Tuesday, January 19, 2016

9 Days Tantra Retreat in Maldivian nature again very soon

... so this is also your test for spontaneity ;)

Don't hesitate to ask the questions mgriks@gmail.com
[ Nederlandse vertaling van de cursus: http://tantramovement.blogspot.nl/2015/04/course-for-all.html ]
[ Traducere română: http://tantraromania.blogspot.nl/2015/09/curs-initiere-tantra-lasi-23-25.html  ]
[Czesciowe polskie tlumaczenie kursu: http://tantrapolska.blogspot.nl/2015/11/tantryczny-retreat-na-litwie-1-modu-1_8.html]
[Dalinis Lietuvių vertimas: http://tantralietuva.blogspot.lt/2015/11/tantrinio-mokymo-1-lygio-kursas-1.html]

9 Days Tantra Retreat in Maldivian nature.


School Of Tantra introduces You to the path of tantric practice and lifestyle. It is the way of deep experience, abandoning all concepts, exchange of energy and entering intimate relation not only with yourself. It is expanding you to the deepest and the highest levels of love and ecstasy through working on all dimensions possible to You...
Price:
Couple only 1699USD, Single 1030USD
Early bird till 24 January : Couple 1499USD, Single 830USD
You could transfer the amount to Michal Grygoruk NL92TRIO0390212989 in Triodos ethical bank.
Package Include:
Transfer & Return from Male' to Guest house
9 Nights Accommodations
3 vegan meals daily
water, juice and coffee available
All taxes included

Where: 
Kuri Inn Omadhoo, Maldives



When: 
from 28th January to 5th February

This Course as a whole is created to help you go deep in to your inner ecstasy, bliss and healing. Are you ready for the biggest change in your life? Go for an intensive transformation of sexuality and love to the higher levels in one of the most beautiful place in the world.

Here is a list of the workshops that would be included in the course. Whole course would contain 14 workshops which each would have different subjects and would take around 3,5 hours. The choice would depend on the needs and energy of the group.
Finishing whole course could be honored by receiving the certificate of finishing first level in School Of Tantra Movement

Subjects of the course:
A more detailed description of these workshops is below:

1. Taste of Tantra. Introduction to the practise. (open evening )
2. Connection3. Expanding the consciousness. Being here and now.
4. Love yourself - recognising your inner lover

5.
Theory about practise. Tips for improving your relationship with yourself, with your partner, with others, with animals, the whole of nature and the entire universe. (open evening )
6. Sacred energy - worshipping your holy body, recognising your wild soul
7. Male and female energy

8. Sacred Sexuality
9. Dance with tantra
10. Communication of Love.
(open evening )11. Preparing for awakening the Kundalini energy
12. Journey to Awaken the Senses ceremony
13. Secrets of tantric touch. Introduction to tantric massage
14. Closing and sharing of the whole course
There would be breaks in the program for going in to the nature or watching some interesting tantric movies

Time schedule of the days:
10.00 - 11.00
Time schedule of the days:
7.30 - 8.30
Chakra breathing by Roxana Rainbow Cioaza, Tantra Kriya yoga, Kundalini Yoga or Osho active meditation
8.30 - 9.30 Breakfast
10.00 - 13.00 workshop
13.30 - 15.30 Lunch break
15.30 - 19.00 workshop
19.30 - Evening meal and sharing of the day


You may check updates and invite your friends also here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1674811532795470/

[ Just after this retreat we continue  with 9 days Tantra Massage course what you may read about here:  https://www.facebook.com/events/762923203840898/
 
A more detailed description of these workshops:

Ad 1: "Taste of Tantra" - Introduction to practise

In this introductory workshop we give small examples of simple safe exercises which you can continue practising later with your partner or on your own. Anyone following the instructions from this introduction may rapidly and dramatically improve her/his life. We let you have a taste of what tantra is, and what we teach as a whole course at the School of Tantra Movement.
 A little bit of everything:

- Theory; what tantra means to us and our practical use of it

- sexual meditation

- recognising and training the PC muscle

- open communication

- recognising your Inner Man and Inner Woman

- Awakening the senses meditation

- Breathing together in Shiva Shakti position

Ad 2: Connection


Nowadays, in modern times thankful technology we could contact each other even when we are thousands kilometres away. In the cities we are living so close to each other. Communication was never so fast. But still we are alienated like never before in human history. We never felt so lonely like now. Did we lost something on the way ?
This workshop is
to connect beyond capacity of mobile phones,
to build Friendship with big "F", deeper than making hundreds friends on facebook,
to feel Love with big "L" deeper than sending <3 through internet
to connect with real
nature beyond the discovery channel
To found what we lost, to find our deep nature, to connect with ourselves and other participants maybe deeper that you ever did even with your friends, with your family.
Tantra gives us tools to connect with all parts of you, connect with yourself, then connect with your partner, group, family, other people, animals, nature and whole universe. Beautiful slogan "We are one!" tantra is transforming from believe in to real experience. If you allow yourself to feel it, you would never be the same. You would never love in the same way.
That's why we choose this workshop in the beginning.


Ad 3: Expanding Consciousness.


We invite you to create space for expanding consciousness.

You will discover:

What consciousness is, and how to get ready to open yourself for full consciousness.
How to dissolve blockages in a conscious way and open yourself to a flow of love energy.
How in daily life we can develop and cultivate our inner consciousness.

Expanding consciousness is one of the main purposes of tantra. In this workshop we are going to awake, discover, explore and expand consciousness of here and now, consciousness of female and male energy, consciousness of the witness, consciousness of energy... This workshop may open your eyes, heart and mind in a way that you will never be the same again.

Ad 4: Love Yourself!

Loving ourselves is the foundation of real love, when we love ourselves we can truly love others. When we feel good about our self we will have the self-esteem needed to act in love towards another being. To truly love ourselves may increase the chance of amplifying the love shared
with our partners, family, animals, nature, the planet and the universe.

It has nothing to do with selfishness but rather with expanding love in a healthy way...


Ad 5: Theory about practise. Tips for improving relationship with yourself, with your partner, with others, with animals, the whole of nature and the entire universe.

This is more of a lecture than a workshop. If you're new to tantra and would you like to find out more, to feel and see what is there for you, this would be good for you to participate in. There will be plenty of time for questions and answers


Ad 6: Sacred energy. - worshipping your holy body, recognising your wild soul

Together we create at the workshops a safe space in which we can experience transformational processes. Remember, however, that real change happens outside the comfort zone. We work in a group, in pairs and individually. This day we will focus on the flow of energy through the body, how we experience it and how to inspire and cultivate that.

What is blocking us and how can we be consciously permeable to those blocking energies?

The tantric path opens us to experience our own, our partner's and group's deep energy levels. With thankful Tantric and sexual Tao techniques, we become aware of subtle energies which link the apparent opposites: spirit and matter, sexuality and spirituality, light and darkness, consciousness and unconscious, masculinity and femininity.

