Resistance against the daily reality of armament, militarisation, war, flight, displacement and suffering worldwide. With hundreds of activists we will gather in the Werftpark of the northern German city of Kiel, a hotspot of the arms industry and military. There we will discuss our strategies against the global regimes of war and imperialism together with our international friends and comrades and engage in direct action against the war industry.
Our camp will be a space of solidarity, discussion, mutual learning and fighting. Our extensive programme informs about wars (for example in Palestine, Sudan and Kurdistan) struggles worldwide, as well as antimilitaristic history (of Kiel and it’s workers and sailors role in the 1918 revolution), fighting strategies and means of organizing ourselves. Feminist critique and action against war and militarism is one of our main issues, so there will be a programme and actions by the autonomous feminist group of Rheinmetall Entwaffnen during the camp. There will also be an anti-militarist cultural programme.
We do our best to minimize barriers and make the camp accessible for everyone who wants to join. Information on how to reach our camp and what to bring for it’s duration can be found here. If you have any other questions regarding the camp feel free to contact us at: rheinmetall-entwaffnen@riseup.net
Our alliance, “Rheinmetall Entwaffnen” is an association of anti-capitalist, internationalist, feminist and antimilitarist groups. We got together protesting the German arms industry’s involvement in the Turkish aggression against Afrin and Kurdistan. The Leopard-2 tanks used by the Turkish army in that invasion are partly a product of Germanys largest arms producer, Rheinmetall, which is why we took as our name and goal to disarm this war-profiting company. Since then, we have engaged in direct action, blockades and protest against the German arms industry and organized camps, for exmaple Unterlüß and Kassel. This year, we are getting active in Kiel, hoping to rekindle its revolutionary history in which the sailors and workers of Kiel helped end the first world war and toppled the monarchy in 1918.
