Weaving resistance - Amsterdam 2025
The Soft Spot: Weaving as Resistance & Collective Care - Julina Vanille Bezold
- (Anti-) Kapitalisme / Economie
- Internationale solidariteit
- Klimaat / Ecologie
- Kunst / muziek / literatuur
...engage in queer ecofeminist approaches to craft and activism. All woven contributions will become part of The Tapestry of the Commons, raising questions about ownership, labor, and the politics of...
Ministry of Peacemaking - Kali, Chihiro Geuzebroek
Conflict within our movements can weaken our collectives. How can we care and repair relationships to raise hell together? Let’s practice communicating about our sore spots, boundaries and giving feedback...
Gender-Questioning - Doppelpunkt Collective
...a difficult issue to talk about – no matter what circles you run in. There’s no guide book to prepare us for the complexities of communication that can come up....
Prepping Otherwise Manual - Garage School of Medicine
...Vooruit’ or ’thinking ahead’ disaster-preparedness campaign booklet, produced and widely distributed by the Dutch government in 2025. We will discuss what is missing, wrong or problematic about the publication and...
The radical imagination and how to change the world with our minds (really) - Jan Jelles Rupert
...intentional about the imagination is a potentially radically transformative way to discover other ways of acting in the world. The workshop departs from the notion that current imaginations in leftist...
Rojava & the aftermath of the recent developments in Syria: - Raad van Gemeenschappen uit Koerdistan (DemNed)
In January, brutal attacks by Al-Qaeda and ISIS-linked Damascus forces on Aleppo, particularly targeting the Kurds, sparked deep fears about the fate of Rojava. On the same day as the...
Transforming masculinities as antidote against an increasingly violent world - Emancipator, Patriarkraakt
...on a political level? And how do we involve more people who’ve internalized masculinity in such change? Come hear and share about these things in this workshop that surely give...
Countering Militarisation in Education - Ivana Balen (Educatiegroep Nieuwe Vredesbeweging), Mark Akkerman (Stop Wapenhandel), Michiel Bot (University of Tilburg), Jinsella Kennaway (Demilitarise Education UK)
...experiences of the longer-existing Demilitarise Education group in the UK, discuss how we can build stronger opposition, brainstorm about action ideas and hopefully start building a network around this issue....
That word, right on the tip of my tongue - Leroy
A talk about linguistic imperialism and the community efforts of language revival, including a collective mind mapping session where participants are free to discuss and reflect on all of their...
Reading Your Collective Activism - Alchemy of Commons
...possible blockages, or simply gain knowledge and insights about community dynamics. In this version, we would like to provide an initiation, a tryout, and a reflection, starting from the self...
The Infernal Desiring Machines - Jules Labib
...could bring about this state of affairs? More than that, how is it possible that democracy could create such monsters? These two questions have already been largely elaborated upon, but...
Designing Antifascist Games - Max Haiven, Briar Dickey
...either a board game, or a game that can be played in the streets at protests and other actions. Thinking about games can help us rethink our antifascist work: to...
Billionaires & Guillotines (the board game) - Max Haiven
...which is suitable for all people over the age of about 10. The game starts easy and gets more complex when everyone is comfortable, making it suitable for both casual...
Fermentation Antifascism - Teresa Borasino
...social fragmentation. Drawing on microbial life, we ask: what can bacteria, yeast, and fungi teach us about transformation, interdependence, and survival under hostile conditions? How might these lessons help us...
(Anti)fascism through the lens of food and seeds - Reclaim the Seeds, ASEED
...deeply political and have long been used to shape ideas about identity, borders and belonging. In this workshop, ASEED and Reclaim The Seeds invite you to look at food and...
Brandelism for a Peat-Free Future - RE-PEAT
...and so on to be possibly used in future campaign actions/ activities or to inspire our work. So if you’re curious about Brandelism, peatlands, corporate accountability, and creative advocacy or...
Squatted Veggies! - Brandneteltuinders
...happy to share our story and talk about the fucked-up food system, so join us if you like to eat veggies sometimes. We will try to make it fun 😀...