Call for solidarity actions
For several months we have been witnessing a political game between the European Union, Russia, Poland and Belarus. As often in previous years, people deprived of their homes and looking for a better life, have become the tools of state authorities.
Treated as tools in this conflict, they bear its direct costs. They die at the border, are tortured, beaten, raped and abused in every way possible. The situation they find themselves in is a direct result of the European Union’s anti-immigration policy, which is being used without scruples by the Lukashenka regime.
As the no borders movement in Poland, we want to invite to coordinated activities all groups in Europe who are sharing idea of a world without borders. We want to put pressure on the Polish and European Union authorities and express solidarity with all travellers. What form your actions will take, we leave to you. Let demonstrations in front of Polish embassies and consulates, lighting candles, graffiti campaigns, banners, soliparties, benefits, happenings and all other activities, should become part of our opposition to the militarization of borders and the restriction of the right to move.
Our fight takes place on many levels. On the one hand, it is deeply rooted in our lives – it concerns the space we are in, people and our everyday relationships. At the same time, grassroots movements that are in opposition to states, big business and all ideologies based on enslavement; they are able to bring about the global change that is necessary for the world. Community building and solidarity are often not as spectacular as oppression of the state. It’s easier to count the tanks, troops and billions spent on maintaining it system. Nevertheless, the results of grassroots groups’ activities are often more durable and of a longer duration perspective change much more. Even what seemed permanent. Our actions they often seem to remind us of sparks which flare for a moment in the darkness. But it is the sparks that cause the fires!
Time: 22.11.2021 - 19.12.2021
If you have any questions, suggestions, ideas or just want to contact us, write to: no_borders_team[at]riseup.net
[photo: “No One Is Illegal. Against Fortress Europe” - banner on the Provincial Office in Poznań]
