Allein Machen Sie Dich Ein

Posted on 01/05/2015 by Laurent Moeri in Cinema Utopia, Hearth & Home, Movements and tagged Anarchism, Deutsch, Squats, Switzerland.

Eine Dokumentation der Zürcher Häuserszene von den frühen Anfängen bis 1994 in 10 Teilen.

Bereits in den 50er-Jahren sammelte die Zürcher Jugend an den drei Züri-Festern Geld für ein Jugendhaus — ausdrücklich für die Jugendlichen, welche sich nicht in Vereinen organisieren wollten und liessen. 1980 wartete ‚die Jugend’ immer noch.
Ein kurzer Rückblick auf die erstmalige Forderung eines AJZ in den 60ern, das erste Allmendfest und die Besetzungen an der Venedig- und Hegibachstrasse leiten über zu den bewegten 80ern.Continue Reading

After Gezi: Erdoğan And Political Struggle In Turkey

Posted on 17/11/2014 by Laurent Moeri in Cinema Utopia, Culture of Resistance, Streets & Squares and tagged Taksim, Turkey.

Political struggles over the future of Turkey have left the country profoundly divided. Former Prime Minister, now President, Tayyip Erdogan, has fueled growing polarization through his authoritarian response to protests, his large-scale urban development projects, his religious social conservatism, and most recently, through his complicity in the Islamic State’s war against the Kurdish people in Northern Syria.

Fascism Inc: Greece and the Rise of the Extreme Right in Europe

Posted on 28/06/2014 by Laurent Moeri in Cinema Utopia, Fear & Hate, Streets & Squares and tagged Golden Dawn, Greece, No Pasarán!.

In Greece and other European countries, economic elites have been supporting fascist parties in order to enforce a radical neoliberal agenda in the crisis, says Aris Chatzistefanou, journalist and filmmaker from Athens, director of “Debtocracy”, “Catastroika” and “Fascism Inc”.Continue Reading

Viva Belarus!

Posted on 30/04/2014 by Laurent Moeri in Cinema Utopia, Culture of Resistance, Hearts & Minds and tagged Belarus.

Viva Belarus! (2012, 110 min, english subtitles) by Krzysztof Lukaszewicz

AntiNote: Link to the full movie with English subtitles at the bottom of the page, as well as an interview with Franak Viacorka, on whose experience the film is inspired and loosely based!

This movie is the first independent film about present-day Belarus, an obscure and often misunderstood country in the middle of Europe. Belarus has been ruled for twenty years by “the last dictator of Europe”, Alexander Lukashenko, who has driven his country into isolation and decay. However, a vibrant artistic and cultural life finds its way past censorship, totalitarian control and general apathy to produce little gems like “Viva Belarus”.

Into The Fire

Posted on 02/02/2014 by Laurent Moeri in Cinema Utopia, Culture of Resistance, Hearth & Home and tagged Greece, No One Is Illegal.

New Movie screening in Cinema Utopia

Don’t miss the chance to check out the hard hitting documentary about refugees in austerity plagued Greece ‘Into The Fire’

CC License: intothefire.org

Dérives – the Student Revolt in Canada

Posted on 01/02/2014 by Laurent Moeri in Cinema Utopia, Education, Streets & Squares and tagged Canada, CrimethInc..

“Dérives” (translates into Drifts) has set itself the goal to set some records straight concerning police violence and media excesses that have marked the “Maple Spring”.

From 1990 to 2010 the Student Movements were subject to over 1000 arrests. In the first six month of 2012 alone, more than 3000 students were arrested.Continue Reading