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After the brutal US sanctions and takeover of the Taliban, our anarchist comrades in Afghanistan and Iran are asking for help! We are organizing a benefit concert at OCCII on July 27th in order to raise as much money as possible, to show solidarity, to support their initiatives and to make sure they do not get crushed by the atrocious conditions they are being put through. Killdren will be performing their brilliant discography as we invite y’all to come join in and shout, spend and sing a long!

Where: OCCII – Amstelveenseweg 134, 1075XL, Amsterdam
When: Wednesday the 27th of July at 7:30
Price: 8€
+ information: https://occii.org/events/killdren/#bookings

About Killdren: Killdren are a two-bit rave-punk band with a smelly attitude who hail from Tunbridge Wells.
Sitting uneasily between straight-up nihilism and fresh-faced naivety, Killdren pen politically charged slapstick anthems. They form the ideal soundtrack to the worst generation in history. https://killdren.bandcamp.com/

English

Stopping Putin means destroying the FvD!
Sunday 10th of July, 13:00
The elitist conspiracy fascists from Forum voor Democratie will gather to show support to and celebrate their friend, dictator and mass murderer Putin! Together with the fascists of the AFD from Germany, the Russian ambassador and other scum! Start 13:00
Everywhere around the RAI, Amsterdam
Europaplein 24
Be creative! Organise yourself in affinity groups, make a plan and execute it!

Dutch

Poetin stoppen! Is FvD slopen!
Zondag 10 juli, 13:00
De elitaire complot fascisten van de Forum voor Democratie komen bij elkaar om hun steun voor vriend, dictator en massamoordenaar Poetin te vieren! Met de fascisten uit Duitsland van de AFD, de Russische ambassadeur en ander tuig!
Overal rond de RAI Amsterdam
Europaplein 24
Wees creatief! Organiseer je in losse groepen, maak een plan en voer het uit!

AGA is organizing a round of movies and documentaries screening during autumn in order to fund raise money for those repressed by the police during the Woonprotest demo on the 12th of September. 

On the 7th of May at 17:30, “Lucio” documentary will be screened at Bollox (Eerste Schinkelstraat 14, Amsterdam). The documentary is about Lucio, a Spanish bricklayer that became internationally famous for his revolutionary activities, specially money and checks forgeries during the 60s and 70s in Paris.

Our time slot is limited so please be on time. 
Doors open at 17:30, screening begins at 17:45.
Suggested donation is 3€, after the screening the soli bar will be open. 

Synopsis:  Lucio Urtubia dedicated anarchist participated in notorious kidnappings, he collaborated with Che Guevara, he swindled Citibank of 3,000 million pesetas. And did it all without missing a day’s work as a building laborer.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBVjEUmmrGs
More information about Lucio: https://enoughisenough14.org/2020/07/18/lucio-urtubia-an-anarchist-life/

AGA is organizing a documentary screening to raise money for Operation Solidarity, an anti-authoritarian volunteer network in Ukraine.

On the 30th of April at 19:30, “The volunteers” documentary will be screened at Bollox (Eerste Schinkelstraat 14, Amsterdam). The documentary is in Kurdish/English with English subtitles. 

Doors open at 19:15, screening begins at 19.30.

Suggested donation is 3€, after the screening the soli bar will be open (cash only)

During the screening we will also transmit some words from the director of the documentary.

TRIGGER WARNING, this film contains extremely graphic images of violence and death!

This documentary is a 2 parts series, where it follows River Hagg as he travels to war-torn Syria, in hopes of documenting stories of the worst humanitarian crisis since WWII. He finds a medical unit of foreign volunteers as they provide aid to civilians, YPG fighters and ISIS. Part two: The volunteers continue to push with the YPG to the ISIS defended city of Manbij, Syria. River hears news from home and plans his exit. The team is granted access to the front lines and they find themselves on dangerous ground, surrounded by ISIS.

Trailer: https://deadline.com/2017/10/the-volunteers-trailer-ricky-schroder-audience-network-documentary-war-isis-syria-1202187121/

More information about Operation Solidarity: https://operation-solidarity.org/about/

Event: https://radar.squat.net/en/event/aga/2022-04-30/fundraiser-anarchist-movie-screening-ukraine

If you cannot come but still want to donate, send the money to this address

Anarchistische Groep Amsterdam
rekeningnummer: NL28 INGB 0006 436436

Note: Ukraine

Waar: Garage Noord, Gedempt Hamerkanaal 40, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Wanneer: 21/04/2022 – 20:00

We have a nice mixture of punk for ya all this night. From riot-grrrl punk too hardcore punk and crust.
– Crustenunie | Crust
– The Earwurms | punk/riot-grrrl
– Tense reaction | Hardcore punk

First band will start around 21:00 and the DJ from WE HATE RADIO will provide some nice tunes to bounce on till late and in between.

