<nettime> 4 border camps digest 1.0

[florian schneider <fls@kein.org>]

4 BORDER CAMPS DIGEST 1.0
http://noborder.eu.org


1 REPORT FROM THE CAMP IN USTRZYKI ON THE UKRAINIAN-SLOVAKIAN-POLISH 
BORDER

2 INVITATION TO THE CAMP AT THE US-MEXICAN BORDER

3 INVITATION TO THE CAMP IN SICILY/ITALY

4 INVITATION TO THE CAMP AT THE GERMAN POLISH BORDER



1 REPORT FROM THE CAMP IN USTRZYKI ON THEUKRAINIAN-SLOVAKIAN-POLISH 
BORDER


From: "Laure Akai" <cube@zigzag.pl> 
To: <alter-ee@most.org.pl>

 We've returned from the camp in Ustrzyki on the
Ukrainian-Slovakian-Polish border. Everything went fairly well given the
conditions: it rained pratically the whole time making mountain hiking a
bit tricky.

Over 150 people from different countries came: we had people there from
Poland, Germany, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Slovakia, Holland, Finland,
Austria, Bulgaria and Spain. The area has few inhabitants; the entire
population of Ustrzyki Gorne was deported after WWII after the UPA
(Ukrainian partisan army) became active in the area. There were three
main actions. First, there was a demo in front of the border police in
Lutowiski where people shouted slogans and burned a symbolic border
crossing. The second action was supposed to be the most important - the
illegal crossing of the border. But there were torrential rains and only
about 25 of the most enthusiastic and hardy campers decided to make the
four hour hike up the mountain trails. Still, when they got there they
found out that the border police had been waiting there for 3 days and
had to mobilize everyone they had (about 1500 people) to stop us. So,
needless to say, nobody managed to cross. Finally, during the last
action there was a protest at the building site of a new border guard
HQ; people climbed a tower and hung a banner. These actions got some
press coverage and generally they were fairly successful despite the
rain. During the actions there was no great problems with the police (we
outnumbered them and also they came to the camp the night before the
actions when we were showing riot videos and got scared of us).
Unfortunately as people started to leave they began to harrass folks and
deported Slovaks who had come illegally to join us. (We welcome them the
alter-ee!)

We have some good ideas for next year to make an action on the
Polish-Lithuanian-Belarussian border (with a possible side trip to the
Kaliningrad region). The town of Sejny has had some ethnic and border
conflicts recently; there is a Lithuanian majority in this town on the
Polish side of the border. After the camp, Belarussians hopefully will
be able to do a concert/festival on their side of the border.

Laure



2 INVITATION TO THE CAMP AT THE US-MEXICAN BORDER


 From: "luis humberto clinton" <cybercholito@hotmail.com>

Huicho here, from Cinemátik.

I wanted to invite you to the border camp we are organizing here in
Tijuana as part of the kein mensch ist illegal chain of camps. Our camp
is called Borderhack!, and will be taking place from september 1st til
3rd of 2000 in the beach and faro area in Playas de Tijuana (you may
remember it from the Alexei Shulgin event).

We'll have conferences, art exhibitions,techno and punk musical
performances, web area, and other activities.

Also wanted to ask you if you knew anybody who will like to participate
in the camp, and if so, could you please let me know how to contact
them.

We are very excited with this project and hope you can join us.

Luis Humberto Rosales.


3 INVITATION TO THE CAMP IN SICILY/ITALY

From: ska@ecn.org

Camping programm 

23 july action in Catania, demo in town and sit in in Fontana rossa 
24 july in the morning meeting for the opening of the camping in the
afternoon report of Fulvio Vassallo Paleologo for the comitee Truth and
Justice on the slaughter of Vulpitta 
25 july day of discussion on migrations, politics concerning migration
and ways of fighting 
26 july day of discussion on working and not working 
27 july at 17 demo in Trapani to the internment center (Serraino
Vulpitta) at 22 concert in the square 
28 july day of discussion on biotechnologies, increase of poorness of
the south of the world and globalisation, new forms of resistence 
29 july day of discussion on repression and militarisation of the
territory 
30 july final plenum the camping costs will be about 120 DM each,
including transport by bus to Trapani the 27 july

