{"id":1453,"date":"2017-06-21T14:08:45","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T11:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiracistfestival.gr\/?p=1453&lang=en"},"modified":"2018-06-19T19:12:44","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T16:12:44","slug":"discussions-20th-athens-antiracist-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiracistfestival.gr\/en\/2017\/discussions-20th-athens-antiracist-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussions at the 20th Athens Antiracist Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Full program<\/a>, concerts<\/a> & how to come to the festival\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

What stays the same and what changes in the face of those from above? How is Fortress – Europe being transformed and what is happening on the islands and detention camps in \u201cnew\u201d Greece? How are those from below and the Left organizing, fighting, and responding? Where and how are life, dignity, and solidarity winning? Many issues are opened up at the 20th<\/sup> Antiracist Festival. Find below the programme of the main and self-organized discussions per day. All discussions begin at 19.00.<\/p>\n

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Friday 30th<\/sup> June<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  1. 1. From the anti-colonial struggles of the 20th<\/sup> century to the \u201cnew European colonialism\u201d: challenges and resistance<\/strong>s<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Speakers: Peter \u0397udis (academic and writer), Tasos Koronakis (Networking for the Radical Left), Despina Paraskeva (ARAN)<\/p>\n

    Coordination: Irini Gaitanou (\u039a-Lab)<\/p>\n

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    1. Refugee housing squats, self-organization, communities of struggle<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Speakers: Ahmad Aga Hossaini (Refugee Accommodation Space City Plaza), Mimi Antonopoulou (Notara 26 Housing Squat), Vanessa Bilancetti (ESC, Rome), Mario Neumann (Blockupy, Berlin)<\/p>\n

      Interventions by: Solidarians and residents at refugee housing squats<\/p>\n

      Coordination: Nasim Lomani (Network of Social Support to Migrants and Refugees)<\/p>\n

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      1. From Italy to the United States to Greece: feminist struggles and experiences<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Speakers: Marina Montanelli (Infosex\/ESC-Non Una Di Meno<\/em>, Rome), Irini Dafermou (Participant in Kamia anohi\/Zero Tolerance<\/em>), Nantina Vgontzas (Women\u2019s Strike initiative, New York)<\/p>\n

        Intervention by: Alexia Tsouni, To Mov\/Purple<\/em><\/p>\n

        Coordination: Kiouri@<\/p>\n

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        Saturday 1st July<\/h3>\n

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        1. Global crisis: beyond the \u201cextreme center\u201d and the nationalist backtracking in Europe and the United States<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Speakers: Dimitris Kousouris (historian), Seraphim Seferiades (academic), Anita Zsurzs\u00e1n (antifascist movement, Budapest)<\/p>\n

          Coordination: Loukia Kotronaki (Network for Political and Social Rights)<\/p>\n

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          1. The \u201cnew Greece\u201d: apartheid on the islands, detention camps, blackmails and deportations<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Speakers: Behfar Mahdipor (Iranian refugee, Refugee Accommodation Space City Plaza), Dina Reppa (Primary Coordination on the Refugee Issue), Thanasis Kourkoulas (Sunday School for Migrants)<\/p>\n

            Intervention: Giannis Boutselis, legal professional \u2013 Greek Ombudsman<\/p>\n

            Coordination: Ermioni Frezouli (Solidarity Chios)<\/p>\n

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            1. Common goods and creative resistance at the time of the memoranda<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Speakers: Stavros Stavridis (academic), Despina Spanoudi (member of ecological movements), Tonia Katerini (Unifying Initiative against Auctioning), Giorgos Velegrakis (Kokkoi \u2013 Red Ecological Movement)<\/p>\n

              Coordination: Antonis faras (ONRA \u2013 Anasynthesi\/Recomposition<\/em>)<\/p>\n

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              Sunday 2nd<\/sup> July<\/h3>\n

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              1. We want Federation<\/em>: the politics of reunification of Cyprus<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                Speakers: Grigoris Ioannou (Left Initiative \u201cWe Want Federation\u201d, Nicosia), Orhan Eronen (Dayan\u0131\u015fma, Lefko\u015fa)<\/p>\n

                Coordination: Adamos Zachariadis (journalist)<\/p>\n

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                1. Against Fortress – Europe, wars and security policies. Solidarity without borders<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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                  Speakers: Iasonas Apostolopoulos (rescuer on the shores of Libya), Apostolis Fotiadis (journalist – writer), Dimitris \u00a0Sarafianos (Lawyer – LAE\/Popular Unity<\/em>), Giannis Efstathiou (Internationalist Antiwar Movement \u2013 Spartacus Network)<\/p>\n

                  Coordination: Giorgos Maniatis (Refugee Accommodation Space City Plaza)<\/p>\n

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                  1. Employer crusades and neoliberal middle ages: make the impossible possible<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    Speakers: Apostolos Kapsalis (researcher, INE\/GSEE), Olivia Tziouvara (Attack), Dimosthenis Christopoulos (Media worker\u2019s union, Rosinante), Chara Karagiannaki (G400), Giorgos Charisis (POE-OTA)<\/p>\n

                    Coordination: Dimitris Mantzoukas (lawyer)<\/p>\n

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                    1. From the trial of golden Dawn to the pogroms in Aspropyrgos: nazi activity and antifascist struggle<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      Speakers: Thanasis Kampagiannis (civil action counsel at the trial of Golden Dawn), Eleftheria Koumantou (journalist \u2013 Golden Dawn Watch), Javed Aslam (President of the Greek Pakistani Community)<\/p>\n

                      Coordination: Aggeliki Valsamaki (Antifascist Coordination)<\/p>\n

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                      Self-organized discussions:<\/h3>\n

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                      Friday 30th<\/sup> June<\/strong><\/p>\n

                      Discrimination towards addicts and former addicts: against social hypocrisy<\/p>\n

                      Speakers: Vicky Kanata, Marina Dala, Giorgos Kritsiligos<\/p>\n

                      Coordination: Katerina Matsa (president on the support organization \u201c18 ano\u201d)<\/p>\n

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                      Saturday 1st<\/sup> July<\/strong><\/p>\n

                      Layoffs in telecommunications and militant trade unionism<\/p>\n

                      Speakers: Anna Aslanidi (trade unionist Vodafone), Sofia Theodoropoulou (trade unionist Victus)<\/p>\n

                      Coordination: Dimitra Loukarea (Panhellenic Trade Union Wind-Vodafone-Victus)<\/p>\n

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                      Sunday 2nd<\/sup> July<\/strong><\/p>\n

                      Pan-european mobilization for the right to abortion<\/p>\n

                      Speaker: Sonia Mitralia<\/p>\n

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                      Info<\/p>\n

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                      20th<\/sup> Athens Antiracist Festival: 30th<\/sup> June, 1,2 July 2017 \u2013 Goudi Park<\/p>\n

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                      Entry: 5\u20ac per day | 10\u20ac for all three days<\/p>\n

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                      Discussions begin at 19.00<\/p>\n

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                      Concerts begin at 21.30<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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