widerst@ndMUND vom 25. August 2000

widerst@ndMUND vom 25. August 2000

01 Demobericht 01b ZEUGEN GESUCHT
01c Polizeieinsatz auf Demo forderte Verletzte 02 Kärnten: Vorbereitungen für internationale Widerstandstage in vollem Gang
03 prague-update004
04 Bosnisches Flüchtlingsmädchen wird Lehrling
05 Mafiagegner sind Kommunisten sind Mafiagegner
06 Der Kampf um die Heimatfront
07 S 26
08 Parteienfinanzierung/KPÖ
09 Melel-s digest, Vol 1 #129, 130 - 1 msg

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Editorial

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01 Demobericht
From: tatblatt
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Donnerstagsdemo vom 24. 8. 2000 Bericht aus der TATblatt-"Chronologie des Widerstands gegen die Rechts-Rechtsextrem-Koalition in Wien" http://tatblatt.mediaweb.at/132chronologie-aktuell.htm !!! UNKORRIGIERTE ERSTFASSUNG !!! Allfällige Ergänzungen, Korrekturen etc. finden sich in der "Chronologie" auf unserer Website. http://tatblatt.mediaweb.at/132chronologie-aktuell.htm DONNERSTAGSDEMO Eine Frau wurde am Rückweg der Demo von der Polizei krankenhausreif geschlagen und musste mit Verdacht auf schwere Gehirnerschütterung ins Spital gebracht werden. Von mehreren DemonstrantInnen wurden Personalien aufgenommen. Geführt hatte die Demonstration diesmal zum Praterstern. Nach TATblatt-Zählung nahmen wieder rund 1.200 Leute daran teil, laut Aktionskomitee waren es 1.900, laut Polizei 500. Im Anschluss an die eigentliche Demo trafen sich rund 120 DemonstrantInnen (TATblatt-Zählung) noch am Stephansplatz und demonstrierten bis knapp vor 1.00 Uhr früh durch die Innenstadt. Wie schon in den letzten Wochen versuchte die Polizei von Anfang an, die Route vorzugeben. Sperren am Ring zwangen vom Ballhausplatz/Heldenplatz - wo um zirka 20.30 Uhr weggezogen worden war - in Richtung Babenbergerstraße und dann in Richtung Mariahilfer Straße zu gehen. In der Babenbergerstraße gelang es den vorderen Reihen durch schnelles Abbiegen erfolgreich, die vorgegebene Route zu verlassen und über Elisabethstraße und Robert-Stolz-Platz zurück zum Ring zu gelangen. SicherheitswachebeamtInnen versuchten dabei wiederholt, die DemonstrantInnen aufzuhalten. Sie schafften jedoch nicht, eine funktionierende Kette zu bilden. In der Folge gaben sie auf, und der Rest der Demo konnte ungehindert weitergehen. Den Ring entlang zog die Demo anschließend in Richtung Aspernbrücke. An verschiedenen Stellen wurde von einigen Reihen versucht, in Richtung Innenstadt abzubiegen, was von der Polizei jedoch verhindert werden konnte. Beim Hotel Marriott am Parkring rannten einige DemonstrantInnen zum Hotel und banden damit die Polizeikräfte, wodurch es anderen DemonstrantInnen möglich war, durch die Gartenbaupromenade in Richtung Stadt durchzukommen. Etwas zu schnell durchschaute die Polizei jedoch das eher zufällig zu Stande gekommene Manöver und hinderte durch Kettenbildung die nachfolgenden DemonstrantInnen daran, ebenfalls in die Gartenbaupromenade zu ziehen. Bei der Aspernbrücke blockierte die Polizei die Fahrbahn des Franz-Josefs-Kais, ließ aber den Gehsteig offen, was neuerlich von zahlreichen DemonstrantInnen zu einer spontanen Routenänderung genutzt wurde. Diesmal mit Verstärkung durch WEGA-Beamte (Alarmabteilung) gelang es der Polizei aber auch dort letztlich, den Großteil der DemonstrantInnen aufzuhalten. In der Folge wurde, wie ursprünglich geplant, über Aspernbrücke - Asperngasse - Praterstraße zum Praterstern gezogen, durch die Straßenbahnunterführung unter dem Bahnhof Wien Nord durchgegangen, und dann über Franzensbrückenstraße - Radetzkystraße - Uraniastraße der Rückweg in Richtung Ringstraße angetreten. Am Radetzkyplatz wurde ein Demonstrant von einem Passanten attackiert. Die Polizei beschützte den Angreifer, half aber immerhin beim Suchen der Brille, die dem Demonstranten bei dem Angriff vom Kopf geschlagen worden war. Am Stubenring, Höhe Falkestraße, kam es dann zu einem folgenschweren Zwischenfall. Die vorderen Reihen der Demonstration versuchten wieder, durch Laufen einen freien Zugang in die Innenstadt zu finden und dabei möglichen Polizeisperren zuvorzukommen. Ein Polizist stellte nach übereinstimmenden Berichten dabei einem Demonstranten ein Bein, und stieß ihn, während er noch fiel, gegen ein parkendes Auto. Andere DemonstrantInnen protestierten, was einige BeamtInnen mit weiteren Schlägen beantworteten. Eine Demonstrantin wurde dabei brutal geschlagen und zu Boden geworfen - nach anderen Darstellungen vom Fahrrad gestoßen - und dabei schwer am Kopf verletzt. Sie musste mit Verdacht auf schwere Gehirnerschütterung von der Rettung ins Spital gebracht werden. Der niedergestoßene Demonstrant wurde von der Polizei festgehalten, nach Aufnahme der Personalien aber noch vor Ort freigelassen. Nach Freilassung des Demonstranten und Abtransport der verletzten Demonstrantin zog die Demo weiter. Beim zum Ballhausplatz führenden Tor wurde die Ringstraße wieder von der Polizei mit Tretgittern abgeriegelt. Um zirka 23.00 Uhr löste sich an dieser Stelle die Demonstration - vorerst - auf. Unter der Hand wurde aber als neuer Treffpunkt Stephansplatz ausgemacht. Dort trafen sich um 23.30 Uhr rund 120 Leute, die in einer lauten Demonstration durch die immer noch von zahlreichen TouristInnen belebte Kärntner Straße zur FPÖ-Zentrale zogen. Nach einer kurzen Kundgebung ging es zurück zum Stephansplatz und weiter über Graben - Naglergasse - Strauchgasse in die Herrengasse zum Innenministerium. Nach einer weiteren lauten Zwischenkundgebung wurde über Michaelerplatz - Schauflergasse - Löwelstraße - Josef-Meinrad-Platz zuerst zum Rathausplatz und über diesen zur ÖVP-Zentrale in der Lichtenfelsgasse gegangen, wo immerhin noch 80 Leute ankamen. Nach einer neuerlichen Protestkundgebung zogen rund 40 DemonstrantInnen noch zum Parlament und auf dessen Rampe. Um zirka 0.40 Uhr verließen sie die Rampe, um über die Ringstraße zurück zum Ballhausplatz zu ziehen. Am Fuße der Rampe wurden von einem Demonstranten, der von Staatsschutzbeamten beobachtet, "Widerstand" auf die Parlamentsrampe gesprayt haben soll, die Personalien aufgenommen, von einem in der Nähe gestandenen weiteren Demonstranten ebenfalls. Bei der Gelegenheit kündigten die Beamten dem angeblichen Sprayer auch gleich an, dass er in Kürze eine Anzeige wegen der Marriott-Aktion vom 15. Juni erhalten wird. Als die letzten 20 bis 30 DemonstrantInnen, inzwischen von Polizei unbegleitet, beim Tor von der Ringstraße zum Ballhausplatz ankamen, fanden sie die Tretgitter der Polizei in unversperrtem Zustand abgestellt vor. Einige nutzen die Gelegenheit dazu, noch ein bisserl die Ringstraße zu sperren und trugen die Tretgitter während einer Rotphase für die Autos auf die Fahrbahn. Als kurz darauf die Polizei eintraf, bewegte sich der Demo-Rest (sehr) schnell endgültig zurück zum Ballhausplatz. Festnahmen dürfte es nach derzeitigem Informationsstand keine gegeben haben. Positiv zu erwähnen bliebe, dass diesmal wirklich bis zum Schluss ein aussagekräftiges Transparent gegen staatlichen Rassismus mit dabei war. !!! UNKORRIGIERTE ERSTFASSUNG !!! Allfällige Ergänzungen, Korrekturen etc. finden sich in der "Chronologie" auf unserer Website. http://tatblatt.mediaweb.at/132chronologie-aktuell.htm -- http://tatblatt.mediaweb.at oder http://www.nadir.org/nadir/periodika/tatblatt E-Mail: mailto:TATblatt@blackbox.net und mailto:TATblatt@gmx.at (bitte sicherheitshalber an beide Adressen mailen)
01b ZEUGEN GESUCHT
From: Günther Starnberger, gst@sysfrog.org
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es werden dringend zeugen gesucht, die gesehen haben wie auf der heutigen demo eine demonstrantin von einem polizisten niedergeschlagen wurde (sie hat violette dreads gehabt). ort: stubenring 18 zeit: zwischen 22:00 und 22:30 falls jemand photo-/videoaufnahmen gemacht haben sollte bitte auch melden. kontaktadresse: tel: 0699/10194306 mail: gst@STOPfpoe.net bitte auch weiterleiten! tnx /gst - STOPfpoe.net -- sysfrog.org _______________________________________________ Widerstand mailing list Widerstand@no-racism.net http://mailman.t0.or.at/mailman/listinfo/widerstand
01c Polizeieinsatz auf Demo forderte Verletzte
From: Ökologische Linke, OEKOLI_Wien@gmx.net
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Verletzte und Personalienfeststellung auf der Donnerstagsdemo

