From August 9th to 17th, 2022, we want to do a lecture tour through the area
claimed by Germany. We are still looking for venues and groups/people who wouldlike to invite us. Because of the 9-euro ticket, we don't need a fare for it. Wedon't need fees either, but we would be happy to receive (optional) donations forthe group. ---- The only requirement would be a couch or bed to sleep on and(delicious) vegan food. It would also be important to us that people can beexcluded from events if they deliberately mislead others. Our speaker isnon-binary and has had bad experiences with it several times in the past. And thelecture doesn't take place in rooms that require 2G or 3G. The request for aself-test (if free tests are offered at the event) and the rule to wear a maskare fine. All members of the group are vaccinated and we consider vaccinationsagainst Corona to be useful and important.As lecture topics we offer introduction to anarchism, function and abolition ofthe police, counterinsurgency, as well as anti-authoritarian perspectives on theclimate catastrophe.All lectures are also possible without electricity and beamer with a littleadvance notice. If you want to get one of the lectures, send an email toSchwarze-ruhr-uni@riseup.net by August 1st, 2022 . At the moment it looks likeonly one of us has time to ice, if we come to several, we will write to you.Below are the announcements and descriptions of the individual lectures:Lecture: Beyond the state, capitalism and patriarchy - Anarchism an introductionThe word anarchy comes from the Greek and means freedom to rule. Once thestrongest socialist current, anarchism was almost completely wiped out byfascism, state socialism, and state democracy by the late 1930s. The anarchistmovement is now becoming more visible again because of its involvement in the newwave of global uprisings. Even the rulers recognize who supports social movementsand those fighting in uprisings against them, whether liberal, conservative orfascist - all are bound together in their hostility to anarchism. We want to takeadvantage of the moment to answer the question of many what anarchism is and howit differs from other theories and movements (especially the state left)? Why doanarchists reject capitalism and the state? Why are domination and hierarchiesthe fundamental cause of many problems in our world? And why are revolutions thatwant to use the state to improve the world doomed to failure? These and otherquestions will be answered in the lecture, because given the global situation,nothing is more dangerous than burying your head in the sand and hoping for areturn to "normality". doomed to improve the world? These and other questionswill be answered in the lecture, because given the global situation, nothing ismore dangerous than burying your head in the sand and hoping for a return to"normality". doomed to improve the world? These and other questions will beanswered in the lecture, because given the global situation, nothing is moredangerous than burying your head in the sand and hoping for a return to "normality".. The handout for the lecture (including further sources)Lecture: For an end to violence - the police and alternatives to it From Dusseldorf to Hamburg, from Minneapolis to Louisville, we see images ofpolicewomen engaging in violence. The police and their violence is currently verypresent in public. In Germany, among those who are critical of the police, theidea of reforming them prevails. But is this even possible? Isn't violence andcontrol the central core of the police force?In our lecture we will talk about how the police came into being, how they workand why we cannot reform them but have to abolish them. Other questions include:What myths about the police are common? What examples of resistance to the policeare there? Then there are alternatives to the police. How do and did societieswithout a state deal with conflicts? What possibilities do we have to weaken thepower of the police in our everyday life?The lecture presupposes anarchist criticism in some places. Here you will find anintroduction to our lecture Beyond the State, Capitalism and Patriarchy - Anarchism.The handout for the lecture (including further sources)Lecture: Anti-authoritarian perspectives on the climate catastropheStarting from anarchist and indigenous analyses, we will talk about what are thecauses of the current climate and ecological catastrophe and why the solutionsfor them already exist and are "just" not implemented. We go to the roots of oursocial order. Questions that need to be clarified are: why is the state not onlynot a means of solving environmental destruction, but also a key cause? How areclimate catastrophe and colonialism connected? Why does environmental destructionalso serve to maintain power and extend the dominance of institutions such as thecapitalist market and the state? What does patriarchy have to do with all of this?The solutions should be about how we can combine resistance to furtherdestruction with preparation and adaptation to the catastrophes that can nolonger be prevented and the creation of equal, solidary communities. In addition,we want to deal with the question of how our relationship to our environment hasto change in order to move from dominating it to respecting it. It will turn outthat (almost) all solutions already exist.Counterinsurgency - How the state keeps movements safeHow does the state keep social movements harmless and prevent uprisings? Thelecture is roughly divided into two parts. It is supposed to be about directrepression, i.e. about things like laws, violence by the police and criminalprosecution. What is the purpose of which laws and the associated prosecution?What does the permanent state repression (threat) do to us and our movements?Which strategies do the police use to control or break up demonstrations andother gatherings on the street?In addition, there is indirect control, for example through the state influencingour self-perception as a movement. How does the state influence our ways ofthinking in its interest? Which ideologies (worldviews), institutions andmovements are useful to him? Topics will include universities (eg movementresearch), non-violence, democracy, fascism and unity on the left. Finally, wewant to talk about what repression, violence and the associated trauma do to usas movements.https://schwarzerub.blackblogs.org/2022/07/02/09-08-17-08-2022-vortragsreise/_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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