We are taking some extra time for the 37c3 Chaos Congress ( Part 2 ) analysis… because it’s a very delicate matter. And because the time required to do deep-thinking + research + constructive essays is difficult when we’ve got so little financial resources, and we’re too busy scrambling to pay the stupid winter bills.
Nothing new, but might as well make the call out here ( again ) that if you appreciate the XLterrestrials projects, including this very subslack channel, please consider DONATING whatever you can afford… Everything helps ! Contact us here : ib_podo (at ) proton ( dot ) me about how you can send or deliver your support !
pic: How appropriate to put an absurd Ami Prez ( JFK ) quote from The Cold War on a wall in Bethlehem. Not fresh paint, but sharp imagery ( found on a site called Radix Think Tank from 2020 ) for rethinking the Btropolis and global mess we’re in these days ! For us this reads: The walls of settler colonialism are coming down !
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We can’t keep up with everything, so we also highly recommend The Left Berlin’s list of upcoming events. They are doing an excellent job of informing us about essential things that we think could definitely use your support. Some of our listings below are from their page, but we dont have time to link them all. Also we like to create a list that includes some arts + culture angles as well, to keep the creative spirits nourished in the difficult times.
the XLt Winter Radar
- JANUARY -
05.01 - The Palestine Reading Group #5 at Agit , 19h
05.01 - Kerzenlicht für Gazas Kinder at Alexanderplatz, 16h
06.01 - Beritan, Mamieros, F*tze, usw. - Soli nite against borders - at Rigaer 94
08.01 - DEMO against cultural repression at Abgeordnetenhaus Niederkirchnerstr. 5, 13h *
12.01 - The Palestine Reading Group #6 at Agit , 19h
13.01 - Rosa-Luxemburg-Konferenz ( incl. Jeremy Corbyn ) at Tempodrom
13.01 - Solidarity with Palestine ( Insta link ), Neptunenbrunnen at Alexanderplatz, 14h
13.01 - Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra - Malawi Relief concert - HAU1
16.01 - Beyond Equality #1 Weaving ( Women’s Revolution ) w/ Elif Sarican at HAU1
16.01 - Against the sell-out of the city! - #H48Bleibt! - Tegeler Weg 12, 10h
17.01 - Apartheid Israel w/ Patrick Bond + Nadijah Samour at Cafe MaDaMe
18.01 - Merry Crises ! Punk Not War at Regenbogenfabrik
19.01 - The Palestine Reading Group #7 at Agit , 19h
19.01 - Kiezversammlung in Moabit at Gemeindesaal Refo - Wiclefstraße 32, 18h
19.01 - 02.02 - Transmediale + CTM *Vorspiel* - at 79 local venues
20.01 - Syndikat-Geburtstag at the Kollektivkneipe in der Emser Straße 131
25.01 - ¿Qué está pasando en Ecuador? ( Narco-state in Ecuador ) at Offline space
26.01 - Eye Witness Report from Gaza w/ Duha Almusaddar at OYOUN
26.01 - TV FREE Europe - film by Gergely Pápai + Pneuma Szöv at Club der p.Versager
26.01 - 04.02 - 25th CTM Festival - “Sustain” - multiple venues
27.01 - Soli Fuer Palestine Demo - Neptunenbrunnen at Alex, 14h
27.01 - Soli for H48 Bleibt at Subversiv E.v.
30.01 - Kiezversammelung ( mit Deutsche Wohnen & Co Enteignen ) at So36
30.01 - Figure it out: Ghost Workers w/ !Mediengruppe Bitnik + many more at Panke
31.01 - 04.02 - Transmediale 2024
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- FEBRUARY -
03.02 - The 'Nettime' Listening Post ( f2face meetup ) at Transmediale / Panke ( tickets )
06.02 - 133. Netzpolitische Abend by Digitaler Gesellschaft at C-Base
08.02 - DEmo for Palestine at the Freie Uni, Otto-von-Simson-str.26 ( Insta Link )
09.02 - DiEM - 8th anniversary party - at MaDaMe Cafe
12.02 - Soli Party for Chile ( Valparaiso fire ) at Loophole
26.02 - The Heliocentrics at Gretchen
- MARCH -
18.03 - Idris Ackamoor and The Pyramids at MS Stubnitz ( Hamburg )
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- APRIL -
13.04 - Buzzcocks ( minus Pete Shelley - r.i.p. ) at Huxleys
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work-in-progress
to be cont.
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Please alert us what’s on YOUR RADAR, things we should post ! In the comments below, or PM us.
Some other important news items:
* There’s a Petition / Open Letter out for protesting against the silencing of various forms of expression related to the dangerous “Likud War” escalations in the Middle East ( XLt description ). It makes demands for the Ministry (+ Senator) for Culture and Social Cohesion Senate to reassess Germany’s discriminatory position and processes of a compulsory commitment to the controversial IHRA definition of antisemitism as a prerequisite for cultural funding from the federal state.
The Petition now has nearly 4,000 signatures in less than a week. The link for this petition was changed on Dec.7th ( due to technical problems ). You can find the new Open Letter link HERE
Offener Brief an die Berliner Senatskulturverwaltung und an Joe Chialo, Senator für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt.
We – Berlin-based cultural producers of various disciplines – protest: For the preservation of the freedom of art and the freedom of expression
The DEMO on 08.01 listed above is related to these issues !
To understand this problematic instrumentalization of anti-semitism, we recommend the explanations given by the Jewish Voice For Peace : JVP unequivocally opposes the IHRA working definition of antisemitism
One must be able to have open discussions and the ability to criticize any Nation-State ( and corrupt and fascist ruling parties ) which are in violation of human rights, and especially where there is abundant evidence of committing war crimes, genocide and ethnic cleansing !
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