Weekend No Border 6- 7 october 2012 ( FR,ENL, NL )

Réunion internationale No Border à Bruxelles 6 et 7 octobre 2012

Suite aux camps No Border de Stockholm
et de Cologne et  la  demande de plusieurs pays, un week-end sera
organisé à  Bruxelles pour faire le point sur le mouvement Noborder
passé, actuel et futur.

Un ordre du jour doit-être organisé et nous vous proposons d'y  participer. Pour vos propositions écrivez à
info@vluchteling.be

En fonction de vos propositions, le projet de l'ordre du jour vous sera communiqué.

L'endroit sera diffus plus tard. Logement assur.


EN

International reunion no border at Brussels, 6th and 7th of October 2012



Following the No Border Camps in Stockholm and Cologne and at the request of several countries,
a weekend will be organised in Brussels to talk about the past, present and future of the No Border movement.


The agenda will be prepared and we invite you to take part. If you are
interested and have any suggestions please write to info@vluchteling.be

Taking your proposals into account a draft agenda will be prepared and sent to you.

The location will be communicated later . Accommodation provided.

NL

Internationale reünie voor No Border in Brussel, 6 en 7 oktober 2012

Na de No Border kampen in Stockholm en Cologne en na verzoek uit verschillende landen wordt een weekend georganiseerd in Brussel om te praten over het verleden, het heden en de toekomst van de No Border beweging.

De agenda zal worden voorbereid en we nodigen je uit daarin deel te nemen. Als je geïnteresseerd bent en suggesties hebt, schrijf dan naar info@vluchteling.be.

Een voorlopige agenda wordt opgesteld met de suggesties en naar je toegezonden.

De locatie wordt later vermeld. Accommodatie wordt geregeld.

Bron ;  info@vluchteling

Germany: Report back from the 2012 No Border Camp in Cologne Düsseldorf

Here follows a critique of the No Border Camp in Cologne and Düsseldorf —the event isn’t finished until later today, and its official end is July 22th.

Expectations were high for the latest No Borders camp, held on July 13–22 in Cologne, to put into action a lot of what had been claimed by activist communities on the subject of the refugees’ struggles for decent treatment. But when the moment came, it was choked by the institution itself.

From the very beginning it was clear there was an ‘invisible hierarchy’ at the camp, which did everything in its power to destroy the autonomous anarchist nature No Borders had nurtured over the years. But this should maybe have come as no surprise when it is considered the camp was co-funded by the European Union through its Youth Action fund and a Social Democrat-connected union. The revelation, which was hidden in the smallest print they could muster, was seen as a necessary prerequisite for the heavy rains that fell on the camp during its 10-day duration and for the circus tent that was hired for the event.

From the outset, a clear initiative was observed to drive attendees to a more liberal mainstream political expression rather than one which was radical, consensus-based and acting in solidarity with each other through affinity groups and spontaneous self-organization. This notion of hierarchical control became more and more evident as time progressed, until at the end most activists either left the camp altogether as early as the second day, devolved full authority to their affinity groups, or went along with the hierarchy with a hopeless shrug of the shoulders and a look forward to their own individual aims of mainstream political careers.

However, the most blame has to fall directly on the shoulders of the organizing committee, which rarely conceded on their aims to make the camp a social gathering accepting of all rather than a base from which to launch consistent attacks against the State’s tyranny in what concerns the rights of refugees in the European continent. Rather than provide a good starting point to see where the camp would go, they made a conscious attempt to direct the central assembly towards their liberal aims. There was never any way to reason with them, but rather a constant re-affirmation of their position which even included negating the opposite view even existed (something which was incredible to see being played out before your very eyes).

One of the main topics where this attitude was seen was that of having a bar at the camp. From the first night this bar was installed close to the entrance under the bridge. At first it was said the bar would only operate at certain times on certain days, but instead it operated every night from 6pm until past midnight. Soon, various refugees (whose demands had been published on the website noborder.antira.info in an effort to ensure the camp was going to be at least ideologically run for their needs and requirements with the rest of us supporting them in solidarity) started to voice their disapproval of the bar, which made them feel unsafe and insecure. They said having people who were drunk would dilute the efforts of the camp to create mutual solidarity, and lead to more racist interventions by individuals in a social setting. Indeed, some arguments erupted as people’s drunkenness got the better of their rational minds and started to settle back into mainstream cultural and racial prejudices without any challenge to their behaviour from those surrounding them.

