On July 13, 2025, the General Assembly of FAU Berlin adopted the statement below. The statement was prompted by international labour disputes in which dockworkers in France and Sweden refused to dispatch arms shipments to Israel, in the face of
In August, FAU Berlin will focus on organising and practical solidarity: On 9–10 August, the two-day IWW 101 Organiser Training will take place – an introduction to union organising, with concrete tools for conflicts in the workplace. On 15 August, we invite you to the FAU office from 6 p.m. for a union consultation – open, supportive and preventive. And as always: the office is open every Friday from 6–9 p.m. Come by, network, get involved. The class struggle doesn’t take a holiday.
In this discussion, we will explore lessons learned from Spade’s experience in social movement organising over the past two decades in the USA, and how they can be useful to worker organising here in Berlin.
This July, the FAU Berlin hosts three special events: On July 3, we remember the 2009/10 labour struggle at Kino Babylon with a punk night at the Roter Salon (Volksbühne) – featuring live shows by Batterrrii and ZWANG, starting at 9 PM. On July 12, join us at 2 PM at Oranienburg Station for a memorial event for Erich Mühsam, anarchist writer and activist. And on July 25, US activist Dean Spade will speak at the FAU-Lokal at 7 PM about mutual aid and building solidarity in times of crisis. See you there!
Erich Mühsam, writer and anarcho-syndicalist, was one of the first victims of the Nazi regime. Arrested after the Reichstag fire in 1933, he was imprisoned, tortured, and murdered by the SS in the Oranienburg concentration camp on July 10, 1934. His death was staged as suicide.
Am 3. Juli in der Volksbühne: Batterrrii & ZWANG live – eine Hommage an den Babylon-Arbeitskampf 2009/10. Prekäre Kinojobs, große Wellen: Der Konflikt stellte die Gewerkschaftsfrage neu und zeigte, wie nötig und möglich Kämpfe auch im Kleinen sind. Wir sind vor Ort!