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Keine Macht den Schwabodrogen!

aleks — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:56:31 +0000

wir blieben dem Prolococktail treu! Am Freitag abend, machen wir den Prolococktail in der Gallerie, und es wird einen sehr speziellen Länderkampf geben. Das Fussballspiel wird zur lustigsten Nebensache des Abends, den es stehen sich wahrlich Titanen gegenüber. Oder so ähnlich.

Übrigens, der Onlinezeitungsartikel der Woche ist: ttttrrrrrommmelwirbel (klick den link)

Neue Initiative

aleks — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:08:26 +0000

Liebe Freunde und GenossInnen!

Eines Tages, wollen wir Tschuschn auch so schön lokalpatriotisch beim Austernessen sitzen, wie meine Kollegen da in Hamburg. Wär doch was. Damit es noch schneller geht, würde ich euch vorschlagen, unsere neue Initiative zu besuchen, auf http://transculturing.at/ gibt es genauere Infos. Ist sicher einen Besuch wert.

PROLOBAZAR

aleks — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:49:55 +0000

Boemians! – Am 20.08 ist die Zeit zum Handeln gekommen. auf geht’s zum

PROLOBAZAR.

BLOCK – Flohmarkt auf KOPPSTRASSE/ecke/FRÖBELGASSE! Macht mit und übt euch beim taktieren in Schwarzmarktstrategien. Anmeldungen an boem@postism.org bis 16.08.11. oder direkt im Cafe BOEM* +436802306567

Flohmarkt von 12:00 bis 22:00 Uhr/ Afterparty tba! Es gibt auch eine HAMMERTOMBOLA! Radikale Preise! Grosse TOMBOLA um 20:00
(für Standbetreiber werden 10 Euro Putzbeitrag eingehoben)

Shazalakazoo – new Video and they’ll soon come to Vienna

aleks — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:08:31 +0000

SHAZALAKAZOO – La Inconformable (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) Chusma Records from Meschi on Vimeo.

Since years i love their music and I’m really glad that they will visit again Vienna. I really hope that they can rock our space, and that we’ll have a great
party. We tend to do the party on the 26th of Feb, 22:00, at our BOEM* Gallery and maybe we make it happen, that we can have a presentation about
recent emancipatoric struggles by members of the roma community from Belgrade. Would be a good way to combine music and activists for that evening.
In the last years, Shazalakazoo was as well very active in supporting repatriated roma kids to integrate them into Belgrades cultural live, which believe
me isn’t an easy task.

Actually it’s a struggle for survival. emancipatoric is already an euphemism.

BOEMIANS! art and repression exhibition opening!

aleks — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:16:56 +0000

BOEMIANS!

Tomorrow starts a collaborative processual exhibition in Vienna. The topic is art and repression, and it will be realised till the 18th of March at three different venues. IG Bildende Kunst and Schenke are the other two venues. The opening with performances will take place at IG Bildende Kunst at 19:00. 8th FEB.

This exhibition is and will be generated by an open group and you should follow our blog for further instructions, as we really understand it as a processual exhibition!

Our goal at BOEM is to provide at one side space and time to the general topic, but as we understand ourselves as an emancipatoric project, we aim to add some analytical and strategic points, which go along with our proletarian artistic international agenda.

Therefore we are extremly glad to open our part of the show, with a special feature on

art&repression : international experiences and strategies: I Saturday 12th FEB 20:00
@ Planet BOEM

participants:
übermorgen.com, Massai Mbili Art Centre, Otieno Gomba, African Maximalism,

Massai Mbili Art centre and Otieno Gomba:

Maasai Mbili Art Centre (M2) is a community based art group that was started in 2001, by two artists Otieno Gomba and Otieno Kota, who initially work as sign writers in Kibera.

Today Maasai Mbili has eight active members, and a group of six promising students/apspirant members closely connected to the core group. In 2003 M2 accquired a space, a two storey structure, originally a pub, and turned it into a studio and a gallery. The centre is situated along Kibera Drive, just After
Ayany Junction, and almost all the M2 activities are focused at Kiberan development, through community interaction.
Maasai Mbili is not yet registred as an organisation. Procedures have started, but is is an issue that has been pushed forward and postponed a number of times, earlier due to heavy workload, recently because of the turbulent post-election period.
Further info on M 2: african maximalism: it’s a pity that we only exist in the future : maasai mbili centre

our thanks goes to Goethe Institute Nairobi for supporting Gomba’s trip.

