Indeed, the political lesson that we can learn from “Caliban and the Witch” is that capitalism, as a social-economic system, is necessarily committed to racism and sexism. For capitalism must justify and mystify the contradictions built into its social relations – the promise of freedom vs. the reality of widespread coercion, and the promise of […]
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Trailer BRAND(FIRE) II Presence of old places and costing nature is out
See the trailer of part 2 of the trilogy BRAND(FIRE) on vimeo
Continue readingFeminist Futures Festival report part one
This translation from German to English was done with the help of www.DeepL.com/Translator “We are visible in the name of all forgotten women.” Ruhr Youth opens the Feminist Futures Festival “As non-white, non-academic women, we were invisible for a long time. And today we stand here and welcome you. As activists of the Ruhr youth, […]
Continue readingMails from Borneo: “In Sumatra, even in Palembang there are 76,000 victims.”
“Now there are huge protests in Indonesia demanding that the government resign. It is now known to the government that all the fires are set by companies, but the government does not want to reveal the names of the companies, which causes huge turmoil. Thousands of students are on their way to the capital, especially […]
Continue readingMails from Borneo: “BORNEO BURNING!”
Photo: By courtesy of the Ranu Walum Foundation This mail reached me from Indonesia, Borneo (Kalimantan) today: “A friend of mine took pictures in Borneo, but is already back after a week, because she also got lung disease. The same thing happens in Sumatra and the government is silent and sends no help and there […]
Continue readingThe work of Minerva Cuevas
At the “Alle Dörfer bleiben-Demo” in June I got to know Minerva Cuevas from Mexico City. She is currently a studio scholarship holder in Mönchengladbach and I visited her in her studio. Only then did I realize how comprehensive and impressive her political and artistic work is. Graphics, painting, video and installations: Each of her […]
Continue readingFinally there is a trailer for BRAND (FIRE) I
The Trailer of BRAMD (FIRE)I On Property rights to land and forests was published at May 21st 2019 watch on vimeo
Continue readingUranium on Diné (Navajo) Land
LEONA MORGAN is a Diné and reports from the uranium-contaminated land of the Diné (Navajo) culture in New Mexico. She came to Germany aiming to combine her fight against uranium mining with the environmental movement in Germany. After all, uranium is not carbon-free either, and the European company URENCO (1/3 RWE and EON) also operates […]
Continue readingSudan: Surviving at 50°
NESSRIN HAMDOON was invited to the Climate Camp Rhineland 2018 and in this interview she reports on climate change in Sudan: “People can hardly survive at 50° Celsius and the climate chaos has already destroyed 18 million hectares of agricultural land.
Continue readingTALES OF RESISTANCE – THE BATTLE OF NEWBURY BYPASS
watch on youtube ARCHIVE AND TIMELINE OF THE PROTESTS: https://www.ukrivers.net/newburybypass/factfile.html THE FILM BY JAMIE LOWE Website: http://kinokast.net/tales-of-resistance-the-battle-of-the-newbury-bypass/
Continue readingAvailable on Vimeo BRAND III (FIRE) – Resistance within riches
Now online: BRAND III (FIRE) – Resistance within riches. Actualised version 2012 – 2018. Please take time, come together, use speakers. !THANKS! BRAND III (FIRE) on Vimeo
Continue readinganima – ein Gedicht von Tanya Ury mit Kasander Nilist
Artist Tanya Ury wrote this poem after attending the film premiere of BRAND III in Cologne in May 2018. tanya ury poetry, voice kasander nilist music, double bass anima take me home to sway not storm -free branches rest in forest easy days singularly together in tree resistance you were given […]
Continue readingfilm premiere BRAND (FIRE) I UND II at artist association Malkasten in Düsseldorf
see further photos here: http://www.schattenblick.de/infopool/medien/report/mreb0009.html
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