5 July – 24 July 2026

Background

Across Germany, refugees are experiencing sustained pressure within the asylum system. Long waiting periods, legal uncertainty, isolation in accommodation centres, and structural restrictions are creating a significant emotional and social burden. At the same time, rising right-wing politics and anti-migrant narratives are increasing hostility, deepening social division, and reinforcing restrictive asylum policies. Refugees are therefore facing both structural exclusion and increasing everyday discrimination, insecurity, and fear.

Purpose of the Tour

The Let Fear Go Tour 2026 is a nationwide collective initiative designed to strengthen connection, knowledge exchange, and community capacity under increasing political pressure. It is not symbolic. It is a practical effort to build sustainable networks, collective strength, and shared responses to structural injustice and rising right-wing politics.

Core Objectives

• Strengthen solidarity between refugees, activists, and support networks
• Build collective strength and mutual support across regions
• Create a visible collective voice against racism and anti-migrant politics
• Share experiences and strategies between different communities
• Understand how groups organise in different cities and regions
• Exchange knowledge

GERMAN

In ganz Deutschland sind Flüchtlinge im Asylsystem anhaltendem Druck ausgesetzt. Lange Wartezeiten, Rechtsunsicherheit, Isolation in Lagern und Heimen und strukturelle Einschränkungen tragen zu emotionaler und sozialer Belastung bei. Gleichzeitig beobachten wir landesweit einen zunehmenden Aufstieg rechter Politik und migrationsfeindlicher Narrative. Diese Entwicklung schürt Feindseligkeiten, vertieft die gesellschaftliche Spaltung und verstärkt eine restriktive Asylpolitik. Sie trägt zudem zu einem Umfeld bei, in dem Geflüchtete nicht nur struktureller Ausgrenzung ausgesetzt sind, sondern auch zunehmender Diskriminierung, Unsicherheit und Angst.
Zweck der Bustour

Die „Refugee Empowerment Bus Tour“ (Start im Juli 2026) ist als bundesweite, kollektive Intervention konzipiert, um Verbindungen, Wissensaustausch und die Möglichkeiten der Communities vor dem Hintergrund zunehmenden (rechtsgerichteten) politischen Drucks zu stärken. Diese Initiative ist kein symbolischer Besuch, sondern eine koordinierte Anstrengung zum Aufbau nachhaltiger Netzwerke und kollektiver Stärke und ist eine gemeinsame Antworten auf strukturelle und politische Herausforderungen.

Kernziele

• Stärkung der überregionalen Verbindungen zwischen Flüchtlingscommunities und Unterstützungsnetzwerken
• Förderung des Wissensaustauschs über das Migrations-, Asyl- und Integrationssystemen
• Schaffung strukturierter Räume zur Bewältigung von Konflikten, die durch systemischen Druck entstehen
• Stärkung kollektiver Reaktionen auf zunehmende rechtsextreme Narrative und migrationsfeindliche Politiken
• Aufbau von Kapazitäten zur internen Konfliktlösung und kollektiven Organisation
• Abbau von Isolation und Steigerung der öffentlichen Sichtbarkeit durch gemeinsame Präsenz
Lokales Engagement – Ablauf der Tour an den einzelnen Standorten:
• Teilnahme an bestehenden lokalen Aktivitäten und Kämpfen
• Organisation einer Abendversammlung mit Schwerpunkt auf kollektiver Diskussion
• Schaffung eines offenen und sicheren Raums für den Dialog zwischen Geflüchteten und Unterstützer*innen
• Austausch über praktische Strategien in Bezug auf:
Konfliktlösung usw. – Gemeinschaftsorganisation – Umgang mit Diskriminierung und politischem Druck – Bewältigung systemischer und sozialer Feindseligkeit

Organisatorischer Ablauf
• Die Tour führt durch mehrere Bundesländer in Deutschland: siehe Zeitplan auf der Website
• Die Teilnahme ist offen und flexibel (Ein- und Ausstieg entlang der Route sind möglich)
• Standarddauer pro Standort: 1 Übernachtung
• Schwerpunkt: Austausch über Zukunftsperspektiven – Interne Herausforderungen – kollektive Stärken

FRENCH

Tournée « Let Fear Go » 2026
Tournée en bus pour l’autonomisation des réfugiés à travers l’Allemagne
Début : 5 juillet 2026

Contexte

Partout en Allemagne, les réfugiés subissent une pression constante au sein du système d’asile. Les longues périodes d’attente, l’incertitude juridique, l’isolement dans les centres d’hébergement et les restrictions structurelles créent un lourd fardeau émotionnel et socia
Parallèlement, la montée en puissance de la politique d’extrême droite et des discours anti-immigrés attise l’hostilité, aggrave les divisions sociales et renforce les politiques d’asile restrictives. Les réfugiés sont donc confrontés à la fois à une exclusion structurelle et à une discrimination, une insécurité et une peur croissantes au quotidien

Objectif de la tournée

La tournée « Let Fear Go » 2026 est une initiative collective d’envergure nationale visant à renforcer les liens, l’échange de connaissances et les capacités des communautés face à une pression politique croissante.

Ce n’est pas un simple geste symbolique. Il s’agit d’une initiative concrète visant à mettre en place des réseaux durables, à renforcer la force collective et à élaborer des réponses communes face aux injustices structurelles et à la montée de l’extrême droite.

Objectifs principaux

• Renforcer la solidarité entre les réfugiés, les militants et les réseaux de soutien
• Renforcer la force collective et l’entraide entre les régions
• Créer une voix collective forte contre le racisme et les politiques anti-migrants
• Partager les expériences et les stratégies entre les différentes communautés
• Comprendre comment les groupes s’organisent dans différentes villes et régions
• Échanger des connaissances

ARABIC

جولة حافلة تمكين اللاجئين
في جميع أنحاء ألمانيا، يواجه اللاجئون ضغوطًا مستمرة داخل نظام اللجوء. فترات الانتظار الطويلة، وعدم اليقين القانوني، والعزلة داخل مراكز الإيواء، والقيود الهيكلية، كلها تسهم في زيادة الأعباء النفسية والاجتماعية. وفي الوقت نفسه، نشهد تصاعدًا متزايدًا للسياسات اليمينية والخطابات المناهضة للمهاجرين في مختلف أنحاء البلاد. ويؤدي هذا التطور إلى زيادة العداء، وتعميق الانقسام المجتمعي، وتعزيز سياسات اللجوء التقييدية. كما يساهم في خلق بيئة يواجه فيها اللاجئون ليس فقط الإقصاء الهيكلي، بل أيضًا تصاعد التمييز، وانعدام الأمن، والخوف.
هدف جولة الحافلة
تم تصميم جولة حافلة تمكين اللاجئين (التي ستبدأ في يوليو 2026) كمبادرة جماعية على مستوى ألمانيا تهدف إلى تعزيز الروابط، وتبادل المعرفة، وبناء قدرات المجتمعات المحلية في ظل تصاعد الضغوط السياسية (التيار اليميني). وهذه المبادرة ليست مجرد زيارة رمزية، بل هي جهد منسق لبناء شبكات مستدامة، وتعزيز القوة الجماعية، وتطوير استجابات مشتركة للتحديات الهيكلية والسياسية.
الأهداف الرئيسية
• تعزيز الروابط بين مجتمعات اللاجئين وشبكات الدعم في مختلف المناطق.
• تسهيل تبادل المعرفة حول قضايا الهجرة، واللجوء، وأنظمة الاندماج.
• إنشاء مساحات منظمة لمعالجة النزاعات الناجمة عن الضغوط المنهجية.
• تعزيز الاستجابات الجماعية لتصاعد الخطابات اليمينية والسياسات المناهضة للمهاجرين.
• بناء القدرات في مجال حل النزاعات الداخلية والتنظيم الجماعي.
• الحد من العزلة وزيادة الظهور العام من خلال الحضور والعمل المشترك.
المشاركة المحلية – هيكل الجولة في كل موقع
• المشاركة في الأنشطة والنضالات المحلية القائمة.
• تنظيم لقاء مسائي يركز على الحوار والنقاش الجماعي.
• توفير مساحة مفتوحة وآمنة للحوار بين اللاجئين والداعمين.
• تبادل استراتيجيات عملية تتعلق بـ:
o حل النزاعات.
o التنظيم المجتمعي.
o مواجهة التمييز والضغوط السياسية.
o التعامل مع العداء المجتمعي والمنهجي.
الهيكل التنفيذي
• ستتنقل الجولة عبر عدة ولايات اتحادية في ألمانيا (يُرجى الاطلاع على الجدول الزمني عبر الموقع الإلكتروني).
• المشاركة مفتوحة ومرنة، مع إمكانية الانضمام إلى الجولة أو مغادرتها على طول المسار.
• المدة القياسية في كل موقع: ليلة واحدة.
• محاور التركيز:
o تبادل الرؤى حول المستقبل.
o التحديات الداخلية.
o نقاط القوة الجماعية.

FARSI

در سراسر آلمان
در سراسر آلمان، پناهجویان با فشار مداوم در نظام پناهندگی مواجه هستند. دوره‌های طولانی انتظار، عدم قطعیت حقوقی، انزوا در مراکز اسکان، و محدودیت‌های ساختاری به افزایش بار عاطفی و اجتماعی منجر شده‌اند. همزمان، شاهد رشد فزاینده سیاست‌های راست‌گرایانه و روایت‌های ضد مهاجرتی در سراسر کشور هستیم. این روند موجب افزایش خصومت، تعمیق شکاف‌های اجتماعی، و تقویت سیاست‌های محدودکننده پناهندگی شده است. همچنین به شکل‌گیری محیطی دامن می‌زند که در آن پناهجویان نه تنها با طرد ساختاری، بلکه با تبعیض فزاینده، ناامنی و ترس نیز روبه‌رو هستند.

