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The gate to the European Union (looking towards Slovakia)

Last week I was in Ukraine attending the No-Border camp. It was held in Transcarpathia the main region of transit and labor migration to the European Union. (You could read more about the camp and its motivations here)

The camp was really interesting and also a lot of fun. I have many stories and observations but until i get around to writing them you could see pictures of my travels in my flicker. There are almost no pictures of the camp itself because people asked not to be filmed but you can get a feeling of west Ukraine. In a few days I will ad more detailed pictures of the actions.
You can also read reports from some British activists who were at the camp here and here, And if you read German here.

You should really check out these pictures of the camp here (text in Russian).

My dear freind Charlotte Misselwitz who has worked as a journalist in Israel, Palestine and Russia is now back working in her home town of Berlin. She joined us in the Anti-Nazi demo on Mayday. 

Hello friends in Russia, Israel and Palestine,
We beat them! This is what I told my colleague from the politics desk, after having come back from the Anti-Neonazi demonstration in Erfurt this first of May. The thin, tall super model type turns her beautiful head striking her dark long hair out of her face. She gives me one of her usual radiant and irritated smiles. Of course, surrounded by the morning light, the amazing view over the city from the rooftop palace that we share as an office, words like Nazi, demonstration or even Erfurt (a town in Southern Germany) are ghosts for her. They make her shiver but at the same time they don’t belong to reality. So I spare her the rest, just say there were 600 Neonazis from all over Germany and about 2000 regional demonstrators. And her world is back in order.
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