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Waar: MKZ, Eerste Schinkelstraat 16, Amsterdam., Netherlands (GPS lat: 52.353908 lon: 4.854253)
Wanneer: 09/07/2012 - 19:30

Info evening on the growth of collective alternatives in Greece. Amsterdam, June 9th

We live in Europe where currently any alternative suggestion about how to structure our society and economy is met with negative criticism by the media and the vast majority of our society. Any movement or development that questions the “economic orthodoxy” is treated at best as non realistic and at worst as dangerous. At the same time, the rise of nationalism, racism, fascism and Nazism does not seem to raise any serious concern.

There are systematic attempts and efforts to convince us that we are now at the end of history, where any debate, suggestion and idea has to be embedded within the framework of neoliberalism. Even worse, they try to convince us that the interests of the banking and financial system are the same as that of the majority.

In Greece due to the economic and subsequently societal crisis and the growing poverty, people could not find any other solution than to organize collectives, to squat their working places and express their civil disobedience in a way that can only benefit the majority.

Saturday evening at 19.30 @ MKZ we are going to watch some footage of how the alternative movement is growing.

19:30 Saturday 9th of June @ MKZ

MKZ is at Eerste Schinkelstraat 16, Amsterdam.

Agenda:
Brief presentation of the current situation in Greece.
Short films about the alternative initiatives during the last years in Greece.
Open discussion.