Today's Topics:
1. anarkismo.net: May Day in Istanbul-2019 -Revolutionary
Anarchist Action/Young Workers Association (tr)
(a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
2. cnt.es: Spain, Of course I abstain -- ENRIQUE HOZ (ca, it,
pt) [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
3. Belarus, pramen.io: State slavery in Belarus prisons
(a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
4. Britain, AFED: The Anarchist Union Of Afganistan & Iran -
United Front (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
5. Holand, vrije bond: 1 [Alphen a / d Rijn] A letter from
Radek (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
6. vrije bond [Nijmegen] Workers' Day - Together in solidarity!
(nl, tr) (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
7. Cnt-ait Paris: INDONESIA: After the riots of 1st May 2019 in
Bandung, Surabaya and Makassar and a fierce repression,
anarchosyndicalists and the AIT/IWA are in the focus of the local
police. [machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
8. France, Alternative Libertaire AL #294 - An anti-racist
union forum in Paris on May 18th, (fr, it, pt)[machine
translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
9. [Indonesia] Statement by the Catut Anarchist Library on the
repression of 1 May in Bandung, By ANA on May 2, 2019 (pt)
[machine translation] (a-infos-en@ainfos.ca)
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Message: 1
As Genç Isçi Dernegi (Young Workers Associtation), we were in 2019 May Day protests in
Bakirköy. We raise black and red pancard on which the sentence of Lorenzo; "Every storm
starts with a single raindrop".As a memory ofanarchist comrade Lorenzo who had been
murdered in Rojava, we use his sentence to raise the anger of the young workers. ---- With
our marches and with our slogans, we tried to show the organised strength of workers. The
workers who are self-organised, the workers who use direct actions. ---- With our slogans,
we reminded the anarchist history of the May Day. ---- We, as DAF, were in the walk to
strengthen the voice of the workers. ---- We salute all comrades May Day,
Long live anarchism ---- Long live revolution ---- Huseyin (DAF member)
Related Link: http://www.anarsistfaaliyet.org ---- https://www.anarkismo.net/article/31407
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Message: 2
When I write this text is less than a week for the General Elections of April 28 and, I
will confess, I have seen the two debates that the four candidates (Sanchez, Rivera,
Iglesias and Married) have had in the "Silly Box" . ---- I will not mention the debates
except to recommend them to anyone who has not been able to see them because some
interventions could well be part of an anthological program of The Comedy Club. Nothing
has happened that did not wait for me. More of the same, the "reality show" of the
poltrona policy, as usual in the weeks leading up to a plebiscite like the one that awaits
us next Sunday. ---- Some interventions in the debates could well integrate an
anthological program of The Comedy Club
My intention is not to explain why I am going to abstain from voting, it is already
tiresome at this point in life, but I do want to point out that it is more tiresome to
listen to the classic sermon in which it is claimed that I do not know what hecatombe we
practice abstention.
This kind of nervousness obeys to the irruption in scene of VOX. It has had to arrive in
2019 so that someone would know that the political spectrum known as the extreme right
exists in the State. You have to be a little lost to not know that the Caffras of Spain
One, Big and Free have been for several decades quietly accommodated in the rear of the PP
because they had no compelling reasons to be seen. Over the last few years, these state
jingoists have turned to the political circus thanks to shameful media that have been
normalizing the supremacist discourses until, finally, the political moment that has
generated the "tension" between Spain and Catalonia he has spurred the most cantankerous
of Spanishism to burst forth with his chest swollen with ardor warrior since Spain One,
Against this background, the abstainers are going to have a direct responsibility, so we
want to believe, that several armchairs of the state Parliament will be occupied by the
extreme right.
