Le manifeste des manifestes

This is the manifesto we (Alan Twitchell & Collectif Inouite) wrote together with the people of Bblacboxx in Basel.

Le manifeste des manifestes

We have had Mickael Jackson

he says they don't really care about us

of course this is true as long as it is necessary to say things like

black lives matter

And we have had Lana Del Rey

she says she feels like she is fucking crazy

And we have had Pina Bausch who says :

just because i speak slowly does no mean everything i say is important

And we have had Tiken Jah Fakoly who said many things

and one of the things he said is :

open the borders

Let us try for once not to be right

There is no ultimate truth

After all everyone dances to his own personal boomboom

Yes to more music

Yes to more football on the street

Yes to more sugar for Bblackboxx

Let us try for once not to be right

There is no ultimate truth

There are ultimate truths

assholes exist

ignorant assholes exist too

No to regulation

Let us out of the camp

Let us help, keep us busy

Get to know us

If you walk from Erytrea, Macedonia, Marocco, Afganistan, Nigeria, Syria, or wherever

you have many reasons to build a new home and to have a better future

Give us the chance to stay, so we can fullfil our dreams

A life without a friend and family is like a night without a moon

No to the heroic

No to the anti-heroic

There's a proverb in Algeria saying :

the only thing that stays from the river are the stones

Change will come

don't be afraid of your insignifiance

Maybe it will be a hero, or a singer, or a movie star

but the people who make Bblackboxx also make a change and a difference

You need more naive curiosity

naivity creates intensity

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Life is not about exercising

Exercising is superficial

No to identification

Get us involved

Let us do something relevant

Be bold

Be passionate

Be adventurous

We are heroes

But we are heroes of a new kind of heroism

Yes to expression

Yes to invention

There is a ghost in Europe

Some people give poetic and philosophical statements and the proof is your body

Don't force

Disobey

Courage and disobediance are the center of our poetry

There is a ghost in Europe

A reality without complex, without paranoia, without prostitution, without prison

No to structural violence

No to vegetarianism

No to carnivorism

No to canibalism

Intelligence is an organisation just like any other

Respect all individuals in their folly of the moment

whether it be serious, fearful, timid, ardent, vigorous, determined, enthusiastic

Let us create more confidence

We used to live in a logic of dominance but it just wasn't enough

There is a ghost in Europe

After all everyone dances to his own personal boomboom