Torture in Rotterdam refugee prison

Once again prove of the use of torture in detention centre Rotterdam,
Netherlands

Yesterday, one of the members of the Deportation Resistance Group visited
mr. Haydari, father of an Afghan family. He is threatened with deportation
to Kabul Saturday the 26th of October. This would rip the family apart:
three children with the ages of five years old, two years old and a
newborn of two months old.

Mr. Haydari recently had brain surgery and never really recovered
completely. He has problems with speaking, severe concentration problems
and needs special care. In detention he is kept at a department for
refugees with medical problems.

Part of his treatment is medication, enabling him to sleep. But yesterday
it turned out that the guards wake him up EVERY HOUR from 9pm, the moment
he gets his sleeping medication. The guards unlock the door, turn the
light on, wake him up and then close the door with a lot of noise. This
continues until the morning and is repeated every night.

Mr Haydari doesn't understand why the guards wake him up, specially
because the doctors in detention prescribed the sleeping medication. The
medical staff did not say anything about these 'observations'.

Is this kind of 'observation' torture? Yes, it is. It is called sleep
deprivation and used as a technique (for example in Guantanamo Bay) to
break people psychologically. It is not the first time that the
Deportation Resistance Group hears testimonies of these practices. Sleep
deprivation can cause mental breakdown, hallucinations and Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder. As there is no reason to 'interrogate' mr Haydari in
order to get some 'confession', we really do not understand why the
detention centre applies this inhumane treatment to mr Haydari.

PW at GIBCA

The collective Psychic warfare was formed in 2010. Through the use of performance, music, street action, writing, video, dance, comics, interviews, installations, reading groups, cinema clubs and parties they’ve been exploring contemporary politics and forms of exploitation, as well as experimenting with forms of exit from said conditions, in- and outside of their hometown, Stockholm.
In September they participated in GIBCA, where they, through performance and writing, voiced a critique on the representation of local political and grassroots movements in the biennial. They uncovered and problematized the ties that the biennial itself has to the same forces that quenched the these events, namely the Gothenburg Carnival and the 2001 riots. This was also projected onto a larger back drop of the political and economic apparatuses that governs a contemporary Event City, such as Gothenburg.
At the symposion, Psychic Warfare will talk about their participation in the biennial and their practices at large, explaining their performance heterodoxies, such as the Psychic Attack and the Psychosonoric Lecture. They will also, together with Annika Lundgren, make a performance connected to their participation in the biennial.

Om Napoleon sade fru Fryxell:

"Det var modern som i sonen* ingöt avsky för tyranner och krigarkungar; om Napoleon sade fru Fryxell, enligt vad han själv berättar: "Jag önskar att han till straff för sitt slaktande finge ligga i barnsäng för hvar och en menniska, som för hans skull blifvit ihjälskjuten" (A. Fryxell: Min historias historia)"
ur Vilhelm Mobergs, Min Svenska historia - Berättad för folket

en feministisk skärseld månne?

kaSs

*Anders Fryxell, som enligt Moberg i sitt historieskrivande: "rensade ut fyra dominerande drag ur äldre svensk-nationell historieskrivning: 1. Ultrarojalismen. 2. Ultrapatriotismen. 3. Ultraheroismen. 4. Den historiska kasuistiken.

(political) definition of silence

listening to R.A.T.M "fist full of steal" which starts with:
Silence
Something about silence makes me sick
'Cause silence can be violence...

John Cage defines silence** not as the absence of sound(s) but as "involuntary sounds". A social/political, rather than musical, interpretation gives a quite scary conception of silence - a situation where no one wants to be noticed; never peaceful* allways repressing. 
This would I guess equal to a sort of selfinflicted extreme striated space of self cenorship - as then, would the total absence of sound(s) equal the smooth space*** - a condition without messurments - an absolute zero.

KAss

*where and when ever it's peaceful there is also allways sounds, just maybe not the usual ones
**In the introduction to the book Silence.,
***Gilles Deleuze theory about organization of space, to me very similar to 'bodies without organs'

T.I.N.A gammal skåpmat och nationalekonomi är en sekt*.

Ekonomerna förfar på ett säreget sätt. Det finns för de endast två slag av institutioner, konstlade och naturliga. Feodalismens institutioner är konstlade, bourgeoisins naturliga. De liknar i detta avseende också teologerna, som också skiljer på två slags religioner. Varje religion, som inte är deras egen, är en uppfinning av människorna, medan deras egen religion är en uppenbarelse av Gud. När ekonomerna säger att de nuvarande förhållandena - de borgerliga produktionsförhållandena - är nturliga vill de därmed låta förstå att det är förhållanden, i vilka rikedomsalstringen och produktivkraternas utveckling sker i enlighet med naturlagarna**. På så sätt är dessa förhållanden själva av tidens inflytande oavhängiga naturlagar. De är eviga lagar, som alltid måste styra samhället. På så sätt har det funnits en historia, men det finns inte längre någon;...
K Marx*** ur Filosofins Elände****



/kass

*en skulle kunna tro att det är en 'klubb för inbördes beundran' men det handlar snrare om inbördes bekräftelse till den grad att de hävdar att inget annat finns.

