From shiar at riseup.net Fri Feb 1 12:13:08 2008 From: shiar at riseup.net (Shiar) Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 04:13:08 -0800 (PST) Subject: [noborders-brum] [Fwd: A Transnational Chain of Migration Related Actions!] Message-ID: <34415.127.0.0.1.1201867988.squirrel@tern.riseup.net> ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [noii-uk] A Transnational Chain of Migration Related Actions! From: "renegado" Date: Thu, January 31, 2008 8:17 pm To: noii-uk at lists.riseup.net -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... Amsterdam, Sevilla, Torino, Bamako, London, Athens, Warsaw, Hamburg, Malmoe, Ceuta, ... Common Call for a Transnational Chain of Migration Related Actions In the ?heart of the monster? - Fighting the borderregime! Transnationalization now! Between February and October 2008 a series of events, protests and actions will take place in various cities and countries all over Europe and beyond : against the border regime, against detentions and deportations, against the exploitation of migrant labour and for legalization of all migrants. This transnational chain of struggles builds on the three action days for freedom of movement and the right to stay, which happened in previous years. But with this chain of events we are aiming for something more. We strongly believe that the transnational expression of migrants? struggles against the ?monster? of migration controls must be something more than a one day event once a year. We believe that the transnational space must be understood as an unified space of migrants? struggles, happening everyday and right now. This transnational chain of struggles is our attempt to find out what is ?common? among the manifold differences experienced by migrants in Europe and beyond. Ranging from temporary seasonal workers who are exploited in the fields of Andalusia in Spain; to "legal" migrants who live and work everyday in Eurospace; undocumented migrants working in irregular jobs in Italy or the UK, in factories or in the home, as many women do; "tolerated refugees" living in an isolated "junglecamp" in Northern-Germany; migrants detained in a camp in Greece or Poland, or even in front of the externalized EU-borders in Marocco or Ukraine. They all are crossing and forcing the boundaries living inside and struggling against the same ?monster? which is the migration-regime! Of course, we do not ignore the differences in realities and struggles in various regions, countries or continents. But all over the world capitalist exploitation is unimaginable without the global differences, constructed through filters and zones, the hierarchies and inequality, and through the external as well as the internal borders. Illegalisation and deportations on one hand, selective inclusion and recruitment of migrant workforce on the other hand, are two sides of the same coin: migration management for a global apartheid regime, whose most precarious conditions of exploitation are based on the production of hierarchies in terms of rights and on racist discrimination. Low wage countries in the south are used to undercut wages through relocation of production, low wage sectors in the north are targeting young migrant workers: trying to keep them obedient by blackmailing them, as their right of residence is linked to their jobs. The increasing movements and daily fights of refugees and migrants challenge the external borders of Europe as well as the social and legal borders within Europe itself. The manifold struggles undermine, crisscross and attack the brutal and murderous system of migration control and racist exploitation. This transnational chain of actions is a step toward the linking of these struggles, an attempt to build communication and organization across the borders, knowing that the demands for freedom of movement and the right to stay aim directly at the ?heart of the monster?, which migrants everyday and everywhere are fighting against. The stations: --- February 2nd in Amsterdam/Netherlands: Launching point for the chain with the conference ?Migrant / Media / Metropolis - New labour struggles in the global city? which will be showcasing the current union organizing campaign "cleaners for a better future" in the Netherlands where migrants from Turkey, Morocco, Suriname, Ghana, Capo Verde and Latin America are fighting for a living wage, respect and full time jobs. --- February 23rd in Sevilla/Spain : Demonstration in the frame of an action day for immigrants rights, coordinated through the countrywide network REDI, just two weeks before the general elections in Spain. Demonstrations, actions and meetings will be celebrated in Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Pamplona, Burgos...and the 3 demands of all events are: 1- Regularization of all immigrants, 2-Stop the