Autonomie und Solidarität on Nostr: Skate, not State "As such, skateboarding shares a kinship with alternative scenes ...
Skate, not State
"As such, skateboarding shares a kinship with alternative scenes like hip-hop, punk, DIY culture and anarchism. Indeed, the circled A appears regularly on skateboard artwork. It could also be argued that how they positively and trans-legally reclaim and repurpose public and private spaces is definitely a trait shared with more practical, community-minded anarchists.
An initiative in Doncaster is taking this one step further. A newly formed workers’ cooperative made up of skateboarders — many of whom also volunteer at the nearby Bentley Urban Farm, an “upcycled community market garden” itself run along anarchist principles — have taken over Twisted, an indoor skatepark in the shadow of Doncaster’s notorious “Doncatraz” prison. The co-op also includes members of A Commune in the North (ACitN), who have used their experience of cooperatives to build the framework for this new worker co-op."
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/09/10/skate-not-state/
#skate #state #Anarchism #Protest #Art #Antireport
"As such, skateboarding shares a kinship with alternative scenes like hip-hop, punk, DIY culture and anarchism. Indeed, the circled A appears regularly on skateboard artwork. It could also be argued that how they positively and trans-legally reclaim and repurpose public and private spaces is definitely a trait shared with more practical, community-minded anarchists.
An initiative in Doncaster is taking this one step further. A newly formed workers’ cooperative made up of skateboarders — many of whom also volunteer at the nearby Bentley Urban Farm, an “upcycled community market garden” itself run along anarchist principles — have taken over Twisted, an indoor skatepark in the shadow of Doncaster’s notorious “Doncatraz” prison. The co-op also includes members of A Commune in the North (ACitN), who have used their experience of cooperatives to build the framework for this new worker co-op."
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/09/10/skate-not-state/
#skate #state #Anarchism #Protest #Art #Antireport