Die gestrige Donnerstagsdemo vom 24. 8. 2000 war wieder von einem massiven
Polizeiaufgebot begleitet, das versuchte alle Zugänge zur Innenstadt
abzuriegeln. Lediglich bei der Kärntnerstraße konnten die DemonstrantInnen die
Ordnungsmacht überraschen und einen offenen Zugang in den 1. Bezirk vorfinden,
was jedoch von den DemonstrantInnen nicht genützt wurde.
Dafür drängte die Polizei auf dem Ring, in Höhe des Museums für Angewandte
Kunst (MAK), einen Demonstranen ab, dessen Personalien grundlos aufgenommen
wurden.
Ein Mädchen, das versuchte dem Demonstranten zu Hilfe zu kommen, wurde
dabei von einem Polizisten zu Boden geworfen und schlug dabei mit dem Kopf auf
den Boden und trug entsprechende Verletzungen davon. Das Mädchen mußte
deshalb mit einem Krankrenwagen weggeführt werden. Während sie eine Freundin
begleitete, zog die Demo schließlich wieder bis zum Ballhausplatz.

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02 Kärnten: Vorbereitungen für internationale Widerstandstage in vollem Gang
From: Mathias Köchl, m1koechl@edu.uni-klu.ac.at
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Kärnten: Vorbereitungen für Internationale Widerstandstage in vollem Gang


Die Plattform Offenes Kärnten ruft für 26. bis 28. Oktober zu Sternfahrten nach Klagenfurt auf. Unter dem Motto "Offenes Kärnten – Offenes Europa" finden Internationale Widerstandstage in Klagenfurt statt, im Vorfeld dazu gibt es eine grosse Kulturkarawane.

Wien/Klagenfurt – Aus Anlass des "Kärnten-Tages" bei der Donnerstag-Demonstration informierte die Plattform Offenes Kärnten bei einer Pressekonferenz in Wien über den Stand der Vorbereitungen für die Internationalen Widerstandstage vom 26. bis 28.10. in Klagenfurt.
Die Plattform will den Widerstand in Kärnten stärken und die Zusammenarbeit aller Menschen und Initiativen aus dem In- und Ausland intensivieren, die dieses neue österreichische Regierungsmodell ablehnen. Kritisiert wird eine Zunahme des Alltagsrassismus, die Rücknahme frauenpolitischer Rechte, die Relativierung von Menschenrechten, eine Aushöhlung demokratischer Strukturen, Sozialabbau bei gleichzeitiger nationalpopulistischer Demagogie. Unterstützung für die Widerstandstage kommt dabei unter anderem auch von Max Koch von SOS-Mitmensch, sowie von Kurt-Wendt, Mitorganisator der Donnerstag-Demonstration sowie Vertreter des Aktionskomitees gegen Blau-Schwarz.
Univ. Prof. Dr. Klaus Ottomeyer, Verfasser des Buches "Zur Psychopolitik der FPÖ" kritisierte bei der Pressekonfrenz das politische Klima im Haider-Land. "Kärnten droht eine Periode von Brot und Spielen", so der Mölzer-Kritiker.
Die Textarbeiterin Tina Leisch skizzierte die geplante Kunst- und Kulturkarawane durch Dörfer und Kleinstädte Kärntens, die im Vorfeld der Widerstandstage vom 7. bis 25. Oktober stattfinden wird. Mirko Messner von der Plattfom Offenes Kärnten ging anschließend auf die Situation der slowenischen Volksgruppe in Kärnten ein,
Die internationalen Widerstandstage in Klagenfurt werden österreichweit und international von zahlreichen Initiativen und Organisationen, KünstlerInnen und Privatpersonen mitgetragen. Schon am ersten Tag haben 30 Initiativen aus allen österreichischen Bundesländern den Aufruf zu den Widerstandstagen unterzeichnet.
Im Rahmen der Widerstandstage werden zahlreiche Diskussionsveranstaltungen, Musik, Arbeitskreise und kulturelle Veranstaltungen mit international bekannten Persönlichkeiten stattfinden. Bei einer Großkundgebung am Neuen Platz werden am 28. Oktober um 11.00 Uhr die Sternfahrt-Teilnehmer aus ganz Österreich begrüsst, am Nachmittag ist eine Abschlussveranstaltung in der 5.000 Menschen fassenden Wörthersee-Halle am Klagenfurter Messegelände geplant, so Matthias Köchl von der Plattform Offenes Kärnten.
Im Rahmen einer Delegation österreichischer NGOs wird am 29.8. Angelika Hödl für die Plattform Offenes Kärnten mit dem Weisen Jochen Frowein in Heidelberg/Deutschland in Kontakt treten. Hödl wird dabei die prekäre Lage der Kulturpolitik und der Minderheitenpolitik unter LH. Haider schildern und die Situation der Freien Radios und der Volksgruppenradios als Spielball von Blau-Schwarz erörtern.

Weitere Informationen: Matthias Köchl (0664-2668549), Mirko Messner (0676-6969004)
Plattform Offenes Kärnten, www.offeneskaernten.cjb.net, Email: presse@offeneskaernten.cjb.net

