The Courier - Ninth Edition

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Ten Days Well Never Forget

Sitting in a feld, surrounded by riends,Tousands o people wishing it will not end.en days a year is all we get,But these are ten days well never orget.

So many people, so many beings, All wishing or the same things

Peace, love, joy and healthPut all weapons back on the shel .

Tank the people who,Let this camp be.Te tents the expense,Te ees and marquees.

ill world peace can be let,Tese are ten days well never orget.

All the riends we have met,Tese are ten days well never orget.

When were in a world o politics and debt,Tese are ten days well never orget.

We span the world with riendship,Love and peace, to understand we wont ceasWhen ten days a year is all we get,Tese are ten days well never orget.

Safron Macdonald (12) Pioneer.Poet Laureate o CoCamp

Final Editionwww.cocamp.coop

HE CO-OPERA IVE PUBLICA ION OF HE IN ERNA IONAL FES IVAL OF CO-OPERA ION

>>Knackered but what an incredible week!

#cocamp

hink back to ten days ago, when2500 individuals woke up intheir houses and ats, caravansand tents in Palestine andPortsmouth; in South Downs

and South A rica; in Belgium and Bromleyyoung people and adults picked up theirbags and set o to be a part o a newcommunity, o a vision o co-operation inaction.

Nine days ago we woke up in our newvillages, members o a co-operative dream,each one o us ready to make that dream areality. Over the ollowing days new riendswere made; new ideas and ideologies createdand explored; and new skills discovered andshared.

Here in our community are our vibrant towncentres, complete with libraries, own Hallsand independent ca es, the heart and soul o their communities. Our libraries have been

the li e blood o our towns, a hub o in ormation and creativity and the go to placeor un and discussion. Our own Halls havebeen a place to come together and celebrateour community, our abilities and our visionor the uture. Our ca es have been a place tomeet and debate, or ideas to ow andideologies to be ormed. Our campfres andmarquees, stages and kitchens have been ullo possibility, o positivity and o a belie thatanother world is possible.

Here in Sherwood Forest we have built acommunity based on mutual respect andunderstanding, on empowerment andopenness, on sharing and working togetheror the good o us all and all o this is based

Ten Days Well Never Forgeton co-operation and co-operatives, theunderpinning ideology o our CoCampcommunity.oday we are not 2500 individuals, today we

stand as one community, as a body o peopleready to take these ideas back with us to our

Zoe WatermanChair o the CoCampCo-operative Board

homes and schools, our workplaces andorganisations. Ready to say this is no longera dream, this is our reality. Tis is not an idlehope; this is what we, the youth o the world,can orge into our uture.

T Palestine and Portsmouth; inSouth Downs and South A rica;in Belgium and Bromley young people and adults set of to be a part o a new community, o avision o co-operation in action.

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Lena Ulbrich,Karla Presch &Nicholas Schwickrath. All Together AgainstClimate Change

News & Comment

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Te day be ore yesterday in Te CourierI was amazed to see not one but twoarticles about elfn bivvying. But itsnot just elfns whove been slumberingsleepily under the starry skys. I readthe article having just woken up myfrst night without a roo over my headalong with some other venturers.

Ok, it wasnt strictly bivvying (we werejust in our sleeping bags on a

groundsheet) but sleeping outside isdefnitely the way to go. It was onlyslightly colder than in the tent but

t is nice to talk and discuss aboutclimate change protection andsustainabilty, but there will be no

change without activies andinterventions. Tere ore 20 youngadults rom 9 European countriesdecided to run campaigns againstclimate change in their homecountries.

In May we met in Germany or 10 daysto learn about climate change and howto run campaigns. In this trainingcourse every country-group developttheir ideas and the frst actions or thecampaigns.We had a lot o un and in our frstsmall street action we suceeded alltogether at the Kennedyplatz in Essen( Germany ).

Motivated back in our home countrieswe began to realise our ideas: Artis,

Liana and Zane rom Latvia startedright a ter they got home:We are making a simulation gameabout Climate Change. Te aim o thisgame is to get statistics, educate peopleabout green li estyle and encouragethem to take action against climatechange. We are going to make a

Lily McTaggartBivvying VenturerVenturers Bivvy Too!

No Sustainability

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Palestine, my Darling..ashmob to get attention and a shortmovie night be ore the game isreleased. Our campaign is going verywell and we hope that it`s going to besuccess ul.

While Adriana and Enoch romNorway ocused on sustainability inthe transporting system. Teir aim is

20 young adults from 9countries running campaignsagainst climate change intheir home countries.

