Now is the Time of Monsters - Amsterdam 2023
Dragtivist Workshop with the House of Extinction - Fabric, Mannish Pixel, Kaotica
Drag monsters already reign the scene & bring the capitalist monsters to the light (looking at you Fracking Queen). To fuel this potential and spread like a sustainably-produced olive oil stain, world's first explicitly climate activist drag house will host a safe learning space for queer people and allies to come together, find their freedom in this art form and provoke the capitalist cistem in drag. Bring everything you'd like to experiment with! (double length time-slot).
Now is the Time of Monsters - Amsterdam 2023
AH not to GO – A short story on supermarkets and why they are evil - Michel Louise
Albert Heijn Not To Go tells a story that really happened to somebody. From the automation in supermarkets, to the cheese industry, from the bread industry to the justice system, it traces a line between a kaasbroodje and a person, uncovering everything that's wrong in between.
Changing the Game - Amsterdam 2022
Linkse Politiek in 2022: dat gaan we doen! - Anja Meulenbelt, Arno van der Veen, Alejandra Slutzky, Linkse Liefde, Jazie Veldhuyzen, Fatima Faid
Linkse Liefde is een maandelijks politiek-cultureel café in Ru Paré. Deze keer praten we over linkse politiek in 2022 - in de gemeenteraad en op straat - met Jazie Veldhuyzen (Bij1 Amsterdam), Arno van der Veen (Socialisten 010 Rotterdam) en Fatima Faid (Haagse Stadspartij Den Haag). Gespreksleiding: Alejandra Slutzky.
Changing the Game - Amsterdam 2022
What can anarchists learn from Extinction Rebellion? - Climate activists
Right from the very beginning XR has been met with a lot of criticism from people involved in radical politics. At the same nobody can deny XR's success in getting tens of thousands of people involved in direct action. So let's reverse the question: what can anarchists and other radicals learn from Extinction Rebellion?
Defeating Dystopia? - Utrecht 2020
Climate change, conflict and migration - Transnational Institute (TNI), Stop the War on Migrants, CODE ROOD, Stop Wapenhandel
Panel discussion about the future of the nexus climate change, energy security, migration, (armed) conflict and arms trade. Why should social movements active on these subjects work together and how can we cooperate to tackle the intertwined issues?
Defeating Dystopia? - Utrecht 2020
Fighting industrial agriculture - ASEED
Industrial Agriculture is responsible for half of all global greenhouse gas emissions and upholding colonial practices by using it's enormous lobbying power to trap farmers into cycles of debt and dependence.But knowledge is power, and understanding these systems can help us to take direct action to create food autonomy.
Defeating Dystopia? - Utrecht 2020
De dystopie die het Anthropoceen heet - Pieter Lemmens, Maria Karssenberg
Discussie tussen filosoof Pieter Lemmens (RU) en Maria Karssenberg over wat het Anthropoceen betekent en of deze definitie hulp biedt bij het begrijpen van de verschillende crisissen van deze tijd en hoe we vanuit hier aan een toekomst kunnen werken.
Defeating Dystopia? - Utrecht 2020
Reflecting on Extinction Rebellion - Clara
Extinction Rebellion (XR) has an extreme stance on actions organised under its name: non-violent mass civil disobedience to disrupt – but also cooperation with the police. Where does this insistence on this tactic come from, and where to go from here?
Defeating Dystopia? - Utrecht 2020
Feminist and intersectional takes on the climate crisis - Dominique Just, Diederick van den Ende, Fleur, Karijn van den Berg
In this interactive workshop intersectional feminist researcher Karijn van den Berg is joined by several activists, organisers and thinkers to discuss and strengthen feminist intersectional approaches to our current socio-ecological crises. We will discuss the importance of intersectional action for climate justice, connecting with other issues and movements, and how to put this into practice.
