The EuropeAN Tour 2024 EuropeAN Tour 2024-03-13 | My name is Nimrod and about 10 months ago I started doing street anti-natalism activism with the aim of establishing a local anti-natalist movement calling for an end to reproduction. To my surprise it is working better than I thought. This experience has filled me with a sense of belief and hope: if there is room for street activism on such an issue in my country, which for all sorts of reasons is far from an ideal place to start spreading messages about reproduction, I think it can work in many areas of Europe. I think we must try to make this happen.That's why I decided to go on a journey to try and promote anti-natalism activism throughout Europe. The journey will begin on April 15th and will include over 30 cities in 45 days.The goal of this journey is to try and initiate grassroots activism in Europe, so obviously the best thing I am hoping for is that people simply join me at the outreach events. That's literally the whole point of this thing. To help initiating some street activism in the hope of spreading anti-natalism across the continent on a regular basis.If you want to help but are embarrassed or uneasy to talk to people on the street about such a topic, I suggest you try to come anyway and even just stand a little to the side and listen. This is what I offered people who considered joining me at the outreach activities, and by the way in the case of everyone who came, without exception, at a certain point they felt comfortable enough and joined the conversations.And you can still really help even if you really don't want to talk to people (which I get, really), for example by filming some of the conversations. I intend to take a microphone and a camera on a tripod everywhere I go, but it's obviously much better if someone can come and film the talks and take some pictures so that we can get better videos and then upload them to spread both the message and the concept of anti-procreation activism.Another way to help, if you want, is support. So far the expenses for local activities have been quite low. It required some office equipment such as paints, markers, brushes, etc., for the preparation of the signs, but mainly price of travel to the activity locations. So far I haven’t considered asking for financial support for such expenses. But despite that my bar is very low and of course I am traveling by trains and buses, very, very high costs are expected for the European tour, and so this time I do ask everyone who supports this idea, and can, to contribute something to the campaign. There is an option to donate on the website whose address appears in the details of this video.Speaking of support, the best thing you can do if you want to help is of course to get to the activity, because that's the whole idea of this journey. But if it doesn't work out for you with your schedule, or you really don't want to be public with this worldview or something like that, but you still want to help, the best way to help in general, and financially in particular, is if you can host me for the night. Beyond a significant cut in expenses, it would be really nice to meet likeminded people and spend an evening with them, so for me it's a win win and I would very much appreciate such an option if you can.For more details about the EuropeAN Tour, or to join the journey’s WhatsApp group, please send a message to the following Email: theeuropeantour2024@gmail.com, or send a private message on Facebook to ‘AN T Natalism’, URL: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100085281495305The Planned Journey Route:1. Madrid – Mon 15.4 + Tue 16.42. Valencia – Wed 17.43. Barcelona – Thu 18.4 + Fri 19.44. Toulouse – Sat 20.45. Lyon – Sun 21.46. Paris – Mon 22.4 (Earth Day) From 13:00 PM + Tue 23.47. Brussels – Wed 24.48. Leuven – Thu 25.49. Antwerp – Thu 25.4 From around 19:00 + Fri 26.4 Until 16:0010. Rotterdam – Fri 26.4 From 18:30 + Sat 27.4 Until 15:3011. Amsterdam – Sat 27.4 From 18:00 + Sun 28.412. Cologne – Mon 29.4 + Tue 30.4 Until 14:0013. Frankfort – Tue 30.4 From 17:0014. Stuttgart – Wed 1.5 + Thu 2.5 Until 12:30 PM15. Munich – Thu 2.5 From 16:00 + Fri 3.516. Vienna – Sat 4.5 + Sun 5.517. Prague – Mon 6.4 from 16:00 + Tue 7.518. Dresden – Wed 8.5 Until 17:30 PM19. Leipzig – Wed 8.5 from 20:00 + Thu 9.520. Berlin – Fri 10 + Sat 11.521. Hamburg – Sun 12 from 15:00 + Mon 13.522. Kolding – Tue 14.5 Until 18:0023. Aarhus – Wed 15.5 Until 17:0024. Odense – Wed 15.5 From 20:00 + Thu 16.525. Copenhagen – Thu 16.5 From 21:00 + Fri 17.5 + Sat 18.526. Malmo – Sun 19.527. Lund – Mon 20.528. Gothenburg – Tue 21.5 from 11:30 AM + Wednesday 22.529. Stockholm – Thu 23.5 + Fri 24.530. Budapest – Sat 25.531. Ljubljana – Sun 26.532. Bologna – Mon 27.533. Milano – Tue 28.534. Rome – Wed 29.5If I am coming to your city, please join me!