هدف تور اتوبوس
تور اتوبوس توانمندسازی پناهجویان (با آغاز از ژوئیه ۲۰۲۶) به‌عنوان یک مداخله جمعی و سراسری طراحی شده است تا در شرایط افزایش فشارهای سیاسی (جریان‌های راست‌گرا)، ارتباطات، تبادل دانش و ظرفیت‌سازی اجتماعی را تقویت کند. این ابتکار صرفاً یک بازدید نمادین نیست، بلکه تلاشی هماهنگ برای ایجاد شبکه‌های پایدار، تقویت توان جمعی، و توسعه پاسخ‌های مشترک به چالش‌های ساختاری و سیاسی است.

اهداف اصلی

• تقویت ارتباط میان جوامع پناهجویان و شبکه‌های حمایتی در مناطق مختلف
• تسهیل تبادل دانش درباره نظام‌های مهاجرت، پناهندگی و ادغام اجتماعی
• ایجاد فضاهای ساختاریافته برای رسیدگی به تعارضات ناشی از فشارهای نظام‌مند
• تقویت پاسخ‌های جمعی در برابر روایت‌های راست‌گرایانه و سیاست‌های ضد مهاجرتی
• افزایش ظرفیت برای حل اختلافات داخلی و سازماندهی جمعی
• کاهش انزوا و افزایش دیده‌شدن عمومی از طریق حضور و فعالیت مشترک
  مشارکت محلی – ساختار تور در هر محل
• مشارکت در فعالیت‌ها و مطالبات محلی موجود
• برگزاری یک نشست عصرگاهی با تمرکز بر گفت‌وگوی جمعی
• ایجاد فضایی باز و امن برای گفت‌وگو میان پناهجویان و حامیان
• تبادل راهبردهای عملی در زمینه‌های زیر:
  – حل اختلافات و مسائل مرتبط
  – سازماندهی اجتماعی و جامعه‌محور
  – مقابله با تبعیض و فشارهای سیاسی
  – سازگاری و مقابله با خصومت‌های ساختاری و اجتماعی
  ساختار اجرایی
• تور در چندین ایالت فدرال آلمان برگزار خواهد شد: برنامه زمانی در وب‌سایت موجود است.
• مشارکت آزاد و انعطاف‌پذیر است (امکان پیوستن یا ترک تور در طول مسیر وجود دارد).
• مدت استاندارد حضور در هر محل: یک شب اقامت
• محورهای اصلی تبادل و گفت‌وگو:
  – چشم‌اندازهای آینده
  – چالش‌های داخلی
  – نقاط قوت و ظرفیت‌های جمعی

SORANI

لە سەرانسەری ئەڵمانیا پەنابەران تووشی فشارێکی بەردەوام دەبن لە چوارچێوەی سیستەمی پەنابەریدا. ماوەی چاوەڕوانی درێژخایەن، نادڵنیایی یاسایی، گۆشەگیری لە ناوەندەکانی نیشتەجێبوون و سنووردارکردنی پێکهاتەیی بەشدارن لە بارگرانی سۆزداری و کۆمەڵایەتی. لە هەمان کاتدا ئێمە شاهیدی پەرەسەندنی سیاسەتی ڕاستڕەو و گێڕانەوەی دژە کۆچبەرین لە سەرانسەری وڵاتدا. ئەم پێشهاتە زیاتر دوژمنایەتی و قووڵکردنەوەی دابەشکاری کۆمەڵایەتی و بەهێزکردنی سیاسەتی سنووردارکردنی پەنابەرییە. هەروەها بەشداری دەکات لە ژینگەیەکدا کە پەنابەران نەک تەنها ڕووبەڕووی وەدەرنانی پێکهاتەیی دەبنەوە، بەڵکو ڕووبەڕووی هەڵاواردن و نائەمنی و ترسیش دەبنەوە.

ئامانجی گەشتی پاس

گەشتی پاسی بەهێزکردنی پەنابەران (لە تەمموزی ٢٠٢٦ دەست پێدەکات) وەک دەستێوەردانێکی سەرتاسەری و بەکۆمەڵ داڕێژراوە بۆ بەهێزکردنی پەیوەندییەکان، ئاڵوگۆڕی زانیاری، و توانای کۆمەڵگا لە چوارچێوەی زیادبوونی فشاری سیاسی (ڕاستڕەوەکان). ئەم دەستپێشخەرییە سەردانێکی ڕەمزی نییە، بەڵکو هەوڵێکی هاوئاهەنگە بۆ بنیاتنانی تۆڕی بەردەوام و هێزی بەکۆمەڵ و وەڵامدانەوەی هاوبەش بۆ هەردوو تەحەدای پێکهاتەیی و سیاسی.

ئامانجە سەرەکییەکان

بەهێزکردنی پەیوەندییەکانی نێوان کۆمەڵگاکانی پەنابەران و تۆڕەکانی پشتیوانی لە سەرانسەری هەرێمەکاندا

ئاسانکاری بۆ ئاڵوگۆڕی زانیاری لەسەر سیستەمی کۆچ و پەنابەری و یەکگرتن

دروستکردنی فەزای ستراکتۆرکراو بۆ چارەسەرکردنی ئەو ململانێیانەی کە لە فشاری سیستماتیکییەوە سەرهەڵدەدەن

بەهێزکردنی وەڵامە بەکۆمەڵەکان بۆ بەرزبوونەوەی گێڕانەوەی ڕاستڕەوەکان و سیاسەتەکانی دژە کۆچبەران

بنیاتنانی توانا بۆ چارەسەرکردنی ناکۆکی ناوخۆیی و ڕێکخستنی بەکۆمەڵ

کەمکردنەوەی گۆشەگیری و زیادکردنی بینینی گشتی لە ڕێگەی ئامادەبوونی هاوبەشەوە

بەشداریکردنی ناوخۆیی – پێکهاتەی گەشتەکە لە هەر شوێنێک:

بەشداریکردن لە چالاکیی و خەباتە ناوخۆییەکانی ئێستادا

ڕێکخستنی یەک کۆبوونەوەی ئێوارە کە تیشکی خستە سەر گفتوگۆی بەکۆمەڵ

دروستکردنی فەزای کراوە و سەلامەت بۆ گفتوگۆ لە نێوان پەنابەران و لایەنگران

ئاڵوگۆڕی ستراتیژی پراکتیکی پەیوەست بە:

• چارەسەرکردنی ناکۆکی و هتد – ڕێکخستنی کۆمەڵگا – وەڵامدانەوەی جیاکاری و فشاری سیاسی ڕووبەڕووبوونەوەی دوژمنایەتی سیستماتیکی و کۆمەڵایەتی پێکهاتەی کارکردن گەشتەکە بەسەر چەندین ویلایەتی فیدراڵی لە ئەڵمانیادا دەڕوات: سەیری خشتەی گەشتەکە بکە لە ماڵپەڕەکەدا بەشداریکردن کراوە و نەرم و نیانە (پەیوەندیکردن/دەرچوون بە درێژایی ڕێگاکە ئەگەری هەیە) ماوەی ستاندارد بۆ هەر شوێنێک: 1 شەو مانەوە تەرکیز: ئاڵوگۆڕکردن لەسەر: دیدگاکانی داهاتوو – تەحەددای ناوخۆیی – خاڵە بەهێزە بەکۆمەڵەکان

KURMANCI

Li seranserê Almanya, penaber di nav sîstema penaberiyê de zextek domdar dibînin. Demên dirêj ên li bendêbûnê, nezelaliya qanûnî, tecrîda li navendên bicihbûnê, û sînorkirinên avahîsaziyê dibin sedema barekî hestyarî û civakî. Di heman demê de, em şahidê zêdebûna siyaseta rastgir û vegotinên dijî koçberan li seranserê welêt in. Ev pêşketin dijminatiyê zêde dike, dabeşbûna civakî kûrtir dike, û polîtîkayên penaberiyê yên sînorker xurt dike. Ew di heman demê de dibe sedema hawîrdorek ku tê de penaber ne tenê bi dûrxistina avahîsaziyê, lê di heman demê de bi cudakarî, bêewlehî û tirsê re jî rû bi rû dimînin.

Armanca Gera Otobusê

Gera Otobusê ya Hêzdarkirina Penaberan (ku ji Tîrmeha 2026-an dest pê dike) wekî destwerdanek kolektîf a neteweyî hatiye sêwirandin da ku têkilî, danûstandina zanînê û kapasîteya civakê di çarçoveya zexta siyasî ya zêde de (rastgir) xurt bike. Ev înîsiyatîf ne serdanek sembolîk e, lê hewldanek hevrêzkirî ye ji bo avakirina torên domdar, hêza kolektîf, û bersivên hevpar ji bo pirsgirêkên avahîsaziyê û siyasî.

Armancên Sereke

Girêdanên di navbera civakên penaberan û torên piştgiriyê de li seranserê herêman xurt bikin

Danûstandina zanînê li ser koçberî, penaberî û pergalên entegrasyonê hêsan bikin

Ji bo çareserkirina nakokiyên ku ji zexta sîstemîk derdikevin, cihên birêxistinkirî biafirînin

Bersivên kolektîf li hember vegotinên rastgir ên bilindbûyî û polîtîkayên dijî-koçberan xurt bikin

Kapasîteyê ji bo çareserkirina nakokiyên navxweyî û rêxistina kolektîf ava bikin

Bi hebûna hevbeş tecrîdê kêm bikin û xuyabûna giştî zêde bikin

Têkiliya Herêmî – avahiya gerê li her cihî:

Beşdarbûna di çalakî û têkoşînên herêmî yên heyî de

Rêxistina civînek êvarê ya ku li ser nîqaşa kolektîf disekine

Afirandina cîhek vekirî û ewle ji bo diyalogê di navbera penaber û piştgiran de

Danûstandina stratejiyên pratîkî yên têkildarî:

• Çareserkirina nakokiyan, hwd. – Rêxistina civakê – Bersivdayîna li dijî cudakarî û zexta siyasî

Rawestandina dijminatiya sîstemîk û civakî

Avahiya Operasyonel

Ger dê li seranserê gelek dewletên federal ên Almanya bigere: li ser malperê bernameyê bibînin

Beşdarbûn vekirî û nerm e (tevlîbûn/derketin li ser rêyê mimkun e)

Dema standard ji bo her cihî: 1 şev man

Balkêşî: danûstandin li ser: Pêşerojê perspektîf – Pirsgirêkên navxweyî – Hêzên kolektîf

SPANISH

En toda Alemania, las personas refugiadas están sufriendo una presión constante dentro del sistema de asilo. Los largos períodos de espera, la incertidumbre jurídica, el aislamiento en los centros de acogida y las restricciones estructurales contribuyen a la carga emocional y social. Al mismo tiempo, estamos presenciando un auge creciente de la política de derecha y de los discursos antimigrantes en todo el país. Esta tendencia está aumentando la hostilidad, profundizando la división social y reforzando las políticas restrictivas de asilo. También está contribuyendo a crear un entorno en el que los refugiados se enfrentan no solo a la exclusión estructural, sino también a una creciente discriminación, inseguridad y miedo.

