Wald Statt Asphalt Danni Bleibt

The Zine about Ellas Imprisonment and the Danni is online now
https://burnimprisonment.blackblogs.org/

there is a reading and a printing version,
it is a documentation of what happen when peops occupy forrests and fight for a life without Identification, and what to learn from that
very inspiring, share and contribute it!

Ideas and Invitations how it could look like
(a draft by an individual person/ hopefully by individual people adding things)

People who occupied this forest here are English speaking and German speaking
This Forestoccupation is framed queerfeministic and anticlassistic, it is meant as a open and autonomous place and also as a more collective project where people really try to organise together and are interested to build a community. Its about respecting each other and liberateing from hierarchies, authorities and money, time pressure and efficency, and it wants to focus on having a nice time, chill together, learn and live together.

But Forest Occupations are in general no safer spaces (they are braver spaces) …

its not the highest prio of people living there to focus on that everybody feels safe, its important to try, but as its a open space there will always be people who will not prioritize this, and apart from this shitty things are simply happening, this here is a try to find a better way to deal with things happening in places like this, by getting more organised and framing the place as queerfeministic and anticalssistic so everybody whos coming here knows, that people here try to be aware and want to take responsibility for their action and will ask other people to take responsibility for their actions too.

This queerfeministic anticlassistic Forestoccupation is meant as a more collective project against state, capitalism, discrimination, ecodestruction, dogmatism and partriarchy.
But there is no possibility to avoid trigger and trauma. Needs will not always get met and our surrounding is not made to make needs always get met. People have to learn to deal with things, it could be the way of talking about it, of leaving the situation or of confronting it with yourself.
Conflicts are dailyday life, and not preventable as different people live together. It is a try to have space to unlearn our socialisation and structural things, and by this at the same time reflect and considered every action of people in their context and individuallity, not forgetting the situation and people behind the actions.

Since some time there is a english/german Zine about a forestoccupations reflection from the experiences from Moni: Kartoffelstimme-What-happened-to-Moni

Disclaimer: This text was written by individuals and not agreed with the whole cast. There is no authorized group and no quorum that could decide ‘official group opinions’ for the occupation. People in the occupation and its environment have diverse and sometimes controversial opinions. This diversity of opinion is therefore not censored here, but can stand side by side on an equal footing. No text speaks for the whole community or is necessarily approved by the whole community.

Quote Taz.de on militancy in the climate movement:
“Does the climate movement need to become more radical? That is the wrong question. Radicalism is not an end in itself. The question is how to win more people from different milieus for a climate policy that corresponds to the reality of the climate crisis. So that at the next election the majority doesn’t say again that the climate is really important to them, but doesn’t vote accordingly.”=> https://taz.de/Klimabewegung-und-Radikalitaet/!5818080/

The problem is that elections will never overcome capitalism. Radicalism is not an end in itself, that may be. But we still need strategies for breaking through capitalist constraints and their normalcy.

Here are a few thoughts:

We should recognize that our task is not to convince more people of our ideas, but to break open the concreted social discourse to give ideas room to grow. In doing so, it is not imperative to convince people of our own ideas or to change their opinions, because in capitalism, opinions are not the cause of people’s actions, but their alibi. Opinions are adapted so as not to have to admit to being part of the oppressive system ourselves. Instead, we need to get people back to developing their own ideas, and fighting for them.

So the strategic question is not how to bring more people into our struggles, but how to make our struggles break the normality in society to strengthen other emerging struggles and ideas, without forgetting to sustain our own struggles and realize our ideas.

Visibility is the best tool to influence society. When actions act as signals of disorder and shatter the illusion of social peace, they break through normality, and are thus visible. At the same time, such actions also separate us from society. It is not possible to attack the system without disrupting society. However, society is not the real problem, but it reproduces the existing capitalist constraints.

