[imc-lancaster-kinematograph] day of action for freedom of movement & the right to stay

[marion at riseup.net]

Demonstration in Manchester: Meet 2nd April 12.30 Whitworth Park, Oxford
Road, Manchester.
For more information contact nobordersmancheser at lists.riseup.net
or http://manchesternoborders.org.uk

If you are interested in going in a Lancaster contingent by train contact
Lancaster and District Coalition Against the War: ldcaw at aol.com

April 2nd - European Call to Action

Call for a second European day of action
For freedom of movement and the Right to stay
Last year a European Day of Action against detention centres and for the
legalisation of migrants without papers was launched during the European
Social Forum in Paris. On the 31st of January 2004 demonstrations and
actions were held in more than forty European cities. It was an important
day in the development of networking among migrants, struggles and
activists on a European level. There is another day of action on the April
2nd 2005. It is centred around the claim for freedom of movement and the
right to stay. A European citizenship is being created. We need to focus
on the way the borders of this citizenship are built and managed.
Detention centres for migrants have played and continue to play a key role
in this process. These camps are even being set up outside the borders of
the EU – from the Balkans to Libya and Morocco. These Camps are a dark
symbol of migration politics. Not just because they are the reality of
racist laws to keep people out, but also because they exist so that
richer countries can take advantage of cheap migrant labour when they want
it. The creation of a European citizenship effectively creates a hierarchy
of legal and political rights. This process is going to effect more than
migrants. It mirrors a new model of labour force management based around
casualisation and exploitation. Migrants are the guinea pigs for new
European labour laws. We want to bring these interconnections and demands
inside the Euro-May Day process, so we are calling for migration related
groups to have a strong participation on the 1st of May 2005.
“Freedom of movement” isn't just a slogan for us. We believe that freedom
of movement involves different struggles taking place every day throughout
Europe : struggles for housing and legalization, struggles against racism
and camps, struggles in the workplace, the struggles of women to free
themselves from patriarchal oppression. On April the 2nd we will stress
the importance of these struggles. Let's provide a framework to support
their growth and their diversity.
We invite all groups, networks and social movements.