police repression on immigrants, 3- Equal rights for all. In andalucia there will be a centralized demonstration in Sevilla with the central slogan: "Migration is not the problem, the problem is precarity", with the participation of buses from Malaga, Almeria, Cadiz and people from all andalusian cities. --- March 8th in Torino/Italy: mass mobilization for the legalization of all undocumented migrant workers and refugees. --- March 15th and 16th in Bamako/Mali: Journ?es Ouvertes avec des travailleurs migrants expuls?s et refoul?s =Open Days with migrant workers who were deported or sent back The Malian Association of deported migrants (AME), member of the Euro- African network "manifeste euro-africain", will organize two days of meetings with migrant workers who were deported from Europe or sent back on their way. It will be an open space for migrants to tell their stories and for debates, where the local population and especially people who want to migrate are invited. --- (probably)March 29th in Athens/Greece: Actions will be organised against border controls, police violence, detention, deportations, against Dublin convention and in solidarity to refugees who reach Europe. For their right to free movement, for their right to asylum and residence in every country they choose! --- March 29th in London/UK: Trade Union and Community Activist Conference Against Immigration Controls, coming together to build a campaign against the intensifying attacks on migrant workers and their communities in the UK. This gathering seeks to develop the capacity of migrants to resist the raids, detention and deportation of migrants, and to challenge workplace exploitation and migrants' exclusion from education, social services and health care. --- End of May/beginning of June in Warsaw/Poland: Protest and press- conference in front of the headquarter of Frontex against European borderregime and its externalisation to East and South, combined with a transnational online-demonstration against this European Border Agency at the same day... --- August in Hamburg/Germany: Antiracist actioncamp with a focus on EU-charter-deportations to Africa from Hamburg Airport. --- September 18th to 21st in Malmoe/Sweden: Presentation and evaluation of the chain of actions in the frame of the next European Social Forum, discussing further perspectives of transnationalization of migrationrelated struggles. --- October 7th near Ceuta in Marocco: Manifestation at the fence of Ceuta. This is the anniversary of Ceuta and Melilla killings and was decided as an international day of solidarity with migrants in Nairobi (World Social Forum 2007). Signatures: --- Cleaners for a better Future/Holland; Justice for Janitors/Global Campaigns; --- Sindicato Andaluz de Trabajadores (SAT); Oficina de Derechos Sociales (Malaga y Sevilla), Red Precarixs en Movimiento, Coordinadora de Inmigrantes de M?laga (CIM), Asociacion Pro Derechos Humanos de Andalucia (APDH), Centro Social La Casa Invisible (M?laga), Corriente Roja; --- Tavolo Migranti/Italy; --- Association Malienne des Expuls?s (AME)/Bamako --- Network for Social Support to Immigrants and Refugees/Athens --- London Noborders, No One Is Illegal (UK) and the Conference Against Immigration Controls Organising Committee; --- Refugee Council Hamburg, No one is illegal Hanau, Caravan-Group Munich; --- Reseau Manifeste Euro-Africain --- Frassanito Network Contact: frassainfo at kein.org www.noborder.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From noidea at riseup.net Thu Feb 7 23:10:03 2008 From: noidea at riseup.net (noidea at riseup.net) Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 15:10:03 -0800 (PST) Subject: [noborders-brum] asylum case research help Message-ID: <1505.127.0.0.1.1202425803.squirrel@petrel.riseup.net> IMPORTANT - This needs to be kept anonymous, so if u think u know this person DONT USE THEIR NAME Hi all A friend needs help in his case. Basically he was a member of the PFLP-GC (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command). He needs to highlight how dangerous it would be for him to return to Lebanon as an ex-member of this group, and as someone who has tried to claim asylum in the UK. His solicitor suggested researching on the internet about the power and control that this group has over areas in Lebanon and over the Palestinian refugee communities living in the refugee camps. Also any background info on the general conditions in Lebanon for Palestinian refugees. Any info or advice please email nodeportationsbrum at riseup.net Thanks noi IMPORTANT - This needs to be kept anonymous, so if u think u know this person DONT USE THEIR NAME From shiar at riseup.net Fri Feb 8 15:43:13 2008 From: shiar at riseup.net (Shiar) Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 07:43:13 -0800 (PST) Subject: [noborders-brum] [noborders-uk] Agenda for Manchester gathering and Friday accommodation In-Reply-To: <260646.5985.qm@web56705.