vite all mobile radio- and camcorder-activists, tactical webmasters, communication guerilleros, soundsystems, dj's, musi- cians, artists, and anyone else to the camp and to contribute to it in any way possible. Like the intervention in 1998, this one aims to disturb an atmosphere where comfortable denunciations of refugees and migrants are the norm; where high-tech armed border-police with mystified "state of emergency"-type powers prosper; and where racism is a mainstream trend in German society, encouraging the rise of neofascists who control the public spaces in many towns and cities in Eastern Germany. We will make concrete our opposition of business-as-usual chases of “ille- gals" along German as well as any or every EU border--chases that have caused the death of many people (about 90 since 1993 on Germany's eastern border and more than 1100 on all East-West borders). In particular, this event and the cam- paign of which it is a part will emphasise that the growing institutional apparatus supporting these things is unacceptable: the “foreigners administration,” German legislation against asylum-seekers and migrants, the Schengen system, and any other such effort to keep out migrants and refugees or to freeze out those who are already here. But more than merely op- pose these things, this campaign and this event encourage solidarity and widespread civil disobedience against anti- grant laws and culture. ial We want to publicise the very real possibility of a radically different way of treating people who enter Europe for whatev- in! er reason--for refuge from war or civil war; from persecution, social, or sexual harassment; or even simply to put their life n a new perspective. In this respect, we fundamentally disagree with liberal pretenders who would distinguish between “political” asylum-seekers, who they welcome, and "economic" refugees, who they reject. We believe that ALL people have ai the right to live wherever and however they please. Borders impede freedom of movement and unrestricted access to "Fortress Europe,” and therefore should disappear. Last year in Eastern Saxony we succeeded in getting commune officials, the state police, and the federal border police (the Bundesgrenzschutz) to question their policies, and even to change some of their positions. Our manifestations, demonstra- Bal tions, and a 36-hour rave opened up some checkpoints on the German-Polish border from strict control. Our efforts included free music and radio performances for those being deported in Goerlitzm a streetball event with a fa mous Berlin basketball player, the establishment of a camp radio, attacks on Nazi gathering sites, a big “Antiracist regatta’ on the river Neisse, and “winning” a bicycle race in Goerlitz to promote a case involving a secret border crossing-- all of this in order to help people to cross and to live in dignity in Germany. Our distribution of a high-circulation camp newspaper ‘sought to clarify our demands to the populations living along the border and to claim responsibility for our actions. On a sad: =| der note, we contributed to a spontaneous demonstration in Freiberg (on the German-Czech border) in which 7 Kosovo- Albanians died and the remaining 21 were severely injured in a crash after being chased by the federal border police. The "1999 Antiracist Summer Camp" will be from August 7th till 15th , some hundred meters near the border triangle be- EZ tween Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.We invite all interested groups and people to come, to participate, and to contribute to the camp. In particular, we will focus on discussing ways to flesh out this campaign. We sincerely hope that groups from other European countries--especially Eastern Europe-will offer reports, these about the rise of the border | regime, and insights into various aspects of their regions’ minorities, refugees, and migrants. i We're looking forward to a wide range of contributions, performances, lectures, panel discussions, concerts, and parties. -and, of course, lots of public or clandestine actions. But none of this a "ticket": everyone is welcome in the camp, active = contributor or silent presence alike. These gatherings and exchanges of information will promote an independent network al of camps and castles organised around not borders and territories but, rather, ideals--freedom of movement and an access everywhere and always. These goals take many forms: grassroots anti-racist groups, migrant organisations, efforts to sup- port any or every kinds of refugee, media and art activism, or any other intervention *for* human autonomy and *against* = the rise of regimes, apparatuses, and cultures that maintain and entrench exclusionary borders.There will probably be some simultaneous, parallel camps at the at the militarised US-Mexico border, and perhaps in Belgium and Austria as well. We hope to exchange as much as possible between these efforts. TTT phone: +4+49/172/8910825