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maandag 2 januari 2017

Anarchic update news all over the world - 2 January 2017

Today's Topics:

   

1.  wsm.ie: Apollo house receives eviction by injunction notice
      (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   

2.  wsm.ie: Video tour of previous Dublin eviction by injunction
      sites on the morning of Apollo House hearing (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   

3.  Catalunia, embat: 18G #AraTocaVaga. We recover what is ours.
      (ca) [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   

4.  Norwegia, nsf-iaa: 100th anniversary of NSF: 1916-2016
      (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   

5.  Czech, afed.cz: Anarchistická conference -- Text greetings
      Anarchist Federation anarchist meeting in Most. [machine
      translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   

6.  Looking back at the first anarchist conference: "Anarchism
      lives, the struggle continues!" by Johny(J) (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)


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Message: 1



About an hour ago the Apollo house occupation received a finally crafted piece of 
legalistic bullshit designed to divide homelessness activists from the professional 
services on 'Health & Safety' grounds. Health & safety has become the go to excuse for 
pushing people onto the streets, when the Halston street (ex) prison was occupied over the 
summer we say the same 'concern' this time over the fact that the pigeon shit found in 
that building was a health and concern safety. As we observed then there is plenty of 
pigeon street on the cold, wet streets of Dublin but now its winter and those streets are 
very much colder. ---- We've been reporting on various large-scale occupations that have 
taken place in Dublin over the last three years. A persistent theme has been the eviction 
of people living there on health and safety grounds. The other persistent element is that 
all these buildings currently still lie empty and unused, indeed Halston street is even 
floodlit at night presumably to deter reoccupation.

It's common sense that the streets are far more dangerous to sleep on. But the powers that 
be understand just how badly people would look on evictions when they cite property 
ownership as the reason. That's why they have sold unplayable house mortgages to US 
vulture funds which are flying in, carrying out the evictions and making a large profit 
for being the nasty cops in the process.

Respect for legal concepts of property ownership rather than who is or can use it is what 
lies behind the enormous housing shortages. Shortages that have been created by 
government, landlords and property speculators because they know nothing drives up rents 
and hours prices more than the now very real fear that the alternative is the streets.

http://www.wsm.ie/c/apollo-house-eviction-injunction-notice

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This video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYilERPKs0M was shot on the morning of the 
Apollo House injunction hearing at the High Court, 21st December.  As well as footage from 
outside the courts on our way there we had earlier visited the sites of other occupied 
buildings evicted in the last 20 months. We discovered all of them were still vacant and 
in most cases no visible work at all had been done on them. ---- Apollo house is a NAMA 
building occupied to provide emergency accommodation for homeless people.  35-40 people 
have been accommodated there over the last couple of nights.  As expected the judge 
granted the injunction, it will come into operation on January 11th. ---- We  visit 4 
other occupations evicted after the same judge granted injunctions over the previous 20 
months.  All four of those sites are currently vacant and in 3 cases no apparent work has 
been done.  At the largest, Grangegorman all the habitable structures have now been 
demolished, it had previously housed 30 people.

Irish law is completely weighted towards property holders and not at all towards peoples 
needs for housing

The evictions sites we visit in the video
Site 1: The Bolt, Dorset street
Site 2:  The Debtors Prison
Site 3: Grangegorman (the HSE houses)
Site 4: Grangegorman (‘squat city')

We also mention but don't visit The Barricade Inn which is also still vacant after a 
injunction was granted against the occupiers of that building.  More on all of these at 
www.wsm.ie/squat

http://www.wsm.ie/c/dublin-eviction-injunction-sites-apollo-house

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Wednesday 18 January 2017 will be debated in Parliament the items are intended for 
education. Onslaught considers it important to support and endorse the demonstrations that 
will take place that day to press the Catalan parliament and prevent the continuation of 
austerity and cuts to public education. For this, CGT has called a strike in public 
schools, and a concentration of 12 to 14 hours before the Parliament, without ruling out 
future actions. Also on February 9, when it is determined the items and proceed to final 
approval, is called another strike, because the fight does not end or begin with the 
approval of budgets. ---- We do not just defend what we have, but also take the offensive 
by demanding a quality public education. In this regard, we must enable mobilization 
proposals, claims and roadmaps advanced, as stated in the unitary manifesto in favor of 
reversing the cuts, which also improve the conditions of teachers and quality of education 
. It is also key in the process of mobilization, the choice of date for the strike because 
they are unlikely to put the conflict and debate in a better position when the budget are 
being discussed (January 18), it when they have been assigned (February 9). Therefore, it 
is important to endorse and support all the mobilisations called, and more forcefully 
strike of January 18, a strike planned at a reflux widespread popular movement and 
association, and that marks the rest of social sectors the way to go against social and 
economic policies continuistas, not disruptive to the neoliberal model, and state of 
obedience.

