In t
his
mo
nth
’s M
utin
y Z
ine.
..
Upc
om
ing
Eve
nts
Satu
rday
Oct
ober
23,
Sta
nd u
p fo
r Ref
ugee
s, 1p
m, T
own
Hal
l. N
ine
year
s afte
r the
Si
ev X
trag
edy,
dem
and
the
clos
e of
all
dete
ntio
n ce
ntre
s, no
offs
hore
pro
cess
ing,
no
depo
rtatio
ns.
Sund
ay O
ctob
er 2
4, fi
lm sc
reen
ing
‘Our
Gen
erat
ion’
, 5:3
0pm
at B
lack
Ros
e B
ooks
, 22
Enm
ore
Rd,
$5
sugg
este
d do
natio
n. A
pow
erfu
l jou
rney
into
Aus
tralia
’s in
dige
nous
re
latio
ns fr
om c
olon
isat
ion
until
the
pres
ent d
ay.
Frid
ay O
ctob
er 2
9, R
ally
for ‘
Jobs
with
Just
ice’
! Sto
p th
e N
T in
terv
entio
n!, 1
2 no
on,
Tow
n H
all.
Org
anis
ed b
y St
op th
e In
terv
entio
n C
olle
ctiv
e Sy
dney
. Sto
pthe
inte
rven
tion.
org
Frid
ay O
ctob
er 2
9, R
ecla
im th
e N
ight
, 6pm
, Tow
n H
all.
Ann
ual r
ally
to p
rote
st a
gain
st
viol
ence
aga
inst
wom
en in
all
its fo
rms.
ww
w.re
clai
mth
enig
ht20
10.w
ordp
ress
.com
Satu
rday
Oct
ober
30,
film
scre
enin
g an
d di
scus
sion
‘Cze
ch D
ream
’, 2p
m a
t Jur
a B
ooks
, 44
0 Pa
rram
atta
Rd,
Pet
ersh
am. D
ocum
enta
ry fi
lm w
hich
reco
rds a
larg
e-sc
ale
hoax
, cu
lmin
atin
g in
the
“ope
ning
eve
nt”
of a
fake
hyp
erm
arke
t.Su
nday
Oct
ober
31,
Wor
kers
Sol
idar
ity N
etw
ork
mee
ting,
2pm
at J
ura
Boo
ks.
The
WSN
, a ra
nk a
nd fi
le m
ilita
nt g
roup
, loo
king
to p
rovi
de so
lidar
ity to
wor
kers
eng
aged
in
indu
stria
l act
ion/
disp
utes
, mee
ts o
n th
e la
st S
unda
y of
eac
h m
onth
at J
ura
book
s.Fr
iday
, Dec
embe
r 10
- Sun
day
Dec
embe
r 12
, Con
fere
nce-
Bre
akou
t: Fo
r the
Fre
e m
ovem
ent o
f peo
ple,
Red
fern
Com
mun
ity C
entre
, beg
ins 5
.30p
m o
n Fr
iday
. B
reak
out c
onfe
renc
e ai
ms t
o cr
eate
a sp
ace
whe
re o
ppos
ition
to A
ustra
lia’s
bor
der
prot
ectio
n re
gim
e ca
n ag
ain
trans
form
into
a m
ovem
ent.
ww
w.br
eako
utco
nfer
ence
.org
Reg
ular
eve
nts @
Bla
ck R
ose:
Sa
turd
ays f
rom
5pm
: Ope
n Se
lf-O
rgan
ised
C.A
.F.E
. Fuc
k th
e co
mm
erci
al v
enue
s! R
elax
w
ith c
omra
des.H
ang
out,
drin
ks, s
nack
s, m
usic
, gam
es a
nd m
ore.
Wed
nesd
ays f
rom
4pm
(coo
king
; ser
ving
from
7pm
): Th
e Pe
ople
s Kitc
hen,
free
veg
an
com
mun
ity d
inne
r... R
ESIS
T TH
E C
API
TALI
ST D
IET!
Sour
Dou
gh a
nd
Cyn
ical
Sm
urf t
alk
abou
t th
e re
cent
act
ions
in
solid
arity
with
Vill
awoo
d pr
otes
tors
.Pr
ince
ss M
ob re
ports
ba
ck o
n th
e no
bor
ders
ca
mp
in B
russ
els.
Ant
hony
Hay
es
resp
onds
to L
inds
ay
Haw
kins
’ arti
cle
in
Mut
iny
#51
in ‘A
gain
st
Cap
ital,
Aga
inst
Wor
k’.
Rev
iew
: To
mo
rr
ow
Wh
en
th
e W
ar
Beg
an
By L
. D
og
I rea
lly e
njoy
ed se
eing
this
film
ada
ptat
ion
of Jo
hn M
arsd
en’s
fam
ous t
een
nove
l, pr
obab
ly b
ecau
se it
rem
inde
d m
e of
be
ing
twel
ve a
nd fl
ippi
ng th
roug
h th
e bo
ok fo
r the
sexy
bits
. The
mov
ie, w
hich
lik
e th
e bo
ok, i
s abo
ut a
gro
up o
f you
ng
folk
s figh
ting
an in
vadi
ng a
rmy
in ru
ral
Aus
tralia
, sad
ly h
as n
o se
xy b
its b
ut I
thin
k th
ere
are
som
e in
tere
stin
g ob
serv
atio
ns w
e ca
n m
ake
abou
t rac
e, g
ende
r, an
d vi
olen
ce
in th
e fil
m.
In
Mar
sden
’s n
ovel
s the
na
tiona
lity
of th
e in
vadi
ng a
rmy
is
unsp
ecifi
ed, b
ut in
the
film
they
all
look
A
sian
. The
repr
esen
tatio
n of
the
inva
ders
as
Asi
an in
the
film
was
real
ly d
isap
poin
ting.
Li
ke, w
hy n
ot m
ake
them
all
diffe
rent
et
hnic
ities
, or e
ven
bette
r, al
l whi
te, l
ike
som
e in
vadi
ng w
hite
supr
emac
ist b
igot
ar
my.
You
mig
ht sa
y th
at th
e m
ovie
avo
ids
bein
g co
mpl
etel
y pr
oble
mat
ical
ly ra
cist
be
caus
e Le
e, a
n A
sian
-Aus
tralia
n ki
d w
hose
fam
ily o
wns
a C
hine
se re
stau
rant
in
tow
n (y
eah
he’s
the
only
wor
king
cla
ss
char
acte
r), i
s one
of t
he m
ain
char
acte
rs
fight
ing
agai
nst t
he in
vasi
on. B
ut I’
m n
ot
sure
abo
ut th
at. H
owev
er, t
here
is th
is g
reat
bi
t whe
re E
llie
is c
rouc
hed
agai
nst a
wal
l hi
ding
from
the
badd
ies a
nd n
otic
es a
mur
al
depi
ctin
g C
ook’
s lan
ding
in 1
788.
It’
s a re
al p
oign
ant m
omen
t whi
ch I
feel
lik
e is
scre
amin
g to
the
audi
ence
, ‘TH
AT’S
RIG
HT,
TH
AT W
AS
AN
INVA
SIO
N
PEO
PLE’
. Fuc
k ye
ah.