Objetivo de la gira en autobús:

La Gira en Autobús para el Empoderamiento de los Refugiados (Refugee Empowerment Bus Tour) – que comenzará en julio de 2026 – está concebida como una intervención colectiva a nivel nacional para fortalecer los vínculos, el intercambio de conocimientos y la capacidad comunitaria en un contexto de creciente presión política (de la derecha). Esta iniciativa no es una visita simbólica, sino un esfuerzo coordinado para construir redes sostenibles, fuerza colectiva y respuestas compartidas ante los desafíos tanto estructurales como políticos.

Objetivos principales

Fortalecer los vínculos entre las comunidades de refugiados y las redes de apoyo en todas las regiones
Facilitar el intercambio de conocimientos sobre migración y los sistemas de asilo e integración
Crear espacios estructurados para abordar los conflictos que surgen de la presión sistémica
Fortalecer las respuestas colectivas ante el alza de los discursos de extrema derecha y las políticas antimigrantes
Desarrollar capacidades para la resolución interna de conflictos y la organización colectiva
Reducir el aislamiento y aumentar la visibilidad pública a través de la presencia conjunta

Estructura operativa:
La gira recorrerá varios estados federales de Alemania: consúltese el itinerario en el sitio web.
La participación es abierta y flexible (es posible incorporarse o retirarse a lo largo de la ruta).
Duración estándar por lugar: 1 noche de estancia.
Enfoque: intercambio sobre: perspectivas de futuro, desafíos internos y fortalezas colectivas.

We are a free collective and are organizing a family festival on Oranienplatz on 27.07.2024 together with a number of supporters.

With the O-Platz Family Festival, we want to build on the history of Oranienplatz and keep the anti-racist heritage of the O-Platz movement alive. In addition to music, workshops, various play and sports activities, there will be polylogues where we want to talk to you about special challenges and perspectives for intercultural families. The aim is to create new networks and give courage for everyday life.
Come along, share the flyer and follow us on our IG account for the latest news! Viel Liebe!

https://www.instagram.com/oplatz.famfest/

Wir sind ein freies Kollektiv und veranstalten gemeinsam mit einer Reihe von Unterstützerinnen. Mit dem Familienfest möchten wir verschiedene Communities, Nachbarinnen, Supporter, Freundinnen, Aktivistinnen und vor allem Familien zusammenbringen.

Das O-Platz FamFest ist nicht irgendein Familienfest – es ist eine Feier unseres generationsübergreifenden politischen Erbes am OPlatz, initiiert von ehemaligen O-Platz-Besetzerinnen und heutigen O-Platz-Aktivistinnen. Gemeinsam feiern wir den kämpferischen Geist der O-Platz-Besetzung und geben ihre Geschichte durch politische Diskussionen, Workshops, Bewegunsangebot, Kinderprogramm und lebendige Kunst weiter.

Neben Musik, Workshops, Spiel- und Bewegungsangeboten gibt es Polyloge, in denen es um Herausforderungen und Perspektiven in interkulturellen Beziehungen gehen soll. Das Ziel ist es, neue Netzwerke und Mut für den Alltag zu schaffen. Kommt vorbei, teilt den Flyer und folgt uns auf Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oplatz.famfest/

half a year after the last issue, we have managed to compile, translate and design a new issue. 10 pages strong, it comes as always in numerous languages (Farsi, Arabic, French, German, English, Turkish, Spanish). This time, many articles explore the repression and difficulties people have to endure in lagers, but also when it comes to repression by the state, the authorities, border police and, not to forget, the media and public discourse. But also, there can be found signs of empowerment, solidarity and common political struggle. Lastly, many calls and campaigns deliver important statements, reports and follow-up stories on previous stories. Support them, spread the word, get involved!

The articles will be subsequently published here as single posts on oplatz.net.

The PDF version can be read and downloaded down below

You can order printed copies from July 26th by writing to: dailyresistance@systemli.org

vom RomaniPhen Archiv

Liebe Freund*innen, liebe Schwestern* und liebe Interessierte*,

der Romnja* Power Month wird von der IniRromnja und dem RomaniPhen Archiv orgаnisiert. Wie auch im vorigen Jahr erwarten Sie interessante, empowernde und vielseitige Veranstaltungen!

Der Romnja* Power Month findet vom 8. März bis zum 8. April 2018 statt und wird somit vom Internationalen Tag der Frauen* und dem Internationalen Tag der Rom*nja eingerahmt. Mit dieser besonderen und in Deutschland einzigartigen Veranstaltungsreihe wollen wir Romnja* und Sintezza* als künstlerisch, wissenschaftlich und gesellschaftskritisch handelnde Akteurinnen* hervorheben und
ihre Arbeiten einem breiten Publikum vorstellen.

Der Romnja* Power Month macht Beiträge, Geschichte, Themen und Gesellschaftsanalysen von Rom*nja und insbesondere auch von Frauen* sowie von feministischen Perspektiven sichtbar.

Der Romnja* Power Month ist unsere feministische Intervention gegen die gesamtgesellschaftlich entweder fehlenden oder sehr homogenen und rassistischen Bilder über Rom*nja. Gleichzeitig weisen wir damit
nachdrücklich auf die gesellschaftliche und insbesondere politische Relevanz der Wissensproduktion unserer Schwestern* hin. Unser diesjähriges Programm umfasst unter Anderem Malangebote für Kinder, FIlmscreenings, einen Konzertabend oder ein Podium mit Aktivist*innen.

Wir laden Sie ein in diesem Monat all dies und noch mehr gemeinsam mit uns zu
erleben, zu teilen und nicht zuletzt auch zu feiern!

Saturday, June 24, 2017 – 13:00

Jena Demonstration 24.06.2017 | Stop All Deportations | Smash the G20 Summit of Vampires and Mothers of all bombs

Refugee Solidarity Parade
Rally at 1pm | Demonstration at 4pm | Meeting point in Johannisplatz, Jena

At 5pm in JenaOptic in Carl-Zeiss Strasse, there will be a symbolic memorial in protest against the multinational military arms production and Weapon Export by JenaOptik on the war on refugees: With a solidarity parade to pay eternal respect to the victims of wars and the barbaric European migration regimes symbolized by the deadly, murderous and militarized control apparatus that is FRONTEX…

We demand a new order of solidarity in our struggles! „We are here because you destroy our countries“

We calling to protest the summit of G7 / G20 conference in Hamburg on the 6th and 7th of July this year. The So called „leaders“ of the WORLD war military arsenals are meeting to use the summit to clean the bloods on their hands, to celebrate their war crimes and to legitimize their global exploitation, the proxy wars and the terrors in the refugee countries.

The world leaders are too corrupted to ignore the wealth of the African nations and the refugee countries they have always exploited. They are the living Vampires and the mothers of all bombs.

We are here because you destroy our countries, seeking safety and security and not because we love your potatoes so much. Refugees do not create wars; on the contrary wars create refugees. Your economic and extensive political interests are creating and perpetuating wars in our countries, leading to its destruction and as well as our means of livelihood. We as refugees are the result of your continued colonial ideology and exploitation, your greed and gluttony that are boundless. You may fool your citizens with empty platitudes and lies, but you won’t fool us.

Join us, your struggles is all in our fight for justice

NO MORE WAR! NO FURTHER EXPLOITATION – STOP DEPORTATION

We demand an unconditional right to residence and safety!!!
Stop the Dublin deportation Regulation
We are here and we will fight and we are here because you destroy our countries.

Stop all deportation

We call on all well-meaning individuals to join the refugees in our struggle for human dignity and security, and show solidarity.

Refugee Demonstration – 24.06 in Jena
Refugee Solidarity Rallies and Parade – Lets organize to stop the deportations!

We want to invite you to our planning meetings and events taking place in June and July with the Refugee Community in Thueringen to mobilize against the German deportation regime.

Official Invitation
Even as we continue to pay eternal respect to the victims of the barbaric European migration regimes symbolized by the deadly, murderous and militarized control apparatus that is FRONTEX…

as we continue our struggle to build solidarity and empathy with our brothers and sisters who are being brutalized and dehumanized in mainland Europe – the fictitious home of democracy, freedom and human rights…

and in the face of the continued and intensified racist attacks on refugee accommodations and refugees – who fled imperialist and capitalist wars seeking safety and human dignity…. abetted by the state by its continued erosion of refugee rights in Germany…

We want to remind the state that we refuse to live in fear and will not be intimidated by their treacherous and cynical tactics and deceptions as we fight to reclaim our freedom and human dignity. Neither the state abdication of its responsibilities to guarantee our safety and security nor the fear mongering right wing and racist arsonist will deter us. We are here and we will fight and we are here because you destroy our countries.

We are planning and organizing political meetings, workshops and Seminars and a continued documentation of the everyday lives of refugee experiences in this country. There will also be protest, rallies and protest parade in the city of Jena against deportation.

Our call, our Demands
We call on all refugees to organize to stop all deportations.
To organize and protest the continued wars of exploitation and
We demand an unconditional right to residence and safety!!!

