“Fighting for animal liberation can feel lonely and pointless. As there will never be a means to and end to these violent industries. Collectively, however, we can bring about meaningful change and connect on our struggle to see it through.
The animal liberation movement nowadays seems to be comprised by a lot of separate groups and individuals working to accomplish similar goals. By organising this event we hope to bring these groups and individuals together and create a wider and more connected movement.
Come along and enjoy a day of workshops, connect with new people, and let’s blast some fresh energy into the Dutch movement and beyond.
WHAT: Weekend of workshops, discussion and gathering WHERE: Sumac Centre, Nottingham UK. WHEN: 9th – 11th February.
The Earth First UK’s winter moot date and location has been anounced, it will be hosted in the Sumac Centre (Nottingham UK) 9th-11th February.
As always, you can expect a weekend of workshops and talks, probably a party on the Saturday night and the opportunity to meet new and old friends to plot, conspire and relax.
Sleeping will be in communal areas ot the Sumac Centre, essentially indoors camping (so do not bring a tent! Three meals a day provided, but bring your own snacks if you feel peckish! EF! Collective asks to leave a donation at the door to cover costs, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
There is level access to the Sumac Centre and a wheelchair accessible bathroom, but if you have any other accessibility needs you can reach out to the collective on earthfirstuk [at] riseup.net
More info about the moot can be found on the EF! Website: www.earthfirst.uk
1st International Gathering of Anarchist and Anti-authoritarian Practices Against Borders, January 25, 26 y 27 2024 in Tijuana, Mexico
We are a group of individuals with years of experience agitating for anarchist and anti-authoritarian ideas and practices in Tijuana: from solidarity events for prisoners and fugitives to propaganda activities like bookfairs and discussion groups to mutual aid like childcare and bicycle workshops.
Unfortunately we could no longer maintain our old, squatted space–Centro Social Okupado Mauricio Morales–out of which we raised confrontational proposals. The turbulent and disgusting requirements of daily life in capitalism proved too much of a constant struggle to keep the space. Nevertheless, with our networks and wills we have continued to bring together new proposals.
Now, we are calling on all those with affinity for war against power and authority, asking you for solidarity in organizing the 1st International Gathering of Anarchist and Anti-Authoritarian Practices, against the border in Tijuana January 2024. During the gathering, we will be organizing a space of encounter for practices tending towards confrontation against power, whether those be discussions, multimedia presentations, counter-information like books or zines, workshops, artistic projects, and any other creative activity that takes aim at breaking with thedaily affronts of authority. Taking into account the distance of many of our comrades, we will also open up participation over distance, whether those contributions be through writing, live video, or any other medium.The purpose of the gathering is to create an international platform for anarchist and anti-authoritarian agitation and propaganda through various horizontal practices of confrontation.
As organized individuals, we consider it important to propose ways that encourage the coming together of diverse forms of resistance against power, whether through discussions, actions, music, or propaganda—everything is valid when it comes to confronting power directly. This gathering serves as a laboratory in which theoretical and practical ingredients are mixed appropriately.
Hambi folk have asked to extend an invitation to all to join the forest in a nine day long festival and skillshare even at the end of November. Read their words below:
“The festival season is over? Not for us! While RWE is getting closer to us and the local government is already dreaming of getting rid of us altogether, we are still here and making life difficult for the state and capital! The Hambi is acutely threatened again, but we have the will to keep up the resistance together and with fun.
Some of you have already heard and now it is official: there will be a Skillshare Festiwald in November! We invite you to skillshares, music acts, climbing, actions, forest life and much more! The whole thing is as self-organized as possible, which means there is a lot of room for your ideas, wishes and input. So you can also add things to the program when you arrive and there will be a lot of stuff coming up spontaneously which is not in the program yet.
Let’s enjoy together what we defend here, let’s show that we are still eager to resist and whoever falls in love with forest life, we invite them to just stay with us!
