Anarchic update news all over the world - 21.09.2018

Today's Topics:

   
1.  France, Alternative Libertaire AL #285 - Angers: Stop the
      rancid scent of the reaction (fr, it, pt)[machine translation]
      (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
2.  Britain, anarchist communist group ACG: Jackdaw #3 -- UCU
      rank and file "Resisting the Market" conference 
      (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
3.  France, Alternative Libertaire AL - antifascism,
      Mobilizations and tributes to Clément Méric (fr, it,
      pt)[machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
4.  Greece, [Announcement of APO and Calls] 5 years after the
      assassination of P. Fissa by dirty horse (gr) [machine
      translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
5.  Manchester Solidarity Federation concluded its dispute with
      Fortis Student Lettings in July. (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
6.  Anarchist Federation of Rosario: Greetings to the fajr
      (Anarchist Federation of Rio de Janeiro) on its 15th anniversary
      (pt) [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
7.  Anarchist Festival of London By ANA (pt) (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
8.  Aotearoa Workers Solidarity Movement AWSM: ISE online
      course: Oct 8-Nov. 26 (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)


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For too many months reactionary, sexist and homophobic ideas have been established in 
Angers. From a far-right associative bar, through the right wing of the municipality, 
quick feedback on these reactions whose first targets are women and minorities. ---- The 
Manif for All had crystallized in Anjou a homophobia that was naively thought to have 
disappeared for ages. The Cathos managed to mobilize several million people. Faced with 
this surge of hate, it is clear that the mobilization was not up to par, the organized 
gatherings not raising the crowds. There was reason to believe that the adoption of the 
law opening marriage to same-sex couples would silence them. This is partly true. But the 
most radical fringe has continued to mobilize.
This is notably the case of Common Sense, movement within the Republicans resulting from 
the Manif for All, which has several elected municipal officials. They will have enough 
weight for 2016 Christophe Béchu, the mayor of Angers to have posters removed from an HIV 
prevention campaign. A strong mobilization then forced the mayor to a most pitiful 
political gymnastics.

Among this municipal right wing, Maxence Henry is undoubtedly the one who goes furthest in 
his public statements. A few weeks ago, in an RCF Anjou show about the legalization of 
abortion in Ireland (where only men had the floor), the elected official did not mince his 
words: "  Abortion is always a failure  " , so the 200,000 abortions a year in France are" 
200,000 situations of failure ", and he even goes so far as to speak of a mysterious but 
nevertheless powerful" steamroller that is put in favor of abortion ". [1]    The freedoms 
that city halls use to talk about homosexuality or the rights of women to dispose of their 
bodies have given some ideas to some to take action.

On the night of June 13 to 14, local Quazar, LGBT center in Angers, was tagged with 
ignoble calls for the murder of homosexuals and Celtic crosses. [2]This act is signed and 
we know in which direction to look for the culprits: members of the far right identity and 
Catholic who since January has a local, called the Alvarium . [3]

Event: "  West, but still anti-fascist ! » Angeviscan antifascist festival which will take 
place from September 16th to 22nd.

But the resistance is organized. Whether against the reactionary drift of a part of the 
municipal team, as against the establishment of the extreme right, feminist, anti-fascist 
and progressive organizations are hard at work to not give up an ounce of land to the 
reactions of all hairs. On February 24, 500 people demonstrated against the Alvarium . On 
Saturday, June 23, 150 people rallied against homophobia.

Manifest of February 24 against the local fascist Alvarium

Like what in Anjou and elsewhere, we must remain determined to fight for the equal rights 
of all.

Jon (AL Angers)

[1] Emancipation collective response: " Reaction to anti-abortion by Maxence Henry, deputy 
mayor "   (on collectifemancipation.fermeasites.net)

[2] Release: " Homophobic Tags to Quazar "   (on quazar.fr)

[3] About the Alvarium , you can find out about the Angefascist Angevin Networks blog : 
raaf.noblogs.org

http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Angers-Stopper-le-parfum-rance-de-la-reaction

