Anarchic update news all over the world - 27.04.2019

Today's Topics:

   
1.  [France] Libertarian Festival of Lyon: "We settled in every
      corner" By ANA [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
2.  Rússia, Anarchist Evgeni Karakachev sentenced to 6 years in
      prison (pt) (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
3.  France, Alternative Libertaire AL #293 - Babysitters:
      Neither nannies nor nurses, the cry of the pink vests (fr, it,
      pt)[machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
4.  [Spain] For an Iberian Anarchist Conference By ANA (ca, pt)
      [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
5.  vrijebond: [Zaventem BE] Steenrock 2019 Brussel manifestival
      (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
6.  Britain, anarchist communist group ACG: Afternoon tea with
      Corbyn & May (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
   
7.  Russia, avtonom.org: May 1 against torture and
      discrimination [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)


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Message: 1





This festival, "Libertarian Spring, we have settled in every corner" has been organized 
for several years by various libertarian collectives in Lyon, by associations and comrades 
who found themselves in anti-authoritarian thinking. ---- The festival "November 
Libertario" decided this year to take advantage of the beautiful spring days to settle in 
Lyon in 2019 and be reborn under the name of "Libertary Spring". ---- From March 24, 2019 
to May 3, 2019, come and meet us in Lyon for a new festival month. ---- ... aims to spread 
  knowledge and libertarian practices ... ---- The goal of "Spring Libertarian" is to 
mobilize, create and share the libertarian thought, their updates, their practices in 
order to deconstruct the stereotypes that caricature too often and make it possible to tod 
@s and any one @ to do that anarchism is anchored vigorously in the critical news of our 
world. No, renunciation is not our horizon. No, the culture of power, meritocracy, 
capitalism, patriarchy, nationalism will never form our horizon.

We mobilize against all forms of oppression and domination, against social regressions and 
injustices that arise from all sides, and against denial of justice, against security and 
identity hysteria!

... to the meeting of the entire population ...

In the spring of 2019, libertarians in Lyon set out to occupy every possible and 
imaginable space (MJC, bars, public spaces, cinemas, self-managed facilities, theaters 
...) to give greater visibility to libertarian practices.

We are setting ourselves up everywhere to create a collective dynamic that allows us to 
respond clearly to the questions of a possible world, to overcome the inherited divisions 
of the past and to deconstruct authoritarian and vertical moralities and injunctions; 
those of the capitalist-productivist economy.

... to work on social transformation!

Libertarian cultures offer tools and weapons to reflect and act differently. This non - 
formal education festival, open to tod @s , aimed at individual and collective 
emancipation, as well as criticism of injustice and repressive political and social 
institutions.

In the program: books, debates, concerts, theater, poetry, food, meetings, ateliers / 
workshops, conferences, projections and poems - thousand and one ways of knowing and 
dispersing, to dream- will be painted in the colors of anarchism.

printempslibertaire.info

Translation> Markus Markus

Related Content:

https://noticiasanarquistas.noblogs.org/post/2017/11/16/franca-lyon-novembro-libertario/

https://noticiasanarquistas.noblogs.org/post/2016/11/14/franca-lyon-festival-libertario-edicao-2016-de-3-a-25-de-novembro/

anarchist-ana news agency


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On April 19, the North Caucasian District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don convicted an 
anarchist from Evpatoria Yevgeny Karakashev in the case of Calls for Committing of 
Terrorist Activity in the Russian social network "Vkontakte". ---- The court sentenced him 
to 6 years in a penal colony. He also has a 2-years ban for management of web-sites. 
Yevgeny Karakashev calmly reacted to the verdict. The Russian prosecutor's office 
requested for Karakashev 9 years in a penal colony. His Lawyer Alexey Ladin requested him 
to declare Yevgeny not guilty. After the verdict, the lawyer stated that he will appeal 
against the decision of the Military Court. ---- Earlier, the Court in Rostov-on-Don 
closed the criminal case against Karakashev on charges of incitement of hatred towards a 
social group (part 1 of article 282 of the Russian Criminal Code) for posts in VKontakte.

On April 12, Karakashev stated his innocence and persecution against him
he qualified as political. The activist said that he participated in the
protection of the salt lake near Evpatoria, where local authorities
allowed the construction.

"Everyone knows that the construction and destruction of a salt lake
with therapeutic mud was supervised by the mayor of Evpatoria, Andrei
Filonov - at the moment two criminal cases are initiated against him, in
particular, about land fraud, illegal transfer[of this territory]to
another land fund." - said the accused.

He also noted that he had noticed signs of hacking on his pages on
social networks before arrest.

"My mailbox was hacked, the attached phone number was changed in it and
I could not resume access to it. Strange posts appeared on my pages in
social networks, I deleted them, some of my posts disappeared.

Some users received messages from me with obscene abuse and calls for
violence, I repeatedly changed passwords" - the activist explained.

Case description

On February 1, 2018, Yevgeny Karakashev was arrested by police in
Evpatoria. Journalist Alyona Savchuk wrote on Facebook that on the day
of his arrest Karakashev house was searched. "They made it harshly: the
men in civil broke in, did not introduce themselves, immediately laid
him on the floor, twisted him, put handcuffs behind the back. Yevgeny
says that he stayed in handcuffs up to the holding cell. On the right
side of forehead he has a huge abrasion. Only in the evening Karakashev
was able to call a friend and asked to find a lawyer" - reports Savchuk
- "Investigator Abushaev stated that he does not remember how long
Karakashev was in handcuffs - 5 minutes or 3 hours, and that Karakashev
"was offered" to go to the police department and that he voluntarily
agreed".

On February 2, 2018, the Evpatoria City Court arrested Karakashev for
pre-trial detention on suspicion of committing crimes under Part 1 of
Art. 282 of the Criminal Code (incitement to hatred and hostility) and
Part 2 of Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code (public calls for terrorism).

According to the investigation, Karakashev published a video from one of
his pages in VKontakte at the end of 2014, which allegedly calls for
terrorism. In addition, according to the acts, in January 2017, he
posted a text from another account in a chat for 35 people, which
contains signs of "propaganda of the ideology of violence" and "calls
for terrorist activities". It is not specified what exactly Karakashev
published, however, the document says that the experts investigated
"teletext, starting with the words ‘use a grenade against' and ending
with the words ‘in the windows of the authorities, good luck'".

It seems that, the reason for initiating a criminal case was the video
"The Last Interview of Primorsky Partisans", published in the social
network VKontakte, in which the partisans explain the motives of their
actions. This video is recognized in Russia as extremist, since it
"arouses hatred towards a certain social group".

[The Primorsky Partisans were a group of people who waged a guerrilla
war against the Russian police, who have long been accused of
corruption, and brutality]

According to lawyer Alexey Ladin, Yevgeny Karakashev himself believes
that the initiation of a criminal case against him and the subsequent
arrest are related to his activist work: the man spoke out against
construction at resort area near Evpatoria in the vicinity of a salt
lake. Yevgeny is an anarchist and anti-fascist. Karakashev always held
an active civil position, participated in a picketing near the FSB
[russian secret service]building in the city of Simferopol, and in
November 2016, together with like-minded people, planned to hold a
picketing "against police brutality in the Crimea" near the building of
the MIA[police]of Yevpatoria. This action was banned by the local
authorities of Evpatoria. After this incident, Yevgeny was getting calls
by officers of the so-called law enforcement agencies and invited to
talk to give explanations, Yevgeny refused to testify anything.

Signs of political motivation for persecution

It is very likely that the criminal case against Yevgeny Karakashev was
initiated in the context of his oppositional social and political
activities as a repeated participant in protest actions in the Crimea.
In the context of the persecution of left-wing activists and
anti-fascists that began in January 2018, the Karakashev case seems
likely to be politically motivated.

Thus, the circumstances of the prosecution give reason to think that the
imprisonment of Yevgeny Karakashev was applied to terminate his public
activities, also incarceration was used in violation of Yevgeny's rights
and freedoms and was based on falsifying evidence in the absence of the
event of an alleged crime.

How to help
We collect money for lawyer work on appeal and support Yevgeny in
prison. 9Transfer money on Paypal - abc-msk@riseup.net - please mention
"for Yevgeny Karakashev"

Source:
https://avtonom.org/en/news/yevgeny-karakashev-sentenced-6-years-prison

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It is a struggle at the intersection of unionism, feminism and the movement of yellow 
vests. The government wants to plunge the "ass-mat" into poverty. They put on the " pink 
vest " and took to the streets. ---- They were mobilized, Saturday, March 9 in the 
morning, Place Saint-Projet, Bordeaux, wearing a pink vest ( photo ). Some were preparing 
to put on a yellow vest for Act XVII in the afternoon. It was the second day of national 
action for childminders (" assmat "), and nearly a thousand people protested in 34 
counties against a reform of unemployment insurance that directly threatens their income. 
---- Nursing assistants are one of the most feminized (99 %) and most precarious 
professions. They can keep at home up to four children, usually entrusted by young parents 
who have no place in a nursery. It is often work 6 days a week and 13 hours a day, if we 
include the hours of cleaning and preparation, ie 60 to 70 hours per week ! All this for 
2.82 euros gross per hour per child minimum. The ceiling of the CAF is 50.15 euros for one 
day.

To exercise they need the approval of the county council. Housing must meet standards that 
require investments for which there is very little support. Some of them are grouped 
together as maternal assistant homes (MAM) where the expenses often absorb the equivalent 
of a salary.

The activity is very unstable. Indeed, as soon as they have obtained a place in nursery, 
or that the child enters the nursery school, bye bye the assmat ! To prevent its income 
from plummeting, the assmat receives temporary compensation for reduced activity. In 2018, 
about 105,000 Assmat out of 330,000 received this compensation ... that the government 
wants to suppress !

The epicenter is in Gironde
The Gironde is the epicenter of the protest that started in November. Worried about 
threats to unemployment insurance, Bordelaise Laurence Joly, Florence Casenave, Isabelle 
Moizan, Emilie Ferbos and Mallaury Vautier launched a Facebook group " Angry Maternity 
Wizards" " Pink Vests " which was a great success ( more than 10,000 subscribers) and 
initiated self-organization at the national level with, soon, referents in each 
department. The pink vests then co-organized, with the FO and CGT assemat, a first 
national day of wrestling on February 2nd.

Beyond their fight against the precariousness of their job, the assmat also fight for more 
recognition, and against clichés about their profession: they are neither nannies, nurses 
nor lazy. Moreover, they recall, this reform will impact all people with multi-employers: 
cleaning agents, carers, etc.

If the childminders stop working, precariousness will refer to the families who will be 
deprived of child care. Now, let's face it: in this patriarchal society, the decrease in 
the number of assmat would mean the forced return of many women to the house to care for 
children ...

Sarah and Sam (AL 33)

http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Assistantes-maternelles-Ni-nounous-ni-nourrices-le-cri-des-gilets-roses

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Greetings companheirxs: ---- From anarchist affinity groups in Levante and Asturias we are 
promoting an Anarchist Conference of Iberian scope with the objective of seeking lines of 
joint action and coordinating our struggles. ---- Our proposal is as follows:
DATE OF THE IBERIAN ANARCHIST CONFERENCE: after the summer (September-October 2019).
PLACE: Madrid or some central location to facilitate transportation from all points of the 
Peninsula. ---- AGENDA: To be proposed by any groups.
Groups and individuals who want to participate write us at  higiniocarrocera@riseup.net
Health and Anarchy!
grouponline.com
anarchist-ana news agency

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Message: 5





The ninth edition of the Steenrock manifestival to protest against the immigration 
detention centres will take place on the occasion of Europe Day (when the European 
Parliament opens its doors to visitors) on 4th May. On that day, Europe is celebrated by 
the same official institutions which pursue undocumented migrants, close its borders, push 
refugees to come by sea at the risk of their lives and detain them if they manage to get 
here. This is not the Europe we want to celebrate. On 4th May, we celebrate the 
determination of those who fight against these repressive and discriminatory policies. 
---- We hope for many of you to come to the 127bis in Steenokkerzeel, near the Zaventem 
airport, for this afternoon of solidarity and resistance through music!

When: Saturday, 4th May from 2pm until 6pm (meeting at 1.30pm in front of the Nossegem 
train station to jointly march to the detention centre).

Where: in front of the 127bis detention centre in Steenokkerzeel

Programme:

? Free concerts from Chibida, Gustav Brass Band, La Malanga, Joy Slam, G.O.D.C. (Grupo 
Origens da Capoeira)
? Speeches by self-advocacy groups of undocumented migrants, lawyers
? Drinks and food at popular prices
? Serigraphy workshop with "Réseau ADES", face-painting and activities for children, 
writing workshop with the PAC
? Information stands

How to get there: by train, bus, bike or car... all information available on our website: 
https://steenrock.wordpress.com/ .

To support us:

? If you are an association, contact us at: steenrock127bis@gmail.com.To thank you for 
your support, we will publish your logo on the Steenrock website and you can have an 
information stand on 4th May.

You can also support Steenrock financially and individually by donating through a 
crowdfunding via «Growfunding».
Steenrock 2019 is organised by the CRER, Bruxelles-Laïque, SCI-Projets Internationaux, the 
collective Niemand is illegaal, Solidair Gent and PAC - Présence et Action Culturelle

Website: https://steenrock.wordpress.com/
Contact: steenrock127bis@gmail.com

https://www.vrijebond.org/zaventem-be-steenrock-2019/

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This article from 7th April has been reposted with some amendments. ---- Jeremy Corbyn 
responded to Theresa May's request for talks about a possible alternative Brexit deal by 
dropping his demands for a general election. May started the overture with an appeal for 
"national unity to deliver the national interest." ---- Instead of talking about working 
class unity Corbyn responded to this with the statement that he would agree to talks and 
recognised his "responsibility to represent the people that supported Labour in the last 
election and the people who didn't support Labour." Instead of pressing ahead with a no 
confidence motion in the government, he now commits himself to "national unity".
For the last three years Corbyn has tolerated the Blairite/Brownite right within his own 
party against the feelings of those thousands who have joined Labour recently, believing 
it was a vehicle for radical social change.

Corbyn's office criticised Tom Watson, deputy leader of the Labour Party, when he said 
that he was ready to enter a party of unity with Remainer Tories but three days later 
Corbyn got involved in exactly the same sort of manoeuvre. He talks about looking for a 
way "to unite Parliament and the country".

We can see from this that Corbyn is prepared to run to the aid of a political system that 
appears to be tearing itself apart. The British ruling class can gauge Corbyn as an ally 
against any genuine working class movement by diverting it into the trap of the Labour 
Party and the illusion of a parliamentary road to "socialism".

This is possibly the worst crisis that the British ruling class has faced since the Second 
World War. Instead of highlighting this, instead of raising the grave problems of climate 
change, the destruction of the NHS, the rise of racism and populism, and the ongoing 
austerity measures, Corbyn seeks to get the chestnuts out of the fire for the Conservative 
government.

But then we should expect nothing less from Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition. After all, the 
Labour Party has never been a socialist organisation but has always represented the 
leftish wing of capitalism. The role of socialists, communists, anarchists, is not to work 
in the interests of "national unity" but it is rather to divide the nation, working class 
against boss class, if we ever want to see real change.

https://www.anarchistcommunism.org/2019/04/23/afternoon-tea-with-corbyn-may/

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May 1, go to a demonstration against torture and for the freedom of prisoners of 
fabricated criminal cases of the Network and the New Greatness! Against political 
repression and robbery by the authorities of the population of Russia. For clean air and 
clean land. ---- On the eve of the commencement of the trial of the persons involved in 
the case of the Network, an initiative group "Against Torture and Discrimination" was 
created in Moscow. The group included human rights activists, journalists, 
non-authoritarian leftists, anarchists, feminists, artists, activists, citizens and 
citizens. Since April 8, the participants and participants of this initiative held daily 
single pickets in support of the prisoners of the "Network" in Moscow, reminding the 
public and the authorities that the testimony of the defendants in the case were beaten 
out by electric current.

Recognizing the importance of the human rights agenda, one should not, however, 
underestimate the importance of the socio-economic situation in Russia. Incomes of the 
population, excluding representatives of the rich top, fall every year. The social sphere 
is "optimized", and payments and taxes are growing. It is not enough for the authorities 
to raise the retirement age of Russians - almost every day we hear about initiatives to 
introduce new levies from an already impoverished population.

Against the background of the aspirations of those in power to greater profits and cuts in 
spending on the needs of most people, environmental problems are exacerbated. In 
particular, instead of creating a waste management system, they prefer to dump garbage 
near settlements.

It is not surprising that the protest activity of the Russians is growing. But the 
authorities, instead of changing their policies and solving the accumulated problems, 
prefer to press any activity beyond their control. This is the reason for the 
intensification of repressions against political and social activists, the tightening of 
"anti-extremist" legislation, the construction of non-existent "terrorist organizations", 
torture and fabrication of criminal cases.

The need to take to the streets of the capital and express their protest overdue. 
Therefore, on April 16, the initiative group authorized honored human rights defenders 
Valery Borschev and Svetlana Gannushkina to notify the mayor's office of the 
demonstration. The venue of the action will be announced as a result of coordination

Favored of all countries, join!

Follow the news on our resources in social networks
https://www.facebook.com/events/313688322642388/

https://vk.com/mayprotivpytok

https://t.me/may_against

and by tag #Mayprotivprytok

https://avtonom.org/news/1-maya-protiv-pytok-i-diskriminacii

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