As far as I know, VOX is asking for a vote, from which it can be deduced, without being a
brainy political analyst, that the landing of VOX in Parliament, if given, will be
encouraged by whoever votes to that formation. In case anyone still does not know, it is
worth remembering that VOX was founded in 2013, that its results in the elections that it
has attended have been insignificant until the elections to the Parliament of Andalusia in
2018 in which it has obtained the approval of almost 400,000 votes (6.29% of votes on the
Electoral Census). Those almost 400,000 votes are what have led VOX occupy armchairs in
the Parliament of Andalusia, without forgetting the facilities provided by the Law D'Hondt
transforming a 6.29% vote on the Electoral Census in a parliamentary representation of 11%.
The landing of VOX in Parliament, if given, will be encouraged by who votes to that
formation, not by abstention.
In short, the chairs of Parliament are going to occupy thanks to the votes obtained by
each formation plus the falsification of the result of the polls through the Law D'hondt
that grants a distribution of seats that does not correspond to the total balance of the
Census Electoral. Clarified this, it is hilarious to load the responsibility in the
abstention as if those who vote did not exist or as if the Electoral System was not a trick.
https://www.cnt.es/noticias/claro-que-me-abstengo/
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Message: 3
Officially, slavery is prohibited under the Belarusian Criminal Code (Article 181-1 of the
Criminal Code - the "Use of slave labor"). The Belarusian Constitution guarantees a fair
share of remuneration for the economic results of citizens' work in accordance with its
quantity, quality and social value (Article 42). ---- Nevertheless, the Belarusian
government makes extensive use of slave labor of various social groups in public
enterprises. Most often it is the slave labor of prisoners and alcohol-addicted people who
are placed in the semblance of prisons that are called CRC (Compulsory Rehabilitation
Centres). The use of slave labor is not limited to these groups. ---- It is difficult to
estimate the number of slaves in Belarus for the moment. According to our approximate
estimates, the number of state slaves is around 38,000-40,000 people.
If we refer to the "Global Slavery Index", Belarus is ranked the twentieth among 167
countries in their anti-rating list, according to this study, 103,000 Belarusians are kept
in slavery, however, the study does not specify, whether it is state slavery
https://news.tut.by/society/601693.html or criminal networks' slavery.
There are slaves in Russia as well. However, there is a fundamental difference between
Russian and Belarusian slavery: in Russia slavery always has non-systematic nature, slave
labor is used by criminal gangs under the cover of corrupt security agencies or officials.
In Belarus, slavery is systematic, slave labor is used by the government, which is
condoned by existing laws and practices. Belarusian slaves are state slaves. The revenues
of public enterprises coming from the use of slave labor officially go into the Belarusian
state budget.
Actually, the scheme of getting into slavery is very simple: the state takes over a
Belarusian citizen (sometimes even from the age of 14) to slavery for a long period of
time (sometimes up to 25 years), most often for minor misconduct or illness (for example,
alcoholism or drug addiction), where (young) people must work for bad food and for fear of
becoming subject to any form of maltreatment and torture if they are not forced to work.
Belarusian slaves work practically free of charge (see below). Products made by the hands
of Belarusian slaves are extensively exported to various countries, including the Western
countries.
At the moment, Belarusian products made by the hands of state slaves are exported to 21
countries of the world, including the UK, Germany, France, and Belgium (according to the
information provided by the website of the Penal Correction Department).
The Belarusian government's earnings on slaves are impressive: for comparison, in 2018
Belarusian state-owned enterprises that use slave labor paid 1.5 times more (!!!) taxes to
the Belarusian State budget than enterprises registered under the Ministry of Industry of
Belarus.
The Belarusian state is extensively promoting products made by Belarusian slaves at
prestigious international exhibitions.
For example, the largest international exhibition "Meble Polska 2019" was held in Poznan
(Poland) on March 12-15, 2019, it is known as one of the largest furniture industry
exhibitions in Central and Eastern Europe. The wholesale distributors of furniture from
more than 50 countries of the world visit this exhibition annually. Could seem like just
another business enterprise, unless there is something to be worried about. Belarus
demonstrated at this exhibition furniture made from solid wood, as well as a wide range of
forged products, made by the hands of Belarusian state slaves. The "slave products" were
presented by the delegation of the Penal Correction Department of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, headed by the Oleg Lashchinovsky - the Deputy Chief
and head of the organization of production and employment of inmates.
https://mvd-din.by/news/uchastie_v_vystavke_meble_polska_2019/
"Employment of inmates" - is veiled so and the Belarusian authorities elegantly call this
way the state-owned firms under the roof of the Penal Correction Department of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus that use slave labor. By the way,
there are a lot of them: 14 state-owned enterprises, 3 branches, 10 extra-budgetary
workshops, and 44 industrial enterprises of Belarus produce their products using
components of slave-made products.
