⚲ 19:00 | R94, Rigaer Straße 94, Berlin-Friedrichshain
Anarchists4Palestine & Yosomono Time Brigade present:
15 July 2026 · Rigaer 94
7 PM Küfa, 8 PM film screening, followed by a discussion
世界戦争宣言 DECLARATION OF WORLD WAR
by 足立正生 Adachi Masao and 若松孝二 Wakamatsu Kōji
Lebanon, Palestine, Japan, 1971, 70 min.
English, Arabic, Japanese with English subtitles; discussion in English and German spoken language
Declaration of World War was shot on location in Palestinian camps and training grounds in Lebanon in 1971 (just months before Black September) by renegade Japanese New Wave filmmakers Adachi and Wakamatsu, who had travelled to the Middle East at the invitation of Palestinian liberation fighters. They filmed alongside displaced Palestinians, Palestinian fedayeen, and comrades from Japan who, having tried to fight imperialism at home in Japan, had joined the Palestinian resistance as part of the global anti-imperialist struggle and world revolution.
Conceived as a ‘declaration of world war’ that implicates us all, the directors and producers capture the everyday banality of military training and preparation exercises for imminent battle. The juxtaposition of the slow-paced fūkeiron [landscape theory]-infused style with the militant language of the declaration expresses the charged tension that revolutionary struggle brings about.
The film features interviews with Leila Khaled, Shigenobu Fusako (Japanese Red Army), George Habash, Abu Ali Mustafa, and Ghassan Kanafani (filmed just a year before his assassination by a Mossad car bomb in Beirut in 1972).
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In the framework of “Long week for the R94. This summer will be hot!”
“Over the past months we’ve been working a lot on opening our house, our vision and ideas to the outside. This week we want to come together to continue building a strong community that will stand against the repression and isolation of the state and bring a bit of life into NorthKiez. Come and join us in this week of action.
(feat. NewCasa to support the comrades after the recent attacks)”
FLYER WITH ALL EVENTS: https://anarchists4palestine.noblogs.org/files/2026/07/lange-woche-r94-02.jpg
