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A field mission led to the making of the film "No. 9" and the launch of the "No. 9 -- Stop violence at the borders!" campaign to denounce the daily and systematic repression of migrants by Moroccan…
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(Text made and remade in the last 15 years of militancy as certain facts repeat and repeat and repeat and repeat)--- Imagine yourself in the following situation: --- You are in the middle of a busy street next to several people, many of which are known for a long time. You are side by side these people, shouting slogans against the government and the system, leaving the traffic stopped, making the very tense moment and noisy. Suddenly, the front forms a row of men helmet and therefore shields. Close avenue, profiled in order and silently watching you and all the others through the sunglasses. - Awaiting the signal from his superior officer, like well-trained dogs. The air feels tension, a moment of silence for both parties. A cop with megaphone calls the end of the demonstration and the patency of avenue, thus restoring "order" of the city system. A push, a person falls to the ground right next to you. It is the sign, the police begin walking yet profiled, banging their batons on their shields in order to dispersal of the demonstration, protesters intimating including, You. What to do? Run, stay calm, be paralyzed with fear, face the police, etc.. There are several options that should be taken into consideration and few seconds to make a decision and act. This means not only preserve their physical integrity, but also the group of people around you and the very manifestation. This text appears with the goal of discussing the need for workout so that in situations of tension and imminent danger coping, have at least one coherent action and answers fast, many of which depend on the moral integrity, physical and policy each individual and the collective. The first point needed for each element and the group is to have clear what you want and how it occurs. Individuals and groups prepared theoretically means actions consistent and clear practical purposes, if you know why fight, fight more and better. Think the situation today is essentially to keep informed and continuing education, forming a solid and well-grounded on chosen subjects relevant. When more conscious are the group and its individuals, the chances of manipulation decrease proportionately and shows the quality of direct action and because we make a difference. By extrapolating the discussions developing them in the whole group and even beyond it, generates an increase of internal links and external network support. Break up the monopoly of party leaders and vanguards, great manipulative movements, which uses them to his maneuvers policies and reform strategies. But this will not be done on the day of action!!! We must prepare the best way to find and not be waiting for someone to say what to do. Remember: actions and changes rely more heavily on You. Think of the situation today and develop questions and answers as: a) What is happening to the region where I live and what relation it has with the world? b) Because the situation of millions of people are miserable? c) What is my role in the region where I live and what my relationship with others? d) Where are the inequality and what can be done regardless of be legal or not to reduce it? e) The current economic and political model is the best way to conduct society, there is another way? f) We act consistently with our beliefs and know what they are? This will be helpful in your consciousness and action as the benchmark because fight, but not to "philosophize" at critical moments in them that action is account and not atheism remote and abstract. No use expound a thesis about oppression before police treinadxs precisely oppress as are mandadxs. His attitude at that time should be fast, firm seeking to maintain their integrity and dxs companheirxs envolvidxs in the act. This leads to another question: how is your health revolutionary? Keep up with the fitness, having a power healthy (we are not preaching that convert to a vegan life, it would be asking too much and that choice is up to you and not an imposition, but seriously consider declining in addictions such as alcohol, cigarettes and drugs in general, and practice more sports and a balanced diet). Know that the majority of the police, especially eltite, practice sports regularly and train weekly as oppress and repress to all that are sent. So it is in the military and this means a contingent of nearly 2 million people trained to repress, oppress and if necessary "neutralize" the enemy, or kill. Do not think we're doing condoning violence, it is already done and is reinforced by sensational news that preach law enforcement tougher, stronger and more police violence against those who are outside the system. And that ends up generating more violence and so on up the escalation of fear, it is useful to keep the population hostage. But in any case, we are pointing out the importance of resisting and know how to fight, and in that sense, we produce some texts enhancing the preparation for the fight. No use is an ideal well-structured we do not have a base to keep it. Contact to us arrange, through our contacts in the magazine or look for a collective anarchist group closest, if not, the form Yours! Health and wellness for the revolution!
