Today's Topics:
1. wsm.ie: 12th Dublin Anarchist Bookfair - 15th September 2018
- Teachers Club 35 Parnell sq (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
2. [Spain] We hit plastic contamination. CGT communiqué to the
World Environment Day 2018 By ANA (pt) [machine translation]
(a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
3. Britain, surrey anarchist communist group: No War But the
Class War. Public Meeting. Newcastle. (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
4. black rose fed: FRESH BREAD IN JORDAN (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
5. Greece, vogliamo tutto - Struggle for land and freedom in
the Palestinian territories (gr) [machine translation]
(a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
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Message: 1
The 12th Dublin Anarchist Bookfair takes place on the 15th September 2018 at the Teachers
Club 35 Parnell square. Every year hundreds of people attend the Dublin Anarchist Bookfair
for a day of inspiring discussions and the opportunity of meeting lots of other radicals,
browsing books and meeting campaigns. ---- It's early days in terms of planning, join the
Facebook event to let us know you are coming so we can plan for expected numbers and when
you do so ask 10 of your friends who you reckon should go. ---- Below to give you an idea
what to expect as we finalise this years details you will find information about the 11th
Dublin anarchist bookfair. The bookfair consists of stalls from campaigns and book
suppliers plus about a dozen meetings on everything from anarchist feminism to Rojava
solidarity to radical Irish history.
THE 11 Dublin Anarchist Bookfair took place Saturday 16th of April around Smithfield
square, there was also a major event on the Friday night in the Teachers Club, 35 Parnell
Square.
On the Saturday the book & campaign stalls were in The Generator on the east side of
Smithfield square, doors open at 9.30 for setup, 10.00 for early browsing. The meetings
were also in two pubs, the Cobblestone at the top (north) of the square and Frank Ryans
which is just off the South West corner on Queen st.
Our meetings and panels over the weekend
Eyewitnesses accounts of the Rojava Revolution with Janet Biehl -[Watch the video]
[PDF of Saturdays Timetable]
Environmental crisis, environmental struggles (with Janel Biehl) -[Watch the video]
Rebuilding Trade Unions from below -[Listen to the Audio]
Challenging the Special Criminal Court - 11.00 Ryans
Remembering 1916 Together: Anarchist Perspectives -[Watch the Video]
Struggles against racism - Traveller, migrant, and direct provision perspectives -[Listen
to the Audio]
Errico Malatesta in 10 words with author Davide Turcato - 12.30 Ryans
Experiences of Feminist Struggle - past, present and global -[Watch the Video]
Debating Basic income - 14.00 Cobblestone -[Listen to the Audio]
IWW members meeting - 14.00 Ryans
Community Resistance and Grassroots Activism -[Watch the video]
Bodily Autonomy at the Intersections -[Listen to the Audio]
Drug Criminalisation: effects on society and autonomy - Ryans, 15.30
Getting organised for Anarchism with the WSM - 18.00 Cobblestone
After party - The Cobblestone - doors open 19.00, Performances from/by "Capitalism The
Musical" "Third Fermen" and "The Vulture Collective" - followed by DJ/karaoke
Stalls at the 2016 Anarchist bookfair included
WSM
PM Press
Rebel Books
AK press
IWW
NARA
Abortion Rights CampaignWorldwide Information Blogger Luc Schrijvers
Dublin ABC
Freedom Bookshop
Anti-Internment Ireland
Grupo Raices (Colombia Solidarity) & Kobani Group
Dublin Squatters
Special Criminal Court campaign
Glasgow Anarchist Federation
Basic Income Ireland
Catalyst Collective
Save Moore Street
T.C., Commemorative Committee
Irish Labour History Society
Stoneybatter & Smithfield peoples history project
Rabble
Alliance for Animal Rights
There is no admission charge DABF but donations are always welcome
Be sure to join the DABF 2016 Facebook event and help
with our promotion by inviting your friends
and tweeting with #DABF
Please email all queries to bookfair@wsm.ie
Make a donation towards the bookfair costs
The Dublin Anarchist Bookfair is costing about 4,000 euro to put on this year. The costs
include flights for speakers, hiring the venues & tables and printing programs & posters.
All of the organisers are unpaid volunteers contributing hundreds of hours of labour
between them. Their work and your donations mean that there is no entry charge for any of
the events except the Afters Party.
Any donation you can make towards the costs is welcome.
