Trump back in the White House, the genocide in Palestine, Putin trying to rebuild the Russian empire by occupying Ukraine, the bloodbath in Congo, China pushing its pawns everywhere... and in Belgium, a turbo-racist and anti-social government, with a far-right Prime Minister. Scary, isn’t it?
The best remedy for political despair is struggle. Struggle that is both united and radical, grounded in reality yet uncompromising. A struggle where we organize and build real militant strength around shared perspectives.
Because the system that oppresses us is global, our revolution must be global too. That’s why, every year, the youth of the Fourth International organize a summer camp to meet, discuss, and build bonds of solidarity.
What do we do there?
Every day, activities are organized—like conferences and workshops—to talk about the struggles we take part in. But it’s also about having a memorable and joyful week: games, films, parties… By the end of the week, if all goes well, you’ll have friends who can host you in most major cities across Europe and the world.
How is it organized?
The camp is self-managed, organized by young activists from European organizations linked to the Fourth International. On-site, we share responsibilities to keep the camp running: managing the bar, cleaning, or ensuring collective safety. All of this in a permanent democratic process where we discuss daily what’s missing, what’s working, and what should be kept or improved next year—a glimpse of how life could be organized in the society we want to build.
Who can come?
You don’t have to be an activist! Many participants are sympathizers, or even just curious people who relate to anti-capitalist ideas. This is the perfect opportunity to meet activists and learn more about their work. Who knows—you might even feel like getting involved?
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THE PROGRAMME
Day 0 – July 19
Arrival, setup, welcome meeting
Day 1 – Anti-racism
Workshops:
- Racism and health
- Brazil is black and indigenous soil: experiences with connecting the struggles of migrants, black and indigenous people
- Inuit in Greenland facing Danish imperialism
- Fighting racist laws in Denmark: deportation centers and housing discrimination
- The EU migration pact
- Race riots in England
- Islamophobia and the far right
- The Sami people
- The Kanak people’s resistance to the French empire
Conference: Anti-racists to the front
And: Closed space for racialized people, Permanent commissions (Palestine, Feminism, Antifascism), International meeting
Day 2 – Feminist and LGBTI+ struggles
Ateliers :
- Feminism and punitive justice
- Women’s bodies and fatphobia
- Feminist knitting (practical workshop)
- Women’s lives under Russian occupation
- Feminist self-defense (practical workshop)
- Abolishing the family
- Historical perspectives on trans struggle
- Queer Marxism
- When healthcare targets trans people
- The term “queer” in a political context
Conference: Feminists and LGBTI+ people: attacked and instrumentalized at once
And: Permanent commissions (Antiracism, Ecology, Resistance to anti-trans offensive), Feminist meeting, Feminist party
Day 3 – Ecosocialism
Workshops :
- Why is the climate movement so white?
- Decolonial ecological theories
- Paradise taken: Extractivism and resistance in Puerto Rico
- COP-30 in the Global South: a convergence of Indigenous, agrarian, and urban movements
- The fight against the A69 motorway in France
- Building biodiversity (practical workshop)
Conference: From Marxist productivism to degrowth
And: Permanent commissions (Palestine, Feminism, Antifascism), Boxing class, Film night, Singing evening
Day 4 – Antifascism and internationalism
Workshops:
- Rearmament and militarization
- Understanding Kurdistan and Syria
- Rise of fascism and masculinity
- Theatre workshop: activist rights and police repression
- Police militarization and repression
- Resisting the far right on campus
- Football ultras
- The Syrian revolution
- Antonio Gramsci and the theory of hegemony
- Marxism and national liberation struggles
Conference: Facing the new world disorder: international solidarity and antifascist struggle
And: Permanent commissions (Antiracism, Ecology, Resistance to anti-trans offensive), LGBTI+ meeting, LGBTI+ party
Day 5 – Labour and union struggles
Workshops:
- Organizing women in feminized sectors
- Resisting public service privatization
- The legal evolution of sex work in Belgium
- Housing unionism in the Spanish state
- Organizing strategies: substitute teachers in Denmark
- Carceral systems and forced labor
- Student unions, student movements, and class struggle
Conference : Unionizing the youth
And: Permanent commissions (Palestine, Feminism, Antifascism), Antiracist party
Day 6 – Strategy and the party
Workshops:
- Drugs: a political issue?
- A Marxist perspective on anti-smoking
- The united front
- "Common Rage": a united platform to bring down the Belgian government
- Bottom-up organizing strategies in Pakistan
- Can theft be a political tool?
- Utopia as strategy? (practical workshop)
Conference: From protest to revolution very quickly: a how-to guide
And: Permanent commissions (Antiracism, Ecology, Resistance to anti-trans offensive), Closing meeting
Day 7 – July 26
Farewells and departures... until next year!
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