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <260646.5985.qm@web56705.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <51011.127.0.0.1.1202485393.squirrel@tern.riseup.net> On Fri, February 8, 2008 6:06 am, Raphael Schlembach wrote: [...] > The gathering will be held in MERCi, which provides floor space > accommodation on Saturday night. If you want to arrive on Friday night, > we can arrange floor space accommodation in people's houses. But please > let us know what time and how many of you will be coming! So far we know > of 6 or more people from London (what time?), 9 people from Bristol > arriving at 11pm, and 15(?) in the Brighton mini bus (what time?). At least two people will come from Birmingham, most probably on Sat morning. -- Shiar From shiar at riseup.net Fri Feb 8 15:46:50 2008 From: shiar at riseup.net (Shiar) Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 07:46:50 -0800 (PST) Subject: [noborders-brum] [Fwd: [noborders-uk] Agenda for Manchester gathering and Friday accommodation] Message-ID: <51022.127.0.0.1.1202485610.squirrel@tern.riseup.net> ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [noborders-uk] Agenda for Manchester gathering and Friday accommodation From: "Raphael Schlembach" Date: Fri, February 8, 2008 6:06 am To: noborders-uk at lists.riseup.net Cc: noborders-brum-contact at aktivix.org manchesternoborders at riseup.net noborderswales at riseup.net noborders-glasgow at riseup.net bristolnoborders at riseup.net noborderslondon at riseup.net brightonnoborders at riseup.net leedsnoborders at riseup.net info at nobordersnottingham.org.uk -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi all, we've put together an agenda for the gathering based on the suggestions that we received. This is not fixed and we welcome your further input. We also need facilitators! Please have a look if you can facilitate a session (we've already suggested some possible facilitation in brackets). The gathering will be held in MERCi, which provides floor space accommodation on Saturday night. If you want to arrive on Friday night, we can arrange floor space accommodation in people's houses. But please let us know what time and how many of you will be coming! So far we know of 6 or more people from London (what time?), 9 people from Bristol arriving at 11pm, and 15(?) in the Brighton mini bus (what time?). We'll send out more info on the venue, directions, and accommodation details asap. No Borders UK Gathering Manchester , 16/17 February 2008 PROPOSED AGENDA (tbc) Saturday AM Identity (Time allocated: 1hr+, facilitated by Leeds NB ) Introduction to NB What is/Who are NB? What are the most pressing issues facing the network (group discussions) Updates (1hr, London NB ) debrief from camp and london feedback debrief from day of action Brook House detention centre update 10 point immigration plan health cuts Network Structure (30min, Manchester NB ) Active Groups round-up Newsletter communication/website funding/finances PM Tactics (1hr) What are we trying achieve? Is there a conflict between the ultimate goal of actual no borders and more, perhaps easier targets like stopping the detention/snatching of children. Should we focus on practical solidarity or a radical critique? Tactics II (1hr) Who are our allies in what we?re trying to achieve? To what extent do we seek co-operation with, for example: International NB networks anti-fascist movements in UK (liberal) (state-sponsored) refugee organisations Anti-imperialist/communist organisations/parties Direct action movements (Climate Camp) Targets (1hr, Bristol NB ) Based on the tactics discussions, what should be our primary focus? Some might be: State organisations (Home Office, Border & Immigration Agency) Corporate targets (security companies, airlines) Racist/fascist parties or media (e.g. BNP/ Daily Mail) Sunday AM What now? (2hrs) On Sunday morning we want to draw the conclusions from Saturday?s discussions. What should the network do next? This is the time to bring forward and discuss various proposals. Some that have been mentioned include: Next No Borders Camp(s) UK , Europe & International. Popular Education type road show ( Brighton NB ) "Transnational chain of action" ( London NB ) Potential action(s) Dover/Calais Dawn raid actions Decisions (1hr) This time should be used to make network-wide decisions if needed. In particular: what does the network do next on a national level? PM Open space session (2hrs) We?d like to use this session to wrap up any unfinished discussion and to provide more time for issues that come up during the gathering. Outreach (1hr, Brighton NB ) What?s the relationship between popular education and NB? How can we promote/widen the network? