Friday 4th July
17.00-18.30: Welcome roundtable
10 years ago people on the move forced open the racist borders of Fortress Europe, walking on highways from Budapest towards Berlin, showing the impact that collective, direct actions can have. We need more of these examples, in a moment when we are asphyxiated by the ugly hegemony of the far right and its deadly policies. We want to project a different political horizon, and think together at concrete defiance practices that we can adopt to resist the violence of borders.
Panel hosts: Open Dreams, RESQSHIP, O-Platz
Saturday 5th July
10.30-13.00 Workshop: Camps and Housing
We’re the voices they tried to silence. The survivors they couldn’t break.
We’ve slept in shelters that felt like prisons, fought racist bureaucrats in their own offices, and turned our trauma into unshakable resistance. Today, we’re bringing that FIRE to the festival!
Come close – we’ve got real talk you won’t hear anywhere else:
Shelter survival hacks they don’t teach you
How to outsmart the system that wants to break you
Stories that will make you laugh, rage, and rise up
This ain’t no sad victim story – this is MIGRANT POWER in action. We’ve got a whole arsenal of tips, tricks and truth bombs to share. Ask us anything – we’ve lived through it all.
See you in the front row. Bring your anger, and your good mood your questions, and your power. Let’s turn this festival into a movement!
Workshop hosts: activists from migranos mouvement, with support from solid base
14.00-15.00: short documentary screening
Documentary by: people with migration background
15.00-17.00 Workshop: Police and deportation
Racially profiled ID checks and deportations, one possibly leading into the other, are some of the most visible manifestation of Fortress Europe and its internal borders. What are the rights of people in these situations, what can be done to oppose this form of violence? The workshop aims to equip people with tools and knowledge, both when they are witness or subject to these practices.
Throughout the day
Printing and exhibition!
Sunday 6th July
10.00-12.00 Workshop: banner making
Let’s create the banners for the protest!
13.00-15.00 Closing march
The only possible way to close Scirocco Festival: protest!