dear people from the debian-project i'm juergen from vienna and have been working for the last few years with the european noborder network (www.noborder.org). I'm also involved with the project nobordertour/noborderzone (publixtheatrecarawan - no-racism.net/nobordertour no-racism.net/noborderzone). You might have heard about this project. We had some unwanted publicity when we got arrested in summer 2001 after the protests against the G8-meeting in genova (italy).
we'd like to invite you to come to an international border camp in strassbourg in july 2002 (19.7.2002 - 28.7.2002). The european noborder network chose strassbourg at the location for this years camp to point to the virtualisation of borders in and around Europe: Strassbourg is the location of the Schengen Information System (SIS), a database which is a major factor in the exclusive "harmonisation" of fortress Europe. Consequently, discussions and actions on issues like hackivism, open-source and the ways to intervene in the deportation machinery with technological means are on the agenda of the camp. we see an immediate connection between freedom of movement and freedom of information. the use of information technology for restriction of movement of people who are subject to racist discrimination and increasingly of those who are willing to protest against the new world order is an absurd reality, which calls for ongoing discussion and action. free movement of people and information is a core issue of a free world. restriction of freedom of movement is part of an outdated concept of society. it cannot co-exist with a world wide communication society. borders, national identities and racist exclusions are part of european history - and so is their subversion. we want to use information technology in the tradition that interfers with power relations, and work towards a world wide networked society, with an emphasis on emancipation from sexism and racism. To take this approach further and put it into interaction with other activist issues, we set up "dsec", a thread during the strasbourg bordercamp. It provides a space for the exploration of projects like the chaos computer club, debian/GNU-linux, freeBSD, indymedia and many more. "dsec" stands for �database system to enforce control�. With the schengen information system, we have one of them right at the doorstep of the camp, designed to ensure the smooth running of the deportation system. One of our main considerations is to use the SIS as a testing-ground for interventions. you can find a call to this project on [http://dsec.info]. we don't believe in hostility towards technologie - the point is to use information- and communication technology tactically and see it as an essential part of an emancipated, networked society. With dsec, we want to give momentum to the exploration of technical potentials in the resistance against the border regime - and hopefully carry on when the camp is over. The topics we have in mind so far are: - freedom of information and freedom of movement - where are the connections? (indymedia, no-racism.net, a-infos, allsorts, nadir, sindominio, no one is illegal, the voice, noborder-groups...) - the world of open source: anti-capitalist software-development? project presentations and workshops (debian, freeBSD...) - hacktivism - art and electronic disobedience (ccc, rtmark, deportation-class, communication guerilla, [EMAIL PROTECTED] shutdown -h now) - hacking and ethics - explorations of a concept - media activism - the radio stream from everywhere (undercurrents, pirate radios, activist videos, mobile media units) - virtualisation of borders - imagining invisible frontiers during the preperation of the camp we wondered if you'd be up for taking part in some way or other. We need people with the experience of a real project, with a practical and/or a theoretical background. Specifically, we are looking for people who would like to do/contribute to workshops or talk about hacktivism, ethics and hacking, open-source projects like freeBSD and debian, virtualisation of borders. dsec is an open project with the potential to develop into some sort of hacker-meeting. a space to think and a space to put ideas into practice. Ideas about the use of free media, the role of teccies, virtual public space, dealing with censorship the power of representations and the power of the streets and more. if you have an idea which projects we should invite to the camp, please let us know. would be great if you'd accept the invitation to strassbourg and look forward to discussions, workshops and actions with a whole lot of very different people. best greetings from vienna juergen schmidt --------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] shutdown -h now http://dsec.info www.noborder.org --------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
