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A homage to the ZAD of Notre-Dame-des-Landes
What is happening in Notre-Dame-de-Landes illustrates a conflict that concerns the whole world. It brings together, on the one hand, financial powers determined to transform the resources of living and nature into commodities and, on the other hand, the will … Continue reading
Finding our way in the ZAD of Notre-Dame-des-Landes with the words of Miguel Amorós
A March 2018 interview in which Miguel Amorós discusses his anti-development concepts, the global trend towards mega-urbanization, the destructive tendencies of capitalist development, Latin American populist governments and their social basis, the civil society movement, and perspectives for a movement … Continue reading
From the ZAD of Notre-Dame-des-Landes: An intergalactic call
From the ZAD of Notre-Dame-des-Landes (Appel Intergalactique 19/04/2018) …
Notre-Dame-des-Landes: The ZAD cannot be eradicated
As the resistance of the ZAD of Notre-Dames-des-Landes continues, so too we will continue to share news, communiqués, reflections, in solidarity with all of those who persevere in the struggle.
The fear of the ZAD of Notre-Dame-des-Landes
Forms of life enter into conflict when one or both can survive only by the colonisation of the other. Capitalism as a political project – and it is essentially a political project – cannot but actively undermine and destroy alternative, … Continue reading
Creating autonomies in the ZAD: Notre-Dame-des-Landes
The significance of the Notre-Dame-des-Landes ZAD in france is reflected below in two texts, excerpts from longer essays/collections. The first is from a french publication entitled Défendre la zad, by the Collective Mauvaise Troupe (2016), and available in an english translation … Continue reading
The war against autonomy: The State attacks the ZAD of Notre-Dame-des-Landes
This April 9th, the expulsion of the ZAD of Notre-Dame-des-Landes began. If the proposed airport for the region was struck down, the french government has repeatedly announced that it will not accept the “illegal” occupation of the land by squatters. … Continue reading
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In Notre-Dame-des-Landes: The ZAD defeats an airport
A battle is won; the war continues … In solidarity with the many groups and individuals who have fought for and created the ZAD of Notre-Dame-des-Landes, we share a common communique issued by the organisations involved:
Defending the ZAD, creating autonomy: Notre-Dame-des-Landes
On the 20th of October, the french prime minister, Manuel Vals, speaking before the country’s national parliament, reaffirmed “the engagement of the government and thus of the State to advance with the project and to put an end the challenges … Continue reading
Creating other worlds: Defending the ZAD of Notre-Dame-des-Landes
Creation takes place in bottlenecks . . . A creator who isn’t grabbed around the throat by a set of impossibilities is no creator. A creator’s someone who creates their own impossibilities, and thereby creates possibilities . . . it’s … Continue reading →