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Dear all, following an attempt to sum up the migrationrelated preparation-process concerning the coming anti-G8-mobilisation. This report should serve also as another invitation to the next preparation-meeting, which will take place from 16th to 18th of march in Berlin (beginning on 16th at 6 p.m. at Mehringhof, Gneisenaustr. 2a). And we will keep a structure, which was established already in our last meeting: 1. activities in the forefront/within next weeks and months before the G8; 2. an overview about the general anti-G8-choreography in the week of June and the migrationrelated focal points; 3. the migrationrelated networking-meeting and "cross-over"-events on 3rd of June and our participation in the alternative summit; 4. the migrationrelated actionday on 4th of June, the common call for it and the big evening event at the same day.
1. activities in the forefront/ within next weeks and months before the G8
Already in january an interesting information-tour with a guest from Mauretania took place and the mobilisation against the G8 was a main reference. And as far as an overview is possible in a lot of cities will happen further events about "migration and G8" within next weeks and months.
Particular importance of course will be given to the caravan/NoLager-tour, which will start at 19th of May in Neuburg/Bavaria and which will stop in various cities ( for example in Freienbessingen, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Bielefeld, Bramsche, Blankenburg/Oldenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Horst, Schwerin, Berlin), before it arrives in Rostock for the big demonstration on 2nd of June. A more detailled plan for the tour and the respective preparations in the various cities should be available soon.
Additionally should be mentioned, that this caravan/NoLager-tour will "unite" with the western part of Euromarch on 28th and 29th of May in Oldenburg and Hamburg. These marches against precariousness (see the german call and further informations at http://euromarsch2007.labournet.de/) will take place between 26th of May and 2nd of June, and they move from 3 directions to Rostock in order to join the big demonstration too.
2. an overview about the general anti-G8-choreography in the week of June and the migrationrelated topics
On several websites (go to http://nolager.de/blog/node/567#attachments) you can find a graphical choreography, which offers a better overview about the whole actionweek in June.
As already mentioned the actionweek will start with a hopefully huge demonstration on 2nd of June in Rostock. You will find the call for this demonstration at http://www.heiligendamm2007.de/Demo_en/index_demo_en.html (in english), and it includes also some of our main migrationrelated demands.
At 3rd of June some activities will happen about "global agriculture", moreover -as on the evening before- a concert and more cultural events are under preparation. Beside this the 3rd of June (sunday) should be used for networking-meetings and further discussion-events (find more below at item 3).
Concerning 4th of June, the migrationrelated actionday, find more at item 4.
At 5th of June - with a main reference against militarisation and war- the blockades will start around the small airport in Rostock-Laage, which is also used as military base. At the same evening the alternative summit will start and continues until 7th of June.
Mass-blockades as well as flexible, decentralized blockades can be exspected in the early morning of 6th of June around Heiligendamm (the place of the summit). And on 7th of June the blockades will be combined with demonstrations, which should lead to the fences of the red zone. So far a rough overview and you can find more detailled informations mainly on 2 websites (also in english): http://www.heiligendamm2007.de/ http://gipfelsoli.org/
3. the migrationrelated networking-meeting and "cross-over"-events on 3rd of June and our participation in the alternative summit
As it is planned until now the sunday morning (3rd of June) should be used for various networking meetings following their respective contents: for example about war/antimilitarism, about precariousness/euromarches, about climate change and about migration.
Between 2 and 5 p.m. a bigger event should take place, in order to lead together the various themes in a common debate about perspectives in and beyond Europe. Further "cross-over" workshops can follow. Afterwards the cutural program will start, but in the same time more space is given to continue with workshops from the morning time.
In our last migrationrelated meeting in January in Berlin we had (pre)decided, not to limit our workshops on 2 or 3 hours but to try to get more time. We want to meet in more "horizontal discussions" with not too much inputs and speeches, rather with a main focus on common discussions in a hopefully transnational composition.
Until now we proposed about 10 migrationrelated workshops, for example: legalisation; racist police violence; camp- and borderregime; deportations and readmission programs; precariousness and migration; remittances and development ... Various groups or persons took the responsibilities to coordinate/prepare the respective topics. And first results should be presented in the coming meeting in Berlin in order to develop and deepen. The intention at least in some of the workshops is to overcome a mere information-exchange, rather to discuss about transnational campaigns and concrete interventions. Of course more time is needed in such a perspective, the later afternoon or early evening should be used to continue these workshops.
Additionally the option is given to continue a few workshops in the frame of the alternative summit. This counter-conference will start on the evening of 5th of June, and probably Madjiguene Cisse, a former sans papier activist in France and engaged in womens-projects in Senegal now, will be a main speaker in the opening plenary. Moreover a socalled "middle-podium" (6 bigger events about various topics during wednesday, 6th of June) is under preparation, which will focus to the structural background of flight and migration in Africa. A few guests from various african countries will take part on it. In our coming meeting in Berlin we also will discuss about these preparations and further ideas of workshops inside the alternative summit.
4. About the migrationrelated actionday on 4th of June, the common call for it and the big evening event at the same day
Until now we plan decentralized activities in the morning of 4th of June (Monday), followed by a cultural program, streettheaters and installations against the borderregime in the afternoon and leading over to a big demonstration through the inner city of Rostock. For the evening a big discussion-event is proposed, under the title: freedom of movement against global apartheid! Migrationrelated activists from different continents should be brought into a common debate. And in our last meeting we started to discuss about a common call for 4th of June. Below attached you will find the updated version, which should be finalized before (or latest during) the coming meeting in Berlin.
Conclusions:
Further activities within the next weeks and months before the G8, our participation in the general mobilisation/choreography and last not least the concrete preparations for the 3rd and 4th of June will mainly determine the agenda of our coming meeting in Berlin. Would be great and important, if more groups and initiatives will join our ambitious plans. Finally the hint, that we (as migrationrelated groups) will meet again in April in the frame of the next (3rd) international action-conference in Rostock (from 13th to 15th of April).
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