What people think of the Dublin Anarchist Bookfair by Workers Solidarity on Mixcloud
To give you an idea of what to expect, links to older bookfair pages below
ANNOUNCEMENT - Dublin Anarchist Bookfair 2017 & April 23 Anarchist Gathering
2016 Bookfair (above)
Details of the 2015 10th Dublin Anarchist Bookfair
2014 9th Dublin Anarchist Bookfair
2013 8th Dublin Anarchist bookfair
2012 7th Dublin Anarchist bookfair
2011 6th Dublin Anarchist Bookfair
2010 5th Dublin Anarchist Bookfair
2009 4th Dublin Anarchist Bookfair (report)
2008 3rd Dublin Anarchist Bookfair
2007 2nd Dublin Anarchist Bookfair
2006 1st Dublin Anarchist Bookfair
https://wsm.ie/c/dublin-anarchist-bookfair-latest
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Message: 2
On the World Day for the Environment, we at the CGT join the action proposed by the
International Anarchist Association against the dumping of plastics in our waters, rivers,
seas and oceans, not only because of the highly contaminating potential of plastic and
damages that they produce in the animals that eat it, but also because it seems to us a
civic conduct not to throw anything at sea. ---- We also invite the search for
alternatives to avoid as far as possible the use of plastics in our lives. ---- The CGT,
from our marks of identity, our union and social action, agreed to put human and non-human
life at the center of our priorities. The ecology denounces the war that the human being
declared to the environment in which he inhabits, plundering all his resources, without
understanding that the time and the environment in which we inhabit does not belong to us,
we only transit it.
We encourage you to join in this international action on World Day for the Environment as
well as to communicate your actions to us for dissemination.
Health and Ecology!
CGT International Relations Team
Madrid, June 5, 2018
Source:
http://rojoynegro.info/articulo/sin-fronteras/golpeemos-la-contaminaci%C3%B3n-pl%C3%A3stica-comunicado-cgt-ante-el-d%C3%AD-mundial-del-
me
Translation> Sol de Abril
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Message: 3
Graffiti from imprisioned First World War conscientious objector held in the cell block at
Richmond Castle. ---- "By any criteria the world is in a problematic state. There are
ominous signs of worse to come. The rise of Trump and other populists is the outcome, not
the cause, of a life-threatening crisis for world capitalism which started decades ago and
which has seen the working class share of GDP decline ever since. Since the 2007/8
financial crash the pretence that international bodies like the UN can keep the peace or
that the IMF can resolve the problem of a world economy paralysed by debt has worn more
than thin. The ground is now being prepared for the ‘final solution' to the crisis: war -
large-scale, world war. There isn't a set of progressive policies which can alter this
course."
"But the alternative is not to do nothing. The alternative is not to be dragged into
support for the lesser imperialism. The only alternative to capitalist barbarism and
towards a civilised future is for the working class of the world to raise its head and
reject all war but our own class war for a new world of peace and prosperity where
borders, wars, states, and the financial speculation and production for profit which cause
them, are a thing of the past."
"The capitalists think the working class is dead as an international political force. But
there is a groundswell preparing to challenge their complacency. If you are interested in
being part of this, come and discuss how we can launch No War But the Class War in the
North East."
Organised by the Communist Workers' Organisation.
Public Meeting.
Friday 9th of June.
Hosted by Communist Workers' Organisation.
Bar Loco. 22 Leazes Park Road.
Newcastle upon Tyne.
NE1 4PG
https://surreyanarchistcommunistgroup.blogspot.com/
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Message: 4
Here we share the exclusive reflections of a Jordanian anarchist on the ongoing popular
mobilizations that have gripped Jordan beginning on May 30, 2018, as a response to
tax-reform measures proposed by the State in accordance with International Monetary Fund
(IMF) demands. ---- by Mohammad Abdel Qader Alfar, Architect and Academic ---- As soon as
authority was born, it developed its most dangerous habit: creating scenarios where it
appears as if any move the people would take can be against people's own interests, taking
them a step away from their aspirations instead of making them advance. Helpless masses
who plead for justice from their rulers and feel grateful when given the least have always
been the best nation example for authority, every authority.
It is similar to chess, when a player employs some tactics that can put the opponent in
"zugzwang," where the best move is not to move. However, what works for chess does not
work in the fields. Chess is focused on the king, but real streets are all about the
people. In the streets, people would die to achieve justice for themselves or for their
neighbors. War, on the other hand, is what harshly resembles chess, where ordinary people
die helplessly to protect the ruler. That's why authority-when its control over fields
falls-has no problem in turning public squares into battlefields.
And that's exactly the position we thought we were in after 7 years of the Arab Spring.
We, as ordinary people, lost part of our hope and called that "maturation." Our
appreciation for security grew and consumed our sense of adventure and our will to be free
at any cost. Seven years of witnessing people on the other side of the northern borders
being slaughtered[i.e., in Syria]have made a lot of us slow down, and accept all the flaws
that are ruining our lives, from corruption to mismanagement to wasting public money.