**tex. tyngdlage, eller lagen om att allting går i riktning mot mer och mer oordning - faller sönder mot kaos; det kan ju ifs sägas stämma under kapitalismen/ men motsägs av den liberala världsbilden med ständig utveckling tillväxt och ordning.,

***utnämnd till historiens fjärde mest provocerande pojkvän***** av Liv Strömkvist bl.a. för att ha haft hembiträde som han utnyttjade sexuell samtidigt som han tog åt sig äran för saker som hans i sjukdom sängliggande hustru, Jenny Marx, skrev - t.ex. det kommunistiska manifestet

****Hela boken e som en lång extremt spydig blogg-rant till diss av Proudhons "Eländets Filosofi"

*****http://www.alskadedumburk.se/2007/07/historiens-mest-provocerande-pojkvnner.html

No evictions of autonomous centres!

*Gather & Resist - weeks of solidarity*


The autonomous center Cologne calls out for the
GATHER&RESIST - WEEKS OF SOLIDARITY from 28.6 to 7.7. -
days of action and networking - long live AZ KÖLN!

The campaign KEIN TAG OHNE! (no day without!) mobilizes to defend the
center that has existed for three years. On June 30th the present
contract for the center ends. The end of contracts doesn`t mean 
eviction yet: With GATHER&RESIST we invite you to join the celebration
of squatting and resistance, which is bound to hit the city.

During those days the AZ will be a place to gather from all whereabouts,
to link our projects and struggles and to share our perspectives.
GATHER&RESIST wants to be a platform for building and deepening networks.

At the same time we are taking a straight forward step towards
solidarity and resistance. We will build barricades, fortify the
building and our actions will create a situation of pressure for those
in power.

*GATHER&RESIST lives through our creativity and participation. *There
will be pre-arranged workshops and ideas for action: anti-repression,
building barricades, solidarity with different uprisings, get-to-know
the area. There will be a convergence center, place-to-sleep-pool and a
vegan kitchen for all. An awareness structure and an Out of Action-area
will be available at all times. To use these structures in an effective
way, we will provide rooms for retreat and safer spaces (e.g.
dormitories for WomenLesbiansTransInter* and People of Colour). You'll
find more infos on our website soon.

*If you need a place to sleep, please contact
Schlafplatz-koeln@riseup.net as soon as possible.
*
Also there will be sufficient room for input, workshops, discussions,
assemblies and actions that we will organize together. If you have 
further contributions to the program, please contact
gatherandresist@riseup.net.

On Saturday 6th of July there will be a big demonstration in solidarity
with AZ Köln and all squats worldwide. Let´s organize this demonstration
together!

Weeks of solidarity - a place for a joined struggle against the attacks
on our self-determined lives and structures.

*Come to Cologne 28th of June - 7th of July!*


*FURTHER INFORMATION:*
http://gatherandresist.tk
*
Call in different languages:*
*English:* http://gatherandresist.blogsport.eu/call/call-en/
*French:* http://gatherandresist.blogsport.eu/call/call-fr/
*Spanish:* http://gatherandresist.blogsport.eu/call/call-es/
*Greek:* http://gatherandresist.blogsport.eu/call/call-gr/
*
Convergence Center:*
http://gatherandresist.blogsport.eu/cc/
*
Material:*
http://gatherandresist.blogsport.eu/material/

t.A.T.u cover., ? å fransk animerad sci-fi

kollade imorse igenom mina musikfiler i jakt på nått lite skoj å svängigt - hittar en mapp med Italo techno disko*, som jag fått av npn för rätt länge sen. tredje låten börjar;  och jag märkar att jag hört melodin på dess vocals förut - hjärnan letar, slänger ur sig; Tatu !,  men vilken låt?
youtubar det men närmaste träff blir 'Not gonna get us' , e ju inte den., osäker nu, men var en väldigt stark impuls att detta var just Tatu.,  hjälp nån?!

hursom, inför det här inlägget letar jag upp 'tredje låten' " Spacer Woman" från -83 och får se att videon till den är klipp ur en fransk animerad sci-fi film från ungefär samma tid, som jag råkade se hos en vän för inte så länge sen - handlar om en planet där människor hålls som husdjur av nåra jättelika humanoider**, sådär konstnärligt drömsk och obehaglig samtidigt. kan rekommenderas, fantastic planet se gärna traliern här, "...spellbinding science fiction" sagt med släpig datorröst  !

kAss

*ett genrenamn som liksom i sig innehåller allt en kan leta efter
**Humanoid är en inom sci-fi välanvänd term för typ: alien som nästan ser ut som människa - bara kanske t.ex, blå och kanske räfflat pannben eller så.