By using the keys to the door of connections, to regain our inner strength, we are giving right direction to the flow of energy.

Ad 7: Male and Female energy

Nowadays not so many people are aware that within each of us exists male and female energy. It doesn't matter what sex we are, the balance of those energies determines our health, our contentment, our happiness and fulfilment in our relationships.
 In this workshop we meet the inner woman and man within us, and recognise their energies. We will hear from them how is to live with us, what are their needs, their concerns. How we can improve their (our) life...


We will get to know the differences between male and female bodies and learn how to approach them in a way that allows beautiful sexual energy of love to flow freely, not be forced or imposed on someone or be blocked by some wrong behaviour.

Ad 8: Sacred Sexuality



In this workshop we will go on a journey to the past to heal our memories mainly connected to our sexuality. We live in a society where very often sex is considered as something bad, dirty, that develops guilt and shame in us. We're going to heal our wounds with the intention to bring sacredness and pride to not only the genital parts of our bodies but to the whole concept of sex in our life. We're going to free ourselves from stereotypes what are stopping our love.



According to tantra, human sexuality is located in the centre of spirituality. Over the millennia, it was pushed only to have the role of procreating. The wider truth was available only to a few.
At the present time the consciousness of humanity is mature enough that the truth of the sacred sexuality is revealed to all.
The consciousness of humanity at the present moment goes beyond the circle of material activities and experiences. It rises together with the energy of the Earth. Old Masters are now revealing ancient mysteries that were previously available only for the elites.
Using those secrets could be the solution for all sort of crisis that humanity and individuals are facing today.
 On the other hand, we have at the present time wide availability of pornography, which massively distorts the image of human sexuality. On a large scale, we are bombarded with sexuality stripped of beauty, holiness , power, and intimacy....

At the workshop you will have the chance to deeply answer to yourself questions such as:
how sacred sexuality is different from regular sexuality?
 How can I have access to sacred sexuality in my life?
 In what way, based on sacred sexuality, I can shape reactions with myself , with a partner, with other people, with nature and the whole universe?


These and other questions will not get ready answers , but in a series of our workshops we offer the opportunity to experience the methods which can help you to expand your consciousness in the field of sacred sexuality. 

In this workshop we will focus on the dissolution of the concepts and blockages that accumulate around the topic of sexuality.
We will recognise patterns which we adopted from family, school, society, Hollywood movies, etc. To recognise the sacred sexuality, we will unfold the veil of ignorance.
 To achieve that we will use: 
movement, 
meditation,
 touch, massage, 
breath, 
play
 and communication. 

You may establish an intimate relationship with yourself .
You may enrich and raise to a higher level the relationship with your partner. 
You may attract into your life the partner/lover of your dreams.
You may heal the wounds from your sexual life and those passed to you from generation to generation.

Ad 9: Dance with Tantra


Like all my invitations, you may already learn and experience something very useful from them. But only when you read it with your heart and follow with your body... only when you use it, not lose it :)

There are a few passions in my life. One of course is tantra, so being love, making love, giving and receiving love. The other passion is dancing, which is very connected to tantra. Like making love, massage (my other passion ) and dancing are best if I let my mind go. This is not a time for thinking; it is time for feeling. To fall into dance, to follow the sound or even become a sound, to unite with the music. Being tuned like an instrument, fully harmonised with the music. Here and now. Letting go all your thoughts. When we are able to be in that state there is more space for our heart, for our body. Then it is easier to make the connection. Deepening into ourselves... into others.

This is my journey that I would like to share at this workshop with you.
To get more connected we will use some tantric methods like shaking off stress, dancing with blindfolds, different music and movements activating different glands, hormones and different chakras. We will use various touches and approaches. We will awake ecstatic dance in you :)

Ad 10:
Communication of Love.

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Do you know the tantric way of communicating? Do you know your and your partner's 'love language'? Do you know that when bodies are talking to each other they can easier find solutions, even in the areas of our life where there weren't any? Do you know body intelligence? Do you use it ? Do you know that we often 'talk' via emotions? Do you know that we often do not understand each other because we talk in different love languages and we're not even aware of it ?
Can you imagine how much you could improve your life and your relationship if you knew the answers to these questions?
In this workshop we will explore the answers to those and other questions. We will do exercises in tantric and body communication. We will do things to find out what your and your partner's love languages are, and then exercise using them.
Your life could become more understandable than ever before!
As always, just a few things that everyone should learn but unfortunately very few do :/

Ad 11: Preparing for Awakening Kundalini energy.


Kundalini Energy, serpent power, is the strongest energy available to experience by the human body. In some cultures, awakening the Kundalini energy is recognised as enlightenment, a blessing, the goal of life, and biggest liberation...
Suddenly all your senses are 1000% awake. You may see, feel, experience things what you were never before aware of. Your ecstasy may shift to another, higher level. Intensity of life at that state may increase to the point that it may scare you.
 Be prepared. Be aware. Observe and accept.... or even better - permit yourself to be. To be who you really are. Recognise the god/goddess within - feel it and become one. Life will never be the same. You're not alone.

Ad 12: Journey to Awaken the Senses.




Listen to the quiet whispers of your own body.
Shhhh.....


When we fully experience our senses, we enter into the heart, into love with existence. And instead of thinking about and analysing the world, we love it, we feel it, we become a part of it. We experience the bliss, ecstasy and deep fulfilment that can come to us through our senses.

To practise this, we do a ritual that awakens each sense in turn and allow ourselves to absorb this bliss in our hearts. This is a totally yummy, delicious and deep meditation that touches the body, heart and soul. For anyone who wants to expand the experience of their senses or use the body as a gateway to the self. Done to each other it is a great way to connect and feel gratitude and more love and sympathy for your partner. It awakens the child in us, a child who is playing the adult games of love...

Ad 13: "Magic of Tantric Massage" Introduction to tantric massage



This workshop is composed in such a way that you can learn and feel what sacred touch is, so that you can allow healing energy of love into your body and life.

Mastering the art of giving and receiving tantric massage is opening us on many levels:

- It helps to recover energy

- Teaches us sacred touch

- Raise awareness of the body

- Is an Introduction to tantric sex

- Develops our potential for love.



It is not possible to mention all the benefits of tantric massage but first of all it is an experience of deep inner joy, bliss, cleansing, peace and ecstasy. It is the experience of being whole. We will mainly focus on the feelings in the body and not only on the techniques . First of all, we want to ensure that participants will experience touch, that they open up for receiving and giving on the body level, that they open up for feeling the pleasure of being a giver and receiver of a massage.

We want to go deep into the levels of feeling pleasure, bliss, and flow of the love energy. We want to free all the tension from our bodies, let them go away to make more space in the body, to make in the place of the blockages space for the flow of life energy.

