Amsterdam (The Netherlands): September 2012 Joe’s Garage program

Will Joe’s Garage open 6 days a week in September? Are you ready to give some of your time, put some creativity and subversion into Joe’s? We are waiting for your active participation, there is plenty to do, cooking and helping every monday and thursday with the Volkseten Vegazulu people’s kitchen, running every tuesday the Kraakspreekuur Oost (Squatting Assistance), (de)socializing every wednesday afternoon during the the Lonely Collective Day Cafe, helping out every saturday afternoon at the Give Away Shop, programming, organizing film/info nights every sunday. Come along with your ideas. Click here and get involved at Joe’s Garage. Keep an eye on our program and on Radar, more events will be announced. You also can get involved a bit further in the neighbourhood, at the Valreep, at the Bajesdorp, at the Roomtuintje Oostbos, the recently squatted gardens in the Dapperbuurt, on the Pieter Vlamingstraat 86.

The coming benefits this month: Leonard Peltier,  Screen Print Studio, Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Campaign, Volkskeuken Zeeburgerpad 22, Anarcho Queer Punk Festival. Films to be screened: Incident at Oglala, Diamonds of the Night, The Miners’ Hymns.

Ma. 03 september, 19:00pm, Volkseten Vegazulu, Benefit Leonard Peltier.
Leonard Peltier is an imprisoned Native American, a political prisoner who should be immediately released. He was convicted for the deaths of two FBI agents who died during a 1975 shoot-out on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Leonard Peltier has been in prison for over 29 years. http://whoisleonardpeltier.info/

Zo. 09 september, 14:00pm, Joe’s Garage vrijwilligersvergadering
We hope that besides regular volunteers, visitors feel welcome. Opening at 13:30 / begin at 14:00. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the agenda.

Zo. 09 september, 20:00pm, film night with documentary ‘Incident at Oglala’ by Michael Apted (USA, 1992, 89min.)
The 1992 documentary Incident at Oglala depicts the murder of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation in 1975 and the legal aftermath. Gathering Thunder Foundation members and supporters would benefit from viewing this film because it outlines some of the tension between tribal factions that still exist on the Reservation today.

Ma. 10 september, 19:00pm, Volkseten Vegazulu, Benefit the Screen Print Studio
To support political struggles, actions, social centers, squats, the Screen Print Studio (the Axiezeefdrukwerkplaats) is printing your t-shirts, patches and posters. The workshop is operational and always needs your financial support and your hands.

Do. 13 september, 19:00pm, Volkseten Vegazulu,  Benefit for the Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Campaign
Mumia Abu-Jamal is a Black writer and journalist, author of six books and hundreds of columns and articles, former member of the Black Panther Party and supporter of Philadelphia’s radical MOVE Organization, who has spent the last 30 years in prison, almost all in solitary confinement on Pennsylvania’s Death Row. http://www.freemumia.com/

Zo. 16 september, 20:00pm, Movie night with a double feature: Diamonds of the Night (Jan Němec, 1964) and The Miners’ Hymns (Bill Morrison, 2011). Screened by guest programmer Jeffrey Babcock,  in high-definition. Door open at 20pm (films start at 21:00pm)

Ma. 17 september, 19:00pm, Volkseten Vegazulu, Benefit for the Volkskeuken Zeeburgerpad 22
A new people’s kitchen and give away shop will be soon opening on the Zeeburgerpad 22. Come and support this new initiative in the neighborhood.

Ma. 24 september, 19:00pm, Volkseten Vegazulu, Benefit for the Anarcho Queer Punk Festival, “a DIY festival which aims to fight prejudice, create alternatives and celebrate what is it to be queer. We are against hierachies, capitalism and assimilation.
16, 17, 18 November ANARCHO QUEER PUNK FEST  AMSTERDOOM, UP THE QUEER PUNX”.

Joe’s Garage is possibly open 6 days a week:

Ma/Mo: 19.00 Volkseten Vegazulu, people’s kitchen, vegan food, no reservations, donations welcome
Di/Tu: 20.00 – 21.30 Kraakspreekuur, Squat Assistance
Wo/We: 15.00 – 18.00 Lonely Collective Day Cafe
Do/Th: 19.00 Volkseten Vegazulu, people’s kitchen, vegan food, no reservations, donations welcome
Za/Sa: 14.00 – 18.00 Weggeefwinkel, Give away shop
Zo/Su: 20.00 Movienight/Infonight

Joe’s Garage is an autonomous social centre in a squat in Amsterdam East.
Snailmail : Pretoriusstraat 43hs, 1092 EZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
email: joe [at] squat [dot] net
http://www.joesgarage.nl/