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Week Without Borders (June 9-16, 2008): Chronology Under Construction
Solidarity actions take place in Paris, Dijon, Lille, Grenoble, Toulouse and Rennes from April to May of 2008. A call is made for a Week Without Borders (June 9-16, 2008), with actions and events to also take place before and hopefully afterwards. Friday, June 6, 2008 - Ivan and Bruno are released from prison and put under judicial control. Farid, who was arrested on January 23 at Vierzon with his companion Isa, is also released under judicial control, but Isa is still being detained at the prison of Lille-Séquedin. The week of solidarity called for June 9 to 16 is obviously still on, for the freedom of Isa and all the other prisoners. There are solidarity events planned to take place in Paris, Lyon, Grenoble, Vigan, Sète and Brussels (Belgium). Week of Solidarity Without Borders Portland, Oregon, United States, June 4 - The Wells Fargo bank branch on 39th and Powell had a window smashed. The action was claimed, "in solidarity with all those imprisoned in the ICE detention centers in the U.S. and all those imprisoned and oppressed by the industrial capitalist economy." The claim goes on to say, "Wells Fargo funds the GEO group, which runs the Guantanamo Bay detention center as well as the ICE immigration detention center in Tacoma, Washington." Lyon, France, June 7 - Just under a hundred people demonstrate with a banner reading, "Long live solidarity with the undocumented. Freedom for Bruno and Ivan." Smoke-bombs are also lit. Paris, June 8-9 - Banners are hung in various locations with the following messages: Lyon, June 8-9 - Windows are smashed and painted messaged are left on buildings involved in the "management" of the undocumented. Geneva, Switzerland, June 9 - Posters entitled "Who are the terrorists?" are put up on houses that were evicted this past summer. More actions to come are promised. Moscow, Russia, June 9-11 - Many smoke-bombs are lit outside the French embassy and a banner in French and Russian is displayed reading, "Solidarity with the undocumented. Freedom for Ivan and Bruno". Tacoma, Washington, United States, June 10-11 - A Wells Fargo bank branch "had many of their windows smashed." In addition, "the message 'stop prisons' was spray painted on one side of the building." The claim states, "this action is in solidarity with all struggle against deportation and the displacement of human beings internationally." Grenoble, June 11 - About forty people occupy the Museum of Resistance and display banners reading, "Solidarity with the undocumented", "We resist again!" and "neither prison, nor borders, nor guards, nor deportations". Further solidarity events are planned to take place in Vigan, Paris and Sète in France, as well as Brussels in Belgium. Letter from Ivan and Bruno from the prisons of Fresnes and Villepinte, http://www.325collective.com/prisons_letter-ivan-bruno.html Fumigènes & Co. |
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