°Without the crossing there is no border
Filed under: Biowar + Precarious precarity + Borders + Movement + Screen + Universities
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Heya, you may be interested in the fact that I wrote briefly about this film a few weeks ago.
Jon [June 25, 2009 @ 12:36 pm]
And speaking of the (implicit and explicit) criteria of border control:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/aug/03/immigrations-citizenship-points-phil-woolas
benjamin [August 4, 2009 @ 9:18 am]
And speaking of the SOAS cleaners, it is nice to see UNITE people playing such a conventional role in attempting to marginalize and delegitimate people in apparently inconvenient conflict and struggle - for example, by smearing those involved in the recent SOAS struggles as being in the pay of the employers: see http://thecommune.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/exposed-soas-unison-rmt-and-unite-cleaner-activists-in-the-pay-of-the-bosses/
More locally, the CFMEU has taken a stand against foreigners, making a submission to the ‘Inquiry into the Welfare of International Students’ bravely demanding the removal of any work rights from visas which might have such people, or other foreigners, in the same labor markets as CFMEU members, or in fact those of any of the trades, in order to protect the interests of Australia and Australians. If one was an international student in any workplace covered by the CFMEU, it might be appropriate to be concerned that the union might take upon itself the role of immigration cop, of enforcer of visa conditions, of checkpoint demanding papers, as the NSW branch of the union did in the not-so-distant past.
benjamin [August 20, 2009 @ 1:41 am]
The CFMEU’s submission is available here
benjamin [August 20, 2009 @ 12:38 pm]