Ad 14: Closing and sharing of the whole course

About us - Michal Marek Griks and Roxana Rainbow Cioaza





Michal Marek Griks

I´m a Kundalini Yoga teacher, tantric masseur and teacher, and a relationship and life coach. I began my Tantric journey over eight years ago and continue to study at the Rasayana Tantra Academy. Tantra has become a way of life for me and three years ago I began sharing my knowledge and journey as a teacher of Tantra. While Tantra has several paths, I recognized that sexuality is the most effective way for me to improve:

my self esteem,
my physical
and mental health,
my intimate relationship,
my love ( also to myself ),
my energy and all other aspects of life...

For me, sexuality is the most beautiful, intimate, and powerful expression of love. When I recognized how important this is in my life, I asked "If love is the most important need in the majority of humanity, why is there no place for the energy of love and sexuality in peoples education?" So, I hope that in establishing Tantra Movement School I can help fill this great need. In my life I experienced sex as way to hell but have been very fortunate to also experience it as way to heaven. Now I´m bringing sexuality out of guilt and shame to it´s rightful place sacredness and honor.

I´m a tantric, who's destiny is to share tantra and love.

As tantra movement page is more to promote the events, to avoid to much information here, I also have blog where I share much more: http://aktywnatantra.blogspot.nl/

Michal Marek Griks
http://tantramovement.blogspot.nl




Roxana Cioaza

Coach and Tantra Assistant and Masseur

During my studies and my work I have gained experience in the field of efficient communication and working skills and also intercultural communication. It is a beautiful challenge to continuously connect to beautiful inspiring people and communities. I am glad to share my perspectives for a better world and I am so grateful for the opportunity of being part of the Tantra Movement Community.

The experience as a Tantra Assistant improved my inner balance, energy and constantly enriching my perspective upon life. I am honored to be part of Tantra Movement and my intention is to share beautiful insights about the miracle of human beings, about the world and inner world. My other intentions are to create beautiful experiences and inspire people to connect to their own deepest truth, to their mature and responsible freedom and wealth.

Thank you,

E. Roxana Cioaza
mobil: 0751 096 638
roxana.cioaza@gmail.com



Monday, January 18, 2016

Eyfa Winter Newsletter 2015/6: on Network Building and the Anti-extractivism/Anti-Fracking Struggles


**Winter Newsletter 2015/6**


.on Network Building and the Anti-extractivism/Anti-Fracking Struggles

Just to remind you about our new newsletter schedule, although not as regular as some years ago, we will have 2 newsletters each year. One in the spring that shares announced days of action for the summer; and one in the winter that shares a bit more content. We hope you enjoy the updates and feel free to send us ideas and content for upcoming newsletters. We've been reflecting a lot on what it means to be a network and how we can harness our collective power in exciting ways. So there's an input from the Network Working Group here to help us all start visioning:) In 2015, Eyfa has been active in anti-fracking and therefore this newsletter will go a bit deeper into this content and how it connects to the wider antiextractivist movement. Thus, we'll also share a report from Ende Gelände, this year's big action of civil disobedience that shed light on hypocritical German greenwashing, and one from Rosia Montana, which gives us (maybe) cause to celebrate.

Content
1 –> What's Eyfa up to?

  • Network Working Group

  • No-Fly

  • Vegan

    2 –> Anti-Extraction Struggles

  • Basque Country

  • UK

  • Kurdistan

  • Ukraine

3 –> Anti-Coal Mining Struggle Report: Ende Gelände in Germany

4 –> Anti-Gold Mining Struggle Report: Update from Rosia Montana



What's Eyfa up to?

Greetings from the dark and stormy underbelly of hipster paradise. We have a new phone number, so change your address books/contacts: +4915218178934

Eyfa is just back from an annual network/strategy meeting – coinciding with COP21 mobilizations in Paris. There was so much to be discussed – particularly how the changing political landscapes in fortress europe demand our solidarity to be expressed somehow wider and clearer. Clearly, we also emerged from the meeting with an articulated desire to clarify what we can be for each other as a network.


Eyfa Network Working Group


Some of us involved in the EYFA 'network' met in early December to exchange, strategize, and come up with plans for the future. One of the things that came out of the meeting was a feeling that although a lot of amazing relationships and collaborations have already grown out of EYFA projects, we want to further strengthen our abilities to work together in ways that don't always have to rely on the EYFA office as a central hub.

A few people invited felt the process by which it had been decided they were a part of the EYFA network and invited to the meeting, while others were not, was a bit mysterious to them. By defining the network more clearly and creating the possibility for people to actively choose if they want to be a part of it, some people suggested they would feel more investment in collaborations and that this might also help break down some of the internal hierarchies in the network. So some of us at the meeting proposed trying to more actively define the so-called 'network' in order to get a bit more clarity on who is or wants to be a part of it. There are a lot of groups that have worked with EYFA over the years and we see this as an opportunity to strengthen our resistance by finding new ways of collaborating and mutually supporting each other.

During the meeting a network working group was formed which suggested that in order to decentralize our work and define more clearly our network, there was a need to define the shared principles that make us want to work together, and to get a better picture of which groups feel excited to work together, what our strategic visions are and to think organizationally about how we can imagine working together and better coordinating our resistance. For that reason we wrote down a few questions we wanted to pose to groups who have been involved with EYFA in some way over the years (or who the network sees a possibility of working with) in order to gauge whether the idea of defining more transparently as a network or at least of finding new ways of collaborating with each other is something other people are into, too.

Do you consider having a broader network as something politically useful to you?

Do you have a wish for more clarity in terms of what the EYFA network is or could be?

What would be your vision of a network?

**Contact us so we can put you in touch with the Working Group, in case you're up for offering some feedback. Your opinion and input would be really helpful at this stage.

Also, It would be really cool if we found a way to utilize this very newsletter as a part of this network building/strengthening. So please write to us using this contact form (http://eyfa.org/contact/) or via email if you'd like to take part in the newsletter process, whether it be writing or just coming up with content proposals.


Until then, we want to take this moment to assess and express two important (not new) project practices (in order to work towards wider network consensus on them):


No-Fly

As a network, we stand in solidarity with many grassroots groups against the expansion of the aviation industry. Short-haul flying is the most environmentally detrimental form of transport, yet enjoys many excessive government subsidies. The 'cheap' prices for airline tickets continue to hurt other ground transportation alternatives and surely fail to take into account the environmental impact of inordinate noise pollution or of the millions of liters of jetfuel used daily. Not only is the marketing of the aviation industry all too often expressing exotifying and neocolonialist messages, but they feed into a disturbing pro-capitalist logic linking consumerism and escapism. The reappropriation of the people's land for the use of the 'developers' represents further the destructive neoliberal logic of infinite growth, with the ongoing resistance in La ZAD showing how we can alternatively go about seeding and building a future without an aeroport with diversity and cohesion.