03 prague-update004
From: itch, cs@t0or.at
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IMF/World Bank Meeting 22-29 september @ prague/cz NEWS 16/08/00 - 24/08/00 [1] Bicycle Caravan to Prague - 17/08/00 [2] Online activism? - 17/08/00 [3] Berlin Infoweek - 18/08/00 [4] Help needed! - 23/08/00 [5] Urgent INPEG money situation - 23/08/00 [6] World Car Free Day on the September 21 - 24/08/00 [7] What moves us? - 20/08/00 [8] Re: What moves us? - 22/08/00 [9] LA jail and legal stories - 21/08/00 [10] Discussion about scared symphatisers - 14-16/08/00 [11] The Guardian Article - 24/08/00 The news are extracted from the following mailinglists: antiimf2000@egroups.com prag-logistics@egroups.com prag2000-de@egroups.com imc-prague@lists.indymedia.org s26-vienna@lo-res.org Earlier newsletters and additional activist information are available at: http://betazine.org/s26/ ---------- [1] Bicycle Caravan to Prague - anro0002@stud.uni-sb.de Meeting of World Bank and IMF in Prague Possibly 20 000 bankers, economists and investors will meet from Sept 26 to 28 in Prague. It will be the 55th meeting of World Bank and the board meeting of the Governors of IMF, but actually it will be the first one in eastern Europe. It will be a prestigious event. The delegates will meet to present the program of total liberalization of world economy as the only tool to solve global problems. But they have not the solution, they are the problem themselves! Liberalism is the fight for freedom of capital! Both institutions are playing a crucial role in cutting down national influence on circulation of transnational capital. It's the scope of World Bank and IMF to open markets of developing countries for foreign investment and its speculative interest. This means for example to dismantle any procurements of poor countries which protect their environment and the less competitive position of their economy against the capital of rich countries. The World Bank is the biggest creditor of "third world countries". In the past the World Bank has supported eager dictatorships , which spend these funds to finance their military expenses to crush social riots. These are exactly the same regimes, e.g. Chile, with them they used to cooperate. But today they impute them "corrupt elites", "lack of democracy" and "state bureaucracy" as the causes for baffled economic achievement, to turn away attention from their own mistakes. Generally the World Bank grants sectored credits (incl. directive) including structural adjustment programs. This means for agriculture: away from subsistence and towards export! Production for internal needs or local markets isn't part of gross national product , isn't mentioned in statistics, has not at all relevance for international financial markets, doesn't exist in the minds of World Bank strategists. Fields, where women did plant the basic food for their families will be converted to plantation for coffee and cacao with high technical expense. These high technical expenses are equivalent to commissions e.g. for Daimler. The World Bank gives its loans by this way directly to corporations to deliver their products. Because World Bank "experts" issues to many borrowers the same order what they shall cultivate, the markets are overflowed with these products, the prices are dropping as a result of the concurrence, the credits and the higher interests becoming unpayable. The arable acreage for food requirements are gone for ever, hunger, rural exodus and migration to the neighbour-countries are the consequences. More debts is equal to less autonomy and firm constraint to orders. Beyond the World Bank is financing controversial dam projects, which already have made millions of peoples to migrants by evacuation, overflowing and drainage. This is interesting, considering the German treatment of so called economic migrants. The World Bank is likewise responsible for the deforestation of Latin American rainforests to make space for pastured. When a country is unable to pay back its loans, the debts will not be cancelled but transferred to the IMF. The problems, which World Bank and IMF will solve are not hunger, illness and destruction of environment, their aim is to tie up solvency! This solvency shall be guaranteed by the notorious Structural Adjustment Programs, which includes deregulation, liberalization and privatisation. The wages should be cut down, food subsidies should be cancelled, social expenses reduced and the national currency devaluated. Privatisation means mass droppings, more peoples below the poverty limit. By the devaluation of the national currency local consumption shall be reduced and exports intensified. But less consumption means more hunger! Such a program has been imposed on the former federal republic of Yugoslavia, when its economical situation has been desolate and did has been one of the reasons for the Balkan war. A consequence of this program has been a wage dropping, thereupon a freeze of wages, and the inflation did runaway to 100%. Diverse riots did arise and as known a new nationalism of ethnic groups come into existence. Logically this nationalism has been supported by western countries, by propaganda, financial aid and by hasty acceptation of new states. Strikes and demonstrations in Serbia which did not have been caused by ethnic conflicts but has been directed against the results of IMF's debt policy have been strictly ignored by main stream media. Its worth to mention that Serbia refused to pay its debts in the beginning. The NATO war against Serbia has been a warning against all poor countries! The first meeting of World Bank and IMF in Eastern Europe will be a risk for the Czech Republic, but also a chance. At the one hand they fear successful counter activities and blockades like in Seattle. At the other hand they can show, that they "belong to the family", that they are "worthy" for the west and that they can doubtless handle the situation: For the last couple of month the Czech media (German publishers have a 50 percentage!) are propagating a negative image of the resistance against the WTO in Seattle. - Police will be present with 11 000 officers - [all demonstrations during the summit are prohibited] - a camp for activists has been offered in a Stadium (we won't join!) - during the summit there will be special NATO troops in The Czech Republic - peoples from eastern Europe countries will have problems with visa, especially from Russia and Ukraine. The Czech Republic will try to manifest that it belongs to the West, and that it's ready to mark off to the East, to close it's borders. Let us go to Prague, let us disturb their aim to dismantle any borders for transnational capital and to erect impassable borders for "leftover paupers", let us disturb the locking in of peoples in their misery! Bicycle Tour to the IMF and World Bank Summit in Prague We are going with the Bicycle Caravan to the World Bank and IMF summit in Prague! The first "Money or Life" Caravan went to the WTO ministerial in Geneva in May 1998. Thereby only the Suisse participants did arrive Geneva, the rest has been deported out of Switzerland after an action at a woman prison in Switzerland. Even two caravans went to the Summits of EU and G8 in cologne, one from Basel, the other from Dresden. Afterwards the caravan went in a new combination to the border camp in Zittau. The bicycle-caravan can be considered as a permanent demonstration - wherever we arrive we attract attention and awake interest by peoples for our aim. The caravan consists of bicycles and tractors with trailers - one of the trailers with the soup-kitchen ("Kitchen Wagon"). People can read on Banners on our vehicles what we are doing. Moreover we have flyers with us. On the way we will make suitable actions picking up local struggles together with local groups and info shops we're passing, or we are organizing soli-parties for the resistance in Prague. We will pass regions, where only 'right youth culture' ("right wing youth culture") is existent (dangerous!). There we will contrast the nazis by our simple shape. Even if its dangerous, its convenient to show the peoples there - especially the youth - something different, because we are also (not only) carrier of sympathy. The caravan enables possibilities for direct contacts and extraordinary experiences and contribute to the development of supra-regional structures. We hope that we'll have this time more international participation. The caravan is decentralised, because it will not stay at one place, and it's central, because it has the goal of the World Bank and IMF summit in Prague! We have not determined directives for our actions. We don't know rigid ways of politics. You all can participate - there's no 'official' participation Indeed: anticapitalism, antifascism, anti-sexism and anti-racism should be consensus! Our caravan is not only political activity in conventional sense but an approach of practised utopia within the meaning of libertarian society, solidarity and autonomy. Money doesn't play any crucial role, we don't need much, we're looting the containers of supermarkets and anything else which is needed we'll pay together on voluntary base. The Tour: Meeting 09.09. in Hannover. Start 10.09.- Lutter- 11.09 Göttingen- 2.09. Hitzerode- 13.09. - Haina- 14.09. Erfurt- 15.09. Jena- 16.09. Gera/Altenburg- 17.+18.09. Chemnitz- 19.09. Freiberg- 20.09. (Border) Teplice- 21.09. PRAGUE. We take into account that the caravan might be stopped at the border. In this case we'll attract even more attention by organizing a 'most spectacular. We'll try to reach Prague the 21st of September to the Political Art Festival and to assist the preparations. O.k.: Take your Bikes, Banners, Guitars or whatever you like and join us! If you have less time you can join the caravan here and there! Contact: List & Tücke , fon: 0511-372111, mail: Wagen.list@gmx.de Jobst Quis, Molden 3a, 29465 Schnega, fon: 0170-3418814 (Now and during the Tour), mail: karawane@mail.nadir.org Meeting point and start: 9.Sept.00, Sprengel, Schaufelderstr. 33, 30167 Hannover ---------- [2] Online activism? - fravswto@hotmail.com I agree with luciano, we cannot trust egroups, remember they stolen 250.000 users profiles to voila.fr .... Apart from that, I'm new on this list invited by nico from 'les tanneries'... I'm RE:no 'propaganda adviser' for Federation of Random Action, and we build VR sitins tools, as etoy/etoys tools [ see http://www.rtmark.com/etoy ]. Did you plan some actions online?? We can give you support and our last tool to organize a demonstration online, we are in contact with Electronic Disturbance Theater, Ehippies and Demonstration Online Projekt... Perhaps that will be good to give opportonity to people far from demonstrations places to participate online. BUT because sitins are strictly forbidden (similar to DOS attacks, according to fbi), and because of the advisory from nipc.gov [ http://hacktivism.tao.ca/hacktivism01618.html ] If you are interested, contact me directly on FRAvsWTO@hotmail.com, or onto hacktivism.tao.ca forum... -a peer2peer talk is more careful- ---------- [3] Berlin Infoweek - Koepi137@gmx.net We are planning a workshop/infoweek here in Berlin to prepare for Prague 2000. Most of the workshops will be in 2 languages.We are urgently looking for people with more ideas,especially for the direct action workshops.These days we are about to organise sleeping places.We have no ideas how many people will show up,so get in touch with us before you come: e-mail: <mailto:koepi137@gmx.net>koepi137@gmx.net PGP key unter http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371 Fax: 0049 30 27590868 KOEPI 137 workshop-/info-week 04/09/00-08/09/00 berlin/germany contact: koepi137@gmx.net pgp-key: http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371 fax: +49-30-27590868 04/09/00 18.00 - Koepi-Bar 19.00 - Vegan Food 20.00 - Report about history and structures of IMF/WB - Self-defence trainig - Video from Undercurrents 05/09/00 12.00 - Climbing training for beginners 14.00 - Medical workshop (including instructions