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• Early drug scenes in Switzerland: places and practices

  by Peter-Paul Bänziger

  Not only for the Swiss counterculture were certain places in the cities of central importance. Here one could buy drugs and consume and philosophize together. In Basel, people sat on the wall at Barfüsserplatz.

  1965 – 1975
  Switzerland
  Temporal Coverage: 1965/1975 (2020s,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1970s,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1960s,1970s,) Read StoryMark item
• Travel through an Ideal City of Marginalised Drugs Users

  by Mélina Germes, Luise Klaus

  Look at this picture. It’s a huge drawing of how an ideal city could look – but not just any ideal city: the city of drug users, imagined from a variety of marginalized positions.

  2019
  Utopia
  Temporal Coverage: 2019 (2010s,) Read StoryMark item
• 2 Files  Zurich · in German AUTONOMOUS CULTURE WORKSHOP/WORKCITY, TOORICHde »AUTONOME KULTURWERKSTADT WOHLGROTH, ZUREICH« 1993, Autonome Kulturwerkstad(t)t Wohlgroth #2343 Format: A4 ; Subject: squats, drugs policy, drug consumption, drug trafficking, solidarity, activism · ; Temporal Coverage: 1990s,1991,1992,1993,1990s,1990s, Mark item

  In this leaflet, the squatters of the Autonome Kulturwerkstad(t)t Wohlgroth look back on the two and a half years since the occupation. Among other things, they discuss the closure of the consumption room, the sleep-in for drug consumers, and the women's emergency shelter. It is not their job, they say, "to solve the social problems of the city." Since the closure, "dealing and consumption of hard drugs are no longer tolerated. But that doesn't mean, of course, that we exclude junkies on principle."

  (Type: leaflet)

  (Format: A4)

  Subjects: squats, drugs policy, drug consumption, drug trafficking, solidarity, activism,

• Zurich · in German SOLI-DI$KO for an Autonomous Detoxification FUNDde »SOLI-DI$KO für einen Autonomen Entzugs-FOND« 1992, anonymous #2309 Format: A4 ; Subject: drug withdrawls, squat, solidarity · ; Temporal Coverage: 1990s,1992,1990s,1990s, Mark item

  Flyer for a disco to raise money for drug-withdrawals.

  (Type: leaflet)

  (Format: A4)

  Subjects: drug withdrawls, squat, solidarity,

• Zurich · in German CALL [to the members of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Platzspitz etc.]de »AUFRUF [an die Mitglieder der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Platzspitz u. a.]« 1992, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Platzspitz, Schweizerisches Arbeiterhilftswerk, Zürcher Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Jugendprobleme (ZAGJP) #2231 Format: A4 ; Subject: repression, open drug scenes, solidarity, activism · ; Temporal Coverage: 1990s,1992,1990s,1990s, Mark item

  After the eviction of the "open drug scene" in the Platzspitz Park (7.2.1992), drug users, petty traders and homeless people are exposed to the repressive actions of the police on the streets. Various organisations want to document this by being present on the spot, and make it more difficult or even prevent it.

  (Type: leaflet)

  (Format: A4)

  Subjects: repression, open drug scenes, solidarity, activism,

• Zurich · in German Solidarity picnic on the Platzspitzde »Solidaritäts-Picknick auf dem Platzspitz« 1989, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Platzspitz #2225 Format: A4 ; Subject: open drug scenes, solidarity, activism · ; Temporal Coverage: 1980s,1989,1980s,1980s, Mark item

  Despite opposition from the city government and parliament, the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Platzspitz wants to continue its solidarity activism in the "open drug scene" in Platzspitz. It organises a big picnic in the park.

  (Type: leaflet)

  (Format: A4)

  Subjects: open drug scenes, solidarity, activism,

• Zurich · in German EMERGENCY STATE We continue!de »NOTSTAND Wir machen weiter!« 1989, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Platzspitz #2219 Format: A4 ; Subject: open drug scenes, solidarity, activism, Platzspitz Park · ; Temporal Coverage: 1980s,1989,1980s,1980s, Mark item

  The Arbeitsgemeinschaft Platzspitz is looking for financial and material support for the Café zum Platzspitz, which was evicted by the police on the very day of its opening.

  (Type: leaflet)

  (Format: A4)

  Subjects: open drug scenes, solidarity, activism, Platzspitz Park,

• Zurich · in German Invitation to the opening of the: Café zum Platzspitzde »Einladung zur Eröffnung des: Café zum Platzspitz« 1989, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Platzspitz #2213 Format: A4 ; Subject: open drug scenes, solidarity, self help, activism, Platzspitz Park · ; Temporal Coverage: 1980s,1989,1980s,1980s, Mark item

  In solidarity with drug users in the "open drug scene" and to draw attention to their situation, the Platzspitz working group opens a café in Platzspitz Park.

