Radar is a political and cultural on-line agenda covering several european countries since 10 years. Radar is a non-commercial network and publishes information about other non-commercial projects. You may announce your events in the agenda yourself. If you don't have a radar login yet, please request one at . It is your responsibility to announce what you want or not on Radar. The Radar crew is just here to provide you with a login, not to put your events on-line. Mailing lists, flyers, posters, zines may inform locals and non-locals about your events, but don't forget to be visible on-line as well, on your own website and networks like Radar, not (only) on commercial "social" networks.
"We are everywhere" says the slogan... Radar is also an on-line database, linking a huge network of groups, social centers, non-profit spaces, squats around Europe. You might want people to visit your space, support your struggle, provide support. Make yourself visible on Radar, show you are active. Not everybody is reading Indymedia, specially if you are not living in the Netherlands or if you don't read dutch.
Here are a few points that may guide you with Radar:
- To put an event on-line, you need a radar login. You lost your login, you want a new one, contact .
- Do you still want to be visible on Radar or absolutely not? Should Radar erase anything about your location, your social space? Let us know.
- Is the information you provide on Radar accurate? You may search for your location in this list [
http://radar.squat.net/location.php?mode=location_list&profile=radar&timerange=0&l_category=0&where=6]. Are your opening times correct in that list? In case you moved to a new location, is your address correct? - Are your events visible in the on-line agenda [
http://radar.squat.net/?q=nederland]? By not adding yourself your events, you are simply not visible on this page. In case, you are doubting Radar can inform about political and cultural events around Europe, check this page, all events everywhere are listed here [
http://radar.squat.net/index.php?mode=search&profile=radar&what=0&where=0]. Not everything might be there, but be aware that we are doing the necessary to inform all of you and spread to new territories. Any help is welcome! Sometimes we may hear about a new space when its doors are opening but nothing more until it gets under threat. Don't wait for the last hour to get some support and show what you are doing on a daily basis. Show it on Radar too!
You can filter events on Radar by the country, city, area of your choice, also by the type of events you are looking for. If you want to directly access events in your city, then type your city name in this [
http://radar.squat.net/?q=your_city]. Radar is now offering new categories such as give away shop, library, bookshop, infoshop, protest camp, etc... Radar is also a database of locations, social centers, groups active around the country and further around Europe. You may also list locations in the country, city, area of your choice.
Radar is also offering a printable version, a text file listing events. Just select "printer-friendly" by the country, city, area of your choice. You get directly a calendar of your choice, with a lay out! Something you may print for the board of your social center, for the walls of your neighborhood, for the monthly zine you want to spread in your city.
Linking back Radar is also appreciated. You can do it in various ways. On your own website, you can even add a Radar widget like on these sites [
http://huizespoorloos.org/] , [ http://krakenpost.nl/archief/] or propose a selection of events in the city of your choice like here [ http://ksutreg.squat.net/]. As you might have noticed, Indymedia is not an on-line agenda. To quote Indymedia itself, "Indymedia is not classifying events by date..." The agenda page [
http://indymedia.nl/nl/Agenda/Agenda.shtml] has quite some limits, some people may misuse Indymedia, posting repetitive announcements and not selecting the "Agenda" category. Radar offers you an alternative. Once your event is on-line, you don't have to do any reminder, you can always modify the content of the event. Watch out with what you are announcing on Radar, not only friends are keeping an eye on it!
For any question, suggestion, please contact us. Thanks a lot.
E-Mail: radar@squat.net 
Website: http://radar.squat.net/
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