In
term
s of g
ende
r pol
itics
the
youn
g w
omen
in th
e gr
oup
are
defin
itely
th
e m
ost b
adas
s. El
lie is
the
toug
h-ta
lkin
g,
Mol
otov
-thro
win
g, le
ader
who
is sm
arte
r an
d sa
ssie
r tha
n th
e bo
ys, a
nd b
ette
r at
driv
ing
truck
s. A
t one
poi
nt K
evin
, the
ty
pica
l mal
e ‘jo
ck’ c
hara
cter
, run
s aw
ay
from
Elli
e an
d he
r frie
nd, l
eavi
ng th
em
at ri
sk. B
ut ra
ther
than
the
film
sayi
ng
‘it’s
oka
y fo
r men
to b
e sc
ared
’ it j
ust
ende
d up
mak
ing
Kev
in in
to a
bit
of a
n un
sym
path
etic
dic
khea
d.
Q
uest
ions
of v
iole
nce
and
stra
tegy
ar
e de
alt w
ith th
ough
tfully
. I’v
e be
en to
ld
that
the
book
s hav
e be
en b
anne
d fr
om
scho
ol c
urric
ula
beca
use
they
supp
osed
ly
inci
te te
rror
ist a
ctiv
ity. H
mm
, wel
l tha
t’s
frig
gin’
ridi
culo
us. S
o ye
ah, i
t wou
ld b
e he
aps b
ette
r if t
his fi
lm w
as a
bout
a g
roup
of
rad
teen
s figh
ting
a w
hite
supr
emac
ist
take
over
or,
y’kn
ow, c
apita
lism
, but
it’s
no
t. It
does
how
ever
sugg
est t
hat w
omen
ca
n be
bad
ass r
ebel
figh
ters
and
that
a sm
all
grou
p of
(you
ng) p
eopl
e ca
n fig
ht a
gain
st
som
ethi
ng th
at’s
‘wro
ng’;
unfo
rtuna
tely
in
this
film
the
bad
guys
are
an
Asi
an in
vadi
ng
arm
y w
hich
just
pla
ys in
to a
ll ki
nds o
f ra
cist
whi
te A
ustra
lian
bulls
hit.
Conference:
10th to 12th
December,
Redfern
Community Centre.
brea
kout
conf
eren
ce.o
rg
Edito
rs fo
r thi
s m
onth
: L D
og, C
ynic
al S
mur
f, Br
assy
F G
noll,
Szy
zgy,
Mam
butu
Nizw
a, P
hoen
ix &
Dum
pste
red
Twin
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mutiny
zine
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ctiv
e does
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essa
rily
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e w
ith a
ll th
e opin
ions
of co
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ibuto
rs.
Contr
ibuto
rs d
o n
ot
nec
essa
rily
agre
e w
ith a
ll th
e opin
ions
of th
e m
utiny
colle
ctiv
e. T
he
mutiny
colle
ctiv
e does
n’t a
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e w
ith a
ll th
e opin
ions
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e m
utiny
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e.
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rchi
cal
orga
nisa
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and
bur
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the
resu
lt o
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vas
t cla
ss s
trug
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fo
ught
ove
r th
e la
st fe
w c
entu
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ss s
trug
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wag
ed b
y th
e ea
rly
capi
talis
t cl
ass
to c
onve
rt a
nd d
estr
oy o
lder
form
s of
pro
duct
ive
acti
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in o
rder
to fa
shio
n a
pecu
liarl
y ca
pita
list v
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on o
f wor
k or
gani
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arou
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d’ fo
r a
wag
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d m
arke
t rel
atio
ns. I
f the
re is
som
ethi
ng to
be
cele
brat
ed
amon
gst a
ll of
this
it is
thos
e pr
acti
ces
whi
ch w
e de
velo
p in
ord
er to
res
ist t
he
conv
ersi
on o
f all
of li
fe in
to w
ork
for
capi
tal;
whe
ther
pro
duci
ng o
r co
nsum
ing
com
mod
itie
s. I
t is
this
wor
ld o
f wor
k th
at w
e ne
ed to
libe
rate
our
selv
es fr
om.
Trad
e un
ions
ori
gina
ted
in th
e st
rugg
le o
ver
the
regu
lati
on o
f the
wor
king
day
—th
at is
the
stru
ggle
ove
r th
e ra
te o
f exp
loit
atio
n an
d th
e w
ages
rec
eive
d fo
r th
is
expl
oita
tion
. Bec
ause
trad
e un
ions
ori
gina
ted
in th
e st
rugg
le o
f peo
ple
to ju
st
sim
ply
live
on th
e te
rms
give
n th
em b
y th
e ca
pita
list o
rgan
isat
ion
of li
fe, t
rade
un
ions
hav
e be
en s
hape
d an
d de
term
ined
ove
rwhe
lmin
gly
by c
apit
alis
t soc
iety
. A
nd it
is th
is te
nden
cy to
lim
it w
orki
ng c
lass
str
uggl
e to
mer
ely
nego
tiat
ing
the
term
s of
its
expl
oita
tion
und
er c
apit
al th
at h
as d
rive
n w
orke
rs to
con
fron
t uni
ons
tim
e an
d ag
ain—
even
and
esp
ecia
lly w
hen
thes
e st
rugg
les
have
beg
un a
s un
ion
stru
ggle
s.
Whe
n Li
ndsa
y ci
tes
the
IWW
aro
und
the
Firs
t Wor
ld W
ar, t
he S
pani
sh C
NT
of 1
936-
39 a
nd th
e N
SW B
LF in
the
1970
s as
exa
mpl
es o
f rev
olut
iona
ry tr
ade
unio
nism
, he
fails
to p
rovi
de e
ithe
r a
hist
oric
al c
onte
xt fo
r th
eir
prac
tice
s—e.
g.
the
heig
hten
ed c
lass
str
uggl
e in
the
soci
etie
s of
thos
e ti
mes
—or
the
actu
al li
mit
s of
trad
e un
ioni
sm th
at th
ese
wor
kers
and
org
anis
atio
ns c
ame
up a
gain
st. T
o ci
te
only
one
of t
he m
ore
glar
ing
inst
ance
s, th
e N
SW B
LF m
et o
ne o
f the
se li
mit
s in
the
form
of t
he fe
dera
l lea
ders
hip
of th
e un
ion
unde
r N
orm
Gal
lagh
er c
oope
rati
ng w
ith
the
Aus
tral
ian
stat
e in
ord
er to
und
erm
ine
and
smas
h w
hat w
as c
onsi
dere
d a
rogu
e br
anch
.
Und
oubt
edly
any
mov
e to
war
d or
gani
sing
inde
pend
entl
y of
trad
e un
ions
, the
st
ate
and
capi
tal s
houl
d be
enc
oura
ged
and
push
ed. H
ere
Lind
say
and
I ca
n ag
ree
that
the
form
atio
n of
a W
orke
rs S
olid
arit
y N
etw
ork
is a
goo
d th
ing.