An interesting conversion about antinatalism with philosophy students in Colonge University EuropeAN Tour 2024-07-23 | An open, intellectually honest, and interesting conversion about antinatalism with philosophy students in Colonge University, that cover several antinatalist arguments
A short conversion about antinatalism with philosophy students in Bologna University EuropeAN Tour 2024-07-19 | Even if we’ll be the best parents we can, we’ll be conscious and aware and have the resources and everything, still, accidents can happen. It is beyond our control. We can never assure the happiness of out child. There is always a risk.
An interesting conversion about antinatalism with a philosophy student EuropeAN Tour 2024-07-17 | An interesting conversion about antinatalism with a philosophy student from Leuven University, mainly focused on the selfishness argument
Antinatalism in a Nutshell, explained next to the philosophy department in Leuven University EuropeAN Tour 2024-07-15 | When we choose not to create a person, we are not harming that person even if that person would be happy if he or she would be created, because no one wants or needs or have an interest to be born before they exist. So we are not depriving them the good life they would have. But if we are creating a person and that person would be miserable, then we’re responsible for misery because we decided to create someone who turn out to be miserable.
Yes, this is about not having children EuropeAN Tour 2024-07-14 | Antinatalism is not about overpopulation but about not take a risk on someone else’s life. About not putting someone else in a dangerous, violent and unfair world
An open and honest conversation about Antinatalism in the philosophy department in Leuven University EuropeAN Tour 2024-07-13 | Antinatalism is not about the climate crisis or overpopulation but about the necessarily selfishness motives of the creators when creating a new person and about the inevitable harm caused by the created person
Can I take a picture with you and your antinatalist signs? EuropeAN Tour 2024-07-12 | A teacher who teaches David Benatar’s Better Never to Have Been as part of an anthropology course asked to take a picture with me during an outreach event outside of the philosophy department in Leuven university
There is a need for Antinatalism outreach so there would be no more need machines EuropeAN Tour 2024-07-12 | There are so many needs already, so many problems, so when we are creating more and more need machines, we are diverting useful resources that could have helped solving existing problems instead of creating new ones
Students discussing antinatalism among themselves during an outreach even in the EuropeAN Tour EuropeAN Tour 2024-07-11 | In many cases during outreach events although people did not come to talk to me, they definitely talked about the issue. This was repeated in many of the outreach events along the EuropeAN Tour. In this case it is students from the University of Antwerp who had an alert and quit long discussion about the subject among themselves.
Bilingual antinatlism outreach in The Centre Pompidou EuropeAN Tour 2024-07-11 | An outreach event in the in the Centre Pompidou in Paris, as part of the EuropeAN Tour.Unfortunately not a lot of it was recorded, but it was a very good outreach event, with many positive and meaningful conversations.