After the first revolutionary triumph of January 2011 and the departure of Ben Ali, only the maintenance of popular mobilizations had confirmed the transition process, the then government would have limited the departure of the dictator. The sit-in Kasbah 1 and 2 (January and February 2011) and allowed to file the government of the former regime and to obtain the departure of interim president Ghannouchi and the establishment of a Constituent Assembly, elected on 23 October 2011. But the transition process is impeded by the ruling circles. On the one hand, the troika government since the elections, bringing Ennahda (religious right), the Congress for the Republic (CPR, left) from which the President Moncef Marzouki and Ettakatol (Social Democrats). On the other hand, former Ben Ali officials remained in institutions. And finally, the army wants to limit disruption and keep a lot of weight. Continuity This triptych is mired eclectic work of the Constituent Assembly and to take its current dominance, trampling democracy, independence of justice and social rights in the continuity of the regime of Ben Ali. It establishes, together with the IMF, structural reforms banking deregulation, lower taxes on businesses or preparatory audits privatization of public enterprises. And holds its course despite the violent political crisis, exacerbated by the latest assassination of opposition Chokri Bela?d, which ended on March 13 with the appointment of a new unity government led by Ali Larayedh Ennahda party and bringing together ministers of the troika and independents. The cons-revolutionary movement is indirectly supported by the positions of the parties or unions left. Even the left-wing parties (together with the Popular Front liberals) and the ruling bureaucracies main unions (Tunisian General Union of Labour, General Union of Tunisian Students) have chosen to follow the institutionalist process for now dominated by Ennahda, and gave up a regime change. These bureaucracies contemptuous part of their base and betraying their earlier commitment to the revolution, are now fighting against the government and not against the system, yet not far from that of Ben Ali. The revolt is always scolding But with unemployment at 17% at the national level (50% of graduates in some areas), inflation, insecurity increases, corruption persists, and early popular disappointment with the democratic process in Western , popular pressure remains strong. Strikes and protests are almost daily, despite the government's attempts to suppress the repression, which combines police and militias sometimes more or less extreme. But this popular discontent is diverted from the revolution by the extreme left which advocates institutional stability. This benefits the end to Ennahda and extremist Salafist movement types. Even if they do not have time for broad support, they gently penetrate the popular inner city, with the active support of the Gulf monarchies. And under the watchful eye of Ennahda, which does not hesitate to exploit to occur last bulwark against too radical Islamism that leaves grow on the ground. To put the revolution back on track, only a large-scale popular movement can lead the way. Jocelyn (AL Montreuil)
Stop repression and police brutaliy against refugee movement – protest against the eviction of the hunger- and thirststriking refugees in Munich! Rise up in solidarity with the refugees' demand for receiving Asylum! Politicians and authorities, stop playing with the lives of refugees! Protest at german embassy in Vienna: Monday, 1st of July, at 11 pm, in front of german embassy building, Metternichgasse 3, 1030 Wien (near U4 Stadtpark) In the morning hours of Sunday, 30th of June, the german police has started evicting the 55 refugees who had been on hunger- and thirststrike since 25th of June on Rindermarkt in the city center of Munich. According to reports of the non-citizens activists, people have been facing beating and brutal abuses by the police during the eviction. Before the eviction, not only the refugees' demand for receiving asylum according to article 16a of german constitution has been constantly denied by the authorities and politicians of Bayern. During all the negotiations, the refugees did not get any kind of solution that would enable them to get a regular residence permit – not from the bavarian prime minister Horst Seehofer, not form the „negotiators“ Hans-Jochen Vogel (former SPD-mayor of Munich) and Alois Glück (former head of CSU-party in bavarian parliament and chairman of the central committee of german catholics). Shame on the german authorities and politicians who have been risking the lives of 55 refugees by showing repression and cold ignorance against their demand for their demand to receive asylum as a base for living in human conditions after years of discrimination and traumatisation! For these authorities and politicians, their aim to show strength by breaking resistance against an inhumane asylum system is more important than the lives of 55 refugees! Let's show solidarity with the Munich refugees' demand to receive asylum, let's cry out loud to demand an immediate solution for all the participants of the refugee strike in Munich. Solidarity with all refugees struggling against an inhumane system in Munich, in Vienna and everywhere in the world! Come out, raise your voice, spread the word!
