yeasterday the information came that the police "visited" the noborder
kitchen in lesvos telling them they had to go away in the next hour . at
the end it was obviously some unfriendly individual who had called the
police . the major had no idea about it and no actual plan of eviciton
of the noborder camp, that is set on the publik beach near the port of
mitilini called Tsamakia.
Here you can read some thoughts of one person of the noborder kitchen
about solidarity, and the kitchen text who they are. stay tuned on news
from Greece. the situation is changing rapidly .
marily
https://www.facebook.com/groups/informationpointforlesvosvolunteers/permalink/492323827641736/
S Auron Wag
7 Std.
RE: WHO YOU SUPPORT
TOP 1 on our agenda should be to support the refugees.
But we are not doing this, because we think it's nice to pull people out
of the water, to hand out 100 blankets to 1000 people in a cold night,
to hand out tea and food, to bury those, who didn't survive the perilous
journey across the sea. At least I hope so...
We are doing this, because it's necessary. We are doing this, because
the authorities of Europe don't seem to see it as their duty to do it
themselves.
Lately, I have the feeling that I see more and more people, who seem to
forget, that this is not normality, that there would be other options to
this, and that the situation is made like this politically.
People dying in the mediterranean sea and other people being deported
right out of detention centers are no status quo to be defended and no
status quo to be part of.
If you volunteer, please also be aware of the political dimension of
your volunteering, or you will be responsible if this story goes on for
years!
… and: If a solidarity kitchen asks for help in danger of eviction,
consider helping them, even though they are anarchists „wink“-Emoticon
Excerpt from No Border Kitchen Lesbos Manifesto:
"No Border Kitchen Lesbos is a non-hierarchical/horizontal
self-organized group of cooking activists from all over the world that
share the aim of supporting people on their journey to Europe. The Greek
island of Lesbos is a place of transit for the majority of the people
overcoming the European border regime.
Since 14th November No Border Kitchen is cooking at Tsamakia beach,
which is close to the port of Mytilene. It was squatted by people
seeking refuge as a place to shelter for a few nights and supported by
the No Border Kitchen in terms of food and infrastructure, and by local
groups and individuals in Mytiline. This is how NBK evolved into a
self-organised camp where we support people seeking refuge, irrespective
of their backgrounds and adapting to the current situations.
We create this space together and invite all people present to create it
with us. Our resources are limited, but we try our best to support the
different needs we have. NBK is not only about providing food for people
seeking refuge, but crucially also about respecting each other as
individuals. Each traveler has their own unique aspirations, desires and
sets of circumstances that brought them to undertake their journey. In
our self-organised camp all people regardless of gender, nation and
religion are welcome. We hold regular general assemblies, translated
into different languages, in which we explain the general idea of No
Border Kitchen and how the space works, and also spread independent
travel and border information to help people on their journeys. We hope
that through the relations formed here we can offer each other the
mental strength to ride the storms and challenges of what is fast
emerging as a distinctly brutal historical era, with dignity and courage.
We, the No-Border-Kitchen-crew understand that what we are doing is a
small attempt in the face of the enormity of destructive forces at work
in the world today. But it is a real commitment of real individuals, it
is one concrete effort among many, it is one piece of the puzzle of
another possible world. We believe that all these efforts do make a
difference and that they should be developed and expanded further.
Our broader desire is to build relationships of solidarity and form new
collectivities in struggle. Therefore we also connect with the local
activist structures, with whom we share common struggles and hopes and
who we support. We believe that by establishing networks in our common
struggle, we can fight powerfully as a united movement and rise together
against fortress Europe.
United we stand, divided we fall.
FIGHT FORTRESS EUROPE!
FOR THE FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR EVERYBODY AND EVERYWHERE"
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