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October 13th will see a national conference ‘Resisting the Market' hosted by the London 
Region University and College Union (UCU) involving a number of networks and groups in the 
UCU including the UCU Transformed, the Branch Solidarity Network and the UCU Left group. 
Other than the latter, which is a long standing leftist caucus, these grassroots networks 
are a product of the fight against changes to the University Superannuation Scheme (USS) 
which took place earlier this year. This fight, which the UCU leadership did everything to 
contain, saw an outpouring of activity at a Branch level unseen for many years as academic 
and professional UCU members took initiatives and linked up through unofficial networks, 
generally bypassing the official union structures. The level of engagement took not only 
the union's leadership but also local branches by surprise. In part this was because 
previous industrial action called by the UCU had been so pathetic and demoralising. The 
enthusiasm and imagination shown was unprecedented, with some UCU Branches inviting other 
unions and students to join their strike committees and a conscious reaching out in some 
areas to grassroots unions such as the United Voices of the World in London and the 
Scottish Couriers Network in Glasgow. However, whilst all this was encouraging and led to 
a resounding rejection of a contemptuous ‘deal' pushed in the middle of the strike, the 
reality was that the struggle was not extended to include even some workers with USS but 
in other unions and the impact was not maximised. The offer from the employers to set-up a 
Joint Expert Panel (JEP) which will look at 2017 evaluation of the pension scheme was 
accepted by the membership but only postpones the inevitable Round Two of this fight.

And the need for organisation for that fight is what the national conference is, in part, 
what needs to be developing. Ultimately, it will require the rank and file to 
self-organise the struggle, to strengthen and develop the networks of resistance and take 
control. Simply replacing the leadership, which has been the main focus of the left in the 
past, is not enough. Time and energy wasted trying to ‘reform' the union will be better 
spent trying to build an autonomous and independent rank and file movement which goes 
beyond the UCU and encourages all University workers regardless of grade, role or status 
to resist the the attacks of the employers.

Article from Jackdaw 3 
https://www.anarchistcommunism.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Jackdaw-Issue-3-RGB.pdf

https://www.anarchistcommunism.org/2018/09/11/ucu-rank-and-file-resisting-the-market-conference/

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As part of the trial of Clément Méric's assassins, which took place from 4 to 14 
September, Alternative Libertaire paid numerous tributes to Clement Meric, antifascist 
militant assassinated on 5 June 2013 precisely because he was antifascist. [1]In 
particular, in order to repoliticize this crime, whose profoundly political character has 
been regularly denied during the last five years, Alternative Libertaire participated in 
the campaign initiated by the Committee for Clement in order to rename various streets and 
squares in the name of our anti-fascist comrade. ---- Montreuil - September 7th ---- On 
the initiative of Alternative Libertaire Montreuil, some forty people gathered on Friday, 
September 7, late afternoon in front of the bakery in place François-Mitterrand in 
Montreuil, so that the name of the antifascist Clément Méric replaces colonialist Louis 
Faidherbe, the "  father of French imperialism  ". [2]

Brussels - 7 September
The comrades of Alternative Libertaire Brussels also paid tribute to Clement and his 
fights antifascist and emancipator, Friday, September 7.

Nantes - September 8th

Accompanied by Solidarity Students, the activists of Alternative Libertaire Nantes 
participated in the installation of two plaques in memory of Clément Méric, at the Place 
de la Bourse in Nantes, on Saturday, September 8th.

The baptism of "  Rue Thurot  " in "  Rue Clement Meric  " and "  Place de la Bourse  " in 
"  Place Clement Meric  ", which brings together over a hundred people, was also 
accompanied by a speech:

Source: Alternative Libertarian YouTube Channel

Saint-Denis - September 9th
On Sunday September 9th, at the call of Alternative Libertaire Saint-Denis (as well as the 
CGA, the NPA and the UL Solidaires), a few dozen people gathered "  Rue de la République " 
in order to rename it "  Clément Méric Street  ".

Realized near the Sunday market of Saint-Denis, the laying of the plate was completed by a 
speech.

Orleans - September 12
The Alternative Libertaire Orléans collective was present, along with the various other 
appellant organizations, at the rally in honor of Clément on Wednesday, September 12th.

 From the Place De Gaulle, the numerous and numerous participants formed an animated 
procession going up to the crossing of the rue Royale and the street Jeanne d'Arc, where 
there was affixed a plaque in memory of our anti-fascist comrade.