While we cannot practically support an all-out boycott, as we do not want to exclude comrades located greater distances away, for eyfa projects, short-haul flights inside europe are to be avoided when at all possible.

Compare environmental impacts of different modes of transport with this online toy: http://www.ecopassenger.org/


Vegan

**veganism means… an intersectional struggle for justice. Because as long as cages exist, none of us will ever be free**

As activists concerned with environmental and social justice, we want to destroy all the cages for multiple reasons. Western meat-based diets are taking up too much space. Because of the demand for animal feed and the large amount of fresh water required in the industrial production of animal products, meat-based diets in the West use four and half times more land than what is necessary for a vegan diet. This land is often deforested or reappropriated from land that produced grains for human consumption in the global South. Let's demand climate justic - now. Furthermore, we stand in solidarity with animal liberation and refuse to accept the commodification and abuse of animal's bodies by corporate exploitation. Let's smash speciesism - now!

Therefore, cooking vegan meals together or consuming plant-based snacks at an action training together are such simple and exciting ways to express a clear anti-oppressive and liberatory stance. And, yes, there are of course many ways that elements of vegan diets can also be problematic. But we want to continue to orient ourselves towards autonomy, and to work towards liberating ourselves from the misogynist-capitalist paradigm that animals exist merely for human consumption. For this reason, please note that EYFA chooses to support vegan kitchen projects and to offer only vegan food at our events.


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Anti-Extraction Struggles

Yeah, it seems that 'fracking' is a sexy word that can garner quite a bit of media attention. And maybe that was a key factor that aided in the mobilization this summer for the anti-fracking international camp "Frackanpada" in the Basque Country. And it was also evident that the anti-extractivist movement feels confident in utilizing this buzzword to strengthen its wider resistance movement. We certainly felt the momentum of several recent victories, sending shockwaves through Europe's fracking industry, at the week-long Frackanpada in July. For example, while we were putting up the tents, preparing for the camp to begin, we received word that the government in the Netherlands declared that they will not renew drilling permits - effectively stopping all fracking activity for the next five years. A few more updates to follow:


  • Basque Country

Just one week before we were set to mobilize for an action camp on an important proposed drilling site, the Basque Country passed their fracking ban. The legislation was originally drafted as a citizen's legislative initiative with the support of 103,000 signatures and is, thus, a collective victory to be celebrated. However, the timing was likely intentional and somehow disrupted the way in which the camp could have served as a rallying point for radical land occupations and such resistance struggles.

Yet as the slogan of the camp was 'No fracking, here or anywhere' local activists are moving on in solidarity to support the anti-fracking struggles in the nearby regions of Burgos and Cantabria. "Taking collective action is the only way we can confront the fossil fuel industry to protect our water, air, communities and climate from this destructive technology." - according to Fracking Ez, whom you can contact for more information about the anti-fracking movement in the region ( http://frackingez.org/contacto/). You can also see a map of locations where permission for drilling or exploration has been granted here: http://www6.mityc.es/aplicaciones/energia/hidrocarburos/petroleo/exploracion2014/mapas/inicio.html


  • UK

Frackanpada hosted several activists from Reclaim the Power, who shared a bunch of battle stories. Through persistant direct action and thorough grassroots mobilizations, they've been able to push back against some of the more prominent fracking endeavors in the region. On 29 June 2015, Lancashire denied permission for the most important fracking test drills to date in the UK. But keep an eye out for Cuadrilla Resources, the oil and gas extraction company that suffered this denial and much recent controversy, as they might very well seek more permissions outside the UK.

Journalists keep the frackers in check in the UK via this platform: http://drillordrop.com/

Reclaim the Power posts about the latest actions and mobilizations against the frackers and other oppressive corporate landgrabs here: http://www.nodashforgas.org.uk/updates/

  • Kurdistan

In recent decades, the Turkish government has taken to wielding water management as a form of political control in the areas of Kurdistan that it attempts to keep under oppressive state rule. Through several large dam projects on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the Turkish government has been flooding villages, supporting the imposition of large-scale, industrial agriculture, and pushing hundreds of thousands of Kurdish people out of their villages and into overcrowded cities. More recently, Kurdish ecology activists have discovered that these dam projects are linked to the marketization of fracking in the region. Further land dispossession and contamination will undoubtedly ensue, and in anticipation of Kurdish resistance, the Turkish government has set up large, military-style fortresses near the dams. Activists believe these sites would likely also serve as "secure" facilities for fracking refineries and for storing trucks and equipment. For more information, check out this article ( http://kurdishquestion.com/index.php/kurdistan/north-kurdistan/amed-diyarbakir-against-shale-gas-extraction/106-amed-diyarbakir-against-shale-gas-extraction.html ) and/or contact the Mesopotamia Ecology Movement: http://ercanayboga.blogspot.de/


  • Ukraine

Any localized attempts at finding responsible or sustainable energy solutions in Ukraine are inevitably thwarted by the neo-colonial interference of international banks, mainly with their investments into dirty energy monopolies owned by Ukrainian oligarchs. And one particular oligarch, Rinat Akhmetov, continues to buy up state-owned coal mines, with the support of his corporate friends, Deutsche Bank, Uni Credit Bank, and ING Bank. With over 300,000 hectares of forests and fields destroyed during the War in Donbass and the wider Russian invasion, this Western bank-sponsored Coaligarchy has become only a tiny blip in the wider destruction. Exploitative companies like Shell greedily brush aside the rubble and are currently seeking permissions to frack in Kharkiv oblast, which neighbors war-torn Donbass.

EndCoal Factsheets: http://endcoal.org/resources/end-coal-fact-sheets/

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Anti-Coal Extraction Struggle Report: Successful Mass Action in the Rhineland's Browncoal Fields (germany)

In an announced mass action this August, 1500 people entered the Coalmine „Garzweiler" in germany. In the heart of europe's biggest CO²-Emitting area, climate justice activists from all over europe prevented the energy corporation RWE from carrying on with its mining for a whole day.


Friday evening, more than a thousand people sat in their affinity groups, spread all over the Climate Camp to make final preperations for the mass action the upcoming day. For almost half a year, the alliance „Ende Gelände!", consisting of a large number of grassroot groups, different NGO's, and leftist networks, had announced entering one of the three active opencast mines of the Rhineland's browncoal (aka lignite) fields on the 15th of August in order to stop the company RWE from carrying on their destructive work. Declared as a form of civil disobedience, the action's aim was to promote direct action as an legitimate and necessary form of resistance against the causes of climate change.

At 6:00am the next morning, 1500 people formed four big groups. As the police blocked the four bridges and tunnels that pass the highway running between the Camp and the opencast-mine a few kilometers away, the activists decided to split up, in so called fingers, trying each different ways to enter the mine. The plan was to spread the force of the police which came in large numbers to hinder the people from entering the mine.

