Our brilliant comrade Iliada Charalambous (DAI, 2023) invites us to the fourth training day of "TRUE COUNTERPOWER" on 19 February 2024 in the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven. During this day, six activist organizations will provide training on their methods of resistance and how they create space for exchange. In addition, they tell us more about building revolutionary friendships and collective exploration of ideas that currently comprise the TRUE COUNTERPOWER movement in the Netherlands.
Language: English and Dutch.
Participation is free, register via this link.
The programme:
- 12:30 to 1:00 PM - Registration at the cash register + reception with coffee and tea in Museum as Parliament
- 1:00 to 1:15 PM - Welcome by Steven ten Thije (Head of collections Van Abbemuseum), Serda Demir and Iliada Charalambous (organisers of True Counterpower)
- 1:15 to 2:25 PM - Session 1: Workshop by Papaya Kuir & Revolutionaire Eenheid
- 2:40 to 3:50 PM - Session 2: Workshop by Colored Qollective & Woonprotest
- 3:50 to 4:05 PM - Break
- 4:05 to 5:15 PM - Session 3: Workshop by Aralez & Belgian Labor Union ACV Puls
- 5:15 to 5:30 PM - Break
- 5:30 to 6:30 PM - Q & A with ACV Puls, collective reflection and closing
- 7:00 to 9:00 PM - Dinner at Café Burgers
About True Counterpower
True Counterpower is a series of workshops and trainings which take place in the installation Museum as Parlement in the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven. This room is an artwork where the stateless democracy of the Rojava Revolution in Northern-Syria takes central stage. The True Counterpower series of workshops and trainings are organized and programmed by Serda Demir and Iliada Charalambous. The Museum as Parliament committee consists of: Iliada Charalambous, Serda Demir, Murat Memis, Jonas Staal and others.
About: Iliada Charalambous