A two day meeting at 6th and 7th of September 2014 took place in Jena.
The main discussion was about the Self-understanding of Refugee Struggle and the political potential of refugee position in EU.
Read more about the conclusion report and the keywords…
Political potential of refugee position in EU
http://lastring.org/?news=outcome-refugee-meeting-jena
Keywords: Outcome report of the refugee meeting in Jena
Oppression – situation in which people are treated in an unfair and cruel way and prevented from having opportunities and freedom.
Insecurity – not protected or not having proper social, financial and political safety.
Self-organized – self organize is a process of being aware of self-determination to develop the demand of individuals in front of a system. The group of self-organize persons in same understanding or declaration is self-organization
Resistance – fighting against something that is attacking you, or refusing to accept to be attacked.
Grass root activity – movement from bottom of society / network based from below
Germany and beyond – means Germany as the major and leading power in Europe
Autonomy – be politically and financially independent
Social and institutional racism – racism of the society by the citizens and racism of the state by laws and their execution through the competent authorities
Discrimination – treating the refugee differently, especially in a worse way from the way in which others are treated
State organs – the government, parliament, the courts, the police, the administration, etc.
Isolation culture – social exclusion and segregation have a long record in Germany and socially acceptable
Political elites – decisions-makers in the ranks of politic, economy, finance system -“Who has the power, has the right „
Self-determination – the ability and power to make decisions for yourself because you know best what you want
Personal responsibility – to be responsible for yourself and voluntary taking responsibility for reaching the common goals
Colonial injustice – injustice is a crucial term as the opposite is justice but justice by whom in front of who, colonial injustice is directly embedded in „Europe’s supremacy“
„Europe’s supremacy“- racist ideology of the Europe declaring themselves as superior, white supremacy
Colonialism – when Europe started to conquer, oppress and exploit the other continents by all kind of violence and brutality. After succeeding to maintain the dominance and keep the others under control whereby there was never a break. After so-called independence from colonial masters the power of them remain.
Neo-colonialism – is only the continuity of colonialism with modern face and same result. Today the former colonial armies of each of the western nation are joined in one big colonial army called NATO, in the western ideology the phrase of „white man’s burden“ in today terms is export of western values like democracy and human rights to „civilize“ the others means exactly the opposite as we experience all the time.
Nationwide Refugee Meeting in Jena, 6-7 Sept. 2014 in Jena
https://thevoiceforum.org/node/3719