[may be rescheduled depending on the COVID situation]
Queers don’t let queers become cops.
But why?
For the same reason as why the “first pride was a riot,” as we’ve probably all heard, in more or less pinkwashed versions.
This talk will provide a brief (and nowhere near exhaustive!) overview of the history of anti-queer policing. From the police arresting people on “impersonation” charges to Compton’s Cafeteria and “Operation Soap” raids, as well as many other instances of structural police violence against queers, we’ve been shown time and time again that cops are not our friends and that while a queer person can (sometimes) become a police officer, the police as such can never be queer/ed.
After the talk, the atmosphere will get lighter, and the 2014 movie Pride (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3169706/) will be screened. Lights snacks and a special drink, Police TearsTM, will be available.
This event is a fundraiser for an individual arrested at Reykjavik Pride 2019 after being personally targeted by the Pride Board who apparently believed they were about to carry out a direct action of some kind during the Pride. They were not. They were just walking in the pride parade, along with hundreds of others, having fun and looking for their friends. But if they had been, you’d think the Pride organizers would’ve welcomed a queer-led and -focused direct action, bringing attention to the multitude of issues concerning queer individuals?
Wrong.
Instead, the Pride Board made sure to point out this particular person to the police, who arrested them without a second thought. They can do that because of the notorious Section 19 of the Icelandic Police Act, according to which the public is obliged to obey police orders, no matter what (read more about the ongoing court cases against activists using this Section here: https://www.facebook.com/nidur19, and https://adstandaupp.com/19-gr/) . The charges were dropped after a few weeks, but that does not make the experience of an arrest disappear, as arrests themselves are violent and notoriously used to bully and discourage activists. In addition to dealing with the trauma of an arrest, they’ve also had to deal with the trauma of being betrayed by their supposed queer comrades. (The 2019 Reykjavik Pride Board has still not accepted any responsibility – except for one person who has been so disillusioned by their decision that they have resigned from the Pride Parade Board – and has repeatedly supported police presence at the parade.)
The person has decided to sue the police for wrongful arrest, and so all the money raised will go to pay for the legal costs associated with this. If there is any money left, it will go to Slagtog (http://slagtog.org), a feminist self-defence collective based in Reykjavik. Feminist self-defence and community care are excellent alternatives to policing, and have been proven effective.
Looking forward to see you all! (Except cops, obviously.)
Accessibility:
There is a step before the garden gate and then 5 steps leading to the main entrance, each 17 cm high, door widths in the building vary between 50 cm (upstairs washroom door) and 80 cm (entrance door).
The bathrooms are so far only on the upper floor and in the basement. The door to the meeting room is 75 cm wide (as most other doors in the building). There is no bathroom on the ground floor.
Both washrooms in the building are gender neutral. The event takes place on the ground floor. The movie will be screened in English with English subtitles and the talk will take place in English – questions and comments in English and Icelandic will be welcome, as well as potentially other languages.
Due to COVID19, a very limited number of people will be able to take part in the event. Chairs will be spaced two metres apart and masks will need to be worn at all times, except when drinking and eating. PLEASE FOLLOW THE EVENT FOR COVID UPDATES CLOSER TO THE DATE.
English below
Polski ponizej
Filipino/Tagalog sa ibaba
Lietuviškai žemiau
Português embaixo
Komdu og hittu okkur á IWW verkalýðskaffi fyrir spjall, kaffi og snarl! Fáðu ráðgjöf um réttindi þín og hvernig þú getur skipulagt samstarfsfólk þitt í notalegu umhverfi. Allir* velkomnir!
*nema yfirmenn!
Barnapössun á staðnum!
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Come and meet us at the IWW workers’ café for a chat, coffee and snacks! Get advice on your rights and how to organize with your fellow workers in a cozy atmosphere. Everyone* welcome!
*No bosses!
Childcare provided!
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Spotkajmy się na kawę, ciasto i rozmowy w Worker’s Café organizowanej przez IWW. W bezpiecznej atmosferze dowiesz się więcej o prawach pracowników i o tym jak zorganizować swoje miejsce pracy. Spotkanie otwarte dla wszystkich*.
*oprócz szefów!
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Halina at pumunta sa IWW worker’s café. Para isang paguusap, kape at meryenda . Dito ay nakakakuha ka ng payo tungkol sa iyong karapatan at kung papaano mo ito maisasaayos kasama ng iyong kapwa manggagawa sa isang maginhawang kapaligiran. Lahat ay inaanyayahang dumalo.
*Walang amo/boss
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Ateik ir pabendrauk su mumis IWW darbininkų susitikime – bus pokalbių, kavos ir užkandžių! Jaukioje aplinkoje gauk patarimų apie savo teises ir kaip gali jų siekti kartu su bendradarbiais. Kviečiami visi*!
* išskyrus viršininkus!
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Vem e encontra-te connosco no Café dos trabalhadores IWW para conversar, há bolos e café.
Informa-te sobre os teus direitos e como te podes organizar com os teus colegas de trabalho numa atmosfera amigável. Todos são bem vindos*.
*menos os Patrões!
No Borders Iceland býður í kaffi í Andrými þriðja fimmtudag hvers mánaðar frá 15:30-17:00. Kaffistundin er ætluð öllum þeim sem elska frelsi og hata landamæri. Þú ert velkomin/n/ð óháð því hvort þú eigir vegabréf og óháð því hvað stendur á því ef þú átt svol´eiðis.
