Voku Benefit We Are Here

By: börek - July 1st, 2016  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku

we_are_hereMonday July 4th 2016, Voku Benefit We Are Here, Volkseten Vegazulu, 7pm.

We Are Here is a self-organised refugee action collective.
Refused refugees living on the streets of the Netherlands struggle for life. Since 2007 the asylum policy in the Netherlands started to change. Refugees who have been rejected are no longer entitled to basic rights such as shelter and food. Even when it is impossible to return to their countries of origin, the Dutch government argues that they can leave voluntarily. Denying them access to reception centers, putting them in prison and forcing them to survive in parks, railway stations and insecure hiding places, that is the way to convince them to leave this country. On European level the asylum policy also forms a problem for refugees. Most people of We Are Here are not allowed to stay in The Netherlands, cannot go back to their own country, but can also not move to another European country, due to the Dublin II agreement.

This self-organized action by the refugees has highlighted a humanitarian problem that has been growing for years and was hidden from the public eye. Now these people have made themselves visible and seek solutions by entering in dialogue with civil society and democratic representatives. To realize their aims they need to be together, safe and visible. In the mean time they inform the Dutch citizens about their situation, do political lobby and demonstrate for their rights. http://wijzijnhier.org/ […Lees verder]

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Aid Delivery Mission benefit. Folk punk night with Giz Medium and Captain Chaos.

By: börek - May 1st, 2016  Filed under: Benefiet, Muziek, Volkseten/Voku

Chris_ClavinThursday May 19th 2016, Aid Delivery Mission Benefit with an update by activists from Aid Delivery Mission, recently back from Greece. Then, folk punk night with Giz Medium and Captain Chaos. Volkseten Vegazulu, 7pm. Music from 8:30pm till 10pm! Donations welcome.

Aid Delivery Mission: http://aiddeliverymission.org/
Your Support is Needed. All donations and support help Aid Delivery Mission deliver aid to some of the most vulnerable people in Europe. The Mission: An ever changing and chaotic refugee crisis calls for a flexible approach, therefore we are combining an extensive experience of mobile kitchens and providing food, with our ability to reflect on what is needed, where and when.
Thousands of people are stuck around various borders in unsupported makeshift camps, so far the winter has been forgiving, but undoubtedly that will change.
We are based on voluntary work depending on donations, but we need help, especially financial support to cover transport costs and food supplies.

CAPTAIN CHAOS is Chris Clavin from GHOST MICE (and plan-it-x records) playing solo. Captain Chaos started as a song-a-day project, in which Chris tried to write and record a song a day. The idea was to write and record the most honest version of the song. This turned into eight full length
albums.  CAPTAIN CHAOS is from Bloomington Indiana. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Clavin

GIZ MEDIUM is a zine writer (cheap toys) and punk/folk singer/songwriter living in Marseille. He has toured Europe a few times.
https://busstoppress.bandcamp.com/album/are-we-there-yet
http://busstoppress.weebly.com/

[…Lees verder]

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Info Benefietavond demotour ‘Geen kind aan de kant!’

By: börek - May 1st, 2016  Filed under: Benefiet, Infoavond, Volkseten/Voku

Demotour_Geen_kind_aan_de_kantThursday May 12th 2016, Info Benefietavond demotour ‘Geen kind aan de kant!’, Volkseten Vegazulu, 7pm.

In mei worden twee demotours georganiseerd om samen met de vluchtelingen in de gezinslocaties te demonstreren voor de rechten van vluchtelingenkinderen. Ter ondersteuning van deze campagne worden er een aantal benefietavonden gehouden, waaronder in Joe’s. Na een heerlijke maaltijd zal er op deze avond uitleg worden gegeven over de gezinslocaties en natuurlijk aan deelname aan de tour! Voor meer informatie: https://geenkindaandekant.wordpress.com/.

Volkseten Vegazulu is a people’s kitchen, every monday and thursday, 7pm, vegan food for 4€ or donation. All benefits go for social & political struggles. No reservation.

