Autonomous Radical Assemblies outside the ESF

from email, 15 September 2008:

Radical Assemblies are open meetings on the activist center Utkanten. The assemblies are open discussions and participatory workshops on different topics with the purpose to exchange experiences and share information between different european activist networks. The Radical Assemblies and Utkanten is autonomous from ESF, so you dont need to pay participatory fee to ESF to take part.

Every day breakfast will be served at 9:00-11:00, lunch at 13:00-15:00 and dinner at 18:00-21:00 by the mobile kitchens Automat, Bröd och frihet, Le Sabot and Anarchist Teapot at Utkanten.

At: Utkanten, Industrigatan 20 - map
Web: http://www.utkanten.net/english.php

1. Radical Women Assembly
An assembly on the situation of women in Europe. We will start by talking about the myth of Sweden as the paradise of equality for women, and then invite you to describe the situation of women in your country. How is the situation of women on the labour market, in unwaged work, everyday struggles (childcare etc), sexuality. We wish to focus on the issues where class struggle and feminism meet. What collective solutions exist for women in your country? What do you need? What types of women's organization exist? In what way do women take part in workplace struggles and the trade unions? After these presentations we will discuss in smaller groups how we can act together: actions and cooperation now during the social forum and in the future.

At: Utkanten, Industrigatan 20
Thursday 18 sept, 14:00. (2 hours)

2. Radical Assembly on precarity and workplace struggles
Struggle against precarity, from campaigns to selforganizing. Open Assembly and workshop. Share your experiencies on combating the daily exploitation on your workplace. Talk with and meet others in a precarious work situation from different countries and exchange ideas, smart tactics or conspire how to overthrow capitalism. A collective enquiry on experiences from working 1) inside informal or formal workplace collectives with your collages, 2) inside radical base unions (for exampel CNT France and Spain, Cobas and RdB Italy, SAC in Sweden), 3) inside institutionalized trade unions as a radical current or rank-and-file network, 4) as supportive social movements, social activism or campaigns (ex EuroMayDay-Parades, campaigns on precarity, Labour.net, sans papiers ecc). Can there exist a intersection or hybrid between social movement activism and union struggle? What common ground exists between papperless migrants, unemployed and students as sections of a precarious workforce, paid and unpaid "female" work and other forms and methods of struggle from the invisible workers of the world.

At: Utkanten, Industrigatan 20
Thursday 18 sept, 16:00. (2 hours)

3. EuroMayDay Assembly
Open meeting to talk about the future of the (Euro)Mayday-parades and network. 1) Where do processes of organisation, among the precarious, already exist? 2) What have been the experiences of cooperation and collaboration amongst local (Euro)MayDay coalitions, beyond the organisation of parades on May 1? 3) How do we understand the European/international (Euro)MayDay "process"? 4) And what should be the next steps in this "process" (whatever that may be?)

At: Utkanten, Industrigatan 20
Thursday 18 sept, 18:00. (2 hours)

4. Radical Assembly on squatting and social centers
Social movements needs social forums, social forums needs social center. Open Assembly and practical workshop for sharing experiences from the recent wave of struggles for social centers and squattings i Europe. A new wave of struggles for free zones and social centers broke out after the eviction of Ungdomshuset in 2007. What are the possibilities in Europe today to open new selfmanaged spaces for social movements? What role can these spaces play in the local community and local struggles to promote radical antagonism? How can we counteract the states repressive measures against the centers and squats?

At: Utkanten, Industrigatan 20
Friday 19 sept, 14:00. (2 hours)

5. Radical Assembly on future mobilisations
Europe as a shared space of conflicts. Open Assembly for radical and antagonistic movements. A forum for presenting coming events, future mobilisations and to give reports from recent network meetings (Peoples Global Action, Euromayday, No Border), coming Global Days of Action or camps (Migration, Climate, Mayday) and coming summit Protests (Climate Summit - COP15 in Denmark 2009, Nato Summit in France/Germany 2009, EU-Summit in Sweden 2009, G8 in Italy 2009).

At: Utkanten, Industrigatan 20
Friday 19 sept. 16:00. (2 hours)

6. Collapsing the European security architecture
The German-dutch group Gipfelsoli holdes a seminareabout repression against summit protests, the development of European police cooperation, the militarisation of the EU, and what role the Nato summit in Strasbourg 2009 will play and what we can do against it.

At: Utkanten, Industrigatan 20
Sunday 21 sept. 13:00. (3 hours)

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