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Colonizing Consciousness: How the Prison System Sustains the Occupation of Palestine [EN]

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We will examine the prison system as a core tool for shaping and controlling Palestinian consciousness, sustaining the colonization of Palestine and erasing the Palestinian national identity.

Drawing on the experiences of Palestinian political prisoners, we will trace the methods of physical violence and psychological torture used to break resistance and mold compliance. We will explore how prisons mirror, and help reproduce, the broader conditions of life under occupation, from surveillance and restriction of movement to the suppression of cultural and political expression. This discussion will also look at the political consequences of mass imprisonment, and how the carceral system functions, not only as a site of confinement, but as a laboratory for the ongoing project of colonial control.

Joining virtually will be representatives from NGO’s that advocate for the rights of detainees and political prisoners in Israeli prisons.

Friday 05.09.2025 19:30-21:00 @IZ Dresden

Struggle of Russian anarchists and repression against them by Putin’s regime [EN]

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Russia has never stopped politically motivated persecution of anarchists, but under Putin, repression has reached a new level. The war against Ukraine and the 2022 laws have resulted in some 22 anarchists and anti-fascists behind bars today – and that’s only those known to be behind bars. Some of them are accused of „creating a terrorist organization“ or „preparing a terrorist attack.“

We refuse to follow the liberal opposition and belittle the determination of our comrades. On the contrary, we consider it our duty to support those who dared to fight Putin’s regime with radical methods.


Talk and discussion with fires of freedom collevctive

Saturday 06.09.2025 14:30-16:00 @FAU Lokal

Einblicke in die Kämpfe indigener Gemeinschaften Mexikos und das zapatistische Encuentro 2025 [DE]

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Anfang Juli machten sich FAU (Freie Arbeiter*innen Union), IFK (Initiative für Frieden in Kurdistan) und das IZ (Internationalistische Zentrum) Dresden in Vernetzung mit Aktivistinnen aus dem Netz der Rebellion auf den Weg um der Einladung der Zapatistas zum internationalen Encuentro 2025 zu folgen. Unterwegs setzten sie sich mit verschiedenen Kämpfen indigener und linker Gemeinschaften auseinander. Mittelpunkt des Encuentro 2025 war die Neuausrichtung der Zapatistas und der gemeinsame Austausch mit Gruppen, die die Erklärung für das Leben unterschrieben haben. Von allen Kontinenten der Erde kamen Aktivistinnen zusammen und diskutierten über eine emanzipatorische Zukunft. Da die Erlebnisse ganze Tage voller Diskussionen und Gespräche füllen würden, würden wir gern im Speziellen die Situation von fünf inhaftierten Indigenas vorstellen, über Antifemizidarbeit und das ständige Erinnern an die Desaparecidos sprechen, und die Neuausrichtung der Zapatistas vorzustellen

Samstag 06.09.2025 16:15-18:15 @IZ

Self-organizing for mental well-being [EN]

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Workshop with „this is insane!“
The workshop intends to open a conversation about tools and practices that enable self-determination and self-organization for mental well-being. After a short introduction on the history of antipsychiatric struggles and some of its current stakes, we will share and discuss tools we can use in order to support each other in circumstances of mental suffering, distress, breakdowns, or other moments we don’t feel good.

Mental health related questions should not be considered as individual private issues but rather as political collective questions. And therefore we can develop collective and solidaric propositions to deal
with them, and support each other.

Crisis plans and support groups are some of those accessible and actionable tools we can introduce in our lives and our communities, among our friends and affinity circles. So that a situation of distress or doubts does not result in social isolation, or face for unique possible answer the necessity to look alone for professional help. They allow us to learn about ourselves and what we experience, they give the
possibility to share those insights with people around us, and create the conditions we collectively need to develop skills and capacities for community support.

Different resources in the forms of zines and posters will be proposed to support the conversation and the reflection afterwards.


Saturday 06.09.2025 14:00-15:30 @FAULokal

Anarchist resistance in ukraine – present and past [UK/EN]

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This lecture explores the history of the Free Territory — an anarchist stateless society that existed in southern Ukraine in the early 20th century. You will learn about money without denominations, peasant self-governance, and a powerful army composed solely of volunteers. The talk will highlight women and gender-nonconforming people who led military units, as well as the daring attempt to realize anarchist ideals — an experiment ultimately destroyed by betrayal.

The lecture will also reflect on the present: the forms anarchist resistance and thought take in today’s Ukraine, and why contemporary Ukrainian anarchists consciously choose to defend the country’s independence.

Saturday 06.09.2025 16:00-17:30 @Seminarraum