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It takes about 10-15 minutes from Piccadilly Train Station (at the bottom of the ramp on Piccadilly Approach) turn right up Ducie Street. After the bridge on your right, turn right and drop onto the Ashton Canal at Paradise Wharf . Turn left; continue past Piccadilly Village and under Great Ancoats Street . Walk along the canal and up the steps at bridge no 5 onto Beswick Street . Turn right and Bridge-5 Mill is the grey building on the opposite side of the bridge on your right. By bus from city centre: A bus leaves Piccadilly Gardens every few minutes for Ancoats - it takes about ten minutes. Board bus no 216 outside Nobles Amusement Arcade, ask for 'The Mitchell Arms' pub. Get off just after you see the pub on the left, on Ashton New Road , and turn left. Take an immediate right turn up Beswick Street and continue up the hill. After the second road on the left ( Spectator Street ), you'll find the entrance to Bridge-5 Mill. Travelling by car from the city centre: Make for Great Ancoats Street (the inner relief road) east of Piccadilly Train Station. Then travel out of the city centre up Old Mill Street (on the corner is an Argos superstore). Travel up Old Mill Street , past Ancoat's Hospital on the right until you come to a set of traffic lights at the cross roads of Butler Street , Beswick Street and Bradford Road . Turn right down Beswick Street , immediately over the canal bridge is Bridge-5 Mill on the right. Map http://www.multimap.com/maps/?&t=l&map=53.4875478319239,-2.21244134016019|16|4&loc=GB:53.4875478319239:-2.21244134016019:16 Friday evening If you are coming arriving in Manchester on Friday evening, please email manchesternoborders at riseup.net ASAP and let someone know how many people are coming at what time and if you need accommodation. There will be a mini bus to pick people up arriving by train etc on Friday evening so again please get in touch to make arrangements. Meals Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner will be available on Saturday and Breakfast and Lunch on Sunday. We will ask you for a ?10 donations towards the food costs for the weekend (?5 for a day). Manc No Borders --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. ----- End forwarded message ----- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From noidea at riseup.net Tue Feb 12 14:11:43 2008 From: noidea at riseup.net (noidea at riseup.net) Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:11:43 -0800 (PST) Subject: [noborders-brum] removal from birmingham airport 14th Feb 6.30am Message-ID: <2235.127.0.0.1.1202825503.squirrel@petrel.riseup.net> Hi all Wondered if anyone is free to try and stop this planned removal (I'm not cos I'm out of Birmingham for the next week). Dunno whether Helen and Alistair's campaign is planning anything at the airport? Tried calling but the phone is going straight to messaging at the moment. Its very short notice, made me think again about the need for getting stuff prepared in advance such as template leaflets and placards etc which could be adapted quickly for specific cases. Does anyone know the amount of removal flights that go thru Birmingham airport? Cos it normally seems to be london airports. noi FWD EMAIL: Helen & Alistair Itanje have been 'Snatched' Mum & baby were woken up at 6.00am on Friday 8th February by a immigration 'snatch' squad banging on their door They were quickly removed from their home and taken to Yarl's Wood IRC, where they are now and due to be forcibly removed on Thursday 14th February 2008 on Brussels Airlines flight SN2050 at 06:30 from Birmingham Airport to Brussels and onward to Douala Cameroon. Helen with help form her friends and the Cameroon Support Network, has been campaigning against the Home Office, intention to remove Alistair and herself since last November. Background information on Helen & Alistair http://www.ncadc.org.uk/archives/filed%20newszines/Newszine88/HelenItanje.html Inquiries/further information: dgalabe at yahoo.com 07946 773494 From noidea at riseup.net Mon Feb 11 14:13:43 2008 From: noidea at riseup.net (noidea at riseup.net) Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:13:43 -0800 (PST) Subject: [noborders-brum] womens day event 8th March Message-ID: <2232.127.0.0.1.1202739223.squirrel@tern.riseup.net> Hi all I'm part of a group of women organising an event for Womens day 2008. Please print and distribute the attached leaflet and tell your friends! The Drum, Aston. 2pm to 5pm - Group Discussions (Women Only) A space for us to share our life experiences. Come along and share in women?s experience from different parts of the world including: Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Zimbabwe, Kurdistan, India, Algeria and UK. 5pm to 9pm ? Social (All are welcome) Films, discussion, food, entertainment and celebration! 