for protection against teargas) 16.00 - Direct action training 18.00 - Koepi-Bar 19.00 - Vegan Food 20.00 - Meeting, information and discussion with people from INPEG/prague 06/09/00 12.00 - Climbing training for beginners 16.00 - Direct action training 19.00 - Koepi-Bar 20.00 - Self defence training - Vegan Food 22.00 - Video: *Shut down the WTO* from protests washington april 2k 07/09/00 14.00 - Direct action training 16.00 - Self defence training 18.00 - Climbing training for beginners - Koepi-Bar 19.00 - Vegan Food 20.00 - Self defence training 21.00 - Video: *Im Herbst der Bestie* about IMF and counteractions in berlin 1988 - Video: *IMF - Die Macht der Kredite* about IMF activities in nigeria and russia - Concert: Sick On The Bus (punkrock UK) 08/09/00 14.00 - Direct action training - Banners painting (everybody is strongly invited bring ideas and stuff along) 18.00 - Climbing training for beginners 20.00 - Vegan Food 22.00 - Benefit-concert for s26: *Deadmocracy* (BRA), *Desecration* (BRA) - Videos from INPEG ---------- [4] Help needed! - sergio.o@gmx.net The preparations for the days of action in Praha (Prague) are going ahead with difficulties because of a terrible lack of people helping in Praha. The INPEG team is seriously overworked and is not able to do many things which are perfectly possible and would help us all a lot because of the relatively small numbers of people involved in such a big thing. There is a pressing need for MANY MANY MANY more people to come to Praha to give a hand, as soon as possible. In order to make this possible, there is the possibility to set up a camp in Praha from the 14th of September onwards, which would fulfill several objectives at the same time: 1) accommodating and feeding all the people who come to help to make this a tremendous success 2) becoming a centre for training in a huge diversity of things: NVDA, civil disobedience, jail solidarity, medical care in action, dealing with media, puppet building, banner design, etc. 3) becoming a place to have some workshops and discussions about the issues, to advance collectively in our analysis and understanding of the complexities of global capitalism, patriarchy and racism, and their links to the destruction of the environment 4) last but NOT AT ALL LEAST, becoming a welcoming, cosy and inspiring place where we can also invite the population of Praha to have interaction with us, these people who are constantly described by the Czech media as brainless terrorist and by the Czech Minister of Interior as "killers" (quoted from an interview, which I can send you if you're interested). We can organise a couple of "open days" in the camp and tell the Praha population to come and see for themselves whether we are that, and we can also invite them to participate in the trainings and discussions. We think that this will have a very good impact in the numbers of Czech people participating in the mobilisations. There is a farm in the outskirts of Praha, 20 minutes by train from the centre, which we can use almost for free for the camp (we only have to pay the water and electricity bills, and make sure that we leave it in a better shape than we found it, which might involve some money). BUT BUT BUT, WE NEED PEOPLE TO HELP PUT THIS CAMP TOGETHER!!!!! We need people to come to Praha if possible by the 8th of Sept the latest to help prepare everything, from the cooking logistics to the "waste management", from composting toilets (we hope we can use those ones) to improvised showers, from tents for workshops in case it rains to beautiful banners to welcome people in this space. We also need a lot of equipment, which we cannot pay, to make this a nice space. Some examples: * Big tents / circus tents * Serious cooking equipment * Banners, paint, materials for puppets, etc * Computers (maybe we can set up a small cybercafe there, there are technical possibilities and it would not be very expensive), scanners, printers... * If possible, one or two caravans which we can use as office space We also need to know more or less how many people would like and be able to come in advance (from the 14th onwards) to be part of the camp and help make this a hub of creativity and frenzy activity and fun. Please do not just show up, DO LET US KNOW IN ADVANCE, since otherwise we could be short of space. Please do also let us know whether you have any expericence / skills which could be helpful for other people, since we would like to have an overview of the kind of trainings that could be organised. (But do not misunderstand this last remark: of course, people without any kind of experience and skills are tremendously welcome as well.) We are looking especially for people who could hold trainings on jail solidarity, medical issues, dealing with media, street theatre and puppet-making. Anyone who wants to come, please remember to bring with you equipment, Please reply always to <sergio.o@gmx.net> and to <zemepredevsim@ecn.cz>. If there is a good response to this call, we will set up a mailing list for this camp in particular. [btw, does anyone know a domain where we could make a list quickly which is not egroups or any other commercial outfit?] salud y revolucion social! ---------- [5] Urgent INPEG money situation - Prague2000_cz@hotmail.com The financial situation in Prague is getting more and more critical. INPEG has no money. We seriously need money! Without any money we will not be able to pay for info centres, media centres, legal support centre, our office, the telephone bill, internet time so that we can update our webpage and answer all the prague emails, make flyers and stickers to let people know whats happening, pay for the cultural festival venues, put money down for accommodation. This basically means that we can not provide you guys coming with anything! We need an info centre to give directions to where the buses should go, get legal cards, explain where the convergence centre is so people can send representative to the meetings(that is if we have money to rent one) PLEASE find money from somewhere and send it to INPEG as soon as possible so that we can make things happen here. Please contribute financial donations to this account: IPB Cs. Armady 35 160 00, Prague 6 Czech Republic, Europe account number: 163 775 396/5100 swift code: INBACZPP We also need more computers (usable ones) for the info centre, house phones and mobile phones (usable ones), fax machines and a photo copier Please contact prague2000_cz@hotmail.com for info on where to send them to. Global solidarity against global capital !!! ---------- [6] World Car Free Day on the September 21 - carbusters@ecn.cz The week of convergence against the IMF and World Bank will kick start with World Car Free day on the 21st of September. Different activities are taking place all over the world but in Prague, the IMF and World Bank are meeting. Audi and Volkswagen (two major car companies) are running advertising campaigns and sponsering the conference. Send out this call to action far and wide and if you are going to be in Prague get ready... Cars will "eliminate a greater part of the nervousness, distraction, and strain of modern metropolitan life." - prediction, Scientific American magazine, 1899 ---------- [7] What moves us? - vivamrta@stad.dsl.nl WHAT MOVES US? In recent years the western world has witnessed a new revival of leftwing and anarchist activism. This activism has been directed at the free trade organisations and specifically at their gatherings, such as those of the European Union, the G8, the WTO and the IMF and the World Bank. This seems logical, given that these meetings of world leaders are of great symbolic importance to both sides. At first sight, they look like the perfect opportunity to call the established order into account. Occasionally, the protests are impressive. The spectacular blockade of the WTO summit in Seattle has made a great impression on a lot of people. But is the euphoria completely grounded? When the WTO 'millenium summit' in Seattle broke down, this was celebrated by activists as a victory. According to many, the summit's failure was partly due to the blockade, and it was seen as the crowning of years of campaigning against 'globalisation'. Other actions centered around summits, such as the Euro-summit in Cologne and the G8 summit failed altogether. 'Summit hopping' (campaigning from one summit to the other) may not be new, but it certainly seems to be starting to become more and more dominant in 'Action-land'. With the 'forth international day against capitalism' on September 26, coinciding with the opening day of the IMF and World bank conference in Prague, the summit-movement reaches a new hight. In the run up to Prague the independent media is dominated by hallelujah-stories of Seattle and Washington. Personally however, I have yet to find the first serious (and undoubtedly less spectacular) article with regards to content. Discussion about the current dynamic of the summit- movement, for example about what the goals are and to what extent these are being reached, is completely absent. Reaching the summit and being part of a mass protest seem to be the only things people are interested in, whilst there are plenty of reasons for taking a more critical look at summit hopping... THE FAILURE OF A SUMMIT DOESN'T MAKE THE WORLD ANY BETTER The breakdown of a summit does not mean that the criticised institution is unmasked. Neither will it stop the world from becoming more commercialised. Aiming to cause a summit to fail appeals to the imagination and provides the media with some pretty pictures. But whilst a mass international protest may have great symbolic value, it does not mean very much more. SUMMIT-HOPPING IS ONLY POSSIBLE FOR WESTERN ACTIVISTS In recent years we have seen great international mobilisation towards the 'free trade summits'. These almost always happened exclusively in the West, frequently the basic organising free trade organisation. It is difficult for activists from poorer countries to take part in this, and this is one of the reasons that the protests are predominantly white, even though westerners are hit the least by capitalism. Travelling across the globe from summit to summit is very exciting, but you do need enough money to be mobile. Also, the one-sided attention paid to summits, means that westerners have a dominant role in the direction in which this movement is developing. SUMMIT-HOPPING IS SPONSORD BY NATIONAL STATES Rich Non-Governmental Organistaions (NGO's), funded by national governments, assume that lobbying with national governments and international institutions will eventually lead to far-reaching reforms in the criticised free trade organisations. Often, these organisations themselves are strongly hierarchical, not exactly revolutionary in character. Because they focus their attention on summits and manage to reserve a relatively large amount of money for this, they create the impression that the main point of actions should be the summits. Further more, the rich NGO's almost always stick to vague terms, such as 'globalisation' and 'free trade', and that the alternatives they (wrongly) advocate leave the corners stones of capitalism intact. Poor, and often locally organised movements and initiatives which work and start from basis democratic principles, can do very little with unlimited drive towards the summits, even though they are the crystallised anti-authoritarian answer to capitalism. SUMMITS ARE PAIRED WITH REPRESSIVE POLICE MEASSURES During a summit, state repression is especially high. The collection of states do the utmost to chart the actions and action groups, long before the summits. The conferences themselves are often linked with mass-arrests. Amsterdam ('97) 700, Geneva ('98) 700, Cologne (spring '99) more than 1000, Seattle ('99) 600, Washington (2000) 1300, the number of arrests speaks for itself. Perhaps it would be cleverer to strike when it is not expected. SUMMITS ARE PAIRED WITH MEDIA MANIPULATION The (mass) media - this much can be considered common knowledge - has a