Rhythms of Resistance or just RoR is a network of percussion bands that play at demonstrations and direct actions that fall within the broad definition of 'anti-capitalist'. Since RoR London was formed in 2000, various sister-bands throughout Europe (and even the rest of the world) have been spawned, not always sharing the same name, but mostly the same ideology. Percussion instruments are music instruments played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped, hence the percussive name. ... This page is about protests. ... Direct action is a method and a theory of stopping objectionable practices or creating more favorable conditions using immediately available means, such as strikes, boycotts, workplace occupations, sit-ins, intimidation, harassment or sabotage, and less oppositional methods such as establishing radical social centres, although these are often squatted. ... Anti-capitalism is any and all opposition to capitalism. ... Rhythms of Resistance London is a band, the oldest band, in the anticapitalist Rhythms of Resistance network. ... An ideology is a collection of ideas. ...

The RoR-bands are often referred to as the 'samba-bands', yet this is an inadequate term since lots of instruments are taken from this Brazilian musical genre, but the rhythms take all forms. They consist of a fluid number of members from all walks of life. Their interest is in empowerment for themselves and others and in maintaining the energy of solidarity and of creative action against the interwoven constructs of those who feel like they need to suppress and exploit the planet and mankind. Samba is the most famous of the various forms of music arising from African roots in Brazil. ...

RoR has quite a lot of affinity with the Afro Bloc parading drum bands that emerged in the mid 70s in Salvador da Bahia in Brazil. Bands such as Ile Aye and Olodum formed as a political expression of black awareness, resisting economic exclusion. Coming out of some of the poorest urban communities, Afro blocs became a mobilising focus on picket lines and marches. Salvador and Baía de Todos os Santos from space, April 1997 Morning Street Scene, Bahia, Brazil, about 1900 Salvador (in full, São Salvador da Baía de Todos os Santos, meaning Holy Savior of the Bay of All Saints) is a city on the northeast coast of Brazil... This article needs copyediting (checking for proper English spelling, grammar, usage, etc. ...

Rhythms of Resistance formed as part of the UK Earth First action against the IMF / World Bank Meeting in Prague in September 2000. A Pink and Silver carnival bloc, focused around a 55 piece band, detached itself from a march of 67.000 and outmanouvered police resources defending the IMF annual summit. With an international 'black bloc' and a large contingent from the Italian movement, 'Ya Basta', three diverse forms of direct action worked towards a common goal and resulted in the shut down of the IMF summit. Rhythms of Resistance or just RoR is a network of percussion bands that play at demonstrations and direct actions that fall within the broad definition of anti-capitalist. Since RoR London was formed in 2000, various sister-bands throughout Europe (and even the rest of the world) have been spawned... Earth First! is a radical environmental defense movement, pioneered in the early 1980s by Arizona desert activists Dave Foreman, Mike Roselle and others. ... The flag of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is the international organization entrusted with overseeing the global financial system by monitoring foreign exchange rates and balance of payments, as well as offering technical and financial assistance when asked. ... Logo of the World Bank The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, in Romance languages: BIRD), better known as the World Bank, is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by WWII. Now, its mission has expanded to fight poverty by means... Prague (Czech: Praha, see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with 30 days. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Swabian-Alemannic carnival clowns in Wolfach, Germany A carnival parade is a public celebration, combining some elements of a circus and public street party, generally during the Carnival Season. ... Ya Basta! is a phrase in Spanish roughly approximate to enough already! in English. ...

Building on the success of S26, more bands were forming, playing the same rhythms and with the same approach. The Amsterdam band formed in for the Rising Tide Actions against the Cop6 Climate Conference in November 2000 and joined together with 10 drummers from Rhythms of Resistance to form a 65 piece band. For other uses, see November (disambiguation). ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

With bands forming in across Europe and beyond (with at least two in the US and one in Mexico), an international network of percussive resistance to the march of capitalism is now emerging. Europe forms the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: United States Wikinews has news related to this article: United States United States government CIA World Factbook Entry for United States House. ... In common usage, the word capitalism means an economic system in which all or most of the means of production are privately owned and operated, and the investment of capital and the production, distribution and prices of commodities (goods and services) are determined mainly in a free market, rather than...

Street carnival is the vital component of their protest and life and fun. Because all of the independent bands are playing the same rhythms, it is easy to catch up with each other when marching in one bloc to a demonstration.

Rhythms of Resistance Bands

• RoR London
• Oxford Breach of the Peace
• RoR Sheffield
• RoR Manchester
• Vamos! Sambaktivists Paris
• Rhythms of Resistance Berlin
• RoR Amsterdam
• RoR Gent (Ghent)
• RoR Maastricht
• RoR Mexico City
• RoR Torino