A unitary speech preceding the laying of the plaque, marked the tribute by insisting in 
particular on the seriousness of the continuity of Clément's anti-fascist fight, which 
should not be content to be a slogan:

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Lorient - September 13th
A few dozen people responded to the call of Alternative Libertaire Lorient by gathering 
place Paul Bert in Lorient, the evening of Thursday, September 13, to affix a plaque 
honoring Clement Meric.

The name of Paul Bert, architect of racist theories and colonial ruler of Indochina who 
lived in the XIX th century, has therefore given way to that of Clement, trade unionist 
and antifascist of Brest origin.

Alternative Libertaire Lorient closed the rally by launching the municipality a call to 
perpetuate this tribute to Clement.

Angers - September 13
On Thursday, September 13, on the eve of the verdict of the murder of Clément Méric, the 
activists of Alternative Libertaire Angers and the Angevin Antifascist Network decided to 
pay tribute to him.

A "  Place Clement Meric  " has symbolically covered the "  Square Alexis Carrel  ", named 
after a doctor favorable to the eugenics and collabo of the regime of Petain and the Nazis.

The place is all the more meaningful because it is located close to the Alvarium , 
neo-fascist association bar. [3]

Rennes - 14th September
In tribute to Clement, on September 14th, the FA, the NPA, FO social action and Solidaires 
Étudiant-es met at the initiative of Alternative Libertaire Rennes on the Place de la 
République which for the occasion was renamed « Place Clement Meric  ".

Montpellier - September 14th
On the evening of Friday, September 14, pending the verdict of the murderous neo-Nazi 
trial of Clement Meric, Alternative Libertaire Montpellier took part in the rally 
initiated by the MAP (Montpellier Antifascist and Popular) in tribute to our comrade.

 From the Place de la Comedie, the dozens of participants then went to Rue Jacques Coeur 
to rename it to the name of our anti-fascist comrade who had fallen under the blows of the 
extreme right.

A leaflet distributed during the tribute rightly recalled that "  fascism is 
played[elsewhere ], in state racism, in the institutionalization of Islamophobia, in 
police impunity, in the quasi-violent agitation. insurgent police unions, in the margins 
of the state, security groups, private militias, etc. " [4]

Paris - 14th of September
On 14 September, as part of the Paris demonstration in honor of Clement Meric on the 
occasion of the end of the trial of his murderers, Alternative Libertaire was present and 
made a brief but strong speech, recalling the ideological character of death de Clément, 
the justice and the necessity of his anti-fascist struggle and our will to pursue him !

Source: Alternative Libertarian YouTube Channel

[1] Read the release of Alternative Libertaire: "  The murderers of Clement Meric condemned  "

[2] Read: Echo of Africa: "  Tackling the Symbols of Colonialism  " , published in the 
July-August 2018 issue of Alternative Libertaire

[3] Read: Angers: Stop the rancid scent of the reaction , published in the July-August 
2018 issue of Alternative Libertaire

[4] Read the summary of the tribute on Montpellier Poing Infos: 
www.lepoing.net/rassemblement-a-montpellier-a-loccasion-du-proces-des-assassins-de-clement-meric

http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Mobilisations-et-hommages-a-Clement-Meric

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5 YEARS AFTER THE PAUL WONDER OF THE GOLDEN ARMS OF THE GOLDEN EGG ... ---- Pavlos Fissas 
fell dead from the golden killer knife George Roupakia in the morning of 18 September 2013 
in Keratsini, when he and his company were attacked by an organized group of goldsmiths. 
It is the same gang that, for years, has been battering immigrants, beating young people, 
attacking trade unionists and social militants in self-organized struggle. Why the 
fascists strike where state politics, boss interests and media propaganda suggest: against 
the worst exploited part of society and against the movements declared to be the target of 
state repression. ---- Golden Dawn, a state-run and governor since its inception, and a 
political grandchild of the occupants and civil warriors of the occupation and the civil 
war and the heir of the subversive action of the Gotsamans who murdered Lambrakis, as well 
as of the Centaurs and the RNDN rangers who murdered and the fighter Professor Nikos 
Tebondera, can now be portrayed as a supposedly anti-systemic force, but in fact there is 
to develop the most conservative and reactive social instincts, dissolving those 
collective, class and social ties contributing to social decision-making.

