[Resistance-precarity] FW: 'Precarity Block' against G8 summit!(invitation from Berlin)

[Lydia Molyneaux]

Hi,

Here's a very interesting call-out from some comrades who aim "to link 
activism on precarity with the resistance to the G8 summit" in Germany next 
month. Sound familiar? Something like what we were doing with the Carnival 
for Full Enjoyment two years ago. I'm now starting to feel inspired to go – 
anyone else?

LM


Dear Maydayers,

In a follow-up to the recent mails on this list to mobilise the Euromayday
network and other precarity activists as a common force to the G8 summit
protests, we would like to invite you to come to Germany. This implies
a common
block at the demo (2 June), a common blockade in the mass blockades and
a common
space in the camp (sleeping spaces).

Attached is a call out - it would be great if you could spread it in your
circles.

More concretely, we welcome the proposal to gather in Hamburg and
Berlin to join
forces as a precarity block and prepare the common actions and visuals. 
Please
bring T-shirts, superhero outfits, and any creative output which has come 
out
of this network in the past few years! We would be happy to welcome you in 
the
week before the summit. If there is enough interest, we will hold an
information event (around 1 June) for the Euromayday Block.

But in order to organise this, we need to know, roughly, how many
people want to
come as a precarity block. Maybe the different cities can indicate in the 
next
two weeks over this list how many people want to come to Berlin or Hamburg
before the summit. Please indicate number of people and which city.

On an important note, we want to stress here that we decided to mobilise for
this ‘Precarity Block’ in the framework of the MASS BLOCKADES
(BlockG8 campaign, http://www.block-g8.org/).

Please let us know if you want to come and join us and we hope you appear in
great numbers!

Dispensables, Superheroes, San Precarios, Serpica Naros, … of the 
world,
unite and take over!

(Euro)Mayday Berlin/Hamburg


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CALL for a common block at the mass demonstration and at the mass blockades
against the G8 summit

The Dispensables* and precarious Superheroes: the Unbeatables

Together with tens of thousands of others, The Dispensables and the
Superheroes
will take part in the mass demonstration and the mass blockades during the 
G8
summit in northern Germany, Heiligendamm. The Dispensables* wear white masks
and red hoodies, occupying social welfare offices in countries where they 
are
disappearing and invaded and ate from the plates of the rich and the 
political
establishment in a Berlin restaurant.

The Superheroes have appeared over the past years in various settings:
from mega
barrios in the slums in Mexico to Superflex and Spidermum in the Euromayday
parade in Milan. Also in Hamburg, activists, dressed as comic heroes, robbed
groceries from a luxury delicatessen shop, distributed the booty amongst the
precarious and called on people to join them in the Euromayday parade in
Hamburg.

A common element of these diverse activities is that they highlight the
invisibility of most precarious working and living conditions. They feel
affinity with the sans papiers, piqueteros, landless peasants, and the
invisibles.

At the same time, trade unions are no longer capable of representing the
precarious work force. The one-time image of the workers movement (e.g.
muscular man with hammer in his hand) does not represents a positive 
reference
point for precarious workers. The figure of the Superhero makes the 
potential
power of the precarious people visible: everyone can be a Superhero. It is 
not
us who are dispensable, but capitalism!

Dispensable and illegitimate is also the politics of the G8, who share
considerable responsibility for precarisation. It is our aim to link 
activism
on precarity with the resistance to the G8 summit. We want to emphasise that
the blockades are more than a one-off event: from the flying pickets of the
Gate Gourmet labour struggles in Heathrow and Düsseldorf to the piquetero
blockades of the unemployed workers in Argentina and the blockades of
the train
tracks during the CPE protests in France: blockades have become essential
elements in the struggles of the precarious. This is why we view the Block8
campaign as a general practise for every-day civil disobedience.

In this spirit: pack your super hero costumes, put on your white masks and
travel to Heiligendamm! Dispensables and Superheroes, participate in
the common
block in the mass demonstration on 2 June in Rostock and at the mass 
blockades
during the G8 summit in Heiligendamm!

More information on the Dispensables, Super Heroes, Euromayday and
precarisation:
http://hamburg.euromayday.org
http://berlin.euromayday.org
http://www.ueberfluessig.tk
http://www.block-g8.org

Video of 'Superhero'-Block on Euromayday Parade in Hamburg:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cxu6FtPofQ

* The Dispensables (in German: die Überflüssigen) are people who carry
out civil
disobedience actions under the same name in different parts in Germany.
The name
signifies a critique of the capitalist economic system which has made 
certain
population groups dispensable and forces people into precarity.