Whe
re w
e di
ffer
is in
how
bes
t to
push
forw
ard
such
aut
onom
ous
orga
nisi
ng. W
itho
ut c
lear
ar
gum
ents
that
, on
the
one
hand
att
empt
to u
nder
stan
d th
e lim
its
of s
trug
gles
w
ithi
n ca
pita
list s
ocie
ty, a
nd o
n th
e ot
her
hand
dem
onst
rate
why
suc
h st
rugg
les
mus
t con
fron
t the
se li
mit
s, w
e w
ill m
erel
y co
ntri
bute
to
the
disa
rmin
g of
thos
e of
us
stru
gglin
g fo
r a
wor
ld
beyo
nd c
apit
al a
nd w
age-
labo
ur.
atte
mpt
s to
dem
onst
rate
on
the
one
hand
the
limita
tions
of t
rade
uni
ons,
and
on
the
othe
r ha
nd, w
hy w
orke
rs n
eed
to g
o be
yond
trad
e un
ion
orga
nisa
tion,
and
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gra
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his
arti
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Lind
say
wri
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that
trad
e un
ions
hav
e a
revo
luti
onar
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stor
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d a
revo
luti
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tent
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ever
by
emph
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a sp
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evol
utio
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his
tory
of t
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uni
ons
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isse
s an
d ob
scur
es th
e re
al o
bjec
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uch
a hi
stor
y: th
ose
peop
le th
at h
ave
carr
ied
out r
evol
utio
nary
st
rugg
les
agai
nst t
heir
red
ucti
on to
bei
ng m
ere
wor
king
cla
ss m
ater
ial f
or
capi
tal.
And
if th
ere
is a
cen
tral
poi
nt to
my
argu
men
t the
n it
is th
is. A
s I
wro
te
in m
y ea
rlie
r M
utin
y pi
ece:
‘my
poin
t was
to c
lari
fy th
at w
orki
ng c
lass
sel
f-or
gani
sati
on a
gain
st c
apit
al a
nd tr
ade
unio
ns a
re n
ot s
ynon
ymou
s.’ A
nd it
is
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mis
take
wou
ld b
e to
go
on
pret
endi
ng th
at a
pro
ject
of e
man
cipa
tion
can
be
base
d up
on r
adic
alis
ing
econ
omic
str
uggl
es fo
r bi
gger
cag
es w
ith
gold
en b
ars.
Thi
s is
som
ethi
ng M
arx
clea
rly
unde
rsto
od w
hen
he w
rote
150
yea
rs a
go, ‘
to c
lam
our
for
equa
l or
even
eq
uita
ble
retr
ibut
ion
on th
e ba
sis
of th
e w
ages
sys
tem
is th
e sa
me
as to
cla
mou
r fo
r fr
eedo
m o
n th
e ba
sis
of th
e sl
aver
y sy
stem
.’
This
is n
ot to
sug
gest
that
we
eith
er s
trug
gle
for
bett
er w
ages
and
con
diti
ons
or
we
stru
ggle
for
the
over
thro
w o
f cap
ital
and
wag
e-sl
aver
y. T
hat w
ould
be
to p
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itat
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uch
stru
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hy w
e ne
ed
to m
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is h
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the
crea
tion
and
ex
peri
ence
of n
ew n
eeds
that
poi
nt b
eyon
d pa
rtic
ular
wag
e st
rugg
les.
We
crea
te
bond
s of
sol
idar
ity
wit
h ot
her
peop
le. S
uch
a pe
rspe
ctiv
e th
at lo
oks
beyo
nd c
apit
al
and
beyo
nd w
age
slav
ery
is in
dan
ger
of b
eing
lost
by
Lind
say
whe
n he
wri
tes
of
‘our
uni
ons’
and
‘our
alle
gian
ce […
] to
our
clas
s.’ W
hat i
s ‘o
ur’ c
lass
? To
be
a w
age-
slav
e is
not
som
ethi
ng to
be
prou
d of
; rat
her
it is
a m
iser
y. I
t is
thro
ugh
our
resi
stan
ce to
bei
ng r
educ
ed to
mer
e w
orki
ng
clas
s m
ater
ial f
or c
apit
al th
at w
e op
en u
p po
ssib
iliti
es
beyo
nd w
age-
slav
ery.
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s th
roug
h ou
r st
rugg
les
agai
nst
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and
and
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for
lives
bey
ond
wag
e-sl
aver
y. T
hus
any
dign
ity
we
gain
is
not t
hrou
gh s
impl
y id
enti
fyin
g ou
rsel
ves
as w
orki
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lass
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ther
it is
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nd th
roug
h th
e co
mm
unit
ies
of s
olid
arit
y th
at w
e he
lp to
cre
ate
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n w
e st
rugg
le a
gain
st o
ur
atom
isat
ion
and
redu
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n to
mer
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ot v
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t cap
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s.
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cle
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r tha
n w
ritin
g ‘co
mra
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t be
invo
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unle
ss th
ey d
irec
tly c
onfr
ont t
he
pro-
capi
talis
t nat
ure
of tr
ade
unio
nism
.’ An
d he
re is
the
real
ess
ence
of
my
argu
men
t. I a
m n
ot o
ppos
ed to
, nor
wou
ld I
sugg
est t
hat w
e sh
ould
not
stru
ggle
for a
bet
ter d
eal i
n re
gard
s to
the
rate
whi
ch
capi
talis
ts e
xplo
it ou
r lab
our-
pow
er. H
owev
er th
e tr
ansf
orm
atio
n of
su
ch st
rugg
les o
ver t
he ra
te o
f exp
loita
tion,
stru
ggle
s tha
t nec
essa
rily
ac
cept
the
capi
talis
t log
ic o
f thi
s exp
loita
tion,
will
nec
essi
tate
a b
reak
w
ith su
ch st
rugg
les.
Thi
s was
the
poin
t of q
uotin
g M
arx:
Inst
ead
of th
e co
nser
vativ
e m
otto
, “A
fair
day
’s w
age
for a
fair
day
’s w
ork!
” the
y ou
ght t
o in
scri
be o
n th
eir b
anne
r the
revo
lutio
nary
wat
chw
ord,
“Abo
litio
n of
the
wag
es sy
stem
!”
Mar
x w
as c
lear
that
a b
reak
from
mer
ely
econ
omic
stru
ggle
s was
requ
ired
for s
trug
gles
to
beco
me
revo
lutio
nary
. And
we
shou
ld re
mem
ber t
hat i
n 18
65 w
hen
he w
as w
ritin
g, w
orki
ng
clas
s sel
f-or
gani
satio
n ha
d no
t bee
n fo
rmal
ised
in re
latio
n to
indi
vidu
al c
apita
lists
and
the
stat
e to
the
exte
nt to
whi
ch it
has
bee
n si
nce.
One
nee
ds o
nly
to c
onju
re th
e Ac
cord
pro
cess
pr
esid
ed o
ver b
y th
e AC
TU in
the
1980
s and
90s
to u
nder
stan
d w
hat I
mea
n by
such
a
form
alis
atio
n.
The
only
way
revo
lutio
nari
es c
an e
ngag
e w
ith tr
ade
unio
ns is
neg
ativ
ely.
Thi
s is n
ot a
cal
l fo
r an
all o
ut w
ar w
ith tr
ade
unio
ns a
nd th
eir s
uppo
sed
com
prom
ised
lead
ersh
ip. R
athe
r, it
is a
cal
l for
pat
ient
and
con
side
red
wor
k, n
eces
sari
ly th
eore
tical
and
pra
ctic
al, w
hich
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Anth
ony
Hay
es
depo
rted
- had
its w
indo
ws s
mas
hed
and
“Sm
ash
Euro
dac”
spra
y-pa
inte
d ac
ross
it.
