email eyfa @ eyfa . org and we'll add it to the list or include it in our upcoming annual .on Summer Events newsletter.
The big annual critical mass of Marseilles, France takes place Friday, the 4th of May. Celebrating its third birthday this year!
For any enquiries, please email contact@velorution-marseille.org
As an early notice, please note that the Vélorution Universelle (Biggest Annual Critical Mass in France) of 2013 will take place in Marseille too. As a reminder, the 2012 edition is in South Brittany, in a small coastal town crammed with tourists' cars in the summer, and crammed with cars the rest of the year as well, since people don't think too much before taking their car (and where a courageous bike workshop was evicted last year). More on that later.
International Non-Violent Direct Action
NATO HQ, Brussels, 1 April 2012
NATO, the world's biggest war machine, has evolved from a defensive to an aggressive alliance.
NATO adds fuel to the fire. Under the pretext of 'Responsibility to Protect', NATO attacked Libya to force a profitable regime change. This intervention escalated the conflict and caused thousands of casualties. The arms industry applauds. NATO's intervention in Afghanistan leaves the country in tatters and on the brink of a civil war. Thousands have been killed. After a long-drawn-out war, the alliance reduces troop levels but plans for continued military presence, although military leaders admit that they have reached no tangible results so far.
Call for political and poetic direct action… to free water from multinational influence!
Marseille, 12-17 March 2012
Are you thirsty? Eat sand! At least that’s what you will have to do in the future, if you let the World Water Council go ahead with their plans!
24 April to 1 May 2012
A 7 day workshop in rural Devon, UK
This workshop offers personal and collective tools to make our activism more effective. It offers space to reflect and analyse, helping us to stay in it for the long haul, create personal sustainability and add continuity to our movement building. We will explore how to ensure the collective dimensions of our activism exemplify the values we struggle for. It aims to help us stay inspired, nourished, empowered, & strategically creative.
Mezcal, Turin, Italy
29th February to 4th March 2012
A short presentation of Turin’s gathering
At the end of the last camp in Romania, in choosing between a couple of proposals, the assembly decided to organize the next meeting in Italy. Reclaim the Fields never reached this country, so it could be a good opportunity to meet others sharing in the same interests of the constellation; moreover in Rosia Montana lots of people expressed their desire to link the activities of RtF with some of the struggles against big projects such as airports, mines, pipelines… Nearby Turin, there is a strong and well rooted struggle against the construction of the high speed rail line across the Alps from Turin to Lyon (the NO TAV movement of the Susa valley).
Would you like to volunteer with young people in Bosnia, working through art to help bring people together? With all your costs covered?!
Firefly International is looking for 2 volunteers based in the UK aged between 20 – 30 to volunteer with our partner organisation Svitac in Brcko, Bosnia from April 1st 2012 – March 31st 2013.
The volunteers will work on either Music or Arts and Crafts programmes with young people from a variety of backgrounds, living in North East Bosnia. All costs will be covered (travel, accommodation and basic living expenses) as part of the Youth In Action European Commission programme.