Hi everyone,
The call was made after people from Spain, Greece and Canada contacted
comrades in Turkey proposing them a weekend of international solidarity
actions. The call passed from the assembly in Taksim Square and was
disseminated from many different sources.

The call has already inspired dozens of events that will be taking place
around the world this weekend (only in Greece I know of 10 different
protests and other events being organised). I think that indeed this should
be an opportunity for a broader collaboration not only in protesting but in
creating alternatives, teaching and learning, of ordinary people like us
around the world..
In solidarity
Nikolaos

On 7 June 2013 07:15, <marknbarrett@...> wrote:

> Please see message below from Knut activist from Right to City / Urban
> Space / Participatory Planning international network (and personally based
> in Germany ) and kindly respond accordingly!
> Sent from phone
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Knut Unger, MV Witten" <knut.unger@...>
> Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:13:07
> To: <marknbarrett@...>; Reclaiming Spaces<
> reclaiming-spaces@...>
> Subject: HOW TO SUPPORT Re: [reclaiming-spaces]   Global Call to Action in
>  Solidarity with Turkey J8 & J9
>
> Before the main message behind the censorship issue dissappears:
>
> There is something like a global call for international Solidarity with
> #OccupyGezin by "occupying" and "reclaiming" public spaces everywhere.
>
> If this would work halfway - and during the last week ist started to
> work somehow - this would be new quaity in transnational "urban"
> solidarity.
>
> Can somebody confirm or check how "Serious" this call is, I mean where
> will there be really pararlel action which relates to ech other? Can
> somebody summarize the transnational development of this solidarity
> movement within the past days?
>
> Could people and organization in this list support the call? (by
> dissemination and organizing their own)
>
> Should some of us express support, maybe including an
> "Interantionalization" of the demnds regarding public spaces and an
> extension of the period to the next week?
>
> Knut
>
> ***
>
>
> 8-9 June – Call for International Solidarity with #OccupyGezi
>
> http://interoccupy.net/blog/8-9-june-call-for-international-solidarity-with-occupygezi-in-13-languages/
>
> Calling on people of all cities of the world! Come out this weekend and
> reclaim your public spaces to show solidarity with #OccupyGezi and the
> many waves of protests in Turkey!
>
> What began as a small occupation to protect Istanbul’s Gezi Park erupted
> within a matter of days into massive protests that spread like wildfire
> across Turkey. A key trigger was the disproportionate use of force by
> the police. Just as Gezi Park crystallized the struggle over an
> ever-shrinking public space hijacked by neoliberal authoritarianism, the
> pepper gas that security forces doused on Istanbul literalized the
> desparate need for breathing space. Hundreds of thousands of people
> streamed into the streets in support of the Gezi Park occupation despite
> a total media blackout, defying police brutality. Now we have reclaimed
> not only Gezi Park but also Taksim Square, the very heart of Turkey’s
> public sphere, where mass expressions of discontent have repeatedly been
> banned throughout the republic’s history. As Taksim and Gezi swell every
> night with thousands of people who come to celebrate their solidarity,
> victory and power, our resistance in other parts of Istanbul and other
> cities across Turkey continues. Of one thing we are certain: Nothing
> will ever be the same again.
>
> Show your support and solidarity this weekend, 8-9 June 2013. Reclaim
> Tahrir, Syntagma, Zuccotti, your local streets, squares and parks! Trust
> us, they belong to you.
>
>
>
> Am 07.06.2013 11:07, schrieb marknbarrett@...:
> > FYI
> >
> >
> >
> >     I was contacted today by one of the organizers of 8-9 June Global
> >     Solidarity with #Turkey.  They have three times made events for this
> >     action and twice been censored (deleted) by facebook.  The organizer
> >     said "this is the 3rd time we try to pull this event off. I hope
> >     this time it is not gonna be suppressed.  please share like hell.
> >     the same 5000 people who have shared this event 3 times are starting
> >     to get tired, so we need to move it beyond the circle."
> >
> >     *LINK TO NEW EVENT IN 15 LANGUAGES - PLEASE PLASTER EVERYWHERE:*
> >     <https://www.facebook.com/events/113758915501912>
> https://www.facebook.com/events/113758915501912/
> >
> >
> >     also the event is linked here:
> >     <
> http://interoccupy.net/blog/8-9-june-call-for-international-solidarity-with-occupygezi-in-13-languages/
> >
> http://interoccupy.net/blog/8-9-june-call-for-international-solidarity-with-occupygezi-in-13-languages/
> >
> >
> >
> >     Adbusters reported on the censorship at this link
> >     https://www.adbusters.org/blogs/censored-facebook.html   (excerpt
> below)
> >
> >     /"A global call for #OccupyGezi solidarity protests went live
> >     earlier today. The event page on Facebook gained 5,000 attendees in
> >     its first hour.  We've been hearing reports since this morning that
> >     Gezi park protest event pages and related posts are being taken down
> >     by Facebook. Activists from around the world have told us that their
> >     messages and even accounts were deleted. "//
> >     /
> >     *As they have lost all the attendees not once but two times,
> >     anything we can do to really push this call in our respective
> >     countries will be very appreciated.*  there is a backup paste for
> >     all the information here: http://pastebin.com/aVmzJJTG
> >
> >     In addition, they have provided us a tool to easily locate and
> >     promote worldwide actions (also in 15 languages) here:
> >     http://geziglobal.tk/tr.html
> >
> >     *PLEASE ADD ANY CONFIRMED PLANNED EVENTS THAT YOU KNOW OF AND SPREAD
> >     THE MAPPING LINK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE*
> >
> >     in solidarity,
> >     djvjgrrl
> >
> >
> >
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