However, when this matter was brought up at the main assembly, those who ran the bar made fun of the claims, acting always in a defensive way, never looking to compromise but always asserting they were right. They never attempted to empathize, but just said it was necessary to run the bar for the good of the camp, not only at the expense of the refugees and those in solidarity with them but also trampling over everyone’s right to decide how it was run. The bar continued dispensing drinks until the end of the camp, despite calls from the security group to close it, but the gradual boycott eventually led to its abandonment.

Similar stubbornness was expressed over issues as important to the activist community as veganism (despite advertising it as a vegan event, they refused to keep their word), but also antiziganism (pictures of Roma tinged with racial prejudice were displayed at a workshop) and authoritarianism (organizers rarely sought consensus but instead made vertical decisions, consistently denying the need for affinity groups).

Some attempts were made to change the power structure that the camp seemed to be intertwined with, mainly in the form of an alternative assembly which eventually led to the actions at the French consulate in Düsseldorf, where 11 people were detained for trespass and resistance to the police. The action was coordinated in order to have solidarity with the ‘accidental’ death of Noureddin in Calais nearly two weeks previously. But within the fragmented nature of the camp only a select group of people were allowed to participate or even know about it. Formed mainly by a group of people who got together to exclusify its members and alienate those around who wanted to participate in their actions, they created their own clique of young rebels who just wanted to upset the authorities under the guise of solidarity. This led to another vertical organization with the distrust and lack of cooperation giving them a reason to exclude others from the occupation of the French consulate.

Another action to occupy the Green party HQ was more successful in receiving support, with around 50 people eventually being removed by the police with others in support outside. The action was carried out in solidarity with four refugees who had been on hunger strike for the last two weeks in the centre of Düsseldorf. Their actions, along with other groups around the German State, intended to highlight the lack of basic human rights being granted to refugees, who are not allowed outside 30km from their detention centre, which resembles little more than a prison, without basic sanitary facilities and regimented eating times. Some activists showed solidarity with them by sleeping at the open verandah, which was constantly hassled by the police to stop them lying down for more than an hour.

Press attention for both actions on Friday could have helped the cause of the refugees, but even the final day’s march on the airport would have little effect in creating the galvanized approach to No Borders struggles that would have made the camp a success.

The sour taste in the mouth of the few committed activists who remained until the end, having travelled far and wide to attend the event, meant most of them just wanted it all to end as soon as possible rather than dwell on all those issues any longer.

The organizers were equally bitter and tried everything they could to assault all those who tried to speak against their self-imposed authority. While in other camps, like Bulgaria, these conservative projections had been overcome, or at least challenged, here in Germany, with its evolved leftist structures, the blur between anarchist self-organization and the social control of the Marxist Die Linke within the establishment only served to further disempower attendees.

A new self-critical slogan was birthed at a camp which served to quell the rage over the harsh and cruel conditions many refugees were kept under within Fortress Europe (some suggested Frontex was on the same funding sheet as the No Border Camp-Köln): ‘No Border, No Nation! Stop the vacation!’ Despite the obvious humour, it reflected a concerted attempt by the powers-that-be to create a festival-like atmosphere at the camp which co-opted it into white-ist capitalism, with live music and hierarchically run workshops replacing direct action and horizontal organization.

Already there are plans for a No Border Camp near Berlin next year, returning to No Borders’ anarchistic roots. If things are not radically different, breaking from the German-centric way they were here in Cologne, it will be hard to convince the rest of the movement their activists are anything but autonomous hipsters who strive for anything but mediocrity and social inclusion within the mainstream political discourse.

—written by comrades who participate in the project of contrainfo, and attended the nbc köln.

