This screening is part of a series of events in Kassel, Berlin and Frankfurt this May that aim to educate on the impoverished, depopulated, rural or deindustrialized communities in two Balkan countries, and form alliances to resist the EU-supported authoritarian extractivism and economic growth. Destruction of the environment is also on the rise, with forests being chopped down, land appropriated, and water poisoned. The EU’s green‘ growth and mainstay industries, such as automotive, meanwhile, remain dependent on resources such as lithium.

These vents are organised and supported by ZBOR (Združeni Balkanski Otpor (Collective Balkan Resistance and Labour)), Doctoral Programme JUST  of the Kassel Institute for Sustainability, the University of Kassel, Global Partnership Network (GPN), and Global Labor University (GLU).

Here is the full list of events:

• Film Screening „Flotacija“: May 04 – 11:00, Filmladen Kassel, Goethestr. 31, 34119 Kassel
• Panel Discussion with activists from the Balkans and others: May 05 – 18:00, Campus Holländischer Platz, Arnold-Bode Str. 8 / Raum 0113/0114
• Talk „Struggles against Extractivism and the unjust ‚Green‘ transition and Filmscreening „Flotacija“ with ZBOR: May 6, 19:30, diffrakt, Crellestr. 22, 10827 Berlin
• Film Screening „Flotacija“ with activists from the Balkans and Karin Zenning (medico international e.V.): May 07, 19:00, medico-Haus, Lindleystr. 15, 60314 Frankfurt am Main