Soon after, the people that stayed in the camp, involved in the extensive background work as press, medics, activist trauma support, activist kitchen and many more heard the first good news of the day: The green finger, the international one, managed to pass the three police lines that were trying to block the tunel under the highway. After passing numerous further lines of police, private security and mine-workers, the green finger managed to be the first group to enter the mine.

At same time several people came back to the camp, (some severely) injured by the massive use of pepperspray and batons by the police. Medical and emotional firstaid was provided.

The early media-reports on the radio describe not only the violence that the police used against the activists, but also that the traffic on the highway had been blocked by climbing activists abseiling from a bridge. Then the other three fingers also manage to pass the highway and to enter the mine.

One of them climbed an excavator. Spread in numerous groups, more than 1000 people explored the huge area of the mine, and successfully haulted the workers from carrying on their work in the whole mine for the rest of the day.

The big media-echo reports mostly quite positively about the action and criticizes openly the massive use of violence that police and private security had used against the activists – and the journalists. The use of embeded journalism worked out well. Not only that from beginning, there were several journalists reporting, filming and taking pictures of violent cops and private security, but in numerous cases the journalists themselves (even the ones from state media) got peppersprayed, handcuffed and told to leave the area by police.

Even the ARD, germanys biggest state-owned media, reported that day about „ police officers in corporate SUVs chasing down protesters together with members of RWE's own security service" and critized „the attempt to criminalize some 800 activists and journalists by filing proceedings" as „disproportionate and utterly absurd".

Even so, more than 700 activists had succsesfully left their passports at home and refused to declair their personal data to the police, RWE has since filed proceedings against the remaining 800 people, accussing them of trespassing.

Which is indeed „utterly absurd" as it is the company itself that is since decades trespassing on the peace of the whole region: Already more than 20.000 people were forced to leave their homes, and 52 villages and the largest forest of the region (Hambacher Forst) has been essentially destroyed. RWE polutes the whole region with its mines and 5 gigantic coal-power plants, dumping poison and radio-active fine dust.

But not only are the local impacts immense: Known as the „biggest climate killer of europe" the excavation of the Rhineland's browncoal fields contributes massively to climate change by which mostly people from the global south are affected. Already by now millions of „climate refugees" have lost their means of existense due to climate change and have had to leave their region.

Thats why the anti-coal/climate justice movement is first of all not an environmental, but a social movement, highly driven by the aim of „system change – not climate change!"


Links und Upcoming events:

http://www.buko.info/fileadmin/user_upload/gesnat/no-COP-en.pdf

Text about the social aspects of the 'climate crisis'.

https://ende-gelände.org/en/press_review

Press Review and videos of the action Ende Gelände!

http://hambachforest.blogsport.de/

For more than three years, there has been an ongoing occupation of the hambach forest, which has hosted numerous digger and railway-blockades. Three activists of the hambach forest occupation are currently being held in prison.

http://www.klimacamp-im-rheinland.de/en/

Climate-Camp that prompted the described Mass Action in 2015, and had been going on for the past six years in a row.



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Anti-Gold Mining Struggle Report: Update from Rosia Montana

After more than 15 years of civil resistance, direct action, legal action and worldwide networking, the struggle to save Rosia Montana seems to have come, if not to an end, at least to a point from which the community can start building a better future.

An important event in the battle for Rosia Montana was the occupation of the former Conti hotel (#OccupyConti) in Cluj-Napoca in November 2011. This direct action tried - and succeeded - to break the mainstream media silence on the subject of Rosia Montana gold mining project. More demonstrations followed and, in 2012, the Save Rosia Montana campaign used the anti-presidential protests to underline the problems of Rosia Montana and to put them in the public political agenda. August 2013 saw the biggest civic protest in Romania ever, for an environmental cause, as the government tried to pass a special law for the gold mining project and tens of thousands took to the streets all over Romania and Europe. The law was subsequently rejected by Parliament. In 2014 and 2015, the company left the village, firing most of the employees (almost 400 people). In the second half of 2015, the company decided to give up on the lawsuits in which it was involved against the state in the Romanian courts. The only lawsuit it remains involved in is the process for financial damage against the Romanian state at the Washington International Court Of Arbitration. In November 2015, a court in Alba county gave an irrevocable solution to a lawsuit between the activists and the local authorities, stating that Rosia Montana will no longer be considered a "mono-industrial zone"; therefore, allowing any type of economic activity to take place there, tourism and agriculture included. In the last day of 2015, the Ministry of Culture signed a directive reinstating Rosia Montana as a "class A" type of historical monument (the highest) and widening the area protected from the central square to 2 km around it - basically, the entire village. That means that Rosia Montana is considered "of national importance" and no mining activities can take place there. Moreover, the minister made several penal complaints to the DNA (Anti-corruption National Office), as he said many irregularities were found regarding the past processes of downgrading the historical and cultural site of Rosia Montana by the authorities. A legal investigation has been opened. The last notable act is the firing of the National Institute Of Patrimony's director by the Ministry of Culture and his replacement with a historical and archaeological restoration professor who is actually part of the resistance movement against the gold mining project.

Now is the best moment to start the social and economic reconstruction of Rosia Montana on the principles of solidarity, equality, respect towards nature and self organizing. There are people who fought for Rosia Montana and who feel that the struggle would not be complete without the effort to secure the future of the community - a clean, meaningful and sustainable future. Also, the environmental movement in Romania feels that now is the moment to push for a permanent ban on the cyanide use in mining, as other gold mining projects are emerging in Certej, Rovina and other areas.


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For more info or if you want to spread a callout in the next newsletter for a mobilisation for action in summer 2016, let us know on eyfa-AT-eyfa.org

Well, looking forward to hearing from you again soon!

EYFA



Steps forward towards Tantra Community Dream

Here we are. 2016. On the way with some directions, not wanting to go back but ready to risk the steps towards our dreams, towards the community where we could not only find roof above our head but also support in realizing our potentials.
One way or another. There are many options. Maybe we will find community what would host us ( better any than no one ) or maybe we will have to create our own.

Let's start explaining the second option then the first may come on the way...
So this would be an extension to our "business plan" what we started already few posts before.
We realized that here, in the tropics are great circumstances to create
sustainable center community where people could:
live,
where we could share tantra
where others could share for example yoga, Tai Chi, Qi Gong and other spiritual, energetic body work.
Where people could share the wisdom about alternative solutions like eco houses ( a bit about in previous note about "business plan" ) solar panels, pharmaculture, vegan, raw food, alternative ways of living and sharing etc...etc..
where there is friendly atmosphere for kids
where people could create friendly cultural and social live...
where we live together in support towards each other
etc. etc...

