“If we succeed in clearing the soil from the rubbish of the past and present, we will leave to posterity the greatest and safest heritage of all ages.” – Emma Goldman, 1910 Humans are an extraordinary result of evolution. It is a great power to be the most highly evolved creature in our conceivable knowledge and, in that, each one of us has a great responsibility. Problem solving is something… …
The islands of Amorgos, Kimolos, Kithira, Sikinos and Tinos share the landscape and cultural wealth of the Cyclades, which give them an incomparable environmental value. This iconic landscape, which forms a vital part of Greek and also European identity, is formed by the harmonious coexistence between the Aegean Sea, hills, mountains, traditional settlements, monuments and archaeological sites. This multi-layered landscape is in grave danger due to proposals for the installation… …
Historically, farms and forests have been at odds. Conventional wisdom says we have to cut down the forest to make way for agriculture. But a growing movement called agro-forestry “capitalizes” on the free services forests provide farmers and gardeners. Not only do trees protect more delicate edible plants from the elements and extreme weather, they provide nutrients, water, pest control and pollination services. Although you might not find all your… …
Ill Will Editions wrote to Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi to ask him what lessons the 1970s Autonomia movement had for our current struggles. His answer? Very little. In this essay, Bifo proposes we rethink autonomy from within the new horizon: that of our own extinction. * * * * * 1. The Invisible Hand is strangling us “The Invisible Hand is one of (neo)classical economics’ most enduring mythologies. Its magical power… …
“Ailton Krenak’s ideas inspire, washing over you with every truth-telling sentence. Read this book.” — Tanya Talaga, bestselling author of Seven Fallen Feathers Indigenous peoples have faced the end of the world before. Now, humankind is on a collective march towards the abyss. Global pandemics, extreme weather, and massive wildfires define this era many now call the Anthropocene. From Brazil comes Ailton Krenak, renowned Indigenous activist and leader, who demonstrates that… …
“Unfettered capitalism has brought us to this disaster. We must halt and reverse the privatization of the commons to protect and nurture these natural resources for future generations.” by Julia Conley, staff writer A study released Tuesday by the Oakland Institute details an “unprecedented wave of privatization of natural resources that is underway around the world”—one that is largely being driven by the United States and its allies. According to the progressive think tank’s report (pdf),… …
Modern civilization as we know it faces a number of major threats. Escalating economic inequality and an increasingly atomized society could lead to large-scale social breakdown. The depletion of natural resources is having a profound effect on the environment. As climate change continues to worsen, the ecosystems upon which human and non-human life depend are subjected to intolerable conditions. States across the globe have long since acquired the means by… …
Το ΣΑΒ.4/7 το Κενό Δίκτυο παίρνει μέρος στα εγκαίνια του νέου ελεύθερου κοινωνικού χώρου ΤΑΡΑΤΣΑ στην Καλαμάτα μιλώντας για τις σημαντικές πρώτες εμπειρίες συμμετοχής στο αναδυόμενο οικολογικό κίνημα #SupportEarth σε μια πολύ ενδιαφέρουσα εκδήλωση για τους περιβαλλοντικούς αγώνες της εποχής μας. Εκδήλωση για το Περιβαλλοντικό & Παραδοσιακό Γλέντι στις 4 Ιουλίου Ως νεοσύστατη Πρωτοβουλία Κατοίκων Καλαμάτας σας προσκαλούμε το Σάββατο, 4 Ιουλίου σε εκδήλωση στο χώρο μας (Ταράτσα). Είμαστε εργαζόμενοι/ες,… …
Translation: Rodanthe Scourtelli / Void Network Neither with the State, nor with the Idiots: The Social Project of Reclaiming Public Sector. (Thoughts triggered by the coronavirus crisis) The greek word “ιδιώτης” [private person, as opposed to one taking part in public affairs][1] translates into English as idiot. And if you are wondering how the mutation in the meaning of this word came about, you would be surprised to learn… …
