Rhythms of Resistance
Rhythms of Resistance or RoR for short is a network of political drum groups and samba bands that support demonstrations or direct actions .
history
Rhythms of Resistance follows the tradition of the Afro-Block drum groups that emerged in Brazil in the 1970s. These evolved from the poorest neighborhoods and became a movement of resistance and a source of self-confidence that was being commercialized by the sprouting samba schools around the world. The Rhythms of Resistance groups are often referred to as Samba bands , which is an imprecise name in that different rhythms are rehearsed.
This music combined with dancers and the concept of " tactical frivolity " formed the basis for an action concept that during the IMF / World Bank - Summit took place in 2000 for the first time large in Prague Application: Pink & Silver . The aim of the groups is self- and external empowerment and the presentation of creative and publicly communicable protests.
As a result, bands have developed and networked across Europe and beyond.
Bands in the network
At the end of 2011 there are local groups in Amsterdam, Augsburg, Berlin, Bochum, Bremen, Danzig, Dresden, Frankfurt am Main, Freiburg, Gent, Graz, Heidelberg, Istanbul, Cologne, Leipzig, London, Lyon, Maastricht, Manchester, Mexico City, Münster, Oberhausen, Osnabrück, Oxford, Paris, Poznań, Sheffield, Stuttgart, Reutlingen / Tübingen, Sofia, Tel Aviv, Turin, Trojmiasto and Vienna.
In mid-June 2017 there were local groups in Amsterdam, Berlin, Bielefeld, Bologna, Bonn, Bremen, Brussels, Braunschweig, Budapest, Córdoba, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Freiburg, Ghent, Gothenburg, Graz, Haifa, Hamburg, Heidelberg, Heilbronn, Helsinki, Istanbul, Jena, Jerusalem, Karlsruhe, Kaunas, Cologne, Krakow, La Zad, Leipzig, Lille, Lisbon, Łódź, London, Lubin, Liège, Lyon, Maastricht, Madrid, Milan, Mainz, Manchester, Mexico City , Montreal, Münster, Oldenburg, Olsztyn, Osnabrück, Oxford, Paris, Porto, Poznan, Rome, Santiago de Querétaro, Saragossa, Sofia, Stuttgart, Sydney, Tampere, Tel Aviv, Toronto, Toruń, Tricity, Turin, Tübingen / Reutlingen, Uppsala, Valencia, Warsaw, Vienna and Witzenhausen.