But when things went beyond the limits, people moved spontaneously, without the need for
any model to follow this time. In 2011 we were influenced by Tunis and Egypt and sometimes
we tried to copy their examples. Our circumstances[in Jordan]were not mature enough, but
we were driven by the wave. But this time it is essential and real. We have developed our
own model that was born from our own context, our own details, and our own fabric. The
Professional Associations had a leading role at the beginning of the events, especially
with their refusal of the proposed income tax law.
However, Jordanians all over the country filled the streets without being limited to the
sectors that the associations can normally influence. The moves were highly civilized and
self-regulated. And furthermore, people felt eager to discuss with each other the details
of the income tax law and the mechanisms of pricing fuel products in Jordan: two main
reasons for the protests. People of different genders, backgrounds, and ages engaged in
such dialogues in public squares and on social media, thus reflecting how serious people
are this time about being fully aware of what they are demanding and being able to propose
their alternatives for managing the country without fear.
Another positive observation is that one could barely find people accusing each other of
treason or making doubts about the origin of the movement as was the case in 2011, where
regional events divided the people into different sectors, making it easier for the
authorities to move in and ruin the protests.
After days of continuous protests, the government had to resign under the pressure of the
protests, while the new-unfortunately also appointed-government promised to reconsider the
income tax law and fuel-pricing mechanisms, an achievement to commend the people for, but
still not enough for the people who are not showing naive consent with the authorities'
moves. "For the first time, we as people made the move and the government had to respond,
and we should not lose this strong position." This is how a young protester replied to my
question about whether we should stay in the streets after the government resigned.
During the 7 past years, and concerned for security, many Jordanians tried to give the
authorities a chance, assuming that a "good authority" can give us our daily bread, only
by being asked politely to do so. But during the last 7 days, we all agreed implicitly
that the best bread is the bread we bake ourselves, with no need for permission from any
authority on earth.
If you enjoyed this piece, we recommend reading our recent blog post, "Gaza Massacre Marks
70 Years of Al-Nakba: We Demand Justice!" and other blog posts related to Syria and
Rojava, including articles by Joanna Aziz (Alliance of Middle Eastern Socialists), "Syrian
War in Year 7: The Age of Cyber Warfare," and Frieda Afary, also from the Alliance of
Middle Eastern Socialists, "Victory of Assad Regime in Ghouta is Major Defeat for Those
Fighting Racism and Capitalist Authoritarianism Globally."
http://blackrosefed.org/fresh-bread-in-jordan/
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Message: 5
a brochure issued by the anarchist En Plo in January 2005 ---- "Intifada is not just a
war. The war takes days or months, but in our case it has become a way of life " ----
Bana, a woman from the West Bank ---- Since its inception, the State of Israel maintains
such a special and positive relationship with the United States that the movements of the
two states in the Arab-Israeli conflict only make sense if they are seen in this
perspective of mutual support. The amount of US economic and military aid to Israel is
revealing as it is ranked first in relation to the state's population, and diplomatic
support has no precedent. With their support to the newly established state of Israel in
1948, and in particular after the 1967 expansionary war, the United States came to confirm
the post-war status quo of the new world ruler in the areas of the oil-rich Arab
territories, passing a clear message that the void from the collapse of the colonial
British Empire would be covered by their puppies or states and marionettes themselves.
Thus, following the British retirement in 1948 - who had imposed a occupation status in
Palestine since 1917 - the Israeli state is being established and virtually continued to
be a state-overseer of the US interests. The division and bloodshed in the coexistence of
Arabs and Jews in the Palestinian territories peaked, as is usually the case, due to the
aspirations of the great powers. The United Nations' suggestion in May 1948 to divide the
Palestinian territories into two states, Israeli and Arabic was never realized, and
instead, the entire area intended (according to the suggestion) for the Palestinian state
was conquered by Israel, Jordan, and Egypt. In 1967, with the 6-day war, Israel will
conquer the entire Palestinian region, and from that moment on until now the Israeli state
continues its settlements in the Palestinian territories by displacing, killing,
imprisoning and oppressing the Palestinians for the purpose of further development of its
interests. Indicative is the huge number of refugees reaching 5.5 million, prisoners of
militant militants reaching 6.5 thousand, including children, and the dead whose number is
unclear because many are ignored. Jordan and Egypt. In 1967, with the 6-day war, Israel
will conquer the entire Palestinian region, and from that moment on until now the Israeli
state continues its settlements in the Palestinian territories by displacing, killing,
imprisoning and oppressing the Palestinians for the purpose of further development of its
interests. Indicative is the huge number of refugees reaching 5.5 million, prisoners of
militant militants reaching 6.5 thousand, including children, and the dead whose number is
unclear because many are ignored. Jordan and Egypt. In 1967, with the 6-day war, Israel
will conquer the entire Palestinian region, and from that moment on until now the Israeli
state continues its settlements in the Palestinian territories by displacing, killing,
imprisoning and oppressing the Palestinians for the purpose of further development of its
interests. Indicative is the huge number of refugees reaching 5.5 million, prisoners of
militant militants reaching 6.5 thousand, including children, and the dead whose number is
unclear because many are ignored. Israel will conquer the entire Palestinian region and
from that moment on until now the Israeli state continues its settlements in the
Palestinian territories by displacing, killing, imprisoning and oppressing the
Palestinians for the further development of their interests. Indicative is the huge number
of refugees reaching 5.5 million, prisoners of militant militants reaching 6.5 thousand,
including children, and the dead whose number is unclear because many are ignored. Israel
will conquer the entire Palestinian region and from that moment on until now the Israeli
state continues its settlements in the Palestinian territories by displacing, killing,
imprisoning and oppressing the Palestinians for the further development of their
interests. Indicative is the huge number of refugees reaching 5.5 million, prisoners of
militant militants reaching 6.5 thousand, including children, and the dead whose number is
unclear because many are ignored.