Palestine, my darling,living in the Arabic heart,

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thousand o dreams,and a thousand o hopes,I wish you will return toPalestine, you are alway

will oreverbe in our minds,

raising the voice o Muslimschurch bells

announcing the reedom o Jerusalto return all who pray to al aqsa anmahd,to their mosque and church,hope re reshes the heart,soon spoken by the words o God,and PALES INE always in memories.

extra layers can solve that, and it was just as com y.It was defnitely worth anydiscom ort, however, to open my eyes,to see the sky in the morning, and toget break ast in bed!

Amani Lefdawi IYF Palestine Delegation Member

At 1:00 pm on Tursday 28th o July, 201packed my bags and I travelled (50) kmHebron my hometown to Jericho bridtook more than one hour and a hal beco the queues on the container check pWhen I arrived to the Jericho Bridge, I hcross three bridges: the Palestauthority, the Israeli and the Jordabridges. It took more than 5 hours to fpassing the last bridge, which is less t hkm away there were so many people wto cross it.

A ter being exhausted rom passing bridges, I met the (IYF) who are participwith me in CoCamp. We went to the airFinally, we arrived in London at 10:0got some rest and went directly to WaForest, where the camp is.

aking part in CoCamp is a great opportuthat was given to me. Helping everything, cooking ood or RAMAplaying games with people rom all oveworld and attending di erent culsessions is really the greatest thing Ivedone. As I may not get a chance to again, Ill try to do my best to arrasimilar camp and give other Palestiniansame chance I had.

Walaa Tbhaki IYF Palestine Delegation Member

Instead of drinking hchocolate we heard thadults scream Run,quick run!

We were going to have a midnight east in thewoods but we got the surprise o our lives aswe started the fre or our storm kettle.Instead o drinking hot chocolate we heard theadults scream Run, quick run!One o them had accidentally stepped on a guyrope that knocked a stick into a very angrywasps' nest. Te wasps started to chase theadults. One went up someone's trousers,another down a t-shirt. It wasn't pleasant 14stings amongst 4 adults!

nest. We had a hot drink, told storieslept in our bivvy bags. Tis time it much quieter adventure which we lov

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Bushcraft AdventureBut luckily none o us got stung annight we decided to go back andanother go but a bit urther away rom

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@AdamRamsayJust about to arrive at #cocamp - the@woodcraftfolk camp - to runcampaigning training. Ten, theyshall vanquish the dark forces of evil.

>>CoCamp on Twitter

to reduce transportation by car ortruck. Here in CoCamp we came backtogether again to share our progressand to help each other improvingtheir campaigns. We success ullyintegrated our project A ACC intoCoCamp by running a variety o un,educational, and critical workshops (e.g. slogans and street actions againstclimate change, green airytales or thepotato marathon).

Co-Op In A Box A few Co-op in a boxkits are still available.Want one to takehome and use in yourgroup night?

See Julie inVillage 6

Get Involved! A recycling bazar will beheld at 2:30 pm in BlueCedar town centre to shareour clothes and to talkabout consumer behaviourand its connection to CC.

Helping with everything, cooking ood or RAMADAN, playing games with people rom all over the world and attending diferent culture sessions isreally the greatest thing Ive ever done.

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Lloyd Russel-MoyleChairperson of Woodcraft Folk

Jon NottGeneral Secretary

Joel WhiteChair of Te District

Fellows Movement

Future Newsthe courier #co

As we start to think about goinghome, packing up the tents, using upthe last pints o milk and headingacross the country and the world, our

thoughts are already starting to turn toProject Koodoo, the exciting project to securea new national campsite or our nextinternational camp.

We are delighted by the enthusiasm rommembers o all ages or our plans and dreamsor our new site. All these dreams and more cancome true i we continue to build on the spirito co-operation that has permeated this camp.

LookingForward Vegetarianism should be the default menu

for Woodcraft Folk

Some meat eaters may missed the meat but mdidn't even think about it

We need to do more tomake sure that we arerepresentative of young leaders and local activists

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Project Koodoo complements our ongoingcommitment to group work. We all have a roleo play - i you are an elfn, make sure yourriends, amily and school are all as excited as weare about project Koodoo and about startingnew groups in new areas. I you are a DF, maybets time to o er to lead a group or take on a

district responsibility. I you are a parent whoikes Woodcra t Folk, but isnt sure how to getnvolved then now is your time to help out.

Tose o us who are active already need to createpaces or all to get involved, in Project Koodoo

and in the growth o our groups.