Finally, we call on the entire educational community to support and endorse the strike on 
January 18, 2017 as well as future mobilizations and actions to achieve the demands set 
out in the manifesto. The defense of public education as a step towards a truly democratic 
and popular model is not only matter of teaching but also mothers, fathers and relatives 
represented the PTA's, students and all youth and other workers of our people. Extend the 
call to join us and other sectors in the mobilization  , without ruling out any form of 
struggle, using every place and time that we consider the most appropriate, making January 
18 a day of struggle in general .

http://embat.info/aratocavaga/

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Norwegian Syndicalist Federation (NSF) held on October 29 a meeting as a start to the 
100th anniversary. It was kept in a wooden house in Grunerlokka in Oslo, and it was a very 
good attendance. Greetings were performed from IAA- Secretariat (with seat in Poland) by 
the Secretary General, a fellow from Solidarity Federation -Manchester, and a fellow of 
Ørestad LS, an IAA "accustom" organization. Later in the evening came nine transport 
workers and one of them made a greeting to NSF. ---- It was only an introductory speech 
about the founding of the NSF on 28 December 1916 and the many direct actions organization 
led the next few years. NSF their local Confederation agitated early to take eight-hour 
day, and began to agitate for six hour day as early as 1919. A health worker / historian, 
writing two books about NSF, then spoke about the work of the local unions in Rjukan, a 
society where NSF had 600 members in 1920. He also told how LO locally sometimes 
collaborated, whereas in others, undermining the NSF and its direct actions significantly.

Another speaker told about NSF's activities in their twenties and thirties. NSF joined IAA 
when Internationals were created in 1922 and has since taken an active part in it. NSF 
continued with the professional organization in their twenties and thirties. They also had 
a women's group (called Unity) who actively participated in organizing the work of NSF. 
Several of the group members were arrested during WWII for illegal work against the Nazis.

The oldest current NSF veteran talked about NSF events from World War II to the 
reorganization in 1977. NSF cooperation during this period of revolutionary syndicalists 
in Sweden, since SAC had taken a reformist development, and Danish comrades. He also 
talked about reorganizing the NSF in 1977 and the scientific work he and other NSF 
comrades had in the metal industry. There had been some important, illegal strikes in this 
sector that had radicalized workers.

The largest part of the event was about labor disputes as NSF members had taken part in 
and / or supported. To name a few: NSF had a few years after the reorganization in 1977 a 
separate action against a fast food which was successful, it was told about repression 
against NSF union activists, a fellow talked about the activities of the NSF "made" during 
preschool teachers' illegal strike in 1987, another on the support to the illegal strikes 
on Tollpost-Globe (large transport terminal) in 1992 and SAS - Hotel conflicts in 1992 and 
1993. Thanks to these conflicts got tens of thousands of workers in these and other 
industries permanent instead of temporary contracts! It was also mentioned labor up to today.

Activists from unions at SAS hotel, Tollpost- Globe and other unions attended an NSF 
conference in April 1996 on Direct action. Two dock workers from Liverpool who were on 
strike, also participated in this conference. These were then introduced to even more 
Norwegian unions and clubs, and it was the start of an extensive and important solidarity 
work from local Norwegian unions for Liverpool dock workers.

SF buddy, and another comrade, spoke about this support work for the port workers 'strike 
in Liverpool in the nineties, and also about the extensive work for solidarity among 
Norwegian local unions of the British miners' strike in the 80 years. SF comrade also 
spoke about the current situation, and so clearly the link between the Norwegian 
government's plans to privatize the railways, and privatization in the UK, they have been 
a disaster in the UK and now the Norwegian government copy them!

NSF activists were active in establishing local support committees for arrested workers in 
Chile and Bolivia in the late seventies, and members took an active part in supporting the 
efforts of arrested workers in Poland after martial law in December 1981. A comrade from 
ZSP informed concerning the situation of Polish workers today, and how Poland is trying to 
promote the country as a low-cost countries to attract investment. The speech was also 
about ZSPs labor as there are lots of, and how they organize themselves against the 
government and employers' policies.