The lawsuit of the ASE which has been in progress for 3.5 years, has as its main political 
objective the imposition of "democratic normality" and the consolidation of the theory of 
the two extremes. Wishing to stifle the wrath of the murder of Paul Fussa that could not 
be concealed and made visible their complicity, the state and the bosses attempt to put 
society in the role of viewing a supposedly institutional treatment of the Nazis and 
regaining social legitimacy. At the same time that the murderer Rupakia is in his home, at 
the same time, he attempts to suppress the anti-fascist struggle on the streets through 
the strike of mobilization and the persistent persecution of anarchists and anti-fascists.

At the same time, on the occasion of the stir of the so-called "Macedonian issue" and the 
nationalist uprising that followed, the attempts of the re-emergence of the para-state 
battalions and the fascist striking groups on the streets were attempted, while the 
nationalist rallies of the previous period left behind an emerging - darker aspects of 
modern history - nationalist enamel, who is called to be the vanguard of the bosses in the 
social and class conflicts that will happen in the coming period, xaitias the continuation 
of state-capitalist attack on society.

Today, where the far-right and fascist aspect of modern totalitarianism, the most extreme 
manifestation of the exploitative cluster of state and capital is widened within the 
framework of the "Fortress Europe", the isolation of the fascists and the conflict with 
them everywhere in the social field becomes even greater importance. From Western and 
Central Europe to the Balkans, the emergence of fascists on the streets, their open 
relationship with the deep state, and their usefulness in imposing regime choices make the 
need for vigilance vis-à-vis the fascist fascist groups even more perceptible and 
imperative. The necessity of organizing the struggle and the formation of policies,

Faced with repressive and partisan terrorism, tools for imposing the state of the world 
and the bosses, only the world of struggle and the organized presence of the movement can 
serve as a basis for the formation of social and class self-defense. As a springboard for 
the social and classical counter-attack that will pass over the parastatic neo-Nazis and 
their patrons, to build the society of Equality, Solidarity and Freedom, the world of 
Anarchy and Communist Communism.

We do not forget the murder of Pavlos Fissas on September 18, 2013 in Keratsini.

We do not forget hundreds of murderous attacks on refugees and immigrants. Not even the 
dozens of rabid attacks on squats, self-managed spaces, and anarchist, left and 
anti-fascist fighters. We stand in solidarity with the occupation of an old morgue in Alex 
/ city that recently received an arson attack by fascists.

 From the internationalist and anti-fascist barricades of Kamara and Propylaea,  from the 
grand internationalist anti-fascist demonstration of solidarity to the occupation of the 
Libertatia of thousands of militants on March 10 in Thessaloniki  to dozens of small and 
great anti-fascist mobilizations throughout Greece, the Balkans, Western Europe and 
America ...

To co-ordinate the phasing by building a platform, horizon, and counterpart social and tax 
movement that targets the whole of the system that is generalized.
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ANTIFFASSICAL CONCENTRATIONS THURSDAY 18 SEPTEMBER:

Patras, Georgiou square 6pm

anarchist group "Dysenium Equus", member of APO and companions

Thessaloniki, Kamara 6pm

collectivism for social anarchism "Black and Red", member of the Liberal Party of 
Liberalism for libertarian Communism

Athens, Pavlos Fissa 60 (former Panagi Tsaldari) 5pm

Local Co-ordination of Athens of AP- Participation in the Block of the Convention on 
Social and Tax Handling

Anarchist Political Organization - Federation of Collectivities

https://apo.squathost.com/

https://ipposd.wordpress.com/2018/09/17/

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The dispute ended positively with the four tenants involved receiving a total of £832.00 
in compensation. We have delayed issuing this statement until after confirmation of the 
compensation payments. ---- Before our involvement, the four tenants' complaints had been 
ignored; they found themselves being passed from pillar to post; their efforts to speak 
directly to Fortis managers were invariably met with claims that the person was not 
available; in some cases, these overseas students were met with what could most kindly be 
described as insulting claims by Fortis staff that they cannot could not understand them. 
---- We became involved when one of the tenants was put in contact with us in May. In 
conjunction with the tenants, Manchester SF sent Fortis a letter demanding compensation 
for the poorly maintained accommodation. After Fortis responded by denying they had any 
case to answer we, along with the tenants, arranged a number of pickets and phone 
blockades during June and July. These had the effect of forcing Fortis to recognise the 
tenants' complaints and to shift their position, upping their first compensation offer 
twice, after initially offering nothing.