Please contact us if you are interested to participate and we hope to follow this up with details of the plans in the next weeks.

Your story is your weapon – speak-out in solidarity with the refugee community struggles and take back your freedom now to fight for justice!

We have a Mission to bring down the deportation regime.

Join us in this task by building your community to organize and mobilize with us to do it.

Share your stories and inspire and empower others with it.

No fear!!! Fear can only create a weakness that the authorities will exploit. Stand up and fight, and others will be inspired and build solidarity accordingly.

For Freedom of Movement
Campaign Against Deportation
Stop All Deportations
Bring down the deportation regime
No compromise with Deportation

We need donations and your solidarity to carry on and finance this struggle for justice.

Contact details:
Refugee Community Jena
Email: thevoicerefugeeforum[@]riseup.net
The VOICE Refugee Forum – A Network of Refugee Community Initiatives in Germany

-Review on Break Deportation Culture – Deportation is criminal and we fight to stop it!
http://thevoiceforum.org/node/4210
-The Political MOVEMENT – Appeal to Refugee Communities for Solidarity Network in Germany and Europe
http://thevoiceforum.org/node/4099
-Nationwide Activists Meeting in Refugee Cities in Germany
Break Deportation Prepar-Tainment: Refugees Platform For Nationwide Activists Meeting in Refugee Cities in Germany http://thevoiceforum.org/node/4337

As media group from Oplatz we want to invite you to our open meeting

every Sunday from 15h to 18h 
Friesenstr. 6
10965 Berlin
U7-Gneisenaustr.

As you know we are focused on giving the news about refugee struggles,
situation in lagers, initiatives against racism, figths against
deportations, for the right to stay, to get education, work and be able
to start a new life.

Our main goal is that the protagonist involved in all those situations
take the word, express themselves and tell the world.

So in these open meetings we invite you to come and share your
information, pictures, audios, videos, so that we can publish them.
If you are part of a group you can come and share your work, events, etc.

We can show each other hands on how to publish our own news in Oplatz!!
No matter what skills you have we’ll learn from each other.

Come and join us!, It’s going to be fun!

Best

Media Group Oplatz

text in german

by International Women’s Space

There are two forms of violence, according to Jennifer Kamau, an activist of International Women’s Space Berlin, a political group. The first form hits people directly and comes from individuals and structures, while the second form occurs when the public looks away and stays silent. The latter is worse because it ends up accepting and reinforcing certain other forms of violence, in particular, (structural) racist violence.
Along with other activists, Jennifer visits women in refugee centres, bringing their first-hand experiences of violent abuse to the public. In her workshop titled “Self-organized groups and empowerment“, Kamau spoke passionately about violence against (refugee) women in Germany. She raised the question of human rights “Where are they? (human rights) “, she asked.
Jennifer Kamau’s workshop was one of many that were held at the conference titled “Protection of Refugees against gender-based Violence – Empowerment of Refugee Women “. It was organized by Frauenhauskoordinierung (Association of Women’s Shelters) in cooperation with leading German independent welfare organisations. The idea was to bring project funders and other stakeholders in this field to share/exchange information and network. Self-organisations and representatives of LGBTTIQ were also speakers at the event. The conference was part of a project funded by the Federal Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration. The project aims to implement measures to protect refugee women against violence and to empower them.
Since counselling and support structures for refugee women are not available everywhere, Frauenhauskoordinierung focuses on developing approaches for a better transition management. In order to provide such access, the support systems must be connected with the areas of migration and asylum.
At the conference, Heike Rabe of the German Institute for Human Rights spoke about the legal challenges and loopholes that exist in the current system at the interface between immigration law and violence protection. She raised the issue of how immigration and welfare authorities deal with women subject to the Residenzpflicht or residency requirement, who may want to move to another city or live in another federal state following incidents of violence at their centre. Heike Rabe believes the current immigration, asylum and benefit laws are sufficient. They ‘just’ need to be practised. She spoke about existing legal provisions by which the State can transfer residents and thus protect the survivor by separating her from the perpetrator. The Protection Against Violence Act and police powers to intervene apply at these centres. However, what is lacking is the effective application of the provisions stipulated in the immigration, asylum and benefits laws. Heike Rabe called for appropriate guidelines for authorities to assess cases of gender-based violence. On the other hand, it is important to have support systems that encourage women to assert their rights, she stressed.
Another speaker, Elisabeth Ngari, of Women in Exile spoke about “empowerment, victimisation, and solidarity“. She believes women refugees face double victimisation – first, as displaced people and then also as women. She therefore stressed the importance of empowering women refugees. Her organisation conducts workshops where women refugees talk about current topics, exchange information and discuss gender-specific issues. Women in Exile are a politically active group and have called for, among other things, the abolishment of all lagers in their campaign: “No Lager For Women”.
What can social work do or ‘offer’ in this context? Prof. Nivedita Prasad from Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin, who raised this question, has called for social work to be regarded as a human rights profession. Social workers must check that all women have access to protection measures and spaces. Empowerment must be integral to every social workers’ understanding of their profession. Nivedita Prasad also spoke about the dangers of racist exclusions, like the created separation of ‘us’ and ‘them’, the culturalizing instrumentalization of violence against women (e.g. Cologne incident on New Year’s Eve 2015), the ‘integration mania instead of inclusion’, as well as the intersectionality of sexualized violence and asylum. Ultimately, she said, it is important that every social worker starts with him/herself to make structural inadequacies, visible and public. How is racism dealt with in your field of work? When looking for a new co-worker, why do I not look for a multilingual colleague who I can engage with at eye level and instead go for “just“ an interpreter?
At the final panel, Denise Klein from agisra e.V., Cologne said that our current system of violence protection is a ‘two tier’ one. “We are the ones that created the collective centres and Asylum Seekers Benefits’ Law (Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz), and now we see the consequences of that. If refugees had the same rights and liberties, then we would not need a special support system for them“.
According to Jennifer Kamau, it is time that white people took responsibility. “Africa is not poor. You took us all. You told us: here it’s better, so now we are here but we suffer from your system. Changing the structure in your country is not our but your task“, she stressed.
In conclusion, the conference sent a very strong signal by questioning structures that maintain white privilege. The idea was to come out of one’s comfort zone and use our position to fight for protection against gender-based violence and (structural) racism and to forge honest relationships based on trust with women refugees and stand in solidarity with their self-organized struggles. “If you want to change you have to start on your own, with whatever little you can do. But stop being silent about the things you see“, urged Jennifer Kamau.

Eindrücke von der Fachveranstaltung „Schutz von geflüchteten Menschen vor geschlechtsspezifischer Gewalt“ am 23. September 2016, Berlin

