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Germany : Kommuja - Commune Treffen 2010

Natali from KoWa (Kommune Waltershausen) reports:

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The 22 meeting of the German network of political communes, Kommuja, took place
in the grounds and buildings of the KoWa commune in Waltershausen, Thuringia,
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between 3 and 6 of June, 2010.
In the sunny meadows and open
spaces around the KoWa the 14 hosts
from the commune and 40 members

of other German communes enjoyed
workshops dealing with many aspects
of communal life. How is it possible to
reconcile or combine self-employment
with a communal economy? How do
you find a balance between “work”
and really free time? How do the
organisational structures have to
adapt to fit the quantative growth in
Kommune Waltershausen communities? These were the themes

of a number of talking circles which
presented their results every evening at the large plenary meeting.

The stored up solar energy was released by many into wild dancing at the party on
Friday. Who ever had not had enough of heat and talk could enjoy the Saturday
evening chatting by a camp fire through the mild night.

What did we take home with us? Lots of positive stimulus, new contacts, happy
memories.

The planning for Los Gehts 2011 and for the Kommune InfoTour has started. It is

clear which groups will put out the next issues of the “Kommuja”, our internal
bulletin. [The communes that are part of the Kommuja network take it in turns to
produce this publication]. A commune book is in preparation. There are ideas for a
joint political action by the network. The first, small fine step in this direction is the
network’s common solidarity statement against the nuclear waste dump at Gorleben
which was decided upon at this commune meeting.

And, oh yeah, we got a message from this year’s BUKO (Bundeskoordination
Internationalismus – the Federal Coordination for Internationalism), saying they had
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decided that “On the 22 of April, 2011, capitalism will be abolished”. Before
that really happens we still have a lot to clear up and do.

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