{"id":1502,"date":"2017-06-22T13:37:33","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T10:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiracistfestival.gr\/?p=1502&lang=en"},"modified":"2017-06-22T16:17:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T13:17:36","slug":"program-20th-antiracist-festival-athens-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiracistfestival.gr\/en\/2017\/program-20th-antiracist-festival-athens-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The program of 20th Antiracist Festival Athens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greek<\/a>\u00a0–<\/strong>\u00a0German<\/a> \u2013 <\/b>French<\/a> \u2013 <\/b>Italian<\/a> \u2013 <\/b>Spanish<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/b>Farsi\/Dari\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Discussions at the 20th Athens Antiracist Festival<\/b><\/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

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

1. From the anti-colonial struggles of the 20th<\/sup> century to the \u201cnew European colonialism\u201d: challenges and resistances<\/p>\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

2. Refugee housing squats, self-organization, communities of struggle<\/p>\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

3. From Italy to the United States to Greece: feminist struggles and experiences<\/p>\n

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

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

Coordination: Kiouri@<\/p>\n

Saturday 1st July<\/b><\/p>\n

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

2. The \u201cnew Greece\u201d: apartheid on the islands, detention camps, blackmails and deportations<\/p>\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

3. Common goods and creative resistance at the time of the memoranda<\/p>\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<\/i>)<\/p>\n

Sunday 2<\/b>nd<\/sup><\/b> July\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

1. We want Federation<\/i>: the politics of reunification of Cyprus<\/p>\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

2. Against Fortress – Europe, wars and security policies. Solidarity without borders<\/p>\n

Speakers: Iasonas Apostolopoulos (rescuer on the shores of Libya), Apostolis Fotiadis (journalist – writer), Dimitris\u00a0 Sarafianos (Lawyer – LAE\/Popular Unity<\/i>), Giannis Efstathiou (Internationalist Antiwar Movement \u2013 Spartacus Network)<\/p>\n

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

3. Employer crusades and neoliberal middle ages: make the impossible possible<\/p>\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

4. From the trial of golden Dawn to the pogroms in Aspropyrgos: nazi activity and antifascist struggle<\/p>\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

Self-organized discussions:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

Saturday 1<\/b>st<\/sup><\/b> July<\/b><\/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

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

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

Speaker: Sonia Mitralia<\/p>\n

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Polytechnic kitchen at the 20<\/b>th<\/sup><\/b> Athens Antiracist Festival<\/b><\/p>\n

The friendliest table in Athens, the table of the 20th<\/sup> Athens Antiracist Festival, will be set with flavours from many different parts of the world. Migrant\/refugee cooking will once more take centre stage during the three days of the festival, as refugees and migrants, men and women from Asia, Africa and the Middle East will prepare savoury and sweet traditional dishes from their homelands.<\/p>\n

Migrant Kitchens 2017 \u2013 savoury dishes\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

EGYPT Falafel<\/b>, Koshari (macaroni, rice, lentils, topped with spicy hummus sauce)<\/p>\n

ETHIOPIA<\/b> Traditional pie with chicken mince and vegetable sauce<\/p>\n

AFGHANISTAN<\/b> Mantu (4 meat or vegetable dumplings) topped with yoghurt sauce, \u039aabeli (rice with lamb and vegetables), potato vegetable pie<\/p>\n

ZIMBABWE<\/b> chicken curry with green-yellow-red rice, beef burger with potato salad<\/p>\n

IRAN Falafel<\/b>, chicken with rice and saffron<\/p>\n

CAMEROON<\/b> beef with spinach and rice, chicken with plantain, greens and sauce<\/p>\n

KURDISTAN<\/b> Falafel, lahmajun, \u00e7i\u011f k\u00f6fte<\/p>\n

MADAGASCAR<\/b> Nem (vegetable patties with red sauce and rice), chicken with ginger, spices, and rice<\/p>\n

MALAYSIA<\/b> Fried rice with prawns and\/or chicken and 2 spring rolls<\/p>\n

MOZAMBIQUE<\/b> Beef with curry and rice, coconut chicken, rice and pap (corn puree)<\/p>\n

NIGER<\/b> egg fried in dough, fired rice with chicken<\/p>\n

NIGERIA<\/b> (Nigerian Women) Rice with chicken and sauce, akara (skewers with black eyed beans, salad and pita bread)<\/p>\n

SOUTH AFRICA<\/b> Cod in curry sauce and rice<\/p>\n

SENEGAL<\/b> \u03a5assa (chicken with caramelized onions and rice), maffe (rice with peanut butter and lamb)<\/p>\n

SUDAN<\/b> \u039aapsa (chicken with rice, nuts and carrot), tamia (yellow split pea patties in pita bread with vegetables and tahini)<\/p>\n

\u03a4\u0391\u039d\u0396\u0391\u039d\u0399\u0391<\/b> Beef with vegetables, rice and chapatti bread, potato croquettes<\/p>\n

TURKEY-KURDISTAN<\/b> (POLITICAL DETAINEES SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE) Turkish cheese pie<\/p>\n

PHILIPPINES<\/b> Spring rolls with noodles<\/p>\n

Migrant Kitchens 2017 \u2013 sweet dishes\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

EGYPT<\/b> classic and filled baklava, kanafeh, syrupy sweet with semolina and coconut<\/p>\n

ZIKBABWE<\/b> coconut and caramel ice cream<\/p>\n

CAMEROON<\/b> banana and sugar doughnuts<\/p>\n

NIGERI<\/b>A Bougatsa, fruit salad<\/p>\n

NIGER<\/b> sweets with coconut or coconut and honey<\/p>\n

SUDAN<\/b> syrupy sweets<\/p>\n

Raki mezze from \u201cRakadiko\u201d<\/b> and dishes from the \u201cEl CHEF\u201d Collective Kitchen will not, of course, be absent from the festival.<\/p>\n

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The concerts on Friday 30<\/b>th<\/sup><\/b> June<\/b><\/p>\n

A powerful beginning on the first day of the 20th<\/sup> Athens Antiracist Festival, rapping with favorites from the hip hop scene<\/p>\n

\u2022 Vevilos<\/p>\n

\u2022 Stichoima<\/p>\n

\u2022 Twinsanity<\/p>\n

\u2022 Taburo Bota<\/p>\n

\u2022 Renovatio<\/p>\n

On Decks: Dj Magnum, Dj Micro<\/p>\n

Yet the concerts on Friday do not end here. The first night of the festival will be complemented by the well-known, unique, melodic sounds of<\/p>\n

\u2022 Cheimerinoi Kolymvites (Winter Swimmers)<\/p>\n

The concerts on Saturday 1<\/b>st<\/sup><\/b> July\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

The second day of the 20th<\/sup> Athens Antiracist Festival will be a rock day:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Last Drive<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Big Nose Attack<\/p>\n

\u2022 Mr. Highway Band<\/p>\n

\u2022 Puta Volcano<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s concerts will continue with:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Vietnam<\/p>\n

\u2022 Babis Batmanidis Co\\m\/pany<\/p>\n

The concerts on Sunday 2<\/b>nd<\/sup><\/b> July<\/b><\/p>\n

On the third and final day of the 20th<\/sup> Athens Antiracist Festival, we will travel through alternating pop soundscapes, from dreamy to dark, on a magical musical journey, at the end of which we will reach\u2026Ikaria!<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u03a3tella<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Callas<\/p>\n

\u2022 Man from Managra<\/p>\n