Markmiðið með kaffiboðinu er fyrst og fremst að 1) deila upplýsingum um þær lagalegu og efnislegu áskoranir sem fólk í verndarkerfinu þarf að eiga við og 2) að halda áfram að brjóta niður ósýnalegu landamærin sem halda uppi aðgreiningu fólks í samfélaginu.
Við vonum að rými líkt og það sem við ætlum að bjóða upp á muni efla skilning og samstöðu með öllu fólki sem er neytt til að hætta lífi sínu og útlimum í ferðum yfir landamæri og/eða þarf að ganga í gegnum mannskemmandi hælisleitendakerfi til þess að geta lifað öruggara lífi. Síðast en ekki síst viljum við bjóða upp á rými þar sem hægt er að slappa af, spjalla saman og jafnvel horfa á myndir eða hlusta á fyrirlestra um réttindi farandfólks og baráttuna gegn virki Evrópu og landamærum hennar.
Að sjálfsögðu er ekkert þol fyrir rasisma, útlendingaandúð, hómófóbíu, transfóbíu, kvenfyrirlitingu, aldursfordóma, fötlunarfordóma eða hvers kyns annarskonar fordómum.
Sjáumst í Andrými!
***ENGLISH***
No Borders Iceland hosts an open, free-of-charge café in Andrými the third Thursday of every month from 15:30-17:00. The café is meant for all those who love freedom and hate borders. You are welcome regardless of what it says on your passport or whether you have one at all.
Two main purposes of the café are 1) to share information about current legal and material situations for people seeking asylum in Iceland and 2) to continue breaking down the invisible borders that keep us apart from each other.
We hope moments like the café can strengthen understanding and solidarity with people who are forced to cross borders through dangerous ways and/or go through hostile asylum procedures in order to live a safer life. We also simply want to offer a space to hang out in nice company and maybe from time to time offer program of talks, movies etc. concerning migrants’ rights and the fight against Fortress Europe and its borders.
Needless to say we do not tolerate racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, ageism, ableism or any other kind of oppression.
See you in Andrými!
***ESPAGNOL***
No borders Iceland (Sin fronteras Islandia) te invita a un encuentro abierto y gratuito con café en Andrými el tercer jueves de cada mes desde las 15:30 hasta las 17:00. Este evento tiene cabida por todes aquelles que aman la libertad y odian las fronteras. Eres bienvenide sin importar que está escrito en tu pasaporte o si tienes uno si quiera.
Los dos propósitos principales del café sin fronteras son 1) compartir información acerca de la situación legal y material actuales para las personas que buscan asilo en Islandia, y 2) seguir rompiendo las fronteras invisibles que nos separan les unes de les otres.
Tenemos la esperanza de que momentos como este café puedan dar mayor fuerza al entendimiento y la solidaridad para con las personas que se ven forzadas a cruzar las fronteras en circunstancias peligrosas y/o se ven envueltas en procedimientos hostiles en busca de asilo en otros países para así tener una vida más segura. También queremos simplemente ofrecer un espacio en el que poder pasar el rato juntes con buena compañía y quizás de vez en cuando ofrecer también charlas programadas, ver películas, etc. Que estén relacionadas con los derechos de las personas que migran y la lucha contra las fronteras europeas.
No hace falta decir que hay cero tolerancia al racismo, la xenofobia, la homofobia, la transfobia, el sexismo, la discriminación por edad, la discriminación contra las personas con discapacidad y cualquier otro tipo de opresión.
¡Nos vemos en Andrými!
ACCESIBILIDAD DEL EDIFICIO:
El edificio no es accesible para silla de ruedas.
La entrada del jardín sí es accesible para silla de ruedas. Para entrar a la casa hay 5 escalones hasta la entrada principal, cada uno es 17cm. Los anchos de las puertas varían de entre 50 cm (en la puerta del servicio de la segunda planta) y 80 cm (la planta de entrada).
Los servicios se encuentran en la segunda planta y en el sótano. La puerta de acceso a la habitación de reuniones es de un ancho de 75 cm (al igual que casi todas las otras puertas del edificio). No hay servicio en la primera planta.
Ambos servicios en el edificio son de género neutro, hay etiquetas en las que puedes escribir tu nombre y chapas de pronombres en la entrada de la casa.
La habitación para niñes de la segunda planta puede ser usada para cuidados infantiles o como un espacio más calmado para aquelles que necesiten tomar un tiempo fuera de eventos para minimizar la entrada de información externa tal como sonido, luz, gente, etc.
Come over if you would like to learn how to support other people in the space, react to conflicts, get to know more about the work in our solidarity teams during bigger events or better understand why we have created the space. If you already use the space, either organising within/with your group, either as a participant, you are even more encourage to get to know how to support other participants in the space and provide a safer space for all. Andrými is open due to you, then let’s get together and talk about (why is) our radical social centre in town.
In other words – if you like Andrými as it is and want to help us make sure that the people feel welcome, taken care of and safe here and on top of that – get some useful skills – drop in!
No Borders Iceland býður í kaffi í Andrými þriðja fimmtudag hvers mánaðar frá 15:30-17:00. Kaffistundin er ætluð öllum þeim sem elska frelsi og hata landamæri. Þú ert velkomin/n/ð óháð því hvort þú eigir vegabréf og óháð því hvað stendur á því ef þú átt svol´eiðis.