But the Penal Correction Department was not confined to the presentation of only
"slave-made" products at an exhibition in Poland. Before the exhibition, the company UTAL
Sp. z o.o.", the company "LECH", the limited liability company "Streamled Sp. z o.o." and
the company" ZAKLADY MASZYNOWE HAMECH Sp. z o.o." were visited and, at the moment, they
are in the process of trying to reach agreements with the Polish Railway.
Here are the examples of typical Belarusian prisoners' salary sheets, who have made the
furniture, as well as many other industrial products, that were presented at the
exhibition in Poznan. All payslips are provided either by relatives of the prisoners or
personally by prisoners themselves. Payslips are provided from various colonies across
Belarus and are standard.
Salary in September-October - 0,1 rubles (about 0,03 euro)
For the record: in Belarus, the average wage of a free person for March 2019 officially
amounts to 408 euros.
A convicted person No 1. The wages earned in a year (from 01.12.2017 to 30.11.2018) was
25.49 Belarusian rubles (here and after rubles), which amounts to 10.60 euros per year or
0.88 euros per month.
A convicted person No 2. The wages earned in 19 months (from July 01, 2016 to February 28,
2018) was 123.51 rubles, which amounts to 51.35 euros or 2.7 euros per month.
A convicted person No 3. The wages earned in 5 months (from 01.02.2017 to 30.06.2017) was
3.06 rubles, which amounts to 1.27 euros or 0.25 euros per month.
A convicted person No 4. Monthly salary was 1.95 rubles, which amounts to 0.81 euros.
A convicted person No 5. The wages earned in almost four months of work (158 working
hours) amounted to 72.78 rubles, which amounts to 30.26 euros or 7.56 euros per month.
A convicted person No 6. The wages earned in a year was 109.97 rubles, which amounts to
45.72 euros or 3.81 euros per month.
A convicted person No 7. The wages earned in a year (from August 1, 2016 to July 31, 2017)
was 423.97 rubles, which amounts to 176.28 euros or 14.69 euros per month.
A convicted person No 8. The wages earned in two years (from 01.01.2017 to 12.31.2018) was
306.17 rubles, which amounts to 127.30 euros or 5.3 euros per month.
A convicted person No 9. The wages earned in a year was 10.69 rubles, which amounts to
4.44 euros or 0.37 euros per month.
A convicted person No 10. The wages earned in two months was 1.39 rubles, which amounts to
58 euro cents in total or 0.29 euros per month.
We ask to stop the supply of products made by the hands of Belarusian slaves to the
international market.
The Slavery in Belarus must be ceased!
Source: https://news.house/lib/browse/state-slavery-in-belarus
https://pramen.io/en/2019/04/state-slavery-in-belarus/
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Message: 4
The most beautiful news to the ears of Internationalists is the stirrings of revolution
and Anarchism around the globe. Other the past few years we've several groups become more
visible and active, from union organising Bangladeshi Garment workers to mayday marches
revolution minded Indonesians. Recently we've seen folk come together to form "the
Anarchist Union Of Afganistan & Iran" who along with other groups and individuals are
urging all blocks of Socialist, Communist , Anarchist and republicans to join a "United
Front for Freedom, Fairness and Equality" against the fascistic Islamic Regime of Iran;
STATEMENT ON THE FOUNDATION OF A UNITED FRONT FOR FREEDOM, FAIRNESS AND EQUALITY (Original
here) ---- Invitation to Co-ordination and Cooperation to Overthrow the Islamic State of
Iran. In view of the fact that:
*The Islamic fascist regime in Iran quite correctly considers the progressive/Libertarian
and left wings movements as one of its most active enemies, and did/do execute, imprison
and torture our comrades.
