Zaterdag

How to PL?

Deze wandeling is bedoeld voor mensen die nog niet eerder op de Pinksterlanddagen geweest zijn, of kennis willen maken met nieuwe mensen terwijl ze wat meer willen leren over de organisatie van de PL en de prachtige camping. We doen een kennismakingsoefening, praten met de keuken, de kantine, de organisatie, en oude campinggasten, wees welkom!

Discussion on federative structures for anti-authoritarian organising

For this session we want to explore needs and desires regarding the creation of federative structures in the Netherlands. In what way would these structures strenghten and embolden anti-authoritarian movements in the Netherlands? We would structure this session around several questions (to be determined in definitive form at a later point) such as for example:

• To what degree are revolutionairy organisations currently connected to each other, and how do they collaborate?

• What benefits do people experience from these collaborations? And what difficulties arise?

• What would be the (ideological) limits for creating federative structures, and why?

workshop actie fotografie

In de workshop actie fotografie wordt stilgestaan hoe je een actie fotografisch kan verslaan, om zo de actie verder te verspreiden dan alleen de actie op dat moment. Er wordt gekeken wat je positie is als fotograaf, hoe je wel of niet mensen herkenbaar in beeld brengt, wat tips en tricks rondom compositie en standpunt en ga zo maar door.

De workshop wordt gegeven door deeez! action photography, welke al tientallen jaren acties fotografeert en diverse foto boeken heeft gemaakt zoals Criminele Demonstanten over de Eurotop in 1997, Generatie Speldenprik over jongeren en milieu- en dierenrechten activisme en Deportatie over acties tegen Fort Europa.

How to deal with unwanted ‘allies’?

As an anarchist in the current peace movement you constantly have to deal with controversial wannabe-allies, like tankies, far right extremists and conspiracy theorists. This has led to many discussions and arguments as opinions within this movement vary wildly, with some groups not unwilling to enter into some form of cooperation. Situations like this are know from other movements as well, with many unwanted possible outcomes: movements being overtaken or depoliticized, people walking away, groups and coalitions being dissolved, wasting time and energy…

An introduction with Stop Wapenhandel about experiences in particular in the coalition De Nieuwe Vredesbeweging (New Peace Movement) and some other examples from other movements. Followed by discussion on how to deal with these questions and situations: how do you keep unwanted ‘allies’ away, without letting movements fall apart and chasing people away?

Actualiteit van het antimilitarisme

Antimilitarisme is altijd een essentieel onderdeel geweest van de anarchistische beweging, hoewel hier de laatste jaren meer discussie over is. Intussen starten de grootmachten in de wereld de een na de andere oorlog, met talloze slachtoffers als gevolg. De Nederlandse regering zet net, als die in het hele Globale Noorden, sterk in op militarisering en oorlogsvoorbereiding, met grote gevolgen: exploderende militaire uitgaven, te betalen door forse bezuinigingen op zorg en sociale zekerheid én extra belastingen, stappen richting herinvoering van de dienstplicht en een groot beslag op de publieke ruimte voor nieuwe kazernes en oefenterreinen. In deze workshop geven we een korte inleiding over antimilitarisme en een uitgebreidere blik op actuele ontwikkelingen met betrekking tot militarisering en oorlogsvoorbereiding, gevolgd door een open discussie over hedendaags antimilitarisme en of en hoe dat in de praktijk te brengen.

Short history of the Kurdish Freedom Movement and update on the current situation in Rojava

For this session we want to give an introduction on the paradigm of Democratic Confederalism, give an introduction to the history and ideology of the Kurdish Freedom Movement as well as give an update on the current situation on the Rojava Revolution.

De anarchistische inhaalslag maken op social media.

De anarchistische beweging is pijnlijk afwezig op het gebied van social media outreach, en andere slimme propaganda. Anderen schieten ons voorbij en groeien terwijl wij achterblijven.

Dat kan niet: als Anarchisten moeten we organiseren waar de mensen zijn: dus ook online. We zijn tegen big tech, maar kunnen de mensen op die platforms niet negeren.

Deze sessie gaat over:

• De rol van social media in een beweging.
• Het verschil tussen persoonlijke social media, socmed voor je project, en toegespitste propaganda projecten.
• Praktische soc-med tips.
• Hoe we dit gemis oplossen als anarchistische beweging.

Radicaal anders wonen, hoe doe je dat?