Markmiðið með kaffiboðinu er fyrst og fremst að 1) deila upplýsingum um þær lagalegu og efnislegu áskoranir sem fólk í verndarkerfinu þarf að eiga við og 2) að halda áfram að brjóta niður ósýnalegu landamærin sem halda uppi aðgreiningu fólks í samfélaginu.
Við vonum að rými líkt og það sem við ætlum að bjóða upp á muni efla skilning og samstöðu með öllu fólki sem er neytt til að hætta lífi sínu og útlimum í ferðum yfir landamæri og/eða þarf að ganga í gegnum mannskemmandi hælisleitendakerfi til þess að geta lifað öruggara lífi. Síðast en ekki síst viljum við bjóða upp á rými þar sem hægt er að slappa af, spjalla saman og jafnvel horfa á myndir eða hlusta á fyrirlestra um réttindi farandfólks og baráttuna gegn virki Evrópu og landamærum hennar.
Að sjálfsögðu er ekkert þol fyrir rasisma, útlendingaandúð, hómófóbíu, transfóbíu, kvenfyrirlitingu, aldursfordóma, fötlunarfordóma eða hvers kyns annarskonar fordómum.
Sjáumst í Andrými!
***ENGLISH***
No Borders Iceland hosts an open, free-of-charge café in Andrými the third Thursday of every month from 15:30-17:00. The café is meant for all those who love freedom and hate borders. You are welcome regardless of what it says on your passport or whether you have one at all.
Two main purposes of the café are 1) to share information about current legal and material situations for people seeking asylum in Iceland and 2) to continue breaking down the invisible borders that keep us apart from each other.
We hope moments like the café can strengthen understanding and solidarity with people who are forced to cross borders through dangerous ways and/or go through hostile asylum procedures in order to live a safer life. We also simply want to offer a space to hang out in nice company and maybe from time to time offer program of talks, movies etc. concerning migrants’ rights and the fight against Fortress Europe and its borders.
Needless to say we do not tolerate racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, ageism, ableism or any other kind of oppression.
See you in Andrými!
***ESPAGNOL***
No borders Iceland (Sin fronteras Islandia) te invita a un encuentro abierto y gratuito con café en Andrými el tercer jueves de cada mes desde las 15:30 hasta las 17:00. Este evento tiene cabida por todes aquelles que aman la libertad y odian las fronteras. Eres bienvenide sin importar que está escrito en tu pasaporte o si tienes uno si quiera.
Los dos propósitos principales del café sin fronteras son 1) compartir información acerca de la situación legal y material actuales para las personas que buscan asilo en Islandia, y 2) seguir rompiendo las fronteras invisibles que nos separan les unes de les otres.
Tenemos la esperanza de que momentos como este café puedan dar mayor fuerza al entendimiento y la solidaridad para con las personas que se ven forzadas a cruzar las fronteras en circunstancias peligrosas y/o se ven envueltas en procedimientos hostiles en busca de asilo en otros países para así tener una vida más segura. También queremos simplemente ofrecer un espacio en el que poder pasar el rato juntes con buena compañía y quizás de vez en cuando ofrecer también charlas programadas, ver películas, etc. Que estén relacionadas con los derechos de las personas que migran y la lucha contra las fronteras europeas.
No hace falta decir que hay cero tolerancia al racismo, la xenofobia, la homofobia, la transfobia, el sexismo, la discriminación por edad, la discriminación contra las personas con discapacidad y cualquier otro tipo de opresión.
¡Nos vemos en Andrými!
ACCESIBILIDAD DEL EDIFICIO:
El edificio no es accesible para silla de ruedas.
La entrada del jardín sí es accesible para silla de ruedas. Para entrar a la casa hay 5 escalones hasta la entrada principal, cada uno es 17cm. Los anchos de las puertas varían de entre 50 cm (en la puerta del servicio de la segunda planta) y 80 cm (la planta de entrada).
Los servicios se encuentran en la segunda planta y en el sótano. La puerta de acceso a la habitación de reuniones es de un ancho de 75 cm (al igual que casi todas las otras puertas del edificio). No hay servicio en la primera planta.
Ambos servicios en el edificio son de género neutro, hay etiquetas en las que puedes escribir tu nombre y chapas de pronombres en la entrada de la casa.
La habitación para niñes de la segunda planta puede ser usada para cuidados infantiles o como un espacio más calmado para aquelles que necesiten tomar un tiempo fuera de eventos para minimizar la entrada de información externa tal como sonido, luz, gente, etc.
No Borders Iceland býður í kaffi í Andrými þriðja fimmtudag hvers mánaðar frá 15:30-17:00. Kaffistundin er ætluð öllum þeim sem elska frelsi og hata landamæri. Þú ert velkomin/n/ð óháð því hvort þú eigir vegabréf og óháð því hvað stendur á því ef þú átt svol´eiðis.
Markmiðið með kaffiboðinu er fyrst og fremst að 1) deila upplýsingum um þær lagalegu og efnislegu áskoranir sem fólk í verndarkerfinu þarf að eiga við og 2) að halda áfram að brjóta niður ósýnalegu landamærin sem halda uppi aðgreiningu fólks í samfélaginu.
