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Race-Class-Narrative: An answer to the culture war from the right?

Race-Class Narrative: A response to the culture war from the right?

Practical Workshop with Funmibi Ogunlesi and Alex Leon (New Economic Organizers’ Network)

The right has been on the rise ever since it succeeded in portraying all those who stand for progress and justice as a “woke elite” who want to impose their way of life on “ordinary people”. They pit white workers against immigrant and post-migrant workers, ecological against social, hey incite fear and division – racism is their most powerful tool to prevent social progress for all.

A compelling narrative to resist this right-wing narrative is lacking so far. In a workshop, Funmibi Ogunlesi and Alex Leon from the British New Economic Organizers’ Network (NEON) present the race-class narrative, an approach that could be an answer to the culture war from the right. The communications concept was developed after Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory in the U.S. and has since been used and developed with success in many progressive campaigns in various countries. NEON provides training, networking and consulting for social movements in the UK and works with the race-class narrative.

The culture war narrative is used by right-wingers right around the globe; to effectively thwart their strategy, we need to learn from each other. In the workshop, we therefore want to test the race-class narrative in practice with activists from social movements, movement organizations and trade unions and to discuss whether the concept can also be an inspiration in Germany.

The number of participants is limited to 10 persons, therefore registration is necessary.

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Berlin

14.07.2023

1:30pm – 6:30pm

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Warm Homes and Climate Justice: A Common Perspective.

Warm Homes and Climate Justice: A Common Perspective.

In the midst of the energy crisis, many people can no longer take affordable and warm housing for granted. In response to the crisis, the federal government is massively expanding natural gas infrastructure and misses the heat transition. Instead of people, mega-landlords and fossil fuel corporations are profiting, leading us deeper and deeper into the climate catastrophe.

The solutions are clear: The energy savings potential in housing is so great that the expansion of fossil energies is unnecessary. Democratization of housing and heating systems can enable climate-friendly solutions in the long term. But for this to happen, we need to build people power.

Therefore, we invite you to discuss together on Saturday, May 6, 2023 from 10 am to 5 pm in Berlin:

  • Is the heat transition a relevant policy field for climate justice and rent movements?
  • What are the perspectives of socialization in the heat sector and how do they relate to the socialization of housing?
  • What are tactics and possibilities of organizing for movement actors?
  • How can we fight for a climate-friendly heat transition that relieves the burden on tenants?
  • How can we as a movement prepare for next winter?

We invite people from tenant and climate justice movements as well as organizations, groups and experts from the field of socialization and energy/heat. With these discussion questions we want to find starting points for organizing in the field of heat and share knowledge about the perspectives for democratic ownership. Above all, the meeting should be a space for exchange and getting to know different movement actors and can serve as an impulse for further planning.

Please register until April 15.

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Berlin

6.05. 2023

10am – 5pm

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Bird Dogging Skillshare

Bird Dogging Skillshare

The tactic is about confronting decision makers and getting them to publically take a position (or embarrass themselves 😎). This can be aimed at increasing pressure, getting greater media exposure, or going viral on social media. In some cases, power and profit interests can be exposed to a wider audience.
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When and where is the workshop?

  • Berlin, 28. 01.2023 | Saturday, 12-4pm| Franz-Mehring-Platz 1
  •  Frankfurt a.M., 29.01.2023 with the Open Climate Meeting Frankfurt| Sunday, 1-5 pm | Studierendenhaus

Language: English with German whispered translation

Who is this workshop for? The workshop is open to everyone! It could be useful for people in the tenant movement, climate justice movement, before state elections or used in completely different contexts. You can certainly think of examples from your own struggles and campaigns.

Our speaker Laura comes from Green New Deal UK and brings a lot of experience and stories to the tactics.

Berlin | Frankfurt

28.01.23 | 29.01.23

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Defend Lützerath! Infocall

Defend Lützerath! Infocall

An event of X-tausend für Lützerath

The call will be in English

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In January, things will get serious: the coal corporation RWE and the german government want to evict and demolish the village of Lützerath. Huge quantities of one of the world’s dirtiest fossil fuels, lignite, lie beneath the village. RWE wants to extract a total of 280 million tons of this coal from the open pit mine that threatens the village – six times more than Germany’s last chance of staying within its 1.5° budget. Only we ourselves can stop this.