Ubermorgen.com watch out their website: http://www.ubermorgen.com/

Otieno Gomba and ubermorgen.com are currently working together on http://woppow.net/

presentation will turn into party: (micro)RADIO BOEM SOUNDSYSTEM

MONDAY 14th
art&repression : police and psychosis: I

Let’s do a psychogeographical safari into the latest hot shit of local TV reality shows. Anybody seen the new austrian production of „WEGA – Die Spezialeinheit“? Actually this TV show mirrors that Vienna is one of the safest cities world wide. Come watch and discuss how our police acts, when they try to save a cat from its psychotic owner.

During the exhibition, till 18th of March, our Cinema Club will happen always mondays. We’ll as well present some movies which deal with repression, but explore or feature recent examples of autonomous worker’s selforgansiation. Further details to be announced….

join our mailing-list.

Your BOEM

For the ones in London, lecture at Goldsmith

aleks — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:04:42 +0000

SLUM-TV, Nairobi, Kenya

Artists’ talk and presentation of the Slum-TV media project by Sam
Hopkins, Biki Kangwana, and Alexander Nikolic. Slum-TV is a community
media project that currently employs 16 full-time members in the Mathare
slum in Nairobi, Kenya.

Wed, 20 January 2010
4 – 5:30 pm
Main Building (RHB) 306
Goldsmiths’ College

Selected footage:

http://slum-tv.org/press.html#

http://www.youtube.com/user/alekseu99#p/c/4C2517871817C3B6/15/9-eLHtt11wg

http://www.youtube.com/user/alekseu99#p/c/4C2517871817C3B6

Check the Centre for Cultural Studies website for an updated list of footage

Sponsored by the Centre for Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths. This event is
free and open to the public and does NOT require booking.

Goldsmiths campus map and directions:

http://www.gold.ac.uk/campus-map/

http://www.gold.ac.uk/find-us/

Goldsmiths CCS:

http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/cultural-studies/

HOR ’29. Novembar’ expresses its solidarity with Student Protests in Vienna!

aleks — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:07:38 +0000

SOLIDARITÄTSERKLÄRUNG HOR ‘29.NOVEMBAR’ WIEN

StudentInnen!

Wir das Kollektiv vom HOR ‘29. NOVEMBAR’ Wien erklären uns mit allen Euren Forderungen solidarisch. Eure Forderungen sind unsere Forderungen! Euer Kampf ist unser Kampf! Eure Welt ist unsere Welt!

Der HOR ‘29.NOVEMBAR’ ist ein Kollektiv bestehend aus Menschen

die aus dem ehemaligen Jugoslawien herkamen und Ihren Freunden. Derzeit proben wir für unsere erste Intervention im öffentlichem Raum, welche am 29. November 2009 in Wien stattfinden soll. Unsere Lieder erzählen vom Kampf gegen den Faschismus, von Kämpfen der Arbeiterinnen und Arbeiter, und auch von der Migration.

Lasst Euch auch von unseren Liedern ermutigen. Wir möchten bei Euch eine kurze öffentliche Chorprobe abhalten, und Euch einzuladen mitzusingen.

Mit solidarischen Grüssen,

HOR ‘29. NOVEMBAR’ WIEN / BEC

http://29novembar.postism.org/

Studentkinje i studenti!

Mi članice i članovi hora “29. novembar” ovim putem izražavamo solidarnost sa vašim zahtevima. Vaši zahtevi su i naši zahtevi! Vaša borba je i naša borba! Vaš svet je naš svet!

Hor “29. novembar” je udruženje nastalo u Beču, čije su članice i članovi doseljenici iz bivše Jugoslavije (ili njihovi potomci), te njihovi prijatelji/ce.

U toku su pripreme za našu prvu intervenciju u javnom prostoru, planiranu za 29. novembar/studeni 2009 u Beču. Pesme koje izvodimo govore o antifašističkoj borbi, o radničkim borbama, kao i o migraciji.

Dozvolite nam da vas ohrabrimo našim pesmama. Želeli bismo da održimo jednu javnu probu u okviru protesta, i na taj način pružimo podršku našoj zajedničkoj borbi. Pozivamo vas da nam se pridružite i pevate sa nama.

Uz solidarne pozdrave,

HOR ‘29. NOVEMBAR’ WIEN / BEČ

http://29novembar.postism.org/

Študentke in študenti!

Člani pevskega zbora “29. novembar” izražamo solidarnost s študenti. Vaše zahteve so tudi naše zahteve. Vaš boj je tudi naš boj.

Zbor “29. novembar” je društvo, nastalo na Dunaju, ki združuje ljudi s koreninami iz bivše Jugoslavije, ter njihove prijatelje. Trenutno vadimo za našo prvo intervencijo v javnem prostoru, ki bo 29. novembra na Dunaju. Pesmi, ki jih prepevamo, govorijo o boju proti fašizmu, delavskih bojih in migraciji.

