At first we want to thank our supporters from Amsterdam, Freiburg, Bremen and very spontaneously from Heidelberg for the gerat effort you did to come and join us!!! It was great fun playing together!
There is lots of discussion on indymedia wether the blockade was a success or did just give a support the major of Cologne and the parties - WE all found that it WAS a success.
Over 10 000 people from all over Germany and Europe came to join the protest - this was far the biggest Event (...)

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The idea to create a radical samba band in Manchester with the ethos of Rhythms of Resistance, originated in 2004 when some sambistas who were members of a Manchester samba band proposed that the band fuses with the RoR Network.
The idea started to materialize in July 2005, at the eco-village in Scotland during the G8 resistance, after a Manchester sambista was supported and inspired by the International RoR network. The group since then has been growing larger, sometimes smaller, but (...)

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The action band in orange, purple and silver, that’s Rhythms of Resistance Berlin. We are part of the transnational network of action bands. We support with our music actions and manifestations for a better world.
If we can’t dance it’s not our revolution!
History The band was founded in summer 2004. Since then we played on a number of actions. (See an uncomplete list of action, only in German) There is fluctuation concerning the band members, but right now we are an active band with around (...)

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Everything on the torino band can be found under:
Torino

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Rhythms of Resistance Köln
We are a samba-action-band, that developed itself from the cologne section of "noone is illegal" in 2002. We are part of the transnational network Rhythms of Resistance, that we discovered in 2003. For us, our street-samba-band is a strategic block, which uses the activating and supporting power of music in demonstrations and other political actions. We play and dance during any political actitivities that enough of us to form a band consider worth supporting. Such (...)

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There is also a band in Paris. If you want to contact us, just mail to
mathieu at effraie.org

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"I love the energy, when the drums kick in. In the midst of a protest our samba band can create an autonomous space. It lets people be themselves."
Rhythms of Resistance London formed as part of the UK Earth First action against the IMF and World Bank in Prague in September 2000.
"The actions against the IMF and World Bank consisted of more than 20,000 people from all over the world. Due to the diverse nature of the crowd, a "diversity of tactics" was agreed upon and the 20,000 people (...)

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[for english see below]
RoR Gent neemt deel aan manifestaties en directe axies over heel België én Europa. We dompelen de axies onder in een energieke sfeer van solidariteit, creativiteit en frivoliteit, waarin geweld geen plaats krijgt.
RoR Gent repeteert elke donderdag om 19u in het secretariaat van de Jeugdbond voor Natuur en Milieu (www.jnm.be). Sluit je ook aan bij onze manier van actievoeren! Neem eens een kijkje, een trommel en een paar stokken uit onze kelder en speel mee - ook al heb (...)

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All about the Freiburg - Band can be found at
Freiburg

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We practise every thursday at 19.30 in the top floor studio of Overtoom 301, near Vondelpark. If you want the band to join an action, drop by to tell us about it. Or, if you are interested to join the band, it would be nice if you can make your first visit on the first thursday of the month, this way we can take a bit of time to introduce ourselves and the rhythms a bit. Welcome..

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The spices of the different tunes are the breaks that interrupt the groove to adjoin an element of unexpectedness. Breaks can be mixed among each other, creating a big variety of possible rhythms out of one tune. You can find some stuff on how the maestra communicates with the band and how breaks are played.

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