Við vonum að rými líkt og það sem við ætlum að bjóða upp á muni efla skilning og samstöðu með öllu fólki sem er neytt til að hætta lífi sínu og útlimum í ferðum yfir landamæri og/eða þarf að ganga í gegnum mannskemmandi hælisleitendakerfi til þess að geta lifað öruggara lífi. Síðast en ekki síst viljum við bjóða upp á rými þar sem hægt er að slappa af, spjalla saman og jafnvel horfa á myndir eða hlusta á fyrirlestra um réttindi farandfólks og baráttuna gegn virki Evrópu og landamærum hennar.
Að sjálfsögðu er ekkert þol fyrir rasisma, útlendingaandúð, hómófóbíu, transfóbíu, kvenfyrirlitingu, aldursfordóma, fötlunarfordóma eða hvers kyns annarskonar fordómum.
Sjáumst í Andrými!
***ENGLISH***
No Borders Iceland hosts an open, free-of-charge café in Andrými the third Thursday of every month from 15:30-17:00. The café is meant for all those who love freedom and hate borders. You are welcome regardless of what it says on your passport or whether you have one at all.
Two main purposes of the café are 1) to share information about current legal and material situations for people seeking asylum in Iceland and 2) to continue breaking down the invisible borders that keep us apart from each other.
We hope moments like the café can strengthen understanding and solidarity with people who are forced to cross borders through dangerous ways and/or go through hostile asylum procedures in order to live a safer life. We also simply want to offer a space to hang out in nice company and maybe from time to time offer program of talks, movies etc. concerning migrants’ rights and the fight against Fortress Europe and its borders.
Needless to say we do not tolerate racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, ageism, ableism or any other kind of oppression.
See you in Andrými!
***ESPAGNOL***
No borders Iceland (Sin fronteras Islandia) te invita a un encuentro abierto y gratuito con café en Andrými el tercer jueves de cada mes desde las 15:30 hasta las 17:00. Este evento tiene cabida por todes aquelles que aman la libertad y odian las fronteras. Eres bienvenide sin importar que está escrito en tu pasaporte o si tienes uno si quiera.
Los dos propósitos principales del café sin fronteras son 1) compartir información acerca de la situación legal y material actuales para las personas que buscan asilo en Islandia, y 2) seguir rompiendo las fronteras invisibles que nos separan les unes de les otres.
Tenemos la esperanza de que momentos como este café puedan dar mayor fuerza al entendimiento y la solidaridad para con las personas que se ven forzadas a cruzar las fronteras en circunstancias peligrosas y/o se ven envueltas en procedimientos hostiles en busca de asilo en otros países para así tener una vida más segura. También queremos simplemente ofrecer un espacio en el que poder pasar el rato juntes con buena compañía y quizás de vez en cuando ofrecer también charlas programadas, ver películas, etc. Que estén relacionadas con los derechos de las personas que migran y la lucha contra las fronteras europeas.
No hace falta decir que hay cero tolerancia al racismo, la xenofobia, la homofobia, la transfobia, el sexismo, la discriminación por edad, la discriminación contra las personas con discapacidad y cualquier otro tipo de opresión.
¡Nos vemos en Andrými!
ACCESIBILIDAD DEL EDIFICIO:
El edificio no es accesible para silla de ruedas.
La entrada del jardín sí es accesible para silla de ruedas. Para entrar a la casa hay 5 escalones hasta la entrada principal, cada uno es 17cm. Los anchos de las puertas varían de entre 50 cm (en la puerta del servicio de la segunda planta) y 80 cm (la planta de entrada).
Los servicios se encuentran en la segunda planta y en el sótano. La puerta de acceso a la habitación de reuniones es de un ancho de 75 cm (al igual que casi todas las otras puertas del edificio). No hay servicio en la primera planta.
Ambos servicios en el edificio son de género neutro, hay etiquetas en las que puedes escribir tu nombre y chapas de pronombres en la entrada de la casa.
La habitación para niñes de la segunda planta puede ser usada para cuidados infantiles o como un espacio más calmado para aquelles que necesiten tomar un tiempo fuera de eventos para minimizar la entrada de información externa tal como sonido, luz, gente, etc.
Come over if you would like to learn how to support other people in the space, react to conflicts, get to know more about the work in our solidarity teams during bigger events or better understand why we have created the space. If you already use the space, either organising within/with your group, either as a participant, you are even more encourage to get to know how to support other participants in the space and provide a safer space for all.
Andrými is open due to you, then let’s get together and talk about (why is) our radical social centre in town.
In other words – if you like Andrými as it is and want to help us make sure that the people feel welcome, taken care of and safe here and on top of that – get some useful skills – drop in!
No Borders Iceland býður í kaffi í Andrými þriðja fimmtudag hvers mánaðar frá 15:30-17:00. Kaffistundin er ætluð öllum þeim sem elska frelsi og hata landamæri. Þú ert velkomin/n/ð óháð því hvort þú eigir vegabréf og óháð því hvað stendur á því ef þú átt svol´eiðis.
Markmiðið með kaffiboðinu er fyrst og fremst að 1) deila upplýsingum um þær lagalegu og efnislegu áskoranir sem fólk í verndarkerfinu þarf að eiga við og 2) að halda áfram að brjóta niður ósýnalegu landamærin sem halda uppi aðgreiningu fólks í samfélaginu.
