{"id":4194,"date":"2025-06-30T18:50:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T15:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiracistfestival.gr\/?p=4194"},"modified":"2025-06-30T19:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T16:19:15","slug":"discussions-at-the-26th-athens-anti-racist-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiracistfestival.gr\/en\/2025\/discussions-at-the-26th-athens-anti-racist-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussions at the 26th Athens Anti-racist Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

F<\/strong>riday, July 4th<\/sup> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Starting at 19:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Immigrant Women and Femininities: Daily Struggles Against Institutional Racism and Patriarchy<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Participants:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Liliana Saliaj, immigrant, activist<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Loretta Macauley, United African Women Organization<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Nini Lomsadze, Georgian Community \/ Greek Forum of Migrants<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Hana Ganji, member of the refugee women organization\u00a0Hidden Goddess<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Ovileya Myrah, trans rights activist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Intervention: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Students from the educational group\u00a0Ta Piso Thrania<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      The Response of Movements to the Arms Race and War Economy<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      Participants:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Rima Hassan, participant in the\u00a0Freedom Flotilla Coalition<\/em>, MEP for\u00a0La France Insoumise<\/em>\u00a0(LFI)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Filippa Chatzistavrou, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Politics \u2013 NKUA<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Antonis Ntavanelos, newspaper\u00a0Ergatiki Aristera<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Intervention:\u00a0Diktio Spartacos<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Moderator: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

          \n
        • Antonis Faras, Antiracist Festival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
          \n
          The Role of Refugees and the Jewish Community in the Formation of the Left<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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          • Kostis Karpozilos, historian, author of\u00a0Greek Communism: An International History (1912\u20131974)<\/em>\u00a0(Antipodes Publications) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            Moderator:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              \n
            • Migration, (Im)Mobility, and Resistance Stories Circle<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
              Self-Organized Discussio<\/em><\/strong>ns<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
              \n

              Book Presentation:\u00a0Fascism and Big Business<\/em>\u00a0by Daniel Gu\u00e9rin<\/strong>
              A discussion on fascism as a political tool under capitalism.
              Co-organized by:\u00a0Antifascist Coordination of Athens and Piraeus <\/em>&\u00a0Syneditions Publications<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

              \n

              Folk Tales from the Soils of Gaza<\/strong>
              Duration: 60\u2019 | Narrated by Dimitris Prousalis<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

              \n\n\n\n

              Starting at 21:00
              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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              Film Screening:\u00a048 | Resistance to the Great Colonization<\/em><\/strong>
              Duration: 80\u2019 | Directed by\u00a0Group 218<\/em>\u00a0| 2022 | West Bank
              Followed by a discussion with the filmmakers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

              \n\n\n\n

              Saturday, July 5th<\/sup><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

              Starting at 19:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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              From the “Evros Crisis” to the Pylos Shipwreck: Moral Panic Over Migration<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

