About Ⓐ-casă

Ⓐ-casă collective is an anti-authoritarian group that. through non-hierarchical organization tries to find sustainable ways to get out of the tyranny for the capitalist system. Through self-organizing and helping eachother we want to advance the struggle for social change while maintaining anti-capitalist and feminist principles, respecting the environment, other beings and humans regardless of gender, race, class, abilities, religion and sexuality.

We imagine a different social order that is based on the free exchange of ideas, things and services, where individuals and communities support each other, and where money isn’t the drive of everything.

Ⓐ-casă is a common, self-managed space that functions and support itself through voluntary donations and activities. It’s a safer space that emerged out of the need for a place friendly to free political discussions and where we can exchange ideas and skills. Until now, Ⓐ-casă has hosted movie projections, debates, workshops, fundraising parties, events with and about healthy food.

Organize an event Ⓐ-casă

The space is open to all groups/individuals who want to hold a presentation, workshop, debate, meeting or any other event that aligns with the collective’s principles.

If you want to organize an event in the space contact us before hand to arrange all the details about communication and technicalities. If it’s necessary, we can provide simultaneous interpretation for foreign speakers.

Permanent Ⓐ-casă activities

Library

In our library you’ll find books, brochures, zines, magazines and albums on political, social, environmental and misc. themes. Every material you can read here is a contribution of an individual or a group. We encourage you to support the library through donations, making your own zines and brochures, translating texts and contributing to a place of critical thought.

Free shop

We encourage the free exchange of things, abilities and knowledge. You can pass by the Ⓐ-casă freeshop to leave things you don’t need and take the ones you do.

DIY

You can make your own stencils, patches, banners, flags, print bags and do all sorts of other stuff. you can find most of the things you need here, but any donations are welcomed.

Also, here you can find tools to repair your bicycle. By learning from one another we can take better care of our bikes. You can contribute with tools or give your own DIY bike-repairing workshop.

Gardening

We believe that producing your own food and saving traditional seeds are the most powerful ways ensure food sovereignty.

The Ⓐ-casă collective is involved in maintaining several community gardens in Cluj. If you want to learn more about urban gardening, saving seeds, permaculture, healthy food or you just want to work in a veggie garden, contact us.

Brewing beer

The small Ⓐ-casă brewery started from the desire to gain more autonomy from mass industrial production and detach from the marketing  mechanism of big companies. Using simple methods and recipes we want to step out of being labeled simply as consumers, in a society based on mass production, profit, invented needs and irresponsible consumption.

If you want ot learn how to homebrew beer, you can attend a workshop held periodically Ⓐ-casă. Write us an email and we’ll let you know when’s the next one.

Homemade bread

We have wood-fired oven where we make bread and pizza. If you are curios about baking, contact us.

 

Supporting other initiatives in Romania and East Europe

Ⓐ-casă can support other social change from Romania or abroad with infrastructure for organizing big events (camps, international forums, meetings)

-Mobile vegan kitchen

-Infrastructure and logistics (tents, temporary constructions)

-Simultaneous interpretation of multiple languages DIY equipment

Hosting

The Ⓐ-casă space is commonly used by multiple groups so we would like to avoid hosting people overnight.

Please

-respect the space’s schedule

-keep it clean (do your dishes, sweep or mop the floor if necessary, leave the toilet clean, and, because it is a common space, please do not leave your personal belongings scattered)

-put things you took back to their place

-do not come with pets in the yard and don’t feed Betty (our white dog)nostru alb)

 

*Contact

E-mail: casa.fara.nume@riseup.net

Blog: acasacluj.noblogs.org

Adresa: str. Somesului, nr. 45, Cluj-Napoca

(we love receiving mail, but because A-casa is an informal group, please let us know if you want to send a package. the romanian postal system won’t let us get packages sent to the group)