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Dear Maydayers,

In a follow-up to the recent mails on this list to mobilise the Euromayday
network and other precarity activists as a common force to the G8 summit
protests, we would like to invite you to come to Germany. This implies
a common
block at the demo (2 June), a common blockade in the mass blockades and
a common
space in the camp (sleeping spaces).

Attached is a call out - it would be great if you could spread it in your
circles.

More concretely, we welcome the proposal to gather in Hamburg and
Berlin to join
forces as a precarity block and prepare the common actions and visuals. 
Please
bring T-shirts, superhero outfits, and any creative output which has come 
out
of this network in the past few years! We would be happy to welcome you in 
the
week before the summit. If there is enough interest, we will hold an
information event (around 1 June) for the Euromayday Block.

But in order to organise this, we need to know, roughly, how many
people want to
come as a precarity block. Maybe the different cities can indicate in the 
next
two weeks over this list how many people want to come to Berlin or Hamburg
before the summit. Please indicate number of people and which city.

On an important note, we want to stress here that we decided to mobilise for
this ‘Precarity Block’ in the framework of the MASS BLOCKADES
(BlockG8 campaign, http://www.block-g8.org/).

Please let us know if you want to come and join us and we hope you appear in
great numbers!

Dispensables, Superheroes, San Precarios, Serpica Naros, … of the 
world,
unite and take over!

(Euro)Mayday Berlin/Hamburg


--------------
--------------

CALL for a common block at the mass demonstration and at the mass blockades
against the G8 summit

The Dispensables* and precarious Superheroes: the Unbeatables

Together with tens of thousands of others, The Dispensables and the
Superheroes
will take part in the mass demonstration and the mass blockades during the 
G8
summit in northern Germany, Heiligendamm. The Dispensables* wear white masks
and red hoodies, occupying social welfare offices in countries where they 
are
disappearing and invaded and ate from the plates of the rich and the 
political
establishment in a Berlin restaurant.

The Superheroes have appeared over the past years in various settings:
from mega
barrios in the slums in Mexico to Superflex and Spidermum in the Euromayday
parade in Milan. Also in Hamburg, activists, dressed as comic heroes, robbed
groceries from a luxury delicatessen shop, distributed the booty amongst the
precarious and called on people to join them in the Euromayday parade in
Hamburg.

A common element of these diverse activities is that they highlight the
invisibility of most precarious working and living conditions. They feel
affinity with the sans papiers, piqueteros, landless peasants, and the
invisibles.

At the same time, trade unions are no longer capable of representing the
precarious work force. The one-time image of the workers movement (e.g.
muscular man with hammer in his hand) does not represents a positive 
reference
point for precarious workers. The figure of the Superhero makes the 
potential
power of the precarious people visible: everyone can be a Superhero. It is 
not
us who are dispensable, but capitalism!

Dispensable and illegitimate is also the politics of the G8, who share
considerable responsibility for precarisation. It is our aim to link 
activism
on precarity with the resistance to the G8 summit. We want to emphasise that
the blockades are more than a one-off event: from the flying pickets of the
Gate Gourmet labour struggles in Heathrow and D?sseldorf to the piquetero
blockades of the unemployed workers in Argentina and the blockades of
the train
tracks during the CPE protests in France: blockades have become essential
elements in the struggles of the precarious. This is why we view the Block8
campaign as a general practise for every-day civil disobedience.

In this spirit: pack your super hero costumes, put on your white masks and
travel to Heiligendamm! Dispensables and Superheroes, participate in
the common
block in the mass demonstration on 2 June in Rostock and at the mass 
blockades
during the G8 summit in Heiligendamm!

More information on the Dispensables, Super Heroes, Euromayday and
precarisation:
http://hamburg.euromayday.org
http://berlin.euromayday.org
http://www.ueberfluessig.tk
http://www.block-g8.org

Video of 'Superhero'-Block on Euromayday Parade in Hamburg:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cxu6FtPofQ

* The Dispensables (in German: die ?berfl?ssigen) are people who carry
out civil
disobedience actions under the same name in different parts in Germany.
The name
signifies a critique of the capitalist economic system which has made 
certain
population groups dispensable and forces people into precarity.

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