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Bürgerinitiative Grünheide

No to the Tesla Gigafactory in Grünheide. No industrial plant in the drinking water sanctuary


02/08/2023

We are residents of Grünheide, Erkner and the district – of all ages and with different jobs and private backgrounds.

Objectively and with scrutiny, we consider the facts.

We are citizens, who look critically at the available data and facts about the Tesla settlement.

We are a citizens’ initiative against the Gigafactory Grünheide which is independent of parties. Party-based lobby work has nothing to look for here. Slogans of hate and denigration of people who think differently don’t belong with us.

Come to us, use your democratic right, and get involved. Only together are we strong.

If Tesla comes, the Grünheide that we know will no longer exist.

Grünheide must not become an industrial region!

Stop the destruction of nature!

Protest walks

Every month, the BI-Grünheide organises a protest walk in the area. We invite you to come along and join in. The next walks will be on 5th August 2023 and 9th September 2023 at 2pm. They start and end at Fangschleuse station.

Get in touch

Contact the Bürgerinitiative Grünheide here, or visit our website and youtube channel.

Sign our petition – No expansion of Tesla, protect our wood and water. Support our work and above all our drinking water. Join in, sign the petition and share it with friends, acquaintances, neighbours and your family-

Cuba Si

in solidarity with Cuba


26/07/2023

Cuba si was founded in 1991 as a working group in the then PDS (now DIE LINKE). Political and material solidarity with socialist Cuba is the basic concern and essential content of our activities. Cuba sí is part of the internationalist movement against war, neoliberalism, fascism, exploitation and exclusion. The struggle for a just world, for peace, social and democratic human rights, the preservation of the environment and the right of peoples to decide their own destiny determines our political activity.

Our demands are: End the US blockade and the US aggression against Cuba! An end to the attempts of interference and destabilisation by the USA and the governments of individual EU countries in Cuba, Latin America and worldwide! The US naval base at Guantánamo must be returned to Cuba!

By financial and material donations, Cuba sí has been supporting agricultural development projects in various farms in a total of four provinces in Cuba since 1993, helping them to develop ecologically, economically and socially sustainable agriculture. Cuba sí provides support through better use of resources, through education and qualification of farm workers, and the purchase of machinery and equipment, – all this aims at improving the productive basis on the farms so that more food can be grown. In addition, we support the health care and cultural facilities in the project regions.

Every year around 26 July, we celebrate the Cuban National Day in Berlin with a big Fiesta de Solidaridad. This year, 26 July is a special anniversary – celebrating the 70th anniversary of the storming of the Moncada barracks in Santiago de Cuba in 1953. Even though the revolutionaries around Fidel Castro were not successful at that time, the date is still considered the beginning of the revolution, which won on 1 January 1959. Since then, Cuba has freed itself from the dictates of the former US puppet governments and is developing its own socialist social model.

Our fiesta is an open-air event with a focus on Cuba/Latin America/solidarity work. There will be a stage programme with roundtable discussions and and live music as well as information booths of various solidarity groups and left-alternative

initiatives.

Celebrate this anniversary with Cuba sí at the “Fiesta de Solidaridad” on 29 July 2023 at Parkaue in Berlin-Lichtenberg (near S+U Frankfurter Allee)! From 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. it will be colourful and diverse with music and political debate on the main stage, in the event tent and at numerous information stands! Of course, you can also dance to the lively sounds of salsa!

You can expect a varied music and talk programme with lots of information from Cuba and the Cuba sí projects. Musical highlights will be provided by Kai Degenhardt, the singer Mayito Rivera, former member of the legendary Cuban band “Los Van Van”, the Colombian Ska punk band “The Klaxon” and the Berlin local heroes from “Probably Nancy”.

A ticket in the soli raffle will give someone with a bit of luck the top prize – a flight to Cuba! It will be typically Cuban at the domino tables. Cuban and Latin American solidarity groups, left-wing initiatives and Lichtenberg neighbourhood groups will be presenting themselves at around 40 information stands.

Mark your calendars for 29 July, bring your family and friends and spread the word! We are also looking forward to receiving home-made cakes for our cake bazaar!

You can see photos from last year’s festival here.

Alliance of Internationalist Feminists Berlin

Our feminism is anti-colonialist, anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist and antipatriachal.


19/07/2023

We are the Alliance of Internationalist Feminists, we are different groups, networks & people who define ourselves as women* and/or trans* people. Our feminism is intersectional and positions itself against all power structures. We are an international alliance of organized and individual women* who fight against feminicide just as we fight against the two gender categorizations, border and police and state violence, imprisonment and detention. When we fight against feminicide, we don’t only fight the killing of women because they are women, we also fight against the erasure and destruction of women’s knowledge and of the history of women’s resistance.