For mor information / reaction see :

http://en.contrainfo.espiv.net/2012/07/21/germany-reportback-from-the-2012-no-border-camp-in-cologne-dusseldorf/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

July 21st, 2012 | Tags: activism, anarchists, anti-authoritarians, antifascism, Calais, collective action, Cologne, Consulate of France, counter-information, detention centres, direct action, Düsseldorf, Europe, Germany, human dignity, hunger strike, immigrants, July, murder, No Borders, Noureddin Mohamed, refugees, Rome, solidarity | Categories: Ecology – Health, Education, Migration – Antifascism, News, Prisons – Detention, Repression

No Border camp Köln - Düsseldorf 2012

Cologne, Germany, 13-22 July 2012 Een samenkomst voor uitwisseling en netwerken om effectiever te kunnen handelen. Will jij participeren in workshops en meedoen aan acties met oude en nieuwe vrienden? De workshops en de acties op het No Border camp hebben verschillende onderwerpen zoals: deportaties, Frontex, antiziganisme, alledaags racisme, de discours van extreem-rechts, institutioneel racisme, de levensomstandigheden en de strijd van migranten, post-kolonialisme, redenen om te vluchten, de situatie aan de grenzen zelf en nog veel meer. Critical whiteness en empowerment spelen een belangrijke rol op het kamp. Het kamp is bedoeld als een plek van samenhorigheid en discussie, met ruimte voor antiracisme, een kritische blik op kapitalisme en antifascistische en feministische perspectieven. Een plek om ervaringen uit te wisselen en nieuwe acties te plannen. Waar mensen van verschillende achtergronden samenkomen om gezamenlijk te strijden. Kom naar de camping, om deel te nemen, organiseer workshops of acties of kom gewoon langs om te genieten. No Borders No Nations!

Bron :

http://noborder.antira.info/nl

Bitte bringt euer Infomaterial mit! / Please bring your info material!/S'il vous plaît tapporter matériel informatif‏

-----------deutsch------------
Hallo,

bald ist es soweit,
das No Border Camp 2012 startet am Freitag! Viele helfenden Hände sind zur
Stunde damit beschäftigt die großen Zirkuszelt etc. aufzubauen.

Eine Bitte an alle, die zum Camp kommen, aber auch an die, die es nicht
schaffen:
Bringt doch Infomaterial zu eurer antirassistischen /rassismuskritischen
Arbeit, eurer Gruppe mit!

Vielleicht habt ihr gute Flyer, kleine Infobroschüren, Zeitungen oder
beliebte Aufkleber, es kann auch Material älteren Datums sein, das meist
ist ja leider trotzdem noch aktuell. Vielleicht schläft auch noch eine
kleine Austellung oder Zusammfassung eurer Arbeit in irgendeinem Keller.
Einfach mitbringen!

Vernetzung bedeutet auch Austausch, sich Kennenlernen und von der jeweils
anderen Arbeit zu erfahren. Deshalb: Es wäre super, wenn ihr eure Sachen
mitbringt, oder wenn ihr sie Leuten die fahren mitgebt.
Die Idee ist eine Info-Tisch mit allen Infomaterialien, der für alle
zugänglich ist.

Super! Vielen Dank!
Bis ganz bald!
No Borders No Nations

-----------english--------------

Hello,

the noborder camp 2012 is getting closer,
it will start on friday!. At the moment many busy helping hands are
setting up the big circus tents etc..

There is one question to everybody who is coming to the camp, but aswell
to everybody who will not make it:
Please bring your info material, material concerning your
antiracist/racist critical work of your group!

Maybe you have some good flyers, small brochures, newspapers or fancied
stickers, even if is older material. Most of the things will unfortunately
still be on topic. As well maybe you find in your rooms sleeping in a
corner some exhibitions or summaries of your work. Just bring it to the
camp!

Networking also means exchange, to get to know the work of each other.
Therefor: It would be great, if you bring some info material. or if you
hand it to people who will go.
The idea is an info-table where all of the infomaterail ist collected and
everybody can see it.

perfect! thanks so much!
See you soon!
No Borders No Nations


--------francais- svec la traduction automatique -------------------

Bonjour, parfois c'est le cas, le camp No Border 2012 commence le vendredi!
Beaucoup de mains sont occupés à l'heure a la construcion du camp y de la
tente de cirque grand, etc.

Une question à tous ceux qui viennent au camp, mais aussi à ceux qui ne
peuvent pas le faire:
S'il vous plaît apporter matériel informatif sur votre travail, votre groupe!
Peut-être que vous avez papiers, de petites brochures, journaux ou
autocollant populaire,
il peut aussi matériaux daté passé parce que malheureusement cèst toujours
d'actualité.
Peut-être même un résumé exposer votre travail somneil dans ta chambre...
Le interconnexion est l'échange, d'apprendre à connaître et à apprendre
les uns des autres de travail. Apportez des choses avec, ou si vous ne
venir pas, le donner à des gens qui vont au camp.