A spontaneous podcast interview about Antinatalism in Barcelona EuropeAN Tour 2024-05-26 | During one of the outreach events in Barcelona, a couple who has a podcast about creative ideas has decided to make a short interview about antinatilism on the spot
Hamburg is the Capital City of Antinatalism EuropeAN Tour 2024-05-14 | The evens in Paris, Stuttgart and Leipzig are what I was hoping to see in the EuropeAN Tour. Hamburg was beyond my expectations.In the last outreach in Hamburg there were 10 of us. I never expected activists in double digits! And including Chris and Karim Akerma, who joined the outreach events on the first day (with Karim singing his song Never To Have Been), all in all there 13 antinatalist activists involved in the antinatalistm outreach in Hamburg. That was beyond exciting.A huge thank you and much appreciation to everyone who came. And a special thanks to whom who worked hard behind the scenes to make this work. He knows who he is...I hope this is the beginning of a beautiful grassroots movementNever to have been by Karim AkermaNever to have been hadn’t hurtOnce caused to exist you are stuck insideA world of wonder and of dirtBeauty doesn’t compensate for painSee the flowers in the mudSupposed to bring joy into someone’s lifeNever act in such a wayThat somebody dies as a consequenceThis will happen by the wayShould ever you decide to procreateToday a dancer, tomorrow comes cancerYour children see you perish and dieNever to have been hadn’t hurtWe don’t pre-exist and wait in lineIn order to come to the earthtransitions from limbo into lifeProcreation means to prolongAn unfolding story of self-deceitNobody wanted to existOnce you are there you’ve got to stick to itYesterday’s dancer, today has cancerSees his children come and stand by You told your children you would careBut as of today you’re no longer thereNever to have been hadn’t hurtAll the flowers ending in the dirt
Antinatalism advocacy during International Workers Day in Stuttgart EuropeAN Tour 2024-05-03 | We should prevent procreation instead of constantly struggle for such basic and obvious things, all the more so, that even if we could solve some of these issues, it would only be part of the problem
Antinatalism Outreach in Dam Square Amsterdam EuropeAN Tour 2024-04-28 | Of all the political initiatives presented today in Dam Square in Amsterdam, only one can really solve them all, as well as many others – Antientalism
Antinatalism Outreach in Rotterdam – We are a Virus EuropeAN Tour 2024-04-27 | We are a virus according to someone who stooped for a short chat during antinatalism outreach in Rotterdam
Antinatalism outreach event in the University of Antwerp as part of the EuropeAN Tour EuropeAN Tour 2024-04-27 | An outreach event in the University of Antwerp, as part of the EuropeAN Tour.It was quite good actually, until university security asked me to leave. Fortunately, it was a few hours into the event so I was able to have some positive and meaningful conversations with some students. The following is one short example.
Antinatalist outreach in Rotterdams high street as part of the EuropeAN Tour EuropeAN Tour 2024-04-27 | People reacting to antinatalist messages in an outreach event at Rotterdam's high street last evening
An attempt to spontaneously join a March in Antwerp with antinatalist messages EuropeAN Tour 2024-04-26 | After the last outreach event in Antwerp last night, when I was heading to the hostel, I heard a March. I wasn’t sure what was it about, but I figured why not try to join it with the sign ‘People are causing a lot of suffering’ with the dontprocreate.org, and of course an antinatalsit T-shirt. So I did. The marchers reaction was actually very good. They smiled and node and were very receptive. It was the police that liked my presence. One of them, probably an undercover one, accompanied by two other policemen on uniform, affirmatively “asked” me to leave. So I waited for the march to end and then rejoined them in their gathering location. But again the police came and asked me for my details and wanted me to leave. I did, but it was still a positive and effective as all the marches were at least shortly exposed to the sign and the shirt.
A true inspiration - Marcus from Anonymous for the Voiceless EuropeAN Tour 2024-04-20 | After the last outreach event in Barcelona, as walking through Plaça Sant Jaume which is where the seat of the Catalan government, and Barcelona city hall are located, I met an extremely inspiring person called Marcus.
The first antinatalist activist made during the EuropeAN Tour EuropeAN Tour 2024-04-20 | This is Roxy. She was so touched by the signs, particularly this one, so she decided to be more pro-active than me and carried it around walking in this square.
