florian schneider on Mon, 3 Jun 2002 21:08:40 +0200 (CEST) |
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<nettime> Let us talk about Europe |
[dear nettimers, here's one of the calls for the 13th (!) noborder camp <http://noborder.org> since we started 1998 in rothenburg at the german-polish border <http://www.contrast.org/borders/camp/index2.html> the camp 02 will take place from july 19-28, in strasbourg/france. for the first time a noborder camp is organized by groups and individuals from all over europe. originally, the idea was presented at the occasion of the make world festival <http://make-world.org> and finalized during a follow-up meeting with participants from 17 european countries. the city of strasbourg has been chosen because it is the home of the Schengen Information System (SIS), a huge database accumulating the records of illegalized immigrants. punch line of the noborder camp will be a demonstration infront of the SIS on july 27th. hope to see you soon! /fls] Let us talk about Europe http://noborder.org announcer: stra-l-request@noborder.org?SUBJECT=subscribe Let us talk about Europe. A Europe that has been abandoned and is now squatted like an empty house. Whose doors will be broken open, in order to fill those run-down rooms with life again: a new vitality, that has certainly nothing to with what was formerly known as Europe. Now and then we still don't believe a single word this Europe is saying, even though it tries to make some substitutions: humanitarian missions for humanism, just wars instead of colonialism and security instead of proxy battles. When we talk about Europe, then certainly not because we believe in Europe. But rather because we bet on the irony of history: In the age of a new global souvereignty the questions of dependence and independence have gained a new meaning all over the world. Positive as well as negative fixation on the nation state has lost all of its perspectives. When we talk about europe today, then because we aim to give Europe, this rather dilapidated building, finally a meaningful use. Because we see the chance to make another world possible in the midst of this Europe. We talk about a Europe, that will be struggled for and won against the powers of the old Europe, the Europe of the nation states, the old Europe of colonialism, imperialism and fascism. One that will be won against the powers of the existing Europe with its rightwinged and postfascistic governments, with its progressive fantasies of great power, it's regressive illusions of security and its unbroken and unquestioned humanitarian hypocrisy. We talk about a Europe, that has to be achieved against the new power of an imperial command, that establishes the emergency state as a standard and that planates the privlileges of a liberal society as well as the hard-won zones of alleviated capitalistic exploitation. In the end, we talk about a Europe, where we struggle less against the existing but instead for a future. We talk about a virtual Europe. A Europe that exists of and within many Europes. A Europe that could already be anticipated in the past struggles of minorities, that is about to rise from the struggles of the unemployed and undocumented workers and that is going to grow in new union and enviornmental movements. A Europe, that is already existing, in whose mid we are living, but whose potential we may not really grasp yet. The people, whom the hopes of a bare survival are robbed with the same certainity as the right of self-determination, cannot be kept out of Europe. They set off - if not voluntary, then with a good cause, with a strong or last will to gain a better life. Let us talk about an open Europe. A Europe that no longer tries to secure and close itself. A Europe that will be captured from the rest of the world. One that consists of everybody who is here or wants to get here. A Europe without borders. A Europe, in which the interior and the outside are so closely related that it turns out to be inseparably connected with the world. Let us talk about a minor Europe. A Europe without territory nor identity. A Europe that belongs to all and where everybody belongs to, who wants to - and may this be while passing by. A temporary Europe, whose only and actual sense is to connect and to link, to build bridges and to set up relations. Let us talk about a democratic Europe. A Europe, that does not hold majorities and therefore no minorities. A Europe, that does not part nor expand but multiplies ongoing. A Europe where material as well as immaterial rights belong to all human beings, no matter in which injustice they where coincidentaly born into. A Europe that grants the freedom of movement, the freedom of information and the right of a decent living as well as the chance of a happy live to all people. Let us talk about a productive Europe. A Europe that does not divide people in useful and useless. A Europe, in which everyone is an expert. A Europe that does not lock away knowledge as intellectual property but release it for the universal use of the general intellect. A creative Europe, in which the people own the means of production, that they need in order to solve at least the most urgent problems of this world. A Europe whose diversity, multiplicity and wealth are not produced on the expanse of the remaining world, but contributes it to a globalization that deserves this name. [may 17th, 2002 temporary association 'everyone is an expert'] french version: http://listes.rezo.net/archives/zpajol/2002-06/msg00007.html german version: http://www.kein.org/cgi-bin/news/viewnews.cgi?newsid1023010315,89265, # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net