*On the other hand, right-wing ringleaders from all sides, and with the racist propaganda
and the prospect of the continuation of the tyranny cycle, suppress any voice of freedom,
equality and fairness, through their mass media.
*This common pain will never be healed without organization, coalition, synergy and
harmony. We should learn from the Spanish Civil War experience where Left blocs and the
Republicans formed alliance as a campaign plan, in accordance with the specific
circumstances of Iran and its political forces, to coordinate the fight for freedom,
Fairness and Equality. Another example that can be mentioned is the community of Rojava's
popular democratic autonomy, which has been able to coordinate various political from all
over the world to combat the tyranny regimes of the region. Thus, it is possible to create
a network of pioneers of variety of political with libertarian, equality and fairness
tendencies, including women movements, farmers, workers, students and other progressive
radical that aims to overthrow The Islamic Regime of Iran under the umbrella of the United
Front for Freedom, Fair and Equity.
Hereby by publishing this statement, as a group of individuals and political groups, take
the first step in founding this "United Front", and we invite you to join us in this
battle against the "Islamic Republic of Iran".
Long live: Freedom Fairness Equality Solidarity
This stirring of revolution isn't coming out of thin air either, back in 2008 there was a
movement called "The Anarchist Network" which was growing in popularity amongst workers
and students before is was "destroyed due to the betrayal of a member". The organisers
however bounced back in 2009 by establishing "The Anarchist Era", who place focus on the
struggle for freedom for the working class with members in Iran and Afghanistan.
This new network has been active ever since, starting small with secretive meetings and
sharing their ideas in a clandestine manner, utilising what little power they had to share
information with like minded comrades. They have slowly become a more public presence on
the Anarchist scene in Iran and international. These slow steps are no mistake, Iran is a
very dangerous place to be an Anarchist. In 2013 Soheil Arabi an Anarcho Syndicalist was
arrested and sent to Tehran Prison where he has been since reportedly held in solitary
confinement and faces regular torture with the soldiers who act as screws beating him and
other prisoners up and then refusing medicinal attention.
There is also the case of Abtin Parsa who was arrested in 2014 at the age of 16 and sent
to "the IRGC secret prison of Zarghan city" for 18 months, during which time he was
tortured by a man named Seyed Jaáfari and was left in horrific conditions in a cell which
often rang with the appalling sound of The Revolutionary Guards officials raping inmates.
Thankfully he was released on condition that he stopped political activity. He however
fled from Iran to Greece on 2016.
In the Uk, watching activists gleefully line up to do a few hours in the cells before
sleeping "the sleep of the just", it's often easy to be complacent with the struggles of
our comrades in distant lands suffer under an authority with no need of a liberal mask.The
formation of a union of Anarchists present unparalleled danger to our comrades and yet
here they are sharing seditious material and fighting against the state and fanatically
religious authorities which seek to suppress freedom.
The "United Front" is spearheaded by "The Anarchist Union of Afghanistan & Iran" which
formed in 2018 out of three revolutionary groups.
1-The Anarchist Era Collective (a community of anarchists from Iran and Afghanistan
operating both inside and outside their countries)
2-The Anarchist group "Aleyh" (based in Afghanistan)
3-The Revolutionary Radical Anarchist Front (based in Iran)
They are expanding and building links with Anarchists around the world. If you are
Iranian, Afghani or from any of the numerous communities who call the region home, get in
contact. Comrades and allies globally step up and share solidarity and together we can
work towards a truly global revolution of the working classes.
Learn more here:-
gozareshgar.com
asranarshism.com
twitter.com/asranarshism
twitter.com/UnitedFront11
http://organisemagazine.org.uk/2019/04/30/the-anarchist-union-of-afganistan-iran-united-front/
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Message: 5
Radek, the comrade who has been detained since October, will be in The Hague tomorrow -
April 30, 11 am. Read here more about his situation. This is a letter from him telling his
side of the story. ---- Letter from Radek ---- There were plenty of reasons to protest.