The
Italia
n Em
bass
y ha
d ex
crem
ent t
hrow
n ov
er it
. Tic
ket m
achi
nes w
ere
dest
roye
d in
th
ree
met
ro st
atio
ns a
s an
actio
n ag
ains
t the
tra
nspo
rt co
mpa
ny S
TIB
, whi
ch p
artic
ipat
es
in th
e ro
undu
p of
sans
pap
iers
. The
bu
ildin
gs o
f Car
lson
Wag
onLi
t an
d R
ands
tatd
, whi
ch p
artic
ipat
e in
de
porta
tions
, wer
e da
mag
ed. T
he fa
mou
s B
russ
els l
andm
ark
“man
neki
n pi
ss”
(a sm
all
stat
ue o
f a b
oy p
issi
ng) w
as g
iven
a n
ew se
t of
No
Bor
der c
loth
es.
Dur
ing
the
mas
s arr
ests
, the
hol
ding
cel
ls
suffe
red
a lo
t of d
amag
e an
d th
ree
activ
ists
w
ho h
ad b
een
abus
ed in
det
entio
n br
avel
y di
srup
ted
a po
lice
recr
uitm
ent f
air.
Whi
le th
e po
lice
tact
ics f
aile
d to
stop
act
ions
ha
ppen
ing,
or t
o pr
even
t peo
ple
gath
erin
g an
d pu
blic
ly sh
owin
g th
eir o
ppos
ition
, th
ey d
id m
ean
that
no
mas
s mili
tanc
y w
as
poss
ible
. An
unpe
rmitt
ed d
emon
stra
tion
calle
d fo
r the
Frid
ay e
veni
ng,“
agai
nst
dete
ntio
n ce
ntre
s; a
gain
st a
ll pr
ison
s; a
gain
st
bord
ers,
agai
nst t
he st
ate”
con
sist
ed m
ainl
y of
abo
ut 1
50 p
eopl
e be
ing
arre
sted
in sm
all
grou
ps a
s the
y tri
ed to
gat
her.
Late
r in
the
nigh
t 30
peop
le a
ttack
ed a
pol
ice
stat
ion,
br
eaki
ng w
indo
ws a
nd d
oors
, let
ting
off
smok
e bo
mbs
and
star
ting
a fir
e. A
t the
tim
e of
writ
ing,
four
peo
ple
are
still
bei
ng
held
in d
eten
tion
for a
llege
d pa
rtici
patio
n in
this
atta
ck (h
ttp://
bxl.i
ndym
edia
.org
/ar
ticle
s/21
1).
The
last
Sat
urda
y of
the
cam
p sa
w a
ne
gotia
ted
dem
onst
ratio
n in
whi
ch o
ver
1500
peo
ple
took
to th
e st
reet
s of B
russ
els
with
out p
olic
e tro
uble
. Whi
le a
per
mitt
ed
stre
et p
arad
e is
n’t n
orm
ally
my
favo
urite
ty
pe o
f act
ion,
this
one
did
feel
sign
ifica
nt.
Man
y of
us f
rom
the
cam
p ha
d sp
ent m
uch
of th
e w
eek
feel
ing
unde
r sei
ge. I
f we
left
the
cam
p w
e di
d so
in h
idin
g, in
smal
l
grou
ps, d
oing
our
bes
t to
blen
d in
to th
e ci
ty.
To b
e ou
t, pu
blic
ly p
rocl
aim
ing
our p
oliti
cs,
and
to b
e jo
ined
by
a th
ousa
nd o
ther
peo
ple,
w
as a
cel
ebra
tion
of so
lidar
ity. M
ost o
f th
ose
who
had
pap
ers c
hose
not
to c
arry
th
em in
solid
arity
with
sans
pap
iers
who
jo
ined
the
dem
onst
ratio
n.
Ther
e w
ere
repo
rts th
at in
the
lead
up
to th
is d
emon
stra
tion
the
polic
e pu
t the
su
burb
of M
olen
beek
, a w
orki
ng-c
lass
m
igra
nt n
eigh
bour
hood
, und
er se
ige
and
bloc
ked
off a
ll st
reet
s lea
ding
to th
e de
mon
stra
tion
rout
e to
kee
p yo
ung
peop
le
from
this
nei
ghbo
urho
od fr
om jo
inin
g th
e de
mo.
Thi
s im
pera
tive
to k
eep
the
No
Bor
ders
act
ivis
ts se
para
te fr
om o
ther
po
pula
r mov
emen
ts c
an a
lso
be se
en in
the
repr
essi
on o
f the
No
Bor
ders
blo
c in
the
trade
uni
on d
emon
stra
tion
of W
edne
sday
. It
coul
d be
seen
in th
e he
avy
polic
ing
of
the
stre
ets a
roun
d th
e G
esu
mon
aste
ry. T
o so
me
exte
nt a
ll of
this
wor
ked
to p
reve
nt
pote
ntia
l con
nect
ions
. How
ever
, con
nect
ions
w
ere
mad
e th
roug
h w
orks
hops
, exh
ibiti
ons,
conc
erts
, and
par
ties a
t Ges
u an
d ot
her s
ites,
desp
ite a
nd a
roun
d th
e po
lice
effo
rts. A
s one
re
flect
ion
post
ed o
n In
dym
edia
says
“Th
e po
lice
clam
pdow
n un
doub
tedl
y su
ccee
ded
in sc
arin
g m
any
undo
cum
ente
d pe
ople
aw
ay
from
the
cam
p; th
ough
on
the
othe
r han
d,
as w
e’ve
seen
in C
alai
s, if
anyt
hing
brin
gs
peop
le fr
om d
iffer
ent b
ackg
roun
ds to
geth
er
it is
a sh
ared
exp
erie
nce
of re
pres
sion
an
d bu
ildin
g re
sist
ance
.” (h
ttp://
brus
sels
.in
dym
edia
.org
/arti
cles
/358
).
Whe
n th
e ed
ges o
f Aus
tral
ia’s r
egim
e of
bo
rder
pro
tect
ion
star
t to
fray
they
are
usua
lly b
urst
open
thro
ugh
the
mili
tanc
y of
th
e de
tain
ees
held
insid
e de
tent
ion
cent
res.
This
is th
e rec
ent h
istor
y of d
eten
tion
cent
res,
and
it al
so u
nder
lines
the
rea
lity
of a
ll str
uggl
e, bu
t esp
ecia
lly th
at ar
ound
bor
ders
- th
at p
eopl
e‘s a
genc
y an
d ca
paci
ty to
stru
ggle
ar
ound
th
eir
mat
eria
l co
nditi
ons,
and
agai
nst
the
rem
oval
of
cont
rol a
nd d
igni
ty
from
thei
r liv
es is
the
begi
nnin
g po
int o
f the
m
ost
pow
erfu
l re
sista
nce.
For
thos
e of
us
outsi
de th
e de
tent
ion
cent
res
the
strug
gle
is in
the
prac
tice
of a
ctiv
e so
lidar
ity w
ith th
ose
insid
e to
ens
ure
this
resis
tanc
e do
es n
ot lo
se
mom
entu
m.