  • We fight for the re-appropriation of women’s knowledge, autonomy and self-determination.
  • We fight for liberation from racism, heterosexism, individualism, classism, imperialism and colonialism.
  • We stand together for equality, community living and collectivity.
  • We fight for a world where any of us can live without fear, repression and alienation of any kind.
  • We fight against reactionary social systems as well as against the capitalist system that exploits nature and our bodies.
  • We fight the patriarchy as a whole for a consistently anti-racist feminist politics.

Since 2015, we have been organizing the 25 November and 8 March demonstrations and various events throughout the year. The groups that are part of the alliance are:

On Thursday, 20th July 2023, the Alliance of Internationalist Feminists Berlin and Berlin Migrant Strikers are organising a rally at 7pm at Oranienplatz –  Solidarity with the Resistance of the People of Palestine, with the following slogans:

  • No Justice on Stolen Land!
  • Stop Israeli Apartheid!
  • Power to Resistance of People of Palestine

We welcome everybody to the rally.

 

Queer Trans Mutual Aid Berlin

Mutual aid by and for Berlin’s trans and queer community


12/07/2023

Queer Trans Mutual Aid Berlin (QTMAB) is a left wing project from Berlin. We were formed in the tradition of the Black Panther Party and various Jewish mutual aid networks. We support Trans* Inter* and non-binary people in Berlin with self-defence, fundraising, help and questions around medical transition, gender affirming clothing, cooking, translation, bureaucracy, looking after pets and children, accompanying people to government buildings or shopping, and much more. We prioritise Black and Jewish people, and People of Colour. We are always looking for volunteers and welcome donations.

Our next campaign requires an explanation of our community “Tzedaka” box. Tzedaka comes from the Hebrew root meaning “justice” or “righteousness.” A Tzedakah box is a container put into Jewish spaces where people donate money after praying, learning, or hanging out. Some people also choose to donate a percentage of their income every month. This money is not given back to the Jewish institutions/houses of worship (like as is common in the Christian tradition) but instead it is redistributed to the community members in need, or given to nonprofits of the collective’s choosing.Tzedakah is an obligation to one’s community, not a choice. Tzedakah can also be done through sharing material goods and services such as cooking or driving or shopping. 

Queer Trans Mutual Aid Berlin was started based off of the Jewish Principal of Tikkun Olam, repairing the world. Together as a community, we can come together to do our part by practicing being in good relationship with each other. One of the ways to do this is by participating in Tzedaka. We have a patreon where people can donate a percentage of their incomes, and now we are creating an online Tzedaka box for the Queer Trans Berlin Community. 

How it works

What it is for? These funds are to be used for Transgender people based in Berlin who need some help affording basic necessities. Priority will go to Community members affected by Racism, Colonization, Antisemitism, and/or Ableism.

We will give out the same amount of small (5-30 euro) grants that we receive. If we get 25 euros, we will give 25 euros. The goal is to always have a pool of money like this to give away, constantly refilling itself before it is completely empty. You can help make that happen by donating generously and often to our PayPal

You can find out more information about QTMAB from our Instagram account, our Iniradar page and our linktree.

 

“After Sabeen“, screening by AKEBi and the PoC art collective

Film on violence against activists in Pakistan, with Q&A session with director Schokofeh Kamiz.


05/07/2023

When: 8 July 2023, 16:00
Where: fsk Kino, Segitzdamm 2, 10969 Berlin

Karachi, Pakistan. 24 April 2015. A car stops at a red-light. Inside are two women: Sabeen and her mother Mahenaz. Two men on a motorcycle stop and open fire. Sabeen dies on the spot; her mother gets wounded but survives.

The evening that she was killed, Sabeen Mahmud, founder, and director of the well-known Karachi institution T2F, had hosted a discussion on the unexplained and ongoing disappearances of more than 20,000 activists and civilians in the country. Sabeen had been given ominous warnings by unknown visitors and advice by concerned friends, to cancel this event, which others had refused to host. But Sabeen had gone ahead undaunted.

After the film, there will be a Q&A session with Schokofeh Kamiz, the director of the movie.

The language of the movie is English and Urdu. It will be screened at fsk with English subtitles. AKEBİ is organizing the event together with the POC ART Collective.

AKEBİ e.V. Irkçılığa, Milliyetçiliğe, Ayrımcılığa Karşı Aktivist Eylem Birliği

AKEBİ aims to combat the racist, nationalistic, sexist and discriminatory approaches and practices that exist in Germany and among migrants from Turkey. It organizes actions against racism, nationalism and discrimination of any kind in accordance with its political principles and works to create awareness in society in terms of these principles.

POC Art

POC Art is an art collective based in Berlin consisting of artists and curators who emphasize the art of People of Color. POC Art aims at organizing cultural events such as film screenings, concerts, talks, and workshops.