These are the most important ones: ---- Firstly - they took away our basic rights: the
right to feel safe, the right to work inacceptable conditions, the right to enforce basic
provisions of the agreement betweenthe employer and the employee. ---- Mobbing was also an
issue - Poles and other immigrants were discriminated against. ---- State institutions,
the police, etc. did not offer any help. ---- The goal of this protest was to:
Attract the attention of the media and other relevant institutions, to the
conditions,migrant workers have to work in; because of their financial situation, they're
forced to participate in slavelike work, they're cheated on by their employers and job
agents,they're being wrecked both physically and psychologically.
Bring out the social differences that exist between immigrants and those better off Dutch
citizens. These differences can be well seen in work places, were doublestandards are
being applied, for "the visitors" and for the Dutchmen.
Force relevant institutions to inspect the dutch labour market. The verb "to force",was
used deliberately, because none of the legal actions I have taken before theincident -
against the unlawfulness that I had stumbled upon - worked.
Employers in the Netherlands commonly violate the health and safety rules in regardto
labour immigrants. The people who get hurt during working hours, are not only - notgetting
their insurance money, but are also being fired during their convalescence. There is also
a lot of effort being put into not paying out workers' insurance. When a worker gets hurt,
those in pow er dismiss such a person without a specific reason - which is of course
against the law. After that, the person is being evicted out of the "location"
(livingaccomodation), very often with the help of the police. This fired worker then
becomeshomeless and loses his livelihood; and because of his lack of knowledge of the law,
and because of the situation that he's in - he loses the possibility to challenge his
ex-employers'decision. Yet even if he does succeed in refering the matter to the labour
inspectiondepartment, the institution doesn't do anything about it and dismisses the case.
Such situations occur commonly - it's also the exact thing that happened to me.During my
convalescence, my employer fired me - unlawfully of course. He then sent two job agents,
straight from the employment agency bureau - to my apartment (for which Ipayed 90€
weekly). The job I took, was given to me bythe E&A job agency; although myemployers were
XPO LOGISTICS. Eventually, when those two workers got inside of theapartment, they marched
right in, by force, into my room. One of them impersonated theowner of the residence, even
though he couldn't legally confirm it. After that, these two menstarted to threaten me to
leave the place immediately. When the police arrived after beingultimately called in, not
only would they not make an honest report of the incident, but alsointimidated me with
telling me that it would not be a problem for them to find hard drugs onme, if I didn't
leave the residence.
Following this situation, I decided to use the help of a lawyer. I turned for help to
afree of charge legal service bureau: Juridisch Loket. The workers there, didn't want to
help me - they told me that the problem I had with my employer was one of those, you had
to solve personaly.
I then sent a letter to the embassy, in which I pointed out all those problems: I wrote
about discrimination against Poles, about unpaid overtime, mobbing, the lack of work
safetyregulations, intimidating the workers, etc. and I never received an answer.
I also reported life and health endangerment incidents to certain authorities - I didn't
even get one response. While I was still working, a number of accidents had happened - two
spinal fractures, a broken pelvis, a broken leg and a lot more. There has even been a
fatal accident (in the same company I worked for, but in a different warehouse). So the
dangerwas real! Yet, no one - even after all that's happened - started to inspect the
workplaces. Nonetheless, when I protested in only a seemingly dangerous way - that was not
directed atthe ordinary folk but at the better situated elites, the reaction was all of
the sudden:instantaneous. In a matter of minutes, almost every possible security service
arrived: thepolice, firemen - even a group of anti-terrorists.
Even though not one person got hurt, I have been locked in jail ever since - It's been 6
months now, and on the top of that, I face up to 12 years in prison. In addition to that -
my employer, was never brought to justice.
Thank you All, for your solidarity.
