Workshops Notes
Autonomous Magazines
contact between anarchistic/radical left magazines/newsletters in europe to
exchange articles and write for each others magazines We had a short meeting
with people from 6 different magazines to exchange practice of making newesletters/magazines
and to look at the possibility to keep in contact. [author: carla]
Building European disobedience
The idea of this meeting, as a spin off of the strategy debates, was to bring
together different groups and networks that are interested in and have been
experimenting with various forms of social disobedience. Around the table
gathered for example people of the Wombles, Ya Basta Milano, Yomango, Milieuwerkgroep,
Movimento de Resistencia Global de Zaragoza, Ecologgistas en Accion Malaga
and Global Action Osnabruck. As a result came out the organisation of an action
day on the 21th of December. The discussion will continue the next months
but right now each group can put its own emphasis, while the link with Argentinean
uprising (20 dec ’01) and the shopping period is obvious. [Mathias en
Jonas]
Global season of Struggle workshop
Because of the proliferation of calls for peoples global actions this workshops
asks if a colective call may be desirable. An initiative was taken in Strasbourg
to invite the different collectives working on days of action to inter-connect
and uphold a collective call in order to highlight the inter-relatedness of
these struggles and provide much needed support for each other. Collectives
involved in Strasbourg were mobilising among others on: the NATO summit in
Prague, the IMF/WB summit in Washington DC, the blockade of the school of
the Americas, the protests against the FTAA in Quito Equador, solidarity actions
with CONFEUNASSC Bogota Colombia, media democracy day, the caravane for illegal
immigrants Berlin Germany, the WEF Salzburg Swiss, and others…
Workshop on Free spaces/free zones
Worskhop was called together by people from a group in Amsterdam ('Vrije Ruimte')
and one in London, which build up a network around Free places in London and
now trying to make it nationwide. [author: carla]
Europe shutdown DSEI workshop
Puropse of the workshop was to plan and network groups who are interested
to shut down or disrupt the DSEI arms fare which will take place in Docklands,
London: 6-12th Sept. 2003. DSEI is Europes's largest arms fare and one of
perhaps 5 arms fares in the world on this scale. [author: Benjamin]
Towards an Autonomous Space at the European
Social Forum in Florence November 2002
Outcome of the meeting in Leiden / NL during the PGA conference. Diverse groups
and activists from around Europe (including from Italy) that have met at the
No Border camp in Strasbourg (19.-28.7) and at the PGA (Peoples Global Action)
European conference in Leiden / NL (31.8-4.9) have been working on the idea
of an autonomous space in Florence. The initial political motivations for
such an autonomous space are expresses in a letter released after the Strasbourg
camp (see first report from Strasbourg pasted below).
Roundtable discussion: Beyond Rio+10
Outcomes of discussion on Rio+10 and greenwash. - At the Rio + 10 World Summit
on Sustainable Development, the WTO agenda and particularly the Doha 'development
round' have become incorporated in the Rio +10 text, and program. For instance
the services needed by the developing world will be offered as privatised
services, under the General Agreement in Trade in Services (GATS) and environmental
protection for sustainability is being translated into business opportunities
for multinationals. [Linda Kaucher]
workshop: commercialisation of education
Workshop about strategy, goals and ideals of the anti-commercial academic
movement. [author: aik]
The Disappearing Computer
We are in a proces of witnessing a move from using mixed media (radio, sms,
billboard, television) to create user experiences to designing inclusive experiences
by mediatizing the environment.
European Social Consulta: Creating
Social Spaces for Debate.
The ESC is an initiative aiming at creating social debate and reflection in
European society in a horizontal and participatory way. The idea is to facilitate
spaces where people can encounter each other and talk about local (and global)
problems and find solutions to them through direct democracy. It does so with
a set of hallmarks similar to those of the PGA, yet differs from the PGA in
that it offers open space for discussion where it is possible for non-politicised
people to participate and contribute to debates on issues that concern their
lives. As some people in the workshop put it: The Consulta can create forums
where we could comfortably invite our grandmothers and other family to participate,
while the PGA which is more action focused could not do so.
Workshop on privacy
A workshop was held this afternoon at the Boerhavalaan, where ASCII's squatted
internet cafe and the independent media center. A workshop was given today
on computer privacy and the use of encryption, held right after the workshop
on surveillance. This is a summary of what was said. [author: SuZQ]
World Trade Agreements, Reproductive Rights
and Access to Health Care.
a workshop organisad by Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights The
main topics covered by the workshop were: presenting the Women's Global Network
and People's Health Movement, defining reproductive health; the impact of
globalisation and privatisation on women's health with examples from various
parts of the world. Most of the participants declared at the beginning that
they know nothing about the subject and that they came to learn, but in the
end it turned out that they knew already facts from their countries and that
this workshop was a great occasion to make new connections and see with different
eyes. [author: teo]
Presentations from and about Eastern Europe
Discussion was popular, at least 30 persons came to listen and learn about
what is going on in the Eastern Europe. Groups from East Europe present were
Citizen’s environmental group from Poland, Green network of alternative
groups Croatia, Rainbow Keepers and Autonomous action from the former Soviet
Union and Czechoslovakian Anarchist Federation among others. From West, people
came at least from Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Sweden, Leeds Earth
First!, Abolition of the border from below-bulletin, No one is illegal of
Germany, Energy project of the Transnational Institute and Osteuropa AG of
Berlin among the others. [author: Antti ]