A film by Oliver Ressler
2 min., 4K, AT 2021
Everyone who ever protested knows the importance of meaningful slogans. A slogan especially favored in recent actions of the left is: “A-Anti-Anticapitalista”. When chanted it allows for multiple variations of tempo and volume, drawing out its melodic and musical qualities. Often it is also modified semantically to fit the immediate local context.
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“A-Anti-Anticapitalista” conveys the consensus in the climate justice movement that only systemic change can prevent climate disruption. Personal acts of renunciation are no longer enough.
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The future success of the climate movement will depend on intersectional approaches, on the possibility of alliances with (for example) anti-racist and decolonizing movements, with movements against gender oppression and others fighting intolerable forms of labor exploitation. The slogan “A-Anti-Anticapitalista” is already heard in a wide variety of left political contexts. It points toward unity, pushing aside contradictions and participants’ political differences in the moment of collective expression.
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The materials assembled for this film were recorded in actions by Ende Gelände and Occupy, and in the context of anti-G7, G8 and G20 and other political mobilizations. Editing of images and sound weaves these materials into a whole whose end is always already a new beginning.
Director and producer: Oliver Ressler
Editors: Lisbeth Kovačič, Oliver Ressler
Sound editor, color correction: Rudolf Gottsberger
Footage: Thomas Parb, Oliver Ressler and various anonymous sources
This film was produced in the framework of “Barricading the Ice Sheets”, funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF: AR 526).