- Radek
https://www.vrijebond.org/alphen-a-d-rijn-een-brief-van-radek
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Message: 6
Wednesday May 1, International Workers' Day, working people all over the world will take
to the streets to celebrate the working class in all its diversity. In Nijmegen as well we
will take the streets to celebrate the working class and its potential to change the
world. We will commemorate the brave advocates of workers' rights in the past, but reflect
on the threats we are confronted with today, as well. Whether its right-wing and far-right
politicians in The Hague, or reactionary Catholics in Nijmegen: they are more and more
successful in dividing people with their racist, sexist and LGBT+ phobic shit. That's why,
May 1, we will powerfully make our voice heard against all forms of exploitation,
discrimination and repression. We will show that our solidarity is stronger than their
imposed divisions - together, we can change the world!
Will you join Nijmegen Workers' Day demonstration?
Wednesday May 1, 6 Pm, Central Train Station
Vrije Bond Secretariaat
https://www.vrijebond.org/nijmegen-dag-van-de-arbeiders/
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Message: 7
The May Day demonstrations in Indonesia gave rise to various actions by anarchist and
anarchosyndicalist groups. In Bandung, Surabaya and Makassar, several cortege including
some black blocks, clashed with the police. ---- In Bandung, the event was mainly attended
by high school students, students or precarious workers. Some were dressed in black or
wore red and black flags. (see the release of the Anarchist Catut Library of Bandung in
Annex 1). At the end of a chase with the riot police, 619 young people (including 14 young
women) were arrested by the police who grouped them together, parked, undressed and
shaved. They were then piled up like cattle in pickup trucks and transferred to the
Central Commissariat. ---- To read and see the pictures: http://blog.cnt-ait.info (in
french) or a summary in english to download:
http://blog.cnt-ait.info/public/INTERNATIONAL/INDONESIE/INDONESIE_2019-05-01_en.pdf
Below the chronology of the events that occurred on May 1st 2019 in Bandung:
Protesters trapped by the police ...
May 1, 219 in Bandung
(Indonesia): anarchist
demonstrators penned by the
police
May 1, 219 in Bandung
(Indonesia): anarchist
demonstrators parceled by the
police are undressed
May 1, 219 in Bandung (Indonesia): anarchist
demonstrators stripped naked are piled in pickups by
police
May 1, 2019 in
Bandung
(Indonesia):
anarchist
protesters are
regrouped in the
course of the
police station after
being shorn
According to medias, dozens of
other anarchists have been held
also in Surabaya and Makassar
where rallies were organized.
Anarchist demonstration on
May 1, 2019 in Surabaya
Anarchist rally on May 1, 2019
in Makassar
These arrests were not random. In Jakarta, 26,000 policemen were mobilized to oversee the
KSPSI trade union, the
country's main union and a true state in the state, to prevent any risk of "infiltration".
During the demonstration in
Jakarta and Bandung KSPSI violently attacked anarchosyndicalists who were demonstrating
quietly.
Demonstration of May 1, 2019
in Jakarta, the
anarchosyndicalist bloc is
present in the demonstration
This is not the first time that KSPSI attacks our fellow companions. Already on May 1,
2018, the gathering of our
friends of the PPSA (Persaudaraan pekerja anarko syndicalis, "fraternity of
anarcho-syndicalist workers") had been
attacked violently by the KSPSI.
At a press conference on May 2, 2019 at the South Jakarta police headquarters, Chief of
Police Tito denounced the
anarchosyndicalists as the instigators of these events. He said that "Anarchosyndicalism
is a doctrine of foreign
origin. It is an international phenomenon in which workers want to break the law and
determine their own rules.
This is called anarcho-syndicalism. This has been developing for a long time in Russia,
then in Europe, in South
America, including Asia. "According to him, this phenomenon has developed in Indonesia in
recent years.