dominant role in shaping public opinion. Spectacular appearances, such as disguised anarchist, shooting police officers, and creatively-dressed demonstrators, dominate the media coverage, whilst real information and discussion is left exclusively to political commentators and the so-called experts in their three piece suits. The activists are continually reduced to frightened or concerned, but above all naive citizens, who should really leave politics to the experts of the social elite. If citizens want to be noticed by the media, they have to display themselves in ever more spectacular ways. This is why there is so much attention for summits from the side of the activists. Being noticed (by the media) is considered paramount by a good deal of activists and whether or not the picture painted by the media is consistent with reality is thought less important. HOP INTO THE CANYON? We are living in the long awaited year 2000 and many activists feel that Prague could well assume the same historic importance as Seattle. The question is, what significant outcome have the activist at previous summits achieved?! Those who have pinned their hope on enforcing radical reform and democratisation by means of action and lobby, have only received a verbal smoke screen from the guilty WTO, IMF and World Bank. Radical anti-capitalists have seen time and time again how their direct sabotage actions are used by the media to criminalise the movement. On the last international day of action, it became clear how quickly the state learns from its mistakes. The number of arrests was above the 1300 mark. What successful global mobilisations such as Seattle and Washington have managed to do in the first place, is to boost the confidence of western activists. In the last few years, a number of special and inspiring coalitions have been formed between organisations across the globe. By coordinating their actions, their efforts have clearly gained in value, compared to isolated or local activities. This does not mean, however, that we have now found the perfect or everlasting formula for success. It is important to look critically at what is moving us and what we are aiming to achieve. Clear goals need to be set and we need to assess to what extent these goals are being met. An English activist compared the movement to a snowball rolling down a hill and getting bigger and bigger. Too much discussion would, according to him, hinder the growth of the snowball. Let's just hope the snowball doesn't end up in a canyon. marco (EuroDusnie collective, The Netherlands) http://squat.net/eurodusnie ---------- [8] Re: What moves us? - bonotto@mail.univr.it Dear friends, This is to agree to Marco's view about our movement and to suggest a call to create a common platform for continous action to draw an alternative to capitalism. I have just come back from the meeting in Prague. My impression is extremely positive about it. It resamble the atmosphere of '68 of youth and general revolt against the oppression, repression and soppression, this time at global level. But at the same time I feelt little sad, the second part of what should be a proper and final action of this new movement is missing. What is missing is what we want to substitute the capitalism system of to day and this is of vital importance to substantiate and give a proper constructive direction to the movement. Going against something is the first part, the second will be to create, and materialize the alternative to what we do not want and express what we would like for the all society. Capitalism is a system. People will not change capitalism into something more human and acceptable by all, until we do not propose a feasible alternative and let the people choose between the two. This 'alternative' has to be a clear 'system' it self, within the guide lines which we may be able to draw in a common platform. CALL FOR A COMMON PLATFORM FOR CONTINOUS ACTION AGAINST CAPITALISM So to this end we may propose to your attention in a strong call, the necessity to CREATE A COMMON PLATFORM FOR CONTINOUS ACTION, AND PROJECT AN ALTERNATIVE TO CAPITALISM in addition to the present action of protesting at the counterpart meetings which, is of extreme importance too. This action will be more frightening for the counterpart (global captalism), because it will shake the capitalism malady at its roots. And it is of vital importance materialize our hopes to create a better world. It is not easy but it is not impossible. Already, a trace of what we want is outline in the guide line give by the Seattle experience. It is written: > We want basic decisions-making power to be restored to our communities, and > to communities around the world. We want a system that is democratic... > Garanteeing the right of participation,... is the only sure way to raise > living standards... abroad and at home That means, in few words, Democracy in the Economic sphere, which can be stated as Economic Democracy. We like democracy better than any other to day philosophy, but political democracy, (casting a vote every four years, or just voting rights), is not sufficient, because that political democracy is easily manipulated by money. That is why we are for a democratisation of economy or people's direct control of their local economy thought different means and structures. This will empower the general peoples, and will not give chances for concentration of wealths in the hands of few peoples anymore. This seems quite a generally accepted basic principle to delineate the new socio-economic system, The same, in return, will also challenge capitalism directly and permanently. For the global movement just born, with the sacrifice and dedication of many good people around the world, to meet the expectations of millions of suffering people and not to die prematurely, we have to meet again to systematize, and draw black on white, the new vision of planetary society. I think already many movements and amongst those some movement in Italy, are already feeling the necessity of this planning and general meeting to this end. We can meet and we can do it!! Best regards, T. Bonotto Proutist Universal, Italia ---------- [9] LA jail and legal stories - hmcquie_1999@yahoo.com I am sending you all this account b/c I think it could be useful to have more experiential accounts of people's jail experiences for use in preps and for discussions of less-than-ideal circumstances for discussions around solidarity tactics. Arrests have been financially costly in LA, and the system is big enough to take in those few protestors that were arrested, around 200, with very little pressure put on the system. Lots of local folks released themselves OR while out-of-towners had to pay bail... there are important implications in the LA case that we need to think and talk about for future actions. Since lack of awareness of jail realities has been one of the critiques of trainings for Seattle & DC, i think it'd be helpful to collect a few more of these for compilation into a document for trainings. Does anyone have interest in pursuing this? hilary in oakland ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 00:18:39 -0700 From: stellazine <stellmer@lmi.net> Subject: [D2KLABayAreaOrganizing] Re: "Stella Redondo" Released - Thank You! Friends -- I want to thank all of you of who called the Los Angeles County Jail on my behalf. The Critical Mass bike gathering was held Tuesday, August 15. I was among the total of 70 bicyclists who were arrested. We were initially charged with reckless driving with a vehicle. In my case, additional charges were tacked on by "mistake" for prostitution and driving under the influence. I believe that other charges were attached to individual bicyclists since searches were conducted on messenger bags and backpacks: I saw gas masks, knives and other equipment that could be construed as weapons were found. All bicycles were impounded by the Los Angeles Police Department. I consider the circumstances which surrounded our arrest nothing short of police entrapment. The ride started at 5:30pm in downtown Los Angeles and we whooped for joy as we pedaled around Pershing Square and down Broadway, a Latino business street. The police begin to accompany us and even held back traffic on cross streets as we approached Staples Center. Near 18th & Flower, a motorcycle squadron begin to herd the bicyclists into going against a one-way street, then thinning out the pack by forcing us to go through a fenced sidewalk by Metro Rail tracks underneath a Santa Monica freeway overpass. The motorcycle policemen then blocked the opening of the sidewalk into the street and vocally ordered to us to turn back underneath the overpass. An order then was issued for our arrest. Part of the pack that had managed to pass through the fenced sidewalk and reached the street then turned left to find the way ahead blocked off by police in riot gear and police cars. In the group of 19 women that I was jailed with, two of us had been injured: one woman had been hit with a police baton on the knee, and I had crashed my bicycle into a blockading motorcycle. The on-street arrest procedure and booking -- surrendering of property, photographing, fingerprinting, information gathering, identification cuffs etc. took eight-and-half hours to complete. We were finally led to our group cell at 3am Wednesday morning, only to be roused at 4am, and readied for arraignment. The Los Angeles Correctional Facility, "Twin Towers", did not surprise me with its filth, bad food, strip searches, and surly, harassing officers. The real horror to me was the endless waiting in a series of holding cells with no explanation of what was being done with us. (The Jane Does Rampart group was stuck at the court holding cell Thursday and Friday from 6am to midnight, and still, not all the group had been arraigned despite an extended court day.) The guards constantly withheld information from us, misdirected us or refused to answer our questions. Compounding our bewilderment was the lack of clocks, no exterior windows, 24-hour fluorescent lighting, and uncomfortable temperatures of the facility -- either too hot or too cold. This kind of sensory deprivation was what was hardest for me to endure as I became ill from diarrhea and a respiratory infection. By Wednesday night and Thursday morning, all of the Critical Mass women who had accompanied me to jail had been released on bail or on their own recognizance. I was moved into the Jane Does Rampart group cell. My case was complicated by the fact because I had stupidly given an alias. This I corrected at a bail review with verifiable id, but nonetheless my bail was set at $2500 compared to the other women at $500. My parents paid that amount. This is when the games began. On Friday evening I was led to the release holding cell but after 5 hours of waiting, I was taken out again and was being returned to the women's tower. I refused to go, and demanded that I remain in the release area since I knew my parents had paid bail because I had been on the phone with them as they finished the paperwork in the Los Angeles County jail lobby. Seven guards surrounded me and attempted to convince me that 1) my paperwork was lost; 2) my parents had lied to me because the guards' green paperwork slip showed no bail paid; 3) they knew nothing about my bail since they had just come on shift. I think this instance shows best the psychological techniques that guards use on prisoners to keep them confused and vulnerable. (This last rationale -- "I just work here and know nothing" -- was used frequently on protesters to circumvent our questions.) On Saturday morning, I decided to reach out for help beyond my immediate family, and I asked a friend to call everyone in my address book and request a phone call to the Los Angeles County Jail that inquired about my condition and release process. The entire release process then took 3-1/2 hours and I walked out the door at 4pm Saturday. The women prisoners I spoke to in the various holding cells along the way, said that their release experience