Nach Jennifer Kamau, Aktivistin der Gruppe International Women‘s Space Berlin, gibt es zwei Formen von Gewalt: diejenige, die von Personen oder Strukturen ausgehend Menschen direkt (be)trifft und diejenige, die entsteht, wenn die Öffentlichkeit dabei wegschaut und schweigt. Letztere sei die schlimmere, weil sie bestimmte Formen von Gewalt – vor allem (strukturelle) rassistische Gewalt – akzeptiert und damit verfestigt.
Sehr eindringlich spricht Jennifer Kamau in ihrem Workshop zum Thema „Selbstorganisierte Gruppen und Empowerment“ über Gewalt gegen (geflüchtete) Frauen in Deutschland. „Where are the human rights?“, fragt sie. Gemeinsam mit anderen Frauen macht sie auf die Missstände politisch aufmerksam, besucht geflüchtete Frauen in Unterkünften und verleiht den unzähligen Geschichten von Gewalterfahrungen in Deutschland eine Stimme.
Es ist ein Workshop neben vielen anderen an diesem Tag auf der Fachveranstaltung „Schutz von geflüchteten Menschen vor geschlechtsspezifischer Gewalt – Empowerment von geflüchteten Frauen“, organisiert von Frauenhauskoordinierung in Kooperation mit den Spitzenverbänden der freien Wohlfahrtspflege. Es geht um fachlichen Austausch und Vernetzung von Projektträgern und weiteren Akteuren, die sich in diesem breiten Themenfeld engagieren. Selbstorganisationen und Vertreter_innen von LSBTTIQ* sind als Referierende und Expert_innen aktiv eingebunden. Anlass ist ein im Rahmen der Bundesbeauftragten für Migration, Flüchtlinge und Integration gefördertes Projekt, in dem Maßnahmen zum Gewaltschutz und zur Stärkung der Frauen umgesetzt werden.
Frauenhauskoordinierung richtet zudem den Blick auf die Erarbeitung von Ansätzen für ein erfolgreiches Übergangsmanagement, denn nicht überall sind das Angebot und der Zugang zu Beratung und Unterstützung für geflüchtete Frauen gesichert. Dafür sei vor allem die Vernetzung der Hilfesysteme mit den Bereichen der Migration und Flucht notwendig.
So spricht Heike Rabe vom Deutschen Institut für Menschenrechte in ihrem Vortrag über die rechtlichen Herausforderungen und Lücken an der Schnittstelle zwischen Ausländerrecht und Gewaltschutz. Wie gehen die Ausländer- und Leistungsbehörden damit um, wenn Frauen, die der Residenzpflicht unterliegen oder Wohnsitzauflagen haben, aufgrund eines Gewaltvorfalls in einer Unterkunft schnellstmöglich in eine andere Stadt oder in ein anderes Bundesland umziehen möchten? Nach ihrer Auffassung sind die bestehenden Gesetze ausreichend. Sie müssen „nur“ angewandt werden. Die Behörden haben die Möglichkeiten der Umverteilung und damit der Trennung von Täter und Opfer im Sinne des Schutzes der Betroffenen. Das Gewaltschutzgesetz und die polizeilichen Eingriffsbefugnisse greifen auch in den Unterkünften. Es fehlt aber zum einen an der effektiven Anwendung der Vorschriften im Aufenthalts-, Asyl- sowie Leistungsrecht. Hier wären sogenannte ermessenleitende Vorgaben im Fall von geschlechtsspezifischer Gewalt für die Behörden hilfreich. Zum anderen ist es wichtig, dass das Unterstützungssystem Frauen ermutigt, ihre Rechte geltend zu machen.
Elisabeth Ngari von Women in Exile referiert über „Empowerment, Viktimisierung, Solidarität“. Sie spricht von der doppelten Viktimisierung, der geflüchtete Frauen durch die Fluchterfahrung und das gleichzeitige Frausein ausgesetzt werden. Empowerment von geflüchteten Frauen sei daher sehr wichtig. Women in Exile führen daher Workshops mit anderen geflüchteten Frauen durch; hier wird den Themen der Frauen Raum gegeben, es werden Informationen geteilt und aktuelle Probleme diskutiert. Damit diese Themen auch in der Öffentlichkeit hörbar werden, sind Women in Exile politisch aktiv und fordern unter anderem im Rahmen einer Kampagne: „Keine Lager für Frauen“.
Was kann Soziale Arbeit in diesem Kontext tun bzw. „leisten“? Prof. Dr. Nivedita Prasad von der Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin appelliert an eine Soziale Arbeit als Menschenrechtsprofession. Jede_r Sozialarbeiter_in muss prüfen, ob Schutzmaßnahmen und -orte verfügbar und zugänglich für alle Frauen sind. Empowerment gehöre zum Grundverständnis einer jeden Sozialen Arbeit. Sie spricht aber auch von Hindernissen, die sich vor allem in der gefährlichen Praxis rassistischer Ausschlüsse wiederfinden. So zum Beispiel durch die häufige diskursive Trennung zwischen „wir“ und „den anderen“, die kulturalisierende Instrumentalisierung von Gewalt gegen Frauen (Beispiel Köln, Silvester 2015), die „Integrationsmanie statt Inklusion“ sowie die Intersektionalität von sexualisierter Gewalt und Flucht. Wichtig sei es letztendlich, dass jede_r Sozialarbeiter_in bei sich selbst anfängt und versucht strukturelle Defizite sichtbar und öffentlich zu machen: Wie wird mit Rassismus in meinem Arbeitsumfeld umgegangen? Warum suche ich bei der Stellenbesetzung nicht eine_n mehrsprachige_n Kollegin_Kollegen „auf Augenhöhe“, sondern „nur“ eine_n Dolmetscher_in?
Auch auf dem Abschlusspodium wird es deutlich: Es gäbe aktuell einen Gewaltschutz „zweiter Klasse“, so Denise Klein von agisra e.V. in Köln. „Wir haben die Massen- und Gemeinschaftsunterkünfte und das Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz geschaffen – jetzt sehen wir die Konsequenzen. Wenn Geflüchtete die gleichen Rechte und die gleiche Freizügigkeit hätten, dann bräuchte es kein gesondertes Unterstützungssystem.“
Laut Jennifer Kamau ist es – schon längst überfällig – an der Zeit, dass weiße Menschen Verantwortung übernehmen. Schließlich betont sie: „Africa is not poor. You took us all. You told us: here it’s better, so now we are here but we suffer from your system. Changing the structure in your country is not our but your task.“
In diesem Sinne hatte die Veranstaltung eine sehr eindringliche Note, die ans eingemachte weiße Privilegiennest ging. Es sollte darum gehen, die eigene „comfort zone“ zu verlassen und eigene Machtpositionen im Kampf für Schutz vor geschlechtsspezifischer Gewalt und (strukturellem) Rassismus zu nutzen. Es geht auch darum, ehrliche Vertrauensbeziehungen zu geflüchteten Frauen aufzubauen und sich mit bestehenden selbstorganisierten Kämpfen zu solidarisieren. „If you want to change you have to start on your own the little you can do. But stop being silent about the things you see“, so Jennifer Kamau.

Susann Thiel

Die Fachveranstaltung “Schutz von geflüchteten Menschen vor geschlechtsspezifischer Gewalt” hat am 23.9.2016 in Berlin stattgefunden.

Im folgenden finden Sie ein Bericht über die Veranstaltung. Einen weitereren Bericht gibt es auf der Seite der Beauftragten für Migration, Flucht und Integration.

GO HOME

After it was their turn on the queue , a security which was carrying a walky-talky on his shirt’s pocket told them “ you, you, you and you are going home now”. But Hüsnü was insisting on asking “ but why?” But his questions did not work. Security officer was explaining the rules of the city; “ there are women inside, there are bags and valuable belongings of the guests”. Hüsnü and his friends had returned to the beginning of the street with the feeling of exclusion.

When Olcay had heard the invitation on the phone, he felt excited because he thought that its a preparation for a demonstration. When the meeting time had came , Olcay faced the difficulty about finding Hüsnü’ house. Because of experiencing torture and the prison he was in, he was always bad about finding addresses. But Hüsnü came and took him in front of the wrong building he was waiting for. They went to the top floor from the stairs of the apartment which has no elevator.

There were some food like peppers, potatoes on a untidy table in the kitchen. Hüsnü was preparing for cooking. Olcay started to cut the foods of which Hüsnü had showed him to do so. Hüsnü was self-confident as always and he was telling that he will cook a delicious meal from his hometown. Hüsnü has an athletic body and he was talking with the friends he invited while he was putting cooking pots on the oven. Selma , Ferit and Mehmet was sending photos and laughing each other. Hüsnü was sometimes making comments by looking at the pictures. Hüsnü was criticizing them ;“ All of you have cell phones that worth at least 1000€ but you can not find any money for other things.” mehmet was putting his cell phone under the hot water and trying to tell the other how good his cell phone is.

After a long preparation, the meals were finally ready. They were making comments about the meals while eating them. The potatoes did not cook well. Hüsnü said that it had been Ferit’s fault. He was telling how could his mom cook that meal. He was telling with missing about the wine that he had been making with his brother in their garden. His eyes was lighted up and it was understood how he hanker about his hometown.

Selma, who comparably was younger than others had left, althought she was here during preparations. It was not good to be late to the refugee camp she was living. The strict control system of their camp was restricting their lives. They always had to live within those boundaries of control system.

Klad was the last person that came for the dinner and he had brought a Portugal wine with him. Hüsnü and Olcay became first people that had tasted the wine. The others were not sure about tasting it. A funny talk started about the terms of “Halal” and “Haram”. there were always restrictions for the poor. The rules that decide what to do and what not to do; all were decided by traditions, religions and systems. They all had decided to go beyond those boundaries little bit this evening. There were New Year preparations in all parts of the city. The other parts of the society were making preparations of holiday and entertainment. But they were far behind of this idea of including this atmosphere.

Hüsnü; “ lets do something different tonight, like going to the night club”. Olcay was an older refugee compare to the others and he knew the life in the city better than others. Because he had some experiences. One time his roommate from refugee camp in Hannover asked him to go to disco together. The security guy at the entrance didn’t want to let his black friend in. Security guy told Olcay that “ You can go inside but this black guy can not”. After facing that kind of conversation they had to turn back to refugee camp in a sad and disappointed mood. That night Olcay’s roommate could not sleep because of this bad feeling. Whereas this guy could dance very well. But would he act the same to the Europeans which comes to Africa? He told till morning about how they threat the guests, how hospitable African people are… And he couldn’t understand this exclusion in European cities.

In the city which Olcay and his roommate lived, refugees used to meet at the corner of main train station. When you see one of the refugee camps in a city, its enough to go one corner of that main stations. They come together at those places to find someone to talk and share problems because it was not easy for them to enter into the society. Not being able to included into the public places is not only because of the language. Skin color and public status were determinants of this issue. Olcay had written a poem named “ From the Exterior” about this topic. Olcay was glad to be with the oppressed class like himself. He always liked to observe those environments. He always preferred and continued to live in refugee camps instead of living at a flat after he had applied to refugee process. By this way, he could reorganize strong resistance against to these inhuman treatments.

Although Olcay tried to explain those experiences to his friends which are pretty new for being refugees, he had promoted Hüsnü’s insistence about doing something different tonight and by this way the night had started.

Firstly they went to a cafe which is known as “alternative” but they couldn’t find an empty table when they went inside. Than they saw a table near a group of people but there were no chairs. At this point Hüsnü’s initiative stepped in. He asked a woman from the group with his good German “ Kann ich der Tisch haben? (Can I get the table?)”. The woman told him that he had stated the sentence wrong and corrected him ; “ You must say “ Kann ich den Tisch haben?” He couldn’t have used “artikel” in the sentence correctly. He replied the woman in German “ Okey , I got it! You did sure understand what I mean! Thanks for correcting me though!” and took the table with his strong arms and placed it in front of his friends. He found and brought a couple of chairs too. They started to discuss “Artikels” in German after they sat down. They talked about that even some Germans can not use the “Artikels” correctly.

Klad had came to Germany over another European country. He was working as a constructor and sometimes he let the refugees to work with him which have no working permission. They started to talk about the resistance of workers in Köln in 1973. It was known as Resistance of Ford Factory which was declared as a “Terrorist Strike” by German government and German media. At least 12 thousand workers did strike here and most of those workers were from Turkey. IG Metal Union and German workers did physical attacks with German police and as a result, a communist worker from Turkey who leaded the strikes had been deported. After the chat, Klad said that he had to go home. Then he said goodbye to everyone and left.

The refugees were again sitting as groups in Alternative Cafe. No one was sitting at the same table with the locals, that was spontaneous situation. People were chatting and laughing each other in other tables. Hüsnü and friends had played table soccer in the cafe. Again the players were only refugees. They were always separated in every place they get in. After some time they got bored and decided to go to the bars in city center, due to Hüsnü’s plan.

First attempt to enter the first bar had became unsuccessful. They pied at the corner after they left the queue. There were no toilets around. Moreover they did this to protest the rejection from the bar. Then Hüsnü said “ we will definitely enter the second bar, I’ll try a different tactic.” While walking on the street desperately, Hüsnü asked a couple of women to help them; “We want to enter the club but they don’t let us in. Can you come with us as our friends into the bar? Then you can go if you want” but he had been rejected every time ; “No!”

