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Militant library of ZAD
La Chevrerie a few hours after it has been destroyed during the eviction operations in ZAD de Notre Dame des Landes.
Different types of housing in ZAD of Notre Dame des Landes, France, March 2018. Différents types de logements dans la ZAD de Notre Dame des Landes, France, mars 2018.
Different types of housing in ZAD of Notre Dame des Landes, France, March 2018. Différents types de logements dans la ZAD de Notre Dame des Landes, France, mars 2018.
During evictions
A metal mark on the ground indicates a survey point for a seismic research in Epirus, northwest Greece, 2019. Since 2014, the greek state has been signing agreements for oil and gas exploration and exploitation with international and local oil companies concerning grounds and sea that cover almost 1/3 of the national territory.
A metal mark on the ground indicates a survey point for a seismic research in Epirus, northwest Greece, 2019. Since 2014, the greek state has been signing agreements for oil and gas exploration and exploitation with international and local oil companies concerning grounds and sea that cover almost 1/3 of the national territory.
A metal mark on the ground indicates a survey point for a seismic research in Epirus, northwest Greece, 2019. Since 2014, the greek state has been signing agreements for oil and gas exploration and exploitation with international and local oil companies concerning grounds and sea that cover almost 1/3 of the national territory.
A metal mark on the ground indicates a survey point for a seismic research in Epirus, northwest Greece, 2019. Since 2014, the greek state has been signing agreements for oil and gas exploration and exploitation with international and local oil companies concerning grounds and sea that cover almost 1/3 of the national territory.
A metal mark on the ground indicates a survey point for a seismic research in Epirus, northwest Greece, 2019. Since 2014, the greek state has been signing agreements for oil and gas exploration and exploitation with international and local oil companies concerning grounds and sea that cover almost 1/3 of the national territory.
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Área de defesa
A zone to defend

Na França, a sigla ZAD, nomeada oficialmente Zone d’aménagement différé (Zona para desenvolvimento futuro), serve para representar uma ocupação ativista destinada a bloquear fisicamente um projeto de desenvolvimento. A sigla foi renomeada pelos ativistas como ZAD, Zone à défendre (Zona a defender) e, nesse projeto, Thomadi documenta a rotina de resistência no ZAD de Notre-Dame-des-Landes, no oeste da França. Uma comunidade ativista foi formada no local há cerca de 40 anos para preservar terras agrícolas do desastre decorrente de um projeto de construção de um aeroporto na área. Após o cancelamento oficial do projeto, a comunidade foi surpreendida com uma operação de despejo em grande escala, iniciada em 9 de abril de 2018, ação que contou 2.500 policiais, carros blindados, drones e helicópteros. A comunidade segue ativa, negociando seu futuro.

ZAD, in France, stands for an activist occupation intended to physically block a development project. Called officially Zone d’Aménagement Différé (zone for future development), it was renamed by protesters as the Zone à Défendre (zone to defend). 

The ZAD of Notre-Dame-des-Landes in west France was the first place to be named so. An activist community was formed there around a 40-year long struggle to preserve farmland against “an airport and its world”. After the official cancellation of the airport project, a large-scale eviction operation started on April 9th, 2018, comprising 2500 gendarmes, armored cars, drones, and helicopters. The community is still negotiating its future.

 

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