at the LA County jail was usually eight to 14 hours. These women also said that this tardy release process was only in effect for the downtown LA County jail. At the outer LAPD or city police stations, you could get released in one to two hours once bail was posted. I truly believe that the phone calls my family, friends, and other caring folks made persistently every few minutes resulted in an expedited release process for me. I cannot thank all of you enough. Finally, I believe that in Los Angeles protesters were not treated all that differently from the other prisoners. Please keep in mind that the downtown Los Angeles Correctional Facility "processes" 4,000 prisoners a week. The staff has become adept at producing the effect of dehumanization. Whatever holding cell we were lodged in for long minutes, we asked for comparisons of treatment from the longer term women inmates. While we were not placed with the general prison population, and were kept in our own groups, this was done more to prevent our interaction with those prisoners and thus infect them with our views and news from the outside. We did learn that most of the correctional facility was in lockdown because the protesters were being housed on site. This had the effect of curtailing even the slightest contact with other prisoners as we were moved about the facility. With much gratitude, Deborah Gomez aka "Stella Redondo", Oakland, California ---------- [10] Discussion about scared symphatisers From: vanja I will allow myself a bit of emotional countdown now, a month before Prague.I have been generally sceptic about bigger mainline media reporting for us or about us the events in Prague.Now after having spoken with a friend whom I really perceive as an expreienced in-the issues- activist about this whole intimidation of the police, upcoming discrimination at the borders, banning the sound-system(this really essential equipment untill we take the pots and pans and make music with them!), not giving visas etc..I came to the conclusion, hm, if we don't give any signals out to the world, even trough the main-line media (of which we have already been the victims in this process, lets face it, who said to them that we are 20 000!), they will all beat us up and criminalise us without noone (up to you to define "noone) seeing it .I am scared because I don't trust the new CZ establishment, they are the same old-style police dogs with new uniforms,with a nice mafia back-up, remember how the east got privatised. I was wondering if anyone has the contact with the journalists from Guardian, Jungle World, Internazionale and other more leftist magazines from around Europe and further.., I am wondering if there is anybody in the media group thinking about these sort of newspapers rather than BBC and similar soldouts. Besides, shouldn't we , in this short period ask for endorsement of this whole event, by the people who support us or support us to a certain extent , so the people on the borders would have supposedly less problems(i know it sounds stupid ,BUT!!)with an endorsement letter of lets say, the old YaBasta friend Dario Fo , the italian people would have a kind of additional protection belt...etc. More an more I read their internal minister speeches, more and more I am scared to stay out there without knowing that I as an individual did my best for all of us to not get beaten up and all that follows...Noone must be touched by a single policeman! (don't laugh please, I am serious.) If someone from the "group" knows any journalists who migh help us, lets bring it on the agenda of the meeting, I haven't been on the media discc. list , and if the issue has already been discussed there, I apologise for adding up to a mountain of dillemas.. From: el desaparecido I am going to counter balance Vanjas perception with my usual optimism :-) No seriously, I think the mobilisation is doing quite good and is growing bigger. 20.000 people is not irrealistic. Wait for the meeting i am sure we'll hear interesting things. But I agree that we have to improve our media strategy and strategy in general. I hope the upcoming meeting will be a consolidation of a common strategy which will put more pressure on the czech authorities. - we need a good strategy for possible border crossing troubles. - we need a strategy to put more pressure on the czech government.
One thing that was suggested in Prag at the last european meeting but got lost in the middle of so many things, was to do some political lobby work via sympathetic Members of Parliament or so to ask national governments things like can you assure that human rights will be respected during the IMF/WB summit in Prague ? What have you done to make sure they will be respected ?" etc. We could ask for a United Nations observers delegation to ensure that human rights and the demonstration rights of 'civil society' are respected :-) in Prague during the day of protests If they refuse we can still make a buzz out of it, and tell the press etc. Would there be people into doing this sort of things ? Let's consider it at the upcoming european meeting. Keep also in mind, that INPEG asked us to be able to reach with protests/fax action at czech ambassies if the repression was getting tough or there were mass arrests etc . This is something that people can be preparing for. From: come on Come on People lets not be scared. It is our sacred right to be on those streets.......it is our planet....our future. Its too late for them and they know it, prague will just be one more wood on the cremation of their system and one more fan on the creation of our own. I like lucianos idea about UN observers, because as he says, even if they dont come, well, we make a big deal from it in the press. Perhaps we can use the recent mal treatment of the Americans in Philladelphia. I read some shocking and brutall reports.......and yes, it makes me feel vulnerable, but also it makes me feel like well, if they're that scared, we must be doing even better than I thought. I am reading the autobiography of Martin Luther King, it makes a sombering read From: vanja well well what about hearing a brave woman's comment. Until then I won't give up with panicking, and you will receive more shity emails. Which is very human, ja? From: come on Dear Vanja, it is not about being brave, it is about resisting fear... fear being the most basic of human instincts. Fear is the common denominator of all systems of human control and exploitation. Throughout history every tyranny has employed this, the most basic of tactics that preys on the most basic of instincts... if we let them do it again, then all is lost until the next time. However, if we show caution, pacivity, but none the less take to the streets, then we make progress. We undermine the systems most fundamental and potent weapon. Do you think Ghandi did not feel fear? The female leader of the Burmese opposiition party (whos name unfortuanatly alludes me)Steve Biko? On the contrary, they merely demonstrated to massive amounts of the populations of the world that fear could be beaten. Once you refuse to submit, or rather, once you accept the fear but push on regardless, you start to make the oppressor seem a little ridiculas... after all, what can they do to you if you do not fear what they can do to you? Others join you, as they realise that the system is merley oppresive and nothing else. Once you challenge a system, stand up in the face of its fiecest torrents of wrath, without feeling the need to combat violence with violence... then that system ceases to be tenable... both in the eyes of you and the world around you. How many times can a reporter travel around the place, witnessing united peoples standing passive and firm in opposition to global and planetary exploitation, being beaten and gassed, before they start to report the truth. Not forever... because eventually they will realise that there are so many of the populations to whom they report who have witnessed the brutality, who have understood the issues and the stakes, that infact everyone will know they are writing lies, and that they merely represent the system we are in conflict with. Even in a capitalist system, an editor or owner of a media source merely wants to print what represents what the majority of the audience thinks it wants to hear. If we touch so many people directly that hey then want to hear the truth, then the truth would be printed... this is the way. There is no stopping evolution... the global evolution of the true (non constructed) human spirit... and actually, when you think about it, gloablisations a great word... a very natural process... they just stole it... well now we're just stealing it back! From: edmundm@gmx.de vanja@aseed.antenna.nl wrote (partial quotes): > > they will all beat us up and criminalise us without > noone (up to you to define "noone) seeing it .I am scared because I > don't trust the new CZ establishment, they are the same old-style > police dogs with new uniforms,with a nice mafia back-up..., > More and more I read their internal minister speeches, more and > more I am scared to stay out there... Answer: Dear Vanya, you have let the propaganda get to you But remember, all those words were just the usual BS issued by the "public relations" department of every protaganist before every big event. It's what the apes in the jungle do, or Sumo wrestlers, or NATO spokesmen, or Bill Gates... It's posturing -- breast-beating -- pure and simple. The PR expert's aim was not to win a battle, only to scare you... and he did. But surely in the final analysis you will realize this was only a cyber-threat and that you have experienced only cyber-fear. In the real world, the police can only bring a limited number of troops into an urban situation without getting in each other's way. They can have thousands more in the surroundings, but only x-number can respond to an emergency. In the real world, this event is a big media show. Thousands of reporters will be on hand to witness any action. Our real opponents -- IMF and the World Bank -- can be hurt by police brutality. The police are not "mad dogs" -- just bullies who get paid for following their masters' orders. In the real world, the Czechs are desperate to join the European Union. They MUST be seen as "good guys" who respect human rights. Also in the real world, be glad that our demo will be taking place in Prague. This is a city with a long history of resisting oppression. The spirit of "The Good Soldier Schweik" and Jan Pallach lives on. Lots of the older citizens with personal memories of the "Prague Spring" of 1968 will help us. ---------- [11] The Guardian Article Riots threaten Prague autumn Scotland Yard and FBI called in as fears grow of huge anti-capitalist protests at IMF summit in Czech capital -- Nick Hopkins and Kate Connolly in Prague -- Thursday August 24, 2000 Scotland Yard has sent a team of officers to Prague ahead of next month's IMF and World Bank annual summit amid fears of violent anti-capitalist demonstrations by up to 50,000 protesters, including many of those involved in the May Day riots in London. Special Branch has been liaising with its counterpart in the Czech Republic and four officers from Scotland Yard's public order unit, led by Chief Supt Steve French, flew to the capital last week for two days of talks with police chiefs. Files and photographs of demonstrators who incited the trouble in London have been offered to the Czech authorities, as well as intelligence on potential troublemakers. Although the Czechs have insisted that they are confident of coordinating the security operation and are sensitive about asking for outside help, the republic has turned to Britain and the United States for advice because of fears the Prague demonstrations could be the worst so far. Earlier this year 24 senior Czech officers were sent to the FBI's headquarters in Washington for training. Three months ago the agency's director, Louis Freeh, went to Prague to discuss contingency plans if violence flares. The Czechs have also been working with