Thin
gs h
ave
erup
ted
in d
eten
tion
cent
res
over
the
past
coup
le o
f mon
ths.
Ther
e w
as
the
3 da
y rio
t in
Dar
win
det
entio
n ce
ntre
, th
at d
id $
400
000
wor
th o
f dam
age.
Ther
e w
as t
he D
arw
in b
reak
out,
whe
re 9
2 pe
ople
br
oke
out
of t
he d
eten
tion
cent
re t
o st
age
a pr
otes
t –
activ
ely d
enyi
ng t
he in
visib
ility
th
at
the
bord
er
prot
ectio
n re
gim
e ha
d im
pose
d on
them
. Th
ere
have
bee
n hu
nger
str
ikes
in
dete
ntio
n ce
ntre
s al
l ov
er t
he
coun
try,
whi
ch
have
m
ostly
no
t be
en
mak
ing
it to
the
mas
s m
edia
. A
nd th
en o
n 20
th S
epte
mbe
r, Jo
sefa
Rau
luni
jum
ped
to
his
deat
h fro
m a
roo
f at
Vill
awoo
d, r
athe
r th
an b
e de
port
ed.
His
suic
ide
spar
ked
othe
rs to
act
ion.
Im
med
iate
ly a
larg
e-sc
ale
hung
erstr
ike s
tart
ed in
Vill
awoo
d, to
hon
our
his d
eath
. Then
11
men
who
wer
e also
faci
ng
depo
rtat
ion
took
to
the
roof
, ins
istin
g th
at
they
too
wou
ld ju
mp
if th
eir
case
s w
eren
’t re
visit
ed b
y U
NH
CR.
They
sta
yed
on t
he
roof
, with
no
food
or w
ater
, for
ove
r 30 h
ours
. Th
ey o
ffere
d to
com
e dow
n, u
ncon
ditio
nally
, if
the
Dep
artm
ent
of
Imm
igra
tion
and
Citiz
ensh
ip (D
IAC)
wou
ld n
egot
iate
with
an
inde
pend
ent
nego
tiatio
n te
am.
DIA
C sa
id
no.
They
fina
lly n
egot
iate
d th
eir
way
dow
n so
me
hour
s lat
er, w
hen
UN
HCR
neg
otia
tors
tu
rned
up,
and
the
y w
ere
prom
ised
thei
r ca
ses w
ould
be l
ooke
d at
agai
n, an
d th
at th
ey
wou
ld n
ot b
e put
into
Sta
ge 1
(hig
h se
curit
y)
if th
ey ca
me d
own.
(Of c
ours
e, th
ey’re
all n
ow
in St
age 1
). Th
e nex
t day
, ano
ther
9 d
etai
nees
go
t up
onto
a ro
of, a
gain
thre
aten
ing t
o ju
mp.
A
gain
, DIA
C offi
cial
s le
t th
em s
tay
up o
n th
e ro
of fo
r tw
o da
ys, u
ntil
thei
r dea
dlin
e to
ju
mp
had
com
e, to
neg
otia
te w
ith th
em.
The
resp
onse
by
peop
le o
utsid
e to
wha
t w
as g
oing
on
in V
illaw
ood
was
also
fai
rly
signi
fican
t as
a re
alisa
tion
seem
ed to
occ
ur
that
our a
ctio
ns m
ust r
eflec
t the
urge
ncy o
f the
sit
uatio
n in
side.
On
a num
ber o
f con
secu
tive
days
, peo
ple
gath
ered
at
Villa
woo
d to
hol
d de
mon
strat
ions
in
so
lidar
ity
with
th
ose
insid
e, us
ing
bann
ers,
drum
s an
d ch
ants
to
mak
e su
re th
e de
tain
ees
coul
d se
e an
d he
ar
them
. Ther
e w
as a
lso a
gro
up o
f ana
rchi
sts
and
anti-
auth
orita
rians
who
occ
upie
d an
d lo
cked
on
in th
e fo
yer o
f the
Dep
artm
ent o
f Im
mig
ratio
n, t
o sh
ow im
med
iate
sol
idar
ity
as w
ell
as a
ttem
pt t
o di
rect
ly a
ffect
wha
t w
as h
appe
ning
. At
abo
ut t
he t
ime
folk
at
Villa
woo
d sta
rted
neg
otia
tions
with
UN
HCR
, po
lice m
oved
in to
arre
st th
e 2 p
eopl
e loc
ked
on. Th
ere
was
also
a fu
rthe
r de
mon
strat
ion
in a
pub
lic s
quar
e in
New
tow
n du
ring
peak
ho
ur w
ith f
olk
ther
e ha
ngin
g ba
nner
s an
d ha
ndin
g ou
t flye
rs.
No Borders in Action
Thes
e mom
ents
to ta
ke ac
tion,
whe
ther
as an
ac
t of s
olid
arity
or a
chan
ce to
atta
ck th
e sta
te,
cann
ot a
lway
s be
eas
ily m
easu
red
and
thei
r be
auty
and
effe
ctiv
enes
s ar
e oft
en e
nhan
ced
by t
heir
spon
tane
ity. I
n th
e fa
ce o
f m
yria
d le
vels
of
stat
e co
erci
on
and
repr
essio
n,
over
thin
king
ever
y ac
tion
will
ofte
n le
ad to
a se
nse o
f def
eatis
m in
stead
of a
feel
ing o
f ope
n po
ssib
ilitie
s. C
erta
inly
in
term
s of
str
uggl
e ag
ains
t the
se p
rison
s tha
t mig
rant
s are
lock
ed
away
in, i
t has
bee
n a l
ong w
hile
sinc
e urg
ent,
mili
tant
dire
ct a
ctio
n ha
s bee
n a
part
of h
ow
solid
arity
is en
acte
d ou
tside
. How
ever
, thi
s is
a cru
cial
elem
ent t
hat w
e mus
t bui
ld in
ord
er
to r
aise
the
lev
el of
sol
idar
ity w
ith t
hose
str
uggl
ing
insid
e be
yond
ple
adin
g pa
ssiv
ely
to so
me h
ighe
r aut
horit
y to
be m
ore h
uman
e. W
e ne
ed t
o fin
d str
ateg
ic r
oofs
and
office
s to
occ
upy;
roa
ds t
o sh
utdo
wn;
bus
ines
s to
di
srup
t, w
hen
peop
le i
n de
tent
ion
cent
res
star
t to
agita
te.
Alm
ost
cont
radi
ctor
ily h
owev
er,
it is
the
urge
ncy
to c
onsta
ntly
resp
ond
that
can
lead
us
dow
n pa
ths
that
rep
lace
a r
evol
utio
nary
no
bor
ders
pol
itic
with
the
dea
d en
d th
at
is lib
eral
hum
anita
riani
sm. Th
e im
med
iate
de
sire t
o al
way
s res
pond
, kno
win
g liv
es ar
e at
stak
e ju
st he
re, c
erta
inly
can
cre
ate
pow
erfu
l ac
tions
, but
can
also
im
pede
our
gra
sp o
f ho
w b
orde
r pr
otec
tion
cann
ot b
e re
mov
ed
from
cap
ital a
nd b
road
er s
yste
ms
of c
ontro
l an
d re
pres
sion
and
ther
efor
e im
pede
our
ca
paci
ty to
act i
n a r
evol
utio
nary
man
ner.