Swedish comrade gave a speech about privatization in Sweden is extensive. He also said 
that legislation in Sweden makes it easier for minority organizations to negotiate than in 
Norway, and told about the labor that has been, or is organized by Ørestad LS. It was also 
informed that Ørestad LS, Danish comrades and NSF will start a Scandinavian cooperation.

All these examples and many more show the importance of international solidarity and 
international organization. The importance of NSF's membership and active participation in 
the International Workers' Association (IAA) since 1922 was mentioned in all the speeches 
about the different decades.

The celebration was held in times where employers and government attacks workers' rights 
in all fields. There are lower oil prices compared to a few years ago, and it is being 
used as a pretext to attack oil -arbeidernes conditions and rights, and they throw 
thousands out in unemployment, while the oil companies still have exorbitant profits.

And for a year and a half ago on strike pilots in Norwegian for the right to be employed 
where they actually perform their work and not by other companies. Dock workers are 
fighting, and in some ports have been on strike / conflict for three years for collective 
agreements and for the right to perform the work in accordance with international 
conventions (ILO). And in October, there was a four weeks long lokførerstreik that 
required a common standard of education, so that it is independent of the various rail 
companies which occurs when the privatization plans of the railway will be implemented in 
2017/18.

Because of this situation, where the Norwegian tripartite and class collaboration model 
creak at the joints, the NSF received several requests for new forms of industrial action, 
and anarcho-syndicalism in the past eighteen months, than in the more "quiet" period from 
December 2000!

Written by LS of NSF @ Thu, December 15, 2016 8:03:25 p.m. 0000
http://www.nsf-iaa.org/readpost.php?post=1481832205.txt

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Since we insist on organizing the anarchist, we support the development of the anarchist 
movement, even outside of our federation. More organizational approaches and related 
platforms within the movement can be beneficial. It was among others the message that our 
delegates have interpreted the initial greeting to the Anarchist Conference, which was 
held on December 17 under the auspices of the SAF in Most. A report from the conference by 
members of the organizing SAF can be found HERE 
https://safed.noblogs.org/post/2016/12/21/ohlednuti-za-prvni-anarchistickou-konferenci-anarchismus-zije-boj-pokracuje/
said AF greetings on the following lines: ---- Anarchist Federation would like this 
through their delegates greeted the participants and the participants of today's anarchist 
conference in Most.

Our organization was founded in 1995 on the needs of some anarchist organize and find it 
satisfying organizational platform. Movement since the early 90s has undergone in this 
endeavor path of searching and testing, which showed some experience. Probably the most 
important thing is that the organization is a necessity. And Anarchist Federation for us, 
local groups and individuals involved in it, a platform for communication and coordination 
of various activities. Another entertainment is that it is not good to try to insist on 
linking the anarchist movement under the umbrella of a single organization, because 
anarchism is very diverse, in terms of ideological orientation and preferred work methods.

Within the Anarchist Federation we can discuss their direction. On the basis of such 
internal debates, we determined the structure of our goals, rinks cooperation within the 
Movement and beyond, our business policy or publishing strategy. Our federal structure 
allows us to implement transregional projects such as publishing AF or uniformly organized 
on an international level as a member of the International Federation of Anarchist 
Federations. Within our possibilities, abilities and capacities we are open to cooperation 
across the broader anti-authoritarian movement.

In particular, recent years have taught us how important it is for an anarchist activism 
safety culture and a certain prudence on the one hand, before the secret and the Nazis, on 
the other hand, from various wack unbalanced individuals and small authoritarians. This is 
the reason why membership in the Anarchist Federation, bound to a certain period of 
cooperation activities and mutual understanding.

We consider it very important to support local groups and activities. According to their 
capabilities in this area, we offer theoretical and practical background. We will be happy 
if our lines in the future will strengthen other groups and individuals who are generally 
clear about where ideological stand, what they want to do and have the maneuvering rules 
for safe communication. But we are no recruiters and will be happy for each functional and 
meaningful anarchist initiative, whether under the joint auspices or outside.

Anarchist Federation is certainly ideal, and for a simple reason. It is formed and only 
the people. Additionally, quite a few of us, which generally can be said about organized 
anarchists and anarchistkách. Also, we as humans are different, we have enough or lack of 
its own initiative, a different level of accountability to the common cause, in most cases 
we are busy with jobs, school or other activism, we can not and we do not want to pay all 
at once, such transregional and numerous federation us some processes take longer. Just we 
are trying to work under the slogan "From each according to his ability...".

