[Gipfelsoli Newsletter] May 30th 2007, Heiligendamm

[International Newsletter]

May 30th 2007, Heiligendamm

*To whom it might concern*

We will slowdown sending out our Newsletter. Until after the days of protest we
will only cover what was the purpose of the project “Gipfelsoli” in 2001:
repression, antirepression and solidarity. Find latest information in english
on http://gipfelsoli.org/Multilanguage.

Today the Indymedia Timeline went online (see below). There you find all
important and recent information in german and english.

See you in the streets (and fields)!


- Indymedia G8 Timeline online!
- In memory of the victims of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land
- Partial success at the Administrative Court Schwerin
- African Day against G-8

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Indymedia G8 Timeline online!

>From now on, you can find verified, up-to-date news also via the new Timeline
webpage: http://de.indymedia.org/ticker/en for English and
http://de.indymedia.org/ticker for German.

Help us with the Dispatch! Call us and tell us what is happening in the streets,
in the camps, near the fence and in the fields. We're collecting information,
verifying and publishing them. And please don't be put off when dispatchers are
sometimes insistent in their questions; this because we want to be really sure
that understand, accurately, what's happening.

Help us be fast and correct: call us!

The Dispatch phone numbers are:
* +49-(0)162-23 56 89 57 (mobile)
* +49-(0)381-77 88 006 (English, landline)
* +49-(0)381-77 88 007 (German, landline)

If the numbers don't work, watch out the Indymedia Germany website for new
announcements.

These numbers are only to be used for incoming information; for you to call and
tell us your story. Please don't call to find out what happened! To find out
about G8 protests:

* watch the Timeline webpage;
* get timeline information with your mobile phone as a wap site:
http://de.indymedia.org/wap/en and http://de.indymedia.org/wap/de;
* listen to the Radio Jetsam and the Radioforum audio streams (url's soon on
Indymedia Germany);
* watch G8 TV at http://g8-tv.org/, especially the daily news bulletin around
9pm;
* look out for indymedia print editions;
* read dispatched news via chat at irc.indymedia.org #g8-info.

Indymedia G8 Dispatch team


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In memory of the victims of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land since the
War of 5 June 1967

Vigil, 5 June 2007, 11 A.M. to 13 P.M. at the Security Fence, Vorder Bollhagen,
Germany

We are gathered together on the 40th anniversary of the war between Israel and
its Arab neighbours to commemorate the Palestinians and Israelis, who have died
as a result of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the
Golan Heights.
We are gathered together on the 40th anniversary of the Israeli occupation at
the Security Fence protecting the G8 Summit in Vorder Bollhagen, Germany, to
call to mind the Wall of Injustice constructed by Israel and tolerated by the
G8 States, the Wall which runs through the Occupied Palestinian Territories and
separates Palestinians from Palestinians, as well as from their places of work
and from their property.
We are gathered together on the 40th anniversary of the Israeli occupation of
Palestinian land and, in the memory of the victims of the occupation, accuse
the Israeli Governments and the G8 States, to have thwarted the establishment
of a viable and sovereign State of Palestine and a just peace between Israel
and its neighbour States.

A just peace in the Middle East is possible!

Israelis against G8 c/o Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East


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Partial success at the Administrative Court Schwerin

Law Offices Schultz & Förster
www.menschenrechtsanwalt.de www.racf.de

Berlin, 26 May 2007

Partial success at the Administrative Court Schwerin: Vigil of the "Jewish
Voice" can be held near the Fence at Heiligendamm

The Administrative Court, with its decision today (1 B 255/07) has granted
partial approval of our express application against the meeting ban on the
basis of the General Decree of the Police. The Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in
the Middle East would like to hold a vigil on 5 June 2007, the 40th anniversary
of the Six Day War, at the Security Fence at Heiligendamm, to remind those
attending of the Wall enclosing the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

The Jewish Voice was founded on 9 November 2003 in Berlin as the German Section
of the International Federation "European Jews for a Just Peace" (EJJP -
European Jews for a Just Peace). The aim of the Jewish Voice in Germany is to
inform about the necessity of a just peace between Israel and Palestine. In the
interests of a just peace between Israel and Palestine, the Jewish Voice appeals
people to protest emphatically against any further construction of the
Separation Wall.

The vigil, now permitted by the Administrative Court in or near Vorder
Bollhagen, is not allowed to be closer than 200 metres in front of the
technical blockade around Heiligendamm - the ruling is similar to the decision
on the express application made by the initiators of the protest march.