              Participants:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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              • Niki Georgiou, lawyer, coordinator at\u00a0Equal Rights Beyond Borders<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Salman Muhammad, son of a victim killed in Evros<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Dimitris Angelidis, journalist,\u00a0Efimerida ton Syntakton<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Member of the\u00a0Open Assembly Against Pushbacks and Border Violence<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                Interventions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                  \n
                • Thanasis Kourkoulas,\u00a0Sunday School for Migrants<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                • Petros Konstantinou,\u00a0KEERFA<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                  Moderator: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                    \n
                  • Giannis Arsakian, Antiracist Festival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                    \n
                    Tempi: The Fight Against Cover-Ups and Privatizations<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                    Participants:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                      \n
                    • Maria Kyritsi, survivor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • Viktor Radu,\u00a0Marks 21<\/em>, student, Serbia<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • Ervin Kondakciu, PhD candidate in Philosophy \u2013 Universities of Groningen and Hamburg<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    • Intervention: Antonis Antoniou, survivor and severely injured in the Tempe train disaster<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                      Moderator: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                        \n
                      • Sofia Theotoka, Law student<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                        \n
                        Palestine: Solidarity to Defeat Genocide<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                        Participants:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          \n
                        • Zeina Jallad, Palestinian lawyer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        • Thiago \u00c1vila,\u00a0Freedom Flotilla Coalition<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        • Samar Tlili,\u00a0Sumud Convoy<\/em>\u00a0&\u00a0BDS-Africa Coordinator<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        • Paris Laftsis, coordinator of the Greek delegation for\u00a0March to Gaza<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        • Intervention by Ahmad Hassan,\u00a0Palestinian Community of Greece<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        • Intervention by\u00a0BDS-Greece<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                          Moderator: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                            \n
                          • Sofia Dermetzoglou, Antiracist Festival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                            \n
                            Against Racism and Transphobia: Struggles for Intersectionality and Freedom<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                            Participants:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                              \n
                            • Olivia Cambell,\u00a0Trans Legal Clinic<\/em>,\u00a0Stonewall Housing<\/em>, UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            • Anna Kouroupou, director of\u00a0Red Umbrella Athens<\/em>, co-founder of\u00a0Transgender Greece<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            • Ivi Kaiserl\u00ed, trans woman, sex worker, member of\u00a0Transgender Support Union<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                            • Christina-Antoinetta Neofotistou, visual artist, activist (Lesbian Group of Athens, Queertrans<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                              Interventions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                \n
                              • Feminist and LGBTQI+ group\u00a0Kiour\u00ed@<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                              • Feminist and LGBTQI+ collectives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                Moderator: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                  \n
                                • Katerina Sergidou, Gender & Feminism Researcher,\u00a0March 8 Assembly<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                                  \n
                                  1922\u20132025: Displacement, Settlement, State Policy<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
                                    \n
                                  • Eleni Kyramargiou, historian, author of\u00a0Drapetsona 1922\u20131967: A World at the Edge of the World<\/em>\u00a0(National Research Foundation)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                  • Olga Lafazani, social geographer, co-editor of\u00a0Border Resistances: A Critical Approach to Migration<\/em>\u00a0(Antipodes Publications)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                    Moderator:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                      \n
                                    • Migration, (Im)Mobility, and Resistance Stories Circle<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                                      \n\n\n\n

                                      Starting at 21:00
                                      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                      \n

                                      Film Screening:\u00a0Heroic Colleague Builders<\/em><\/strong>
                                      Duration: 57\u2019 |\u00a0Collective Memory Group<\/em>\u00a0| Directed by Giannis Xydas | 2024 | Greece
                                      Followed by a discussion with the filmmakers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                                      \n\n\n\n

                                      Sunday, July 6th<\/sup><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

                                      Starting at 19:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                      \n
                                      Exclusion from Citizenship: Challenges and Resistance of the 1st Generation Migrants<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                                      Participants:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                        \n
                                      • Konstantinos Farmakidis-Markou, lawyer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      • Artur Qelemeni,\u00a0 Albanian Migrants and Solidarians Initiative<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      • Antla Sasati,\u00a0Greek Migrants Forum<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                      • Tsigereda T. Sion, plaintiff against the unconstitutional rejection of naturalization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                        Moderator: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                          \n
                                        • Anna Nini, journalist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                                          \n
                                          Experiences of Women in the Black Liberation Movement in the U.S.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                                          Participants:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                            \n
                                          • Sacajawea “Saki” Hall \u2013\u00a0Cooperation Jackson<\/em>, USA<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                          • Edget Betru \u2013\u00a0Peoples’ Network for Land and Liberation<\/em>, USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                            Moderator:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                              \n
                                            • Ioanna Lila, Antiracist festival<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                                              \n
                                              The Socio-Political Journey of Roma Over Time<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                                              Participants:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                \n
                                              • Adele Sutre, geographer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                              • Petros Filippidis, sociologist<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                                              • Eleni Tselekou,\u00a0Council of Europe<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                                                Moderator:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                  \n
                                                • Initiative “Standing with the Roma”<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                                                  \n
                                                  Athens\u2019 Refugee Neighborhoods and the National Liberation Front (EAM)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
                                                    \n
                                                  • Menelaos Charalambidis, historian, author of\u00a0The Experience of Occupation and Resistance in Athens<\/em>\u00a0(Alexandria Publications)
                                                    Moderator:\u00a0Migration, (Im)Mobility, and Resistance Stories Circle<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
                                                    Self-Organized Discussions:<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
                                                    \n

                                                    The Right to Housing and Movement Practices That Secure It<\/strong>
                                                    Organized by:\u00a0United Initiative Against Auctions<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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                                                    The DNA of Censorship: Exposing the Construction of Pseudo-Consent in the Convenient Field of Disability<\/strong>
                                                    Organized by:\u00a0Aphanton Restart<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

                                                    \n

                                                    Assembly of Collectives from the “Festival for Public Water and Public Goods\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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