We’re always looking for cooks. Any help is welcome in the kitchen. Experience not required. Enjoying it is a must. If you want to know which days are still available in the schedule, send an email to joe [at] squat [dot] net and book yourself the night. You can, of course, also participate by rolling up your sleeves and doing the dishes.

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Freedom of Movement! Equal Rights for All! All Included Benefit

By: börek - April 1st, 2016  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku

NLbloedneusMonday April 4th 2016, Freedom of Movement! Equal Rights for All! All Included Benefit, Volkseten Vegazulu, 7pm.

All Included is a small campaign organization in Amsterdam that struggles for free migration and sustainable development. We support the migrants’ movement that fights for its rights.

The current developments on the EU-borders demonstrate the power of migration that breaks the illusion of Europe as an island of equal rights, civilization, democracy and welfare(state). We support the migrants who come to our borders and welcome them. The EU has always pretended to be in control of the border security without degenerating into a Fortress Europe. Given the large numbers of migrants entering ‘irregularly’ today, the EU broke out in panic while portraying migrants as a threat and migration as a crime. A deal like the one with Turkey is not new. Other buffer states such as Morocco, Libya, Mauritania, Senegal have had to sign those deals in the past where migrants, irrespective of flight pattern, are kept outside the EU. Human rights are violated outside the EU in return of a bag of money. The war against immigrants is just more visible because it is clear that the EU cannot control the migration at its borders. We support migrants breaking through borders and confronting the image of the EU as an tolerant civilization.

All Included is involved in Afrique-Europe Interact, a partnership between African and European grassroots organizations that support free migration and sustainable development. Contacts are mainly in Western Europe (Mali, Togo, Burkina Faso, Senegal) and North Africa (Morocco, Tunisia). Themes are deportation, freedom of movement, land grabbing, corruption. All Included is also active in Watch the Med http://www.watchthemed.net/) and Alarm Phone (http://alarmphone.org/en/), a 24-hour emergency phone for those who cross the Mediterranean. Undocumented migrants in Amsterdam are where possible supported by All Included. […Lees verder]

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Benefit for Dunkirk refugee camp

By: börek - February 1st, 2016  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku

201602_Dunkirk_refugee_campMonday February 29th 2016, Benefit for Dunkirk refugee camp, Volkseten Vegazulu, 7pm.

The ‪Dunkirk‬ refugee camp (Dunkirk, France) has been a temporary home to around 3000 refugees since October 2015. The camp is predominantly Kurdish (mainly from Iraq, but also Syria and Iran). Most refugees are trying to cross over to Britain. Dunkirk is facing a sanitary and humanitarian crisis. There is loads of mud and a severe lack of facilities, electricity, running water and building material (not being allowed into the camp by the police). Dunkirk needs volunteers, especially Kurdish, Arabic and Farsi speaking ones. This benefit is meant to help volunteers meet, discuss and make plans but also gather goods and supplies for the camp. […Lees verder]

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Benefit for Aid Delivery Mission

By: börek - February 1st, 2016  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku

Thursday February 18th 2016, Benefit for Aid Delivery Mission. Volkseten Vegazulu, 7pm. Concert with James Bar Bowen (UK), music from 9pm till 10pm!

Update from the Aid Delivery Mission, February 2nd 2016: Thousands of new arrivals
As the ferry strike between Athens and the Greek islands ended last Monday, thousands of refugees that had been stuck on the islands for days took their chances and started their journey up north. This meant and still means that the amount of refugees arriving here to the border at Idomeni has increased and is still increasing by thousands of people.

Gas Station: Yesterday we and many of the NGO’s were totally overwhelmed by the numbers of refugees at the gas station. It was estimated that there where over 6000 people at the station. They were stuck there for many hours (and many days at other places before – like the islands) Mainly because of a lack of information and frustration around 2000 refugees walked through the police line for a courageous 20 km walk towards the border carrying their children, babies and luggage. The police tried to stop them, but they started whistling and singing to call for everybody to walk through. It was really awesome to see a lot of the younger ones dancing and singing as they started their walk. All of this was happening whilst we were serving food.