The fundraiser

The war of aggression unleashed by the Russian government against Ukraine has been raging for over a month now. Livelihoods are being destroyed, civilians are being killed, injured or forced to flee. More and more people are facing difficult conditions, either on the move or staying amid the war. With each new day of attacks, the need for support is increasing. With this benefit, we hope to raise some money for mutual-aid groups helping out refugees and citizens or supplying aid to those left fighting for their communities.
One half of the donations will go to Operation Solidarity and the other half to organizations helping out POC & LGBTQ+ who are stumbling on harsh racism and discrimination making it hard for them to flee the country.

Operation Solidarity is an anti-authoritarian volunteer network organized during the war to jointly help all progressive forces in society to counter imperialist aggression against Ukraine. Who are raising funds for Territorial Defense fighters and their families, help refugees, and support progressive grassroots initiatives that unite people in the face of a common threat. With the funds raised, we purchase and deliver the most necessary humanitarian items, military equipment, and medical supplies to Ukraine.

War always affects minority communities disproportionately. POC & LGBTQ+ people are stumbling on harsh racism and discrimination while trying to flee the country. Not only that, but this war made it damn clear how fucking racist Europe actually is. Ukrainians are being welcomed with open arms (which of course is a good thing) in other parts from Europe and are given the right to work straightaway, while non-Europeans and non-white refugees are being pushed in camps with high amounts of uncertainty for many months till years on end. In some cases, just to get send back to the hell they were trying to escape.

There will be a stand of Anarchistische Groep Amsterdam for anarchist reading material and sticker.

We are really sorry, but the location is not wheelchair friendly. If you're in a wheelchair and want to come, please email us (fva[at]riseup.net) and we will help you to navigate.

Organized by:
https://www.forumvooranarchisme.nl/
https://www.agamsterdam.org/
- WE HATE RADIO
- Darcy Trash Records

Price:
Suggested donation 7,5

Wij de Anarchistische Groep Amsterdam (AGA), zijn bijna zo lang als we bestaan in contact geweest met Russische anarchisten, O.a. door de horror verhalen die wij hoorden over de praktijk van de Russische staat hebben wij altijd ons solidair getoond met vervolgde anarchisten in Rusland en proberende te helpen wanneer we konden. En zijn altijd solidair geweest tegen hen die strijden tegen de Poetin dictatuur.
Ook in Wit Rusland hebben wij altijd contacten gehad en solidariteit getoond met hen die zich verzetten tegen de dictatuur van Loekasjenko . Velen zijn gevlucht uit Rusland en Wit Rusland en zijn in Oekraïne tot de dag van vandaag.

Nu met de oorlog in Oekraïne is de dagelijkse realiteit anders en zullen keuzes van nu misschien grote gevolgen hebben in het nabije toekomst. Wij willen niet “neutraal” zijn in dit conflict.

Onze Russische, Wit Russische en Oekraïense kameraden hebben direct na de inval van Rusland een solidariteit structuur uit de grond gestampt met de naam, “Operation Solidarity”

Zij helpen menen te vluchten door ze over grenzen te brengen, medicijnen te verspreiden voor zieke en gewonden, en verzamelen materiaal voor de vrijwilligers die bereid zijn om te vechten tegen het Russische leger.

Voor meer informatie (Engelstalig) over Operation Solidarity is hier hun website:

https://operation-solidarity.org/

Met deze oproep proberen wij geld in te zamelen voor Operation Solidarity, en vragen aan jullie of jullie een donatie willen doen, groot of klein maakt niet uit, iedere euro is welkom !

Wij laten aan jullie het besluit hoeveel geld jullie willen overmaken.
Als jullie geld over maken dan kan dat naar:

rekeninghouder:

Anarchistische Groep Amsterdam

bankrekening:
NL28 INGB 0006 436436

o.v.v. Oekraïne

Mocht men liever in contant geld geven is dat ook mogelijk door een email te sturen naar
aga@agamsterdam.org

Zodat we kunnen afspreken voor de donatie.