Við vonum að rými líkt og það sem við ætlum að bjóða upp á muni efla skilning og samstöðu með öllu fólki sem er neytt til að hætta lífi sínu og útlimum í ferðum yfir landamæri og/eða þarf að ganga í gegnum mannskemmandi hælisleitendakerfi til þess að geta lifað öruggara lífi. Síðast en ekki síst viljum við bjóða upp á rými þar sem hægt er að slappa af, spjalla saman og jafnvel horfa á myndir eða hlusta á fyrirlestra um réttindi farandfólks og baráttuna gegn virki Evrópu og landamærum hennar.
Að sjálfsögðu er ekkert þol fyrir rasisma, útlendingaandúð, hómófóbíu, transfóbíu, kvenfyrirlitingu, aldursfordóma, fötlunarfordóma eða hvers kyns annarskonar fordómum.
Sjáumst í Andrými!
***ENGLISH***
No Borders Iceland hosts an open, free-of-charge café in Andrými the third Thursday of every month from 15:30-17:00. The café is meant for all those who love freedom and hate borders. You are welcome regardless of what it says on your passport or whether you have one at all.
Two main purposes of the café are 1) to share information about current legal and material situations for people seeking asylum in Iceland and 2) to continue breaking down the invisible borders that keep us apart from each other.
We hope moments like the café can strengthen understanding and solidarity with people who are forced to cross borders through dangerous ways and/or go through hostile asylum procedures in order to live a safer life. We also simply want to offer a space to hang out in nice company and maybe from time to time offer program of talks, movies etc. concerning migrants’ rights and the fight against Fortress Europe and its borders.
Needless to say we do not tolerate racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, ageism, ableism or any other kind of oppression.
See you in Andrými!
***ESPAGNOL***
No borders Iceland (Sin fronteras Islandia) te invita a un encuentro abierto y gratuito con café en Andrými el tercer jueves de cada mes desde las 15:30 hasta las 17:00. Este evento tiene cabida por todes aquelles que aman la libertad y odian las fronteras. Eres bienvenide sin importar que está escrito en tu pasaporte o si tienes uno si quiera.
Los dos propósitos principales del café sin fronteras son 1) compartir información acerca de la situación legal y material actuales para las personas que buscan asilo en Islandia, y 2) seguir rompiendo las fronteras invisibles que nos separan les unes de les otres.
Tenemos la esperanza de que momentos como este café puedan dar mayor fuerza al entendimiento y la solidaridad para con las personas que se ven forzadas a cruzar las fronteras en circunstancias peligrosas y/o se ven envueltas en procedimientos hostiles en busca de asilo en otros países para así tener una vida más segura. También queremos simplemente ofrecer un espacio en el que poder pasar el rato juntes con buena compañía y quizás de vez en cuando ofrecer también charlas programadas, ver películas, etc. Que estén relacionadas con los derechos de las personas que migran y la lucha contra las fronteras europeas.
No hace falta decir que hay cero tolerancia al racismo, la xenofobia, la homofobia, la transfobia, el sexismo, la discriminación por edad, la discriminación contra las personas con discapacidad y cualquier otro tipo de opresión.
¡Nos vemos en Andrými!
ACCESIBILIDAD DEL EDIFICIO:
El edificio no es accesible para silla de ruedas.
La entrada del jardín sí es accesible para silla de ruedas. Para entrar a la casa hay 5 escalones hasta la entrada principal, cada uno es 17cm. Los anchos de las puertas varían de entre 50 cm (en la puerta del servicio de la segunda planta) y 80 cm (la planta de entrada).
Los servicios se encuentran en la segunda planta y en el sótano. La puerta de acceso a la habitación de reuniones es de un ancho de 75 cm (al igual que casi todas las otras puertas del edificio). No hay servicio en la primera planta.
Ambos servicios en el edificio son de género neutro, hay etiquetas en las que puedes escribir tu nombre y chapas de pronombres en la entrada de la casa.
La habitación para niñes de la segunda planta puede ser usada para cuidados infantiles o como un espacio más calmado para aquelles que necesiten tomar un tiempo fuera de eventos para minimizar la entrada de información externa tal como sonido, luz, gente, etc.
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12345 (Queer) Reasons Not To Trust The Police
[may be rescheduled depending on the COVID situation]
Queers don’t let queers become cops.
But why?
For the same reason as why the “first pride was a riot,” as we’ve probably all heard, in more or less pinkwashed versions.
This talk will provide a brief (and nowhere near exhaustive!) overview of the history of anti-queer policing. From the police arresting people on “impersonation” charges to Compton’s Cafeteria and “Operation Soap” raids, as well as many other instances of structural police violence against queers, we’ve been shown time and time again that cops are not our friends and that while a queer person can (sometimes) become a police officer, the police as such can never be queer/ed.
After the talk, the atmosphere will get lighter, and the 2014 movie Pride (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3169706/) will be screened. Lights snacks and a special drink, Police TearsTM, will be available.
This event is a fundraiser for an individual arrested at Reykjavik Pride 2019 after being personally targeted by the Pride Board who apparently believed they were about to carry out a direct action of some kind during the Pride. They were not. They were just walking in the pride parade, along with hundreds of others, having fun and looking for their friends. But if they had been, you’d think the Pride organizers would’ve welcomed a queer-led and -focused direct action, bringing attention to the multitude of issues concerning queer individuals?
Wrong.
