Autonomy of migration
When using the term "autonomy of migration" we refer to the dangerous practice of migrants to organise their life, i.e. work, social contacts, culture, not dependent on a residence permit. They do not ”wait” for their human rights but confront the state policy with their human existence. At the same time they claim a political generalisation of what they take for themselves. Today this is still illegal. One example here is the demand for the freedom of movement.
Si, se puede!
Chicago Witnesses Massive Protest for Immigrant Rights · 16.03.06
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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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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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