TODAY/HEUTE 20:00 MOVIE NIGHT

The Military Counseling Network likes to invite you to the documentary 

"Beer Is Cheaper Than Therapy"

 by Simon de Vries

Wed.20:00 @ The Clearing Barrel

“I'm 22 years old and I must have killed 30 people. The same thing that you were given badges for, over in Irak, you would be considered a serial killer over here. That's a very weird thought to have running around in your head when it's dark, going to sleep or late at night.”

"There is no place for doubt, sadness and fear in the American army.
Still, many soldiers struggle with these feelings. Beer is Cheaper than Therapy portrays what goes on behind the facade of heroism and the 'John Wayne mentality'."

The Film takes a close look at Fort Hood in Killeen TX the bigest US Mlitary instalation in the world - offering a voice to those who are often lost in the discourse on war - the veterans them selfs.

Showing this documentary The Military Counseling Network e.V. likes to provide a glance at another highly militarized town and the work of the local GI-Café - Under The Hood -

We hope to have some interesting questions and discussions after the movie!

Cold drinks might help

How about some cold drinks....

 

like a Kola-Float

or a

Rhubarb Spritz with Champagne

 _HEUTE - TODAY  
LIVE
FLASH FUTURE 
May 18th @ 
     The Clearing Barrel     
  Richard-Wagner-Str. 48  
  Kaiserslautern  

@The Clearing Barrel Richard-Wagner-Str.48 KL

SECHS MÄNNER
DREI GITARREN
STONER-ROCK´N´ROLL
Weit draußen im Universum kreist ein unbedeutender schwarz-weißer Planet. Im Nabel dieser kleinen Welt feilen sechs ruhmhafte Weltallpiloten an der interplanetaren Rock´n´Roll Resistance.

satte Riffs in lo-mid-uptempo, bellende psychedelische Lyrics, unisono- Melodien und Instrumentalwände
http://www.flashfuture.de/

MAY/MAI PROGRAM

For International Workers Day/May Day we are open Mo. April 30th and Tue. May 1st

from 15.00 till the last one goes home!

OPEN MIC NIGHT WAS GREAT!

A big thanks to all the musicians that played yesterday !!!

 We will definitely make this a fixed date once a month - Look out for flyers and posters!

Rebel!Refuse!Resist! – Innenansichten aus der Black Power- und der Antikriegsbewegung während und nach dem Vietnamkrieg.

Fr. 6.04. 18.00 Uhr   Speaking Event with Darnell Stephen Summers at The Clearing Barrrel Richard-Wagner-Str.48 KL/ 22.30 "The Black Power Mixtape" Union Kino Kerststr.

(Movie Tickets available in The Clearing Barrel)

Event from Military Counseling Network e.V. & Kultur Ohne Kommerz e.V. 
 

Darnell Stephen Summers was born on July 9th, 1947 in Detroit. Darnell Stephen Summers volunteered for the US Army and served from 1966 to 1970.
Darnell was stationed in Heidelberg and then in Kasierlautern at Kleber Kaserne with the 440th Signal Battalion. While there, Darnell became involved in many protests and was in K-Town when Martin Luther King was assassinated in the US. That murder sparked a lot of protest in his unit and Darnell helped organize the rebellion. He was given the choice by his Company commander to either volunteer to go to Viet Nam or go to jail. Shortly after "volunteering" he got orders to report to a unit in Viet Nam. While home on leave before going to Vietnam in 1968 he became involved in
the struggle to found the "Malcolm X Cultural Center (MXCC) in Inkster
Michigan, a suburb of Detroit and was one of  the spokespersons for the "MXCC" 1971 he became a member of "Vietnam Veterans Against The War"  and was instrumental in organizing the "STOP THE WAR BRIGADE" in Germany during the Gulf war to build support for anti-war GIs

Unser Gast Darnell Stephen Summers wurde 1947 in Detroit in den USA geboren und war Ende der 60er-Jahre als Soldat unter anderem in der Kleber-Kaserne in Kaiserslautern stationiert. Von hier aus wurde er, unter der Drohung sonst als Aufständiger innerhalb der US-Army inhaftiert zu werden nach Vietnam geschickt. Er war auch in den USA innerhalb der Black Power Bewegung aktiv und gehört seit seiner Armeezeit der Bewegung gegen Rassismus und von den USA angezettelte Kriege an. 1968 während eines Heimaturlaubs vor der Einberufung nach Vietnam war er an der Gründung des “Malcolm X Cultural Center” (MXCC) in Inkster/ Michigan beteiligt und wurde einer deren Sprecher. Dieses Zentrum diente u.a. als Treffpunkt der Detroiter Sektion der Black Panther Party. 1971 nach seiner Entlassung wurde er Mitglied der „Vietnam Veterans against the War“ und gründete in den 90ern die „Stop the War Brigade“ gegen den zweiten Golfkrieg.

