this is our 10th protocol to form a "lager mobilisation network" in berlin. again, around 20 people were there – thanks to u all. please add, correct and criticize in the comment section.
protocol #10 – forming a 'lager mobilisation network' in berlin
1. introduction of the network for our new freedom fighters
2. reports from our lager visits
3. demo: we are here and we will fight for our right to stay
4. ideas and dates
5. next meeting
1. introduction of the network for our new freedom fighters
our goal is to have a decenteralized lager-mobilisation in berlin and hopefully one day in brandenburg. we already visited some lagers, did some research about the shit living conditions inside and how they are built to make money off of illegalized and isolated human beings we label as “refugees”. right now there are over 23.000 people (official number by lageso) just in berlin in lagers.
the lager-mobilisation-network is an OPEN network with decenteralized working groups against the slavery which taking place inside the lagers – so join like u want and your personal scheduele allows u to participate; plus we do NOT do anything “illegal”. we are people from all over the world and speak english during our meetings, but german translation is always possible, for other languages hit us up please – or if possible bring your friends with u.
after some re/thinking rounds, practical action and personal connection we developed two guidlines for the coming steps, but these ideas are dynamic and realated to our possibilites and the exprience we gain, a short summary:
I. short and mid-term:
a. we will go and talk with groups who know and can teach about the legal problems and educate ourselves in this direction and then visit again the lagers in small groups and spread this hardly needed information as the people asked us when we were visiting them; in addition to this we take info flyers etc. with us about the legal situations. we also invite (not force…) the so-called refugees living in those lagers we visit to be part of our group.
b. we want also be part of the “neighbourhood/welcoming-initiatives” and bring some alternative ideas and information from the self-organized struggle additional to their great charity work.
–> therefore we need some MORE people who speak different languages like: arabic, albanian, dari/farsi, serbo-croatian, tigrinya, urdu etc. – every languages is needed.
–> decentral working activists: people who are interessted to take care of the lagers in their around their living places like the districts they are living in and contact the people inside of lagers and participate in “neighbourhood/welcoming-initiatives” there – we (will) start very slow but very focused idea on this.
II. long-term:
we are searching for rooms all over berlin OUTSIDE but next to the lagers to build up small communities so people can organize themselves for the time they are forced to live inside of lagers. plus we will accompany them and try to bring alternative content like workshop etc. to those places – if its needed!
–> if u have a room or contact for such rooms (house projects, meeting-rooms), please let us know
–> if u know people for such content/workshops, please connect them to us
2. reports:
a. airport-lager:
hangar 2 - 600 people
no shower by bus to schwimmbad 10 min
2 toilets,
b. airport-lager:
hangar 3 - 800 people
new law and afraid of the deportation news
neighbourhood x poltical group kiez-spaziergang/hood-walk
lager direction dont buy shampoo etc. and use volunteers money and help instead
c. waldsiedlung:
nothing has changed but only just 2 washing machine
sleeping on the ground
no translation
big problems with ausländerbehörde cuz no translation
d. hoppegarten:
300 people
4 floor container
just 5 families, rest men
admins says translators are there but acutully securtity
neighbourhood initiative
one guy with surgery was rejeceted to go to the doctor, and got
no language courses
one illegalized translates for money for others
somebody got the job for the social worker
they wanted to scort our people out
showers are outside
e. east-berlin:
security guy told people he is not allowed to help the people with translation anymore because he was told so from his bosses
3. demo: we are here and we will fight for our right to stay
- we went to schoolstrike/schulstreik for the first time and ask them for help and collabration
- schoolstrike demo 19th november, 11am at potsdamerplatz
- we want to organize our own demo with people from the lagers
- the schoolstrike wants to help to stop againt the (mass) deportations
- we need flyers for the the so-called refugees inside the lagers
- people from the lagers write short sentences and make a cohesive text off of it
- do we have facebook connections to the people inside?
- how accompany people from the lagers to the demo?
- spread demo flyers at lageso because there are many people from lagers too
- prepare flyers BEFORE schoolstrike
- prepare speech (youth)
- choose a central place to start the demo so its easy to find
- registration + technique: who is responsible?
to do:
- writing the demands and flyers
- 2 flyers: how to demonstrate and "what right do i have"--> ask experts
- translation: urdu, farsi, serbo-croat, french, arabic, english
4. ideas and dates:
is there sim-cards donations availble?
15. november 2015 - local group meeting: berlin-wedding, exezierstr. 28 - 5-7 pm
19. november 2015 - schoolstrike - 11am - potsdamerstr.
25. november 2015 - book lounge by international-women-space at bethanien, 7pm
5. next meeting
please read our previous protocols too, we dont want to repeat ourselves every time from zero:
http://oplatz.net/2015/11/08/protocol-9-forming-a-lager-mobilisation-net...
http://oplatz.net/2015/10/31/protocol-78-forming-a-lager-mobilisation-ne...
http://oplatz.net/2015/10/15/protocol-6-forming-a-lager-mobilisation-gro...
http://oplatz.net/2015/10/11/protocol-5-forming-a-lager-mobilisation-gro...
http://oplatz.net/2015/09/30/protocol-4-forming-a-lager-mobilisation-gro...
http://oplatz.net/2015/09/29/protocol-3-forming-a-lager-mobilisation-gro...
http://oplatz.net/2015/09/19/protocol-2-forming-a-lager-mobilisation-gro...
http://oplatz.net/2015/09/11/protocoll-1-forming-a-lager-mobilisation-gr...
“if u are interessted to join and help us instead of talking blabla or “attend another meeting with no practical result”, please come to our next meeting and get active – PUT IT!”
next tuesday/dienstag
17th november 2015
7pm / 19 uhr
at migrationsrats office – www.migrationsrat.de
adress:
oranienstr. 34
10999 berlin-kreuzberg
right backyard, 2nd floor, there is an elevator too.
please ring the bell, if the door is closed
next to u-station kottbusser tor
berlin, 10. november 2015 – www.oplatz.net
we are one