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Name: womendayleaflet3.doc Type: application/msword Size: 182784 bytes Desc: not available URL: From shiar at riseup.net Mon Feb 25 15:14:32 2008 From: shiar at riseup.net (Shiar) Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:14:32 -0800 (PST) Subject: [noborders-brum] report about the No Borders Gathering on Indymedia Message-ID: <17320.127.0.0.1.1203952472.squirrel@tern.riseup.net> No Borders Gathering No Borders Manchester | 25.02.2008 11:58 | Migration | Manchester http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/02/392257.html On Saturday 16th February sixty No Borders activists came together in Manchester to discuss the future of the network. The gathering was called by Manchester No Borders, and groups from Brighton, Bristol, Newcastle, Oxford, Liverpool, London, Cardiff, Birmingham and many more came for a weekend of discussions, planning and hanging out with other No Borders activists. Saturday began with a discussion about the identity of No Borders. What is No Borders, can we agree on a cohesive identity for the network? The discussion drew out some ideological conflicts within the network, but one thing that everyone agreed on was the importance of an ?anticapitalist' emphasis within No Borders. But what does this mean? How does capitalism relate to borders? This debate kept going for most of the first morning and in various conversations throughout the weekend, there was definitely a sense that this needed to be pursued and that it was at the top of the agenda (literally-pushing the pre-planned agenda into oblivion!) for many activists in the No Borders network. After a morning of theoretical discussions we began to discuss tactics. In small groups people discussed the potential conflict between small-scale more achievable actions against migration management and solidarity campaigns on the one hand, and the networks broader goals on the other. Is there a conflict? What should we focus our energies on as a network? This discussion fed in nicely to the next point on the agenda- who/what should be our target? A few key targets were pulled out of this discussion: snatch squads/dawn raids/forced removals, detentions centres, housing, airlines involved in deportations, G4S, reporting centres. Manchester, as a new group, had called this gathering to see if there was a network out there, the energy and excitement we were met with suggested, yes, there definitely is. On Sunday it emerged that there was alot of energy to decide on a national, network wide, campaign. Groups presented the pros and cons of their respective campaigns, the urgency, locality, accessibility and feasibility (in terms of action opportunities) were discussed and the final decision, with only one stand aside, was that two working groups would begin planning two national campaigns, one targeting snatch squads/forced removals and the other targeting airlines involved in deportations. The snatch squad campaign will target local security forces involved in the arrest of asylum seekers/refugees/migrants from their homes in the early hours of the morning. The campaign targeting airlines, following on from the success of XL airline, which recently halted their involvement in deportations after a similar campaign, will target high profile airlines such a Virgin. There was a lot of energy for groups to act together under the No Borders banner and feedback from local groups suggested that the knowledge and expertise available to the network will contribute to a lively and informed campaign. The next gathering is planned for September 2008 in Newcastle. www.noborders.org.uk. No Borders Manchester - e-mail: manchesternoborders at riseup.net - Homepage: http://www.noborders.org.uk From noborders-brum-contact at aktivix.org Thu Feb 28 10:12:39 2008 From: noborders-brum-contact at aktivix.org (noborders-brum-contact at aktivix.org) Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:12:39 +0000 Subject: [noborders-brum] Fwd: Please support the campaign to stop the deportation of Guy Njike Message-ID: <1204193559.47c6891770a59@www.aktivix.org:443> ----- Forwarded message from Anna Orrnert ----- Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:57:35 +0000 From: Anna Orrnert Reply-To: Anna Orrnert Subject: Please support the campaign to stop the deportation of Guy Njike To: noborders-brum-contact at aktivix.org Hello, I am writing to ask if you will support my friend Guy Njike who is facing deportation to Cameroon where he will probably be tortured. I live in Birmingham and a group of us here have started planning some activities to support Guy here - since the 2 most influential politicians in asylum cases are both in the West Midlands: Jacqui Smith - Redditch, and