There was a big yard before the main entrance of the second bar and the this yard was covered with gratings. You have to pass through a barred door to reach the queue in front of the main entrance. So Hüsnü and his friends did that and started to walk through the queue. At this time two security came and stopped them. One of the securities was talking Chechenian, the other was talking Arabic and little bit German. Both of them had long beards and were weareing the jackets that are special to securities. One of them was translating was Hüsnü was saying for the other. One of the securities was telling Hüsnü why they can not go inside. Hüsnü was correcting the German sentences of the security; “ Varum oder vuğum?”. He was trying to tell that he is speaking better German than those two securities, that he is a pretty normal person and he was asking why he has no permission to enter the bar. “ You guys are not German either, you are immigrants too; why don’t you let us in?” The securities were foreigners and they were not letting the foreigners to get in. That was a big paradox! If you were working at a job and you make your boss make more money, your color and your language skills were not very important. But it was a huge problem when you try to enter a club! The discussion between Hüsnü and friends and securities lasted long. Finally the securities said; “we will have to call the police if you don’t leave here now!” The second attempt to enter the bar was also not successful. The attitude for refugees and immigrants had became stricter because of the events that happened last year in Köln and truck event that happened this year in Berlin.

Hüsnü was thinking that they were rejected two times because of wrong tactics. He was thinking that they were rejected because they were not speaking good German except him. Then he told that he will try alone to enter the bar this time. Olcay said “ Okey then if you think so, we are waiting for you at the corner.” Hüsnü started to walk confidently through the entrance of another bar. There was civilian security at the entrance. Security said “ Personal Ausweis bitte! (Personal ID please!)” Hüsnü put his hand to his pocket and gave the blue-green ID card (which is only for refugees) to the security. Security gave the card to Hüsnü back and said “ we don’t get the people inside who has this type of ID.” Hüsnü was no longer calm and he became really mad; “ I’m speaking good German, I’m from Berlin, I was born in Berlin, why don’t you let me in! What’s the difference between me and those people!”… he was rioting this debauchery and unfair treatments. Unfortunately, third attempt to enter the night club was unsuccessful too.

Four friends were walking in the street, between people but alone. Olcay had known already that it would end like that but again he didn’t want to prevent his friends. He was thinking that learning with experiences is a more effective method than others. He had tried this method before to organize the working class too. He took the workers to the places in luxury and tried to show them the huge division between workers and riches and told them the reasons of this division while letting them to observe and feel it.

After unsuccessful attempts of going to the night club, they decided to turn back. Olcay was telling his frieds “ Look! We are refugees , we have tried and saw that we don’t have the same rights with others” all the way long. Speaking the language in a good level was not enough, this racism and inequality have had deeper roots. Olcay was telling his friends his resistance experiences. He told about their 600 km long freedom walk to Berlin. They had done this walk because of prohibition of free movement, closure of refugee camps and deportation of refugees. They had teared the IDs up and posted to Foreigners Section , the same ID which Hüsnü had showed the security guy at the entrance. This protests lasted long years. But the protesters had broken the isolation of the refugee camps, they built up tents at the areas they had occupied and tried a communal lifestyle. Occupation of the parliament, occupation of political party buildings, occupation of houses, roofs… And they had organized successful Europe-wide protests against to the borders.

Olcay; “ Yes dear Hüsnü, without resistance we can not gain our freedoms. Having a good language skill is not enough as you see. All the rights that had been gained in the history were the results of long and hard resistances. Dominant class do not give you freedom, rights and freedoms can be achieved with struggle.” was trying to explain his friends.

Four friends got on the metro to go to the cafe where they were at the beginning. A woman who was sitting next to Hüsnü, started to take photos inside the train. Hüsnü said her “ You don’t have rights to take photos without permission.” And the woman said “ Everybody is free, I can do whatever I want”. Then Hüsnü said “ okey then , I will take pictures of you!”. The woman said “ No! You can’t!” Hüsnü got really angry. Some people have right to do everything, some people can not. What kind of a system was that! Hüsnü argued with this woman loudly and for a long time. Other people in the metro watched this discussion with shocked eyes and no one promoted Hüsnü’s riot against to this injustice. Everybody was responsible from themselves. Big majority of the society was not saying anything against to an unfair treatment when it is not harming them.

After this experience, Mehmet and Ferit understood that its not possible to include into German society with wearing like them, with modern hairstyles and with smart phones that worth thousand euros. On the way, they spoke about “wir sind penahende”, we are refugees and that’s why we were not accepted. They see us different.” Refugees Welcome; they’ve heard that several times but in real life it had no meaning. They have learned that with experiencing.

People were visiting their parents or relatives, organizing parties, going to holiday in Christmas Eve. But refugees didn’t have those chances. Instead they were meeting each other at home, chatting and cooking traditional foods. That was their way of celebrating Christmas. Actually Hüsnü and his frieds were kind of lucky. There were a lot of refugees that are living in refugee camps in forests, far away from society and social life and they didn’t have chance to communicate with people. Even communicating with people had been achieved with resistance. Hüsnü and his friends were able to visit some cafes and that had been achieved by resistance. Some cafes were organizing solidarity meetings with refugees.

Sometimes, Hüsnü and his friends are meeting in a cafe , drinking tee, cooking traditional foods from different cultures, organizing film shows and seminars. They are trying to share the resistance experiences with new refugees with publishing a newspaper in different languages.

The next day, they again met at a friend’s house and cooked food, watched theaters and listened to musics that are made about the problems of migrants and refugees. But Ferit was not happy today. They have learned that Ferit got a letter yesterday and deportation judgment is made about him. They suddenly put their heads together and started to think while they were consoling Ferit. Finally they set an appointment to a lawyer in order challenge the decision of deportation. They translated the letter for Ferit. They had stopped several deportations with resistance and struggle. Moreover, Klad told them that they had prevented a deportation with occupying the airplane. Ferit was now more hopeful. It must be resisted against to injustice. Isolation, outsiderdom, inequality could only be prevented like that. Refugees didn’t come to Europe with pleasure. The reasons of continuing war and suffer in their geographies were those dominant powers.

As the meetings continued, the content of their conversations started to be more politic. The words “ war, exploitation, capitalism” started to be heard more then before even in their jokes.

(Translate: Özcan Candemir)

DECEMBER, 2016

TURGAY ULU – BERLIN

EVİNİZE GİDİN

Kuyruktaki sıra onlara geldiğinde, yeleğinin üst cebinde telsiz bulunan güvenlik görevlisi onlara; “sen, sen, sen ve sen evlerinize gidiyorsunuz” dedi. Hüsnü, “ama niye, ama niye” diye başlayan ısrarlı sorular yöneltiyordu. Hüsnü’nün bu sorgulamaları bir işe yaramamıştı. Güvenlik görevlisi ona kentteki kuralları anlatıyordu. “İçeride kadınlar var, misafirlerimizin çantaları, değerli eşyaları var” diye başlayan cümlelerde kuralları sıralamaya devam etti. Hüsnü ve arkadaşları sorgulayan bakışları ve dışlanmışlığın verdiği eziklikle kuyruktan çıkıp, sokağın başına doğru geri döndüler.

Olcay, telefondaki daveti duyunca bu davetin bir eylem hazırlığı olduğunu düşünüp heyecanlanmıştı. Buluşma saati geldiğinde Olcay, Hüsnü’nun yeni kiraladığı evi bulmakta zorlandı. Uzun hapislik ve gördüğü işkencelerin etkisinden olsa gerek, adres bulmak ve yön tayin etmek onun için bir çeşit işkenceydi. Neyse ki Hüsnü, kapının önüne çıkıp Olcay’ı beklediği yanlış apartmanın önünden aldı. Birlikte asansörü olmayan binanın en üst katına çıktılar.

Dağınık durumda olan evin mutfağındaki tahta masanın üzerinde patates, biber gibi yemeklik malzemeler vardı. Hüsnü, yemek yapmaya hazırlanıyordu. Olcay, masanın üstündeki malzemeleri Hüsnü’nün tarif ettiği biçimde doğramaya başladı. Hüsnü, her zamanki kendine güvenli tavırlarıyla memleket yemeğini iyi yapacağını anlatıyordu. Hüsnü, uzun boylu, atletik yapılı gövdesiyle bir yandan tenceleri ocağa koyuyor bir yandan da eve davet ettiği arkadaşlarıyla sohbet ediyordu. Selma, Ferit ve Mehmet ellerindeki telefondan birbirlerine bazı resimler gösterip gülüşüyorlardı. Hüsnü, arada bir telefonu onların elinden çekip görüntülerle ilgili yorumlar yapıyordu. “Hepinizin cebinde bin euroluk telefonlar var ama başka şeyler için para bulamıyorsunuz” diyerek onları eleştiriyordu. Mehmet, telefonunu musluktan akan sıak suyun altında yıkayarak onun ne kadar dayanıklı bir alet olduğunu el ve kafa işaretleriyle mutfakta bulunan diğer arkadaşlarına anlatmaya çalışıyordu.

Uzun bir hazırlığın sonunda yemekler hazır hale gelmişti. Hep birlikte yemek yerken bir yandan da yemeğin nasıl olduğu üzerine yorumlar yapıyorlardı. Patates yeteri kadar pişmemişti. Hüsnü, bunun sorumlusu olarak Ferit’i gösterdi. Annesinin bu yemeği ne kadar lezzetli yaptığını anlatıyordu. Terkettiği memleketinde abisiyle birlikte bahçede yaptıkları şaraplardan özlemle söz ediyordu. Memleket anılarını anlatırken gözleri buğulanıyor, derin bir hasret çektiği anlaşılıyordu.

