The sound of solidarity

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8th of June, Istanbul

Talking to friends here who have been involved in the resistance against the new shopping mall which is supposed to replace Gezi Park from the beginning on I learned that probably the most striking thing about the protests is the overwhelming solidarity. It is the kind of solidarity that seems so absolute and omnipresent that it actually has the power to unite all kinds of different social classes that would never have imagined to fight together.… Continue reading

Flowers of Solidarity

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On May 19 an action against the bill №2646-1 took place in L’viv to give support to the All-Ukrainian action “We are for desired children.” The goal of the action was to deny any birth control of the state. The bill was proposed by the opposition party “Svoboda” (“Freedom”), which prohibits not only abortions but even considering them. The right-wingers are going to implement criminal liability in form of 3-7 years of imprisonment for both, a woman and a doctor for an abortion.… Continue reading

Via Campesina Action Day in Bremen

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On the 17th of April the transnational movement via campesina called for worldwide actions supporting the rights of small scale farmers around the globe. Initiated by the group Afrique-Europe-Interact ( http://www.afrique-europe-interact.net/ ) a flashmob took place in the Deutsche Bank Bremen, protesting against food prize speculation and landgrabbing. Just enjoy this wonderful performance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pok… http://www.taz.de/Protest-gegen-Nah…

Some Sambistae from ROR Bremen and Oldenburg also took part in this event joining the performance or playing the drums while leaving the building.… Continue reading

PAPELES PARA TODAS O TODAS SIN PAPELES

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“Regarding the right to freedom of movement, the defendant is not a German and therefore does not have this basic right.” (German Judge in a trial about Residentzpflicht, February 2013)

 Thousands of people, among them sambistas from Edinburgh, Vienna, Frankfurt, Kiel and Berlin supported the Refugee Revolution Demo on the 23rd of March in Berlin. No pink, no silver – these were plain clothed sambistas that mixed with the other protestors.… Continue reading

Call out G8 Northern Ireland

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One Common Struggle

This June the leaders of the G8 (the world’s richest countries) are meeting in Northern Ireland. As economic crisis bites, and the planet burns, the bosses and their politicians are celebrating business as usual. Capitalism: a system that kills, exploits, and degrades the many for the profit of a few.

On June 10-18 we are organising a week of action and events in London.… Continue reading

NO PASARÁN

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13th of February, a mourning march was called by the german extreme right to happen in Dresden, at the anniversary of the Allies bombing of the city.

It was snowing. About 20 sambistas from Kiel, Hamburg, Leipzig, Heilbronn, Vienna, Berlin and Dresden came out to the streets to take direct action against the Nazi exhibitionism.

The white snow met the white nazis, sometimes on their face, as they were blocked for more than 5 hours, surrounded by more than 3000 people shouting, dancing and making new snow balls to throw at them.… Continue reading

Dumstering at the Bremen carnival

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Once more, like in the last 6 years, ror delivered radical politics to the samba carnival of Bremen. 30 RoR Sambistas and space creators from Bremen, Witzenhausen, Oldenburg and Berlin participated in the Sambodromo under the motto “fairkehrtewelt”, along with more than 60 other samba bands attended.

Every year a different motto is chosen by the carnival organization. RoR Bremen picks up the motto and makes a radical interpretation of it to rise awareness about an issue through cool dressings, a short performance and flyering the crowd.… Continue reading

Magdeburg antinazi blockades 2013

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Samba everywhere, nazis raus!

RoR was in Magdeburg (Germany) for the antinazi blockades on the 12th of January 2013.

Some pictures of the day.

A developed strategy and capacity for adapting to very dynamic situations that we experienced that day, have shown that not in vain we have been doing the same shit for 12 years, and we are good at it!… Continue reading