UFO MINK emerged from the workshop series "Good for nothing" in Basel in autumn 2018. The series revolved around depressive experiences in resistant everyday life and tried to develop a collective approach to individual crises. Following this series of events, this group was founded to support support supporters and to promote collective approaches to dealing with crises. UFO MINK meets every month in Basel. The main purpose of the group is to support people who accompany others in crises and to reflect on and develop collective ways of dealing with crises. We always take the time to exchange information about our condition in general and our own support structures and situations in particular.
The first project of UFO MINK was the brochure "Für Unterstützende von Menschen in Krisen", which was published in December 2019 and can be found under the following link
https://brrkd.info/article/3101

You are very welcome to contact us or come and join us. You can reach us via:
ufomink@immerda.ch
We like to get mails encrypted, but unencrypted is also possible. Our PGP key is available at https://keys.immerda.ch/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x8D5A0FC6E76B7140

P.S.
We use underlines to include all people, regardless of gender identity, in the language. In addition, we use the apostrophe to indicate that the category woman or man is socially constructed. Since a reader reads the apostrophe as a short pause, we prefer this instead of the star.


Over 70 percent of the global seed and pesticide market is currently controlled by four major corporations. These corporations stand for an agricultural system that destroys biodiversity, erodes soils, poisons groundwater and devours vast amounts of fossil energy.
In Switzerland and Basel we have to take responsibility! Since 2015 we have been organizing regular demonstrations, a variety of activities and events to raise public awareness of the dark sides of Syngenta, Bayer, BASF + Co. and to point out alternatives.

We want to offer as many people as possible a platform and thus promote cultural and thematic networking.
We advocate a solidarity-based and non-profit-oriented opinion.
We firmly reject all forms of discrimination, racism, sexism and homophobia.

We are pleased about all inputs and willingness to participate.
Do you have an idea or contributions which you think would fit into our program?
Get in touch with us and we will get back to you.

Yours
RADIOPOLIS
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Live chat and current information:

Telegram live chat: t.me/radiopolis
Instagram: @faksepolis

The self-organized collectives of Basel, Restaurant Hirscheneck, Eiscafé Acero, Carambolage, Capri-Bar, queerfeminist library Sp!t, SUR3*TU, UG-Kollektiv, Infoladen Magazin, Druckkollektiv Phoenix, Getränkekollektiv, Elsi und Brockenbude Glubos call for financial support to keep our self-created structures alive!

Collective action

Over many years the self-organized groups and venues in this city have built independent structures which are not oriented towards profit increase or prestige of the people who co-organize them, and they enable many to have an income and projects on an equal footing. Organizing as a collective allows us to challenge internal hierarchies again and again and to fill the opening spaces and possibilities with critical content. Helping neighbors and other support work is lived solidarity.

Stay collective

Many of you used and still use these different spaces, as guests or customers, as visitors or friends, to organize politically. Now it is about helping the collectives to get over a difficult time and to prevent these structures from breaking away. In order to support each other as spaces, we hereby start a common fund for collective preservation. Wherever there is an emergency, the collected donations will be used directly and according to the most urgent need and necessity to pay the bills. Together we can keep these places alive for all who use and run them!

Donate by money transfer to:
Solikonto: CH62 0900 0000 1548 5487 4

The electorate approved the Basel2030 climate justice initiative with 56.7%. In the run-off question, the counter-proposal was accepted with a majority of 61.9%. With this result, climate justice, the polluter pays principle and "1.5°C" are written into the constitution as a guideline for state action! The desire of the people of Basel for consistent climate targets is great. Now it is about the implementation.

Measures for climate justice
We demand that emissions be reduced particularly quickly over the next 5 years. The population should be involved in the process and those who are particularly affected should receive additional support. It is important to move forward in many different areas, e.g. to immediately stop climate-damaging projects such as the Rhine tunnel, to promote innovative start-ups or to introduce further training for teachers to support them in communicating the climate crisis in the classroom.

We demand all this and much more. In the "Necessary Measures for Climate Justice and Net Zero by 2037" we have thought about what the implementation of the initiative requires. We have handed over the list of measures to the government and look forward to continuing to implement the initiative in the future. There is a lot to do.

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At Lilith, women and genderqueer people from very different parts of the world meet. We talk to each other about everyday and political issues that concern us. What we all have in common is that we know from our own experience what it means to be a woman or genderqueer person in a world characterized by social inequality and violence. We also see ourselves as part of a larger feminist movement, exchange ideas about feminist struggles in different countries and show solidarity with these struggles.

look&roll is an international short film festival that highlights diverse perspectives on disabilities, chronic illnesses, and neurodiversity—lifestyles that play a significant role in shaping our culture. Through film, we create spaces where experiences can be shared, social norms can be questioned, and encounters can take place that would otherwise happen far too rarely.

The climate strike is primarily a youth movement, but we welcome everyone!
We demand climate justice.
Mobilise, organise, strike.
The general strategy: unite struggles!

We are organized in a grassroots democratic way - decisions are made together. The ideas of all activists are equal as long as they comply with our action consensus.

Do you want to fight for social ecology and a climate just coexistence on our planet? We can't wait any longer: join us! #PeopleOverProfit

The space is a self-organised meeting place for anyone interested in anti-authoritarian ideas. And for anyone looking for access to knowledge and history that is critical of the existing social order.

We see the writing, distribution and reading of texts – be they theoretical essays, stories or experience reports – as an important part of resistance practice. Our selection of books and brochures includes historical and current content, but is by no means complete or conclusive. In this sense, we want to broaden our perspectives, strengthen analyses and make them accessible through texts and discussions.

In addition to the library service, brochures, zines and flyers are available to borrow and take with you. Or you can drop by for a chat with us. From time to time we organise information and discussion events, as well as readings and film evenings. We are always open to suggestions. You can also find material from us to write letters to prisoners. Our address can also be used for this purpose, and letters received can be collected during opening hours.

We see ourselves as part of the fight against gentrification and displacement in the neighbourhood. Together with the collectively run neighbourhood pub Capri Bar, which is right next door, we form a place beyond the obligation to consume and the logic of profit. We want to create physical moments of community to counter the increasing shift of social life into the isolation of digital space. Let’s fill the magazine with life together!

Opening hours: Montag 16-21h & Freitag 16-20h

Low-threshold, solidarity, help for self-help.
Form of our Internet café: self-administration.
All work without voluntary work. Education, which we hush ourselves out, is important to us. Above all, access to education for all.

Opening hours: Dienstag, Mittwoch (Frauentag), Freitag jeweils 10.00-18.00 Uhr und Samstag/Sonntag jeweils von 14.00-17.00 Uhr.

In order to support various projects in Basel and other places in the world, there will be Soli-Glacé sales every Monday during the summer (until mid of September).
Besides the financial contributions, it is important for the Acero collective to set a sign with the Soli Mondays. against state repressions and to support
resistant ideas.
The profit of all these mondays will be
shared in solidarity among the various
projects.
Information about the projects can be found on site.

Opening hours: Di-Sa 11-22Uhr, So 11-18Uhr