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----- Forwarded Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 18:15:50 +0200 From: florian schneider <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: [n5m3-debates] AROUND TAMPERE AND ALL OVER EUROPE --- The Next 5 Minutes 3 Public Debates List -- http://www.n5m.org --- cross the border <[email protected]> AG3F <[email protected]> temporary media lab <[email protected]> tampere counter summit <[email protected]> AROUND TAMPERE AND ALL OVER EUROPE Dear friends, in a few days, the Tampere European Council Summit will begin. This is the first conference of presidents of EU-member states, which is specifically devoted to so-called "Justice and Home affairs". Heads of government are going to present migration and asylum affairs as a security issue, as well as institutionalizing the appalling border regime on a European level. Hopefully, this show of power of Fortress Europe will prompt anti-racist initiatives to protest in many European cities. After several groups from France, Belgium and Germany published an appeal in August, for europe-wide, decentralised actions on the 15 October, groups from other countries followed the initiative. http://www.ecn.org/finlandia/tampere http://come.to/tampere If the interest shown was serious and the ideas discussed will be put into practise, actions on the 15 October can be expected take place in the following countries: France, Belgium, Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, Germany, and, of course, Finland. Finnish groups had already created a special mailing list several weeks ago. It summarises activities from different cities which have taken place in the run-up to Tampere and invites everyone to take part in the demonstration and conference in Tampere itself on 15-16 October. Due to the fact that many groups will not be able to make it to Finland, one can only expect smaller delegations to arrive. But both, the activism 'on site' on the 16th as well as the decentralised actions on the 15th have to be understood as a common project. That is why it is very important that a direct exchange, contact and coordination is well organised throughout these days, that we can relate to and rely on each other, concerning the content as well as practicalities. We need to pose a presence towards the press and the public, with common positions and counter activities. Since the 9 October, an international network has set up a temporary media lab in Finland: http://temp.kiasma.fi/border It will act as a catalyst and coordinating force for the above mentioned projects. In order to do this, however, the media lab depends on the help of all activists, who organise their protests "around Tampere" and "all over Europe". This memo has been sent to to all groups and organisations that have shown an interest and/or have already announced activities. We ask all of you to please give us a rapid response about your actions (as far as they are public) as well as indications of how to contact you so information flow can be guaranteed. It would be helpful to have e-mail adresses and telephone and fax numbers, so that we can reach you before and during the Summit. Through mobile phones and the use of digital cameras, direct links can be established and pictures from the different actions exchanged. This would also lead to a more effective press work in Tampere.... All of this, however, completely depends on your cooperation and activism! So please, get in touch. P.S.: If, and we very much hope this is the case, the 15-16 October see several parallel actions in different European cities, and further, these are coordinated and information is exchanged, we will organise another Europe-wide follow-up meeting in December, in order to talk about future perspectives. - To unsubscribe, send the message "unsubscribe n5m3-debates-l" - to [email protected] - - Archive: http://www.n5m.org/mail-archive/hypermail2/ ----- Backwarded ------Syndicate mailinglist-------------------- Syndicate network for media culture and media art information and archive: http://www.v2.nl/syndicate to unsubscribe, write to <[email protected]> in the body of the msg: unsubscribe [email protected]