Er kann als politischer Aktivist interessante Eindrücke aus der Zeit des Films vermitteln und darüber Berichten welche Erfahrungen er, als in Kaiserslautern stationierter schwarzer US-Soldat und Aktivist in den USA gesammelt hat. Wir versprechen einen informativen und spannenden Einstieg vor dem Latewatchers -Film „The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 um 22:30Uhr

FIRST GI CAFE IN GERMANY OPENS ITS DOORS

FIRST GI CAFE IN GERMANY OPENS ITS DOORS

by Helen Jaccard and Gerry Condon
Kaiserslautern, Germany, March 25, 2012

U.S. soldiers in Germany now have a GI coffeehouse. The Clearing Barrel Bar and Café opened Saturday, March 24, in Kaiserslautern, Germany, home to Ramstein Air Base and Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, among a constellation of U.S. bases, with 50,000 U.S. military and civilian personnel living in the area.
The grand opening was a big success, with over 60 people in attendance. Well-wishers enjoyed good food and drink, and marveled at the large beautifully remodeled space, with couches, tables, chairs, a bar and barstools, his and hers bathrooms, and a full kitchen.

Beautifully printed posters from the “War Is Trauma” art exhibit were displayed on spacious white walls. “War Is Trauma,”a collaboration between Just Seeds, an art collective from Brooklyn, New York, and Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), is about “Operation Recovery”, a campaign to stop the deployment of traumatized troops and to focus public attention towards Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury and Military Sexual Trauma.

Neighbors, friends, and activists convened from far and near, including Germans and U.S. citizens living in Germany. Nathan Peld, an IVAW member, arrived after a long train ride from Vienna, Austria, where he is working with the United Nation’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Young German women and men mixed easily with Vietnam-era friends. Political discussions were lively and interesting. Live music was provided by two young men, one German and one American, who sang and played guitars and were joined by guests in a sing-along.

Chris Capps-Schubert, an Iraq veteran and war resister, and his German wife Meike, an organizer-extraordinaire and member of Military Families Speak Out, have been working very hard for the past two years to make their dream of opening a GI coffeehouse in Germany a reality. Their efforts have been supported by the Military Counseling Network, Connection-EV, the Center on Conscience and War, the German Mennonite Peace Committee, members of IVAW and Veterans For Peace, and many other German and American friends and activists.

Meike and Chris are both counselors with the Military Counseling Network, the European branch of the GI Rights Hotline. Chris has been a member of IVAW for several years and went on a speaking tour around Germany to gain support for The Clearing Barrel project. Chris and Meike and other counselors will be available to help soldiers who are seeking to be discharged from the military, facing other difficulties with the military, or seeking help dealing with military trauma.

Meike said, “Having this space available allows us to bring together in one place what we do personally, socially, culturally, and politically. I am very grateful for all of the help and support that we have received from the peace community and we hope that they will continue to support us.”

Helen Jaccard and Gerry Condon representing Veterans For Peace spoke of the importance of supporting alleged Wikileaks whistleblower Bradley Manning, and GI resisters like André Shepherd, an Iraq veteran who refused to redeploy to Iraq and is seeking political asylum in Germany. Dave Blalock, a Vietnam-era GI organizer who lives in Heidelberg, Germany, said “This is the beginning of resistance.”

GI coffeehouses were a mainstay of GI resistance in the Vietnam era, providing safe, alternative spaces for soldiers to socialize, learn about their rights in the military, receive counseling, engage one another in political discussions, and organize themselves to resist illegal wars and occupations. The coffeehouse movement grew throughout the 60sand 70s. Today’s veterans have revived the coffeehouse tradition in order to build community and resistance. There are two successful GI coffeehouses in the U.S., Coffee Strong just outside the gates of Joint Base Lewis McCord in Washington State, and Under the Hood at Fort Hood, Texas.

You can find out more about The Clearing Barrel on their Facebook page, GI Café Germany, and on their website, www.GICafeGermany.com. Donations are still very much needed, so it’s not too late to contribute to this important new resource for our GIs in Germany

Eröffnung/Opening

 

 

The Clearing Barrel Cafè and The Military Counseling Network e.V. present 

"War is Trauma" print portfolio series

Opening : Saturday, March 24, 15.00 – 23.00

In conjunction with the opening event, The Clearing Barrel Café and Military Counseling Network e.V. is excited to welcome veterans and allies to the - War Is Trauma - Exibition

War Is Trauma is a portfolio of handmade prints produced by the Justseeds Artists' Cooperative in collaboration with the Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW). For this project over 30 veteran artists from Justseeds, IVAW, and their allies have each created a print that addresses "Operation Recovery" - a campaign to stop the deployment of traumatized troops to focus public attention towards Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Military Sexual Trauma (MST), and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).Important issues not being publicly discussed.

We are getting there...

 

Cake of the Day:

*Mint Brownies*

With Peppermint Buttercream

and chopped Mint-Chocolate

 Cake of the Day:

                                

*Fly me to the moon*

 Chocolat-Buttercream Cake Pop

 with blue sugar coating

Cake of the Day:

  

 

*Blue*

Cranberry Cup Cake with white chocolate and 
              blue suggar frosting

We are getting there...

Baking practice...

Cake of the Day:

*Amorphous*

The Cake-Pop that is supposed to be round

CAKES OF THE DAY :

*Fall Of The Folds*

Chocolate Cake in a Jar with Peanut-Butter Filling and Chocolate-Almond Buttercream Frosting

 *Alice-Island*

Chocolate Cupcake with Lemon Buttercream Frosting

Cake of the Day:

*Desaster-Disaster*

(the remaintenance of a german-american relationship)

Chocolate-Cupcake  with Orange-Buttercream

Cake of the Day: 

 Mamorkuchen mit...  blaulila dingsbums mit Streuseldingern