After we created our page we got not only many likes but also some people contacted us to tell us that they also share our vision and they  dream to live in such community too. If you one of them please contact us and we could see what each of us may do to move forward in to realizing our dreams. Together we are stronger. Together we can do much more and together is of course more fun :)

Up till now we realized that in the tropics are beneficial circumstances.
The weather is great, the nature amazing, the prices low, people usually friendly...
Whatever workshops or activities you will do, there are always people who will be willing to pay some extra for combining it with their holidays. Most of people attracted to tantra, yoga etc. would love to support places what we like to create.
In the mean time I feel it is good also to be open for locals to support them with our wisdom in exchange for their work, hospitality and kindness.

Steps for know:
Connecting the people, resources, services, wisdom what would join or support our vision
Brain storming the ideas about the ways how we could move forward
Start to collecting the money what we need
Spreading the words

Please help us by joining us or at least share, forward or publish this message.
https://www.facebook.com/Tantra-teachers-looking-for-community-204027203268400

You may already support us financially ( then you may also claim it back when we will give the workshops in our place )
 NL92TRIO0390212989 in Triodos ethical bank or






 

Michal Marek Griks and  Roxana Rainbow Cioaza
http://tantramovement.blogspot.nl


Saturday, January 16, 2016

[Doorbraak Info] Eerste in de reeks: linkse en intersectionaliteit


Nieuwe artikelen

Gestraft worden voor het zorgen voor je geïllegaliseerde vriend, partner of kind

Het komt de laatste jaren steeds vaker voor: dat niet alleen mensen zonder verblijfsrecht langskomen voor steun en advies op het Doorbraak-spreekuur De Fabel van de illegaal, maar ook hun familieleden en vrienden. Dat heeft te maken met het steeds verder afbreken van de reguliere hulpverlening. Maar het komt ook omdat een deel van de problemen van "de legalen" wordt veroorzaakt door sancties vanwege de illegale status van hun vriend, partner of kind. Lees meer: http://www.doorbraak.eu/gestraft-worden-voor-het-zorgen-voor-je-geillegaliseerde-vriend-partner-of-kind/

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Over de aanslag in Istanboel en Erdoğans oorlog tegen de Koerden (die nauwelijks aandacht krijgt)

Afgelopen dinsdag blies een zelfmoordterrorist zich op in het centrum van Istanboel, midden in een groep toeristen. Elf mensen kwamen om het leven en vijftien anderen raakten gewond. De politieke en logistieke steun van de moslimfundamentalistische AKP aan de IS en andere jihadistische organisaties in hun strijd tegen de Syrische dictator Bashar Al-Assad slaat nu als een boemerang terug op de Turkse regeringspartij zelf. Bij voorgaande IS-aanslagen in Turkije waren Koerden en de seculiere linkse oppositie nog het doelwit. De aanslag in Istanboel laat zonder twijfel zien dat de IS de Turkse economie wil treffen, met name het toerisme.  Lees meer: http://www.doorbraak.eu/over-de-aanslag-in-istanboel-en-erdogans-oorlog-tegen-de-koerden-die-nauwelijks-aandacht-krijgt/

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Steun comité dat de Nederlandse staat aanklaagt wegens koloniale oorlog tegen Indonesië

Al jarenlang klaagt het Comité Nederlandse Ereschulden via rechtszaken de Nederlandse staat aan vanwege de oorlogsmisdaden die zijn begaan tijdens de koloniale oorlog tegen Indonesië vlak na de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Dat leidde ertoe dat de rechter enige tijd geleden schadevergoedingen toekende voor het bloedbad in het dorp Rawagede en voor de massamoord in Zuid-Sulawesi. De roofstaat aan de Noordzee moest met de billen bloot. Het comité bereidt momenteel nieuwe rechtszaken voor en vraagt iedereen om deze zaken financieel te steunen. Lees meer:http://www.doorbraak.eu/steun-comite-dat-de-nederlandse-staat-aanklaagt-wegens-koloniale-oorlog-tegen-indonesie/

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Vergeten slachtoffers van een koloniale oorlog

Het officiële regeringsstandpunt over "de politionele acties" in Indonesië wordt steeds onhoudbaarder. Al decennialang wordt beweerd dat er weliswaar "excessen" zouden hebben plaatsgevonden, maar als geheel zou deze koloniale oorlog niet verkeerd zijn geweest. Bijna honderdduizend Nederlandse mannen, bijna allemaal dienstplichtigen, werden vlak na de Tweede Wereldoorlog een nieuwe oorlog ingestuurd. Duizenden weigerden dat of probeerden zich er op andere wijze doelbewust aan te onttrekken. Over hen gaat het boeiende boek "De Indië-weigeraars, vergeten slachtoffers van een koloniale oorlog", geschreven door Antoine Weijzen. Nu steeds duidelijker wordt dat het ging om een structureel zeer gewelddadige oorlog met oorlogsmisdaden, moet ook maar eens worden erkend dat de Indonesië-weigeraars het bij het rechte eind hadden. Dat vindt ook Weijzen, waarbij hij veel aandacht geeft aan de psychologische strijd die werd gevoerd. Lees meer: http://www.doorbraak.eu/steun-comite-dat-de-nederlandse-staat-aanklaagt-wegens-koloniale-oorlog-tegen-indonesie/

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Actiegroep tegen Zwarte Piet verhoogt druk op winkeliersvereniging Reigersbos met stickeractie

De Sinterklaasintocht in het winkelcentrum Reigersbos in Amsterdam Zuidoost moet vanaf 2016 Zwarte Piet-vrij zijn. Dat eist de actiegroep Decolonize The Mind. De intocht wordt elk jaar georganiseerd door de winkeliersvereniging Reigersbos. De voorzitter daarvan, Hans Visser, is eigenaar van het Woon en Doe Het Zelf Centrum Reigersbos. Afgelopen vrijdag werd de voorkant van die winkel volgeplakt met "Zwarte Piet is racisme"-stickers, en er werd een brief voor Visser achtergelaten. Lees meer: http://www.doorbraak.eu/actiegroep-tegen-zwarte-piet-verhoogt-druk-op-winkeliersvereniging-reigersbos/

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11jan2016
NOS zet racisme tegen Native Americans tussen aanhalingstekens

De manier waarop de NOS op haar website bericht over het stadswapen van een stadje in de Verenigde Staten is ronduit verwerpelijk. De NOS verzuimt in haar berichtgeving om het stadswapen zonder omwegen als racistisch aan te duiden. Dat het stadswapen racistisch is, valt echter op geen enkele wijze te ontkennen. Lees meer: http://www.doorbraak.eu/29816-2/

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CBS-rapport relativeert armoede in Nederland kapot

Over armoede in Nederland is al decennialang veel geschreven en gediscussieerd. Zonder overigens tot veel verandering geleid te hebben. Op 16 december verscheen er een nieuw rapport, met veel cijfers over de actuele stand van zaken: "Armoede en sociale uitsluiting 2015", afkomstig van het Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS). De voornaamste conclusie daarover: het CBS geeft een te rooskleurig beeld van het aantal armen en de soort armoede. Lees meer: http://www.doorbraak.eu/cbs-rapport-relativeert-armoede-in-nederland-kapot/

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Links en intersectionaliteit, deel 1: Wat kan anarchisme ervan leren en eraan bijdragen?

