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In this month’s Mutiny Zine... Upcoming Events Saturday October 23, Stand up for Refugees, 1pm, Town Hall. Nine years after the Siev X tragedy, demand the close of all detention centres, no offshore processing, no deportations. Sunday October 24, film screening ‘Our Generation’, 5:30pm at Black Rose Books, 22 Enmore Rd, $5 suggested donation. A powerful journey into Australia’s indigenous relations from colonisation until the present day. Friday October 29, Rally for ‘Jobs with Justice’! Stop the NT intervention!, 12 noon, Town Hall. Organised by Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney. Stoptheintervention.org Friday October 29, Reclaim the Night, 6pm, Town Hall. Annual rally to protest against violence against women in all its forms. www.reclaimthenight2010.wordpress.com Saturday October 30, film screening and discussion ‘Czech Dream’, 2pm at Jura Books, 440 Parramatta Rd, Petersham. Documentary film which records a large-scale hoax, culminating in the “opening event” of a fake hypermarket. Sunday October 31, Workers Solidarity Network meeting, 2pm at Jura Books. The WSN, a rank and file militant group, looking to provide solidarity to workers engaged in industrial action/disputes, meets on the last Sunday of each month at Jura books. Friday, December 10- Sunday December 12, Conference- Breakout: For the Free movement of people, Redfern Community Centre, begins 5.30pm on Friday. Breakout conference aims to create a space where opposition to Australia’s border protection regime can again transform into a movement. www.breakoutconference.org Regular events @ Black Rose: Saturdays from 5pm: Open Self-Organised C.A.F.E. Fuck the commercial venues! Relax with comrades.Hang out, drinks, snacks, music, games and more. Wednesdays from 4pm (cooking; serving from 7pm): The Peoples Kitchen, free vegan community dinner... RESIST THE CAPITALIST DIET! SourDough and Cynical Smurf talk about the recent actions in solidarity withVillawood protestors. Princess Mob reports back on the no borders camp in Brussels. Anthony Hayes responds to Lindsay Hawkins’ article in Mutiny #51 in ‘Against Capital, Against Work’.
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Page 1: Mutiny 55 - quickfixed - Jura Books 55 - print.pdf · 2013. 12. 5. · When Lindsay cites the IWW around the First World War, the Spanish CNT of 1936-39 and the NSW BLF in the 1970s

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utin

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ober

23,

Sta

nd u

p fo

r Ref

ugee

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m, T

own

Hal

l. N

ine

year

s afte

r the

Si

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edy,

dem

and

the

clos

e of

all

dete

ntio

n ce

ntre

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offs

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cess

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no

depo

rtatio

ns.

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ay O

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lm sc

reen

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until

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pres

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Just

ice’

! Sto

p th

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terv

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rven

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im th

e N

ight

, 6pm

, Tow

n H

all.

Ann

ual r

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to p

rote

st a

gain

st

viol

ence

aga

inst

wom

en in

all

its fo

rms.

ww

w.re

clai

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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

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free

veg

an

com

mun

ity d

inne

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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’.

Page 2: Mutiny 55 - quickfixed - Jura Books 55 - print.pdf · 2013. 12. 5. · When Lindsay cites the IWW around the First World War, the Spanish CNT of 1936-39 and the NSW BLF in the 1970s

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.

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10th to 12th

December,

Redfern

Community Centre.

brea

kout

conf

eren

ce.o

rg

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rs fo

r thi

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onth

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og, C

ynic

al S

mur

f, Br

assy

F G

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hoen

ix &

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red

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e does

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rily

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e w

ith a

ll th

e opin

ions

of co

ntr

ibuto

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Contr

ibuto

rs d

o n

ot

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essa

rily

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e w

ith a

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colle

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bur

eauc

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the

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vas

t cla

ss s

trug

gles

fo

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r th

e la

st fe

w c

entu

ries

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ss s

trug

gles

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e ea

rly

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talis

t cl

ass

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onve

rt a

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estr

oy o

lder

form

s of

pro

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ive

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vity

in o

rder

to fa

shio

n a

pecu

liarl

y ca

pita

list v

ersi

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f wor

k or

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nsum

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itie

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this

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ld o

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k th

at w

e ne

ed to

libe

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es fr

om.

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e un

ions

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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.

Page 4: Mutiny 55 - quickfixed - Jura Books 55 - print.pdf · 2013. 12. 5. · When Lindsay cites the IWW around the First World War, the Spanish CNT of 1936-39 and the NSW BLF in the 1970s

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the

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uni

ons,

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on

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orke

rs n

eed

to g

o be

yond

trad

e un

ion

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cen

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to c

lari

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at w

orki

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lass

sel

f-or

gani

sati

on a

gain

st c

apit

al a

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ade

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ns a

re n

ot s

ynon

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150

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for

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cla

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r fo

r fr

eedo

m o

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aver

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stem

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ot to

sug

gest

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we

eith

er s

trug

gle

for

bett

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ages

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con

diti

ons

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e is

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prou

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her

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a m

iser

y. I

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thro

ugh

our

resi

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ce to

bei

ng r

educ

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mer

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clas

s m

ater

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or c

apit

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at w

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en u

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age-

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ork

as a

pos

sibl

e pr

actic

e to

the

end

of

‘radi

cal u

nion

ism

.’

I cer

tain

ly w

rote

that

‘I h

ave

argu

ed th

at c

omra

des s

houl

d no

t be

invo

lved

in tr

ade

unio

ns.’

I do

argu

e su

ch a

nd I

cont

inue

to. B

ut a

s we

know

con

text

is e

very

thin

g, a

nd th

e co

ntex

t in

this

cas

e is

wha

t I w

rote

imm

edia

tely

afte

r thi

s quo

tatio

n:

We

shou

ld n

ot v

iew

trad

e un

ions

as e

xam

ples

of w

orki

ng cl

ass s

elf-

orga

nisa

tion

agai

nst

capi

tal.

Rath

er tr

ade

unio

ns a

re e

mbl

emat

ic o

f one

way

that

capi

tal o

rgan

ises

labo

ur –

ob

viou

sly

ther

e ar

e ot

her w

ays t

hat c

apita

l org

anis

es la

bour

from

mor

e ‘d

emoc

ratic

’ met

hods

ri

ght t

hrou

gh to

terr

oris

tic a

nd d

icta

tori

al m

etho

ds. I

n es

senc

e m

y po

int w

as to

clar

ify th

at

wor

king

clas

s sel

f-or

gani

satio

n ag

ains

t cap

ital a

nd tr

ade

unio

ns a

re n

ot sy

nony

mou

s.

Perh

aps I

shou

ld h

ave

been

cle

arer

in m

y ea

rlie

r pie

ce. R

athe

r tha

n w

ritin

g ‘co

mra

des s

houl

d no

t be

invo

lved

in tr

ade

unio

ns’ I

shou

ld

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act i

n a

pro-

revo

lutio

nary

fash

ion

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

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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

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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

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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

.

****

****

****

****

**

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


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