Here is a list of left-wing and subcultural places in Kassel. The focus is on , not commercial, experimental as well as artistic and political spaces and initiatives.
Initiatives and groups
culture
- Kulturfabrik Salzmann | Kulturfabrik
- Kulturstammtisch Kassel
- Kurdistan Social Center | Cultural association
- Netzwerk Hammerschmiede | Workshops & Proberäume
- Docutopia | Mapping project
- Raamwerk | Studio for Art, Social, Commerce
- Raum für urbane Experimente | Concerts & Graffiti
- Schöpferkraft | Festival
- KMMN Practice | Collective collective working on projects of common interest
- Biotope ZACK | Space for art & Dialog
- Tokonoma | Space for Art and Club Culture
- Mimicry Gallery | Gallery (earlier: Galeria kollektiva)
- Weltsubkulturerbe e.V. | Concerts
- Sandershaus | Cultural Center
- KulturNetz | Network for creative artists
- Kulturtopografie | directory
- Kulturzentrum Schlachthof | Cultural Center
- Here in the neighborhood | Neighborhood art
- Kolor Cubes | Street Art
- Randfilm | Kinokultur
- Virtual stage Kassel | Culture online
- Color cabinets | Repair café and studio of the AStA of the University of Kassel
Political groups in Kassel
- Rote Hilfe Kassel | Antirepression
- Nach dem Rechten sehen | Education festival
- VVN BDA Bund der AntifaschistInnen | Antifa
- task – Antifa Kassel | Antifa
- Open Antifascist Meeting | Antifa | Website | Insta
- Antifa Kassel | Antifa
- Fantasma – Revolutionary left | group
- Dorn | group
- Die Falken Kassel | group
- The Falken Hessen Nord | Youth association
- 4 hours league | group
- Socialist Alternative SAV | group
- KligK – Climate Justice Kassel | Climate justice
- Fridays for Future Kassel | Climate justice
- Students for Future | Climate justice | Insta
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Acker bleibt! |Climate justice| HNA report 1 | HNA report 2 - Women Defend Rojava Kassel | Internationalism & Feminism
- FU*K Feminism Unlimited Kassel | Feminism
- Women & Queers Strike | Feminism
- Center for Women and Lesbians | Feminism
- Archive of the German Women's Movement | Feminism
- Outrageous | Feminism | Insta
- Violets against Violence | Feminism
- Qrew | Queerfeminism
- MeeTIN* Up | Queerfeminism
| Insta - Arbeiter*innenliederchor - choir for workers* | Choir | Facebook| Insta
- Rothe Ecke | Community location
- Solidary Initiative of Unemployed People | working conditions
- Organisieren Kämpfen Gewinnen| working conditions
- whyso⌂empty | urban policy
- Leerstandsmelder Kassel - Directory of vacancies around Kassel| urban policy
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Kassel entrüsten! | Antimilitarism - Disarm Rheinmetall | Antimilitarism | Kassel local group
- Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft – VK | Antimilitarism
- Friedensratschlag | Antimilitarism
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Infoladen Halitstraße |Information store and meeting point - Initiative 6. April | Antiracism
- Seebrücke Kassel| Antiracism
- ISD – Initiative of black people in Germany Kassel group | Antiracism | Facebook
- BPoC Network Kassel | Antiracism
- Kassel Postcolonial | Postcolonialism
- Gedenkstätte Breitenau | Memorial
- DGB Jugend | Youth organization of workers union
- Verdi Jugend | Youth organization of workers union
- Junge GEW | Youth organization of workers union
- FAU Kassel | Anarchosyndicalist Basiswerkschaft
- Solidarity alliance for care work in Kassel | Career work | Insta
- Linksjugend solid Kassel | Youth organisation of party "Die Linke" the party THE LEFT
- SDAJ Kassel | group
- Revolution Kassel | group
- Together against the animal industry in North Hesse | Climate justice, Animal rights
- AStA Kassel and autonomous Often referred to AStA | Higher Education Policy | AStA Instagram
collectives & cooperatives
- Kassel collectives | Alliance of collective cooperatives
- Café Desasta | Café
- Kollektivcafé Kurbad | Café
- Bei Ali | Café & Bar
- Cafe Buchoase | Café
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ABC Buchladen| bookstore - Autonomes Frauen Haus e.V. | women's shelter
- Eigenmächtig e.V. | Trauma counseling for women *
- Mobile consulting team Hessen | advice against right wing extremism
- Response | Counselling for victims of right-wing violence
- Tagespflege Lossetal | day care
- Allerleih | Sharing platform
- SoLocal Enery e.V. | Climate change and solidarity balcony power plants | FB | Insta
- ColorLabor | Screen printing workshop
- Fahrradwerkstatt AStA | Bicycle Workshop
- Flipdot | Hackerspace
- Komm-Menu | Catering
- Kopfstand Education Collective | Political education
- Die Kopiloten | Political education
- Schmackes | Biological food store
- Mila O. | Biological food store
- Mila U. | Biological food store
- Röstrausch | Coffee roasting
- Saftmobil | Beverage supply
- Tagungshaus Niederkaufungen| house for conferences
- Tagungshaus Lebensbogen Zierenberg | house for conferences
- Kita Wühlmäuse | day care center
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Freie Schule Kassel | school
- Sudbury Schule Kassel | School (foundation in progress)
- Obstmanufaktur | Agriculture
- Hof Birkengrund | Agriculture
- Welcome to Weltladen / Welcome to Kassel e.V. | Fair trade
- Material distribution | Circular economy
- BauMab gGmbH | Component exchange
housing & housing projects
- Agathe (Kassel) | housing project in Mietshäuser Syndikat
- Auenland (Kassel) | House project in Tenement House Syndicate
- So*life (Kassel) | housing project in the Tenement House Syndicate
- Probe (Witzenhausen) | housing project in the Tenement House Syndicate
- WohnWIZ (Witzenhausen) | housing project in the Tenement House Syndicate
- Man dairy farm (Unterrieden/Witzenhausen) | commune and Tenement House Syndicate
- Commune Niederkaufungen | commune in the Kommuja Network
- Lossehof (Acquisitions) | communein the Kommuja Network
- Villa Locomuna (Kassel) | commune in the Kommuja Network
- gASTWERKe (Escherode) | communein the Kommuja Network
- Lebensbogen (Zierenberg) | commune in the Kommuja Network
- Sandburg | trailer park
- Wabe | trailer park
media
- Die Dezentrale | Online Magazine & Events Calendar
- Social Compass Kassel | Alternative city guide and directory
- Podcast “Über die Rechten hören” | Anchor.fm | Spotify
- Podcast zwischen*funken | hearthis
- Podcast CityTalk (TalkTime/CityLab/DistrictTime) | Spotify
- Tagessatz | newspaper of homeless people
- Campus Radio | Campus Radio
- Freifunk North Hesse | Freifunk
- Free Radio Kassel| FRK
- Kassel Zeitung | Online newspaper
- In the middle (Kassel) | Online newspaper
- The organ | Student newspaper
sports
- Streetbolzer | Creative, fair, antirassist
- Dynamo Windrad | Sports Club Kassel
- Roller Derby Kassel | Roller Derby
food / Urban Gardening
- Foodsharing Kassel | Foodsharing
- Community-supported agriculture Kassel e.V. | Agriculture
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Kassel Carrot collective | Agriculture - Essbare Stadt | Urban Gardening
- Campus Garden Kassel of the AStA of the University of Kassel | Urban Gardening
- Nutrition Council Kassel | group