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 […]

Thousands of protesters gather at proposed French airport site

Thousands of demonstrators gathered Saturday at the site of a controversial planned airport in western France in a last-ditch attempt to prevent construction. France 24. Protesters, who have been camped out in the so-called ZAD (acronym for “Zone to Defend) at Notre-Dame-des-Landes near the city of Nantes are determined not to let the bulldozers move […]

Resisting airport expansion, from the ZAD to Heathrow

Kelvin Mason speaks to John Jordan who is squatting the site of a planned airport in France for Red Pepper magazine (UK). The ‘Zone À Défendre’ – the zone to be defended – is a 4,000 acre land occupation to stop the development of a new Nantes airport near the village of Notre-Dame-des-Landes. The ZAD has […]