Migration
One of the characteristics of globalisation is temporary and permanent migration. Many of these migrants live in global cities. They appropriate the city when taking their their right to live into their own hands, regardless of laws, of restrictions of the freedom of movement, of the right to vote etc. Migrants play an important role politically, economically and culturally – even though they are often made invisible.During the project tow aspects of migration will be further examined, namely the autonomy of migration and their political participation.
Impressions on the Work of the Medical Aid for Refugees in Berlin · 19.03.06
– by Rhoda Viajar –
The networking system devised and maintained by the organization as a way to provide for the medical needs of illegal migrants appears to be working efficiently and effectively. The organization is mindful of the security risks of the migrants and the doctors: ensuring anonymity and full confidentiality. As illegal migration is apparently criminalized by the State, there seems to be no other way to deal with the real problems confronted by the migrants who for various reasons have found themselves living inconspicuously in another country.
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Si, se puede!
Chicago Witnesses Massive Protest for Immigrant Rights · 16.03.06
– report and comment published by Indymedia -
On Friday, March 10, 2006 Chicago’s downtown was paralyzed by an immigrant rights march estimated at more than 100,000 people. The march, organized by a citywide coalition of community, labor and immigrant rights groups, was called to protest the punitive enforcement provisions of the anti-immigrant Sensenbrenner Bill: “Border Protection, Anti-Terrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005” (H.R. 4437).
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MAIZ - die zapatistische Kunsthandwerkbewegung in Mexico Stadt erobert sich Freiräume · 14.08.05
M.A.I.Z. – Movimiento Artesanía Indígena Zapatista
Ein Kampf für Land und Freiheit
(kaos) Anfang der 90er Jahre zogen Triqui-Indígenas (Ureinwohner Oaxacas, die sich und ihre Sprache als Triqui bezeichnen) aus verschiedenen Dörfern des südlichen Bundesstaats Oaxaca nach Mexiko-Stadt. Sie suchten einen Ort, wo sie ihre Artesanía-Waren (traditionelles Kunsthandwerk) ohne Zwischenhändler direkt verkaufen, wo ihre Kinder studieren und wo sie autonom und frei von Repressionen leben können.
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Now it's us! · 9.08.05
An immigrant community in Los Angeles demands urban farmland
- by Henrik Lebuhn -
Since 12th September 2005, the „South Central Farmers’“ case has been heard in the appellate court of Los Angeles. 347 families from Latin America, most of them illegalised, have sued the city because it had sold the former derelict land with its newly planted gardens. The land had been appropriated by the farmers; the gardens are therefore officially “non-existent”. The ‘campesinos’ are now organising an unequalled campaign against the privatisation.
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The Nelegals of Moscow · 8.08.05
- by Johann Jaeckel –
The City of Moscow continues to enforce a restrictive residence registration regime similar to the propiska system that prevailed in the Soviet era. Despite constitutional guarantees of the freedom of movement and Constitutional Court rulings that such restrictions are unlawful, a large number of migrants are illegalised. An internet-based underground organization tries to provide support for the ‘nelegals’ of Moscow.
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Mapping the order of New Migration · 2.08.05
Undocumented Labour and Autonomy of Migration
- by Serhat Karakayali and Vassilis Tsianos -
Migration studies tend to oscillate between pure descriptivism and strong theory. Until today theories of migration either explicitly or implicitly refer to neoclassical presumptions on labour markets or tend to proliferate funcionalist ex-post concepts. So do theories of migration systems overemphasize the primacy of political and economical structures over collective and individual agency of migrants. The paper argues that a shift in theoretical perspectives is linked to the settings in the political arena of migration.
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