Dit is het eerste van een vijftal uit het Engels vertaalde artikelen over de linkse beweging en intersectionaliteit. De laatste jaren zien we dat begrip "intersectionaliteit" steeds vaker opduiken in teksten en analyses afkomstig van universiteiten en allerlei sociale bewegingen. Centraal bij intersectionaliteit staat, volgens Hodan Warsame en Ramona Sno (zie kader), "dat verschillende vormen van onderdrukking niet van elkaar los kunnen worden gezien en op elkaar inwerken". Lees meer: http://www.doorbraak.eu/links-en-intersectionaliteit-deel-1-wat-kan-anarchisme-ervan-leren-en-eraan-bijdragen/

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Agenda

17 januari, Leiden: nieuwjaarsreceptie van onderop

Op 17 januari 2016 houdt Doorbraak in de Leidse Vrijplaats een nieuwjaarsreceptie van onderop, met gezelligheid, hapjes en drankjes, en een terugblik op 2015. Volop gelegenheid dus om kennis te maken, bij te praten, contacten aan te knopen en inspiratie op te doen. Net als tijdens de receptie in 2015. Kom ook langs! Nieuwjaarsreceptie van onderop. Zondag 17 januari 2016. Van 14:00 tot 17:00 uur. (vrije inloop) , Vrijplaats, Middelstegracht 36, Leiden. Lees meer: http://www.doorbraak.eu/17-januari-leiden-nieuwjaarsreceptie-van-onderop-2/

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24 januari, Amsterdam: demonstratie tegen de oorlog van de Turkse staat tegen de Koerden

Het platform Democratische Organisaties Nederland organiseert op 24 januari een landelijke demonstratie tegen de oorlog van de Turkse staat tegen de Koerden. Ondertussen zijn op woensdag 13 januari Nederlandse Koerden in hongerstaking gegaan in Amsterdam om aandacht te vragen voor de moordpartijen en de oorlog. "Na de verkiezingsnederlaag op 7 juni 2015 door Erdoğan en zijn AKP-regering hebben zij de Koerden vogelvrij verklaard en zijn sindsdien honderden Koerdische burgers vermoord door het Turkse leger, is in meerdere Koerdische steden een avondklok ingesteld en worden burgemeesters opgesloten", aldus een verklaring op de site van Fedkom. Demonstratie. Zondag 24 januari 2016. Vanaf 12:00 uur.Beursplein, Amsterdam. Lees meer: http://www.doorbraak.eu/24-januari-amsterdam-demonstratie-tegen-de-oorlog-van-de-turkse-staat-tegen-de-koerden/

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Nieuws elders

Vanaf volgend jaar moeten in Engeland ook kinderen aan de dwangarbeid
http://www.doorbraak.eu/vanaf-volgend-jaar-moeten-in-engeland-ook-kinderen-aan-de-dwangarbeid/

Betuig je steun aan de academici in Turkije die oproepen tot vrede (en daardoor worden bedreigd)
http://www.doorbraak.eu/verzoek-tot-steunbetuiging-met-academici-in-turkije-die-een-oproep-tot-vrede-hebben-gedaan-en-daardoor-worden-bedreigd/

De feitenvrije demonisering van vluchtelingen bij DWDD
http://www.doorbraak.eu/de-feitenvrije-demonisering-van-vluchtelingen-bij-dwdd/

After Cologne, we can't let the bigots steal feminism
http://www.doorbraak.eu/after-cologne-we-cant-let-the-bigots-steal-feminism/

Campagne op de Balkan om anti-vluchtelingenhekken aan de grenzen kapot te knippen
http://www.doorbraak.eu/campagne-op-de-balkan-om-anti-vluchtelingenhekken-aan-de-grenzen-kapot-te-knippen/

Removing Racist Symbols Isn't a Denial of History
http://www.doorbraak.eu/removing-racist-symbols-isnt-a-denial-of-history/


Strikes and protests by China's workers soar to record heights in 2015
http://www.doorbraak.eu/strikes-and-protests-by-chinas-workers-soar-to-record-heights-in-2015/


Wednesday, January 13, 2016

"Total terrorism solution" at European Parliament




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January 12, 2016

"TOTAL TERRORISM SOLUTION" AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Hoax highlights failures of military approaches to terrorism

Photos, video, and talk text: www.yeslab.org/parliament
Contact: info@theyesmen.org

Today in the European Parliament in Brussels, a "defense and security consultant" (actually Andy Bichlbaum of the Yes Men, working together with Greek MEP Stelios Kouloglou) presented an "industrial solution to terrorism" which—unlike all other military and security solutions—is guaranteed to actually work

During the presentation, Bichlbaum described the failures of military action, drone operations, assassinations, surveillance, and policing to reduce terrorism in any way—before presenting the "solution": a fully-defended orb called the "ENDURAsphere," that gives well-heeled citizens the ability to outlast any terrorist attack. The audience, which included media, members of the public, and several MEPs, asked over 10 minutes' worth of questions.

"This hoax was about highlighting that there really is no solution to terrorism within the defense and security paradigm," said Bichlbaum. "Military 'solutions' backfire badly."

Bichlbaum wore a colonial-era moustache. "Any 'solution' to terrorism that doesn't take colonial history into account is bound to fail completely," said Bichlbaum. "From the parcelling of the Middle East after WWI to the invasion of Iraq by the US, there are reasons things are as they are."

Speaking to press after the event, MEP Kouloglou highlighted some actual solutions to terrorism. "Bombing is a recruiting tool for ISIS," he said. "If we want to undermine terrorists, we need to end the war in Syria, welcome Middle Eastern refugees, and marginalize extremists by establishing better relationships with moderate forces in Islam. We also need to better integrate the youth of our most disadvantaged communities."

Today's hoax, part of a Charlie Hebdo commemoration organized by Kouloglou together with MEP Martin Sonneborn, represents the first action of its sort to take place within the European Parliament. It's also the first time the Yes Men have collaborated with any national representatives to develop an action.

Video and high-resolution photos are available on request.