VOID NETWORK (Athens-Greece) written by Gene Ray and George Sotiropoulos “Seek ye first for food and clothing, then the kingdom of God will fall to you also” G.W.F. Hegel, letter to Knebel, 30 August 1807 We watch in horror, as the global explosion of the Sars-CoV-2 virus continues. The spreading medical emergency starkly reveals the real wages of neoliberalism and its extractive austerities. Gutted national healthcare systems that put profit… …
While the Amazon burns, many other fires are burning across the world, some even larger and more widespread than those in the Amazon. The fires in the Amazon have been among the top news stories in the world for the past week because it is such an iconic location that is so important to the global ecosystem. However, it is important to note that these events come at a… …
Οf all the solutions to climate change, ones that involve trees make people the happiest. Earlier this year, when a Swiss study announced that planting 1.2 trillion trees might cancel out a decade’s worth of carbon emissions, people swooned (at least on Twitter). And last month, when Ethiopian officials announced that twenty-three million of their citizens had planted three hundred and fifty million trees in a single day, the swooning intensified. Someone… …
Global Witness report highlights use of terrorism laws and aggressive legal attacks by powerful elites to crush protest. Global Witness’ annual report on attacks against land and environmental defenders reveals that 164 were killed in 2018 – on average more than three a week. Mining was the biggest industry driver, with a number of brutal attacks also linked to hydropower, agribusiness and logging projects. For the first time, the report highlights… …
STOP ΣΤΙΣ ΕΞΟΡΥΞΕΙΣ ΥΔΡΟΓΟΝΑΝΘΡΑΚΩΝ Κάλεσμα σε πανελλαδική κινητοποίηση – πορεία, στα Γιάννενα το Σάββατο 11/5/2019, στις 12 το μεσημέρι Κυβέρνηση (τέως και νυν) και μεγάλοι ενεργειακοί όμιλοι, έχουν συμφωνήσει στην υλοποίηση ενός φαραωνικού σχεδίου εξόρυξης υδρογονανθράκων (πετρελαίου και φυσικού αερίου). Για το σκοπό αυτό, το 1/3 περίπου της ηπειρωτικής και θαλάσσιας επικράτειας της χώρας έχει εκχωρηθεί με μακροχρόνιες συμβάσεις. Οι πρώτες ερευνητικές γεωτρήσεις στην Ήπειρο είναι ο προάγγελος των όσων… …
Why Catastrophic Climate Change is Probably Inevitable Now – Sometimes, when I write scary essays, I encourage you not to read them. This one’s different. It’s going to be brutal, scary, jarring, and alarming. But if you want my thoughts on the future, then read away. It strikes me that the planet’s fate is now probably sealed. We have just a decade in which to control climate change — or goodbye,… …
L’eau Est La Vie camp is a floating pipeline resistance camp. Although we have no leaders, we value the voices of our indigenous, black, femme, and two spirit organizers. We fight in the bayous of Louisiana, Chata Houma Chittimacha Atakapaw territory, to stop the Bayou Bridge Pipeline, an Energy Transfer Partners project and the tail end of the Dakota Access Pipeline. BBP resistance is a continuation of our fight in… …
DUB UNITY / earth S.O.S. festival REGGAE DUB | ROOTS | DRUM N BASS SATURDAY 24/11/2018 Occupied Self Organised Theater EMBROS http://embros.gr Riga Palimidi 2 / Psiris area Athens Μέρος των εσόδων του φεστιβάλ θα διατεθεί στην «Πρωτοβουλία Κατοίκων της Σαμοθράκης Ενάντια Στην Κατασκευή Αιολικού Πάρκου» για την στήριξη του αγώνα τους ενάντια στο καταστροφικό σχέδιο εγκατάστασης 39 ανεμογεννητριών στα βουνά της και την μετατροπή 35.000 στρεμμάτων του νησιού σε… …
What’s all this about? The Hambach Forest, which one could call the last “primeval” forest in Central Europe, is being stubbed for Europe’s biggest climate pollutant – the Rhenish lignite mining area of RWE (Rheinisches Braunkohlerevier), in which RWE mines brown coal. Whole villages and the health of human beings are destroyed in this process. To prevent all of this we squatted the Hambacher Forest and take part in other… …