The Security Fence is of central importance to the Jewish Voice as the place for
the vigil to remind people symbolically of the Wall in Palestine. The
anniversary of the beginning of the Six Day War was selected as the date
because this date represents a historical point of the Middle East conflict and
the deprivation of the rights of the Palestinian population.

The applicants are satisfied with this partial success.

We assume, moreover, that the General Decree over and above that will not
continue and expect a positive decision on our application for rallies in the
area of the Rostock-Laage Airport in the coming week (see our Press Release of
22 May 2005).

Jewish Voice for a just Peace in Middle East
European Jews for a Just Peace (EJJP - Germany)


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African Day against G-8

Friday, 1st June 2007 ALTE FEUERWACHE Axel-Springer Str. 40/41, 10969 Berlin

12 - noon
Anti Black Racism and its consequences on Africans. Presented by: Yonas Endrias
from Eritrea, Germany N.N: Platform for Reflection and Action against Anti-
Black Racism, Switzerland

2.15 - 4 p.m
Continues exploitation and Plundering of Africa by G8 Countries. Presented by:
Barounga Abdel Kader, Cameroon, Germany; Carole Crawford, Paris

4.15 - 6 p.m
Apologies and Reparation for the Enslavement of Africans and colonial Crimes. -
Dispropptional sufferings of Africans. Presented by: Mawete Yo Teka Sala,
Angola, Britain; Njeri Yebiemen, Jamaica , Britain

6.15 - 8 p.m
African Migration to the G8 countries and its deadly Consequences. Presented by:
Theophilus Osezua Emiowele, Nigeria, Germany; Secretary of European Refugee
Advocacy Organisation, Wayne Farah, London

For over 500 years the relationship between the western powers and Africa has
been the continues plundering and denigration of the African continent and its
people by the westerners. A crucial aspect of labour, made the Europeans to
storm Africa in search for labour force for the production of products like
tobacco, sugar, cotton, coffee and gold. This was realised through the inhuman
enslavement of Africans, the very first and indelible inhuman crime committed
against the African people by the Europeans and Americans.
During this era, Africans were brutally caught, abducted and transported by
Europeans under critical conditions that let to the lost of lives of millions.
Those who successfully arrived Europe and America were forced to work in
plantations and other life destroying sectors of the economy for very long
hours without rest. This unforgettable human brutality led to the production of
the above mentioned goods that were sold in Europe and America and the profits
enormously contributed to the riches of these continents.
Another crime against the African people and their continent took place in 1884,
in this event, the Europeans made the second strong waves of movement into
Africa. These strong waves was branded colonisation. Europeans like priests,
traders, farmers and administrators saw Africa as a spring board of charge to
escape from the abject poverty churning Europe at the time in search of a
better life. The decision to make these moves was reached in Germany in a
conference known as The Berlin conference 1884.

The then German chancellor Otto von Bismarck invited his other European and
American counterparts on the 15 of November 1884 to this conference where the
inhuman, racist and patriarchal decision was taken to partition Africa like a
piece of cake. This decision facilitated the scramble for Africa by Europeans.
This scramble for Africa and the inhuman enslavement of Africans have
destabilised Africa politically, economically, culturally and have instituted
endless wars and pains that have taken away lives of millions of Africans. The
original African civilisation has lost its course and Africa is torn between
two worlds. In the first world, despite all its natural resources, Africa is
portrayed as the poorest continent of the world, disease stricken,
"underdeveloped" and needs endless help from Europe and America. In the second
world, Europe and America are the saviours of Africa in resolving their
conflicts, borrowing money to the continent, spreading their "civilisation" and
determining how the economy and politics must function. As this destructive and
patriarchal dynamics of destruction and denigration continues, Europe and
America realised their old strategies were becoming obsolete, they now embarked
on a new satanic strategy to plunge the last nail on the head of Africa and its
people with a sledge hammer. This is the so called Globalisation. This
Globalisation has taken Africa in hostage and reinforced the global control of
Africa economy by the Britton Wood Institutions like International Monetary
Fund (IMF) and World Bank. These institutions have imposed the so called
economic recovery projects (Africans call it Economy Regressive Projects).
Example is the so called Economic Structural Adjustment Programme, (Africans
call it Economic Suffering Added Project) (ESAP), which do not tandem with the
cultural, political and economic realities of the continent.
This project generated political and economic crises and states collapsed.