What? Skillshare Festiwald When? 17 to 26 November Where? Occupation in the Hambach Forest
We have received a call to join the 4th Forest Anti-Spe Days gathering in Hambi. Read below, and find more information on their website!
“FOREST ANTI-SPE DAYS #4
ANIMAL RESISTANCE, SPREAD THE DESTRUCTION
JOIN US FOR A GATHERING FOR ANIMAL LIBERATION, AUGUST 17-20 2023, HAMBACHER FOREST
We send these words to our comrades, known and unknown, those who feel in their hearts that the death of speciesism needs fierce and uncompromising resistance, outside organizations of every sort, without wishes of reforming this wretched civilization.
Those looking for legalistic campaigns, vegan savourism or cop-hugging pacifism are in the wrong place. These days are about attacking human supremacism and its world, its technologies and ideologies, all the cages that attempt to oppress us – and which we can empower each other to escape.
We warmly invite you to the Hambacher Forest, still squatted after 11 years, to share skills, perspectives, stories, proposals, inspiration, love, rage… whatever we need to go further in our struggles for total liberation. You don’t need money and you definitely dont need to register. Just pack your bag and find us here in August!
Propose your workshops by email or once you arrive. Come early if you want to help set up. Bring vegan food for the kitchen and other fun stuff if you like/can (but there will be free meals for everyone). And stay well away if you have racist, sexist, transphobic or otherwise oppressive views and behaviour.
Wild friends of animal liberation, you are not alone. Let’s meet each other and have some fun!
Earth First UK usually organises two events a year where radical, environmentalist and animal liberation activists meet to discuss their plans and problems, to promote campaigns and to seek new ideas, knowledge and communal solidarity.
They have announced their Winter Moot dates, which this year will be based in Manchester UK from the 10th to the 12th of February.
Whilst they have not yet announced the exact location or the workshops and talks schedule, you can follow them for more info on
What? An anarchist, antispeciesist and horizontally organised gathering
When? End of July.
Where? Hambacher Forst (so called Germany)
“CHAOS AND RAGE, SMASH EVERY CAGE
BORDERLESS CALL:
JOIN US IN THE HAMBACHER FOREST FOR A GATHERING FOR ANIMAL LIBERATION!
In the factory farms and vivisection labs, our nonhuman comrades are already fighting back. The time is ripe – let’s share skills and perspectives on how to support their resistance! By “anti-speciesism” we don’t mean online activism, vegan capitalism or cop-hugging pacifism – we’re opening a space to plot against human supremacism, and we’ve no need for bureaucratic organizations of any kind.
Many animal rights groups have become a hotbed for fascist/homophobic/cissexist/macho/white supremacist/colonialist views and behaviour. Others promote liberalism, the state or single out human activists as animal “saviours”. We want to build on two years of anti-spe days explicitly pushing against these tendencies, uncompromising in our rejection of all forms of oppression and domestication. Let’s meet each other and make some trouble!
You can find us again in the Hambacher Forest, one of Europe’s largest autonomous spaces, still squatted after almost 10 years. (It’s a forest so be ready to camp).
We want the workshops to be more horizontal this year – you can help us by proposing your own! Some ideas we have so far:
– First aid/veterinary care for other animals – Action planning/scouting – Hunt sabotage – Tech workshop – Sharing international struggles – Anti-civilisation anarchy + anti-speciesism – Animal liberation + chaos – Open discussion on abolishing pets – Graffiti skillshare – Self-defence – Action climbing – Movie night – Theater performance (!?) – Open mike night
Pack a sleeping bag – and coffee and peanut butter if you got it! Make it here however you can and see you in July!
More workshops/other info to be announced over next while. And be in touch if we can answer questions or otherwise help.