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We salute the companions and companions, brothers and sisters of farj this birthday. In a 
Extremely serious moment for Latin American peoples with attacks on our achievements More 
Felt-at all levels-by the ruling class, the validity of the farj and the militancy of It 
is of strategic importance. Río de Janeiro represents a bastion of Resistance, not only to 
adjustment and removal of rights, but also to the "test" of militarisation Which is being 
held by the reactionary sectors on the continent. ---- In the same land as the strikes 
strikes and worker leagues of 1917 and 1918, that resistance to dictatorship Military, 
that the mobilizations of 2013, the same terraque referring to anarchism as malvina 
Tabarez, José Oiticica, Angelina Soares, domingos passos and ideal peres, among many 
others. In this Same land the and cab builds each day with the people a possibility of future.

Against the dominant class, militant anarchism!
Live to fajr!!!
Live to cab!!!
Up the people who fight!!!
Anarchist Federation of Rosario

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In light of the absence of the London Anarchist Book Fair this year,  Freedom  and 
Housmans  came together to organize a decentralized anarchist festival on October 20 and 
21, and we would like you to get involved! ---- The idea is to have events going on in 
radical locations all over London, organized by distinct groups, all happening under the 
banner that  is not the Anarchist Book Fair . If you already have something planned for 
the weekend and you think it would be appropriate, then send us an e-mail 
(anarchistfestival (at) riseup.net ) and we will add you to our program. If you want to 
organize something, book a place and let us know by email when everything is confirmed. 
---- We want to approach broadly anarchism, and provided it is anti-authoritarian and 
anti-capitalist it is within. We will not accept any event that is racist, sexist, 
capacitating, transphobic, etc., and the policies of each venue should be followed as 
usual. We want to have an emphasis on getting new people involved in anarchist politics, 
so introductory / easily accessible events are especially wanted.

Examples of events that we think would be legal:

- Introductory conversations

- Groups of readings

- Book Launches

- Coffee mornings

- Days of visitation

- Walking Tours

"Anything else you can think of!"

Accessibility

Please be aware of any access restrictions for any venue you organize as we will include 
them in the program.

We hope to hear more from you!

#nottheanarchistbookfaircrew

Anarchist Festival

anarchistfestival.wordpress.com

facebook.com/anarchistfestival

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Dear Friends of the ISE, ---- Enrollment is now open for the fall session of the Institute 
for Social Ecology online seminar Ecology, Democracy, Utopia! ---- Running from October 
8th to November 26th, this eight-week course introduces students to Social Ecology - an 
interdisciplinary body of ideas that explores the relationship between social and 
ecological problems from a transformative political perspective. Participants learn the 
foundations of Social Ecology and apply these insights to a variety of contemporary 
political and ecological problems, sharpening their understanding of the world while 
developing visionary solutions to change it. The seminar explores a broad range of 
interconnected themes, including:

* What is Social Ecology?
* Understanding Social Hierarchy and Domination
* What is Nature?
* Capitalism, Critique, Alternatives
* Technology, Agriculture, and Society
* Politics, Direct Democracy, and the State
* From Protest to Social Transformation
* Reconstructive Vision: Reclaiming Utopia

Format: The course combines video lectures by ISE faculty, a weekly online seminar, 
readings, and online discussion forums. Each week, participants watch a video lecture and 
read assigned texts, then meet online to discuss them with faculty and other students 
during the weekly seminar. There are also online forums where the conversation can be 
continued between sessions. There are no written assignments or grades, all participants 
receive a certificate of completion. Through our partnership with Goddard College, 
students who enroll in their low-residency BA program can earn college credit for the 
course; some students from other institutions have been able to take the course for credit 
via their home university as an independent study.

Registration is open to everyone, but space is limited. To enroll, please write us at 
social-ecology@mail.mayfirst.org. Registration costs $100 and can be paid here. Write us 
for the full syllabus, and feel free to share the news with friends, students, and educators!

We look forward to learning and changing the world together!

http://social-ecology.org/wp/2018/09/fall-social-ecology-online-seminar-oct-8-nov-26/

http://awsm.nz/2018/09/17/ise-online-course-oct-8-nov-26/

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