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Back at ACU with take away food + books
We are back in ACU! We will be serving take away dinner made from rescued vegetables every Sunday from 18.30-20.00. Bring a container if you can. You can also borrow books at our library through reservation: check on https://www.librarycat.org/lib/thebarricade.
Videozine: Food
Once upon a time we were hosting reading evenings, evenings where we got together and shared some good readings about a certain political topic. A prose, a poem or excerpts from on essay. Believing in the importance of experiencing reading … Continue reading
Report from the Reflection Table on People’s Kitchens during COVID
The Reflection Table on People’s Kitchens during Covid (called with this introduction text) took place online on October 18th. It was a really nice moment to discuss our practices and experience with quite some people, even if we had to … Continue reading
People’s Kitchens during COVID – an online Reflection Table
After the serie of Reflection Tables on Kitchens and Struggle that we hosted last year, on Sunday 18/10 we are going to host another Reflection Table, even if this time online, to pool our experiences and our knowledge and inspire … Continue reading
Between solidarity and charity: a dialogue from the kitchen
“In the end, the state is not only the institutions and their control, but it is also a relationship between people: how they act in respect to each other. So, it’s not about organizing free social activities, or handing out … Continue reading
A difficult start of the 5th year
Hello everybody! Gradually leaving our summer break behind, a new season of the Barricade has reached us. Hoping to return to our practice of collectivising the labor that nurtures us all, we unfortunately still find ourselves in the midst of … Continue reading
Zorg voor elkaar?
UPDATE 26/05 In these times when most of our communal spaces are closed, the streets are overflowed with positive messages recommending us of “Taking good care of each other”, of “sending a lot of hearts to the hospitals”, of “getting … Continue reading
Pizza en Participatiesamenleving: eerste reflecties over werken als solidariteitskeuken
The English version of this text is below. Gisteren hebben wij pizzas gebakken. Ondertussen reflecteerden we op werken als solidariteitskeuken in de maand maart. Dit zijn onze eerste reflecties en gedachtes. De Barricade bevindt zich in een nieuwe positie. Zoals … Continue reading
Towards a Quarantine Resistance – Report from the 2nd Online Assembly
On Wednesday April 1st we had a second online assembly, (after the first one we had) here are the notes from what was discussed in the hope that, even if super-incomplete, they might be of help to other people. In … Continue reading
Towards a Quarantine Resistance – Report from the Online Assembly
Yesterday we had an online assembly to discuss together the current situation of the Corona-crisis in the Netherlands, how this is affecting us and other people around and what we can still do. It was a nice opportunity to listen … Continue reading