The ZAD Will Survive

This text was written by one of the zad’s affinity groups, the CMDO, and 10,000 copies handed out in a large format newspaper version for the victory celebrations on the 10th of February 2018 on the zone and beyond. It attempts to clarify some of the confusion about what is happening on the ZAD at […]

VICTORY ! and an invite to celebrate

On the 17th of January Frances prime minister went onto live TV, with the minister of interior on his right hand side and that of the environment on his left. He was going to finally announce the government’s decision about the airport of Notre-dames-des-Landes and the fate of Europe’s largest defensive land occupation, the ZAD. The […]

“Everything’s coming together while everything’s falling apart: The ZAD”

A new film by Oliver Ressler about the zad

Starhawk and Isabelle Stengers on the zad

Philosopher and historian of science, Isabelle Stengers will be in discussion with writer and ecofeminist neo pagan activist Starhawk who will also run a workshop and ritual on the zad.

‘A territory lost to the Republic’: what a ZAD looks like from the inside – photo gallery

Original Article: https://www.vice.com/fr Translation in English: ‘A territory lost to the Republic’: what a ZAD looks like from the inside Pictures and text : Immo Klink, as told to Julie Le Baron I have photographed alternative communities and protest camps across Europe for many years, and increasingly heard people talking about the ZAD: 4000 acres of […]

Come to the Intergalactic week 17-24 August

We are inhabitants of the zad who wish to strenghten connections and networks with groups and people from other countries. In this spirit, we invite you to an Intergalactic week.

In the zone: An article in Australian magazine Overland

Subcommandante Marcos, Robin Hood, Louise Michel and Spartacus – the Roman rebel, resplendent in green woollen socks rather than the leather boots one might expect – are all impatiently waiting outside the Palais de Justice (courthouse) at Saint Nazaire (in western France)

Two short films about the zad

This spring (2017) two short 15 minute films were released by Telesur, the first english language films to be made about the zad.

From La ZAD with Love – a podcast

From Its Going Down; In this episode of the IGDCAST, we catch up with long time radio show and podcast The Final Straw, who has been producing high quality anarchist content for years, to talk about their recent trip to an anarchist radio conference in Europe. We discuss the conference, the wide variety of anarchist radio projects […]

The ZAD: an autonomous zone in the heart of France

In a heroic struggle of solidarity and resistance, locals and activists of the ZAD have been fighting against the construction of an airport for many years. by Martin Legall in ROAR Magazine It all started decades ago with the local resistance against the construction of a second airport near the city of Nantes in western France. Eight […]