Resp
ondi
ng o
ut o
f an
ger
and
outr
age
at
wha
t’s go
ing o
n isn
’t in
itse
lf th
e pro
blem
, but
as
we
get s
tuck
in th
ese
cycle
s it h
as se
emed
in
evita
ble
that
lib
eral
, re
form
ist d
eman
ds
begi
n to
rep
lace
the
orig
inal
rev
olut
iona
ry
ener
gy. W
e ha
ve s
een
this
in th
e m
ovem
ent
agai
nst
man
dato
ry d
eten
tion
that
occ
urre
d w
hen
the
Libe
rals
unde
r Jo
hn
How
ard
wer
e in
gov
ernm
ent i
n th
e fir
st ha
lf of
this
deca
de.
Libe
ral
hum
anita
riani
sm i
s a
dire
su
bstit
ute
for t
he p
ract
ice
of m
ilita
nt, a
ctiv
e,
and
enga
ged
solid
arity
. If i
t is p
ossib
le to
take
a
brea
th, t
ake
stock
and
pay
som
e at
tent
ion
to le
sson
s th
at r
esid
e in
a c
omm
on h
istor
y of
str
uggl
e fro
m t
he l
ast
time
ther
e w
as
‘refu
gee’
mov
emen
t, w
e ca
n se
e th
at d
espi
te
the
posit
ives
of
a m
uch-
claim
ed v
icto
ry –
ch
ildre
n ou
t of d
eten
tion,
the
closin
g do
wn
of s
ome
dete
ntio
n ce
ntre
s, th
e en
ding
of
TPV
’s –
the
mov
emen
t inc
reas
ingl
y re
cede
d in
to re
form
ist li
bera
lism
inste
ad of
stru
gglin
g ag
ains
t th
e na
ture
and
ver
y ex
isten
ce o
f bo
rder
s and
bor
der p
rote
ctio
n. A
s a re
sult,
it
shou
ld b
e no
sur
prise
that
a fe
w y
ears
late
r un
der a
new
gov
ernm
ent t
he ‘t
ough
enin
g up
’ of
bor
der p
rote
ctio
n ha
s onc
e aga
in b
ecom
e a
maj
or is
sue w
ith v
ery
real
cons
eque
nces
.
Wha
t has
bee
n re
ally
hea
rten
ing,
is th
at th
e re
cent
act
ions
by
thos
e on
the
outsi
de h
ave
felt
like
actio
ns o
f re
al s
olid
arity
. In
spire
d by
the
actio
ns o
f tho
se w
ho a
re im
priso
ned
in
the
dete
ntio
n ce
ntre
s, it
seem
s lik
e th
ere
has
been
non
e of
the
self
-sac
rifici
ng,
hum
anita
rian
resp
onse
of
havi
ng t
o “s
ave
the
refu
gees
”. S
ittin
g ou
tside
Vill
awoo
d fo
r ho
urs a
fter t
he d
eadl
ine
for n
egot
iatio
ns h
ad
pass
ed,
wai
ting,
cha
ntin
g oc
casio
nally
to
let t
he fo
lks
on th
e ro
of k
now
we
wer
e sti
ll th
ere
– w
as a
situ
atio
n th
at h
ad n
o ho
pe o
f “r
escu
e”.
Inste
ad i
t w
as t
he s
olid
arity
of
sittin
g w
ith th
ose
on th
e ro
of, o
f not
leav
ing
till t
hey
cam
e do
wn
safe
, and
whe
n th
ey d
id
com
e do
wn
to c
heer
like
cra
zy, e
very
one
so
relie
ved
they
wer
e stil
l aliv
e, an
d tr
ium
phan
t in
forc
ing
DIA
C in
to n
egot
iatio
ns th
at th
ey
wou
ldn’t
hav
e oth
erw
ise h
ad.
Ano
ther
gr
eat
thin
g ab
out
the
prot
ests
in l
ate
Sept
embe
r w
as t
hat
ther
e w
as n
o di
stinc
tion
in a
ctiv
e re
spon
ses
from
the
ou
tside
, be
twee
n th
ose
in d
eten
tion
who
ha
d ap
plie
d fo
r as
ylum
, and
thos
e w
ho h
ad
been
lock
ed u
p aft
er th
eir v
isas h
ad e
xpire
d.
This
is oft
en a
huge
pro
blem
in le
ftist
refu
gee
polit
ics
– w
here
it’s
onl
y th
ose
who
“ar
e ge
nuin
e re
fuge
es”
who
de
serv
e su
ppor
t.
The
mos
t new
swor
thy
aspe
ct o
f the
Bru
ssel
s ca
mp
was
the
over
whe
lmin
g po
licin
g an
d th
e ex
tens
ive
use
of ‘a
dmin
stra
tive
dete
ntio
n’, o
r pre
vent
ativ
e ar
rest
. As a
t the
CO
P15
coun
ter-
mob
ilisa
tion
in C
open
hage
n la
st y
ear,
hund
reds
of p
eopl
e w
ere
deta
ined
in a
n at
tem
pt to
pre
vent
them
from
taki
ng a
ctio
n.
Ove
r the
wee
kend
at l
east
500
arr
ests
wer
e m
ade,
nea
rly a
ll ‘p
reve
ntat
ive’
. 14
peop
le
wer
e se
rious
ly in
jure
d. A
num
ber o
f peo
ple
wer
e ab
used
in p
olic
e cu
stod
y, in
clud
ing
a nu
mbe
r of w
omen
who
wer
e se
xual
ly
assa
ulte
d an
d th
reat
ened
with
rape
by
polic
e. In
oth
er w
ords
, the
vio
lenc
e of
the
bord
er
was
tem
pora
rily
exte
nded
to a
ll w
ho
chal
leng
ed it
s leg
itim
acy.
The
exp
erie
nce
of w
alki
ng th
e st
reet
s kno
win
g th
at y
ou
coul
d, a
t any
tim
e, b
e ar
rest
ed fo
r abs
olut
ely
noth
ing
– th
at I
knew
I co
uld
be d
etai
ned
sim
ply
beca
use
of a
pol
ice
judg
emen
t abo
ut
wha
t typ
e of
per
son
I was
- ca
n be
com
pare
d to
the
situ
atio
n of
peo
ple
who
live
with
out
lega
l im
mig
ratio
n st
atus
. D
espi
te p
olic
e at
tem
pts t
here
wer
e de
mon
stra
tions
, act
ions
, and
dis
cuss
ions
th
roug
hout
the
wee
k.
On
Wed
nesd
ay a
bout
40
activ
ists
man
age
to
bloc
kade
a c
onfe
renc
e on
imm
igra
tion
with
a
keyn
ote
spea
ker f
rom
Fro
ntex
. Fro
ntex
is
the
rela
tivel
y ne
w a
genc
y th
at c
oord
inat
es
the
activ
ities
of t
he b
orde
r pol
ice
of E
U
mem
ber s
tate
s. It
has a
n in
telli
genc
e se
rvic
e co
mpo
nent
, whi
ch m
onito
rs d
ata
abou
t m
ovem
ents
at t
he e
xter
nal b
orde
rs o
f the
EU
an
d re
sear
ches
mor
e in
tens
ive
surv
eille
nce
tech
nolo
gy, i
nclu
ding
bio
met
ric id
entit
y ch
ecks
at a
ll bo
rder
cro
ssin
gs. R
ecen
tly
Fron
tex
has t
aken
on
the
role
of o
rgan
isin
g m
ass d
epor
tatio
n ch
arte
r flig
hts.
