Anarchic update news all over the world - Part 2 - 13.09.2018

Today's Topics:

   
1.  anarkismo.net: The Protest in Basra's city, south of Iraq,
      continues by Zaher Baher (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
2.  France, Alternative Libertaire AL - Clash September, To
      revolt, to form, to organize (fr, it, pt)[machine translation]
      (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)


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This is a report about what is currently going on in Basra, the third main city in Iraq. 
The protesters back to the streets from 4th of this month, September demanding their basic 
rights. ---- The Protest in Basra's city, south of Iraq, continues ---- Zaher Baher ---- 
Iraq 08/09/2018 ---- "Out Iran out out, Basra lives free" this is one of the main chant 
thousands of the protesters were shouting. The strong protesters back to the streets in 
the afternoon of Tuesday, 10/09 when the Prime Minister of Iraq, Haider al-Abadi failed to 
deliver his promises to meet people's demands of July. ---- Since the beginning of the 
protests on Tuesday,10 protesters killed and over 100 injured. They cut off the road of 
Umm Qasr on Wednesday, 04/09. Umm Qasr Port is part of the city of Umm Qasr and one of the 
couple ports in Iraq for entering goods to Basra and the rest of Iraq.

The protests are getting bigger. They are very angry because they are lack of every basic 
service including clean water electric power. In this very hot weather while the 
temperature still reaches 50 degree people has no enough power. The concerns of people in 
Basra mentioned in my initial report of July still have not been taken in to the 
consideration by the Iraqi government.

On Wednesday, 05/09 the protester occupied the building of the governor of Basra and 
burned down. On Thursday, 06/09, four TV offices and fifteen political parties 
headquarters and some of the government's building also burned down. On the same day, 
Wednesday night, the protesters occupied the Iranian Consulate in Basra, the staff managed 
to flee but the protesters set a fire on the building.

People in Basra have lots of sympathy from Iraqis from South to the North of Iraq. There 
was a big rally/ protest yesterday, Friday, in Tahrir Square in Baghdad to support the 
people's demand in Basra.

There are also unconfirmed reports of entering the US forces into the city of Basra 
watching the situation closely. Other reports are talking about fleeing most of the MPs, 
the chiefs of the political parties, heads of the companies and the directors of main 
services in the city. There is other report talks about fleeing government's agents while 
some of the protesters found their places where they work and live.

While I am not justifying violence from the protesters but the true is the police, 
securities and the Militias of the political parties have been very violent from the 
beginning of the protests in the afternoon of 04/09. There is other reason for the people 
in Basra to get very angry. They are very desperate and frustrated while for the last 15 
years whoever came to power locally and centrally failed them. The people in Basra on one 
hand see themselves have been deprived almost of everything; on the other hand they see a 
tiny minority of their people have been beneficiary from the situation and living highlife.

The true and the right thing is people in Basra regardless of their differences have been 
united, fighting back the local and central government for their legitimate and natural 
demands. It did not last long for them to realize the religion and the nationalism do not 
worth a single bread, single tablet, free education, free treatment, freedom and the rest 
of basic rights.

The protests and the demos have not been controlled by any political parties or any other 
side from the foreigners. They have so far rejected them because they have 15 years of 
experience with the regime. But they need to organize themselves in non-hierarchical 
independent groups in wherever possibly they can to coordinate their action against the 
state and its powers.

https://www.anarkismo.net/article/31125

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In universities, high schools, and all places of study, activists of Alternative 
Libertaire fight for a democratic and critical education, and spread practices 
self-management to guarantee the autonomy of the struggles of the youth. To achieve this, 
our strategy is to build tools of resistance and collective emancipation by activating in 
wrestling unions. ---- In its blind operation, capitalism deprives the vast majority of 
the population of the wealth it deserves by law , and reduces the students to live in a 
permanent galley. It ravages the environment and depletes the resources that allow 
humanity to flourish. ---- We stand up against all the racist and patriarchal dominations 
that crush human life under the weight of prejudices and privileges. Homophobia sexism, 
transophobia, and all oppression are called to be defeated by the struggle.

We want to found a truly free society, based on direct democracy and self-management , 
where everyone would lead his life as he / she understands it and control his or her work 
tool, housing, place of study.

To build this society, we must forge an organization capable of responding to the problems 
of those who simply seek to study, to work honestly, or are deprived of employment by 
capitalist absurdity. A structured and democratic organization , facing the State and 
Capital. We must train, group, and fight.

TO OVERCOME CAPITALISM AND ALL OPPRESSIONS, ALTERNATIVE LIBERARY JOINS !

http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Se-revolter-se-former-s-organiser

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