This summer’s epic wildfires and other extreme weather events have a root cause By JEFF GOODELL Last week, scientists learned that 40-foot piles of compacted sea ice — some of the oldest and most durable clusters in the Arctic — are breaking away from the coast of Greenland and drifting out to sea. One meteorologist called it “scary,” but it was hardly unexpected. As the earth’s climate heats up, the idea of a “blue Arctic”… …
Environmental justice activism is to this age what the workers’ movement was for the industrial age – one of the most influential social movements of its time. Yet, despite its consistent progress since the 1970s, environmental justice protests seem to get lost in the morass of information on broader environmental issues. In contrast, labour conflicts, including strikes and lock-outs, carry such gravity that the International Labour Organization tracks these on a systematic… …
Μετά από μια πρώτη ενημερωτική συνάντηση και δύο διαδοχικές διερευνητικές συνελεύσεις, αποφασίστηκε η συγκρότηση της «Πρωτοβουλίας Αθήνας ενάντια στις εξορύξεις υδρογονανθράκων». Συμμετέχουν πολίτες της Αττικής ανεξάρτητα από τον τόπο της καταγωγής τους. Αφορμή αποτέλεσαν οι παραχωρήσεις των δικαιωμάτων έρευνας και εξόρυξης υδρογονανθράκων -σε μεγάλα τμήματα, γνωστά σαν «οικόπεδα», της Δυτικής και Νότιας Ελλάδας- σε μεγάλες πετρελαϊκές εταιρείες, καθώς και η εντατικοποίηση των ερευνητικών γεωτρήσεων στη χερσαία περιοχή των Ιωαννίνων… …
Συζήτηση- ενημέρωση: Εξορύξεις Υδρογονανθράκων στην Ήπειρο και στην Ελλάδα – ΣΩΣΤΕ ΤΗΝ ΦΥΣΗ ομιλητές: Πρωτοβουλία κατοίκων -ΣΩΣΤΕ ΤΗΝ ΗΠΕΙΡΟ – Ενεργοί πολίτες @ θα ακολουθήσει live μουσική με τους αλληλέγγυους FOLK FUSIONAL HYBRIDIAN Βιολί: Στέφανος Φίλος (Elektrobalcana) Κρουστά: Γιώργος Φασόλης και Γιώργος Αναγνωστόπουλος Λαούτο: Γιάννης Βαρβαρηγος ΤΕΤΑΡΤΗ 21/3 ώρα έναρξης 20.00 Ελεύθερο Αυτοδιαχειριζόμενο Θέατρο ΕΜΠΡΟΣ Ρήγα Παλαμήδη 2, 10554 Αθήνα http://embros.gr ΣΥΜΒΑΣΗ ΕΚΜΕΤΑΛΛΕΥΣΗΣ ΥΔΡΟΓΟΝΑΝΘΡΑΚΩΝ ΣΤΗΝ ΗΠΕΙΡΟ – ΜΕΡΙΚΑ ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΑ ΓΕΝΙΚΑ… …
SOS ΗΠΕΙΡΟΣ – ενημέρωση από κατοίκους: “Η Ήπειρος μας χρειάζεται όσο ποτέ, όλοι όσοι ζούμε σε αυτόν τον τόπο πρέπει να ενημερωθούμε και να εναντιωθουμε. Η ιταλική εταιρία Geotec η οποία έχει αναλάβει τις έρευνες υδρογονανθράκων και την αποψίλωση του δάσους για την δημιουργία δρόμου, έχει καταφτάσει με τα οχήματα της και ήδη προβαινουν σε εργασίες. Ερευνες θα γινουν κατα μηκος πολλων χιλιομετρων απο την Θεσπρωτια μεχρι το Ζαγορι. Αυτη την… …
MESSAGE from our PuertoRican comrade Frank Lopez: Quick update about the situation in Puerto Rico for all of those who have asked. Spoke with my folks this AM, and well, shit’s bad, really bad. Hospitals will be the first to get power restored… in about 3 weeks! There’s long gasoline lines, and things are tense, as gas stations run out of gas. One man killed another when he was told… …
Παρασκευή 25/8 στο Πνευματικό κέντρο Χώρας Σαμοθράκης ΟΜΙΛΗΤEΣ 1. Φλώρα Παπαδέδε(οικονομολόγος ΔΕΗ) 2. Γιώργος Δεμερίδης (εκπρόσωπος οικολογικής εταιρείας Έβρου, πρώην δασονόμος) 3. Γιώργος Θεοδωρόπουλος (πολιτικός μηχανικός, μέλος της επιτροπής αγώνα Βερμίου Ημαθίας) 4. Μανώλης Χατζημανώλης (πολιτιστικός ακτιβιστής, πρώην κάτοικος Χίου- Κενό Δίκτυο ) ΜΕΣΩ ΤΗΛΕΔΙΑΣΚΕΨΗΣ 5. Γιώργος Χριστοφορίδης (δικηγόρος) 6. Βασιλική Βαρελά (πολιτικός μηχανικός, Συλλογος Προστασίας Περιβάλλοντος Νότιας Καρυστίας) 7. Παρέμβαση και ενημέρωση από μέλη της συντονιστικής ομάδας Ρεθύμνου, του… …
The alternatives to neoliberalism – including a new community type of agriculture and community-owned green energy, local currencies, peer-to-peer networks and a sharing economy – are already here and unfolding right now. All we need is a revolution writes NICK MEYNEN TTIP, bargain sales of crown jewels of states, Panama-Paper-scale tax evasions, fast-tracks for dirty mining companies in Greece, expulsions to make place for Special Economic Zones and new zones… …
