From jo at xs4all.nl  Wed Jun 13 10:30:27 2012
From: jo at xs4all.nl (Jo van der Spek M2M)
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:30:27 +0200
Subject: <m2m-nl> Yes, we camp!
Message-ID: <9CC8F4AE629D4F2B8BA0E0EB1C27193E@jom2m>

Zaterdagmiddag 16 juni om 14 uur is er een openbare bijeenkomst over het 
tentenkamp Ter Apel bij Occupy Utrecht.
http://www.occupyutrecht.nl/node/1563

Deze engelstalige column wil ik jullie ook niet onthouden. Als bijdrage aan 
de evaluatie.

groeten  van Jo M2m

"We are free because we are together"

The third protest camp of refugees-on-the-street took place last month
in Ter Apel NL, in front of the big complex for processing asylum
seekers and un(der)documented migrants. The camp is a form of autonomous
action by a collective of victimized and criminalised men and women.
It is not a new tactics in the global social movement of migrants (see e.g.
the "Jungle" of Sangatte, near Calais in France) but for The Netherlands it
constitutes an important step ahead. For Dutch activists like myself it is
very encouraging to be able to join directly with the people whose rights 
they
have been trying  to defend for years. And we could join them in the way of 
the
activist: initiating  a concrete and radical action to make a different way
of looking at migration possible.

>From the perspective of the undocumented migrants, there was hardly
any alternative left. The choice for many is between detention and
leading a miserable life on the street, after exhausting all your
reserves and the generosity of your friends. Many have no way of
leaving the country. They cannot go to Germany or Belgium and if they
do so legally they will be returned (based on the Dublin Claim rule).
Moving on to Canada or USA is a wish but expensive and complicated if
you don't have some connections already. So if you have really good
reasons for not going back to your country of origin, to your mother,
to your old friends and to the naturalness of social life, than you
have to do something drastic to stop going crazy and losing your
dignity.

A powerful illustration came when the riot police came to arrest the
mostly Somali refugees in the camp, after the Iraqi's had consented to
accept shelter and give up the camp. The Somali brothers lined up in
front of the TV-camera's, they looked straight into the lens, standing
tall. They raised their writsts and held them up in the air, crossing
their wrists as if hand-cuffed. With all the agony and anger their
message was for me: "You can come and get me, motherfuckers. You can
put me in prison, but my mind is free." Their yelling "Human Rights"
and "We don't go" and their passive resistance to the intimidation by
police violence was impressive for those who were with the Somali's,
Irani's and others who were all arrested in the end (total 117). We
were 3 or 4 activists, the old doctor Co and myself. This exclusive
image of power and pride was indeed very uplifting. These are the guys
you can practice real solidarity with. No dependency but equal exhange
here. No charity but true collaboration.

That is why I look forward to the next camp! Or the next march, or whatever 
comes
along...

Jo M2M

Sounds of the Camp including the eviction on the 23rd of May can be heard at
M2M Radio

http://m2m.streamtime.org

for Arab readers:
http://www.iraqi-refugees.org

Video in English by Huib Schoonhoven:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0zrMHTabfA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0zrMHTabfA

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Twitter: @m2mjo #Apel







From jo at xs4all.nl  Sun Jun 17 16:39:11 2012
From: jo at xs4all.nl (jo at xs4all.nl)
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 14:39:11 +0000 (UTC)
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From jo at xs4all.nl  Tue Jun 19 13:36:04 2012
From: jo at xs4all.nl (Jo van der Spek)
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:36:04 +0200
Subject: <m2m-nl> WIJ ZIJN HIER Presentatie Woe 20 juni Den haag
Message-ID: <5715E9E2-C326-4622-AC92-718BCCAAF286@xs4all.nl>

Beelden van het tentenkamp in ter Apel, 8 tot 23 mei 2012



Woensdag 20 juni 2012 van 17 tot 19 uur

Barth Kapel, Brouwersgracht 2K 2512 ER Den Haag



Vluchtelingen uit Irak, Somali? en andere landen stichtten een  
vluchtelingenkamp

in Ter Apel en lieten zien waar het Nederlandse vluchtelingenbeleid  
toe leidt,

maar ze lieten ook zichzelf zien. Mediamaker Jo van der Spek van  
Stichting

Migrant 2 Migrant en fotograaf Marijke van Ruiten stellen voor een  
mobiele

beeld-installatie te produceren die gewijd is aan het Tentenkamp van

Vluchtelingen op straat in Ter Apel. Het betreft hier uniek  
beeldmateriaal van een

groep mensen die in normale omstandigheden onzichtbaar is. Door de  
abrupte be?indiging van het tentenkamp is veel materiaal nog  
onverwerkt gebleven.

Dit project is bedoeld om het verhaal van deze groep mensen te  
vertellen door

hun eigen ogen en in wisselwerking met professionele waarnemers.  
Hierdoor h

open we de blik van het publiek en het gesprek over en met deze  
migranten een wending te geven die uitzicht biedt op een andere  
benadering van het

verschijnsel migratie in de 21e eeuw.





PROGRAMMA INTERNATIONALE VLUCHTELINGENDAG IN DEN HAAG

13.00  voor het Vredespaleis Opening verzorgd door VWN
13.30  Umbrella March, wandeling met witte paraplu's naar het Spui

14.30    Spui: manifestatie voor kinderrechten en asielkinderen  
verzorgd door Kerk in Actie, Defence for Children,en anderen



17.00 Barth Kapel, Brouwersgracht 2K, 2512 ER Den Haag
Programma Vluchtelingen op Straat verzorgd door  M2M
met presentatie
                            WIJ ZIJN HIER
19 sluiting.


Info: M2M Jo van der Spek 0651069318
m2m at streamtime.org
http://m2m.streamtime.org
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