Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 17:57:13 -0600 (CST) From: Sendic Estrada Jimenez <sestrada-AT-fcfm.buap.mx> Subject: M-NEWS: E/F;Deportation Europe, Jun 17 (Fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 12:40:48 -0500 (CDT) From: Chiapas95 <owner-chiapas95-AT-mundo.eco.utexas.edu> To: chiapas95-AT-mundo.eco.utexas.edu Subject: E/F;Deportation Europe, Jun 17 This posting has been forwarded to you as a service of Accion Zapatista de Austin. NB:This is a report about the demo in Amsterdam that Marcos sent a message to just recently. Harry ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 11:55:09 -0500 (CDT) From: "Harry M. Cleaver" <hmcleave-AT-mundo.eco.utexas.edu> To: aut-op-sy-AT-jefferson.village.virginia.edu, Accion Zapatista de Austin <accion-zapatista-AT-mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu>, Zapatismo Communications Network <zapatismo-AT-mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu>, Chiapas 95 Moderators <chiapas-AT-mundo.eco.utexas.edu>, encounter2-AT-tao.ca Cc: "Harry M. Cleaver" <hmcleave-AT-mundo.eco.utexas.edu> Subject: E/F; L'Europe de la deportation, Jun 17 Folks: Here's an account of the police blockage of an Italian train full of protesters headed for Amsterdam for a European wide protest. The writer discusses the refusal to pay (in solidarity with the undocumented and as an expression of the demand for free movement) and the sending of money instead to Chiapas! It is clear that lots of different kinds of struggles were being mingled here, which makes sorting out state motives difficult. Certainly, the state would have reasons for opposing virtually every action and motivation involved in these efforts. Towards the end of the article is a discussion of the way the protestors used mobile phones to provide real-time accounts to comrades at the free radio stations and the European Counter Network which uploaded the story hour by hour to the air-waves and Internet. They argue that this real-time reporting permited mobilization of equally rapid protests at various consulats and other actions which supported the protestors on the train. This account will appear, I hope, in English and should give us considerable food for thought about just how immediate and effective our actions on the Net can be. Here too is a partial answer to the question I posed on the Aut-op-sy list about how our friends in Europe would respond to Europe-wide repression of freedom of movement: an escalation of their own struggle through Europe-wide coordination of diffused action in support of concentrated group effort. The similarities to the world-wide mobilizations which have occurred in support of the Zapatistas should be obvious. In another posting, Franco suggested that just such police action might be forthcoming this summer at the time of the 2nd Encuentro in Spain if large numbers of participants from other European countries went to the meetings together. It would be good, I think, to contemplate just such a possibility and ask what preparations we might want to take in advance. It provides us with one more reason why we need to get our Internet resources geared up in advance of the Encuentro and to talk about what kinds of actions those of us dispersed around the world might take if the Spanish police follow the Dutch, German and Swiss examples. As Franco mentioned, the Spainish police have a reputation far worse than those in Northern Europe. (In fact, it might not be a bad time to go back and reread Federico Garcia Lorca's poem on the Civil Guard). Harry ........................................................................... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 14:16:12 +0200 From: ludo <ludo-AT-ecn.org> Reply-To: a-infos-d-AT-tao.ca To: a-infos-AT-tao.ca Subject: (fr) L'Europe de la deportation Les voyages forment la jeunesse et permettent de rencontrer d'autres personnes et d'autres cultures, comme il est convenu de dire et d'entendre. Pour nous, les trois mille jeunes et moins jeunes, membres de l'association Ya Basta, des centres sociaux, des organisations de base, du monde associatif, chomeurs, precaires, travailleurs, etudiants,..., ce voyage a plus ressemble a une deportation collective!!! Il est vrai que nous avons recontre diverses cultures et nationalites...de flics, mais on ne peut pas dire qu'ils soient reellement differents dans leur essence (pas celle qui brule a l'interieur des bouteilles). Changent la couleur des uniformes, la taille des matraques et de leurs proprietaires (disons que celles des corps speciaux anti-emeutes hollandais sont proportionnelles a leur gabarit, tous peuvent appartenir a un pack de rugby...hommes comme femmes). Ces memmes hollandais n'ont pas hesite de nous envoyer la cavalerie et les blindes pour nous disperser. Reprenons la chronologie des faits. Le vendredi matin, un millier de romains et napolitains prennent d'assaut deux trains afin de se rendre a Milan, point de rencontre de tous les manifestants en partance pour Amsterdam. L'apres-midi, tous ceux du Nord-Est de l'Italie mais aussi du Centre de la peninsule, agissaient pareillement. Il faut dire que depuis 3 semaines nous avions annonce publiquement notre volonte de participer a la manifestation d'Amsterdam du 14 Juin en occupant les trains, revendiquant notre droit a participer a la manifestation et ce bien evidemment gratuitement, n'ayant pas les moyens de payer le billet mais aussi affirmant qu'avec tous les moyens financiers mis en oeuvre pour l'organisation des differentes rencontres pour les grands de ce monde, nous simples citoyens, nous exigions la gratuite des transports. Notre deuxieme revendication se basait sur le fait que nous passerions a travers les differents pays sans devoiler notre identite et ce par solidarite avec les sans papiers et pour affirmer le droit a la libre circulation des individus
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