12.05.07. I’ll start with the cliché: the last month feels like a lifetime. One month ago today was the official opening of the No Borders Camp [that took place in Calexico/Mexicali - in the militarized space commonly referred to as the US/Mexico border]. The camp, though, as an idea, a project and a process began somewhere in the realm of 2 years ago.

The No Borders Camp, as defined by those involved, has always been about the process. High priority goals were to build relationships and, indeed, a network or networks of radical folks opposed to borders; folks fighting against this border and for freedom of movement; for an end to detention and deportation, for a world free of racism and xenophobia and so much more. The process of this project and any future work comes from an anarchist, anti-authoritarian base that honors collectivity. I hope that like the groups and individuals I work with locally, all those involved seek accountability for their words and actions. If we can be responsible to ourselves, our communities and our movements, we actually may have something formidable to offer... read on

Here's a graphic to advertise the upcoming noborders camp in mexicali/calexico, 5-11 november 2007. There's a small version to add as a button or banner ad to websites, a larger jpg format also for the web and a pdf to download and print: http://la.indymedia.org/news/2007/10/208218.php