In an increasingly degraded situation, the US decision to transfer the US Embassy from Tel
Aviv to Jerusalem is coming to an end on 14 May (the 70th anniversary of the original
Palestinian violent persecution by the Israeli state). This decision comes almost at the
same time as the US has withdrawn from the historic agreement on Iran's nuclear program
(just two years after its signing and while the terms were fully respected) and the
restoration of sanctions against it. Almost simultaneously with the announcement of
withdrawal from the deal, Israel is launching rocket attacks against Iranian forces on
Syria. A series of movements on the part of the United States that, because they see peace
politically favors their opponents in the region (Russia, Iran), resort to tension,
The provocative decision to transfer the embassy was replied by mass demonstrations by
thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, with the Israeli state once
again showing its merciless face by killing more than 100 protesters and effectively
putting an end to any false hopes that had been created to the Palestinian people by the
rulers, to end the crimes against him.
The Gaza Strip as well as the West Bank are now the only territories belonging to the
Palestinians and could be likened to informal modern concentration camps. All the
functions of these two regions are controlled by the Israeli state, such as the economy,
social and political life, travel, food and water supply, and many others that make up
what Israel is, that is, an apartheid state. In particular, in the West Bank, besides the
wall built on the border, the Israeli settlements are also fenced, and there are separate
streets in which only these are circulated and the use to the Palestinians is forbidden.
In the same context of control and repressive planning, in the Gaza Strip,
The basic prerequisite for the existence of the Palestinian people is that they can have
land to drink and drink water. As self-evident as they seem to us, they are deprived of
the Palestinians who are facing the risk of physical extermination. The attempt to
exterminate Palestinians as well as the Kurds in Syria takes place due to the economic,
military and political interests of the sovereigns. The goal of the Israeli state is to
isolate and exterminate the Palestinian people or use it as a cheap manpower.
In an effort to justify all this in Israeli society, the Israeli state through the media
conceals the truth and turns Palestinians from victims to perpetrators creating a climate
of fear and racism that enables Israel to legitimize the occupation regime. Although what
is being attempted is the Israeli society's complicity in the crimes that are being
committed, there are those who rise up and resist media propaganda, state pressures and
the militarization of their lives. There are many examples of pieces of Israeli society
that, against the predominant narration, are demonstrating the Israeli killer state. An
exemplary example is the denial of hostilities that come in direct conflict with the
militarist state of Israel, and that is why they are dealt with even by imprisonment.
Although the so-called "peace process" is due to the creation of two nation nations, there
are also Israeli and Palestinian people who propose something different. This is a free
land inhabited equally by Palestinians and Israelis, by Muslims, Jews and Christians. They
are the people who are not misled by either the Israeli occupation state or the creation
of two states that will stop oppression, exploitation, injustice and inequality. They are
those who put their bottom-up interests in front and oppose state and capitalist
barbarism. They are those who strive for justice, solidarity and equality. For a world
without wars and injustices. For the total liberation that comes only when the oppressed
lay down the bonds of both the foreign and the local bosses and take their lives in their
hands.
Solidarity with competitors and contestants in Palestine,
in Africa and Syria, in the mountains of Mexico's Chiapas
and all over the world struggling for land and freedom
"Little time of the Palestinian issue"
a brochure issued by the anarchist En Plo in January 2005
anarchist collectivity Vogliamo tutto e per tutti
http://vogliamotutto.espivblogs.net/
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