Against the new lagers of the fortress Europe, for the free circulation
of all As sicilian comrades we think very important to go on with what
we have done recently, making many people going out and demonstrate in
many italian towns against the law Turco Napolitano and for the closing
of the internement centers. But the racistic policies of the middle
"left"governement have to be seen as one of the aspects of the wild
neoliberist offense which makes of Italy the guardian of the Europe of
Schengen. In all these months we have fought against biotechnologies and
globalisation, against the new strategies to controll the Adriatic sea
and the NATO riorganisation of the southern Italy, against the OCSE and
the new frontiers of capitalism. From this grows the need to link the
antirassism to a deeper and global analysis which supports ways of
fighting able to overcome the dates given by the power and thearicality
of the mass media connected to a way of doing politics that bases itself
on images and not on the contents. In the meantime we think it's time to
concentrate all our attention on the most relevant contraddictions. And
where have historically exploded the social and economical
condraddictions if not on the borders? Now as always Sicilia represents
a cutting point between the nord and the south of the world, between EU
citizens and not. Now as ever place of illusory wealth encouraged by
false promises and of real economic and cultural middleage, of
cathedrals in the desert and black work. The craziest expression of the
incongruety of the neoliberist economic model. On one side army of the
Europe of Schengen and of the NATO , on the other side land of
exploitment and capitalistic predation, of anacronistic forms of pooerty
and huge differencies of classes. In such discussion grows the war
between the poors, functional to the controll of borders. Our land is
from ages the crossing point of people and cultures and now remains
indifferent to the armed closing of its shores and to the burns of
illegal people. It's more a matter of indifference than a racial hate
the feeling demonstrated by the local people towards the people who come
here forced by hunger and who often are put in an internement centre.
indifference towards the destiny of whom the mass media describe as
illegal and as illegal without equal dignity and right of citizenship,
often victims of the exploitement of the italian bourgesie, forced to
unhuman conditions of working as low paid workers without protection. To
whom are denied the most basical rights, victims of the organised
criminality and for this made guilty by the most fascist logics of
propaganda especially during elections, to confuse the people and focus
the rage against external enemies, victims of the capitalistic system as
the unemployed, the workers, the students, the retired people and the
women. indifference that doen't have any reason to exist, not only for a
past that has seen us as migrants but for a present that especially in
the south see us immigrants or not, legal or not, all victims of
globalisation, subject to the blackmails of the precarisation and
flexibility. The law Turco Napolitano is functional to the regulation of
the migration flows, related to the need of the capital, from the
istitutional left to the Confindustria now the immigrant can be a
dangerous illegal to stop and deport on the other side he is an
important resource to exploit. To this we oppose and offer solidarity.
That's why a camping of fighting and discussions in Sicilia, a camping
to find our times and ways mof reflection, to discuss on migration and
all the subjects connected to it. We think it's important for the
camping to demonstrate in Trapani because this town is a compulsory stop
for whom try to find a better life in Europe, Trapani also because there
is the centre Serraino Vulpitta where our brothers are dead killed by
the fire and by indifference so we ask closing immediately the Serraino
Vulpitta togheter with the other centers, agains any substitution of
this lager with other more" comfortable" changing immediately of the law
Turco Napolitano open the borders to all immigrants against any law
which restricts the freedom of movement, assure home, heath assistance
and good conditions of working apart from the race or sex create really
a multicultural society say no the the repressive politics an fascist
politics of the minister Bianco and of the government Amato a quick act
of indemnity for all the immigrants on the italian territory

centro sociale occupato autogestito 
OFFICINA 99 - Via Gianturco 101 Laboratorio occupato S.K.A. - Calata
Trinità Maggiore 15/6 (p.za del Gesù) tel/fax ++39-81-5522399 cell.
0335-6215304  0368-3913247 
e-mail: ska@ecn.org 
http://www.ecn.org/ska



4 INVITATION TO THE CAMP AT THE GERMAN POLISH BORDER


Invitation to the Third Anti-Racist Border Camp 
July 29th - August 6th, 2000 in Forst

"What strikes me most is that you cannot see any country borders. I
suddenly realised that the borderlines shown on maps are just creations
in people's minds." (Ulf Merbold, Astronaut)

 Well, we cannot offer a trip to the moon, unfortunately. But the camp
still offers possibilities to examine the findings cited above. When a
person crosses the river Neisse he is not stopped by invisible powers or
forces from entering the Federal Republic of Germany. Those which stop
him have names and functions. They are made of flesh and blood and are
hiding behind the fulfilment of duties as well as national or European
responsibilities:

 The German Federal Border Police (BGS). The Federal Ministry of the
Interior. The Central Authorities for Foreigners. Others willingly
execute the desires of silent majorities by using the language of
violence against people of colour, people of a different nationality or
opinion, attacking or occasionally killing them:

 German neo-nazis and fascists. Many contribute their part by looking
the other way, by not intervening, remaining silent or even by
denouncing the victims: German citizens.

 This mixture of xenophobia, racism, and social as well as
state-organised persecution we call the BORDER REGIME.

 Against this conglomeration of German every-day life we are again
organising a camp at the Polish-German border.

 State racism through prohibition of work, deportation, internment,
restricted freedom of movement and police suspicion will be discussed as
well as strategies against racist opinions and propaganda found in pubs
and living-rooms.

 The camp will also examine the concept for building tolerance in the
region of Brandenburg (,Tolerantes Brandenburg\\') organised by the
regional government. We will provide a forum for criticism to all those
who have no voice or are not heard within the concept. They are
cordially invited to participate with their wishes and demands.

 Our aim is clear:

- advocate the interests of migrants and refugees. 
- encouragement, support and co-operation of initiatives which want to
stop racist street brutality, inhuman treatment at foreign
administration offices and the hunt for human beings at the border. 
- a public critique of the conditions which lead to such situations. 
- the disruption and irritation of the border regime.

 Like last year, we would like to have a meeting of friends with
political and cultural discussion and action. The convergence of
different personal, cultural and political backgrounds and experiences
is intentional. An important aspect is the self-organisation of the
participants. We expect that people accept responsibilities in camp life
and we look forward to open-mindedness, which hopefully will foster lots
of ideas for actions and inspiring encounters.

 See ya,  the camp organisation.

 Equal rights for refugees and migrants!  
Open borders!  
No more deportations!  
Support refugees!  
Contact: c/o FFM, Grenzcamp 2000, Gneisenaustr. 2a,  D-10961 Berlin, 
e-mail: ffm@snafu.de, 
http://www.nadir.org/camp00

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