22 January 2010
- For Immediate Release -

Activist group London NoBorders calls for a day of demonstrations in
London on 23rd of January under the title "Life is too short to be
controlled". [1] The day will start at 2pm at St. Pancras International to protest against the border controls at the Eurostar Terminal and will end with a rally at Piccadilly Circus, where Westminster Council's CCTV HQ is located. [2]

The Bath House Pub
96 Dean street

On tuesday the 12th of january we will be having a fundraiser/info
night for No Borders, at our new space The Bath House in Soho. This is
in anticipation of the upcoming demonstration on january 23rd in
central London, information about which can be found here:

London NoBorders will meet the fabulous Dissident Island Radio on Friday 15 January 2010. You can listen the show here live from 9pm!

On Saturday 23rd January London No Borders is organising two demos in London, one at St Pancras to protest against the UKBA and migration controls, and the other at Piccadilly Circus to protest against state surveillance.

We invite you to a public meeting on Wednesday 20th January from 7pm at The Library House,52 Knatchbull Road, Brixton, SE5 9QY, to discuss the demos in more detail.

Talk and discussion by London NoBorders@Pogo cafe, 76 Clarence Road, London, E5 8HB, 7pm

While the migration regime is fortifying itself and setting up rings of
defence around European wealth, inner control is tightening to keep
public order, at a time where the nation state already seems to be a
dead corpse.

8pm-6am at LIFT'N'HOIST, 1 Queens Row, Walworth, SE17 2PX

Featuring live bands:
* HEADJAM - metal/dub/punk
* THE LEANO - hip hop
* 52 COMMERCIAL ROAD - experimental / rock
* CAPTAIN OF THE RANT - acapella/lyrical/punk
* NUKEONROUTE - punk
* LEWIS FLOYD HENRY - one man blues band
* JAKE LAWY - a'capella/hip-hop

Plus DJs:
* XTRATS - drum'n'bass
* LITTLE MINX - breaks
* DJ ALFIE - deep tech house
* SERIFRAT (breaks, hip hop, dnb)
* REPEAT (breaks)

Suggested donation: £5

Historically borders only existed at state boundaries, now however over the last year the government has repeatedly stated adamant that:

“border control can no longer be a fixed line on a map”

From Tuesday non-Europeans applying for, or renewing visas for study or marriage, will be required to attend a UK Border Agency centre. There they will be interrogated, fingerprinted, have their details stored on a database, and will be presented with a biometric ID Card. This is the first step in a wider strategy of internalising border controls so we all have to carry cards.

On Tuesday 25th November at 12 noon No Borders South Wales will be holding a protest against the introduction of ID cards at the UKBA centre at 31-33 Newport Road, Cardiff. We will be distributing this leaflet and demonstrating that it is only through solidarity with the first people to be ‘registered’ that we can hope to oppose this scheme. There will be simultaneous protests happening at other UKBA centres around the country.
click on the picture to download a .pdf

click on the picture to download a .pdf

No Borders London will be picketing Lunar House in Croydon.

Liverpool Defy-ID, along with No Borders Manchester will be protesting outside the Liverpool centre.

Glasgow Anarchists will be protesting outside the centre in Govan.

Sheffield Anti-ID are coming together to oppose the scheme outside Vulcan House.

At the centre in Birmingham and in towns and cities where there isn’t a UKBA centre, groups and individuals will be taking to the streets to spread the word. If you can make it to any of the above protests, please do. You can download these posters (print out and stick to some card to make a placard) to display.

click on the picture to download a .pdfIn targetting a largely voiceless group, with plenty to lose by not complying, the government is following a familiar path for repressive regimes throughout history. Immigration law already gives the Home Office powers it would like to exert over everybody. Under a cloud of anti-immigration hysteria the government is increasing it’s social control and attempting to usher in unpresidented powers of surviellence over the whole population.

Earlier this week the Scottish Parliament voted against ID cards, stating the scheme would not increase security or deter crime, while raising concerns about civil liberties. The Welsh Assembly could do the same thing, but has not debated the issue.