We would like to invite to support some of our projects. First, it is wall paper A3 , 
which are available each month on our website afed.cz download. Simply print a few copies 
and put up or lay them at appropriate locations. Further assistance would appreciate 
through the collection of publications of our publishing, especially anarchist revue, 
Existence , or better still engaging in their distribution. A condition that can build 
anarchist publications, is to create a functional range of customers and distributors. If 
you do not anarchist publication sales, they have no future and their sense of issuance.

I wish you success in our joint fight against all forms of oppression and unnatural 
authority, as a free and self-governing society

anarchist Federation
https://www.afed.cz/text/6584/anarchisticka-konference

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Who is watching what is happening in the anarchist movement, he certainly has not escaped 
the information about the forthcoming I.Anarchistické conference convened by the North 
Bohemian Anarchist Federation (SAF) to the north of Bohemia. Our aim was to build on the 
tradition of the old days of the anarchist movement, the last similar event took place 110 
years ago as III. (All) anarchist congress on Christmas Day in the 1906th ---- The 
announced one-day conference anarchist met on Saturday, December 17, 2017 in Most, rode to 
the people of Prague, northern, western and central Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. Present 
were representatives of several anarchist organizations organizing the North Bohemian 
Anarchist Federation (SAF) , then Anarchist Federation (AF) , Ostrava Anarchist Federation 
(OAF) Collectively Against Capital (KPK), the empty throne and the  Voice of 
anarchopacifism (VAP).

Workshop participants began to arrive between 9 and 10 o'clock in the morning, with a 
slight delay, the conference was launched in 11.hodin member of SAF , who briefly greeted 
those present delegate Anarchist Federation, read a greeting on behalf of the entire 
conference AF and proceeded to organizational and technical matters. The conference 
identified the reporter and moderator, selected the moderator explained the rules of 
debate and nonverbal aids during discussions. It agreed to organize discussions and 
lectures schedule.

Since one of the objectives of the conference were getting to know one, was dating wheel 
where each participant or participants briefly introduce (a).

The first lecture combined with discussion presented by a representative block SAF on " 
The revival of the anarchist movement and its unification  ." A member of SAF attempted to 
outline the importance of cooperation and coordination of activities and joint action of 
the anarchist movement as a whole, with a view to its gradual unification, which will not 
be easy and quick process, but should be treated with a movement to try if he wants to get 
out of their marginal status and to become a living and evolving movement. Likewise, 
appealed for greater empathy that older anarchist activists a helping hand to newcomers to 
participants of the movement. Likewise, existing teams had been helpful and encourage the 
emergence of a new anarchist collectives in places where previously there was none. 
Presented by the position that the movement can develop and grow, but needed to do every 
anarchist individuals, each of us on every matter, therefore it is necessary for us among 
their unorganized friends and girlfriends touted the need for pooling and as much as 
possible about her campaigning .

Delegate SAF came up with concrete proposals to help the movement to revive and unite:

Firstly, as already mentioned the need to initiate and assist in setting up new local 
anarchist groups to gradually created a network of anarchist collectives in places where 
they do not and should reach more in their activities.
Secondly, it is necessary to develop the existing anarchist organizations closer 
communication and collaboration through forums anarchists (tek). Personal meetings, of 
course, nothing can replace, hence the need to meet in joint meetings such as the 
Anarchist Conference.
The fourth proposal to develop more effective cooperation and convergence between the 
anarchist groupings is to create a "coordinating committee" (working title). Such 
coordination committee would be composed of delegates from various organizations who would 
be on the basis of their mandates for addressing common procedure, statements, planning 
events and campaigns that were subsequently re-approved by individual organizations. It is 
no news with these commissions have already lost the old anarchist movement of the late 
19th and early 20th centuries.
A member of SAF expressed wishes and suggestion if the will of the individual regional 
anarchist groups to unite under the banner of the Anarchist Federation , which is our 
longest established group since 1995 and a member of the International of Anarchist 
Federations, therefore, a group with a tradition established structures and experience.

The second discussion session was held on the theme of " anarchist 1st May 2017 ," in 
fruitful discussions sounded several observations and contributions. The ultimate 
conclusion was the wish of the participants and the participants of the conference that 
was held traditional anarchist 1.máj in Prague with subsequent demonstrations that would 
be appropriate for the regions took place before the first May Day local events, and we 
all gathered in one place and demonstrated the strength together! Representatives of the 
Anarchist Federation presented its proposal to briefly 1.máje topic of " work " and will 
organize 1.máj, other groups have promised and offered their help and support.

