London NoBorders proudly announce the second part of "Life is too short to be controlled", a protest against internal and external surveillance.
The protest will take place in London on Saturday 30 October 2010.
Mark it in your diary! Stay tuned for updates.
What is this about?
While the migration regime is fortifying itself and setting up rings of defence around European wealth, inner control is tightening to keep public order, at a time where the nation state already seems to be a dead corpse. And with an economy which exploits the most virtual property, the need to control even the remotest parts of people's lives is increasing.
We believe that both external borders and interior surveillance are following the same principles: Movement of people is supposed to be monitored and channeled to maintain the "status quo", according to economic needs, to keep the idea of a nation state as a cultural and economic community alive. This can only be changed if we challenge both national borders and "internal" surveillance at the same time, and if we accept people's autonomy to live their life how and where they want to.
Why part II
Similar to the first protest in January 2010, the second "Life is too short ..." demonstrations will connect two locations in London which are symbolic places of both the border regime and surveillance. For more information about this demonstration see here.
Related Events
Infonight at LARC, 8th September 2010: A public presentation and discussion about the idea behind "Life is too short...".
Infonight at the Ratstar, 16th September 2010: A public presentation and discussion about the idea behind "Life is too short...".
Want to get involved?
There will be a number of public talks, planning meetings and discussions between August and October 2010. To get information about upcoming events, subscribe to the London NoBorders News-List.
London NoBorders proudly announce the second part of "Life is too short to be controlled", a protest against internal and external surveillance.
The protest will take place in London on Saturday 30 October 2010.
Mark it in your diary! Stay tuned for updates.
(press release by London NoBorders)
London NoBorders welcomes the Crown Court decision to clear three activists of the charges of "obstructing the police". The Inner London Crown Court ruled that police surveillance of a public political meeting had not been proved to be lawful and that the police had failed to provide any evidence that they were pursuing a "legitimate aim".
Three activists were arrested at the meeting called by London NoBorders in June 2008 when they protested against the surveillance of the meeting by the Metropolitan Police's "Forward Intelligence Team."
Discussion about the Life is too short (part 2) demo on Saturday 30th October.
7pm at LARC (London Action Resource Centre), 62 Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel E1 1ES. All welcome.
This infonight will be repeated on 16th September at the Ratstar, 298 Camberwell Road (opp. Camberwell Green), London SE5.
22 January 2010
- For Immediate Release -
Activist group London NoBorders calls for a day of demonstrations in
London on 23rd of January under the title "Life is too short to be
controlled". [1] The day will start at 2pm at St. Pancras International to protest against the border controls at the Eurostar Terminal and will end with a rally at Piccadilly Circus, where Westminster Council's CCTV HQ is located. [2]
The Bath House Pub
96 Dean street
On tuesday the 12th of january we will be having a fundraiser/info
night for No Borders, at our new space The Bath House in Soho. This is
in anticipation of the upcoming demonstration on january 23rd in
central London, information about which can be found here:
"Life is too short to be controlled, part I", January 2010