We’ve received a callout for the next antispeciest gathering in Hambacher Forst. As we mentioned last year, the Anti-Speciesist Gathering in Hambacher Forst is now a fully fledged project and we’ve stepped down from the organising, so any questions and doubts you can reach the team on their website and email. You can find all the details below:
“INTERNATIONAL CALLOUT!
JOIN US FOR ANOTHER GATHERING FOR ANIMAL LIBERATION
During the pandemic many people started to think that online-activism is the best way of resisting…
The Hambacher Forest is a long-standing autonomous zone fighting the biggest opencast coalmine in so-called Europe. Meet us here this summer for a weekend of exchanging knowledge on the topic of direct action for animal liberation.
Many animal rights groups have become a hotbed for fascist/patriarchal/transphobic/homophobic/white-suprematist views and behaviors. Others offer a smug vegan capitalism promising to save the world if only we change our consumption habits. At this event we want to appeal to our comrades and not the masses: this is a space for like-minded individuals to share skills and perspectives on anti-speciesist struggles, outside and against bureaucratic campaigns and organizations, uncompromising in our rejection of the state, capitalism and all forms of oppression.
No liberal campaigning or protesting. No pacifist cop-hugging. No saviour complex “rescuing”. It’s time to meet, plan and make trouble!
A list of workshops will be soon announced. They will mostly be practical, along with broader discussions on animal liberation strategy. (You are also warmly invited to propose/provide your own!)
Pack your sleeping bag, get a ride, and join us in July!
Due to high interest we have decided to run an afternoon of talks on the Animal Liberation Front and its history alongside a little toolkit for Security Culture between activists. Read the talks blurb below:
– WHO ARE THE ALF?: “Arguably the most widespread direct action group in the world, the ALF has saved an uncountable number of animal lives. How do they organize? What tactics do they use and how do they correlate to overground AR? Why all the security culture around it?”
– SECURITY CULTURE FOR THE CONSCIOUS ACTIVIST: “With the growth in vegan activism in the recent years, a considerably higher number of underground actions has been noticed, not only within the underground scene, but also by ‘law enforcement’. We will attempt to discuss tactics, good praxis and advice for anyone (yes, even overground activists!) to avoid being targeted by the filth, to not make things easily accessible to information gatherers and to not fall for state paranoia.”
This is a free event because fuck capitalism. This event is a safe space, we encourage people to be mindful of others and their needs, to extend mutual aid in whatever way is needed and to use gender neutral pronouns unless specified differently.
Farmers encouraged to leave the flat cap at home before coming along. Cops totally discouraged from coming. Fascists not welcome. Furry, wing and or aquatic animals at the discretion of Black Cat Cafe.
Anyone wanting to help with travel costs can do so donating a few coins to our paypal on [email protected]
Due to high interest we have decided to run an afternoon of talks on the Animal Liberation Front and its history alongside a little toolkit for Security Culture between activists. Read the talks blurb below:
– WHO ARE THE ALF?: “Arguably the most widespread direct action group in the world, the ALF has saved an uncountable number of animal lives. How do they organize? What tactics do they use and how do they correlate to overground AR? Why all the security culture around it?”
– SECURITY CULTURE FOR THE CONSCIOUS ACTIVIST: “With the growth in vegan activism in the recent years, a considerably higher number of underground actions has been noticed, not only within the underground scene, but also by ‘law enforcement’. We will attempt to discuss tactics, good praxis and advice for anyone (yes, even overground activists!) to avoid being targeted by the filth, to not make things easily accessible to information gatherers and to not fall for state paranoia.”
This is a free event because fuck capitalism. This event is a safe space, we encourage people to be mindful of others and their needs, to extend mutual aid in whatever way is needed and to use gender neutral pronouns unless specified differently.
Farmers encouraged to leave the flat cap at home before coming along. Cops totally discouraged from coming. Fascists not welcome. Furry, wing and or aquatic animals at the discretion of Black Cat Cafe.
Anyone wanting to help with travel costs can do so donating a few coins to our paypal on [email protected]
