ROMANIA: War and ABC (Timisoara, Craiova)

Abolishing the Borders from Below, 2003

Is about our antiwar demo in 1st March. Is is a whole story about how we can organize this kind of protest now when all mainstream media are against us and all the state propaganda is focusing on NATO integration. We were forced to collaborate with a troskist-marxist organization called asociation for the workers emancipation. Some of the lithers of this organization are friends of ours and may want to change something and have a little trust in us, but the majority of them are old and senile and they can not do anything. However, with there help we can take the approbation from the authorities.

When we started organizing and working on the banners and placards C.A.F. was very active. In the beginning we were not ery enthuziastic because we thought we could not say what we wanted. But instead we completed the job so the things became more anarchist than reformist. But the situation was really saved by our true comrades from aactivist collective from Timisoara. They were well prepared.

The number of participants was 100. At least a half were anarchists, less than 10 trotskists and the rest were just punk-rockers. (we hope this punks to become more involved in anarcho-punk movement). The flags were red and black and the people from our city (also the police) know this was an anarchist protest. About the impact we are very pleased because many young people participated and were interested about narchism. This is good for out „ghetto” but is good also for public opinion because, even if we can not change their ideas about the war at least we change our distorsed image. Now they see us like an well organized group and for this maybe they respect us more. Is important to say that majority of people on the street was not against us.

No-Border CAMP in 9-15 June (TIMISOARA 2003)

Abolishing the Borders from Below, 2003

Starting with the mid 80’s, Europe started to throw it’s border regime and legisltation. In 1990 Schengen convention was adopted by which common standard on migration policy were established for all member states. All the countries of the European Union, except UK and Ireland, signed this agreement. Starting with that moment, asylum seekers from outside EU could ask for asyluum only in the country they succeded to reach. This thing made is impossible for immigrants to choose freely the resident country in conformity with, for example, the language they knew to speak or the place where their family or friends were.

Plan of action

In 9-15 june, Timisoara, a city placed in the west part of Romania, near the borders with Hungary and Yugoslavia, will be zhe scene of the first Noborder camp in Romania. This camp will mean 7 days of actions, discussions and workshops around the central problem – freedom of movement and establishment for everybody. The camp aims to unite activists, imigrants and artists from all over Romania and Europe, to create an environement for communication, exchange of information and debates about migration and border regime.

NoBorder Timisoara will be a practical demonstration of collective and participants abillities of organisation and administration of their own actions during the camp, on non-hierarchical basis and self-managemen. This attempt asks for everybody’s active participation, the camp being planned as a diy project.

Main action that will take place: discussions, workshops, working groups, video projections, concerts, direct action, performance, parties, discussion points like

*freedom of movement – fundamental human rights; UN high commandment for refugees

*Schengen Information System – electronic borders, social control.

Romania (infoshop in Craiova and Timisoara)

Abolishing the Borders from Below, 2003

Infoshop in Craiova

Aanarchists activists from Craiova, Romania, will open an infoshop in short time. It is a space with two floors but they can only use the upper room and there gonna be library and infoshop and they will use it also for metings, workshop, video projections… The place is situated in the center of the town so it is gonna be very practical and they hope that the impact of activities there will be very big.

They need some support, especialy: issues, zines, books, video tapes, audios and everything printed on xerox with/for anarcho purposes. You can contact with them at this adress: revolutionshop@hok-mail.com and you can help them sending any kind of materials on this adress:

ADI

ALLEA

BL. , APT.

CRAIOVA, DOLJ, COD 1100

ROMANIA