ΚENO ΔΙΚΤΥΟ[Θεωρία, Ουτοπία, Συναίσθηση, Εφήμερες Τέχνες]http://voidnetwork.blogspot.com Πρέπει να γνωρίζουμε τη θέση μας κάθε στιγμή στα κοινωνικά μέτωπα που αναδύονται γύρω μας και πρέπει να είμαστε σε θέση να βαδίζουμε, να αγαπάμε και να πολεμάμε με τα κεφάλια ψηλά! Τις προηγούμενες ημέρες έχουμε γίνει μάρτυρες δύο σημαντικών αγώνων, που διεξάγονται, εν μέσω αριστερής διαχείρισης του συστήματος. Ο σκληρός αγώνας των πολιτικών κρατούμενων, με τη χρήση του ύστατου μέσου κατά την διάρκεια… …
There is a clear case to be made for the connection between ecology and anarchism.1 Many philosophers, academics, and radicals have elaborated this over the past two centuries2. But reviewing the history of this theoretical relationship is not the goal here. The movement surrounding anarchism in the past 200 years has certainly included its fair share of theory, yet what has rooted anarchist ideas so deeply in human society is… …
As the far-right government in Greece is preparing a new law that allows the destruction of Greek coast-line by private interests and all kinds of capitalist’s investments we publish here a serial of photos from Spain where anyone can see clear the destructive effects of capitalistic development in Mediterranean environment. We are asking all people of Europe to fight for the defense of Greek coast-line and the paradesiac Greek beaches… …
The Rio+20 mandate recognizes three pillars of sustainable development – the economic, the social and the environmental. However, the process does not challenge the fundamental toxicity of the current operating system, and ignores that such a ‘faulty’ DNA has strong culture roots. What do we mean? The following is not based on the stated ideals of Rio+20 but rather on the actual practice of the really… …
To everyone feeling screwed over by the economy, We are told that our problem is that there aren’t enough jobs. This message is everywhere. The media gauges our plight with regularly updated unemployment statistics. Politicians debate theatrically over who can create more work. People everywhere clamor for scarce positions at factories and corporations. I’d like to point out the great irony of this situation — people hate their jobs.… …
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END:CIV examines our culture’s addiction to systematic violence and environmental exploitation, and probes the resulting epidemic of poisoned landscapes and shell-shocked nations. Based in part on Endgame, the best-selling book by Derrick Jensen, END:CIV asks: “If your homeland was invaded by aliens who cut down the forests, poisoned the water and air, and contaminated the food supply, would you resist?” The causes underlying the collapse of civilizations are usually traced… …
For all people thinking to participate in the demonstrations against United Nations Conference for Climate Change in Copenhagen during first weeks of December 2009, Void Mirror here publishes some vital information about… Against Who We Will Fight in Copenhagen and Why ? Copenhagen in 60 seconds: key facts and figures Ecologist magazine 8th October, 2009 Do you know your COP15 from your CDM? Your UNFCCC from your REDD? If not,… …
With the installation of photovoltaic cells in Prapopoulou Squat Athens,Greece starts an experiment of collective ownership and self-management ofenergy sources willing to cover our energy needs. 4 April11:00: collectively installation of photovoltaic cells and sharing skills.19:00: Self learning seminar of the function and installation ofphotovoltaics cells 5 April11:00: collectively installation of photovoltaic cells and sharingskills(continue)19:00: Update about copenghagen 2009 call for climate action by Farmacollective, conversation about radical ecology and… …
A convenient truth about climate change: why most of the major powers really want global warming by David Lempert and Hue Nhu Nguyen 12/02/2009 If you read the international press, it is easy to be convinced that the international “debate” about global warming is about whether international organisations and country governments are able to “wake up” to alarming news about the future of the planet. But if you actually read… …