Thank you Ana and Michael for your testimonies and observations.
I just saw this
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2015/08/25/everyday-people-put-solidarity-into-action-helping-refugees-in-greece/
about action on the ground in response to the refugees.
We desperately need political solutions AND it's very valuable to have
evidence of the many different ways that people find to act in dignity
and in straightforward solidarity with each other.
cheers
Ruth
On 28/08/15 18:07, Michael Szpakowski wrote:
Absolutely - I don't think it's a male female thing though. Racist
scapegoating is a very convenient way of distracting people and
dividing them.
I hope it's clear, Ana, that my first e mail meant exactly what it
said - we should open the borders -there is enough money to wage
imperialist wars, enough money for obscene bonuses for bankers, so
there is enough money to feed, clothe house , educate and keep healthy
both established inhabitants and newcomers...
cheers
michael
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*From:* Ana Valdés <[email protected]>
*To:* Michael Szpakowski <[email protected]>; NetBehaviour for
networked distributed creativity <[email protected]>
*Sent:* Friday, August 28, 2015 5:44 PM
*Subject:* Re: [NetBehaviour] dismal news
I has been a refugee for many years. I spent four years in jail for
political reasons (was member of a gerilla group, Tupamaros) and was
deported to Sweden in 1978. The Swedes paid me one year study of the
language and gave me an apt to rent. After one year I was on my own,
got a job as a teacher and started a publisher house with some
friends. I became a writer and an anthropologist, paid my taxes and
never more needed any support.
Four years ago I moved back to Uruguay, tired and disapointed seeing a
xenophobe party rise. Today this party is the most popular party among
men. Their discourse is very similar to Trump's discourse in the US.
And he is popular among men. Why? Is that because the men are in
control in the most countries in the world (Angela Merkel is an
exception) and feel themselves treated by all those hundreds of
thousands refugees fleeing Syria, Afganistan and Africa?
The colonization of the whole world by Europeans has shaped the modern
world, at the beginning of the 20th century the whole Africa was owned
by Germany, England, France, Spain and Belgium. The slaves, stolen
from Africa since the 16th century, built the wealth of Europa,
Latinamerica and the US. Africa was emptied of resources and ppl for
several generations and centuries. Why is so difficult to understand
they want their fair share of the wealth and welfare their ancestors
paid with sweat and blood?
James Petras, a respected scholar, wrote about the Imperial Wars,
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-age-of-imperial-wars/5470957
thats the imperial wars which are making the planet an unsure place to
live for the most of us.
Another important article was written by my friend the Serbian writer
Jasmina Tesanovic, married with Bruce Sterling,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jasmina-tesanovic/we-are-all-refugees_b_8015152.html
I am the grandchild of European Spaniards and Italians fleeing the
poverty in Europe at the end of the 19th century. They were welcomed
in North and South America as working craft and fellow human in
distress, why should not Europe open the borders now? It's their
historic guilt.
Ana
On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 7:58 AM, Michael Szpakowski <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Yes - the only philosophy we need on this, though, is "open the
borders, let them in!"
michael
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*From:* Kath O'Donnell <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
*To:* NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
*Sent:* Friday, August 28, 2015 3:22 AM
*Subject:* Re: [NetBehaviour] dismal news
it's shocking to hear of so many people fleeing Syria and other
countries. what kind of world is this where they are turned away.
meanwhile in Australia, our borders are shamefully, effectively
closed to refugees, our prime minister is now considering
supporting US with air strikes in Syria and his 'border force'
team are planning on checking everyone's visas in Melbourne CBD on
the weekend. it's like they think we're in 1939 Germany or something.
I hope something can be done to help the refugees. it seems like a
forced population shift is going on atm
I haven't read the philosophers' take on it all.
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/aug/23/tony-abbott-to-decide-on-joining-fight-against-islamic-state-after-us-talks
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-28/border-force-to-check-visas-on-the-streets-of-melbourne/6732086
On 28 August 2015 at 11:19, Alan Sondheim <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
which in a weird way is why I hate theory - sure the whole
economy is going towards Franciscan, everyone will wise up, I
don't know how this connects to anything but I don't know how
Zizek connects to anything, all this theory, people being
slaughtered in the meantime -
- Alan, if you do get more insight into Agamben please
publish, thanks
On Thu, 27 Aug 2015, Johannes Birringer wrote:
dear BishopZ you have not heard of the thousands and
millions of refugees and migrants who are flooding into
northwest Europe from the middle east, africa, and the
balkans (e.g. Kosovo) ? there are more than 1.5. million
refugees alone trying to leave Syria and Iraq. Have you
heard of refugee camps being attacked by right wing
radicals, who fought police in east germany last week, and
the turmoil at the camps in Calais?
strangely, philosophers are writing their comments, and
today V. Agamben published an interview calling for
"Europe must collapse" and suggesting a new refuge or exit
policy, that he calls 'd?soeuvrement' or 'inoperosit?'
(destitution or deactivation of the economy, the law,
biology). I have not really a clear idea what that means,
but the examples given are the Fransiccan monks and the
idea of withdrawal to poverty and automomy in a cloister.
I do not know how this connects to the US election
campaign, sorry.
regards
Johannes Birringer
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