BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:29658@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:De oorlog tegen de planeet: imperialisme\, militarisme en het klima at DTSTAMP:20261029T022709Z DTSTART:20261121T151500Z DESCRIPTION:Warming Up Festival\n\nEcocide\, genocide and militarism are in extricably linked. Following the\npublication of his book Hell on Earth: E cocide\, Genocide and the War Against\nLife\, Chris de Ploeg speaks with A mara of Verzet Tegen Oorlog (Resistance\nAgainst War\, VeTO) about the dee p roots of the climate crisis: how\nmilitarisation and imperialism are tur ning the planet into a battlefield\, and\nwhy the struggle for climate jus tice is inseparable from the struggle against\nwar and imperialism. An urg ent conversation at a time of unprecedented increases\nin military spendin g.\n\nDuring the conversation\, hip-hop artist Marikit Saturay will perfor m a piece\ntranslating the themes of the afternoon into music.\n\nThe gues ts:\n\nAmara is a Marxist-Leninist theorist and organiser based in Rotterd am\,\naffiliated with the anti-war coalition Verzet Tegen Oorlog (VeTO) an d Rotterdam\nFront for Liberation. VeTO is an association of various organ isations that\noppose the imperialist war machine\, NATO and militarism\, including through\nactions against Rotterdam’s annual arms fair. Amara als o draws on her background\nin the steel industry and the natural sciences to build organisations that can\nendure.\n\nMarikit Saturay is a political hip-hop artist who raps against fascism\,\nmilitarism and neocolonialism. She believes that systemic change is impossible\nwithout the power of mus ic. Born in the Philippines\, the singer and rapper grew\nup amid politica l violence and human rights abuses under a neocolonial\ndictatorship\; her family eventually fled the country. Marikit has channelled her\nlife stor y into her music and regularly performs at political events.\n\nChris de P loeg is an Armenian-Dutch journalist\, author and organiser. Before\npubli shing Hell on Earth\, he released the first two volumes of the trilogy The \nGreat Colonial War and the book Ukraine in the Crossfire. Chris is also a\nco-founder and core organiser of Aralez\, a grassroots decolonisation\n organisation\, and De Vonk\, a revolutionary political party in Amsterdam. For\nover ten years\, Chris has been writing\, speaking and organising ar ound\n(neo)colonialism\, climate justice\, racism and capitalism.\n\nGaler ij URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/de-oorlog-tegen-de-planeet-imperialisme -militarisme-en-het-klimaat GEO:52.3830883;4.9030297 LOCATION:Tolhuistuin - IJpromenade 2\, 1031 KT Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:activism,climate,concert,daytime,ecology,hip-hop,politics,talk,w arming up festival X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Warming Up Festival

Ecocide, genocide and mi litarism are inextricably linked. Following the publication of his book He ll on Earth: Ecocide, Genocide and the War Against Life, Chris de Ploeg speaks with Amara of Verzet Tegen Oorlog ( Resistance Against War, VeTO) about the deep roots of the climate crisis: how militarisation and imperialism are turning the planet into a battlefie ld, and why the struggle for climate justice is inseparable from the strug gle against war and imperialism. An urgent conversation at a time of unpre cedented increases in military spending.

During the conversation, hi p-hop artist Marikit Saturay will perform a piece translating the themes o f the afternoon into music.

The guests:

Amara is a Marxist-Leninist theorist and organiser based in Rotterdam, affiliat ed with the anti-war coalition Verzet Tegen Oorlog (VeTO) and Rotterdam Fr ont for Liberation. VeTO is an association of various organisations that o ppose the imperialist war machine, NATO and militarism, including through actions against Rotterdam’s annual arms fair. Amara also draws on her back ground in the steel industry and the natural sciences to build organisatio ns that can endure.

Marikit Saturay is a political hip-hop artist who raps against fascism, militarism and neocolonialism. Sh e believes that systemic change is impossible without the power of music. Born in the Philippines, the singer and rapper grew up amid political viol ence and human rights abuses under a neocolonial dictatorship; her family eventually fled the country. Marikit has channelled her life story into he r music and regularly performs at political events.

Chris de Ploeg is an Armenian-Dutch journalist, author and organiser. Bef ore publishing Hell on Earth, he released the first two volumes of the tri logy The Great Colonial War and the book Ukraine in the Crossfire. Chris i s also a co-founder and core organiser of Aralez, a grassroots decolonisat ion organisation, and De Vonk, a revolutionary political party in Amsterda m. For over ten years, Chris has been writing, speaking and organising aro und (neo)colonialism, climate justice, racism and capitalism.

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