L'idée est une d'info-table avec tout le matériel d'information qui est
accessible à tous.

Super! Je vous remercie!
A très bientôt!
No Border No Nation

Noborder Camp hat einen Platz!!! / Noborder Camp has got a location!‏

[dt] - [en]

heyho,

wir haben jetzt schriftlich von der Stadt, dass wir das Gelände der
Poller Wiesen nutzen können!!

Hier findet ihr es:
http://stadtplan.koeln.de/index.php?zoom=6&lat=50.91932&lon=6.97663&layers=B0FFFFFFFTT&content=NoborderCamp!

Koordinaten für Googelmaps (einfach als Suchfunktion zusammen eingeben)
50.918971,6.976229

Die Fortschritte bei den Verhandlungen sind aber auch ein erster
politischer Erfolg für das Camp. Denn wir erinnern uns: Anfangs hieß es
von Seiten der Stadt "NEVER!". Das sich das jetzt geändert hat ist
sicher nicht der Freundlichkeit der Behörden geschuldet, sondern eine
klare Konsequenz unseres politischen Druckes. Denn Stadt und Polizei
haben erst eingelenkt, als sie glaubhaft damit konfrontiert wurden, dass
sie sonst 1000 wütende Aktivist_innen in ihrer Innenstadt haben.

Also, es geht was im Rheinland. Jetzt wird es Zeit, Druck in Richtung
unserer politischen Forderungen zu machen!

No Border, No Nation!

die Verhandlungsgruppe

heyho,

now we have it in written form, that we can use the area of the Poller

wiesen for Camping!!

Here it is located:

http://stadtplan.koeln.de/index.php?zoom=6&lat=50.91932&lon=6.97663&layers=B0FFFFFFFTT&content=NoborderCamp!

coordinates for googelmaps (just use this numbers in searchfield)

50.918971,6.976229

The progress in negotiation is a first political sucess of the camp. We

remeber: In the beginning there was a "Never!" from the city. That this

changed is surely not the effect of pure kindlyness. It is the clear

consequence of our political pressure. Because city and cops gave in not

before we confronted them with the fact, that otherwise 1000 angry

Acticists will be in their city.

So, something is possible in the Rhineland. Now it's time to put the

pressure on our political goals!

No Border, No Nation!

the negotiation team

No Border Camp 2012 Köln/Düsseldorf - Los geht's! Camp-Aufbau/Let's go! Camp-Construction/Fouette, cocher! construction du camp‏

--- Bitte weiterleiten/please spread this mail/s.v.p. acheminez
cette email ---

en below
fr en-bas


[deutsch]

Liebe Leute,

Es ist fast so weit: Das NoBorderCamp 2012 Köln/Düsseldorf findet
vom 14. bis 22.7.2012 statt.

Wo: Der Ort wird in Kürze bekannt gegeben. Ihr findet Platz und
Wegbeschreibung auf unserer Website.

Das Camp ist das, was wir draus machen. Also kommt zum Camp, kommt
mit Workshops, Aktionen oder einfach nur so!

Wir freuen uns auf einen Raum, in dem wir zusammenkommen und uns
in unseren verschiedenen Positionen und Sichtweisen austauschen
und streiten können, in dem wir mehr werden und uns vernetzen
können mit dem Ziel, handlungsfähiger zu werden und Widerstand zu
leisten! Es wird Aktionen, Vorträge und Workshops rund um die
Themen (Sammel-)Abschiebungen, Frontex, Antiziganismus,
Alltagsrassismus, Whiteness und vielen mehr geben sowie ein
Kulturprogramm mit Theater, Ausstellungen und Konzerten. Mehr dazu
findet ihr auf der Website http://noborder.antira.info/de

Da das ganze auch Geld kostet, bitten wir alle diejenigen, die
Geld zur Verfügung haben, um einen kleinen Tagesbeitrag.


