Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 08:41:04 +0200
Subject: AUT: Tampere update#3



Tampere Update #3

First of all some self-critics. 

As organizers of the Tampere event we have spent a lot of time talking about 
organizational aspect and technical items but we forgot the political aspects 
of the counter-summit. Yes that´s true but we are still in time in order to 
develop in Tampere also the debat between the different reality of the european 
sans-papier network. We think that in Tampere we can really start to build a 
real network. The results of this unformal work done until now are in any case 
good. A lot of different things will happen in Europe in October 15 and 16. The 
lack of the political debat is also undoubtly caused from a sostantial 
uniformity of the point of view. In any case we hope that we will start to 
discuss really concrete things in Tampere working groups as network, actions, 
pratical solidarity and so.

We would like also to say that the counter-summit and the other event of this 
autumn are not determinated from the side of the enemy. The Tampere counter-
summit is not an answer to a meeting of european govermnents but a part of a 
process started from the antagonist side in French from 1995-96, followed by an 
huge mobilisation in every corner of our continent. The process stops in april 
99 in consequence of the Balkans war. Now is time to fight again not because 
the EU have a summit but because the political process of formation of a 
subjectivity is in action.

The third point is that we do not look for a media spectacle in Tampere in 
opposition to the spectacle of the EU. For us is not important to have just a 
good demo but for us is important to give a strong signal to the society, to 
immigrants, to all the people involved in our common struggle and to build a 
real network of real struggles.

For this reason this Tampere update #3 is an appeal to act in your country and 
an appeal to come in Tampere. We really need the presence of every single 
person of every single collective. The situation at the moment is that police 
will try to marginalize our event and will try to reduce our public space and 
visibility. The intention is clear because the decisions that the EU will take 
in Tampere are not only secret (no information about the contempt of the 
summit) but also really dramatic for immigrants and for society in general. The 
EU will open a new chapter made of militarization of territories and borders, 
made of mass expulsion, made of prisons for sans-papier. A new chapter of death 
and repression for all. 

We ask to all the activists of European networks to come in Tampere. We are 
ready to make all the necessary efforces in order to arrange flexible 
transportations and accomodations in Tampere and also in Helsinki.
At the moment groups from Germany, Italy, French, Yugoslavia, Sweden and other 
countries have informed us that they will be in Tampere. Also representative of 
the immigrants associations in Finlands will join the event.
 
We really hope to see also you in Tampere.

The organizers of the Tampere counter-summit

www.ecn.org/finlandia/tampere
finlandia-AT-ecn.org

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Program of the anti-summit

Friday 15.10. 

Arrival in Tampere and accomodation at Tammela school, (500 m. from the Railway 
station/ Tampere is a small city and is easy to find the school). (cost for 
accomodation for night 5 euros, pls. take a sleeping bag with you).

Concert at I-club at 9 pm. (punk, hc, reggae etc. and tables with political 
materials). (6 euros). For people not interested in the concert unformal 
meetings at the school.

Saturday 16.10. 

Workshops (10 am-2.30 pm). At least 3 groups: 
*European network of immigrants struggles
*Antifascism
*Citizenship income working group projecting also the events for december 99. 

Demo (3 pm at Tampere Keskustori) 
 
Sunday 17.10. 

Seminar on immigrants struggles in Europe. (speakers form French, Italy, 
Germany, Finland and representative of immigrants associations)

Departure from Tampere
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Transportation will be arranged from all the major Finnish cities. 
Transportation for foreign delegations from Helsinki and Turku (cost of the bus 
ticket to Tampere and back 12 euros). The busses will depart to Tampere on 
Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, transportation back from Tampere on 
Saturday evening and Sunday morning.   
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Food is arranged by the organizers at the school cost from 2 to 4 euros.
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Together with the counter summit take place the event multimedia event "cross 
the border". Pls. visit the site www.kiasma.fi/temp



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