From 22 to 24 March, held in Saint-Denis an international trade union meeting. The content of the call from the meeting, and work commitments taken together, represent an important step forward for the revolutionary syndicalism. ---- Sixty union delegations from over thirty European, American, African and Asian countries had responded to the invitation of Solidarity, the Central sindical popular e-Conlutas (Brazil) and Spanish CGT at an international meeting in Saint-Denis, from 22 to 24 March. Given the diversity of stories and structuring around the world, the meeting was open to organizations and currents. ---- Challenge ---- In France, in addition to United, attended the CNT-Solidarity workers, the CNT-f, Emancipation and the Committees revolutionary syndicalists. Invited, CGT, FSU and emancipated School did not respond. Gather already members of organizations and different orientations to international networks unions was already a challenge. The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (Great Britain), Batay Ouvriye (Haiti), the General Union of Tunisian Workers, but also many basic unions and the opposition of the general Confederazione italiana del Lavoro of Italy, the National Autonomous Union of Public Administration personnel from Algeria, the Confederaci?n de Trabajadores paraguaya, or sectors of the Confederation of Christian Trade Unions and the General Federation of Labour in Belgium, the Basque Country Lab ... the geographical range, political and trade union, was wide. That this will result in the establishment of an international trade union Solidarity Network and struggle is not trivial. This meeting marks an important step forward in the construction of an international coordination of revolutionary syndicalism. Because this is exactly what he is, the call issued at the end of the three days (see box below) is very clear! But it is more than the collective will of all these activists organizations in this initiative that will determine the real utility of the network. Mouldi C. (AL Transcom) Call the international trade union Solidarity Network and struggles "[...] The crisis of the capitalist system has consequences in the world. Economic, financial, environmental and social crises intertwine and self-reinforcing. The global crisis of capitalism shows an impasse based on shared increasingly uneven development of the wealth produced, financial deregulation, the generalized free trade and contempt ecological imperatives. To save the profits of shareholders and owners, to ensure the future of banking, global institutions (World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization, etc.)., Governments and employers tackle increasingly strongly the rights of working men and women. The current political and economic system organizes the looting of many countries, forcing millions of people to leave their region of origin in order to survive ... and then denied all their rights because they are immigrants, and are [...]. Our unionism is the overthrow of the model of economic, social and political development, based on the hegemony of finance, profit and competitiveness. Instead, we want to build a system based on common property, the redistribution of wealth between all those and all those involved in their creation, the rights of workers and environmentally sustainable development. We demand the extension, democratization and social appropriation of public services (education, health, transport, energy, water, housing, etc..). The free movement of people and equal social and political rights of all people, regardless of nationality, origin, gender, are part of our common goals. Our defense unionism combines the immediate interests of workers, and the willingness to profound social change. It is not limited to protest economic field, it covers topics such as the right to housing, land, equality between men and women, racism, ecology, anti-colonialism, etc.. The interests we defend are those of the working class (workers active or retired, unemployed, trainees). They tie in with those of the peoples of all regions of the world. In this, we oppose frontally employers, governments and institutions in its service, and we assert our autonomy vis-?-vis political organization [...]. We do not proclaim the establishment of a new international trade union organization. We resolve to strengthen, expand, more effective, a network of attacking unions, democratic, independent, alternative, feminist, internationalist [...]. We do not fight to go back, of course, the attacks on the working class are very strong and sometimes in new forms. But capitalist exploitation is not new and it is with this need to break, to create ways of organizing society based on the needs of the population. [...] We have concrete goals, shared commitments: ? We act in time for international solidarity, including anti-union repression against all [...]. ? We will take action so united and coordinated to support the struggles and existing international campaigns, reaffirming the right to self-determination of peoples support to Palestinian and Sahrawi peoples, recognition of independent trade unionism in the Maghreb and the Middle East against the military occupation of Haiti, against the European treaties that impose austerity, for the right of all peoples to decide their future ... ? We strengthen and extend the international work carried out in the professional sectors (transport, education, call centers, industry, commerce, health, etc..) And interprofessional issues (women's rights, immigration, housing, ecology, health and work, etc.). already, the work is organized in several of these areas, including the animation is supported by unions in our various countries. ? We continue the process of reflection and development on issues of crisis of the capitalist system and alternatives to it. ? Finally, we put together the necessary to the success of our joint projects material resources: websites, d?changes list by email, coordination professional sectors, etc.. "