Instead, the Pride Board made sure to point out this particular person to the police, who arrested them without a second thought. They can do that because of the notorious Section 19 of the Icelandic Police Act, according to which the public is obliged to obey police orders, no matter what (read more about the ongoing court cases against activists using this Section here: https://www.facebook.com/nidur19, and https://adstandaupp.com/19-gr/) . The charges were dropped after a few weeks, but that does not make the experience of an arrest disappear, as arrests themselves are violent and notoriously used to bully and discourage activists. In addition to dealing with the trauma of an arrest, they’ve also had to deal with the trauma of being betrayed by their supposed queer comrades. (The 2019 Reykjavik Pride Board has still not accepted any responsibility – except for one person who has been so disillusioned by their decision that they have resigned from the Pride Parade Board – and has repeatedly supported police presence at the parade.)
The person has decided to sue the police for wrongful arrest, and so all the money raised will go to pay for the legal costs associated with this. If there is any money left, it will go to Slagtog (http://slagtog.org), a feminist self-defence collective based in Reykjavik. Feminist self-defence and community care are excellent alternatives to policing, and have been proven effective.
Looking forward to see you all! (Except cops, obviously.)
Accessibility:
There is a step before the garden gate and then 5 steps leading to the main entrance, each 17 cm high, door widths in the building vary between 50 cm (upstairs washroom door) and 80 cm (entrance door).
The bathrooms are so far only on the upper floor and in the basement. The door to the meeting room is 75 cm wide (as most other doors in the building). There is no bathroom on the ground floor.
Both washrooms in the building are gender neutral. The event takes place on the ground floor. The movie will be screened in English with English subtitles and the talk will take place in English – questions and comments in English and Icelandic will be welcome, as well as potentially other languages.
Due to COVID19, a very limited number of people will be able to take part in the event. Chairs will be spaced two metres apart and masks will need to be worn at all times, except when drinking and eating. PLEASE FOLLOW THE EVENT FOR COVID UPDATES CLOSER TO THE DATE.
—— Íslenska væntaleg. ———
Polski ponizej
Filipino/Tagalog sa ibaba
Lietuviškai žemiau
Português embaixo
*nema yfirmenn!
*No bosses!
*oprócz szefów!
*Walang amo/boss
* išskyrus viršininkus!
Informa-te sobre os teus direitos e como te podes organizar com os teus colegas de trabalho numa atmosfera amigável. Todos são bem vindos*.
*menos os Patrões!
***ENGLISH and SPANISH BELOW***
No Borders Iceland býður í kaffi í Andrými þriðja fimmtudag hvers mánaðar frá 15:30-17:00. Kaffistundin er ætluð öllum þeim sem elska frelsi og hata landamæri. Þú ert velkomin/n/ð óháð því hvort þú eigir vegabréf og óháð því hvað stendur á því ef þú átt svol´eiðis.
Markmiðið með kaffiboðinu er fyrst og fremst að 1) deila upplýsingum um þær lagalegu og efnislegu áskoranir sem fólk í verndarkerfinu þarf að eiga við og 2) að halda áfram að brjóta niður ósýnalegu landamærin sem halda uppi aðgreiningu fólks í samfélaginu.
Við vonum að rými líkt og það sem við ætlum að bjóða upp á muni efla skilning og samstöðu með öllu fólki sem er neytt til að hætta lífi sínu og útlimum í ferðum yfir landamæri og/eða þarf að ganga í gegnum mannskemmandi hælisleitendakerfi til þess að geta lifað öruggara lífi. Síðast en ekki síst viljum við bjóða upp á rými þar sem hægt er að slappa af, spjalla saman og jafnvel horfa á myndir eða hlusta á fyrirlestra um réttindi farandfólks og baráttuna gegn virki Evrópu og landamærum hennar.
Að sjálfsögðu er ekkert þol fyrir rasisma, útlendingaandúð, hómófóbíu, transfóbíu, kvenfyrirlitingu, aldursfordóma, fötlunarfordóma eða hvers kyns annarskonar fordómum.
Sjáumst í Andrými!
***ENGLISH***
No Borders Iceland hosts an open, free-of-charge café in Andrými the third Thursday of every month from 15:30-17:00. The café is meant for all those who love freedom and hate borders. You are welcome regardless of what it says on your passport or whether you have one at all.
Two main purposes of the café are 1) to share information about current legal and material situations for people seeking asylum in Iceland and 2) to continue breaking down the invisible borders that keep us apart from each other.
We hope moments like the café can strengthen understanding and solidarity with people who are forced to cross borders through dangerous ways and/or go through hostile asylum procedures in order to live a safer life. We also simply want to offer a space to hang out in nice company and maybe from time to time offer program of talks, movies etc. concerning migrants’ rights and the fight against Fortress Europe and its borders.
Needless to say we do not tolerate racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, ageism, ableism or any other kind of oppression.
See you in Andrými!
El edificio no es accesible para silla de ruedas.
La entrada del jardín sí es accesible para silla de ruedas. Para entrar a la casa hay 5 escalones hasta la entrada principal, cada uno es 17cm. Los anchos de las puertas varían de entre 50 cm (en la puerta del servicio de la segunda planta) y 80 cm (la planta de entrada).
Los servicios se encuentran en la segunda planta y en el sótano. La puerta de acceso a la habitación de reuniones es de un ancho de 75 cm (al igual que casi todas las otras puertas del edificio). No hay servicio en la primera planta.