The
mai
n ev
ent o
n W
edne
sday
was
a
mas
sive
rally
of 1
00,0
00 p
eopl
e ca
lled
by
the
Euro
pean
trad
e un
ion
mov
emen
t aga
inst
th
e Ec
ofin
mee
ting
and
the
Euro
pe-w
ide
gove
rnm
ent p
ush
tow
ards
aus
terit
y. T
he N
o B
orde
rs c
amp
had
been
invi
ted
by so
me
loca
l uni
onis
ts to
be
part
of
a ‘c
ritic
al/a
ntic
apita
list’
bloc
as p
art o
f thi
s ra
lly b
ut p
olic
e ha
d in
dica
ted
that
we
wou
ld
not b
e pe
rmitt
ed to
mar
ch. H
undr
eds o
f pe
ople
from
the
cam
p w
ere
arre
sted
as t
hey
tried
to m
ake
thei
r way
to th
e de
mo
and
mor
e w
ere
arre
sted
at t
he m
eetin
g po
int.
A b
loc
of a
bout
150
peo
ple
man
aged
to
join
the
dem
o. W
orrie
d ab
out b
eing
left
vuln
erab
le a
t the
end
of t
he m
arch
, the
y w
ere
invi
ted
by th
e m
etal
wor
kers
’ uni
on to
w
alk
behi
nd th
em. H
owev
er th
e an
arch
ist
slog
ans d
istu
rbed
the
next
uni
on in
line
, th
e Po
lish
trade
uni
on S
olid
arno
sc, s
o m
uch
that
they
refu
sed
to m
arch
beh
ind
the
antic
apita
list b
loc.
Thi
s gav
e th
e po
lice
the
oppo
rtuni
ty to
ket
tle, b
eat,
and
arre
st
muc
h of
the
bloc
. The
uni
ons t
hat s
aw th
is
happ
enin
g w
ere
divi
ded
in th
eir r
espo
nse:
so
me
expr
esse
d so
lidar
ity a
gain
st th
e po
lice,
w
hile
oth
ers w
alke
d st
raig
ht p
ast,
inte
nt o
n co
ntin
uing
the
ritua
l of t
heir
mar
ch. A
ll up
, 35
0 pe
ople
wer
e ar
rest
ed o
ver t
he d
ay.
Des
pite
the
repr
essi
on, s
ever
al o
ther
act
ions
to
ok p
lace
ove
r the
wee
k. T
here
wer
e an
ti-Fr
onte
x ba
nner
s and
flye
ring
at th
e ai
rpor
t, Fr
onte
x w
indo
ws a
nd d
oors
wer
e sm
ashe
d an
d sm
oke
bom
bs le
t off,
lock
s w
ere
glue
d at
the
Inte
rnat
iona
l Org
anis
atio
n fo
r Mig
ratio
n (I
OM
). A
bui
ldin
g of
So
dexh
o - t
he F
renc
h ho
tel a
nd c
ater
ing
com
pany
with
a 5
0% sh
are
in C
orre
ctio
ns
Cor
pora
tion
of A
ustra
lia a
nd U
K D
eten
tion
Serv
ices
- ha
d w
indo
ws s
mas
hed,
and
oil
was
spill
ed o
ver a
noth
er S
odex
ho b
uild
ing.
St
eria
, the
com
pany
that
des
igne
d th
e Eu
roda
c fin
gerp
rintin
g da
taba
se -
lead
ing
to th
ousa
nds o
f mig
rant
s a y
ear b
eing
No Border
camp Brussels
By Princess Mob
In A
pril
this
yea
r act
ivis
ts fo
und
a m
ass
grav
e in
Gre
ece.
Hid
den
in in
acce
ssib
le
terr
ain
near
the
villa
ge o
f Sid
eró
and
mar
ked
only
by
a bu
llet-r
idde
n si
gn sa
ying
“th
e ce
met
ery
of th
e ill
egal
imm
igra
nts,”
this
si
te h
as b
een
used
for y
ears
to d
ispo
se o
f th
e co
rpse
s of m
igra
nts w
ho d
ied
tryin
g to
cr
oss t
he b
orde
r int
o G
reec
e. It
is b
elie
ved
that
bet
wee
n 15
0 an
d 20
0 pe
ople
hav
e be
en b
urie
d th
ere,
incl
udin
g 14
peo
ple
who
dr
owne
d try
ing
to c
ross
the
river
Evr
os/
Mer
iç o
n 25
th o
f Jun
e 20
10.
On
Tues
day
12th
of O
ctob
er a
46
year
old
m
an, J
imm
y M
uben
ga, w
as k
illed
by
G4S
se
curit
y gu
ards
who
ass
aulte
d hi
m w
hile
fo
rcin
g hi
m o
nto
a de
porta
tion
fligh
t fro
m
Lond
on to
Ang
lola
.
14,9
21 p
eopl
e di
ed b
etw
een
1988
and
20
07 a
long
Eur
ope’
s bor
ders
. Th
at fi
gure
in
clud
es 2
35 m
igra
nts w
ho w
ere
shot
dea
d by
bor
der p
olic
e, a
nd th
ousa
nds m
ore
who
dr
owne
d, d
ied
unde
r tru
cks o
r tra
ins,
or
froz
e to
dea
th a
s bor
der c
ontro
ls tu
rned
a
sim
ple
jour
ney
into
a d
ange
rous
cro
ssin
g.
Alo
ng w
ith th
is v
iole
nce
at th
e bo
rder
s, m
any
mig
rant
s fac
e da
ily v
iole
nce
from
po
lice
and
from
the
incr
easi
ngly
bol
d fo
rces
of
far-r
ight
raci
st g
roup
s. N
o B
orde
rs is
less
an
orga
nise
d ne
twor
k th
an a
sim
ple
stat
emen
t of p
oliti
cs. I
t is a
n ex
pres
sion
of s
olid
arity
with
thos
e w
ho fi
ght
bord
ers b
y cr
ossi
ng th
em a
nd a
stat
emen
t ag
ains
t atte
mpt
s by
gove
rnm
ents
and
rulin
g fo
rces
to e
ncou
rage
div
isio
n an
d na
tiona
lism
in
the
face
of a
uste
rity
mea
sure
s and
ec
onom
ic in
stab
ility
.
Prev
ious
No
Bor
der c
amps
hav
e be
en h
eld
at p
hysi
cal b
orde
r site
s, su
ch a
s Cal
ais i
n Fr
ance
and
the
isla
nd o
f Les
vos,
one
of
the
mai
n en
tranc
e ga
tes f
or th
ousa
nds o
f re
fuge
es a
nd m
igra
nts s
eeki
ng to
reac
h Eu
rope
.
In B
russ
els b
etw
een
Sept
embe
r 25
and
Oct
ober
3, c
ampe
rs so
ught
to b
ring
the
bord
er h
ome
to th
e he
art o
f Eur
ope.
Bru
ssel
s is
the
de-f
acto
cap
ital o
f Eur
ope,
and
hom
e to
key
age
ncie
s in
the
bord
er a
nd se
curit
y ap
para
tus.