Te olk will only survive and thrive i weevitalise our group work; setting up new

groups, keeping old ones going or revivingtruggling groups. Group work must be ourocus. In 2017 we want our international campo be bigger and better, with more members and

more groups - we need to start now. GeneralCouncil is working with groups to achieve 10%year on year growth. Te challenge is yours tomake sure that Woodcra t reaches its 100thbirthday stronger than ever.

istrict Fellows, like Woodcra t, has a verybroad spectrum o interests, involvementand types o participation. We have been

working hard this year to try to re-establish moresupport structures and resources or those 16-21year olds who want to help out at a local level, as somany do. I eel that accusing DFs o 'dancing' atWoodcra t's 'wake' or suggesting that those who arenot 'active' enough at a local level should be strippedo their membership does very little to help thesituation as we all try to respond to the challengersaced by the olk.

DFs, as a semi-autonomous entirely youth-led

Te folk will only survive and thrive if we revitalise our groupwork; setting up new groups,keeping old ones going orreviving struggling groups.

n the Woodcra t Folk we already teacon sustainability and there's been talk

about the environmental impact o Many Woodies are vegetarians and we caveggies much better than most o our Eurcounterpart organisations.

So why do we not show this o ? Why doencourage our members to become vegeand actively promote vegetarianism, or areduced-meat diets at our events?

Nemos TorpeVillage 19

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movement, is a antastic embodiment o theprinciples which Woodcra t stands or. Many DFshere at CoCamp, rom the team at Te Courier, tothe Board, the stage, the services, theentertainment, MES UP and the ca es have had thechance to develop skills, networks and ideas throughnational DF events which in turn help make campslike this so success ul. Clearly there are then thehuge amounts o DFs who also choose to work withyounger groups on a more local level and providesuch vital contributions to our Woodcra t eventsand regular group nights.

I would argue that a more positive response to theissue would be to see how both these approaches canreap rewards or olk, rather than suggesting theyare somehow unable to coexist.

We on national DF Committee would certainly agreethat we need to do more to make sure that we are

representative o young leaders and local aand this year's DF Althing 7-9th o Septemhave a particular ocus on this issue, all 16-old Woodies are invited so please come alhelp change your movement! Tere are cuplans to start looking into 'Rough Guides' oleaders, training camps about district worcommunications networks or those invoregional development and possibly the proshosting local camps or elfns, pioneers and vewhich are entirely organised and supported b

We want to be part o the solution in terms onumbers rather than being accused o being the problem.

From an environmental perspective teven more reason to become a vegan, hothat makes it much more challenging to

balanced and satis ying diet. Already abolmeat rom one's diet drastically reducesecological ootprint; and in a world withpopulations and ood shortages it makes to produce less ood that takes a lot o lanits output, o which meat is one o the biculprits, along with milk and eggs.

As a KP or Village 19 I managed to convivillage it was a good idea to remove almothe meat rom our menu, and we've had wonder ul vegetarian cuisine in its place.meat eaters may have missed the meat butdidn't even think about it! It was a leaexperience or our Austrian delegationmost o whom aren't used to a vegetarian dthink we're better o without meat.

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Te riendships that we have built here willlast a li etime, the oundations o anew world. But we cannot do italone. Only i our groups connectto the local and global struggleswill we achieve our vision. Weneed to build and strengthen ourrelationships with theCo-operative and rade Unionmovements. Our uture will not bebuilt on greed and cuts but throughcollaboration with our partners, our riends andgetting the wider movement to see Woodcra tFolk as the natural place to do their politics andto change the world though education.

In 2017 the world will, yet again, be a di erentplace than today. Let it be a world o a strongerWoodcra t Folk, a Woodcra t Folk that is theyouth movement o the Co-operative and therade Unions and part o a united orce againstneo-liberalism and or socialism. A world wherewe have more groups, more young peoplelearning the Woodcra t Way, where projectKoodoo has been achieved.

Dont just let wait or that world to be makethat world now, get moving, get active and wellsee you in 2017.

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Riddler onthe Roo

Martha JulingsSmash Masculinity

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n response to Christys article a ewdays ago, Id like to say I fnd the idea o male appreciating his own genderbsolutely sickening. What would thisnvolve exactly? Basking in the privilege

he has inherited rom thousands o yearso emale subordination? Maledominance is completely intertwinedwith how ideas o masculinity areonstructed, so to de end the idea o

masculinity is, to me, de ending maleprivilege. I see masculinity as a set o gender norms centred on being active,trong and vocal constructed in directelation to the expectations o emininity, e.g. passivity and a ocus

on external appearance. We canee this all too well in the wayn which women who are

Te idea thatyou can separatepatriarchy rommasculinity islaughable.

