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Migrações, democracia e liberdade na freguesia de Arroios. Conversa com Mariana Carneiro
Migrations, democracy and freedom in the parish of Arroios. Conversation with Mariana Carneiro
Event by: Tigre de Papel
Location: Tigre de Papel - Livraria, Rua de Arroios nº25, Lisboa
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Wednesday, December 4th, at 6:30 pm
Migration, democracy and freedom in the parish of Arroios. Conversation with Mariana Carneiro
The parish of Arroios is, these days, the most complete example of the true failure of public responses to the problems that arise in a city like Lisbon, increasingly abandoned to the management of tourism deals and real estate. The paradigm of this failure is the migration policy, clearly evident in the way in which the intersection of the institutions of central power, the municipality and the parish is almost reduced today to practices of a police and bureaucratic nature, more interested in promoting a clean-faced image. , even at the expense of the drama that everyone here tries to settle down and live their lives find themselves in. The intolerable impasse that conditioned the lives of countless migrant citizens, forced to remain on the streets of the parish for months, particularly in the area of the Anjos church, due to the negligence of public institutions in creating more and more bureaucratic obstacles, could only have some response through mobilization of migrant citizens themselves and activists, associations and collectives who, in solidarity, sought to respond to the most basic needs, promote forms of integration, particularly through sport, as well as monitor their document regularization process, among other issues.
To the intent and incompetence is added, however, the attempt to intimidate and silence those who have committed themselves to reporting the situation. Following a public intervention during the period reserved for participatory citizenship at a meeting of the Lisbon Municipal Assembly, Mariana Carneiro, an anti-racist activist, now finds herself faced with a criminal complaint for defamation filed by the president of the Parish Council. In this conversation, in addition to pointing out our concern with the degradation of the democratic environment in the parish, as well as our repudiation of the attempt to criminalize anti-racist political action, we will try to provide Mariana Carneiro with an overview of the events of the last year and what will follow from now on. forward.
Migration, democracy and freedom in the parish of Arroios. Conversation with Mariana Carneiro
The parish of Arroios is, these days, the most complete example of the true failure of public responses to the problems that arise in a city like Lisbon, increasingly abandoned to the management of tourism deals and real estate. The paradigm of this failure is the migration policy, clearly evident in the way in which the intersection of the institutions of central power, the municipality and the parish is almost reduced today to practices of a police and bureaucratic nature, more interested in promoting a clean-faced image. , even at the expense of the drama that everyone here tries to settle down and live their lives find themselves in. The intolerable impasse that conditioned the lives of countless migrant citizens, forced to remain on the streets of the parish for months, particularly in the area of the Anjos church, due to the negligence of public institutions in creating more and more bureaucratic obstacles, could only have some response through mobilization of migrant citizens themselves and activists, associations and collectives who, in solidarity, sought to respond to the most basic needs, promote forms of integration, particularly through sport, as well as monitor their document regularization process, among other issues.
To the intent and incompetence is added, however, the attempt to intimidate and silence those who have committed themselves to reporting the situation. Following a public intervention during the period reserved for participatory citizenship at a meeting of the Lisbon Municipal Assembly, Mariana Carneiro, an anti-racist activist, now finds herself faced with a criminal complaint for defamation filed by the president of the Parish Council. In this conversation, in addition to pointing out our concern with the degradation of the democratic environment in the parish, as well as our repudiation of the attempt to criminalize anti-racist political action, we will try to provide Mariana Carneiro with an overview of the events of the last year and what will follow from now on. forward.