Yaşı genç olan Selma, hazırlık sürecinde orda olsa da yeme aşamasında bilinmeyen bir nedenle evden ayerılmıştı. Yaşamakta olduğu kampa geç kalmak onun için iyi olmazdı. Mülteci kamplarındaki sıkı kontrol sistemi onların hayatlarını sınırlıyıordu. Sürekli bu kontrol sisteminin sınırları içinde yaşamak zorundaydılar.

Yemeğe en son gelen Klad, yanında kırmızı bir Portekiz şarabı getirmişti. Hüsnü ve Olcay şaraptan ilk tadanlar oldu. Diğerleri alkol içmekte yeterince kararlı değillerdi. “Helal” ve “haram” kavramları üzerine esprili sohbetler sardı mutfağı. Yoksullar için her yerde sınırlar vardı. Ne yapılır, ne yapılmaz sorularını belirleyen kurallar; gelenekler, dinler ve sistemler tarafından belirleniyordu. Bu akşam biraz bu sınırları çiğnemek herkesin üzerinde ortaklaştığı konu oldu. Kentte yılbaşı hazırlıkları vardı. Toplumun diğer kesimleri tatil ve eylence hazırlıkları yapıyorlardı. Onlar bu atmosferin içine dahil olma hissinden uzaklardı.

Hüsnü, “Olcay abi bu gece biraz farklı şeyler yapalım ne dersin, mesela klübe gdelim bu gece.” Olcay, diğer arkadaşlarına göre biraz daha eski bir mülteciydi ve şehirdeki hayatı biraz daha iyi biliyordu. Bu konuda deneyimleri vardı. Hannover şehrinde bir keresinde mülteci kampındaki oda arkadaşıyla birlikte, oda arkadaşının isteği üzerine diskoya gitmeyi denemişlerdi. Diskonun kapısında duran bekçi, Olcay’ın yanındaki siyah arkadaşını içeri almak istememişti. Bekçi Olcay’a ”sen içeri girebilirsin ama bu siyah arkadaşının içeri girmesi yasak” demişti. Bunun üzerine Olcay ve oda arkadaşı üzgün ve kırgın bir şekilde mülteci kampına geri dönmek zorunda kalmışlardı. O gün sabaha kadar Olcay’ın siyah oda arkadaşı çok üzgün ve tepkili ruh haliyle uyuyamamıştı. Olcay’ın oda arkadaşı çok güzel dans ederdi halbuki. Oysa Afrika’ya gelen Avrupalılara yerliler böyle mi davranırlardı. Yerlilerin misafirperliklerini, her insana saygı duyduklarını anlattı sabaha kadar, Olcay’ın oda karkadaşı Avrupa kentlerindeki bu dışlamalara bir türlü anlam veremiyordu.

Olcay’ın oda arkadaşıyla birlikte kaldıkları şehirde, mülteciler; sanki önceden sözleşmiş gibi merkez tren istasyonunun bir köşesinde buluşurlardı. Şehirdeki mülteci kamplarından birini görmek istiyorsan tren istasyonunun yanındaki bu köşeye gittiğinde bulursun onu. Toplumsal ortamlara girmek onlar için kolay olmadığı için köşelerde kendiliğinden buluşma ve dertleşme noktaları oluşuyordu. Toplumsal ortamlara dahil olamamak sadece dil bilmemekle bağlantılı bir durum değildi. Renk farklılığı ve sosyal sınıf farklılığı bu ayrışmada belirleyici etkenlerdi. Olcay, bu tablo üzerine bir şiir kaleme almıştı. Şiirinin ismi “Hariçten” di. Olcay, kendisi gibi toplumun ezilen sınıflarından insanlarla bir arada olmaktan hoşnutluk duyuyordu. Bu tür ortamları gözlemlemeyi seviyordu. İltica ettiğinden beri evlerde kalmayı tercih etmemiş, kendisi gibi mültecilerin kaldığı kamplarda kalmayı tercih etmişti. Böylece bu insanlık dışı koşullara karşı etkili direnişler örgütleme hayali ve çabasıyla geçiriyordu günlerini.

Olcay, tüm bu deneyimlerini Hüsnü’ye ve odada bulunan diğer yeni mülteci arkadaşlarına anlatmaya çalıştı. Ama gene de Hüsnü’nün “bu gece değişik bir şeyler yapalım” önerisini destekledi ve gece macerası böylece başlamış oldu.

Önce “alternatif” olarak bilinen bir cafeye gittiler. Kapıdan içeriye girdiklerinde boş masa bulamadılar. Hüsnü her zaman ki girişkenliğiyle devreye girdi. Yan taraftakilerin yaındaki masa boştu ve etrafında sandalyeler yoktu. Hüsnü iyi bildiği Almancasıyla yan tarafta oturan topluluktan bir kadına; “boş masayı alabilir miyim” diye sordu. Hüsnü; “kann ich der Tisch haben” dedi. Kadın ona cümleyi yanlış kurduğunu söyledi: “Nein falsch, du muss den Tisch sagen nicht den Tisch” diye cevap verdi. Hüsnü cümledeki artikeli doğru kullanamamıştı. Kadına Almanca; “tamam anladık, sen ne dediğimi anladın masaya ihtiyacımız var düzelttiğin için teşekkür ederim” dedi ve masayı öfkeli bir şekilde, güçlü elleriyle arkadaşlarının olduğu yere yerleştirdi. Bir kaç da boş sandalye buldu getirdi. Masaya oturduklarında Almancadaki artikeller üzerine sohbetler ettiler. Cümle kuruşlarında bazı artikelleri Alman olanların bile tam kullanamadıkları üzerine sohbet ettiler.

Klad, başka bir Avrupa ülkesinden gelmişti Almanya’ya. İnşaat işlerinde çalışıyordu, bazen yanında, çalışma hakkı olmayan mültecileri de çalıştırıyordu. Kald ile 1973’te Köln kentinde yaşanan Ford fabrikasındaki işçi direnişi üzerine sahbet ettiler. Bu sahbete sadece Klad ve Olcay iştirak etmişlerdi Misafir işçilerin çalışmış olduğu Ford fabrikası grevi, Almanya basını ve devleti tarafından “terörist grev” olarak ilan edilmişti. Çoğunluğu Türkiyeli olan, onikibin işçi grev yapmışlardı burada. İG Metal sendikası ve Alman işçiler polislerle beraber greve karşı fiziki saldırılar yapmışlardı ve grevin öncülüğünü çeken bir Türkiyeli komünisti olaylar sonrasında sınır dışı etmişlerdi. Bu sohbetten sonra Klad eve gitmek zorunda olduğunu belirtip arkadaşlarıyla vedalaştı ve gitti.

Altarnatif cafede de gene mülteciler öbek öbek bir aradaydılar. Kentin yerlileriyle karışık bir masada oturulmuyordu, bu kendiliğinden oluşan bir durumdu. Diğer masalarda sohbetler ediliyor, kahkahalar atılıyordu. Hüsnü ve arkadaşları cafede bulunan langıt oynadılar biraz. Langırt oynarken de gene tüm oyuncular mülteciydi. Girdikleri ortamlarda hep ayrık duruyorlardı. Bir süre sonra buradan sıkıldılar ve Hüsnü’nün planıyla şehir merkezindeki klüplere gitmek üzere yola çıktılar.

İlk klübe gitme grişimi başarısız olmuştu. Kuyruktan ayrıldıklarında ıssız bir köşeye işediler. İşemek için bir tuvalet yoktu. Birazda klubün önünden kovulmaya bir tepkiyle yapmışlardı bu işeme eylemini. Hüsnü; “ikinci klübe kesin gireceğiz bakın ben şimdi değişik taktikler deneyeceğim” dedi. Caddede umutsuz bir halde yürürlerken Hüsnü, bir kaç kadına; “bize yardımcı olur musunuz, klübe girmek istiyoruz ama bizi almıyorlar, bizim arkadaşımızsınız gibi yanımızda gelin birlikte klübe gidelim sonra siz isterseniz çıkarsınız” demişti ama tüm bu girişimleri “hayır” denilerek geri çevrilmişti.

İkinci klübün giriş kapısından önce geniş bir boşluk alan vardı. Bu alanın etrafı demir parmaklıklarla kapalıydı ve giriş kapısının önündeki uzun kuyruğa ulaşmak için önce demir parmaklıklı kapıdan geçmek gerekirdi. Hüsnü ve arkadaşları demir kapıdan girerek klübe giriş kapısının önündeki kuyruğa doğru yürümeye başladılar. Hızlı adımlarla iki bekçi onlara doğru geldiler ve onları durdular. Bekçilerden biri Çecence konuşuyordu, diğeri de Arapça ve biraz da almanca konuşuyordu. İikisi de uzun sakallıydı ve üzerlerinde bekçilere özel üniforma vardı. Biri diğerine Hüsnülerin söylediklerini tercüme ediyordu. Bekçilerden biri, Hüsnülere neden klübe giremeyeceklerini anlatıyordu. Hüsnü, bekçinin kurduğu Almanca cümleleri düzeltiyordu; “varum oder vuğum” diye söze başlayıp aslında kendisinin bu bekçilerden iyi Almanca konuştuğunu, gayet normal bir insan olduğunu ve neden klübe alınmadığını anlatıyordu. “Bakın siz de Alman değilsiniz, siz de göçmensiniz neden bizi içeri almıyorsunuz” diye bekçileri soru yağmuruna tutuyordu. Klübün önünde bekçilik işin de çalışanlar da göçmendiler ama başka mülteci ve göçmenleri içeri almıyorlardı. Enterasan bir çelişki vardı burda. Bir işte çalışıp patronlara para kazandırıyorsan dil bilmemen, rengin hiç önemli değil ama içeri girmek için bunlar sorundu. Hüsnü ve arkadaşlarıyla bekçiler arasındaki tartışma uzun sürdü. Bekçiler “burayı hemen terketmezseniz polis çağıracağız” diyorlardı. O akşam ikinci deneme de başarısız olmuştu. Geçen yılbaşında Köln kentinde yaşanan olaylar ve Berlin’de bu yıl yaşanan tır olayından sonra mülteci ve göçmenlere karşı tutumlar sertleşmişti.