We expect the eviction to start in the 2nd week of January. On site, a diverse resistance has developed: there’s a protest camp, several squatted houses, weekly village walks and on Jan 14 there will be a large demonstration in or near Lützerath.

In this call we want to discuss with you the many ways you and your groups can be part of the resistance around Lützerath. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85677022227

Meeting ID: 856 7702 2227
Phone: +49 69 5050 0952 Germany
Find your local number: https://us06web.zoom.us/u/kbfcnUguIl

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Thursday, 29th of December 2022

7pm

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Movement Call: >>Genug ist Genug!<< meets End Fossil: Occupy! and Climate Justice Movement

Movement Call: >>Genug ist Genug!<< meets End Fossil: Occupy! and Climate Justice Movement

Whether housing, mobility, food – prices are rising and there seems to be no end in sight. The main reason for this is the price of energy. The climate justice movement has had a lot to say about energy policy in recent years, but currently it finds few approaches to build up the urgently needed pressure for climate and social justice.

With “Genug ist Genug!” a campaign has been launched to fight rising prices and social imbalance. Workers’ struggles in the coming collective bargaining rounds are at the centre of this. But also a democratisation of the energy supply and cheaper public transport are part of the demands.

When soon many tenants will receive their utility bills including absurdly high instalment payments, the social disputes will gain new fuel. The climate justice movement must address the negative impacts of the current energy production and supply system on those most affected by it if it is to build enough power to achieve the much-invoked “system change”. Therefore, together with “Genug ist Genug!”, we invite you to the movement call to discuss this:

  • How does the climate justice movement become a factor in the disputes about rising prices and social injustice?
  • What are we doing to build bridges between workers’ struggles and struggles for climate justice?
  • What opportunities for participation does the “Geug ist Genug!” campaign offer?

Lorem ipsum street – Berlin

September 1, 2022

5pm

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Subida de precios e Inflación: ¿Qué podemos aprender de las tácticas de lucha en Argentina? 

Subida de precios e Inflación: ¿Qué podemos aprender de las tácticas de lucha en Argentina? 

Los movimientos sociales en Alemania no comenzamos de cero a la hora de pensar cómo hacerle frente a la crisis económica. Podemos aprender de quienes vienen creando formas de lucha contra situaciones similares hace décadas, como es el caso de América Latina.

El Lunes 10/10 nos encontramos para hablar sobre las experiencias de lucha en Argentina, uno de los países en el que la inflación atraviesa su situación económica hace años. 

Hablaran Claudio Katz, economista muy leído por los movimientos sociales de la región, para que nos ayude a entender el por qué de la subida de precios y ademas estará Mariel Payo, integrante de la organización Poder Popular, militante e investigadora especializada en movimiento sindicales, que nos ayudará a pensar cómo elaborar posicionamientos y demandas frente al Estado.

¿Cuándo? Lunes 10 de Octubre a las 18.00 BER 13.00 ARG

¿Dónde? Online

Idioma Castellano traducción Alemán

Online

Lunes 10 de Octubre, 2022

18.00 BER 13.00 ARG

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Movement Call Energy Crisis and Inflation

Movement Call Energy Crisis and Inflation

We are expecting escalating energy costs and shortages. This will affect climate- and tenant movements, but also social movements beyond and most of us as individuals.

There is also a lot of talk about the necessity for mobilizations in order not to leave the field to the right, but so far little is planned concretely.

That’s why we and Konzeptwerk Neue Ökonomie invite you to an open movement call and want to discuss with you, among other things:

  • What communication strategies can we use to oppose energy poverty and fossil lock-ins?
  • How can e.g., the climate and tenant movements work together?
  • Are there already mobilization ideas for fall?

Your group already has thoughts, impulses or ideas you’d like to share? Send them to admin@klimax.online .

Please sign up below to receive the link to the call.

Online

Tuesday, August 30th 2022

7pm

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Movement Call about Lützerath

Movement Call about Lützerath

Last monday the High administrative court of Münster decided over Lützerath. In cooperation with the Lützerath-structures, we want to invite you for a movement call to discuss the following questions:

Will we soon face eviction and demolition? How do we as climate justice movement respond to this court ruling? How can we prevent the eviction? And what can all of us do, to support a broad movilisation and a variety of actions in and around Lützerath? Please sign up below to receive the link to the call.

Online

Wednesday, 6th of April 2022

7pm