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Saturday, January 9, 2016

[Doorbraak Info] Flexhuurders strijden tegen de voortgaande afbraak van huurdersrechten


Nieuwe artikelen

Assertieve baanloze zet gemeente Leiden in haar hemd

Veel mensen in de bijstand willen graag een betaalde baan, en gemeenten pretenderen daar bij te helpen. Maar wanneer bijstandsgerechtigden op hun strepen gaan staan en concrete hulp eisen bij het vinden van een baan, blijkt pijnlijk snel hoe hol de praatjes van reïntegratieconsulenten zijn. Dat ondervond ook bijstandsgerechtigde Pieter: "Ik ga komende week de gemeente weer bellen: waar is jullie plan van aanpak om mij aan een baan te helpen? Zes weken geleden heb ik de gemeente daar om gevraagd, dus nu is de termijn wel over. Ik wil gewoon graag aan het werk." Lees meer: http://www.doorbraak.eu/assertieve-baanloze-zet-gemeente-leiden-in-haar-hemd/

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Amsterdamse flexnomaden in actie tegen dreigende huisuitzettingen

Gisteren hielden tijdelijke huurders uit de Amsterdamse Kolenkitbuurt en de Bond Precaire Woonvormen (BPW) bij woningcorporatie Rochdale een solidariteitsactie tegen de dreigende huisuitzetting van Khadija en haar tienjarige dochter Yasmine. De flexhuurders hebben zich verenigd in de bewonersgroep De Kolenkit en strijden tegen de voortgaande afbraak van huurdersrechten. Als belangenorganisatie van en voor flexhuurders ondersteunt de BPW die strijd. "Rijke mensen erin, arme mensen eruit. Dat moet stoppen!" Lees meer: http://www.doorbraak.eu/amsterdamse-flexnomaden-in-actie-tegen-dreigende-huisuitzettingen/

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Agenda

13 januari, Amsterdam: bijeenkomst Young & United met activisten van de Fight for 15-beweging

Op woensdag 13 januari vindt in Amsterdam de bijeenkomst "Young & United meets Fight for 15" plaats. Tijdens deze bijeenkomst zullen de werkende jongeren van Young & United en de Amerikaanse fastfoodwerkers van de Fight for 15-beweging ervaringen en succesverhalen uitwisselen over hun campagnes voor hogere lonen en betere arbeidscontracten. Bijeenkomst. Woensdag 13 januari. Van 19:00 tot 21:00 uur. De Burcht, Henri Polaklaan 9, Amsterdam. Lees meer: http://www.doorbraak.eu/amsterdam-13-januari-bijeenkomst-young-united-met-activisten-van-de-fight-for-15-beweging/

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17 januari, Leiden: nieuwjaarsreceptie van onderop

Op 17 januari 2016 houdt Doorbraak in de Leidse Vrijplaats een nieuwjaarsreceptie van onderop, met gezelligheid, hapjes en drankjes, en een terugblik op 2015. Volop gelegenheid dus om kennis te maken, bij te praten, contacten aan te knopen en inspiratie op te doen. Net als tijdens de receptie in 2015. Kom ook langs! Nieuwjaarsreceptie van onderop. Zondag 17 januari 2016. Van 14:00 tot 17:00 uur. (vrije inloop) Vrijplaats, Middelstegracht 36, Leiden. Lees meer: http://www.doorbraak.eu/17-januari-leiden-nieuwjaarsreceptie-van-onderop-2/

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Nieuws elders

Initiatief en controverse is wat we nodig hebben
http://www.doorbraak.eu/initiatief-en-controverse-is-wat-we-nodig-hebben/

Ook in Friesland moesten dwangarbeiders kerstpakketten inpakken (en vloeren boenen)
http://www.doorbraak.eu/ook-in-friesland-moesten-dwangarbeiders-kerstpakketten-inpakken-en-vloeren-boenen/

Na 'Keulen': ga die Verlichte Waarden eerst maar eens bij het "eigen volk" afdwingen
http://www.doorbraak.eu/na-keulen-ga-die-verlichte-waarden-eerst-maar-eens-bij-het-eigen-volk-afdwingen/

'Keulen' alleen nieuws vanwege de vermoedelijke afkomst van de daders
http://www.doorbraak.eu/keulen-alleen-nieuws-vanwege-de-vermoedelijke-afkomst-van-de-daders/

Dwangarbeiders ingezet in Den Bosch om kerstpakketten in te pakken
http://www.doorbraak.eu/dwangarbeiders-ingezet-in-den-bosch-om-kerstpakketten-in-te-pakken/

Aanslag op linkse Duitse politicus
http://www.doorbraak.eu/aanslag-op-linkse-duitse-politicus/

Democratische volksassemblees van Bookchin tot Öcalan
http://www.doorbraak.eu/democratische-volksassemblees-van-bookchin-tot-ocalan/

Teken ook de petitie tegen rector Ahmet Akgündüz en de Islamitische Universiteit Rotterdam
http://www.doorbraak.eu/teken-ook-de-petitie-tegen-rector-ahmet-akgunduz-en-de-islamitische-universiteit-rotterdam/

Turkije: "zelfbestuur" in sommige Koerdische steden
http://www.doorbraak.eu/turkije-zelfbestuur-in-sommige-koerdische-steden/

Opsluiting is geen opvang
http://www.doorbraak.eu/opsluiting-is-geen-opvang/

Witte struisvogel Sjors van Beek moet zijn kop uit het zand trekken
http://www.doorbraak.eu/witte-struisvogel-sjors-van-beek-moet-zijn-kop-uit-het-zand-trekken/

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In Englisch

Racist tide in the Netherlands encounters opposition

The Netherlands are experiencing a wave of racist, sometimes openly violent, actions and street mobilizations, mainly against refugees and the sheltering of refugees. Street mobilizations with an intimidating character have occurred where municipal councils debate whether to establish an AZC (Asielzoekerscentrum, Asylum seekers centre) or an emergency refugee shelter in their city or town. Small scale violence against houses where refugees live occurs repeatedly. Meanwhile, official politics talks about the issue of refugees in a way that portrays them, not as people trying to escape the horrors of war and persecution, but mainly as "fortune-hunters" who only come to the Netherlands to find jobs and social security. Read more: http://www.doorbraak.eu/racist-tide-in-the-netherlands-encounters-opposition/

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En Francais

Les Pays-Bas connaissent en ce moment une vague de racisme, qui prend parfois des formes ouvertement violentes, lors d'actions et de mobilisations de rue, principalement contre des réfugiés et leur installation dans des centres d'accueil.(1) Des mobilisations de rue au caractère particulièrement intimidant ont eu lieu dans des villes ou des villages où des conseils municipaux devaient débattre pour savoir s'ils allaient ouvrir dans leur commune un centre de demandeurs d'asile ou un centre d'accueil d'urgence pour les réfugiés. Lorsque des réfugiés sont installés dans une maison ou un bâtiment, il arrive fréquemment que ces édifices soient l'objet d'actes de vandalisme. Pendant ce temps, les responsables de l'Etat évoquent la question des réfugiés d'une manière particulièrement néfaste: au lieu de les présenter comme des personnes essayant d'échapper aux horreurs de la guerre et aux persécutions, ils en parlent comme s'il s'agissait d'individus venus tenter l'aventure, trouver un emploi et jouir des avantages de la Sécurité sociale.(...) http://www.doorbraak.eu/la-vague-raciste-qui-frappe-les-pays-bas-rencontre-une-certaine-opposition/

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