Hüsnü, iki deneme de de yanlış taktikler uyguladıklarını düşünüyordu. Kendisi dışındakilerin iyi Almanca konuşamadıkları için klübe alınmadıklarını düşünüyordu. Bu sefer kendisinin tek başına içeri girmeyi deneyeceğini söyledi. Olcay, “tamam madem öyle düşünüyorsun dene bakalım biz köşede seni bekliyoruz” dedi. Hüsnü, kendinden emin adımlarla başka bir klübün kapısına doğru yürüdü. Kapının hemen girişinde sivil giyimli bir bekçi vardı. Bekçi, Hüsnü’ye “parsonal ausweis bitte” dedi. Hüsnü, arka cebindeki cuzdanından mavi renkli, mülteciler için verilen kimliği çıkarttı ve bekçiye uzattı. Bekçi “bu geçerli değil, bu kimliğe sahip olanları klübe almıyoruz” diyerek mavi mülteci kimliğini Hüsnü’ye geri uzattı. Hüsnü artık iyice sinirlenmişti. “Ben iyi Almanca konuşabiliyorum, ben Berlinliyim, ben Berlin’de doğdum neden içeri almıyorsunuz beni, benim diğer insanlardan ne eksiğim var” diye başlayan cümlelerle bu dışlanmışlığa isyan ediyordu. Ne var ki üçüncü klüp denemesi de başarısız olmuştu.

Dört arkadaş insan kalabalıkları içinde ama yalnızlık duygularıyla yürüyorlardı. Olcay, başından beri böyle olacağını biliyordu ancak arkadaşlarını engellemedi, görerek, yaşayarak anlamanın daha etkili ve doğru bir metod olduğunu düşünüyordu. İşçi sınıfı içindeki örgütlenme çalışmalarında da bu yöntemi denemişti. İşçileri zenginlerin mekanlarına götürüp, zenginlerle yoksullar arasındaki hayatın farklılıklarını ve nedenlerini onlara göstererek ve hissettirerek anlatmıştı.

Hüssnü ve arkadaşları başarısız klüp macerasından sonra geri dönmeye karar verdiler. Yol boyunca Olcay, “bakın biz mülteciyiz denedik ve gördük diğer insanlarla eşit haklara sahip değiliz” diyordu. Dili iyi bilmek eşitlik için yeterli değil, bu eşitsizliğin ve ırkçılığın daha derin kökleri var. Olcay, arkadaşlarına direniş deneyimlerini anlatıyordu. Altıyüz kilometrelik, Berlin’e kadar yaptıkları özgürlük yürüyüşünü anlattı. Yürüyüşü dolaşım yasağı, mülteci kamplarının kapatılması ve sınırdışıların durdurulmaı talebiyle yapmışlardı. Yürüyüş sırasında, Hüsnü’nün klüp bekçisine gösterdiği mavi renkli ve içinde yasakların yazılı olduğu mülteci kimliklerini yırtarak yabancılar şubesine postalamışladı. Yıllarca süren bu diernişlerinde, mülteci kamplarının izolasyonunu kırıp, işgal ettikleri alanlarda çadırlar kurmuş ve komünal bir hayatı denemişlerdi. Parlemento işgali, siyasi parti merkezlerinin işgali, ev işgalleri, çatı işgalleri ve Avrupa çapında, sınırlara karşı etkili eylemler örgütlemişlerdi.

Olcay; “işte böyle Hüsnücüğüm, mücadele etmeden özgürlüklerimizi kazanamayız. Sadece dil bilmek özgür olmak için yetmiyor görüyorsun. Tarihte ezilen insanların kazandakları haklar zorlu ve uzun mücadelelerle gerçekleşmiştir. Egemen sınıflar kimseye özgürlük bahşetmezler, haklar ve özgürlükler mücadele edilerek elde edilir” diye arkadaşlarına anlatmaya çalışıyordu.

Dört kafadar ilk gittikleri cafeye geri dönmek için metroya bindiler. Hüsnü’nün yan koltuğunda otururan bir kadın metronun içini fotoğrafladı. Hüsnü ona; “neden insanlara sormadan resim çekiyorsun buna hakkın yok” dedi kadına. Kadın “herke özgür ne istersem onu yaparım” diye karşılık verdi. Hüsnü; “peki o zaman ben de senin fotoğrafını çekeyim” dedi. Kadın; “hayır olmaz” dedi. Hüsnü bu duruma çok sinirlenmıştı. Bazı insanlar istediği herşeyi yapıyor, bazı insanlar bunları yapamıyor bu nasıl bir sisitem diye düşünüyordu. Hüsnü uzun bir süre fotoğraf çeken kadınla sinirli ve sesli bir şekilde tartıştı. Metrodaki diğer yolcular da bu tartışmayı şaşkın gözlerle izlediler ve hiç birisi Hüsnü’nün bu eşitsizliğe karşı isyanını desteklemedi. Herkes kendinden menkuldu. Kendilerine zararı olmayan hiç bir haksızlığa toplumun büyük bir çoğunluğu isyan etmiyordu.

Ferit ve Mehmet, ellerindeki bin euroluk telefonlarla ve Almanlar gibi giyinerek, ya da onlar gibi saçlarını şekillendirerek toplumsal hayatın içine dahil olunamayacağını bu denemelerden sonra anlamaya başlamışlardı. Yol boyunca “wir sind penahende” biz mülteciyiz bu nedenle bizi farklı görüyorlar insanlar. “Mülteciler hoşgeldi” gibi çok duydukları sözlerin aslında gerçek yaşamda bir karşılığı yoktu . Bunu yaşayarak görüyorlardı.

Yılbaşı arefesinde insanlar akrabalarını ziyarete gidiyorlar, tatile gidiyorlar, partiler, eylenceler düzenliyorlar. Mültecilerin ise bu olanakları ve seçenekleri yok. Onlar da birbirleriyle evlerde buluşup memleket yemekleri yapıyor ve sohbetler ederek yılbaşını geçirmeye çalışıyorlardı. Hüsnü ve arkadaşları gene şanslı sayılırdı. Mültecilerin bsüyük çoğunluğu uzun yıllar, şehirden uzak, ormanların içine kurulmuş mülteci kamplarından dışarı çıkma, toplumla ilişki kurma şansına sahip değiller. Toplumla bağ kurmak bile mücadele ile olur. Hüsnü ve arkadaşlaranın bazı cafelere gidiyor olabilmesi bile gerçekleştirdikleri mücadelenin sonucunda olmuştur. Bazı cafeler direnen mültecilerle ilgili dayanışma etkinlikleri düzenliyorlardı.

Hüsnü ve arkadaşları bazı günlerde dernek ya da cafelerde buluşup birlikte değişik ülkelerin yemeklerinden yapıyorlar, çay yapıyorlar, film gösterimi ve seminerler düzenliyorlar. Değişik dillerde gazete çıkartarak yeni gelen mültecilere Olcayların direniş deneyimini aktarmaya çalışıyorlar.

Ertesi gün gene bir arkadaşlarının evinde buluşup yemek yaptılar. İnternetten mülteci ve göçmenlerin sorunları üzerine yapılmış müzik ve tiyatroları izlediler. Ancak Ferit bugün hiç keyifli değildi. Öğrendiler ki Ferit dün bir mektup almış ve hakkında sınırdışı kararı verilmiş. Hemen kafa kafaya verip bir yandan Ferit’i teselli ederken bir yandan da karara itiraz hakkını kullanmak için avukatla görüşme ayarladılar. Mektubu Ferit’e tercüme ettiler. Daha önce birçok sınırdışı işlemini mücadele ederek durdurmuşlardı. Hatta Klad onlara, sınırdışı edilmek üzere uçağa bindirilen bir mülteciyi uçağı işgal ederek nasıl durdurduklarını anlatmıştı. Ferit şimdi daha umutluydu. Haksızlıklara karşı mücadele edilmeliydi. İzolasyon, dışlanmışlık ve eşitsizlik ancak böyle kırılabilirdi. Mülteciler avrupaya keyiflerinden gelmiyorlar. Yaşadıkları coğrafyalarda süren savaş ve çatışmaların nedeni işte bu egemen kapitalist devletlerdi.

Buluşmalar devam ettikçe Hüsnü ve arkadaşlarının sohbet konuşmaları daha bir politik içerik kazanıyordu. Artık esprilerinde kapitalizm, savaş, sömürü gibi kelimeler daha sık duyulur olmuştu.

Aralık 2016

Turgay Ulu

Berlin

Dear Friends and Enemies,
I am very exited to announce and invite you all to the opening of Wearebornfree! Cafe` at Waldemarstr.46, 10999 Kreuzberg- Berlin on the 15th of July 2016 starting from 11am.
As far as you, since the eviction of our protest camps at Oranienplatz and the school- Ohlauerstrasse. After the fake agreements there has been no anymore platform for us to meet again in a normal way. Yet there are a lot to be done and due to the current situation of refugees in Germany and Europe as a whole requires us to rethink, use the time and space we have strategically.

The Cafe` will serve as a platform for all friends and enemies, and more especially the queer refugees, women and children. But also as strategic platform to reach those we cannot reach through street protests such as Voters, Donors/ Fundraiser, Authorities, police, Neighbors, Academies, and so on politically, socially/ culturally and economically.

There will be film screens, book readings/ spoken words, discussions, music, and radio shows as well as soup and African food some times.

The price is your presence, willingness to share and empower Wearebornfree! Cafe` programs.

Program:

Every weekend Friday to Sunday from 11am- 9pm Wearebornfree! Cafe`

Sundays from 6-9pm radio shows and discussions

Wednesdays from 6-9pm book readings/ spoken words and discussions

Fridays from 6-9pm film screenings/ Music and discussions

Organized by Bino and Friends

Wearebornfree! HUMANITY MATTERS

wearebornfree.cafe@gmail.com

wearebornfreehumanitymatters@gmail.com

Waldemarstr.46, 10999 Kreuzberg- Berlin