At t
he sa
me
time
as th
e ca
mp
it w
as a
lso
host
ing
the
Ecofi
n su
mm
it, a
m
eetin
g of
Eur
opea
n fin
ance
min
iste
rs a
nd
finan
cial
lobb
yist
s.
As w
ell a
s bei
ng h
ome
to m
uch
of th
e in
fras
truct
ure
of th
e Eu
rope
an b
orde
r re
gim
e, B
russ
els i
s hom
e to
ong
oing
re
sist
ance
. The
re is
a st
rong
mov
emen
t of
sans
pap
iers
(und
ocum
ente
d m
igra
nts)
w
hich
has
invo
lved
mas
s occ
upat
ions
and
hu
nger
strik
es. O
n 24
Aug
ust 2
008
two
of th
e th
ree
win
gs o
f the
Ste
enok
kerz
eel
imm
igra
tion
pris
on w
ere
burn
t to
the
grou
nd. T
he c
amp
was
con
nect
ed to
this
re
sist
ance
thro
ugh
a nu
mbe
r of e
vent
s hel
d at
the
Ges
u m
onas
tary
, a sq
uat w
hich
has
be
en e
vict
ed a
nd re
-occ
upie
d a
num
ber o
f tim
es b
y sa
ns p
apie
rs a
nd a
ctiv
ists
with
pa
pers
, whi
ch is
cur
rent
ly h
ome
to a
bout
15
0 pe
ople
, mos
t of t
hem
fam
ilies
.
This
assu
mpt
ion
that
som
ehow
the
sta
te
is le
gitim
ate
in c
ontro
lling
the
mov
emen
t of
peo
ple,
and
lock
ing
them
up
and/
or
send
ing
them
hal
fway
acr
oss
the
wor
ld fo
r th
e sli
ghte
st tr
ansg
ress
ion
of i
ts ar
bitr
ary
prot
ocol
s, is
simpl
y th
e lo
gica
l fol
low
-on
of
“We
will
dec
ide
who
com
es to
this
coun
try
and
the
circ
umsta
nces
in w
hich
they
com
e”;
it’s ju
st pa
rt o
f the
sam
e pro
cess
.
Wha
t mos
tly a
ffect
ed th
e ou
tside
res
pons
es
to t
he s
econ
d ro
of p
rote
st w
as b
urno
ut.
Whi
le
up
to
200
peop
le
turn
ed
up
to
Villa
woo
d on
the
sec
ond
day
of t
he fi
rst
rooft
op p
rote
st, n
umbe
rs f
ell
dram
atic
ally
aft
er t
hat.
And
whe
reas
lar
ge n
umbe
rs o
f lo
cal
resid
ents
cam
e ou
t to
sho
w s
uppo
rt
for
the
first
rooft
op p
rote
st, fo
r th
e se
cond
, a
lot o
f tho
se in
the
stree
ts w
ere
ther
e, no
t in
solid
arity
, but
muc
h m
ore v
oyeu
ristic
ally
–
cam
eras
read
y in
case
anyo
ne ju
mpe
d. A
fter
two
full
days
of c
oord
inat
ing r
espo
nses
to th
e fir
st pr
otes
t, it
was
onl
y a
few
who
had
the
stam
ina
to c
ontin
ue re
spon
ding
for
anot
her
two
days
. Th
is is
a hug
e fac
tor i
n al
l kin
ds o
f re
volu
tiona
ry p
oliti
cs, a
nd o
ne th
at n
eeds
to
be ta
ken
serio
usly.
One
way
that
this
seem
s to
hav
e bee
n am
elio
rate
d so
mew
hat i
n re
cent
ac
tivity
, has
bee
n th
e ex
isten
ce o
f di
ffere
nt
grou
ps,
som
e sp
onta
neou
s, ta
king
up
the
actio
n th
ey b
eliev
ed ap
prop
riate
.
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****
****
****
**
A w
orld
with
out b
orde
rs c
an se
em a
s far
off
as a
revo
lutio
nary
soci
ety
- in
fact
furt
her a
s th
e lat
ter c
an ex
ist w
ithou
t the
form
er, b
ut th
e fo
rmer
with
out t
he la
tter
seem
s im
poss
ible.
Th
ese
are
thin
gs t
hat
seem
dist
ant,
but
the
choi
ce to
stru
ggle
for t
hem
is a
com
bina
tion
of d
esire
and
sur
viva
l -
we
cann
ot a
ccep
t th
at c
apita
lism
and
bor
der
prot
ectio
n ca
n do
any
thin
g re
mot
ely li
ke c
reat
e a
wor
ld w
e w
ant o
r can
affor
d to
live
in.
The
cogn
itive
ga
p be
twee
n th
e lib
eral
hu
man
itaria
n,
‘savi
our’
resp
onse
to
th
e re
fuge
e iss
ue a
nd t
he r
evol
utio
nary
visi
on
of
a w
orld
w
ithou
t bo
rder
s ca
n se
em
unbr
each
able.
But
this
is on
ly a
n iss
ue if
we
thin
k N
o Bo
rder
s pol
itics
can
be p
ract
ised
as
a sin
gle i
ssue
- th
at it
is an
idea
that
can
only
be
take
n up
as p
art o
f thi
s mov
emen
t aga
inst
the
dete
ntio
n of
asy
lum
see
kers
. To
atta
ck
this
regi
me
of b
orde
r pr
otec
tion
is to
atta
ck
a co
re e
lem
ent i
n th
e fu
nctio
ning
of g
loba
l ca
pita
lism
and
its ca
paci
ty to
pol
ice o
ur li
ves
and
restr
ict
our
mov
emen
ts ev
eryw
here
–
from
tho
se t
ryin
g to
cro
ss i
nter
natio
nal
bord
ers,
to h
ow w
e ta
ke u
p an
d us
e sp
ace
in o
ur c
ities
and
nei
ghbo
urho
ods,
to h
ow
our
wor
king
liv
es (
whe
ther
em
ploy
ed o
r un
empl
oyed
) are
clos
ely co
ntro
lled.
The
build
ing
of
activ
e, re
volu
tiona
ry
solid
arity
acr
oss
a ra
nge
of s
ites
of s
trug
gle
and
cont
esta
tion
is ne
cess
ary
in th
e pr
actic
e of
No
Bord
ers p
oliti
cs. Th
is do
es n
ot n
eed
to
occu
r onl
y in
fron
t of d
eten
tion
cent
res o
r at
the D
epar
tmen
t of I
mm
igra
tion.
We c
an al
so
take
thes
e po
litic
s int
o ou
r nei
ghbo
urho
ods,
in
supp
ortin
g th
e str
uggl
es
of
mig
rant
w
orke
rs
and
inte
rnat
iona
l stu
dent
s. In
m
akin
g an
ti-ra
cist
prac
tice
an o
rdin
ary
part
of
the
ever
yday
. No
bord
ers p
oliti
cs a
re p
art
of a
muc
h la
rger
str
uggl
e fo
r lib
erat
ion
that
de
man
ds t
he t
earin
g do
wn
of d
eten
tion
cent
ers a
nd th
e en
ding
of t
he v
iole
ntly
raci
st sy
stem
of b
orde
rs.
by Sour Dough & Cynical Smurf