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The Fallen Ones Remain Among Us – Space for Collective Commemoration and Grief

Tuesday 08.09.2026 7:30-9:00 pm @Hole of Fame (Königsbrücker Str. 39, 01099 Dresden)

Loss is an inevitable part of life and activism. In the face of all the adversities we confront, political struggle always entails making some sacrifice. Loss can occur  in connection to our political struggle, repression, prison, war, displacement, femicide, genocide, or climate catastrophe. Losing loved ones, spaces, homelands, comrades, habits, familiar things, or entire species is overwhelming when one grapples with that alone. Remembering helps combat this sense of overwhelm. Yet remembrance is not a purely mental process, nor is grief merely an emotion. Commemoration is a living task. When we come together to process loss and hold grief collectively, it unleashes a tremendous force that brings people from different parts of the world together, provides the courage to take risks, and gifts the resilience to get back up when the situation seems hopeless. Every fallen friend is thus one more reason to keep fighting and to not give up.

No historian of the ruling system will write our history for us. We must actively take our place in history and write it ourselves, every day. In Stockholm, an anonymous comrade has repainted the inscription on the monument to the fallen brigadistas of the 1936 Spanish Revolution. Now it reads again: “Passersby, pause – remember them with pride.” Ensuring that the history of people, movements, geographies, and events is not forgotten helps us process the past and enables this history to live on in our hearts and in our movements.

As part of the exhibition—“In Motion: 10 Years of Anarchist Days”—there is one wall dedicated to collective mourning and loss. Everyone is welcome to contribute and take up space here. It is not necessary to have known people personally to mourn and remember them; sometimes we only get to know comrades after their death.

We invite you to an evening of collective commemoration. Here, we can share our grief collectively, exchange rituals, share thoughts, tell specific stories, draw or paint, and create this wall together. Please feel free to bring photos, flowers, drawings, stories, poems, songs, and personal items.

Further opening hours: 

A-Days Week: Tue & Thu 3:30 pm, Sat 2:30 pm + check the program to not disturb any event in the space
14.-17.09.2026,  3:30-5 pm

For the second year Anarchist Days are attacked by self-proclaimed leftists

It came to our attention that accounts associated with certain problematic online personalities (https://a-dresden.org/2025/08/26/linke-gegen-linksextremismus/) in Dresden are writing to participants of the Anarchist Days in Dresden in attempts to sabotage political events and cooperation of anarchists with different parts of the leftist scene.

This appears to be the same people who last year “anonymously” reported, that the Anarchist Days are an extremist event to different venues with the attempt for the organizers of the space to cancel the event. The same people are trying to paralyze some parts of the anarchist and antifascist scene with endless court cases, reaching from a forced eviction order against a whole house project to attempts of achieving restriction orders against some activists.

Efforts to attack us only make us stronger no matter if the blows come from fascists or self-proclaimed leftists.

The programm of this years Anarchist Days can be found here: https://a-dresden.org/en/anarchist-days-dresden-2026/

SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE – Travel Report | Auction | Exhibition Opening

WEDNESDAY | September 09, 2026 | 5pm | FAU Lokal, Bürgerstraße 52

After four years of solidarity work for people in Ukraine, we began organizing delegation trips last year in October 2025. It was important to us to connect people, exchange ideas, see the situation on the ground for ourselves, show direct solidarity, and build long-term relationships. We’ve already organized two trips, and a third is being planned for October 2026.

We’d like to share our experiences and talk with you about solidarity.

There will be an auction featuring, among other things, gifts and photos we brought back, to raise money for the trip in October!
We’ll also be opening our photo exhibition as part of this event, which will be on display at the FAU Lokal starting September 9.

Programm:

5:00 p.m. Exhibition opening
6:00 p.m. Food
7:00 p.m. Presentation and Q&A
8:30 p.m. Auction

Makeup is for everyone!! Makeup Workshop for All Genders [DE/EN]

Saturday, September 12, 2026, 3:00–6:00 p.m. Location to be announced upon registration

Do you want to experiment with makeup, learn new techniques, or just get creative? Then come to our free makeup workshop! Everyone is welcome—regardless of gender, prior experience, or motivation, and whether you’re interested in gender-affirming makeup or simply creative expression. People with little or no experience are especially encouraged to attend.

✨ What to expect:

· First, we’ll take some time to settle in

· Then: an approximately 1-hour introduction to products, tools, and basic techniques

· Afterward (approx. 1 hour): free time to experiment, with opportunities for creativity, discussion, and personalized tips (if you’d like advice; otherwise, feel free to experiment on your own)

· Space for questions, experimentation, and developing your own style · A queer-friendly, relaxed atmosphere free of norms and pressure (plus: Since I’m neurodivergent, the workshop will also be inclusive in that regard—as much as possible—meaning no loud music, quiet conversations, small groups, and the option to experiment quietly the entire time without being approached, etc.)

· Free workshop—all materials provided (but feel free to bring makeup remover wipes, primer, setting spray, and any makeup you already own and use them if that makes you feel more comfortable. We don’t have every skin tone available anyway, especially for foundation and concealer. But we’ve got plenty of glitter and colors to make up for it. ;D)

You decide what you’d like to try—I’ll support you along the way and look forward to a creative afternoon with you all!

Please register by September 1, 2026, at the latest, by email: atage_dd[at]systemli.org. The location will then be sent to you by email. Registration is required, as there are only a limited number of materials and spots with mirrors available.

Fundraiser – Ukraine Solidarity Trip October 2026

Hey, we are an collective of activists based in Dresden, Germany who currently are planning a solidarity trip to Ukraine. The main reasons for this are humanitarian aid, solidarity work, and networking. The trip will be from September 29 to October 11, 2026. Throughout the trip we will be visiting various self-organized collectives and organizations who help people on site.

Here you can find a couple of reports from our previous trips:
Report from trip October 2025
Report from trip July 2026

Here are some events we have hosted during the Week of Solidarity with People in Ukraine.

On this trip we will be visiting various collectives and organizations. Among them are Street Aid Daily (SAD) in Odessa and Solidarity Collectives. They are – among other things – doing supporting work for anti-authoritarian fighters at the front and homeless people, mutual aid, and community building. We will travel together to Kharkiv to meet with people who have been displaced by the war and bring humanitarian aid to their shelters. We will also visit an animal rescue shelter in Kharkiv.

In order to continue their work, resources are needed. Those include cooking utensils, food, tools, medicine, various medical equipment, and more. Furthermore, we also need to finance our trip. Especially fuel is a major cost factor.

For this reason we are asking for your support in the form of donations.
Every donation is important! Thank you <3

Street Aid Daily Odesa https://whydonate.com/fundraising/solidarity-trip-street-aid-daily-odesa-ukraine
Animal Rescue Shelter Kharkiv https://whydonate.com/fundraising/solidaritatsreise-unterstutzung-eines-tierheims-in-charkiw-ukraine
Domritories für Kriegsvertreibene https://whydonate.com/fundraising/solidaritatsreise-unterkunfte-fur-kriegsvertrieben-in-charkiv-ukraine