Elephant in the room #36 – Steps to food sovereignty in Germany

In this show we talk about food sovereignty. The right for people to define their agricultural and food policy without any interference of market policies. We learn about concepts implemented in Germany, which try to apply basic principles of food sovereignty. We discuss developments and challenges in already established structures and learn about self education projects for organic farmer.

Elephant in the room #34 – DIY Internet

In this episode we met with a tech comrade Bikepunk from France who is participating in the federation of small Internet Service Providers in the country. We will be talking about reasons behind DIY network approach and how simple people benefit from non-commercial network providers.

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Gewalt in unseren Communities – Wege hinaus – Paula*

Willkommen zurück nach der Sommerpause. In unserer 6. Ausgabe sprechen wir mit Paula über ihre Erfahrungen, Perspektiven und Ideen. Unter anderem beschäftigen uns Fragen, ob und wie wir die linke Szene oder „Community“ definieren können und was sie im Hinblick auf übergriffiges und/oder gewaltvolles Verhalten leisten kann und was nicht.

Buchtipp:
„Nichts, was uns passiert“ von Bettina Wilpert

Musik:
Nene H: „un violador en tu camino“

Elephant in the room #33 – Elections in Germany

For some german elections might lack the show or the scandal or both. It is quite often serious and address political issues. But not this year. We’ve seen a lot of political scandals prior to election campaigns. The winner of the elections was not known till the last moment and by some crazy luck social-democrats managed to become the biggest party in Germany. Leading only by 1+% but still.

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Activists at the polish-belarusian border – A call for Solidarity #35

Since several weeks now the situation is becoming more and more dramatic at the polish-belarusian border. People try to cross and get pushed back by the polish border guards. Police, military and other forces hunting people in the forest to prevent them coming to poland. The weather is cold, the area swampy, people don´t have food, suffering from hypotermia, are injured from the fences and often get pushed back several times. More and more activists and NGO´s organize themself to help people to survive and give solidarity. How those work look right now and what do people experience through there stay at the border you will find in our show with three activists from different initiatives.

Contact to independent activist from no borders: borderofshame[at]riseup.net