In een wereld waarin extreemrechtse ideeën aan invloed winnen, is de uitdaging om verder te gaan dan verzet — en daadwerkelijk andere, rechtvaardigere vormen van samenleven te creëren. Tijdens deze workshop gaan we samen verkennen wat het betekent om radicaal te wonen. Hoe kun je jouw visie op een rechtvaardigere, solidaire wereld concreet maken binnen je eigen woongemeenschap? En hoe zorg je ervoor dat die idealen niet op zichzelf blijven staan, maar juist verbonden zijn met de mensen om je heen?

We gaan in op:

• Het verankeren van radicale waarden in het dagelijks samenleven
• Praktische manieren om solidariteit vorm te geven in je buurt
• Omgaan met spanningen en verschillen binnen en buiten je gemeenschap
• Inspirerende voorbeelden van collectief en alternatief wonen

Deze workshop is voor iedereen die voelt dat “anders wonen” ook een politieke en sociale daad kan zijn — en die daar samen met anderen vorm aan wil geven.

Yoga/tai chi

Staande oefeningen, geen mat nodig.

Skillshare: workshop best practices

Ben je wel eens naar een workshop geweest die een hartstikke interessant onderwerp had maar uiteindelijk toch echt tegenviel? Dat is jammer en het gaat iemand ook weerhouden om in de toekomst nog naar workshops te gaan. In deze skillshare gaan we dus gezamenlijk onderzoeken wat een goede workshop maakt zodat jouw workshops wel een succes worden.

Prepping otherwise: Survival(ism) beyond Enclosure

Against the context of militarism, European rearmament and current discourses on global instability, we explore community prepping, aka socially-oriented disaster preparedness. In this workshop,  we refuse individualistic, militaristic prepping, shaped by capitalist logic based on scarcity and enclosure, normalised through the ‘Denk vooruit’-booklet, widely spread by the Dutch government. Instead we explore what liberatory, abolitionist and solidaritarian efforts of prepping look like in the face of increasing militarisation.

Crafting Mad Resistance

In this upside-down world our mental health is intertwined with the systemic oppression of capitalism, gender-based oppression and white supremacy, among others. This workshop introduces Mad methods as crucial tools for the sustainability of anarchist organizing in a maddening world. Let’s craft ways of taking care of each other when the mental health systems are more oppressive than caring.

If you want to occupy your hands during the workshop, you can decorate a rock to gift a friend, gently put on a shelf or through a window.

Who suffers the most?

Join us for a workshop that dives into the tensions that lay at the heart of current day leftist infighting. We’ll explore how movements navigate identity, solidarity, power, and strategy — and what happens when our ideals meet the messy reality of acting together in the here and now.

Through some input from the book Minority Rule, discussion and practical exercises, we’ll look at some of the reasons why the left might be losing to the right and how movements can strengthen themselves, avoid common pitfalls, and make space for complexity without losing momentum.

Practical animism

We humans have become a forlorn Animal. As a refugee child I was uprooted, but was overcome by the Western ‘civilised’ isolation and cruelty here. This workshop is a rewilding Skillshare where we learn to make a valuable prehistoric tool our indigenous ancestors used, made with local plants. Meanwhile we’ll explore what Rewilding and Animism are and how they are deeply connected with Anarchism & the practice of Decolonizing. How Biocentrism is an antidote to the human-centric Empire & how building profound Kinship with othen-than-human People

can bring us home to the ecosystems and the Land we live on.

Conflict Mediation

In our resistance against oppressive systems we are not only met by external pressures but also by internal ones. Conflicts are part of our life and organizing, yet we often have very little experience and knowledge on how to deal with them. So we quickly find ourselves in intense conflicts that break up our groups and lead to burnouts. And at the same time, we find little ways of dealing with harm done internally, which either leave us with a repetition of the same harm or push the harm to somewhere outside of us.

In this workshop we will dive into conflict resolution via analyzing what dynamics contribute to conflict, and what different ways there are to deal with conflict, from changing our group cultures to mediation techniques. We will do this via exercises, small and big group sharings, and input from the facilitator.

Abolish frontex

ABOLISH FRONTEX will give an overview of recent and suggestions for future autonomous actions. A survivor of Frontex violence & pushbacks will share his testimony of experiences on both the Greek and Bulgarian borders.

Abolish Frontex, Abolish Borders!

