#WORLD #WORLDWIDE #GERMANY #ANARCHISM #News #Journal #Update - (en) Germany, die plattform: Report from our lecture tour: The platform as a guest in Austria! (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 Lecture tours have a certain tradition for us as a platform. In 2019 our

initiative started with an extensive tour that took us to most parts of Germany
and even as far as Switzerland. We didn't make it to Austria at the time because
the corona pandemic thwarted our plans in spring 2020. ---- After we were able to
give our anarcha-feminism lecture at least once last year at the invitation of
the Slovenian students' club in Vienna, two comrades of our organization recently
spent a whole week traveling in the Alpine republic. In four cities - Graz,
Vienna, Salzburg and Innsbruck, they presented platformism and our organization.
Because little is known about the anarchist movement in Austria within Germany
and because, in addition to lecture tours, the reports on it are a certain
tradition of our organization, here is your little travel report:

On June 28th we left Germany for Graz, the first lecture location. Thanks to the
delay, we only reached our stopover in Salzburg after a train journey of almost
twelve hours. The very next day we continued for a few hours past picturesque
landscapes until we finally reached Graz. There we were already welcomed by
friendly comrades. The lecture took place in an anarchist cafe, the "Black
Caterpillar", in front of about 20 listeners. Due to many exciting questions, the
lecture lasted much longer than expected. After that there was a lot to talk
about. There were many good questions about our approach, a lot of agreement with
our experiences, but also opposing opinions. This relaxed a long and intense
discussion. The evening ended successfully for us with a nocturnal walk through Graz.

The next day we made our way to Vienna early. On the way there we again had a
totally beautiful view and a bit of a holiday feeling came up in us. Arrived in
Vienna, we first discovered a bit of the surroundings. Towards evening we made
our way to the "Club of Slovenian Students" to give the next lecture. About 20
people came again. During the discussion that followed, many questions were
asked, above all about our organizational structure and our previous experiences.
We were particularly pleased that comrades from other groups were also present,
with whom we could at least exchange ideas a little.

The next day we parted ways. One of us made the long journey back to Germany, the
other stayed one more day in Vienna and then headed to the next destination of
our trip: Salzburg. In the city known for Mozart and the sweet chocolate balls of
the same name, our talk took place at the Sub, an anarchist punk bar. About 20 to
25 people gathered to hear the lecture.

After that there were a few questions, mainly about our understanding of
commitment and awareness structures in the platform. An intensive discussion
arose, which also gave us another impetus, e.g. to talk internally about terms
and definitions in the context of attacks and the like.

The last destination of our trip was Innsbruck. For its size of just 120,000
inhabitants, the city has an impressive left-wing infrastructure. In addition to
the self-run Cafe Lotta, there is Il Corvo, a collectively run restaurant and pub
in town. Our lecture took place in the latter. About 20 people came again. There
was some interest in the discussion, particularly as to the internal structure
and purpose of the federation. The networking factor in particular received
positive comments, while there were also those who were skeptical about the
establishment of an organization.

All in all, we were very satisfied with our lecture tour. Despite the manageable
anarchist movement in Austria, we were able to reach more than 80 people and draw
attention to our approach in cities across the country and put it up for
discussion. Now it will be a question of building concrete platformist structures
in Austria. If you are from Austria and want to work on it with us, please send
us an email to kontakt@dieplattform.org.

Finally, we would like to thank everyone who came to the presentations and
engaged in discussions with us. Of course also with all our kind-hearted hosts
and especially with the comrades who organized our trip. That would not have been
possible without you guys!

https://www.dieplattform.org/2022/07/17/bericht-von-unserer-vortragstour-die-plattform-zu-gast-in-oesterreich/
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