In a context of anger and social struggles which has been lasting for weeks, the police of Porto Alegre invaded and searched the premices of the Federa??o Anarquista Ga?cha (FAG) in all illegality. For years, the FAG had been undertaking its public activities in these premices. ---- Already in October 2009, their former seat had been invaded by the civil police on order of the governor of the time, Yeda Crusius, because of a poster on which the FAG held the governor responsible for the death of Elthon Brum, a militant of the Movement of the Landless (MST) in San Gabriel. ---- This time, the FAG is accused by the mainstream media to plan actions of urban guerrilla warfare. The FAG is also accused of distributiong anarchistic literature. But what did they expect to find in anarchist premices ? The F?d?ration anarchiste (FA), member of International of anarchist Federations (IAF), denounces the municipal, provincial and federal government, who are responsible for these cowardly attacks against an anarchist organization, and ensures Federa??o Anarquista Ga?cha of its most total solidarity. We will continue to support those who fight against all forms of oppression. No Pasar?n !!! Down with repression against those who fight !!! F?d?ration anarchiste, June 26th, 2013. [SOURCE : http://www.federation-anarchiste.org/spip.php?article1173]
Interview with Texan Anarchist, Jen Rogue ---- Texas State Capitol ---- Q. How easy is to get an abortion in Texas? ---- Depends on what you mean by ?easy.? To begin with, there is a very conservative culture that shames and silences women about sex and opts for abstinence-only sex education, which contributes to abortion being inaccessible. Texas is almost ten times the size of Ireland and has the nation?s largest rural population, which is yet another obstacle to access, given the limited options in health care. Additionally , with a price tag of $450 to $3,000 (depending on how advanced the pregnancy is), the cost alone makes access to abortion a huge challenge. ---- Q. How was this law going to change the situation? ---- The bill would ban any and all abortions after 20 weeks. Also, it would require clinics to be certified as ?ambulatory surgical centres? and their doctors to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles. This would close almost every clinic in the state, leaving only 5 out of the current 47. Q. Who would this change affect? Rural folks for sure. Many clinics don?t have a hospital within 30 miles, and in a lot of parts of Texas, the only hospital around is religiously affiliated and refuses admitting privileges to abortion providers. Not to mention the women whose lives would be at risk if forced to give birth after 20 weeks regardless of any concerns for their welfare. Q. How did you hear about the filibuster attempt? There was a ton of social media conversation about it over the last few days, but it was also being discussed in line at the grocery store and at the bus stop ? Austin is a pretty politically active town. Q. When did you get to the building and what was the atmosphere like? When I first arrived, it was fairly orderly. A lot of people had been there for hours or even days, and everyone knew Senator Davis would be going until midnight. As time passed, more and more people packed the building, and the closer we got to the deadline, the more tense and noisy things became. Senator Wendy Davis had been filibustering for hours and the Republicans were throwing every procedural point they could at her in an attempt to shut her down, which continually frustrated the crowd. About 15 minutes before midnight, when Senator Leticia Van De Putte tried to challenge the latest Republicans attempt to end the filibuster, she was flat-out ignored. After being refused the floor, she said, ?At what point must a female senator raise her hand or her voice to be recognised over her male colleagues?? The gallery exploded in cheers and applause, and the whole Capitol went up in a deafening roar that lasted well after midnight. Q. Who was protesting at the building? There was a sea of orange-clad pro-choicers with the occasional smattering of anti-choice people in blue. Austin is a progressive-leaning town in an extremely conservative state, but the crowd was much more than just locals and University of Texas students. I talked to people from all over Texas, urban and rural, young and old, religious or not; it was a pretty diverse crowd of people who were angry about the bill. Q. Are there other anarchists involved in this struggle? There were several anarchists present and to varying degrees involved in the organising in response to the bill. There is no specific anarchist organisation in Texas, but a lot of anarchist and sympathetic folks are involved in mass work or community organising. Q. Why is this struggle important to anarchists? I see it as a largely