Dovolite, da vas ohrabrimo z našimi pesmimi. Želimo si imeti javno vajo v vaših prostorih in vas iskreno vabimo, da se nam aktivno pridružite.

Solidarno,

ZBOR ‘29. novembar’ DUNAJ/ WIEN

RIGHT TO HOUSING!

aleks — Thu, 28 May 2009 09:38:19 +0000

Forced eviction of the Romani community in Belgrade that started on 3 April 2009 is going on despite protests and attempts of mediation by UNHCR, OSCE and WHO.
(please scroll down for further information)

We call you to join the anti-racist, anti-fascist meeting on Wednesday, 27.05.2009 at 19.00, to express solidarity with the Romani families living in Blok 67, New Belgrade, Serbia, to adress the violence against Roma in East- and West European countries and to stand up against anticiganist actions spreading all over Europe.

video about the evictions and the protests at
http://www.archive.org/details/BELLEVILLE (english version)
and
http://www.youtube.com/pravonanaseljetv

RIGHT TO HOUSING!

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On Wednesday, 27.05.2009 at 19.00 will be held an artistic-activist
solidarity meeting at Block 67 (in the settlement on the field near to
the newly built street and Jurija Gagarina), in which will take part
the residents of the Roma settlement, representatives of
non-governmental organizations and interested citizens.

A platform of solidarity will be formed with speeches and
a video screening to support our neighbors that undergo dramatic
events these days. Because of the irresponsible decisions of
individual city officials and local businessmen their homes are being
destroyed and their existence is in danger.

We call all non-governmental organizations, the broad
cultural-artistic public and all people of good will to join this
solidarity action and to show their willingness to state that the
human rights of all people are equally important and that the defense
of these rights is our responsibility as citizens.

What we have in common is that we do care about each other – it is our human,
cultural and political choice – in contrast to the government of Belgrade and
Serbia that takes care exclusively about themselves, their interests
and the interests of the big capital.

We promote a positive image of Serbia showing the anti-racist, anti-fascist and intercultural face of Serbia.

In the talks will participate:
Sonja Prodanović, Zoran Vasić, Nena Kostić, Staša Zajović, Snežana Tabački, Svenka Savić, Adam Šljivo and Rena Raedle and Vladan Jeremić will show their video documentation about the recent events connected to the demolishing of the houses at Block 67 in New Belgrade.
Kontekst will show and hand out posters of the campaign “III Land of
Human Rights”.

The event is organized by: Žene u crnom, Demokratsko Udruženje Roma,
Udruženje Roma “Oaza”, Biro Beograd and KONTEKST.

______________________________

__________

FOR YOUR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Letter issued on Apr 10 2009 by European Roma Rights Centre and Human Rights Watch and adressed to the Serbian authorities:

TO:

Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic
Mr Rasim Ljajić, Minister of Labour and Social Policy
Mr Svetozar Čiplić, Minister for Human and Minority Rights
Mr Dragan Đilas, Mayor of Belgrade

Re: Forced Evictions of Romani community in Belgrade

Honourable Sirs:

The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC)[1] and Human Rights Watch (HRW) are writing to express concern about failure of Serbian authorities to respect the rights of 47 Romani families forcibly evicted from their informal homes in Novi Beograd on 3 April 2009, and to urge you to ensure that in the future similar actions are undertaken in a manner which protects the rights of occupants laid out in international law.

According to media reports and ERRC documentation, on the day in question, police forcibly evicted 128 Romani individuals, including women and children, living in Novi Beograd’s Block 67 and destroyed much of their personal property. Some are displaced persons from Kosovo. The day before the eviction was conducted, residents were officially notified that in 15 days they would be removed from the property; less than 24 hours after the notification was delivered, police arrived with bulldozers to carry out the eviction and destroy their makeshift homes.

Although the evicted persons were told that alternative accommodation in containers was available in the Boljevci settlement in the Municipality of Surčin, residents in Boljevci forcibly prevented the evicted individuals from accessing it. As a result, the evicted Roma, including children, were forced to sleep outside without any shelter on the night of the eviction. Some are now staying with neighbours but at least 12 families remain on the streets. We understand that the Mayor of Belgrade has indicated that the Roma who are not registered residents of Belgrade may not seek assistance from the Centre for Social Assistance and the majority of the affected individuals are therefore not able to access alternative accommodation.

The failure of the authorities to ensure adequate protections to the forcibly evicted community is all the more worrying in light of the fact that several other sizable Romani communities face similar actions in the near future.