The EuropeAN Tour (A tour to promote antinatalism activism in Europe) second day (Madrid) EuropeAN Tour 2024-04-17 | A brief summary of the second day of the EuropeAN Tour. I am at the home of my generous host, vegan antinatalist and animal rights activist - the wonderful Alberto
The EuropeAN Tour (A tour to promote antinatalism activism in Europe) first day (Madrid) EuropeAN Tour 2024-04-17 | A brief summary of the first day of the EuropeAN Tour. I am at the home of my generous host, vegan antinatalist and animal rights activist - the wonderful Alberto
EuropeAN Tour 2024-Ways to Help EuropeAN Tour 2024-03-28 | My name is Nimrod and about 10 months ago I started doing street antinatalism activism with the aim of establishing a local anti-natalist movement calling for an end to reproduction. To my surprise it is working better than I thought. This experience has filled me with a sense of belief and hope: if there is room for street activism on such an issue in my country, which for all sorts of reasons is far from an ideal place to start spreading messages about reproduction, I think it can work in many areas of Europe. I think we must try to make this happen.That's why I decided to go on a journey to promote antinatalism throughout Europe. The journey will begin on April 15 and will include over 30 cities in 45 days.The goal of this journey is to try and initiate grassroots activism in Europe, so obviously the best thing I am hoping for is that people simply join me at the outreach events. That's literally the whole point of this thing. To help initiating some street activism in the hope of spreading antinatalism across the continent on a regular basis.If you want to help but are embarrassed or uneasy to talk to people on the street about such a topic, I suggest you try to come anyway and even just stand a little to the side and listen. This is what I offered people who considered joining me at the outreach activities, and by the way in the case of everyone who came, without exception, at a certain point they felt comfortable enough and joined the conversations.And you can still really help even if you really don't want to talk to people (which I get, really), for example by filming some of the conversations. I intend to take a microphone and a camera on a tripod everywhere I go, but it's obviously much better if someone can come and film the talks and take some pictures so that we can get better videos and then upload them to spread both the message and the concept of anti-procreation activism.Another excellent way for locals to help as those who know well the cities I’ll be in, even without coming to the outreach events, is to direct me to locations you think would be best to do these activities. My intuition is university campuses in the mornings and afternoons, and central squares and entertainment areas in the evening, but of course I really want tips for locations from locals. That would be great. Please feel free to contact me or comment to the post below.Another way to help, if you want, is support. So far the expenses for local activities have been quite low. It required some office equipment such as paints, markers, brushes, etc., for the preparation of the signs, but mainly price of travel to the activity locations. So far I haven’t considered asking for financial support for such expenses. But despite that my bar is very low and of course I am traveling by trains and buses, very, very high costs are expected for the European tour, and so this time I do ask everyone who supports this idea, and can, to contribute something to the campaign. There is an option to donate on the website whose address appears in the details of this video.Speaking of support, the best thing you can do if you want to help is of course to get to the activity, because that's the whole idea of this journey. But if it doesn't work out for you with your schedule, or you really don't want to be public with this worldview or something like that, but you still want to help, the best way to help in general, and financially in particular, is if you can host me for the night. Beyond a significant cut in expenses, it would be really nice to meet likeminded people and spend an evening with them, so for me it's a win win and I would very much appreciate such an option if you can.Please join the WhatsApp group dedicated to the journey where it will be possible to make suggestions on locations, to offer tips on where to eat cheap vegan food, where I will be able to update on locations in real time, and of course, most importantly, it will be possible to schedule meetings in any of the cities for anyone who wants to join.chat.whatsapp.com/I5HntUFvvJSDc4df4sakqZFor more details about the EuropeAN Tour, or to join the journey’s WhatsApp group, please send a message to the following Email: theeuropeantour2024@gmail.com, or send a private message on Facebook to facebook.com/ANTNatalism
