[imc-presse] [Int-press-g8] Daily Advisory for Monday, June 4, 2007

[int-press-g8 at lists.nadir.org]

Monday, June 4, 2007

For Immediate Release

Media G8Way - International Press Group
g8-press-int at nadir.org
49 16092437902 (Alex Smith)
49 015774630348 (Jo Smith)

Daily Advisory for the Week of Protest Against G8

Information on the Migration Day of Action – "We are here because you
are destroying our countries!"

Movements of refugees and migrants are increasing worldwide. From Los
Angeles to Paris to Seoul, no one can ignore the global dimension and
growing significance of migrants and refugee struggles. These struggles
are as much a reaction to the massive plundering and continuing
devastation in the global south by the north as they are a demand for
social equality. It is precisely the G8 governments, together with
transnational corporations and international organisations like the WTO,
IWF and World Bank, that are responsible for not only maintaining a
global apartheid regime, but also for solidifying and intensifying it.
"We are here because you are destroying our countries " is the slogan of
refugee organizations, which is directed toward the whole array of the
G8’s neocolonial strategies: Against debt policies which impose price
increases and privatization measures under so-called structural
readjustment programs; against the devastation of local economies
leading to increasing impoverishment of these countries; against the
plundering of their resources; and last but not least, against the
direct or indirect support of dictators and warlords.

On June 4th, beginning in the early morning, actions related to the
issue of migration will take place all over the city of Rostock.

At 8 a.m. there will be an action at the Department of Immigration
("Ausländerbehörde") in Rostock, Werftstraße 6 (S-Bahn station
Holbeinplatz): The department is a place where refugees and migrants are
harassed and persecuted on a daily basis. It is here that decisions are
made regarding what status people without an EU passport will be given,
whether they are allowed to work, study or even stay in Germany or, as
the case may be, the EU. Protesters intend to disrupt and de-legitimize
the activities of the department.

10 - 11.30 a.m.: "3 days in August ... (and many years more)". There
will be a rally in front of the Sunflowerhouse (Sonnenblumenhaus ) -
S-Bahn station Rostock Lichtenhagen:
In 1992 at Rostock-Lichtenhagen, with the approval of thousands of
citizens, neo-Nazis attacked the central refugee reception centre as
well as a hostel for Vietnamese workers with stones and Molotov
cocktails. The police did nothing to protect the inhabitants from this
attack, which lasted several days, and shortly afterwards the SPD
(Social Democratic Party) gave up their resistance against changing
Article 16 of the German Constitution (the right to asylum). By holding
this rally activists want to remember the incidents of 1992 and show how
much worse the conditions for refugees in Germany have become as a
result of this program.

10 a.m.: Protest action in front of a Lidl-supermarket - with the
participation of activists from the Andalusian union of agricultural
workers SOC: Lidl has not only become known because of its lousy working
conditions, but also stands out due to its ruinous price dictates, which
have lead to the dramatic decline of agricultural prices. It is often
mainly migrants (without papers) who find themselves forced to accept
the poor wages and conditions of agricultural work.

10 am - 6. p.m: At Universitätsplatz (Kröpeliner Straße) there will be
information stands, exhibitions, films and installations on themes of
camps and borders, the working conditions of migrant (agricultural)
workers, the countries of origin of refugees and migrants and much more.

In the afternoon there will be a demonstration for Global Freedom of
Movement and Equal Rights.

1-2 p.m.: (prelude) rally and start of the demonstration at the refugee
camp Satowerstraße (tram station 'Neuer Friedhof', lines 3 and 6)
5- 8 p.m: final rally with cultural events in the Rostock city harbour
(inner city).

Info and Contact:
http://www.g8-migration.net.tf
http://www.agp.org/g82007
http://www.all4all.org/g8

Olaf 0173-2441720 (No Lager Netzwerk)
Lars 0179-7743758 (G8 AG Migration)
Riadh 0176-5205629 (war Ansprechpartner bei der Aktion in Rostock)
Conni Gunsser 0173-4108642 (vermittelt Kontakte an Flüchtlinge ab 29.5.)

At the beginning of June 2007, the governments of the seven most
important industrialized countries and Russia will meet for the ‘G8
Summit’ at the Baltic seaside resort of Heiligendamm, Germany. In recent
years a rising tide of international resistance against this
self-appointed informal world government and its agenda of neoliberal
globalization has forced it’s meetings into further secluded areas,
employing security forces of historical proportion.
-- 
Media G8way does not claim responsibility for the content of the  statements it
distributes on behalf of the groups or individuals  who use its service. Media
G8way is an international press service  for individuals, groups, networks and
(dis)organizations who understand themselves to be part of an independent
radical left movement against the G8.

Contact:
Alex Smith +49 16092437902
Jo Smith + 49 015774630348
g8-press-int at nadir.org
http://dissentnetzwerk.org/node/2669