CrimethInc. in Scandinavia and the Balkans

This coming month, CrimethInc. operatives will offer two presentations in Scandinavia about the new wave of global revolts and a three-week speaking tour in the Balkans on the theme “After the Crest,” discussing the life cycle of social movements. Catharsis, one of the flagship bands of passionate anarchic hardcore, will also be playing a rare handful of shows in northern Europe.

Hope to see you at one of these events!

Anarchy in the Age of Global Revolt

In this discussion, we will consider the causes of of the recent wave of global revolts, address the roles that policing, nationalism, and the rhetoric of democracy have played in limiting its horizons, and consider what anarchists could do to open up new possibilities.

August 27 Aalborg, Denmark 1000 FRYD

August 28 Gothenburg, Sweden at Bokkafé Vulgo

Catharsis in Scandinavia

August 29 Oslo, Norway: Blitz

August 30 Jyväskylä, Finland: Lutakko Liekeissä festival

August 31 Stockholm, Sweden: Cyclopen following the Stockholm Anarchist Book Fair in the same venue

September 1 Berlin, Germany: Köpi

After the Crest: What We Do between Upheavals

Over the past few years, many places have witnessed sudden eruptions of protest in which everyone pours into the streets. This has taken many forms: anti-austerity protests in Europe, Occupy in the US and elsewhere, transportation protests in Brazil, the Gezi resistance in Turkey, the uprising in Bosnia, and most recently—and problematically—the nationalist revolution in Ukraine.

But all of these have passed without solving the problems that gave rise to them. What limits have they reached, and what would it take to go beyond these limits? If a single upheaval won’t bring down capitalism, we have to ask what’s important about such high points of struggle: what we hope to get out of them, how they figure in our long-term vision, and how to make the most of the period that follows them.

In this presentation, participants in popular struggles in Slovenia and North America will speak about our experiences and pose questions. Please come ready to discuss!

This tour is part of an ongoing investigation on the theme “After the Crest.”

September 3 Ljubljana, Slovenia: [A] Infoshop, AKC Metelkova

September 4 Rijeka, Croatia: Masari

September 5-6 Mostar, Bosnia: 5th Antifascist Festival and 8th Balkan Anarchist

Bookfair, OKC Abrašević

September 7 Sarajevo, Bosnia: Kino Bosna

September 8 Tuzla, Bosnia: Klub Bunt

September 9 Belgrade, Serbia: Infoshop Furija, Inex Film

September 10 Timisoara, Romania: TamTam

September 11 Cluj, Romania

September 12 Bucharest, Romania: Claca

September 13-14 Sofia, Bulgaria: Be the Change festival

September 15 Skopje, Macedonia: AKS Centar

September 16 Thessaloniki, Greece: Yfanet squat

September 17 Volos, Greece

September 19 Athens, Greece: OCCUPIED THEATRE EMBROS, hosted by Void Network