These exploitative, patriarchal and racist strategies of the western world has
largely contributed to the surge in forced movement of the African people en
mass in search of protection. A protection they cannot get in these inhuman
western countries. On the contrary the African people are greeted with high
sentiment of racism and hostilities, seen as second class citizens, killed,
burnt and brutalised by western politicians, police officers and the civil
society. In recent days, the Europeans have instituted a policy which prevent
Africans from entering into Europe but to be held in European sponsored camps
bordering Europe found in the North of Africa, Libya, Morocco, Algeria and
Tunisia. Meanwhile, on the contrary, the Europeans can enter and leave Africa
as they want. We, that is Africans in Germany, Europe; Africa and America and
other parts of the world see this process as a racist, destructive,
exploitative and inhuman. That is why we have to come together to protest
against and to make our non negotiable demands known to all.

Our Demands

1. Stop Imposing Western Documents/ Ideas on Africa

Many documents for Africans are originating from the west with a western
perspective. African academics, politicians and policy makers are completely
absent. This strategy portrays the racist and dominant attitude as evident that
research is not being carried out in Africa. These documents coming from the
west have contributed in facilitating Africa's dependency on the West. This can
be seen on two instances. The western educational programme forced by the World
Bank on Africa although some African professional institutes like Educational
Research Network of Southern and Eastern Africa (ERNESA) which members have
already professionally discussed appropriate programmes for Africa. The other
Example is the New Partnership for the Development of Africa (NEPAD).
This is known in Africa as New Partnership for the further Destruction of
Africa. This is a concept developed by Europeans to work with some of their
puppet governments in Africa to continuously under develop and divide and rule
Africa.

2. Payment of Reparation

In support of ITRAP, Africans around the world are demanding apology from Europe
and America and the payment of reparation for the different crimes like slavery
and colonisation perpetrated in Africa. The brutality exercised during the era
of slavery where many Africans were made slaves and transferred in critical
situation, forced to work under inhuman situation and the dead of millions are
considered as crimes against humanity. This was followed by colonial crimes in
which the Europeans and America forced Africans in the continent to work like
slaves, conducted wars that led to genocide like in Namibia where the Hereros
were almost wiped out by the German colonial troops. During the colonial and
slavery eras, enormous amount of raw materials were stolen from Africa. Due to
these, we are calling on Europe and America to assume their responsibility and
ask for pardon from Africans and pay for crimes during slavery and colonisation
as reparation. All these crimes are seen as crimes against humanity.

3. Debt Relief

There should be a relief to all the so called debts. A creditor cannot be owing
a debtor. Europe and America are owing Africa. We are calling on all the
European governments to transfer back to Africa stolen money found in their
banks. So many western puppets have stolen money from Africa and hidden in
Banks in Europe which does help in boosting the European economy. All this
money should be transferred back to Africa.

4. Stop the Sponsorship of Conflicts in Africa

The wars in Africa are still perpetrated by the signatories of the Berlin
Conference in order to exploit raw materials. Many European companies are
involved in this war business to plunder the African continent. In order to
succeed, they export weapons to war lords to set Africa in confusion while the
extract these mineral resources without any body realising. This can be seen in
the wars of Republic of Congo, Sierra-Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Chad, Angola etc.
These wars have destroyed the social life, culture, made many people to migrate
to unwelcoming areas. The loss of life is countless and the development of
diseases. Stop the initiation and sponsorship of conflicts in Africa! We call
for a complete and immediate withdrawal of western troops from Africa. Allow
Africa to develop its conflict resolution mechanisms! No exporting of weapons !

5. No to the German Chancellor's Proposal for Africa

The German chancellor Angela Merkel so called vision for Africa in which
European states should select African states as partners for development is
greatly challenge by Africans. This strategy is leading to the repeat of
history of the Mandatory territories. After the second world war, European
countries divided African states into territories to assist for independence
and "development". It is rather unfortunate that all the European countries
implemented hard principles and structures that made Africa to stay permanently
dependent on west.
We are calling on Europe to allow Africa to forge its own development in
relation to its politics, economy, culture and people. Africa needs real
independence to choose its partners and not partners chosen only by Europeans.

Organizer: Flüchtligsinitiative Brandenburg and Africans' Perspective in
Cooperation with: Bildungswerk der Heinrich Böll Stiftung