For his part, Chief of Staff Moeldoko called for intensifying the crackdown on
anarchosyndicalists, to which General
Tito responded that all the anarchist and anarchosyndicalist groups in Indonesia were
mapped and that actions -
including re-education - were going to be implemented. (see press release of Indonesia,
Appendix 2)
In addition, the head of the police Tito recalled that the anarchosyndicalism was an
internationally structured
movement, several newspapers recalling that the AIT (international anarchosyndicalist
organization, whose general
secretary went to Indonesia in June 2018) had launched a call to workers by 1 May (see
Annex 3)
(CNT-AIT Paris, Sources: Indonesian press and Indonesian militant sites, google translate)
contact@cnt-ait.info
http://blog.cnt-ait.info
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Message: 8
On March 12, 85 trade unionists CGT, FSU, SUD-Solidaires, but also other organizations,
published on Mediapart a call for the first edition of an anti-racist union forum to be
held on May 18th. What is the point of such an initiative ? ---- " In our workplaces as
well as outside, we are firmly attached to a simple principle:" an injustice done to one
or both of us is an injustice done to all, " whatever its skin color, its origins or its
religion, real or supposed such. We are equally determined to build a society free from
capitalist exploitation and emancipated from all oppression. A society in which equality
is not negotiable." In this passage the call of 85 trade unionists found the deep
motivations of the initiative. For them and them, their unionism does not stop at the
material demands, nor at the doors of companies. Its vocation is to tackle all injustices
and inequalities.
It is clear that on those related to racism, as one seeks to track down what makes it a
system of domination, unions are lagging far behind. The Anti-Racism Union Forum aims to
try to catch up. At the same time training time and time of exchange on the concrete trade
union practices and the anti-racist demands to build and to impose, its goal isto
equipproperly the activists who will participate, of all trade union horizons.
Théo Roumier (Solidarity unionist)
Saturday, May 18, 2019 Paris Labor Exchange
9h-9h30: welcome-coffee
9.30-10.00: opening of the first antiracist trade union forum, intervention of strikers
10h-12h : plenary " Racism at work today: causes and consequences" Speeches from:
Sabina Issehnane, Senior Lecturer in Economics
Saïd Bouamama, United Front of Immigration and Popular Neighborhoods
Debate with the room
Lunch break offered
13h30-15h: Three workshops in parallel
What anti-racism demands and actions at work ?
What self-organization of racis at work ?
What struggles for undocumented workers ?
15h-17h: plenary " What links and fights common between unions and organizations of
anti-racism ?
All information on www.forumsyndicalantiraciste.org . For more information, to register
and to participate: contact@forumsyndicalantiraciste.org.
http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Repression-vers-un-forum-syndical-antiraciste
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Message: 9
Indonesian police arrested 293 young anarchists (mostly under the age of 18) during the
march of May 1, 2019 in Bandung. Taken to a detention center, they had to remove their
clothes and their heads were shaved. The adolescents remain in detention. The following
statement from the Anarchist Library Catut. ---- We are the children of workers or we work
in factories, offices, warehouses, workshops, restaurants and wherever our parents bow to
the employer. ---- We give up school because we have to help our parents. ---- We are
children who exclude ourselves from school because we refuse to continue the modern system
of wage slavery. ---- We are part-time students, sharing our time between studying and
working, and we are victims of bullying on campus and in the workplace. ---- We are a
generation that has been taught how to be a slave and be transformed into ready-made
products for the industry.
We have to pay expensive fees to be enslaved.
We are workers we try to see ahead, replacing our parents who have lost their dignity, who
feel inferior by being labeled as stupid, working hard under the demands of production,
long working hours, low wages and high-risk work environments.
We are the future. We started a new page for a different time. One was without oppression
and slavery.
We are your children.
Solidarity for the more than 600 of our friends who suffered violence in Bandung.
No one is free until everyone is free!
#mayday
# mayday2019
>> The Catut Libraryis an individualistic anarchist library and a publishing project
based on Saltiga (Central Java). The Catut Library publishes texts of local Indonesian
anarchists and translations of international texts. All Catut books can be downloaded for
free, copied and distributed without our permission. But to republish you need to contact us.
pustakacatut.noblogs.org
Catut Anarchist Library, May 1, 2019
Translation> Remembrance of the Oppressed!
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