Mochten er nog vragen zijn of opmerkingen ook dan kunnen jullie gerust contact opnemen.
aga@agamsterdam.org

Strijdbare groet

Anarchistische Groep Amsterdam

Voor de bevrijding van de mens! tegen iedere dictatuur !

The event has been cancelled. Sorry for the inconvenience.

AGA is organizing a round of movies and documentaries screening during autumn in order to fund raise money for those repressed by the police during the Woonprotest demo on the 12th of September. 
On the 18th of March at 20:00, “The volunteers” documentary will be screened at Vondelbunker (Vondelpark 8A, Amsterdam). The documentary is in Kurdish/English with English subtitles. Our time slot is limited so please be on time. Doors open at 20.00, screening begins at 20.15.Suggested donation is 3€, after the screening the soli bar will be open.

During the screening we will also transmit some words from the director of the documentary.

TRIGGER WARNING, this film contains extremely graphic images of violence and death!
This documentary is a 2 parts series, where it follows River Hagg as he travels to war-torn Syria, in hopes of documenting stories of the worst humanitarian crisis since WWII. He finds a medical unit of foreign volunteers as they provide aid to civilians, YPG fighters and ISIS. Part two: The volunteers continue to push with the YPG to the ISIS defended city of Manbij, Syria. River hears news from home and plans his exit. The team is granted access to the front lines and they find themselves on dangerous ground, surrounded by ISIS.

Trailer: https://deadline.com/2017/10/the-volunteers-trailer-ricky-schroder-audience-network-documentary-war-isis-syria-1202187121/

As some of the people attending the benefit we held back on the 12th of November in Vondelbunker will remember, the quality of the English subtitles of this documentary were really far from acceptable and it was extremely hard for non dutch speakers to follow most parts of the dialogs and voice over speeches.

After some research, visit to deposits and placing many drawers upside-down, we finally found a copy of the documentary that had some English subtitles. This finding made it possible to speed up the process of improving the subtitles, enabling a broader access to anyone interested in this historic documentary about the squatting movement in Amsterdam during the late 70s and early 80s.

The documentary with the new version can be found as well at Kolektiva

This subtitles are far from perfect nor professional. They are for certain a great leap from the automatic ones given by Archive.org, but still, there’s always room for improving.
So, in case you can to help out, check out the repository where we have enabled a collaborative space for anyone interested in this gig.

Some links:

• Kolektiva: https://kolektiva.media/w/adCyZC4isHs5WQ55pqJqUk
• Repository: https://0xacab.org/agamsterdam/in-een-tank-kun-jij-niet-wonen/-/blob/no-masters/README.md
• Benefit’s announcement: https://www.agamsterdam.org/12th-of-november-benefit-movie-night-at-vondelbunker-for-the-arrested-people-at-the-woonprotest-in-amsterdam/

The event has been cancelled. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Woensdag 23 maart Aanvang: 19 uur
Locatie: Ru Paré, Chris Lebeaustraat 4 Amsterdam

Wat gebeurt er als we praten over klimaatverandering in plaats van een
bredere ecolo- gische crisis? Wanneer we praten over de noodzaak voor
meer duurzame energie of het hebben over het Klimaatakkoord van Parijs?
Of als we de overheid vragen steeds meer in te grijpen?

We maken het probleem alleen maar erger
Op woensdag 23 maart houdt Peter Gelderloos, auteur van ‘How
non-violence protects the state’, een presentatie van zijn nieuwe boek.
Hij zal met ons praten over de ecologische crisis en de rol van
kapitalisme en overheden.

De mainstream media, grote milieu-NGO’s, energiebedrijven en overheden
hebben de milieubeweging gemanipuleerd zodat deze een nieuwe koloniale
dynamiek reproduceert. Zij hebben deze enorme ecologische crisis
omgetoverd tot een nieuwe kans om winst te maken voor de bedrijven en
instituties die verantwoordelijk zijn voor de crisis.

De presentatie en het debat zullen in het Engels gehouden worden

—English—

BOOK PRESENTATION “THE SOLUTIONS ARE ALREADY HERE”

23 March 2022 at 19h
Ru Paré, Chris Lebeaustraat 4 Amsterdam

What happens when we talk about climate change rather than ecological
crisis more broadly? When we talk about the need for renewable energy or
the Paris Agreements? Or ask the government to take more action?

