We have been alerted, we have been warned: three significant outbursts of indignation and information from an overlooked flashpoint in Fortress Europe’s worsening border crisis: the Bosnian-Croatian border.
The Balkanroute in 2019: Camps, Cops, and Corruption Read More »
Traversing the Balkanroute is much more daunting now: double layered electrified fences, vigilante guards, virtually no state support for migrants. The biggest winners from the militarization of borders appear to be smugglers and corrupt government officials.
The Balkanroute, Three Years On Read More »
“It’s really clear that the states and the big NGOs are failing, so there have been lots of people who have decided to do something–and often very strong, direct actions.”
Politics and Praxis on the Balkanroute Read More »
Joey is from Lebanon; Aida is from Bosnia. They found opportunity to make many interesting comparisons between Lebanon and Bosnia looking at the ongoing impacts of the Taif Agreement and the Dayton Accords through a feminist lens.
No Peace in Patriarchy Read More »
The plan of the Serbian government to evict the squats and move people to remote areas is happening in line with overall EU practices pushing people out of sight and detaining them in isolation with no possibility to organize.
Refugees Seeking Freedom Get the Opposite Read More »
Long read: Observations from years of improvised refugee solidarity on the Greek frontier island of Samos
This Is Our Life Together Read More »
Each day rolls into the next, and SNAFU remains the reality. We must all pull together.
Winter Is Coming Again, and Everything Is Still Fucked Read More »
A year after Aylan Kurdi made the EU border crisis famous, a film to remind us of the intense times that followed (and, though mutilated, continue).
Cinema Utopia: Exile 2.0 Read More »
We need to stop saying “Just when we thought it couldn’t get any worse…” Who seriously thinks it can’t get any worse? Still, there are things we can do–or rather, not do.
Without foregoing for a moment our basic demand for open borders, we feel the need to gather our forces toward the creation of decent living conditions for refugees in our neighborhoods.
Squat the Earth! We Will All Live Together! Read More »
