True Counterpower #3

The third training day of the programme True Counterpower will be held on November 6, 2023 at the Museum As Parliament, The People's Parliament of Rojava in the Van Abbemuseum Eindhoven. Activists and organizations de*beweging, Debt for Climate, FNV, Fréderike Geerdink and Kick Out Zwarte Piet Eindhoven will give trainings on their methods of resistance and create a platform for exchange, building of revolutionary friendships and collective exploration of the ideas and organizations comprising the body of True Counterpower in the Netherlands today. Additionally, the third meeting will focus on the general election, which will take place two weeks after the event.

Participation is free. Registration for the event is open until November 3, 2023.

Language: English and Dutch. 

Programme

• 12:30 to 13:00 - Reception with coffee and tea
• 13:00 to 13:15 - Welcome by Steven ten Thije (Head of collections Van Abbemuseum), Serda Demir and Iliada Charalambous (organisers of True Counterpower)
• 13:15 to 14:30 - Session 1: Trainings by by KOZP & Debt for Climate
• 14:45 to 16:00 - Session 2: Trainings by Fréderike Geerdink & FNV
• 16:00 to 16:15 - Break
• 16:15 to 17:30 - Session 3: Trainings by de*beweging
• 17:30 to 17:45 - Tea break
• 17:45 to 18:30 - Closing and collective reflection
• 19:00 to 21:00 - 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, Charles Esche, Murat Memis, Jonas Staal and Steven Ten Thije.