  (Type: leaflet)

  (Format: A4)

  Subjects: open drug scenes, solidarity, self help, activism, Platzspitz Park,

• Zurich · in German ZURICH DRUG MANIFESTO 1988de »ZÜRCHER DROGENMANIFEST 1988« 1988, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Platzspitz/Zürcher Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Jugendprobleme (ZAGJP) #2131 Format: A4 ; Subject: harm reduction, solidarity, heroin prescription, consumption room, de-criminalisation · ; Temporal Coverage: 1980s,1988,1980s,1980s, Mark item

  The Zurich Drug Manifesto 1988 calls for, among other things, a consumption room, a reduction of repression, the state distribution of heroin and an attitude of solidarity on the part of the population.

  (Type: leaflet)

  (Format: A4)

  Subjects: harm reduction, solidarity, heroin prescription, consumption room, de-criminalisation,

• Zurich · in German Weihnachten 88 am Platzspitzde »Weihnachten 88 am Platzspitz«-- »Christmas 88 at Platzspitz« 1988, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Platzspitz #2125 Format: A4 ; Subject: open drug scenes, solidarity, culture, self help, street work · ; Temporal Coverage: 1980s,1988,1980s,1980s, Mark item

  Leaflet on the solidarity action in the "open drug scene" in Zurich's Platzspitz Park at Christmas 1988.

  (Type: leaflet)

  (Format: A4)

  Subjects: open drug scenes, solidarity, culture, self help, street work,

• Zurich · in German MOBILE STREET KITCHEN MUST MOVE AWAY FROM PLATZSPITZde »MOBILE GASSENKÜCHE MUSS VOM PLATZSPITZ WEG« 1989, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Platzspitz #2101 Format: A4 (?) ; Subject: self help, solidarity, open drug scene, Platzspitz park · ; Temporal Coverage: 1980s, Mark item

  Signature campaign against the repressive action of the authorities against the mobile street kitchen in Zurich's Platzspitz Park.

  (Type: leaflet)

  (Format: A4 (?))

  Subjects: self help, solidarity, open drug scene, Platzspitz park,

• Zurich · in German Less looking away. Less silence - more active solidarityde »Weniger wegschauen. Weniger schweigen - mehr aktive Solidarität« 1994, Verschiedene Quartier- und Anti-Rassismusgruppen #2059 Format: A4 ; Subject: repression, racism, exclusion zones, solidarity, drug consumtion, drug prohibition · ; Temporal Coverage: 1990s,1994,1990s,1990s, Mark item

  Leaflet against the (racist) repression in the city centre of Zurich, which is legitimised with the fight against the "open drug scene".

  (Type: leaflet)

  (Format: A4)

  Subjects: repression, racism, exclusion zones, solidarity, drug consumtion, drug prohibition,

• From Queer Ecstasy to Queer Sobriety

  by Mélina Germes

  Queer cultures are more than often associated with partying practices and also with drug consumption.

  2011 – 2021Temporal Coverage: 2011/2021 (2020s,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2020s,2021,2010s,2020s,) Read StoryMark item
• Berlin / Frankfurt · in German, English Housing self organisationde »Selbstorganisation« 2019, Collective #1851 Format: 3 x 3 cm ; Subject: Housing · ; Temporal Coverage: 2010s, Mark item

  Pictograms drawn by drug users workshops participants, English description below

  (Type: Series of hand-drawn pictogram)

  (Format: 3 x 3 cm)

  Subjects: Housing,

• Berlin / Frankfurt · in German, English Solidarity with the hospital strikesde »Solidarisch mit den Krankenhausstreike« 2019, Collective #1815 Format: 3 x 3 cm ; Subject: Healthcare · ; Temporal Coverage: 2010s, Mark item

  Pictograms drawn by drug users workshops participants, English description below

  (Type: Series of hand-drawn pictogram)

  (Format: 3 x 3 cm)

  Subjects: Healthcare,

• Berlin · in English Queer Edge Against the Cis*Tem Unknown #1455 Format: ca. 10x10 cm ; Subject: sobriety, queer, trans* · ; Temporal Coverage: Mark item

  Cloth patch representing a queer critique of mainstream intoxication culture.

  (Type: Serigraphy on cloth)

  (Format: ca. 10x10 cm)

  Subjects: sobriety, queer, trans*,

• Bordeaux · in French COVID and drug users in Bordeaux: interview of Olivier Capdeboscq, La Casefr »COVID et usagèr.e.s de drogue à Bordeaux: interview d'Olivier Capdeboscq, La Case« 2021, Olivier Capdebosc #1445 Format: 51 minutes ; Subject: covid-19, harm reduction, homelessness, community, solidarity, self-organisation, health, drug consumption room · ; Temporal Coverage: 2020s,2020,2020s,2021,2020s,2020s, Mark item

  Interview d'Olivier Capdeboscq, coordinateur de La Case à Bordeaux, structure de réduction des risques et d'accueil des usagèr.e.s de drogue, à propos des enjeux liés au COVID. L'interview aborde les questions liées à l'hébergement, l'espace public, la santé, la réduction des risques et évoque le projet d'ouverture d'une salle de consommation.

  (Type: Video)

  (Format: 51 minutes)

  Subjects: covid-19, harm reduction, homelessness, community, solidarity, self-organisation, health, drug consumption room,

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