Liam Byrne - Hodge Hill. Would you be able to support our campaign for Guy to stay in the UK? Perhaps you would be able to forward this email to people you think might be sympathetic and willing to support us? We are also planning some protests outside Liam Byrne's constituency office and some press work. If you have time/ideas/experience in these and would like to get involved we would be immensely grateful. Guy's Case Guy was imprisoned and tortured on numerous occasions in Cameroon due to his political activities with the opposition party, the Social Democratic Front. On the last occasion his injuries were severe enough to need medical attention. Guy was able to escape from the hospital and make his way to the UK. He claimed asylum on the day he arrived, 26th August 1999. Guy heard nothing from the Home Office for 5 years until his initial interview in 2004. His claim was rejected and subsequent appeal were rejected but he was given leave to submit a fresh claim based on new information in 2005. Guy heard nothing from the Home Office until Monday 11th February 2008 when he attended his monthly reporting appointment and was detained on the spot. He was told he would be deported the following Saturday with no leave to appeal. Guy was treated like a criminal and kept in solitary confinement. Guy was terrified because he will almost certainly be imprisoned and tortured if returned to Cameroon. Thankfully Guy's case is eligible for judicial review and he has been released from detention temporarily. However, the review can only overturn the ruling based on an error of law - not the fact that Guy faces torture if returned to Cameroon. A Model Citizen Since his arrival in the UK Guy has learnt English, achieved a masters degree, worked full time to pay his way, done jury service, voted and given back hundreds of hours to his community through voluntary work, including with the Refugee Council. These are all the things the government is asking asylum seekers to do. Guy has done all this while receiving counselling from the Medical Foundation for the physical and psychological affects of torture. The Campaign Friends of Guy are campaigning for him to be allowed leave to remain in the UK. If the judicial review fails the Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, can use her discretionary powers to overturn the ruling. To do this there must be immense public pressure. The UK has treated Guy terribly. He has been kept in limbo for 9 years and been treated like a criminal. If he is returned to Cameroon he will almost certainly be tortured, something the UK government is not allowed to do under international human rights law. Will you support Guy? 1) Sign the online petition and ask everyone you know to sign ithttp://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stopdeportationofguy/ 2) Email or fax the Home Secretary - tell her to not deport Guy: http://stopdeportationofguy.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/please-tell-the-home-secretary-to-stop-the-deportation-of-guy/ 3) Email Liam Byrne, Minister of State for Borders and Immigration: http://stopdeportationofguy.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/and-please-write-to-the-minister-of-state-for-borders-and-immigration/ 4) Contact your MP and ask them to raise the issues of Guy's case with the home office: http://stopdeportationofguy.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/please-write-to-your-mp-about-guy/ You can find out more about Guy and the campaign at: http://stopdeportationofguy.wordpress.com/ We realise there are hundreds of people in the UK in a similar situation to Guy. We can only hope that by bringing individual cases to the public and media attention the government is forced to make changes to the law and prevent this horrendous treatment from happening again. Thank you for your support, Anna Orrnert Anna Orrnert Research Fellow International Development Department The University of Birmingham Email: A.M.Orrnert at bham.ac.uk Access to the best thinking on governance, conflict and social development http://www.gsdrc.org ----- End forwarded message ----- From alice.trapese at gmail.com Fri Feb 22 12:26:12 2008 From: alice.trapese at gmail.com (alice trapese) Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:26:12 +0000 Subject: [noborders-brum] donations Message-ID: hi there, its alice from brighton we got a donation of ?500 to uk network and we are trying to get ?50 to all the 10 groups we know of. we meant to do this at the gathering but your two groups are still owed please can you let us know either bank transfer details or a cheque and we will get money to you asap cheers, -- www.handbookforchange.org Check out website for new book, "Do It Yourself, A Handbook for Changing Our World" edited by The Trapese Collective