The goal, therefore, is to make actions that serve as an invitation to others to become accomplices… Whether sympathetic or smiling, if they offer their support or take to the streets, then we have brought them on board, whether they all share our ideas or not.

But as long as we see ourselves only as political subjects who participate in demonstrations, and are organized in groups along with people who mostly share the same ideas as ourselves – and this acts as a substitute for forming actual relationships with people and thus creating networks that allow us to choose forms of action that allow us to break through social normality, we will remain largely isolated political subjects and groups.

Networks are stronger than hierarchies.

Our networks are strong when each unit has a multitude of connections, rather than there being only a few nodes through which all connections run.

Asking “what vision or plan will society be organized around after capitalism?” doesn’t get us anywhere.

We will be stronger than ever if we learn to understand that not everyone will act as we do – nor as we wish them to do. Our effectiveness lies not in making the whole world thinking and doing the same, but in finding the best way to relate in a complementary way with those who are different and have their own ideas.

We are then an intelligent and self-organizing organism as long as we all make plans, share visions and ideas, and take initiatives. All forms of organization will always have to be shaped freshly between the people who want to organize themselves.

Don’t rely on others creating plans, evolving ideas and telling you what to do!
But also don’t judge others for not doing what you want them to do or not supporting your ideas to the fullest! Do it yourself!

Nor should we limit ourselves to creating a system that replaces the existing system or creating an infrastructure that makes the existing infrastructure obsolete.

If we consider the physical realization of our projects and ideas as a victory, we will adopt a conservative attitude and try to save or protect these projects, losing sight of what constitutes their greatest value:

Our projects are useful when we use them to break through social normalcy.

Sure, we’ll physically lose a lot of what we create, but that’s okay, because they’re not there to be preserved, they’re there to teach us new skills and give society visions of new possible worlds.

What needs to be preserved are the ideas and solutions we create in our projects and the networks we build.

Because only then can we build on you, develop our ideas further and realize new projects again and again.
So that our projects and actions are places where we honestly express our visions of a different world.

Danni lives!

Disclaimer: This article was written by a group of people and does not represent the whole occupation. There is no authorised group and no official body that could decide upon an ‘official’ group statement for the occupation. The people in the occupation and in their immediate environment have diverse and controversial opinions. This diversity of different stances is therefore not censored here, but differing opinions can be equally valid and have an equal right to be seen and heard. No text will speak for the whole occupation or is necessarily approved by everyone participating in the occupation.

There is a new short book about Danni. It was written by a person who lived for a year in the occupation and it is his reflection of social structures and problems in the forest during the time of the occupation. The text represents only views and opinions of a single person. Feel free to share online, print and distribute the text if you like!

Troubles in Danni pdf

Troubles in Danni printing version

Disclaimer: This article was written by a group of people and does not represent the whole occupation. There is no authorised group and no official body that could decide upon an ‘official’ group statement for the occupation. The people in the occupation and in their immediate environment have diverse and controversial opinions. This diversity of different stances is therefore not censored here, but differing opinions can be equally valid and have an equal right to be seen and heard. No text will speak for the whole occupation or is necessarily approved by everyone participating in the occupation.

It has been officially confirmed that from mid-March there is an acute risk of eviction for the ZAD de la colline (forest and meadow occupation) in Switzerland near Lausanne. The judiciary and the state have decided in favor of the International Cement and Concrete Group Lafarge-Holcims in the court case.

The police will have the right to clear the ZAD from March 16!

❗️More info will follow before and during the eviction here in the German-speaking ZAD info channel. https://t.me/ZoneADefendreDE ❗️

There is also a French-speaking Info Channel: https://t.me/zad_de_la_colline

⚡️For questions about ZAD or other actions, feel free to contact @actionpointcsch⚡️

🔥Holcim sites in Germany http://www.holcim.de/de/standorte
this is of course not a call to direct action, just do what you think is right with the information🔥

🌎 You can also find more info on the new ZAD website https://zaddelacolline.info/🌍