[Imc-uk-features] noborders gathering feature

[ionnek]

Hi all,

335158 promoted: background on noborder activism in the UK in connection 
with global day of action.
335137 ben - promote. major campaign, call for action. not just an event 
post

So the contents from the feature proposal from Michael Bakunin have been 
posted and promoted on the newswire.
But I'd still propose to put a feature on the UK mid column (and 
migration) before the noborder gathering takes place. There has been a 
lot of "new" noborder activism in the UK over the last year. Many of the 
newly formed noborder groups are locally active and also connected to 
wider (european or worldwide) noborder networks. The activities of these 
groups are incredibly wide - from classic detainee support (visiting 
people in detention camps, finding medical and legal support, liaising, 
"being a person who cares") to direct action, from lobbying (email and 
fax campaings etc) to focussing specific institutions of the border 
regime like the IOM.
Noborder groups in the UK are also starting to set up their own 
communication channels and networks, online and offline.

In my view, the noborder gathering in London is only a small part of all 
these on-the -ground activities. We don't have an overview feature about 
these recent developments of UK-based no-border activism. But a number 
of event- or campaign focussed migration features.

I would like to re-formulate Michael Bakunins proposal: Let's write a 
feature on noborders activism in the UK, which includes the gathering, 
details of the groups, the harmondworth campaign, and the global day of 
action in april, and use the links we have already.
I am working on it - does anyone want to join in?

we could then catch up with a report feature specifically about the 
gathering.

best
ionnek

here some links:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/03/335137.html
noborders gathering

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/03/335158.html
harmondsworth demo 8 april

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/02/334443.html
Meeting: Campaign to Close Heathrow Detention Centres 
<http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/02/334228.html>

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/02/334228.html
London No Borders events at The Square Social Centre


General info about uk noborder resources and groups:

<p>Many groups around the country are supporting asylum seekers or 
support the slogan <a 
href="http://glasgow_noborders.clearerchannel.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3">"no 
one is illegal"</a>. To name only a few: <a 
href="http://www.ncadc.org.uk">national coalition of anti-deportation 
campaigns</a>, <a href="http://www.barbedwirebritain.org.uk/">Barbed 
Wire Britain</a>, local <a href="http://www.noborder.org">noborder</a> 
groups in <a href="/en/2005/12/329455.html">Birmingham</a>, <a 
href="http://www.openborders.org.uk/">Glasgow</a>, <a 
href="/en/2005/11/328909.html">Leeds</a>, <a 
href="http://glasgow_noborders.clearerchannel.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38">London</a>, 
<a href="http://www.network23.org/n23/noborders/">Manchester</a> and <a 
href="https://wiki.sheffieldsocialforum.org.uk/No_Borders">Sheffield</a>. 
There is also a <a 
href="http://glasgow_noborders.clearerchannel.org/forum/index.php">noborders 
forum</a> and an open announcement <a 
href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/noii/">mailing list</a>. For more 
info, check <a href="http://www.makebordershistory.org/">"make borders 
history"</a> and the <a 
href="http://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/topics/migration/">imc uk 
migration page</a>.</p>