As the current President of the Decade for Roma Inclusion, the Serbian government committed to addressing housing as a priority area of action. Your government publicly declared commitments to the “legalization and improvement of Roma settlements, relocation, [provision of] low cost housing and [action] combating discrimination.”[2] In addition, only one week prior to the forced eviction of the concerned Roma, your government enacted a comprehensive new anti-discrimination law, banning discrimination in the area of housing.

Absent provision of adequate alternative housing for all affected individuals, including some form of security of tenure and social assistance for the affected families, the eviction constitutes a gross violation of Serbia’s obligations under international human rights law.

As a State Party to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), Serbia is legally obligated to respect, protect and fulfil the right to adequate housing, including the prohibition on forced evictions.[3] The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has defined, in paragraphs 15 and 16 of its General Comment 7, appropriate protections from forced evictions as including the following:

(a) an opportunity for genuine consultation with those affected;
(b) adequate and reasonable notice for all affected persons prior to the scheduled date of eviction;
(c) information on the proposed evictions, and, where applicable, on the alternative purpose for which the land or housing is to be used, to be made available in reasonable time to all those affected;
(d) especially where groups of people are involved, government officials or their representatives to be present during an eviction;
(e) all persons carrying out the eviction to be properly identified;
(f) evictions not to take place in particularly bad weather or at night unless the affected persons consent otherwise;
(g) provision of legal remedies; and
(h) provision, where possible, of legal aid to persons who are in need of it to seek redress from the courts.

In addition, the Serbian government has a positive obligation to ensure that individuals are not rendered homeless as a result of eviction and, where those affected are unable to provide for themselves, to “take all appropriate measures, to the maximum of its available resources, to ensure that adequate alternative housing, resettlement or access to productive land, as the case may be, is available.”

Since some of the former residents of the Block 67 community are internally displaced persons, they enjoy additional protections enumerated in the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. According to these guidelines, which restate and compile human rights and humanitarian law relevant to internally displaced persons, the state has a positive obligation to ensure access to basic shelter and housing (Principle 18, 2b) and no individual covered by the guidelines shall be deprived of property and possessions (Principle 21).[4]

The eviction conducted on 3 April clearly violates Serbian government’s obligations under international human rights law. On the occasion of International Roma Day, the ERRC and HRW call on your respective offices, in close consultation with Romani organisations, to take immediate and decisive action to ensure an adequate and sustained alternative accommodation to all Roma forcibly evicted by authorities in Novi Beograd on 3 April. In addition, the individuals concerned should be given compensation for lost property and other damage associated with the forced eviction and destruction of property. We also call on you to ensure that other Roma families are protected from forced eviction and that any future actions in relation to evictions are carried out in accordance with Serbia’s international obligations.

We respectfully request you to inform us of the measures undertaken in the matter as a matter of urgency.

Sincerely,

Robert Kushen
ERRC Managing Director

Benjamin Ward
Associate Director
Europe and Central Asia division
Human Rights Watch

TO:

Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic

Mr Rasim Ljajić, Minister of Labour and Social Policy

Mr Svetozar Čiplić, Minister for Human and Minority Rights

Mr Dragan Đilas, Mayor of Belgrade

CC:

Mr Thomas Hammarberg, Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner

Ms Raquel Rolnik, UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing

Ms Polonca Koncar, President of the European Committee of Social Rights

Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia

Mr Lenart Kotsalainen, Chief of the UNHCR mission to Serbia

Ms Judita Reichenberg, Representative, UNICEF Belgrade

[1] The ERRC is an international public interest law organisation engaging in a range of activities aimed at combating anti-Romani racism and human rights abuse of Roma. The approach of the ERRC involves, in particular, strategic litigation, international advocacy, research and policy development, and training of Romani activists.

[2] Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015″ Serbian Presidency July 1, 2008-June 30, 2009 http://www.romadecade.org/portal/downloads/Decade%20Documents/Serbia%20D…

[3] Article 17(1)(2) of the ICCPR and Article 11(1) of the ICESCR, supported by General Comments 4 (right to adequate housing) and 7 (protection against forced evictions) of the Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights.

Calling Vienna!

aleks — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:57:17 +0000

Hey, we found some TV’s, Computer’s, Goat’s etc.

What we still need is Matrasses!

Ok, we still need also TV’s! So if you are in Vienna, that’s Austria and you have some leftover,

get in touch with me. We’ll reimbourse you with Nyama Choma!

BTW: soon the special Blog for the Festival will be published.