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@Woodcra tFolkBlue Cedar own Hall is buzzingwith Woodies planning the frststage o #projectkoodoo #cocam

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outspoken and opinionated areo ten much more vehementlyttacked than men who doimilar things, as they are noteen to be ftting intoocietys view o how a

woman should behave. Allhese gender constructions

help to maintain maleprivilege by puttingmasculinity in a defnitehierarchy over emininity, sohe idea that you can separate

patriarchy rom masculinity isaughable. In order to fght

patriarchy, we must smash thedea o masculinity all together.

Jack Yeo Its more subtle than language allows

I was interested to read Christy Quinn's

article In de ense o the maleheterosexual, displayed a dangerousassumption. Whilst the article raised animportant issue, it used the concepts o heterosexuality and masculinity almostinterchangeably. Te ideas it expressedwere excellent aims ending only thisabstract entity known as the maleheterosexual?

One o the purposes o the pride marchwas to fght stereotypes. We cannotthere ore a ord to con use the conceptso masculinity and heterosexuality.

Con orming to this stereotypeurther rein orces the us and

them mentality than has beenat the heart o driving back

the LGB QQ+ equalitym o v e m e n t

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con orm to our neatly defned categories.Woodcra t is an organisation that prides itsel on being open to all, including those who do notdefne themselves as by these categories.Everybody must be ree to be who and whateverthey want to be, and media plays an importantpart in orming people's views. Tis is why it isso dangerous to write an article rom theassumption that one arbitrary labelcorresponds to another. Te reason that theLGB QQ+ acronym keeps growing is because

there is no one set o categories that can neatlycover everyone.In the end, all labels really do is distract romthe actual issues. Tey say actions speak louderthan words. Te march demonstrated that inantastic style, and we all need to remember

that what defnes us o ten cannot be put intowords. All the rest is arbitrary.

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What defnes us o tencannot be put into words

Stereotypes have no place in such movements.o achieve true equality or any group they must

be ree rom the constraints o assumptions.Christy is absolutely right everybody needsthe right to express their own personality. Inact, even by opening this debate we are alling

into the trap o excluding people who do not

Maybe we should pay or their membership ee? Im a raid I have none answers and many o the questions. But

that everyone should come away rom a with a connection to it & eel they have & taken proportionally rom it.

Maybe the problem is that we just dontenough personnel working in these areassurely the way to solve this is not wso tened stick in the back o but with a sstrawberry o reward every day.

Even having a meal made & ready or meal times nearby to where youre wli ts spirits immensely and allows peopbond in a way that isnt stress ulthere ore work better as a team.

Woodcra t is a place where we discusissues that arise democratically and perham saying things that have already covered & talked about a million times

am unaware o this and would be interesthear your views, I hope that this discuwill continue and that we can reach awhere everyone is not only at camp but pit as well.

I have spent most o my time on CoCampinside one building o this very large site,

working hard with a great team to help

produce the media output, o tenseeing two 4 oclocks in a day and two11 oclocks also. Tats a lot o oclocks!Te issue is that I eel I dont haveany more connection with this camp

than many others, in act in some waymy view o the camp will be narrower than

others having not had a huge chance toexplore.

Although I moan, I have had an opportunitythat not many, i any, other organisationswould give me and I am thank ul or that.Helping make a newspaper, video & radio or2000+ people rom around the world I stilleel a little short-changed.

Is there space or working volunteers to get anumber o t-shirts or people working in theircentre? Maybe i theres any budget le t over

a ter camp or that centre 50% should be splitbetween all the workers & taken o theircamp ees? Maybe we should say to peoplethat have worked really hard that we will givethem 10% o their next camp big camp?

Will KnightTired but content

@kateahrOut in the real world or a day arom #cocamp . *looks around*

It doesn't look good out here. Lego back to camp.

Someone is trapped in a lockedroom with a calendar, a piano anda bed. How could they fnd some-thing to eat, drink and escape?

T a k e d a t e s f r o m t h e c a l e n d a r , k e y s f r o m t h e p i a n o a n d s p r i n g w a t e r f r o m t h e b e d .

By Fiona Stewart-RoperChie Riddler

Te idea o masculinity should not be de ended

Should TeCourier continue

beyond CoCamp?

Get in touch atpress@woodcra t.or

g.ukwoodcra t.org.uk

Masculine?

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Te views in this paper do not neccesseraly represent the views o Woodcra t Folk or IFM-SEI

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