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Offener Brief an die verhandelnden Parteien - Wir machen uns große Sorgenum die Zukunft unserer pluralen Berliner Stadtgesellschaft und die vielen Errungenschaften, die in den letzten Jahren erarbeitet wurden und strukturell zu spürbaren Verbesserungen beigetragen haben.

Jacky from our Break Isolation Group speaks for International Women* Space at the Internationalist 8th March Demonstration “Our Revolution is Coming!”

Our resistance is alive. O-Platz is alive. 10 years ago the Oranienplatz in Kreuzberg and later also the Gerhart-Hauptmann School in Ohlauer Straße were occupied. To mark this anniversary, we gathered at Oranienplatz from 5.10.-9.10. and celebrated the history of the rebellious refugee movement.

Ann speaks for International Women* Space at the Rage, Resistance, Revolution! Demo organised by the Alliance of Internationalist Feminists Berlin on 25th November 2022.

Statement Concerning Illegal Deportation From Leipzig, Germany To Nairobi, Kenya on 26.10.2022 at 0055 Hrs via Evelop Airlines, SL (EVE 735)

In der Nacht vom 25./26. Oktober fand eine Sammelabschiebung nach Kenia statt. Rund 100 Personen aus dem gesamten Bundesgebiet wurden in den frühen Morgenstunden in Halle/Leipzig gesammelt und mit einem Flug der Gesellschaft Iberojet nach Nairobi abgeschoben - gegen ihren Willen und ohne jegliche Vorankündigung. Dies ist nur eine der vielen Abschiebungen, die unter anderem nach Gambia, Senegal, Ghana, Monrovia, Pakistan, Georgien, Serbien, Albanien, Bulgarien und in andere Teile Osteuropas stattfinden.

On the 6th of October 2022 Angela Davis met with several groups of women* from different parts of the world based in Berlin . The meeting, organised by International Women* Space at Stadtteilzentrum Familiengarten in Kreuzberg was about sharing views and perspectives on different feminist struggles around the world.

The lager reports are a compilation of audio messages recorded by women living in different shared accommodation facilities for refugees in Berlin and Brandenburg.The reports are coordinated by the Break Isolation Group, a self-organised refugee women only group within International Women* Space. The voices of the lager reports speak to the daily lived experiences of the women living in these facilities as well as addressing current situations, and emerging issues. Topics discussed include general living conditions, access to basic essentials and services, racism, deportations, the COVID-19 pandemic, and many outstanding other issues.

International Women* Space is pleased to share with you Angela Davis' speech at Oranienplatz during the arts and culture festival "O-Platz wird 10 - Baustelle Migration" commemorating 10 years of refugee and migrant occupations of O-Platz and the Gerhart-Hauptmann Schule in Berlin Kreuzberg.