The third discussion session devoted to " anti-elections campaign of 2017  ". In 2017, we 
expect several polling theaters, but one of the most important will be that elections to 
the Chamber of Deputies in October. Within unleashed debate was discussed a rumor about 
the boycott of the elections, which they try to discourage people from non-participation 
in elections, and it is suggested that we responded to this hoax. Both the participants 
and the participants expressed content over the anti-elections campaign which should be 
directed to boycott all political actors without distinction and as an opportunity to 
promote anarchist alternative government. Above all, the organization AF, VAP  and  SAF 
are planning to print and distribute materials from the traditionally anti-elections 
leaflets, stickers to posters. We agreed on a mutual help with their promotion and 
distribution. SAF has proposed closer cooperation should be through the establishment of " 
promotion committee " composed of delegates from various groups and plans call for 
cooperation on anti-elections campaign of other regional anarchist groups who have shown 
interest to participate in the campaign. Delegate VAP raised the question of logging 
materials, what has spurred debate about its meaning and whether nelogované materials are 
indeed greater outreach to the public.

After the Gaza discussion blocks, followed by another one breaks associated with food, 
served with lentil soup. Later he followed the second course rice with gravy.

The first lecture presented by a representative of the Anarchist Federation on the theme " 
Media Communication and Public reletion ". He tried to outline how the anarchist movement 
exploit the possibilities of mass media, even though it has its pitfalls, how to practice 
and how to proceed should be convened press conference. The second part was how to create 
their own media, it was very inspiring presentation of the project team Submédia , who is 
very well managed libertarian public relations, what we could see when you watch one of 
the short films " To Change Everything: An Anarchist appeal ". The performance was briefly 
Publishing AF with an appeal for participation in the distribution of anarchist 
publications. The last topic that member AF broached the social networks, especially FB, 
although security has its pitfalls, yet it can be used as a platform for the promotion of 
anarchist ideas. Among other interesting was the finding that there is no need to 
overwhelm FB profile inexhaustible number of contributions, but just 2-3, maybe in the 
morning and evening. Or perhaps it is more effective than an event picture (poster). 
Likewise, he warned against the pitfalls of creating "bubbles interest", which is closed 
and we will fail to get information mime group of people with anarchist mentality.

The second lecture to the conference prepared a delegate Moravian collective vacant throne 
, who tried to introduce Christian anarchism, to which the team reports. The lecture was 
extremely interactive and agile and sparked an emotional debate on faith and the church, 
which is in the atheistic environment, natural anarchist movement. Workshop participants 
agreed on the idea that as anarchists we see questionable faith in God that all sitting 
here, they have something they believe in. But as anarchists can not recognize the Church 
as the Church embodies authoritarian power and principles that as anarchists we can not 
accept.

The third lecture was the presentation of free community Voice of anarchopacifism (VAP) , 
where delegates presented their anarcho-pacifism and his ideas, while informal 
organization approached the principles upon which their community works.

The last lecture on "The nine-day strike in IGW Brno and political importance of 
workplaces " concluded conference of representatives of the organization Collectively 
Against Capital . Members and members of KPK approached and analyzed IGW strike at a 
factory in Brno, which was the longest strike in the Czech Republic at least since 1989, 
completely mainstream, consistent from start to finish and winning, albeit with limits. 
Summarize what led to the strike, and focused on the question "Why did it go just in IGW, 
while in other workplaces, workers can not defend?"

The last lecture with discussion, which actually followed each lecture, after 21.hodine 
officially venue I.Anarchistické conference ended . Although not materialize workshop " 
Computer security " by the AF and " How to establish a local anarchist group " by SAF 
(which we from time constraints canceled), yet was packed conference program and demanding.

It was nice to discover that the movement is a strong need to discuss, debate, and many 
had to be terminated prematurely because they could do much time. Likewise, the finding 
that the movement is interested in meeting in similar meetings and personal discussions 
with various parties and participants, as well as the people who wrote to us that he could 
not attend this time, wish to make another anarchist conference. This leads us to 
implement the second anarchist conference in the summer of next year (probably in June) 
and how it is seen as a few days, offers the chance to implement it in the form of a 
Anarchist camp somewhere in the countryside.

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