From jo at xs4all.nl  Thu Oct 15 21:55:25 2009
From: jo at xs4all.nl (Jo van der Spek M2M)
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:55:25 +0200
Subject: <m2m-eng> Commemorating the Schiphol Fire
Message-ID: <C4B01DC2CB624FF392C68CF8B84FBFD6@jom2m>

The commemoration of the Schiphol Fire  (26-10-2005) will take place on 
Monday 26th of October. The Schiphol People will stand together with the 
eleven dead at their monument at the foot of the fence of the detention 
complex at Schiphol Oost.
The Blue House on IJburg will be open from 12 in the morning.

Welcome everybody!
address: Wille Mullenskade 13, 1087 KH
see:
http://www.blauwehuis.org/blauwehuisv2/?page_id=660 




From jo at xs4all.nl  Sun Oct 25 22:35:07 2009
From: jo at xs4all.nl (Jo van der Spek M2M)
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:35:07 +0100
Subject: <m2m-eng> we are here, 26th of Oct, Amsterdam
Message-ID: <EA9D1870B4EF409ABC1AC01AEAF3FEB8@jom2m>

WE ARE HERE
again to make life

to commemorate
the eleven dead
of the Schiphol Fire

and
countless survivors

Commemoration, Streaming Radio, Auction, Tribunal and Theatre on line

The commemoration of the Schiphol Fire  (26-10-2005) will take place on 
Monday 26th of October.
The Schiphol People will stand together with the eleven dead at their 
monument at the foot of the fence of the detention
complex at Schiphol Oost.

The Blue House is open from 12 in the morning till 8 in the evening.
>From  there we move to the monument and back for dinner, prepared by chief 
Li!
How to get to the Blue House? Click

http://www.blauwehuis.org/blauwehuisv2/?page_id=660

everybody welcome (just call M2M 062414887)

The Schiphol Fire that took eleven lives in the night of the 26th of October 
2005 is commemorated again four years later, at the same place and at the
same time. At the memorial for the eleven dead migrants that stands at the 
fence of the detention centre at Schiphol Airport. Survivors and relatives
of the dead stand together as one. This commemoration is organized by M2M in 
collaboration with The Blue House.

At 7 p.m. there's another commemoration in the Town Hall of Hoofddorp 
http://www.haarlemmermeer.nl/Actuele_informatie/Nieuwsberichten/Nieuwsberichten_2009/4e_kwartaal_2009/Herdenking_Schipholbrand

Auction on Ebay

On sale is the confiscated Poster "Reisbureau Rita,  adequaat tot het 
bittere einde". [Deadly adequate.]
Rita Verdonk was minister of Immigration Intimidation at the time of the 
fire. The returns will be used to end the Dutch detention complex.

Illegal Tribunal

Tuesday 3rd of November,  in De Balie from 5 - 7 p.m. Live stream!

Presentation of the findings of the enquiries into four dimensions of the 
Schiphol Fire.
With a visual presentation of the Mobile Migration Monument by Tjebbe van 
Tijen and the final of the Auction of the Rita Poster.

http://limpingmessenger.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/the-day-colonel-gaddafi-made-a-courageous-humanitarian-gesture-and-came-to-schiphol-to-pick-up-his-countryman-ahmed-al-j/

Four workshops to re-think the Schiphol Fire. One is also in English:
campaigning dilemma's: how to change the debate on migration in Holland.
You can register to join the workshop at GSM 0624148872

look with us, not at us

contact M2M:
http://m2m.streamtime.org/index.php/contact

Jo van der Spek, M2M Amsterdam NL





From jo at xs4all.nl  Fri Oct 30 09:23:20 2009
From: jo at xs4all.nl (Jo van der Spek M2M)
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:23:20 +0100
Subject: <m2m-eng> Illegal Tribunal Nov. 3rd in De Balie
Message-ID: <4EF478CC8A1F4647B4674FD6416461FE@jom2m>

Public hearing: 5 - 7 pm Four workshops before
Organized by: M2M and De Balie
free entrance

welcome

12 - 16.30 Four workshops: re-thinking the Schiphol Fire
Registration: m2m[at]streamtime.org
Tel. 0624148872

Information in Dutch:

http://www.vertrokkengezichten.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=410&Itemid=18

Including:

Video of theatreplay DONNER, by Caspar Nieuwenhuis and Ben Melis.

Visual presentation by Tjebbe van Tijen (Imaginary Museum) of the Mobile 
Migration Monument.

Special  auction: poster Reisbureau Rita, live final on Ebay

http://www.vertrokkengezichten.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=414&Itemid=18

Live streaming audio and video

http://www.debalie.nl/live.jsp

There is an uncomfortable gap between academic theories about citizenship, 
the treatment of refugees and the existence of illegal refugees within 
western societies, and the actual daily life and realities of these issues 
in the same societies. On november 3d, a day of workshops around the 
problematics surrounding citizenship, refugees and 'illegal' migrants will 
be held in de Balie Amsterdam. By focussing on a recent fire in a 
detentioncenter (de Schipholbrand), and discussions with survivors of this 
disaster as well as reflecting on its implications for notions like 
citizenship,  the two sides, theory and everyday reality will be brought 
closer together in the form of an illegal tribunal. During these workshops 
the audience will be invited to investigate the state of affairs around the 
position of (illegal) migrants.

The 4 workshops will address the following topics:

1. Philosophy and the illegal migrant; Hannah Arendt, Giorgio Agamben, Alain 
Badiou (In the work of these thinkers, diagnoses of and a background to 
current problems around migration and illegality are provided, but what are 
the implications for the current situation, can the work of these thinkers 
help to rethink the treatment of refugees as it was brought to light by the 
fire in the Schiphol detention-center? chaired by Ernst van den Hemel and 
Marc de Wilde)

2. Scapegoats and citizens (a session covering the limits and uses of the 
notion of citizenship, and possible alternatives, chaired by Femke 
Kaulingfreks and Merijn Oudenampsen)

3. Disaster and Caretaking (what are the personal and psychological 
implications of the excesses in the treatment of refugees, as they were 
brought to light by the fire in the Schiphol detention-center? How can a 
society take better care of its victims? chaired by Hans Pollen and Jo van 
der Spek)

4. Issues for Campaigners (What are the problems campaigners and activists 
face when trying to change current excesses in the treatment of migrants?, 
chaired by Vincent de Jong and Geert Lovink)

The day will be concluded with a plenary session that starts at 17:00. The 
language will be Dutch. The Campaigning workshop is Dutch and Eng;ish.

Please register in advance.