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Last November 18, we met at the café De Catro a Catro to attend Pepe Ribas’ lecture, founder of Ajoblanco, one of the countercultural publications most linked to the years of the Transition. This lecture, which is part of the Communication, Power and Counterpower Conferences, served to delve into the concept of freedom of press, being the second step that will help us analyze communication and power relations that are woven through it. The conference entitled “Is there free press?” … Read more

On the 17th in Compostela, the Communication, Power and Contrapoder Conferences were launched. The first step of this road for the analysis of problems and alternatives within the current communication, which we will continue until December 8, we accompanied José Candón, who portrayed his vision of digital activism and the contradictions represented by the internet through his extensive experience in the world of communication, activism and new technologies. We met at Gentalha del Pichel at 9 p.m. to listen to … Read more

Last Thursday November 2 the conference entitled: “Victims, Sinners and Feminazis” took place in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication in the city of Pontevedra. Lorena Arévalo gave us an analysis of how women are represented through the media and the different problems that arise from it. In this event Lorena Arévalo, PhD in Communication Sciences and Master in International Cooperation, presented us through her professional experience how there are several archetypes of women, prefabricated by patriarchy, in mass … Read more

After resting from the previous day and recovering strength, yesterday, after lunch, we decided that we could not go without knowing about the situation of the Hambach Forest, and the struggle of a group of activists, who seek to stop the deforestation of this millenarian forest by the RWE company. This forest is more than 12,000 years old and is home to more than 140 species, of which up to 5 are protected species. For these reasons, and in order … Read more

Yesterday morning, we set out to prepare all the necessary materials (masks, suits…), and after having the meetings of the fingers, and several hours of waiting to ensure that everything was ready we went out with a lot of energy on the way to block the Garzweiler mine and to avoid the normal operation of the adjacent power plants like Neurath. For this, as happened in the previous days, we divided into different thematic fingers. We were in the blue … Read more

Yesterday we went back to the plenary where 300 activists met to update the information about the actions and groups that were already under way or about to leave, which helped us to have the context and to organize effectively to put a stop to the activity in Garzweiler and the Neurath power plant. After the end of the assembly we dedicated the time to prepare the necessary materials for the action before because of the possibility of having contact … Read more

In this new day of Ende Gelände we got up early to attend the morning assembly, in which more than 800 activists from various groups participated with us, and where we were informed of the different key aspects of the actions, the context, the risks and how to get organized to carry them out. At the end of the morning the different working groups which made possible the smooth operation of the Klimacamp  were presented, and in the end, the … Read more

Yesterday we took the first steps through Rhineland to prepare ourselves well to face the action that will take place in the next few days in the mining region of the Rhine. First thing in the morning we inspected the camp; In the Klimacamp, activists and organizations of diverse nature and origin are present, with whom we exchanged impressions and contact throughout the morning. This year 2000 activists will participate in the actions in Ende Gelände, and more are still … Read more

In a few days we will be landing in Rhineland (Germany) next to the Rhine, to put a brake on fossil fuels. One more year we will say “Ende Gelände, stop coal, protect the climate!”. Germany holds the record in lignite extraction in Europe, 7 of the 10 most polluting plants in Europe are German lignite plants. However, while Germany presents itself internationally as the exemplary country of the energy model change, the local political situation delays the end of … Read more

This Saturday, July 8, the G20 summit that took place in the German city of Hamburg was ended, a summit marked by the dissent of the US government, having opposite positions with the rest of powers that make up the group, as well as for the protests in which we showed a rejection of the guidelines set by the forum. During this edition of the G20 something happened that breaks with the habitual dynamics of the past editions: one of … Read more