Updates from the Montgenevre’ border
Over the past weeks, the people passing through and the solidarity against this border has not stopped. Last Tuesday, the italian cops showed up again at Oulx bus station. They asked for documents, effectively stopping who didn’t have papers from taking the 8:55 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. buses and reach the border. Whether some man…
UPDATE FROM THE MONGINEVRO BORDER
On Thursday, August 5th, the Ex Occupied Customs Office of Claviere was evicted. The building had been occupied six days before by a large group of people who since then had been engaged in the construction of a self-organized solidarity refuge against the borders. At about 5:30 a.m., while every access way to the village…
EVICTION OF THE OCCUPIED FORMER CUSTOMS HOUSE
This morning at 6 o’clock we woke up to the shots of carabinieri, police and firemen destroying the barricades. We are currently on our way out, being identified and denounced for aggravated occupation. The people of passage without papers who were at the infopoint were removed by the Red Cross and the police to identify…
The Occupied Customs calls
The first day in the occupied customs house was intense and participated. The works on the construction of the self-organised refuge continued uninterruptedly and we maintained a massive presence inside and outside the building. There was an immediate and widespread solidarity from both sides of the Alps. The shy and awkward presence of the cops…
CLAVIERE’S EX CUSTOMS OCCUPIED | AGAINST EVERY BORDER
Today, we have occupied Claviere’s ex customs. The building place that represented both border’s control and repression, and free circulation of products and tourists, now becomes a self-organized refuge, a space for political organization and direct solidarity, free and open to everyone. We decided to occupy again to maintain a presence on the border and…
UPDATE FROM THE MONGINEVRO BORDER
The cross-border camp has been resisting in Claviere for more than 20 days. The border and its deadly dynamics continue to change and from here we continue to monitor and act against the violence that the states perpetrate on those who want to cross it and on those who are determined to oppose it. At…
PROGRAM OF THE CAMPING – 14/15/16 MAY
FRIDAY 14th 3pm arrival and set up (follow radio blackout, radio onda d’urto in streaming and passamontagna.info to reach us) 6pm camp presentation 8pm collective dinner (bring something to share!). Followed by an evening around the campfire SATURDAY 15th 9am breakfast 11am departure resistant walk on the border 1pm packed lunch 4pm no border games…
THE CASA CANTONIERA OCCUPATA HAD BEEN EVICTED. PUBLIC ASSEMBLY TODAY TO REORGANISE
This morning the occupied Casa Cantoniera in Oulx was evicted. Inside there were more than sixty people including several families. Despite the pandemic and the red zones, the state once again did not mind throwing people out on the street, in an attempt to destroy solidarity and weaken the struggle at the border. Apart from…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US
On 11 December, the self-managed Chez JesOulx Refugee called for a walk on the French-Italian border, to underline its oppressive presence and the massive deployment of police to guard the area, a daily theatre of forced rejections. Under the persistent gaze of Digos and police, we crossed the snowy border and approached the PAF, where…
da Fb- Chezjesoulx rifugio autogestito LOCKDOWN CALL – URGENT NEEDS The new quarantine and measures imposed by the recent dpcm are creating several difficulties for people in transit and daily life in this border area. The ChezJesOulx Self-Organized Solidarity Refuge calls for the active solidarity of all those people interested in supporting the fight against…