Developing a multi-level strategy toolkit for short, medium and long-term action
In this workshop, we came from different positions, struggles, contexts, and geographies. We felt that there was a lack of transnational communication in building a global movement that connects climate change and war and spreads across different territories and contexts. It seemed to us that everyone was fighting alone and in isolation, so we recognized the need for transnational communication and infrastructure.
When we started discussing sites where climate and anti-war struggles coincide, we realized that this raises many questions for us that we currently lack the time and resources to answer or research in depth. We thought working on the architecture of these questions could help us come together, articulate common ground, and develop resistance and solidarity practices.
We decided that the best way to do this was to transform our uncertainty into a questionnaire that movements, groups, organizations, communities, councils, unions, and other actors could use to understand the invisible connections and realize the different underpinnings of the war machine that destroys communities and the climate. This aims to disrupt the idea of national necessity by realizing that all struggles are connected, and to understand possible practical ways to organize, support each other, and sharpen our senses.
We wish to share these questions with our peers and invite you to reflect on the ones that resonate most with you.
Questionnaire
- Facing disagreements
- Is there an alternative to colonial structures?
- How your struggle intersects with the struggles of others.
- What can be unexpected outcomes of your struggle?
- How does solidarity look like in practice?
- What is the class, gender and race structure of your initiative group?
- What are the potential allies outside of your context, connected to the cause? Who is part of your group? Who is outside?
- What are the limits of inclusivity of the group? What are the means to be aware of potential exclusions?
- How do we overcome internal divisions?
- Are you ready to cross the line of legality?
- How to dream politically?
- Re-inventing tools
- What tools do you have as a collective?
- What tools are needed to see an alternative to colonial structures?
- What are the ways to share resources with those who urgently need them?
- How you can prepare for unexpected outcomes of your struggle?
- What historical tools might be useful for you today? How to upcycle them?
- What are the infrastructures of care that would support your group in times of crisis?
- What is your language?
- How will your collective sustain itself beyond moments of crisis? Across time?
- How to dream politically?
The ‘Endless War on Earth’ workshop was facilitated by Dzina Zhuk and Nicolay Spesivtsev. Particpants were: Taif Alkhudary, Anna Belorukova, Dražen Crnomat, Isidora Ilić, Mariia Kochkina (Zoe Komaroff), Nutsa Lomsadze, Svitlana Matviyenko, Mary Mikaelyan, Borys Oleński, Zoran Pantelić, Leonardo Ravaioli, Raul Rosenfelder.
This project was conceived at the Pluriverse of Peace conference by BG | berlinergazette.de.
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