Interpol in the hope of identifying protesters from Germany, Poland and Scandinavia. Concern has been mounting because of the way anti-globalisation campaigners have disrupted major conferences in recent years. There were riots at last November's World Trade Organisation summit in Seattle, and at an IMF/World Bank meeting in Washington last April. Even though the Metropolitan police cancelled all leave for the May Day protests and swamped the capital with thousands of officers and undercover "spotters", demonstrators managed to dig up the grassy area of Parliament Square, daub paint and graffiti on monuments, including the Cenotaph and a statue of Sir Winston Churchill. More than 100 people were charged. The delegation from Scotland Yard, which included a specialist in media management, flew to Prague last week. "We went over to help them, though officially Prague did not ask for our assistance. We wanted to share our experiences and our information," said a Scotland Yard source. The British embassy in Prague yesterday also confirmed that there had been "contact" between senior detectives in both countries. The Foreign Office is advising Britons against holiday and non-essential travel to Prague between September 23 and September 28. The US state department has also advised Americans not to visit the city at the end of September. Although the Czech interior ministry has told Prague's residents to "relax and put your faith in the authorities", the build-up to the summit has convinced many that violence in inevitable. Eleven thousand police have been assigned to the event and 5,000 soldiers will be on standby. The health ministry has warned Prague's four main hospitals to prepare for the worst. They are taking on extra staff and will be stocked with drugs to combat biological and chemical attacks. Keeping wounded delegates and protesters apart is another practical concern. "If you have the delegates in one room and the protesters in another, they could fight in the corridor," warned a doctor at the Kralovske Vinohrady Teaching Hospital, which has set aside three luxury bedrooms for high profile financiers. Fast food restaurants have already ordered replacement panes of glass, knowing they are likely to be targeted. Managers of the supermarket chain, Tesco, which has a large branch in the centre of Prague, say they are considering closing during the summit. Schools and theatres in the centre of the capital have been ordered to close and Prague residents have been advised it may be wise to leave the capital or stock up on medicines and food and stay at home. Tabloid newspapers have added to the growing alarm by telling people to barricade their doors and windows against the "barbarian protesters." Around 800 safety vests are to be handed out to journalists covering the summit, which is due to be attended by 23,000 delegates and politicians. Scores of British protesters have already moved to Prague and hundreds more are expected to arrive in the next fortnight. In the recent demonstrations in Britain and the US, police were accused of underestimating the resourcefulness and determination of the demonstrators and of showing little understanding of the loose-knit groupings suspected of masterminding the violence. Most police attention has focused on a coalition of Czech environmental, human rights and anarchist groups, called Inpeg, Initiative Against Economic Globalisation, which plans a counter summit at the same time as the financial meeting. But Inpeg has described the police's plans as "hysterical" and insist it is preparing "non-violent activist training." With growing trepidation, the police have also been monitoring the numerous websites that have sprung up in recent weeks urging protesters to head for Prague. One of the websites, called DestroyIMF, urges participation in S26 - the demonstrators' nickname for the event. "We're going to Prague to make the IMF summit in September 2000 into Seattle II. The IMF summit will be protected by a Czech police operation run by the FBI. The challenge to the workers' movement is to shutdown that summit with the biggest demo Europe has ever seen." It adds: "We don't just want to disrupt their summits - we want to scrap the profit system that allows institutions like the World Bank, the IMF and WTO to rule the world and the former Stalinist countries. We want to end debt, poverty and capitalist exploitation. This site is a protest portal." Protesters have been advised of the Czech for useful phrases such as "You fascist pig" and "Where is the nearest McDonalds?" Police are also worried that protesters will target a new nuclear power plant in Bohemia which is due to be activated around the time of the IMF conference. The Czech president, Vaclev Havel, has tried to downplay concern, criticising the coverage given to security arrangements. He said: "It is as if we were getting ready for a civil war." A world of protest against the global economy June 18 1999 Demonstrations were held in 27 cities worldwide, from the Czech Republic to Nigeria, in what was dubbed the "global carnival against capital". In the City of London, the 3,000-strong peaceful protest turned into the worst riots seen in the capital since the poll tax demonstration of 1990, resulting in 46 people needing hospital treatment and an estimated bill of more than £5m. November 30 1999 The biggest protest in the US since the Vietnam war took place on the streets of Seattle, where the World Trade Organisation was meeting. An estimated 100,000 people protested peacefully until masked activists hijacked the demonstration and police in full riot gear responded with teargas and rubber pellets. A smaller protest of 2,000 people at Euston station in London led to 40 arrests. April 16-17 2000 Anti-globalisation protesters descended on Washington to disrupt meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Between 6,000 and 10,000 people managed to close the American capital for six hours and the human chain prevented some finance ministers from getting to their meetings. Largely peaceful but violent clashes with police officers - many in riot gear, which had them being compared to Power Rangers - resulted in 600 arrests. May 1 2000 May Day protests took place around the world. In London, where 4,000 people took to the streets, activists performed "guerrilla gardening" in Parliament Square and daubed paint and graffiti on monuments. What had been planned as peaceful protests ended in ugly scenes and 42 arrests. August 15 2000 Rubber bullets were fired by police in Los Angeles at the end of a protest concert by the band Rage Against the Machine. A total of 39 people were arrested in four days in a series of protests against corporate greed. ---------- [X] __________________________________________________ Do You Resist!? Thousands of Cops. Millions of People. All in one place. Prague! S26: http://betazine.org/s26/
04 Bosnisches Flüchtlingsmädchen wird Lehrling
From: SOS Menschenrechte, ecker@sos.at
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SOS-Menschenrechte bildet bosnisches Flüchtlingsmädchen aus Appell an Unternehmen: Gebt ausländischen Jugendlichen eine Chance! Am 1. September 2000 beginnt für Nermina Dozic (16) ein neuer Lebensabschnitt. Das bosnische Mädchen wird ihre 3-jährige Lehre als Bürokauffrau bei SOS-Menschenrechte antreten. 1993 musste die Familie Dozic aus der Moslem-Enklave Srebrenica fliehen. Aufnahme fand sie zunächst im Rahmen der Bosnien-Aktion in Mönchdorf (OÖ), später in Linz. 1994 ist ihr Vater Ahmet, der als Jurist in Bosnien gearbeitet hatte, verstorben. Viele Angehörige sind beim Fall von Sebrenica umgekommen. Mit Rücksicht auf die Lebenssituation der Familie hat sich die ausgezeichnete Schülerin gegen einen weiteren Besuch der Handelsakademie (1. Klasse) und für den Antritt einer Lehre entschieden, um so etwas zum Familieneinkommen beitragen zu können. SOS-Menschenrechte freut sich, in dieser Situation Nermina mit einem Ausbildungsplatz unterstützen zu können. Sie ist damit nach der türkischen Staatsbürgerin Tülay Tuncel (18 Jahre, 3. Lehrjahr) das zweite Lehrmädchen ausländischer Herkunft, das SOS-Menschenrechte zur Zeit als Bürokauffrau ausbildet. Geschäftsführer Günter Ecker appelliert an die Ausbildungsbetriebe, ausländischen Jugendlichen eine berufliche Chance einzuräumen. Viele ausländische Mädchen haben gleichlautende Bewerbungserfahrungen: vielfach wirft sie alleine die andere Staatsbürgerschaft aus dem Rennen um einen Lehrplatz. Ecker: "Den heimischen Betrieben kommt hier ein Mitverantwortung für eine aktive Integrationspolitik zu, damit diese Jugendlichen mit ihren Fähigkeiten, ihrer Einsatzbereitschaft und ihrem Fleiß nicht die Tür zu ihrer beruflichen Zukunft verschlossen bleibt." --------------- ecker@sos.at --------------- SOS-Menschenrechte Tummelplatz 5/2 A-4010 Linz Austria Tel.: ++43/732/ 777 404 Fax-Dw. 4 Geschäftsführung, Menschenrechtserziehung Fax-Dw. 7 Schubhaftbetreuung Internet: http://www.sos.at e-mail: ecker@sos.at Moechten Sie zeitgleich mit den Redaktionen der oesterreichischen Tageszeitungen ueber SOS-Menschenrechte informiert werden? Mehr als 370 Personen nutzen bereits unser Mail-Service. Senden auch Sie uns unter <ecker@sos.at> ein E-Mail mit dem Betreff: subscribe und Sie bekommen unsere Presseaussendungen, Berichte von aktuellen Ereignissen und Terminankuendigungen kostenlos und unverbindlich bis zu Ihrem Widerruf mit unsubscribe.
05 Mafiagegner sind Kommunisten sind Mafiagegner
From: Livia Pesci, ulthar@metacrawler.com
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Politische Kontroverse um "La Piovra" ("Allein gegen die Mafia"). Die 10. Folge der beliebten Cosa Nostra-Saga (in Italien durchschnittlich 15 Millionen Zuschauer pro Folge) wird dieser Tage fertiggestellt und soll im Jänner 2001 ausgestrahlt werden. Das möchten zwei ranghohe Politiker des (dzt. oppositionellen) Pol der Freiheiten, Sergio Corbelli, Forza Italia- Bürgerrechtsbeauftragter und Francesco Pontone, Senatsabgeordneter der Nationalallianz, verhindern. Begründung: Unter dem Vorwand, das couragierte Auftreten von Justizbeamten gegen organisiertes Verbrechen, Kronzeugenunwesen und mit der Mafia verbandelte Politiker in eine spannende Handlung zu verpacken, würde man kommunistische Inhalte transportieren. Das sei schändlich und könne absolut nicht toleriert werden (Pontone). Außerdem hätte einer der Hauptdarsteller in einem Interview zugegeben, er stehe links. Schützenhilfe erhielten die beiden von Enrico La Loggia, Forza Italia-Fraktionschef im Senat. Seit nunmehr 16 Jahren betreibe diese Serie Nestbeschmutzung. 5 Millionen anständiger Sizilianer hätten es endgültig satt, mit 1000 mafiosi gleichgesetzt zu werden. Durch die Ausstrahlung während des Wahlkampfes würden Millionen Wähler zugunsten des Mittelinks- Bündnisses beeinflusst. La Piovra 10 spreche sich weder für links noch gegen rechts aus, entgegnete der Chef der RAI-Fictionabteilung, Feindbild darin sei einzig und allein die Mafia, und im übrigen handle es sich eben nur - um eine Fiction. Er werde sich aber das fertige Produkt genau ansehen und es nötigenfalls - um den Grundsatz der absoluten Chancengleichheit unter Wahlwerbern zu wahren - zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt aussenden. Forza Italia-Chef Berlusconi hat übrigens ein eigenes Verständnis von Chancengleichheit: er lässt durch seine Fernsehanstalt Mediaset ebenfalls einen Mafiafilm produzieren. Titel: "Ultimo". Held: der Carabiniere, der seinerzeit Mafiaboss Salvatore Riina festnahm. :-( :-) :-( :-) :-( Fazit: 1) na haben die nicht eine tüchtige Opposition da unten in Italien? 2) hierzulande sitzt der Pol der Freiheitlichen doch in der Regierung: höchste Zeit also, dass Kommissar Rex endlich als bolschewistischer Hund enttarnt wird....
06 Der Kampf um die Heimatfront
From: Friedenswerkstatt Linz, friwe@servus.at
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„Die Dominanz über das Informationsspektrum ist so entscheidend für einen Konflikt, wie in früherer Zeit die Besetzung eines Landes oder die Kontrolle über den Luftraum."

