Welcome to the valley: Landscapes of the No TAV struggle by Gabriel Popham
This is the first contribution of a series of posts authored by active participants in the struggle against the the New Turin-Lyon Line (NLTL). As the story of the No TAV movement enters its fourth decade, we feel that the stakes are as high as they have ever been. Certainly high enough for us to share as much information as we can.
“First they try to make us poor, and then they try to buy us with cheap labour”. Ecodefense against mining in East Serbia
The “Zbor network”, a transnational collaboration of Balkan and West European activists has organized the first ever anti-mining camp in September 2024. Named after partisan assemblies in former Yugoslavia, Zbor draws on a rich history of Balkan solidarity to counter resource extractivism. Their activism extends beyond Serbia, drawing connections between local struggles and a broader critique of capitalist extractivism across the former Yugoslavia—a region where solidarity has long been a transnational endeavor, from the partisan resistance to the non-aligned movement. The following interview is with two environmental activists, “Big Bear” and “Ris” provides an account of the current situation, recalling fear, hopes, and resistance strategies.