Ambos servicios en el edificio son de género neutro, hay etiquetas en las que puedes escribir tu nombre y chapas de pronombres en la entrada de la casa.
La habitación para niñes de la segunda planta puede ser usada para cuidados infantiles o como un espacio más calmado para aquelles que necesiten tomar un tiempo fuera de eventos para minimizar la entrada de información externa tal como sonido, luz, gente, etc.
***ENGLISH and SPANISH BELOW***
No Borders Iceland býður í kaffi í Andrými þriðja fimmtudag hvers mánaðar frá 15:30-17:00. Kaffistundin er ætluð öllum þeim sem elska frelsi og hata landamæri. Þú ert velkomin/n/ð óháð því hvort þú eigir vegabréf og óháð því hvað stendur á því ef þú átt svol´eiðis.
Markmiðið með kaffiboðinu er fyrst og fremst að 1) deila upplýsingum um þær lagalegu og efnislegu áskoranir sem fólk í verndarkerfinu þarf að eiga við og 2) að halda áfram að brjóta niður ósýnalegu landamærin sem halda uppi aðgreiningu fólks í samfélaginu.
Við vonum að rými líkt og það sem við ætlum að bjóða upp á muni efla skilning og samstöðu með öllu fólki sem er neytt til að hætta lífi sínu og útlimum í ferðum yfir landamæri og/eða þarf að ganga í gegnum mannskemmandi hælisleitendakerfi til þess að geta lifað öruggara lífi. Síðast en ekki síst viljum við bjóða upp á rými þar sem hægt er að slappa af, spjalla saman og jafnvel horfa á myndir eða hlusta á fyrirlestra um réttindi farandfólks og baráttuna gegn virki Evrópu og landamærum hennar.
Að sjálfsögðu er ekkert þol fyrir rasisma, útlendingaandúð, hómófóbíu, transfóbíu, kvenfyrirlitingu, aldursfordóma, fötlunarfordóma eða hvers kyns annarskonar fordómum.
Sjáumst í Andrými!
***ENGLISH***
No Borders Iceland hosts an open, free-of-charge café in Andrými the third Thursday of every month from 15:30-17:00. The café is meant for all those who love freedom and hate borders. You are welcome regardless of what it says on your passport or whether you have one at all.
Two main purposes of the café are 1) to share information about current legal and material situations for people seeking asylum in Iceland and 2) to continue breaking down the invisible borders that keep us apart from each other.
We hope moments like the café can strengthen understanding and solidarity with people who are forced to cross borders through dangerous ways and/or go through hostile asylum procedures in order to live a safer life. We also simply want to offer a space to hang out in nice company and maybe from time to time offer program of talks, movies etc. concerning migrants’ rights and the fight against Fortress Europe and its borders.
Needless to say we do not tolerate racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, ageism, ableism or any other kind of oppression.
See you in Andrými!
El edificio no es accesible para silla de ruedas.
La entrada del jardín sí es accesible para silla de ruedas. Para entrar a la casa hay 5 escalones hasta la entrada principal, cada uno es 17cm. Los anchos de las puertas varían de entre 50 cm (en la puerta del servicio de la segunda planta) y 80 cm (la planta de entrada).
Los servicios se encuentran en la segunda planta y en el sótano. La puerta de acceso a la habitación de reuniones es de un ancho de 75 cm (al igual que casi todas las otras puertas del edificio). No hay servicio en la primera planta.
Ambos servicios en el edificio son de género neutro, hay etiquetas en las que puedes escribir tu nombre y chapas de pronombres en la entrada de la casa.
La habitación para niñes de la segunda planta puede ser usada para cuidados infantiles o como un espacio más calmado para aquelles que necesiten tomar un tiempo fuera de eventos para minimizar la entrada de información externa tal como sonido, luz, gente, etc.
***ENGLISH and SPANISH BELOW***
No Borders Iceland býður í kaffi í Andrými þriðja fimmtudag hvers mánaðar frá 15:30-17:00. Kaffistundin er ætluð öllum þeim sem elska frelsi og hata landamæri. Þú ert velkomin/n/ð óháð því hvort þú eigir vegabréf og óháð því hvað stendur á því ef þú átt svol´eiðis.
Markmiðið með kaffiboðinu er fyrst og fremst að 1) deila upplýsingum um þær lagalegu og efnislegu áskoranir sem fólk í verndarkerfinu þarf að eiga við og 2) að halda áfram að brjóta niður ósýnalegu landamærin sem halda uppi aðgreiningu fólks í samfélaginu.
Við vonum að rými líkt og það sem við ætlum að bjóða upp á muni efla skilning og samstöðu með öllu fólki sem er neytt til að hætta lífi sínu og útlimum í ferðum yfir landamæri og/eða þarf að ganga í gegnum mannskemmandi hælisleitendakerfi til þess að geta lifað öruggara lífi. Síðast en ekki síst viljum við bjóða upp á rými þar sem hægt er að slappa af, spjalla saman og jafnvel horfa á myndir eða hlusta á fyrirlestra um réttindi farandfólks og baráttuna gegn virki Evrópu og landamærum hennar.
Að sjálfsögðu er ekkert þol fyrir rasisma, útlendingaandúð, hómófóbíu, transfóbíu, kvenfyrirlitingu, aldursfordóma, fötlunarfordóma eða hvers kyns annarskonar fordómum.
Sjáumst í Andrými!
