Let’s watch a short documentary and learn and discuss about the struggles in Northern Ireland past and present.

This Thursday 9th Dec at 19.00 in the Opstand

Bernadette Devlin McAliskey:
Irish revolutionary, Civil rights activist, Feminist
Politically active 1968 – present day

Brought up in a cathlolic working class home in Northern Ireland, she radicalized participating in the Civil Right’s movement and was subsequently excluded from university.
Aged 21, not intending to win the elections she became the youngest woman ever elected into parliament only to realize that “… by coming to the british parliament, I’ve allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom”

Involved in the famous “battle of the bogside” she helped organize a neighborhood to defend themselves against unionist paramilitaries and the police. They held the barricades 48 hrs and surrendered only when they brought in the military.
“it is of no relevance who starts the stone throwing in these occasions but what does matter is that it always ends up with an invasion of the catholic slum area by the police”
She subsequently spent 6 months in prison for inciting riots.

“I’m just one of a number of people who grew up in a society we didn’t want to grow old in.
It’s a sick society.
I just wish that other people would try top put themselves in my shoes.
Not as bernadette devlin but as one 22 year old girl from a working class background living in northern ireland.
there’s millions, at least hundreds of bernadette devlins in the North of Ireland.
who have no adress to the british public, aren’t newsworthy
they don’t know what to do either
they can’t live in the society they find themselves in
they don’t know how to change it
and in conscience they can’t leave it and forget about it
we’re the people they call extremists”

She never stopped organizing politically.

Anarcha Boekenplek Opstand  – Events/evenementen December 2021:

Elke dinsdag en donderdag vanaf 18 tot 21.00 zijn we open voor onze bieb, om boeken met radicaal inhoud te verkopen of te lenen, we hebben zines en patches en thee en gezelligheid.

Deze december hebben we reading group, caliban and the witch chapter 3, een arrestatie en verhoorworkshop in het nederlands op de 16e (graag aanmelden via onze email boekenwinkelopstand.riseup.net tot 13.12.2021) en Letter writing to prisoners/gevangenen briefjes schrijven op de 28de.

Elk evenement begint om 19.00, maar open zijn we van 18-21!

Hou deze dagen in de gaten, want we hebben vanaf nu elke 1e donderdag, 2de donderdag en 4de dinsdag van de maand reguliere evenementen!

Onze catalogus van de bibliotheek kunnen jullie vinden op librarything.com/catalog/opstand_denhaag.

We have added all the books from our library to the “library thing” website. You can now check out what we have from home. To make sure we haven’t lent the book that you like, send us an email first to confirm that we have in the store at the moment. The link is in the menu above and also here: https://www.librarything.com/catalog/opstand.denhaag

This Thursday at 19:00 come to the Opstand for a film and discussion.

We will be watching Libertarias (Freedom fighters). This is a Spanish historical drama, which follows a nun that joins and fights for the anarchist militia during the Spanish civil war of 1936.

The film is in Spanish with English subtitles.
Trigger warning: rape and violence.

Please bring a face mask and do a covid self-test if you have any symptoms.

fourth reading club meeting of ‘Caliban and the Witch’!
we discuss the 2nd half of chapter 2 🙂
if you dont or cant read it, feel free to still drop by and listen and engage!

When: November 4th 2021, at 19:00
Where: at the Opstand (Beatrijsstraat 12, Den Haag).
There will be tea! cookies! And a cosy atmosphere! We are looking forward to seeing you there!

You don’t need to have any prior experience with the topic to join the reading group, just willingness to discuss and learn from each other. If you are planning to join us, please send us a message to let us know that you are coming, so that we can account for the number of people attending because of higher covid19 cases. Bring your facemask please, otherwise we have some here in case you forgot yours!

What is “Caliban and The Witch” about?
“Caliban and the Witch” is a marxist-feminist classic that explores the transition from feudalism to capitalism, a transition that, Federici argues, could only be achieved through the brutal subjugation of women. Moving from medieval peasant revolts through the European witch hunts to the colonisation of America and the transatlantic slave trade, Federici shows that capitalism did not come into existence naturally: it was built on violence. She brings to light that women were often at the forefront of resistance against the new capitalist order, both in Europe and in the colonies, and that capitalism’s birth required the creation of a new kind of patriarchy.

Some of us have already read this book; it is mind blowing and extremely interesting, but also very dense and complex. That is why we want to read it together, to be able to understand it through conversations which each other, and perhaps also to critique it, to be able to formulate our own opinions. What is the connection between witch hunting and capitalism? Where do current patriarchal norms come from, and what purpose do they serve the capitalist powers? We will discuss these questions (and more) while reading this fascinating book.

If you don’t have the book yet, you can find it under //libcom.org/library/caliban-witch-silvia-federici or under https://anarchivists.gitbooks.io/caliban/

Accessibility: The entrance of the Opstand is not wheelchair accessible, but there is a way when you go into the main entrance of the Samenscholing/Water en Brood. The door will be open. In doubt, just call for Max, they’ll come and assist if needed. There is also a suitable toilet.
Next tramstation is Anna Bijnslaan. Parking in the evening is only handy for bikes!

[a text in light yellow and light violet on a dirty dark purple background with a dark woodcut image layerd on top, showing two presumable ‘witches’ around a cauldron. Text reads: reading together #2: Caliban and The Witch, a book by Silvia Federici, thursday Nov 5th 19.00. ‘we’ll discuss the 2nd half of chapter 2’. Opstand, Beatrijstraat 12, Den Haag, OFFLINE EVENT: because of covid19 bring facemasks & if possible tell us if you wanna attend. ]

Frontex is the European Union’s border agency. a key actor in enforcing the EU’s deadly border regime. It is responsible for systemic human rights violations through its operations; deportations; and cooperation with repressive regimes in third countries.

In the last fifteen years, Frontex has grown in power and budget enormously and it is now the best paid agency of the EU.
This has to stop. Frontex is an essential part of the EU’s inherently racist, colonial and capitalist border policies and contributes to the horrific way in which migrants are treated.

It’s time to abolish Frontex and the system it represents. reforms are useless.

Covid: please don’t come if you were in contact with people having covid, suspected of covid or have symptoms yourself. If you’ve been to a large party/gathering/inside event in the last few days, please do a test or self-test.

We are fully vaccinated and as usual, have vegan cookies!

Mutual aid!

There are facemasks available and for free to take at the entrance.
Allergies: we have a cat, Doris, frequently visiting, so sadly the space not allergic proof. Let us know in advance then we’ll thoroughly vacuum and try to not let them take their fav place at the couch or roam around.

#stopthewaronmigrants
#abolishfrontex
#refugeeswelcome
@stopthewaronmigrants

Talking about Caliban and The Witch, meeting #3!
October 5th we’ll meet at 7pm to talk about everything until and including chapter 2!

Opstand is opened from 6pm, you can come and have food with us from Water en Brood

we have facemasks and cookies!
Read chapter two at https://anarchivists.gitbooks.io/…/accumulation.html

tot zo!