Hilfe beim Aufbau

Leider bauen sich Zelte, Sanitäranlagen, Wasser- Elektro- und
IT-Infrastruktur nicht von selbst auf. Wir rechnen mit drei Tagen
Aufbau, d.h. wir brauchen jede verfügbare helfende Hand an den
Tagen Mittwoch, 11.7. bis Freitag, 13.7. Es gibt an diesen Tagen
alle Hände voll zu tun, deswegen: Wenn Ihr irgendwie schon früher
nach Köln kommen könnt: Bitte Kommt! Wir stellen ab Dienstag abend
Schlafplätze, Essen und bei schönem Wetter abendliches Lagerfeuer
am Rhein zur Verfügung. Bitte schreibt uns möglichst bald an
noborder-cologne2012@riseup.net, wann und mit wie vielen Menschen
ihr kommt! Wenn ihr eigenes Werkzeug haben solltet und es
transportieren könnt, bitte markiert es und bringt es auch mit!

Wir freuen uns auf Euch!

Der Kölner Vorbereitungskreis


[english]

Hello everybody!

The No Border Camp 2012 Köln/Düsseldorf will take place from 7/14 to
7/22 2012.

Where: The location will be announced soon. You will find more
information about the place and a location plan on our website.

The camp is what we make of it. So come to the campside, take part,
bring workshops, actions and participate!

We look forward to a space where we come together, exchange views and
discuss, where we become more people and where we connect with the aim
of being able to act and to resist! There will be activities, lectures
and workshops around the themes of deportations, Frontex, antiziganism,
everyday racism, whiteness, and many more as well as a cultural program
with theater, exhibitions and concerts. You will find more on our
website http://noborder.antira.info/en

Because the camp will cost money, we ask all those who have money
available for a small daily contribution.


Camp-Construction

Unfortunately, tents, sanitary, water-, electricity- and
IT-infrastructure will not be constructed by itself. We calculated three
days for the construction of the camp, e.g. we need all the helping
hands available from Wednesday, 11th, to Friday, 13th. There will be
more than enough work to be done, so if by any means you can make it to
cologne earlier, please, don`t hesitate to come! From Tuesday evening
on, we can supply you with sleeping places, food and, assuming that the
weather will be nice, evening-campfire on the banks of the Rhine. If you
can come and help, please send us an e-mail soon to
noborder-cologne2012@riseup.net and tell us the date of your
arrival and how many people you will be. If you have your own tools
and can transport them, please mark them as yours, and also bring
them!

Looking forward to see you,

the cologne preparation group


[francais]

Bonnes gens,

Il est à peu près autant: la noborder camp de 2012 à Cologne /
Düsseldorf à partir du 14. - 22. 07. 2012.

Où: L'emplacement sera annoncé bientôt. Vous pouvez trouver des
instructions sur notre site web.

Le camp est ce que nous en faisons. Alors, venez au camp, venez
avec des idées pour des ateliers, des actions ou sans raison
particulière!

Nous nous réjouissons à un espace où nous nous réunissons et nous
battre dans nos diverses positions et des échanges de vues et d'où
nous sommes de plus en plus en mesure de nous connecter avec
l'objectif d'être en mesure d'agir et de résister! Il y aura des
activités, des conférences et des ateliers autour des thèmes de
déportations, Frontex, antitsiganisme, le racisme au quotidien, la
blancheur, et bien d'autres ainsi que d'un programme culturel avec
théâtre, expositions et concerts. Plus le trouver sur le site
http://noborder.antira.info/de

Parsce qu'il coute cher, nous demandons à tous qu' on a l'argent
disponible pour une petite contribution.


Construction du camp

Malheureusement, pour construire des tentes, des toilettes, eau,
électricité et l'infrastructure informatique, il manque de l`aide
de touts. Nous avons calculé trois jours de la construction, et
nous avons besoin de toutes les mains disponibles en aidant à les
jours mercredi 11.7. au vendredi, de 13,7. Il ne manque pas de
travaille, afin: Si vous pouvez venir à Cologne plus tôt: S'il vous
plaît venez! Nous pouvons offrir de lits mardi soir, de la
nourriture, et, en conditions météorologiques, les feux de camp
tous les soirs sur le Rhin. S'il vous plaît écrivez-nous a
noborder-cologne2012@riseup.net, quand et avec combien de personnes
vous venez! Si vous devez posséder leurs propres outils et ils peut
transporter, s'il vous plaît les marquez comme votre proprieté et
l'emporter aussi!

Nous nous réjouissons de vous voir!

Bron :

Le comité de préparation de Cologne