We make the problem worse

On Wednesday 23 March, Peter Gelderloos, author of ‘How non-violence
protects the state’, is presenting his new book. He will talk with us
about the ecological crisis and the role capitalism and governments have
in it.

The mainstream media, large NGO’s, energy companies and states have
manipulated the broader climate movement so that it reproduces a
colonial dynamic. They have made the ecological crisis into an
opportunity for more profit for the companies and institutions that have
caused the crisis.

The presentation and debate will be in English

We are proud to announce our up and coming compendium of corona criticism! You can find the forward below in which we summarize and prepare you for a plethora of anarchist analysis.

The following collection attempts to gather as many pieces regarding Anarchist takes on Corona as possible. It is a collaboration that was not intended as such. Each piece presented was independently published and only now are they meant to be read as a whole. For this reason there will be many, many topics and opinions presented throughout and it is important that you keep an open and critical mind.
Within you will find testimonies of people suffering and actively working to support others during Covid, a plethora of criticism against Capitalism, geopolitical overviews of a multitude of continents and countries both in how they are impacted as well as how they failed to prepare themselves against a worldwide pandemic.
An emphasis in some texts will be on the need to prevent future pandemics as well as the lack of preparation to the one we are all living through, or on how our rights are being reserved as future privileges that many had never had access to in the first place, or how even when this is ‘over’ we should still ask the question ‘are we going back to normal?’ to which our definition of what should BE normal needs to be thought through thoroughly and radically.
With so many lives jeopardized by the current state of the world, the most important, overarching message in these texts, is to maintain solidarity.
So as these eclectic texts join together in a unified voice to renounce Capitalism and State Control we too should read and share, spread the word and seek out our own forms of solidarity! We hope you enjoy these texts, it may often make you feel sick to your stomach but within these texts and your own critical mind lies the remedy, so please come join us in creating the cure!

You can get your physical copy at Het fort van Sjakoo.
If you prefer it, the digital version can be downloaded here.

AGA is organizing a round of movies and documentaries screening during autumn in order to fund raise money for those repressed by the police during the Woonprotest demo on the 12th of September.

On the 12th of November at 19.30, the “In een tank jij kan niet wonen” documentary will be screened at Vondelbunker (Vondelpark 8a).
The documentary is Dutch spoken with English subtitles.
Door opens at 19:30 Docu starts at 20:00. 
Afterwards the Soli Bar is open.
Suggested donation is 3€.

In een tank kan je niet wonen: is een documentaire over de eerste maanden van kraakjaar 1980 in Amsterdam. Met de gewelddadige ontruiming in de Kinkerbuurt, de kraak van de Grote Keizer en de slag om de Vondelstraat. Net als nu kiest de overheid niet voor de honderdduizenden woningenzoekend maar de kant van groot kapitaal en speculanten belangen, met de smeris als gewillige knokploeg. De huidige wooncrisis is niet toevallig plotsklaps uit de lucht komen vallen, maar een bewuste beleid van politiek en bedrijfsleven van deafgelopen 50 jaar. Daarom een blik terug naar de woonstrijd die er altijd al is geweest.

AGA is organizing a round of movies and documentaries screening during autumn in order to fund raise money for those repressed by the police during the Woonprotest demo on the 12th of September.

On the night of the 31st of October, the Precaristas documentary will be screened at Munganga (Schinkelhavenstraat 27-HS). The documentary is Spanish spoken with English subtitles.

Door opens at 19:00 Docu starts at 20:00. Afterwards the Soli Bar is open. Suggested donation is 3€.

This documentary tells the story of the Anarchist Federation of Gran Canaria and their hard work of fighting homelessness, Precarization and exploitation by the rich of the working class on the Island Gran Canaria. Mass tourism and speculation ripped the Island to pieces and with the squatting of hundreds of houses the people, the anarchists, the tenants, the workers and the unemployed made a powerful local movement to fight the rich and take back their life, dignity and build a community based on Solidarity, Mutual Aid and Direct Action.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnST0LIeMDA
About FAGC: https://organisemagazine.org.uk/2021/08/06/the-history-of-the-fagc-theory-and-analysis/
Interview with Ruyman: https://autonomies.org/2021/10/ruyman-rodriguez-and-the-federacion-anarquista-de-gran-canaria-an-interview/
FAGC website: https://anarquistasgc.noblogs.org