The zad and NoTAV struggles in France and Italy are some of the most dynamic activist struggles today. This extract from the ebook Zad and NoTAV by the French collective Mauvaise Troupe, asks about the affective connections between contemporary struggles.
"We, filmmakers, call on ourselves to bite, to film, and to defend this territory which is beaten and hits back."
What the state and its representatives cannot bear is the fact that for ten years the ZAD has experimented forms of life which prefigure a possible future society in the here and now.
Why France’s biggest police operation since May 68 is prepared to kill for Macron’s neoliberal nightmare.
Kristin Ross speaks with France 24 about the French government's efforts to evict the ZAD.
What is Emmanuel Macron so afraid of, that would lead him to act so violently? Today living a little outside the system constitutes a threat to neoliberalism.
A statement from a group of architects, urbanists, thinkers, and citizens in defense of the zad and this unique experience of living the future.
"We are calling on you to take solidarity actions everywhere, it could be holding demos at your local French embassy or consulate, or taking actions against any suitable symbol (corporate or otherwise) of France!"
The ZAD will not disappear. We live here, we are rooted in this piece of countryside, we will not leave.
It is imperative that we succeed in defending the ZAD just as it is imperative that we succeed in defending the SNCF, the universities, and all the public services, against Emmanuel Macron and the world that he represents
"We can’t accept that dwellings and spaces of activities which have nurtured the experience of the zad and are necessary to its future will be destroyed by a new police operation. We invite those who support the future of the zad to organize accordingly."
A strategic vision for the Zad now that the airport struggle has been won.