Transnational Newsletter, 7th Issue, July 2009

“What crisis?” was the reaction of an activist from Mali, as he was recently asked to comment the economical crash, “we live in a permanent crisis!”. And of course he is right, looking at the situation in many countries of the global south. Nevertheless, the last 9 months affected in a particular way the living conditions of millions of migrants, not only in the European space. Migration and labour in times of crisis is like a thread that we follow to describe the material effects of the recession in different sectors, but also experiences of resistance or refusal. The socio-political organization of migrant labour remains the crucial question from our point of view. Subsequently we - as Frassanito-network - intend to organize a series of connected discussions and events in various European cities in late autumn ‘09. Our aim is to create more exchange and transnational communication about practices of self-organization and union campaigns in the field of migrant labour. Who is interested in participating and/or in the preparation of these events, pls. contact us: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it And please help to spread the new newsletter, in both its electronic and printed version.

The seventh issue of 'Crossing Borders' is now available in english, greek and italian. To get the newsletter, download the .pdf files from the links below and print it. the newsletter contains 6 A4 pages: