Name: Forum for Prison Abolition: On Border Abolitionism
Start: 2024-10-12T17:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-10-12T20:00:00+02:00
Location: Stengade 50, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark

“As soon as I see a border, I either race toward it and leap over, or cross it stealthily, with a step.” - Adania Shibli
Come join Forum for Prison Abolition's monthly assembly at the 2nd floor of Folkets Hus.
It is the second session in a series of abolitionist workshops. We will put a focus on border abolitionism, drawing attention to the situation on the European borders, and surveillance technologies that are used to restrict the freedom of movement and that eventually repress people on the move. The workshop consists of three presentations, followed by discussions.
We always welcome both new people and people already active in the group. There will be some food at the meeting. So spread the word and bring friends and comrades!
Description
Borders and prisons are fundamental to managing the wealth, social inequalities, and opposition to the harms created by capitalism and the present round of neocolonial dispossession.
The (neo)colonial order that is reinforced by Western democracies is using the logic of apartheid to erect physical, psychosocial and bureaucratic barriers that divide and regulate the flow of bodies - borders restrict, punish, marginalise and violently push back illegalized and racialised bodies.
The presentation will draw on experiences made in two border regions in Europe, focusing on different institutions and technologies that are being used to restrict and violate the freedom of movement, and that are used to strengthen and protect the so-called Fortress Europe. The presentation will also focus on solidarity structures, their resistance against borders, drawing on the theory and practice of border abolitionism.