(General Ronald R. Fogleman,: Cornerstones of Information Warfare, zit. Nach: Information Operation, Air Force Doctrine Document 2-5, 1998)

„Noch nie haben so wenige so viele so gründlich gelogen wie im Zusammenhang mit dem Kosovokrieg."

(CDU-Abgeodneter Willy Wimmer, OSZE-Mission im Kosovo)

Der Kampf um die „Heimatfront"

Die modernen Angriffskriege des Westens werden vor allem an der „Heimatfront" entschieden. An der "Feindfront" gibt es praktisch keine Niederlage mehr. Die Bekämpfung feindlicher Truppen wird zum „Truthahnschießen", wie im Golfkrieg, wo 200.000 irakische Soldaten im Wüstensand aus sicherer Distanz massakriert wurden; die Zerbombung der Infrastruktur eines Landes und die Terrorisierung der Zivilbevölkerung werden - wie im Krieg gegen Jugoslawien - zur „chirurgischen Operation". Das wirkliche Problem der modernen Kriegsführer ist: wie erkläre ich der eigenen Bevölkerung, dass es sinnvoll und gerecht ist, Völkerrecht zu brechen, ganze Landstriche chemisch und radioaktiv zu kontaminieren, die zu befreiende Region splitterbombenübersät zurück zulassen und das zu produzieren, was zu verhindern vorgegeben wird: zehntausendfachen Tod und hundertausendfache Vertreibung. Die „Dominanz über das Informationsspektrum" wird damit zur kriegsentscheidenden Herausfordung für die Strategen der neuen Welt(un-)ordnung. Die „Heimatfront" darf nicht wackeln. Ein gewaltiger militär-industriell-medialer Komplex soll die Menschen glauben machen, dass „Krieg" „Frieden", „Vernichtung" „Humanität" und Hitler eigentlich ein Serbe ist.
Beispiele des medialen Kampfes um die „Heimatfront":

Vertrag von Rambouillet: in der westlichen Propaganda waren diese Verhandlungen ein Inbegriff serbischer Halsstarrigkeit. Erst Wochen nach Kriegsbeginn sickerte an die Öffentlichkeit, dass die jugoslawische Seite bereit war, eine weitgehende Autonomie des Kosovo unter internationaler Überwachung zu akzeptieren. Doch der Westen wollte mehr: ein NATO-Besetzungsstatut für Gesamt-Jugoslawien.

Das „Massaker von Racak": Anfang Jänner 1999 wurde 45 erschossene Kosovo-Albaner nahe dem Dorf Racak nach einem Gefecht zwischen UCK und serbischer Sonderpolizei gefunden. Für die Medien war es seitdem das „Massaker von Racak", für die Politiker war es der Kriegsauslöser. „Racak war für mich die Wende", erklärte der deutsche Außenminister Fischer. Er musste es ja wissen. Denn er hielt den Untersuchungsbericht des finnischen Ärzteteams unter Verschluss. Jetzt - mehr als ein Jahr danach - ist dieser Bericht über Umwege an die Öffentlichkeit gelangt. Ergebnis: Der Bericht ergibt keine Beweise, dass es sich bei den toten Kosovo-Albanern um Zivilisten gehandelt hat, vielmehr liegt die Vermutung nahe, dass gefallene UCK-Kämpfer in Zivilkleider gesteckt wurden, um ein Massaker zu inszenieren. Entsprechende Hinweise von OSCE- Beobachter im Kosovo gab es schon vor Kriegsbeginn. Die Medien stellten sich taub.
„Operation Hufeisenplan": Eine Woche nach Kriegsbeginn geriet die NATO in ein mediales Dilemma. Die täglich Vertriebenen und Ermordeten waren seit Beginn der Bombardements auf das dreißigfache (!) im Vergleich zur Vorkriegszeit hinaufgeschnellt. Die Bombardements hatten also das Gegenteil dessen bewirkt, was vorgegeben wurde. Da zauberte der deutsche Verteidigungsminister Scharping den sog. „Hufeisenplan" aus der Tasche. Diese belegte angeblich, dass die Serben die Vertreibung der Kosovaren bereits lange vor dem NATO-Angriff geplant hätten. Peinlich für den Minister, dass nun jemand aus seinem Haus, der Brigadegeneral aD der deutschen Bundeswehr Heinz Loquai, an die Öffentlichkeit getreten ist, und detailreich den „Hufeisenplan" als Propagandabluff enttarnte.
Opferbilanzen: Von bis zu 500.000 durch die Serben getöteten Kosovo-Albaner sprach die NATO während des Krieges. Das machte Schlagzeilen. Schrittweise wurden die Opferzahlen nach unten revidiert: zunächst auf 100.000, am Ende des Krieges sprach man von 10.000. Ein spanisches Ärzteteam, das im Auftrag des UN-Kriegsverbrechertribunals im Kosovo unterwegs war, schätzte schließlich im Herbst 1999 die Zahl der Toten im Kosovo auf 2.500 - Albaner, Serben und Opfer der NATO-Bomben. Medial war da schon Funkstille.

Alternative Mediennetzwerke bringen Krieger unter Druck

Die enorme Bedeutung der „Heimatfront" verweist aber auch auf die Macht, die kritischer Gegenöffentlichkeit, alternative Mediennetzwerke und Anti-Kriegsarbeit haben (können). Wenn es gelingt, Breschen in die mediale Einheitsfront zu schlagen, geraten die Krieger in Bedrängnis. Auch dafür war der Jugoslawienkrieg Beleg. Es waren nicht die großen Medien, sondern die vielen kleinen Medien-Netzwerke, über die der vollständige Vertragtext von Rambouilett (der z. B. bei der kriegsentscheidenden Abstimmung im deutschen Bundestag nicht einmal den abstimmenden MdB´s vorgelegen hatte) öffentlich wurde. Über alternative Kanäle wurde die Wahrheit über den Einsatz radioaktiver Munition im Kosovo oder das Ergebnis des finnischen Ärzteteams hinsichtlich des sog. „Racak-Massackers" publik. Diese Allianzen von Gegenöffentlichkeit und Gegenmacht müssen weiterentwickelt werden. Denn es spricht vieles dafür, dass der Krieg im Vorjahr nicht das Ende sondern der Auftakt für weitere „humanitäre Missionen" war.

Redaktionsschluß: 24. August 2000, ca. 22.00 Uhr
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