defensive measure that is very personal to me, and directly effects the lives of the working class in concrete ways, but it is also an opportunity to talk about state intervention into bodies. Texas is a pretty individualistic state and with this fight, there is a lot of room to connect the struggle for choice to a critique of the state and capitalism. Organising within and alongside a broad coalition affords the opportunity to challenge and push feminists to broaden their analysis. When the senate was continuing to vote after midnight and were illegally backdating the vote to be before the deadline, there was a lot of anger and frustration in the crowd. The response from the democrat politicians was to push the crowd to vote in November 2014. This was met with cheers, but also quite a few looks of skepticism and frustration. There is a growing understanding of the limit of electoral politics and that is a key rupture for anarchists to be involved in. Read more about Anarchists and gender politics in Insurrections at the Intersections: Feminism, Intersectionality and Anarchism by Jen Rogue and Abbey Volcano which is published in the extended edition of Quiet Rumours Related Link: http://www.wsm.ie/c/filibuster-anarchist-account-texas-abortion
After Greece and Ireland, it is the turn of Cyprus to pass under the yoke of the Troika (European Union, European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund). But the plan to "rescue" made headlines by considering a moment to tap directly into the deposits of Cypriot banks to recapitalize. ---- Cyprus is (was?) A tax haven where Russian mafia, but also staunch capitalists come launder money. The result is a bloated banking sector, representing eight times the country's GDP. And risk multiplied in case of problems - for example, the current financial crisis ... The Europeans pretended to discover with surprise that Cyprus was a tax haven, and it was used to justify in June 2012, the conditions for the first loan , contracted with the IMF and the European Union to bail out banks to the brink of bankruptcy. Since Cyprus is a haven for mafia, is it not legitimate to get the money in accounts in banks in the country? In exchange for a plan to recapitalize banks 10 billion euros, 5.8 billion euros should thus be taken on deposits. " German taxpayers do not have to pay for Russian oligarchs , "said Angela Merkel. The existence of tax havens prevents little sleep European leaders to the point of having their own use, as shown by the recent example of Jerome Cahuzac and his Swiss bank account. But out of the question that it costs them a dime when the system collapses. The first project involved 18 March a levy on deposits 6.75% below 100,000 euros and 9.9% thereafter. The absurdity vies with cynicism in the guise of taxing the Russian mafia, why not get a few million on the back of the employee-es and retirees Cypriot? Technocratic cynicism and popular mobilization Certainly they and they have benefited little from the tax haven status of their country, but in these times of crisis, the sacrifices they not be shared, as repeatedly stated by European leaders? Cypriots do not they call on their part, to pay for "Russian oligarchs"? Faced with such cynicism, events involving thousands of people have grown on the island and on 25 March, a new plan was abandoned collect accounts of less than ? 100,000. Thus, the banking part of the plan to "rescue" will not impose any levy on workers and small workers. Incidentally, the European banks operating on the island (such as BNP Paribas, Societe Generale and Deutsche Bank), will also be spared: there is still no need for banks dominant European countries paradise (fiscal) turns into hell. But do not worry, the people still pay for the banks: the plan imposed by the Troika has, as always, a lot of privatization, cuts in social benefits and wages of civil servants. Vincent (AL Paris-Sud)
hi all, are there any examples, where (collective) asylum was granted because of political pressure/struggle? Especially eventual cases of "communal asylum"/asylum granted by a city or so would be important. To show the authorities in Munich/Bavaria/Germany, that they could indeed fulfill the claims of the hunger/thirst striking asylum seekers. worried greetings from Munich
Bron : Lisa Riedner
Dit najaar vindt in Warschau de 19de VN-klimaattop plaats. Sinds Kopenhagen heeft dat onderhandelingsproces veel van zijn glans verloren. Een globaal klimaatakkoord blijft uit en zal pas ten vroegste vanaf 2020 in voege treden. Veel te weinig en veel te laat dus.
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Open Climaxi Weekend, van vrijdag 18 tot zondag 20 oktober in Genk
Over the last seven years, over two million Tibetans, both farmers and nomadic herders, have been rehoused – through renovation or reconstruction – in “New Socialist Villages.” While the main justification has been economic, the Chinese government has made clear that there are larger objectives – including strengthening control over the Tibetan rural population. Tibetans have no say in, or ways to challenge, these policies that are radically altering their way of life. “They don’t have any other skills than farming, and won’t have any herds or land worth speaking of anymore,” said Tenzin Gyaltso, a villager probably facing relocation this year. “How is the next generation going to survive as Tibetans?”
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