The camp: The MSF camp with a capacity of 1500 people was totally overwhelmed with around 5000 people. MSF opened up a second camp previously used for storage even though they where not allowed by the authorities. It was really intense. Thousands of people sleeping in the cold outside, lots of them with children and babies and not enough blankets. And more and more arriving after walking for 20 km from the gas station. There where not enough people to help and we did what we could, distributing blankets, helping people carrying their belongings and babies, setting up tents, making baby food, finding parents of lost kids and serving food. There was even a call for help from a man who’s four months pregnant woman was about to give birth..

Delivering aid to an ever changing refugee crisis
The Mission: An ever changing and chaotic refugee crisis calls for a flexible approach, therefore we are combining an extensive experience of mobile kitchens and providing food, with our ability to reflect on what is needed, where and when.
Thousands of people are stuck around various borders in unsupported makeshift camps, so far the winter has been forgiving, but undoubtedly that will change.
We are based on voluntary work depending on donations, but we need help, especially financial support to cover transport costs and food supplies. http://aiddeliverymission.org/ […Lees verder]

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All Included Benefit

By: börek - February 1st, 2016  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku

20160216_transactMonday February 15th 2016, All Included Benefit, Volkseten Vegazulu, 7pm.

All Included Amsterdam for freedom of movement, the right of residence for migrants and fair development, is taking part in the action in Rabat/Morocco commemorating the 2nd anniversary of the massacre of Ceuta of the 6th of February 2014 when the Guardia Civil shot at least 15 sub-saharan migrants on Tarajal beach trying to reach the EU. “We are activists from collectives, associations, initiatives and various social movements. We fight for freedom of movement for all! We are from Cameroon, Syria, Mali, Eritrea, Senegal, Spain, Germany, Tunisia, Morocco, France and many more countries. We don´t accept any more deaths in the Mediterranean. We know it is possible to ‘live together’ and to consider a political system of equality and respect for human rights, because we have been building solidarity networks for years. The happenings on the 6th of February 2014, when the Spanish Guardia Civil killed at least 15 persons, who entered swimming to Ceuta, are not only spanish or morrocan issues, they are global issues. So, we united us in a common transnational struggle for the demilitarisation of the borders, the freedom of movement and global justice.”

LET US ALL JOIN THE 6TH FEB ACTIONS AND THE STRUGGLE FOR DIGNITY,
JUSTICE AND FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT!
STOP THE WAR AGAINST MIGRANTS!
NO WORLD WITHOUT MIGRATION!
NO BORDERS! […Lees verder]

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VluchtBus Benefit

By: börek - February 1st, 2016  Filed under: Benefiet, Volkseten/Voku

Thursday February 4th 2016, VluchtBus Benefit, Volkseten Vegazulu, 7pm.

Vluchtbus_Chios_3VluchtBus is a solidarity bus that runs to several border areas to support refugees. They are currently out in Chios, Greece working with refugees to provide food and other supplies. They are also busy with an autonomous centre that has been squatted and are in the process of fixing it up. The refugee crisis at the moment means demand is very high and that their limited funds are running out quick. The local NGO’s and GO’s have supplies to hand out and to help refugees at the border, but due to the tense situation and their protocols, they are not willing to do it themselves. VluchtBus helped local private initiatives to hand out these supplies. Come on down to Joe’s Garage on Thursday 4th for some top notch dinner as every penny helps or if you can donate here are the banking details: Bank account name: Vluchtbus, account no: NL06 INGB 0007 1702 49  https://vluchtbusweb.noblogs.org

Vluchtbus update from 22/01/2016
On January 20th, two vluchtbussers have joined the other vluchtbussers on Chios, the team now consists of four people. The property that is squatted, is currently the base from which is working a collective of approximately 15 people, including Vluchtbus. This collective has taken it upon himself to serve breakfast every morning. Although the building is not yet ready to really open to go for refugees and there is still busy chores. Other cooking groups will provide the lunch and dinner. In addition, there is no organisation to distribute the food so it is crucial that there are groups of people to cook and distribute it around. […Lees verder]

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