Solidarity with Roma in Belgrade!

aleks — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:03:06 +0000

On 3rd of April in New Belgrade, one settlement mainly inhabitated by roma’s, was destroyed. Its 50 houses were home for many people. The workers came early in the morning and the action was performed immediate with no time to react or oppose the legal decision, which was handed in one day earlier. That decision had also an 15 day time frame to legally oppose that decision, but the workers accompanied by the riot police didn’t care much.

The people living there, started to organise themselves and uploaded few videos on the net. Here’s their video.

The channel where you can watch more videos is: Solidarity Appeal: Support Roma Housing
Struggle in Belgrade, Serbia
http://www.youtube.com/user/pravonanaseljetv

Today, Roma organizations and allies in Belgrade, Serbia are organizing a demonstration in response to the demolition of the Roma community’s housing units in Block 67 situated in the New Belgrade. The violent and surprising move to destroy people’s homes and an entire community was organized by the City of Belgrade authorities with the support of Belgrade City Major Dragan Djilas. Your solidarity is needed!

On Friday morning (April 3rd), the forcible and violent eviction of Roma families living in the Block 67 neighborhood began. The residents of this community say that the demolitions began during a surprise invasion beginning at six in the morning led by heavy police presence and special forces. Police brutality resulted in an emergency evacuation of two women from the community. Peoples’ entire belongings were left behind in the ruins. A part of the community is now spending the night in front of the City Council. They are without warm clothes, blankets, food, and medicine (many people had to leave them behind). Residents say that during the day unidentified youth on motorcycles were provoking and instilling fear in the community.

In the meantime, no alternative housing has been secured by the city government, nor is anyone taking care of these needs. Belgrade’s Major Djilas announced that it is “necessary that they be removed from that area so that we can build a new boulevard necessary for the development of the city, and holding of events being planned in the future.” He also threatened to deploy police forces to remove any protesters attempting to bloc the streets. These actions were preceded by a media campaign that justified the expulsion of Roma living in New Belgrade under “security” and “city image” considerations in the lead up to the Universiad 2009. Through his statements, Major Dragan Djilas has contributed to the fascist relationship towards Roma citizens and justified the destruction of their homes. as An “alternative” the city officials are suggesting to remove the building of a fence around the community so that “the city’s deformities won’t be seen during the Universiade.”

Does this mean that the Universiade will be paid for with human lives if necessary?

Our fellow citizens who have been left without home are determined to fight for their rights, their right to life, freedom, housing and work.

Today (Saturday) at 1pm a protest is being organized against the brutal behavior through which the Belgrade government prefers to solve the city’s problems. Support people that have been thrown onto the streets in this violent way. We must stand in solidarity with the Roma of Belgrade, we must not allow that people’s houses are destroyed, that fascist walls are built and that people are fenced into ghettoes!

We call on international solidarity in conjunction with these actions:

PLEASE CONTACT THE FOLLOWING: (1) Mayor’s office of the City of Belgrade; (2) President’s Office of the Republic of Serbia; (3) Head Office of the International University Sports Federation (organizing the Universiade in Belgrade); (4) Your nearest Serbian embassy or consulate.

(1) Mayor’s Office:

E-mail: natasa.golubovic@beogradsg.org.yu
Head of Office, tel: 3246-764, 3229-787
tel: 3247-424, tel/fax: 3344-675
Natasa Golubović
independent expert associate in international affairs

Dear Mayor Dragan Djilas:

I am writing to express my outrage at the recent racist expulsion of 50 families from the Roma community of Block 67, near Belvil in New Belgrade.

I demand that your government take all necessary measures to provide restitution to the residents of the community and prevent any further expulsion of Roma families or their further social exclusion.

Belgrade can not expect to rebrand itself in the eyes of the world by hosting Universiades or Eurovision contests while it continues to deny fundamental rights to housing, employment, life and security to its residents, particularly the most vulnerable and socially excluded.

I demand that your government respond and meet its obligations under a number of international conventions and work towards securing the rights of Roma residents instead of deploying police forces to suppress them and engaging in “social cleansing.”

Kind regards,

____________

(2) President of the Republic of Serbia:

GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
Andricev venac 1, 11000 Beograd, Serbia
tel: +381 (0)11 3632-007, 3632-136
e-mail: kontakt.predsednik@predsednik.rs
www.predsednik.rs

Dear President Boris Tadic:

I am writing to express my outrage at the recent racist expulsion of 50 families from the Roma community of Block 67, near Belvil in New Belgrade.

I implore your government take all necessary measures to sanction the Belgrade City Authorities and ensure they provide restitution to the residents of this Roma community and work towards preventing any further expulsion of Roma families or their further social exclusion in Serbia.

Kind regards,
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