***ENGLISH***
No Borders Iceland hosts an open, free-of-charge café in Andrými the third Thursday of every month from 15:30-17:00. The café is meant for all those who love freedom and hate borders. You are welcome regardless of what it says on your passport or whether you have one at all.
Two main purposes of the café are 1) to share information about current legal and material situations for people seeking asylum in Iceland and 2) to continue breaking down the invisible borders that keep us apart from each other.
We hope moments like the café can strengthen understanding and solidarity with people who are forced to cross borders through dangerous ways and/or go through hostile asylum procedures in order to live a safer life. We also simply want to offer a space to hang out in nice company and maybe from time to time offer program of talks, movies etc. concerning migrants’ rights and the fight against Fortress Europe and its borders.
Needless to say we do not tolerate racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, ageism, ableism or any other kind of oppression.
See you in Andrými!
El edificio no es accesible para silla de ruedas.
La entrada del jardín sí es accesible para silla de ruedas. Para entrar a la casa hay 5 escalones hasta la entrada principal, cada uno es 17cm. Los anchos de las puertas varían de entre 50 cm (en la puerta del servicio de la segunda planta) y 80 cm (la planta de entrada).
Los servicios se encuentran en la segunda planta y en el sótano. La puerta de acceso a la habitación de reuniones es de un ancho de 75 cm (al igual que casi todas las otras puertas del edificio). No hay servicio en la primera planta.
Ambos servicios en el edificio son de género neutro, hay etiquetas en las que puedes escribir tu nombre y chapas de pronombres en la entrada de la casa.
La habitación para niñes de la segunda planta puede ser usada para cuidados infantiles o como un espacio más calmado para aquelles que necesiten tomar un tiempo fuera de eventos para minimizar la entrada de información externa tal como sonido, luz, gente, etc.
Public meeting open to everyone who wish to bring back the community kitchen and dinners that we used to host in Andrými.
***ENGLISH and SPANISH BELOW***
No Borders Iceland býður í kaffi í Andrými þriðja fimmtudag hvers mánaðar frá 15:30-17:00. Kaffistundin er ætluð öllum þeim sem elska frelsi og hata landamæri. Þú ert velkomin/n/ð óháð því hvort þú eigir vegabréf og óháð því hvað stendur á því ef þú átt svol´eiðis.
Markmiðið með kaffiboðinu er fyrst og fremst að 1) deila upplýsingum um þær lagalegu og efnislegu áskoranir sem fólk í verndarkerfinu þarf að eiga við og 2) að halda áfram að brjóta niður ósýnalegu landamærin sem halda uppi aðgreiningu fólks í samfélaginu.
Við vonum að rými líkt og það sem við ætlum að bjóða upp á muni efla skilning og samstöðu með öllu fólki sem er neytt til að hætta lífi sínu og útlimum í ferðum yfir landamæri og/eða þarf að ganga í gegnum mannskemmandi hælisleitendakerfi til þess að geta lifað öruggara lífi. Síðast en ekki síst viljum við bjóða upp á rými þar sem hægt er að slappa af, spjalla saman og jafnvel horfa á myndir eða hlusta á fyrirlestra um réttindi farandfólks og baráttuna gegn virki Evrópu og landamærum hennar.
Að sjálfsögðu er ekkert þol fyrir rasisma, útlendingaandúð, hómófóbíu, transfóbíu, kvenfyrirlitingu, aldursfordóma, fötlunarfordóma eða hvers kyns annarskonar fordómum.
Sjáumst í Andrými!
***ENGLISH***
No Borders Iceland hosts an open, free-of-charge café in Andrými the third Thursday of every month from 15:30-17:00. The café is meant for all those who love freedom and hate borders. You are welcome regardless of what it says on your passport or whether you have one at all.
Two main purposes of the café are 1) to share information about current legal and material situations for people seeking asylum in Iceland and 2) to continue breaking down the invisible borders that keep us apart from each other.
We hope moments like the café can strengthen understanding and solidarity with people who are forced to cross borders through dangerous ways and/or go through hostile asylum procedures in order to live a safer life. We also simply want to offer a space to hang out in nice company and maybe from time to time offer program of talks, movies etc. concerning migrants’ rights and the fight against Fortress Europe and its borders.
Needless to say we do not tolerate racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, ageism, ableism or any other kind of oppression.
See you in Andrými!
El edificio no es accesible para silla de ruedas.
La entrada del jardín sí es accesible para silla de ruedas. Para entrar a la casa hay 5 escalones hasta la entrada principal, cada uno es 17cm. Los anchos de las puertas varían de entre 50 cm (en la puerta del servicio de la segunda planta) y 80 cm (la planta de entrada).
Los servicios se encuentran en la segunda planta y en el sótano. La puerta de acceso a la habitación de reuniones es de un ancho de 75 cm (al igual que casi todas las otras puertas del edificio). No hay servicio en la primera planta.
Ambos servicios en el edificio son de género neutro, hay etiquetas en las que puedes escribir tu nombre y chapas de pronombres en la entrada de la casa.
La habitación para niñes de la segunda planta puede ser usada para cuidados infantiles o como un espacio más calmado para aquelles que necesiten tomar un tiempo fuera de eventos para minimizar la entrada de información externa tal como sonido, luz, gente, etc.
Public meeting open to everyone who wish to participate in the organising of the free supermarket
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