Klimmen op de PL / Up with Trees, down with capitalism

Is er een bedreigd bos, park, tuin of kraakpandje bij jou in de buurt die nodig bezet moet worden? Of wil je gewoon leren touwklimmen en in een boom chillen? Ga dan met ons mee de boom in! Als je wilt leren klimmen of een opfrisser nodig hebt kan je terecht bij ons vleermuizen in het bos. Als je al ervaring hebt, kan je ook gewoon komen oefenen of we kunnen kijken of we andere skills kunnen delen (zoals sling klimmen, traverse bouwen/klimmen, ophangen van touw, knopen, en nog zoveel meer!). Loop gerust langs dan kijken we wat er mogelijk is!

Is there a threatened forest, park, garden of a squat near you that is begging to be occupied? Or do you just want to learn how to climb up a rope, chill in a tree? Then come climb a tree with us! If you want to learn how to climb or need a refresher, join us bats in the forest. If you already have experience, you can also come practice, or we can see if we can share other skills (like sling climbing, building/climbing traverses, hanging ropes, tying knots, and so much more!). Feel free to stop by and we’ll see what’s possible!

State of the Movement

Nieuw dit jaar: de State of the Movement. In vogelvlucht gaan we langs verschillende sprekers en gasten en schetsen we hoe de beweging ervoor staat. Van nieuws over de nederlandse en internationale anarchistische beweging tot een check-in bij verschillende anarchistische organisaties. We hebben de rest van het programma leeg gehouden, want hier wil je bij zijn!

Judaism, Anarchism, and Jewish Anarchism

This series of four workshops will explore the link between Anarchism and Judaism, and also talk about Palestinian rights of return and anti-zionism. For these sessions three Jewish Anarchists traveled to the PL: Cindy Barukh Milstein, Yuval Dag and Ayelet Gal.

Exploring Jewish Anarchist Histories in the Netherlands

With the emergence of nineteenth-century anarchist and other emancipatory movements, many Jews joined the struggles for emancipation. The liberation of all humanity meant their liberation as Jews too. While we may know that internationally (in)famous anarchists like Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman were Jewish, we often aren’t aware of this in relation to many others. And in historiography, the way their Jewish backgrounds informed their anarchism is often neglected or dealt with only minimally. This is particularly true in the histories of the Dutch anarchist movement. Moreover, while there’s been a rightful attention to processes of decolonization over the past decades, such as focusing on Black and African anarchism, the substantial contribution of Jewish anarchists has been neglected, including as part of a multicultural movement. This talk is meant as an exploration of Jewish anarchists within the movement in the Netherlands. It is inspired by curiosity, wonder, and persistent questions that have come up over the last several years.

Mending the World as Jewish Anarchists

Jewish anarchism is far more than a historical footnote, killed off by the “Red Scare” and Holocaust. It’s a living, breathing, vibrant set of ethics, sensibilities, and practices, offering generative challenges to anarchism and anarchists (and likewise, for non-anarchist Jews). This talk will touch on how Jewishness/Judaism shapes not only an anarchic resistance to all forms of hierarchy and domination, or “the world that is,” but also an anarchistic dedication to continually experiment with forms of freedom in the here and now, toward “the world to come.” And it will share some of the varied ways that Jewish anarchists today are engaging in liberatory actions on the side of life, against the death machine.

Return from Gaza

The right of return is the demand that Palestinian refugees will be able to return to their homes and lands. It includes those displaced during the Nakba of 1948 and since, and their descendants.

Over the past year, Zochrot, an NGO working since 2002 to raise awareness of the Nakba and to promote the right of return, gathered a study-action group based in Bi’r al-Saba’, occupied Palestine, that focused on the right of return for refugees in Gaza. Through collective learning, the group produced a document combining research, lived knowledge, political imagination, and practical proposals for return.

In this talk, two Jewish anarchist members of the group will present the document, reflect on the process behind it, and discuss and discuss how anarchist movements relate to the right of return.

Reimagining Anarchist Solidarity in the Struggle against Zionism

We come to this session with broken hearts. What is the future of anarchism in the face of the rise of fascism, genocide, and unchecked violence? What can and can’t we do? And what is our job as anarchists when it feels like nothing is working? We’ll offer our thoughts and emotions, coming from different geographies, perspectives, and life experiences. Then we’ll open up conversational space to try to imagine together, with curiosity and empathy, our visions as anarchists, toward liberatory practices in the context of solidarity with Palestine (and thus in relation to other contemporary genocides).